Bibliography of Indigenous Peoples in North America

Subject: First Nations, Anthropology, History.
Description: A bibliographic database covering all aspects of native North American culture, history, and life. This resource covers a wide range of topics including archaeology, multicultural relations, governance, legend, and literacy.

JSTOR

Subject: All subject areas.
Description: Provides access to scholarly journals mainly in the arts, humanities and social sciences. Subject coverage includes: Anthropology, Education, Finance, History, Literature, Philosophy, Political Science, and Sociology
Access: JSTOR includes many publications that delay access to current issues.  Most of these access delays are in the 3 - 5 year range.  If a recent issue is not available check the journal's moving wall field to see when it will become available.  Note: the article may be available in another Douglas College Database.

Project MUSE

Subject: All subject areas.
Description: Provides online access to a comprehensive selection of humanities and social sciences journals. Subject coverage includes: Anthropology, Education, Finance, History, Literature, Philosophy, Political Science, and Sociology

Smithsonian Global Sound for Libraries

Subject: Anthropology, Music
Description: Smithsonian Global Sound is a virtual encyclopedia of the world's musical and aural traditions. It includes folk, popular, classical and world music, speeches, and oral histories, delivered via streaming audio.

SocINDEX

Subject: Sociology, Criminology, Gender Studies, Social Psychology.
Description: Contains full text for 397 core journals dating back to 1908 and 150 priority journals.

Academic Search Complete

Subject: All subject areas.
Description: Academic Search Complete offers information in many areas of academic study including, anthropology, ethnic & multicultural studies, general science, geography, law, psychology, women's studies and many other fields.

CBCA Complete

Subject: All subject areas.
Description: Combines full text and indexed content from all four CBCA database subsets: Business, Current Events, Education and Reference. Allows cross searching with the Canadian Newsstream database. Emphasis on Canadian content.

Child Development and Adolescent Studies

Subject: Sociology, Growth and development of children through the age of 21.
Description: Includes all the issues of Child Development Abstracts & Bibliography from 1927 - 2001. Currently updated by NISC with indexing of journals, technical reports, books, book chapters, theses and dissertations.

PsychiatryOnline

Subject: Psychology, Psychiatry, Criminology, Nursing.
Description: This database contains DSM-5: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. It also gives access to journals such as American Journal of Psychiatry, and some psychiatric ebooks.

PsycINFO

Subject: Psychology
Description: PsycINFO covers psychology and the psychological aspects of related disciplines such as medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology. 

SocINDEX

Subject: Sociology, Criminology, Gender Studies, Social Psychology.
Description: Contains full text for 397 core journals dating back to 1908 and 150 priority journals.

Business Market Research Collection

Subject: Business, Marketing.
Description: Detailed profiles of US companies and top performing Canadian companies.

Business Source Ultimate

Subject: Business, Marketing, Accounting, Finance, Economics.
Description: Contains full text journals in all disciplines of business, including: marketing, management, accounting, finance, banking and economics. Additional full text non-journal content includes financial data, case studies, industry reports, market research reports, country reports, company profiles and SWOT analyses.

Business Source Ultimate Country Report

Subject: Business, Marketing, Economics
Description: Provides an overview of countries political, economic, legal, environmental etc. structures.

Canadian Census Analyser (CHASS)

Subject: Business, Economics, Statistics.
Description: Covers the following geographical levels: Canada, provinces and territories, federal electoral districts, census divisions, census subdivisions, census tracts, and enumeration areas/dissemination areas.

CANSIM (CHASS)

Subject: Business, Economics, Statistics 
Description: CANSIM is a database of time series covering a wide variety of social and economic aspects of Canadian life. CANSIM tables are freely available on the Statistics Canada website . The CHASS version provides more powerful searching options than the Statcan website.

CARDOnline

Subject: Canadian advertising rates and data.
Description: CARD and cardonline are directories used for buying and selling of advertising. Advertising rates and related data are available on every significant medium in Canada and on selected international media.

CBCA Complete

Subject: All subject areas.
Description: Combines full text and indexed content from all four CBCA database subsets: Business, Current Events, Education and Reference. Allows cross searching with the Canadian Newsstream database. Emphasis on Canadian content.

CPA Canada Standards and Guidance Collection

Subject: Accounting, Business Administration.
Description: Accounting standards. Replaces the CICA Handbook. Includes: Accounting, Assurance, CPA Canada Public Sector Accounting Handbook, 

Harvard Business Review Press ebooks

Subject: Business, Marketing.
Description: Includes more than 600 titles exclusively published by Harvard Business Publishing (HBP) on the topics of leadership, strategy, innovation, technology and management.

Industry Canada

Subject: Business.  
Description: Company profiles, business information by sector, economic analysis and statistics and more.

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International Financial Reporting Standards

Subject: Accounting.
Description: Table of contents: IIFRS 2011 (Standards, EDs, Interpretations), Copyright, Updates to the Bound Volume, Introductory Materials, IFRS (2011), IFRIC and SIC (Final Interpretations 2011), IFRIC (Draft Interpretations), Exposure Drafts,Amendments to IFRSs, Glossary of Terms, Index, 2011 IFRS Bound Volume - PDF

Passport

Subject: Business, Marketing, Statistics
Description: Demographic and economic data on every country in the world (with forecasts), as well as statistics, market reports, company profiles and information sources for country, market, consumer, and lifestyle profiling. This database was previously referred to as the Global Market Information Database or GMID.
Privacy notice: Douglas College Library makes Passport from Euromonitor available to you for your convenience. Your use of Passport database is voluntary. When you login the first time, you are asked to create a personal account for the purposes of saving searches and other personalized services. Please be advised that the personal information you disclose to Passport is stored on servers located outside Canada. When you use this service, no personal information about you is collected by or for the college. Canadian privacy laws do not apply to personal information you provide directly to Passport from Euromonitor. You may wish to review the Euromonitor privacy policy before using the service.
Using Passport: Watch our 5 minute tutorial video which highlights how to find Statistics and Analytical Reports and use the Industries, Economies, Consumer tools etc.

Statista

Subject: Business, Political Science
Description: Statista provides statistical data on many topics including media, business, politics, and society. Sources include market reports, trade publications, scientific journals, and government databases.

Statistics Canada

Subject: Statistics, Business.  
Description: Statistics from Canada's national statistical agency, organized into three broad subject areas: demographic and social, economic, and socio-economic.

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AustLII (Australian Legal Information Institute)

Subject: Law, Criminology.  
Description: AustLII provides free access to Australasian legal materials, such as, legislation, treaties and decisions of courts and tribunals, law reform and royal commission reports.

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BaiLII (British and Irish Legal Information)

Subject: Law, Criminology.  
Description: BaiLII provides access to British and Irish case law & legislation, European Union case law, Law Commission reports, and other law-related materials.

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BC Human Rights Tribunal

Subject: British Columbia law, Criminology.  
Description: BC Human Rights Decisions are available in full text from 1997 to the present.

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Canadian Human Rights Tribunal - Decisions

Subject: Canadian law, Criminology.  
Description: All decisions rendered by the Tribunal since 1979

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CanLII

Subject: Canadian law, Criminology.  
Description: CanLII provides access to court judgments, tribunal decisions, statutes and regulations from all Canadian jurisdictions.

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Courts of British Columbia

Subject: British Columbia law, Criminology.  
Description: Provides full text rulings of the BC Supreme Court and Court of Appeal from 1996. See CanLII for earlier decisions.

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Criminal Justice Abstract with Full Text

Subject: Criminology, Law.
Description: Provides information from journals on criminal justice topics, including corrections & prisons, police & policing, probation & parole, and substance abuse & addiction.

DSM-5: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th edition

Subject: Psychiatry, Criminology, Nursing, Education, Psychology.
Description: DSM-5 is a classification of mental disorders with related diagnostic criteria. It is a standard reference for clinical practice in the mental health field. Available through PsychiatryOnline database.

Federal Court of Canada Decisions

Subject: Canadian law, Criminology.  
Description: Provides access to Federal Court decisions.

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JSTOR

Subject: All subject areas.
Description: Provides access to scholarly journals mainly in the arts, humanities and social sciences. Subject coverage includes: Anthropology, Education, Finance, History, Literature, Philosophy, Political Science, and Sociology
Access: JSTOR includes many publications that delay access to current issues.  Most of these access delays are in the 3 - 5 year range.  If a recent issue is not available check the journal's moving wall field to see when it will become available.  Note: the article may be available in another Douglas College Database.

LII (U.S. Legal Information)

Subject: United States law, Criminology.  
Description: LII provides access to Federal law, Constitution, U.S. Code, Supreme Court Decisions, Federal Rules, State law resources, State statutes by topic, Uniform laws, and World law.

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Provincial Court of British Columbia

Subject: British Columbia law, Criminology.  
Description: The Judgment Database contains judgments from 1999 - present.

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QuickLaw

Subject: Canadian law.
Description: Legislation, case law.

SocINDEX

Subject: Sociology, Criminology, Gender Studies, Social Psychology.
Description: Contains full text for 397 core journals dating back to 1908 and 150 priority journals.

Supreme Court of Canada Decisions

Subject: Canadian law, Criminology.  
Description: Collection covers from 1948 to present and also has many decisions prior to 1948, including all decisions originating from BC, back to 1876.

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The British Columbia Reports

Subject: British Columbia law, Criminology.  
Description: Includes the full text of decisions from 1867 to 1948 when the series ceased publication.

WorldLII (World Legal Information)

Subject: Law, Criminology.  
Description: Provides free access to over 270 other law databases from around the world. World LII provides access to case-law, legislation, treaties, law reform reports, law journals, and other materials are included from 48 jurisdictions in 20 countries.

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Academic Search Complete

Subject: All subject areas.
Description: Academic Search Complete offers information in many areas of academic study including, anthropology, ethnic & multicultural studies, general science, geography, law, psychology, women's studies and many other fields.

DSM-5: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th edition

Subject: Psychiatry, Criminology, Nursing, Education, Psychology.
Description: DSM-5 is a classification of mental disorders with related diagnostic criteria. It is a standard reference for clinical practice in the mental health field. Available through PsychiatryOnline database.

ERIC

Subject: Education
Description: ERIC (Education Resources Information Center) contains citations and abstracts from over 900 educational and education-related journals, primarily American with some Canadian and British publications.

Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts with Full Text

Subject: Library Studies
Description: Provides full-text, indexing and abstracts for journals covering all related subjects, including librarianship, classification, cataloging and information management.

Project MUSE

Subject: All subject areas.
Description: Provides online access to a comprehensive selection of humanities and social sciences journals. Subject coverage includes: Anthropology, Education, Finance, History, Literature, Philosophy, Political Science, and Sociology

O'Reilly

Subject: Business, Computer Science, and Engineering.
Description: The O’REILLY digital platform includes books, videos, proven learning paths, case studies, interactive tutorials and audio books. Users also get access to exclusive O’Reilly content and as well as resources from more than 200 of the world’s best publishers. Topics range from programming to IT networking to project management to graphic design to business strategy. The content includes code snippets, certification preparation materials, practice exercises, training videos, and much more.

Privacy notice: Douglas College Library makes the O'Reilly digital plaform from ProQuest available to you for your convenience. Your use of O'Reilly is voluntary. When you login O'Reilly will save your reading history and offer playlists and other personalized services. Please be advised that the personal information you disclose to ProQuest is stored on servers located outside Canada. When you use this service, no personal information about you is collected by or for the college. Canadian privacy laws do not apply to personal information you provide directly to O'Reilly from ProQuest. You may wish to review the ProQuest privacy policy before using the service.

Academic Search Complete

Subject: All subject areas.
Description: Academic Search Complete offers information in many areas of academic study including, anthropology, ethnic & multicultural studies, general science, geography, law, psychology, women's studies and many other fields.

Gale's Literary Index

Subject: Literature.
Description: Gale's Literary Index is a master index to every literary series published by Gale (e.g., Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism, Twentieth Century Literary Criticism, Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism, etc.).

JSTOR

Subject: All subject areas.
Description: Provides access to scholarly journals mainly in the arts, humanities and social sciences. Subject coverage includes: Anthropology, Education, Finance, History, Literature, Philosophy, Political Science, and Sociology
Access: JSTOR includes many publications that delay access to current issues.  Most of these access delays are in the 3 - 5 year range.  If a recent issue is not available check the journal's moving wall field to see when it will become available.  Note: the article may be available in another Douglas College Database.

MLA International Bibliography

Subject: Literature, Linguistics.
Description: Contains millions of citations from journals and books. Coverage is international and includes titles and full-text links from J-STOR and Project Muse.

Oxford English Dictionary

Subject: English language.
Description: The Oxford English Dictionary provides coverage of the meaning, history and pronunciation of words from across the English-speaking world.

Oxford World's Classics

Subject: English, Literature
Description: Oxford World’s Classics online collection of the world’s great literature currently provides access to novels, and other writings, from the 18th and 19th century. Every book includes comprehensive introductions, clear explanatory notes, chronologies, and bibliographies.

Project MUSE

Subject: All subject areas.
Description: Provides online access to a comprehensive selection of humanities and social sciences journals. Subject coverage includes: Anthropology, Education, Finance, History, Literature, Philosophy, Political Science, and Sociology

Agricola

Subject: Agriculture, Forestry.  
Description: Contains bibliographic records from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Library.

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GreenFILE

Subject: Environment.
Description: GreenFILE is a free research database covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more.  

Academic Search Complete

Subject: All subject areas.
Description: Academic Search Complete offers information in many areas of academic study including, anthropology, ethnic & multicultural studies, general science, geography, law, psychology, women's studies and many other fields.

LGBTQ+ Life with Full Text

Subject: LGBTQ+, Gender Studies.
Description: LGBTQ+ Life with Full Text is a full text database regarding gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender issues. Designed for academic, professional, and public communities.

PsycINFO

Subject: Psychology
Description: PsycINFO covers psychology and the psychological aspects of related disciplines such as medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology. 

SocINDEX

Subject: Sociology, Criminology, Gender Studies, Social Psychology.
Description: Contains full text for 397 core journals dating back to 1908 and 150 priority journals.

JSTOR

Subject: All subject areas.
Description: Provides access to scholarly journals mainly in the arts, humanities and social sciences. Subject coverage includes: Anthropology, Education, Finance, History, Literature, Philosophy, Political Science, and Sociology
Access: JSTOR includes many publications that delay access to current issues.  Most of these access delays are in the 3 - 5 year range.  If a recent issue is not available check the journal's moving wall field to see when it will become available.  Note: the article may be available in another Douglas College Database.

Anatomy.Tv

Subject: Anatomy, Nursing.
Description: Provides detailed and evidence-based 3D reconstruction of human anatomy.

BioMed Central

Subject: Biology, Nursing, Medicine.  
Description: Contains full text, peer-reviewed articles. The research articles are all open access, meaning that they are "immediately and permanently available online without charge". Click here for more information.

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Biomedical Reference Collection: Comprehensive Edition

Subject: Medicine, Nursing.
Description: Provides nearly 900 full text journals, including nearly 850 peer-reviewed publications. Journals available in full text in Biomedical Reference Collection: Comprehensive Edition are indexed in MEDLINE.

CINAHL Complete

Subject: Nursing, Medicine.
Description: CINAHL Complete covers nursing and allied health literature. It offers broad coverage of over 50 nursing specialties. Other content includes evidence-based care sheets, research instruments, continuing education modules, and quick lessons in diseases and conditions.

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Subject: Medicine, Nursing.
Description: Provides the full text of systematic reviews that focus on the effects of healthcare. Available through the library's Evidence-Based Medicine Reviews database.

Evidence Based Medicine Reviews

Subject: Nursing, Medicine.
Description: Contains seven sources: Cochrane Database of Systematic Review, Cochrane Database of Methodology Reviews (CDMR), Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness (DARE), Health Technology Assessments (HTA), NHS Economic Evaluation Database (NHSEED), ACP Journal Club, and Definitive Controlled Trial.

LWW Total Access Collection with Neurology

Subject: Medicine, Nursing, Life Sciences.
Description: Over 250 specialized journals in full text. Also referred to as: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Total Access Collection.

MEDLINE (Ovid)

Subject: Medicine, Nursing.
Description: MEDLINE is the United States National Library of Medicine's premier bibliographic database.

MEDLINE with Full Text (EBSCO)

Subject: Medicine, Nursing.
Description: MEDLINE with Full Text provides access to the US National Library of Medicine's bibliographic database and offers access the full text articles.

Ovid Databases

Subject: Medicine, Nursing.
Description: Provides access to all OVID databases available through Douglas College library.

PubMed (publicly available MEDLINE)

Subject: Medicine, Nursing.  
Description: PubMed is the U.S. National Library of Medicine's free MEDLINE database. It contains citations, abstracts and links to some full text articles. 

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RxTx (formerly e-Therapeutics and e-CPS)

Subject: Medicine, Nursing
Description: Comprehensive drug information resource produced by the Canadian Pharmacists Association. Includes e-CPS, e-Therapeutics, and the Lexi-Interact drug interactions module.

SPORTDiscus with Full Text

Subject: Sport Science.
Description: Indexes journals and books. Contains full text articles, citations and abstracts.

UpToDate

Subject: Nursing, Medicine, and current drug information.
Description: UpToDate is a point-of-care clinical medicine database, providing coverage of over 8500 topics in 17 medical specialties. UpToDate integrates drug information (Lexi-Comp) and clinical images (Visual Dx). 
Access: Restricted to Douglas College students and employees. To access the full text articles, click on Log In. On the Log In page, click on OpenAthens in the Sign in with area. Under Find your institution type Douglas College. Click on Douglas College and then Current Student & Employees. Enter your College Network Access (CNA)

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American Antiquarian Society Historical Periodicals Collection

Subject: History.
Description: Provides digital access to the most comprehensive collection of American Periodicals published between 1684 and 1912. Over seven million pages from more than 7,600 periodicals are available full text.

Bibliography of Indigenous Peoples in North America

Subject: First Nations, Anthropology, History.
Description: A bibliographic database covering all aspects of native North American culture, history, and life. This resource covers a wide range of topics including archaeology, multicultural relations, governance, legend, and literacy.

Dictionary of Canadian Biography

Subject: History.  
Description: Biographical information about Canadians deceased from 1000-1930 + selected biographies until the year 2000.

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Early Canadiana Online

Subject: History  
Description: Early Canadiana Online (ECO) is a full text, searchable, online collection of more than 3,000 books and pamphlets documenting Canadian history from the first European contact to the late 19th century.

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Encyclopedia of British Columbia

Subject: British Columbia History.
Description: Encyclopedia of British Columbia (a.k.a. KnowBC) was launched as the online edition of Harbour Publishing's Encyclopedia of British Columbia.

Films on Demand Archival Films & Newsreels Collection

Subject: History
Description: This collection is a treasure trove of archival and historical films from multiple sources.

JSTOR

Subject: All subject areas.
Description: Provides access to scholarly journals mainly in the arts, humanities and social sciences. Subject coverage includes: Anthropology, Education, Finance, History, Literature, Philosophy, Political Science, and Sociology
Access: JSTOR includes many publications that delay access to current issues.  Most of these access delays are in the 3 - 5 year range.  If a recent issue is not available check the journal's moving wall field to see when it will become available.  Note: the article may be available in another Douglas College Database.

KnowBC

Subject: British Columbia History.
Description: KnowBC is the online edition of the Encyclopedia of British Columbia. 

Points to the Past

Subject: History,  
Description: Historical databases with primary source material including maps, photos, newspapers, manuscripts, pamphlets, portraits and more.

Project MUSE

Subject: All subject areas.
Description: Provides online access to a comprehensive selection of humanities and social sciences journals. Subject coverage includes: Anthropology, Education, Finance, History, Literature, Philosophy, Political Science, and Sociology

Province (1894-2010)

Subject: History, Political Science.
Description: Full-text coverage of The Province newspaper from 1894 to 2010. Contains full-page images of each issue.

Vancouver Sun (1912-2010)

Subject: History, Political Science.
Description: Full-text coverage of the Vancouver Sun newspaper from its inception in 1912 to 2010. Contains full-page images of each issue.

Bibliography of Indigenous Peoples in North America

Subject: First Nations, Anthropology, History.
Description: A bibliographic database covering all aspects of native North American culture, history, and life. This resource covers a wide range of topics including archaeology, multicultural relations, governance, legend, and literacy.

Can-Core AV

Subject: All subject areas.
Description: Canadian streaming educational and documentary film collection. Includes indigenous and BC content.

CBCA Complete

Subject: All subject areas.
Description: Combines full text and indexed content from all four CBCA database subsets: Business, Current Events, Education and Reference. Allows cross searching with the Canadian Newsstream database. Emphasis on Canadian content.

iPortal

Subject: Indigenous Studies, First Nations Studies
Description: The Indigenous Studies Portal (iPortal) is a database of full-text electronic resources such as articles, e-books, theses, government publications, videos, oral histories, and digitized archival documents and photographs. The iPortal content has a primary focus on Indigenous peoples of Canada with a secondary focus on North American materials and beyond.
Access: iPortal has freely available materials that can be used by anyone. It also includes resources that are licensed by the Douglas College library and can be accessed using your CNA to access.

JSTOR

Subject: All subject areas.
Description: Provides access to scholarly journals mainly in the arts, humanities and social sciences. Subject coverage includes: Anthropology, Education, Finance, History, Literature, Philosophy, Political Science, and Sociology
Access: JSTOR includes many publications that delay access to current issues.  Most of these access delays are in the 3 - 5 year range.  If a recent issue is not available check the journal's moving wall field to see when it will become available.  Note: the article may be available in another Douglas College Database.

SocINDEX

Subject: Sociology, Criminology, Gender Studies, Social Psychology.
Description: Contains full text for 397 core journals dating back to 1908 and 150 priority journals.

Academic Search Complete

Subject: All subject areas.
Description: Academic Search Complete offers information in many areas of academic study including, anthropology, ethnic & multicultural studies, general science, geography, law, psychology, women's studies and many other fields.

Academic Video Online (AVON)

Subjects: All subject areas.
Description: Delivers more than 63,000 (and growing) scholarly videos for virtually every discipline.

BrowZine

Description: Delivers thousands of academic journals to your web browser and mobile devices. For mobile use - download the free BrowZine app and select Douglas College from the list of libraries.

Can-Core AV

Subject: All subject areas.
Description: Canadian streaming educational and documentary film collection. Includes indigenous and BC content.

Canadian Newsstream

Subject: All subject areas.
Description: Full text access to BC and Canadian newspapers including the Vancouver Sun, the Province, the Vancouver Courier, Globe & Mail, National Post, and more.

Canadian Periodical Index: CPI.Q

Subject: All suject areas.
Description: Contains Indexing of Canadian periodicals (English and French) with many full-text articles. Also contains reference materials such as the Canadian Parliamentary Guide and Contemporary Canadian Authors.

Canadian Points of View

Subject: All subject areas.
Description: Provides a series of essays that present multiple sides of more than 120 key topics, each with an overview (objective background/description), point (argument), counterpoint (opposing argument), and Critical Thinking Guide.

CBCA Complete

Subject: All subject areas.
Description: Combines full text and indexed content from all four CBCA database subsets: Business, Current Events, Education and Reference. Allows cross searching with the Canadian Newsstream database. Emphasis on Canadian content.

Criterion On Demand

Subject: All subject areas.
Description: Provides access to educationally relevant feature films used in Canadian Higher Education Institutions. The selection includes classics, new releases, literary adaptations, documentaries, animated titles, and independent features.
Access: Clear cache and cookies if encountering an error message, or launch a different browser.

Curio.ca

Subject: All subject areas.
Description: Streaming audio and video content from CBC and Radio-Canada. Provides access to thousands of programs and documentaries with English and French-language content.
Off Campus Access: Restricted to Douglas College students and employees. *Due to licensing restrictions some Curio content may be unavailable outside of Canada.

DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals

Subject: All subjects areas.  
Description: DOAJ is a community-curated online directory that indexes and provides access to high quality, open access, peer-reviewed journals.

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DOOR (DOuglas Open Repository)

DOOR (DOuglas Open Repository) is a scholarly publishing platform which showcases and preserves the scholarly, research and creative works of the Douglas College community. Our open access repository contains a number of growing collections indexed by the major search engines and is also searchable directly here. DOOR is a member of Arca (https://arcabc.ca/) which is British Columbia's province-wide network of institutional repositories.

Ebook Collection (EBSCOhost)

Subject: All subject areas.
Description: Full text ebook collection. Includes a broad range of mostly business-oriented titles, in areas such as accounting, e-commerce, entrepreneurship, economics and global economy, finance and banking.

EBSCO

Subject: All subject areas.
Description: Provides access to all EBSCO databases available through Douglas College library which contain full text articles, citations, abstracts, and more.

Erudit

Subject: Social Sciences and Humanities.  
Description: Érudit publishes research in the humanities and social sciences, as well as select physical and natural science journals. Érudit is the largest provider of Canadian French and bilingual research publications and over 90% of the content on Érudit is offered in open access. 

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Films on Demand

Subject: All subject areas.
Description: A multi-disciplinary collection of over 10,000 films available in streaming format; Provides access to thousands of programs and documentaries with English and French-language content. 

Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia

Subject: All subject areas
Description: Provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas. Contains full text articles.

Google Scholar

Subject: All subject areas.  
Description: Google Scholar is a subset of Google that focuses on peer-reviewed journal articles and scholarly books. When you do a search in Google Scholar, links to full text articles are provided when available through Douglas College.

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illume

Subject: All subjects (Union catalogue).  
Description: This database allows you to search simultaneously post-secondary and public library catalogues in British Columbia to find books, videos, periodicals and other materials.

JSTOR

Subject: All subject areas.
Description: Provides access to scholarly journals mainly in the arts, humanities and social sciences. Subject coverage includes: Anthropology, Education, Finance, History, Literature, Philosophy, Political Science, and Sociology
Access: JSTOR includes many publications that delay access to current issues.  Most of these access delays are in the 3 - 5 year range.  If a recent issue is not available check the journal's moving wall field to see when it will become available.  Note: the article may be available in another Douglas College Database.

KnowBC

Subject: British Columbia History.
Description: KnowBC is the online edition of the Encyclopedia of British Columbia. 

Library Catalogue

Description: Search the Douglas College Library classic catalogue directly for books, eBooks, media, and equipment in the collection. Also allows you to login and check your library account for renewals, fines, holds, etc.  

Maclean's Magazine Archive

Subject: All subject areas.
Description: Maclean’s Magazine Archive, 1905-2015, the leading Canadian news and general interest magazine. Topics include investigative reporting, opinion and analysis on politics, economy and business, science and technology, society, arts and culture, education and work.

MLA Directory of Periodicals

Subject: All subject areas.
Description: The MLA Directory of Periodicals provides detailed information on over 25,000 journals and book series that cover literature, literary theory, dramatic arts, folklore, language, linguistics, pedagogy, rhetoric and composition, and the history of printing and publishing. Articles published in works listed in the directory are indexed in the MLA International Bibliography. The directory is a valuable resource for scholars seeking outlets to publish their work as well as for librarians working to identify periodical publications that best meet their institutions’ needs.

National Film Board

Subject: All subject areas.
Description: Offers a range of documentaries, dramas and historical films, with a Canadian emphasis. Additional features include the ability to create personal play lists and access to study guides.
Access: This website offers freely accessible streaming videos as well as a National Film Board Campus collection of 500+ titles accessible to registered account holders at Douglas College.

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Oxford Reference Online

Subject: All subject areas.

Description: Published by Oxford University Press, Oxford Reference Online contains over 100 major reference books that cover a wide range of subject areas.

Project MUSE

Subject: All subject areas.
Description: Provides online access to a comprehensive selection of humanities and social sciences journals. Subject coverage includes: Anthropology, Education, Finance, History, Literature, Philosophy, Political Science, and Sociology

Proquest Ebook Central

Subject: All subject areas.
Description: eBook collection for all disciplines, with a special selection from Canadian publishers.  Available to all users simultaneously.

Sage Journals Online

Subject: All subject areas.
Description: Full text of peer reviewed journals published by Sage..

Sage Video

Subject: All subject areas.
Description: Offers information in many areas of academic study including, business, counseling & psychotherapy, criminology, education, media, politics & international relations, psychology, sociology and research methods. 

SocINDEX

Subject: Sociology, Criminology, Gender Studies, Social Psychology.
Description: Contains full text for 397 core journals dating back to 1908 and 150 priority journals.

Taylor & Francis Online

Subject: All subject areas.
Description: Includes a broad range of journal content in different subject areas such as Anthropology, Behavioral Science, Criminology, Health & Social Care, Politics, Sport & Leisure, and Sociology. 

Theses Canada

Subject: All subject areas.  
Description: This site provides access to Canadian theses, including full text theses from 1998.

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Very Short Introductions

Subject: All subject areas.
Description: Oxford's Very Short Introductions series offers concise and original introductions to a wide range of subjects. Each volume provides an authoritative and engaging assessment of a concept, field, or body of work, drawing out the central ideas, themes, and approaches.

Wiley Online Library

Subject: All subject areas.
Description: Includes a broad range of journal content in different subject areas such as Business, Psychology, Criminology, Health & Social & Behavioral Sciences, and Sociology.

WorldCat

Subject: All subject areas  
Description: OCLC Catalogue of books and other materials in libraries worldwide.

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WorldCat/FirstSearch

Subject: All subject areas (Union catalogue).
Description: OCLC catalogue of books and other materials in libraries worldwide.

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Audio Cine Films (ACF)

Subject: Movies
Description: Hundreds of popular movies and classics in multiple languages. The majority of new releases are added within 1-2 days of being released in Blu-ray and DVD.

Films on Demand: Entertainment Canada

Subject: Music & Performing Arts
Description: 

Grove Music Online

Subject: Music.
Description: Covers all aspects of music. It includes the full text of the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, the New Grove Dictionary of Opera, the New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, the Oxford Companion to Music and more.  
Access: limited to five simultaneous users.

Kanopy

Subject: Multidisciplinary
Description: Streaming video collection which includes thousands of award-winning documentaries, training films and theatrical releases.
Access: This link will lead to a catalogue search of all titles owned by Douglas College. Add more terms to refine your results, or use the search feature on the Kanopy website for a full listing of Kanopy titles. 

Naxos Music Library

Subject: Music.
Description: Complete catalogues or selected recordings of over 400 independent labels. Includes music notes, tracklist, and instrumentation. Libretti and synopses of more than 700 operas More than 40,000 composer and artist biographies
Access: Only five simultaneous users are allowed. 

Smithsonian Global Sound for Libraries

Subject: Anthropology, Music
Description: Smithsonian Global Sound is a virtual encyclopedia of the world's musical and aural traditions. It includes folk, popular, classical and world music, speeches, and oral histories, delivered via streaming audio.

Theatre Performance & Design Collection

Description: The Theatre Performance & Design Collection is an international collection that covers all aspects of theater from production and design to performance, from the 17th century through to the present day, including, set design, lighting design, sound design, costume design, makeup, and more. It includes the National Theatre Collection, the Royal Shakespeare Company Collection, and other collections.

* To search a specific collection, use the My Collections drop down menu.

Anatomy.Tv

Subject: Anatomy, Nursing.
Description: Provides detailed and evidence-based 3D reconstruction of human anatomy.

BioMed Central

Subject: Biology, Nursing, Medicine.  
Description: Contains full text, peer-reviewed articles. The research articles are all open access, meaning that they are "immediately and permanently available online without charge". Click here for more information.

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Biomedical Reference Collection: Comprehensive Edition

Subject: Medicine, Nursing.
Description: Provides nearly 900 full text journals, including nearly 850 peer-reviewed publications. Journals available in full text in Biomedical Reference Collection: Comprehensive Edition are indexed in MEDLINE.

CINAHL Complete

Subject: Nursing, Medicine.
Description: CINAHL Complete covers nursing and allied health literature. It offers broad coverage of over 50 nursing specialties. Other content includes evidence-based care sheets, research instruments, continuing education modules, and quick lessons in diseases and conditions.

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Subject: Medicine, Nursing.
Description: Provides the full text of systematic reviews that focus on the effects of healthcare. Available through the library's Evidence-Based Medicine Reviews database.

DSM-5: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th edition

Subject: Psychiatry, Criminology, Nursing, Education, Psychology.
Description: DSM-5 is a classification of mental disorders with related diagnostic criteria. It is a standard reference for clinical practice in the mental health field. Available through PsychiatryOnline database.

Evidence Based Medicine Reviews

Subject: Nursing, Medicine.
Description: Contains seven sources: Cochrane Database of Systematic Review, Cochrane Database of Methodology Reviews (CDMR), Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness (DARE), Health Technology Assessments (HTA), NHS Economic Evaluation Database (NHSEED), ACP Journal Club, and Definitive Controlled Trial.

Lexicomp

Subject: Current drug information for Medicine and Nursing.
Description: Lexicomp provides point of care drug information, including dosing, administration, warnings and precautions, as well as clinical content such as clinical practice guidelines, and other tools.

LWW Total Access Collection with Neurology

Subject: Medicine, Nursing, Life Sciences.
Description: Over 250 specialized journals in full text. Also referred to as: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Total Access Collection.

MEDLINE (Ovid)

Subject: Medicine, Nursing.
Description: MEDLINE is the United States National Library of Medicine's premier bibliographic database.

MEDLINE with Full Text (EBSCO)

Subject: Medicine, Nursing.
Description: MEDLINE with Full Text provides access to the US National Library of Medicine's bibliographic database and offers access the full text articles.

Mosby's Nursing Video Skills: Advanced

Subject: Nursing.
Description: Interactive videos demonstrate how to perform key nursing procedures and cover basic, intermediate and advanced levels.

Mosby's Nursing Video Skills: Basic

Subject: Nursing.
Description: Interactive videos demonstrate how to perform key nursing procedures and cover basic, intermediate and advanced levels.

Mosby's Nursing Video Skills: Intermediate

Subject: Nursing.
Description: Interactive videos demonstrate how to perform key nursing procedures and cover basic, intermediate and advanced levels.

Ovid Databases

Subject: Medicine, Nursing.
Description: Provides access to all OVID databases available through Douglas College library.

PsychiatryOnline

Subject: Psychology, Psychiatry, Criminology, Nursing.
Description: This database contains DSM-5: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. It also gives access to journals such as American Journal of Psychiatry, and some psychiatric ebooks.

Psychotherapy.net

Subject: Psychology, Psychiatric Nursing, Psychosocial Rehabilitation
Description: Streaming videos for teaching and training in psychotherapy, psychology and addictions. The majority of the videos show therapists conducting therapy and demonstrating clinical skills, along with pre and post session discussions.

PubMed (publicly available MEDLINE)

Subject: Medicine, Nursing.  
Description: PubMed is the U.S. National Library of Medicine's free MEDLINE database. It contains citations, abstracts and links to some full text articles. 

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RxTx (formerly e-Therapeutics and e-CPS)

Subject: Medicine, Nursing
Description: Comprehensive drug information resource produced by the Canadian Pharmacists Association. Includes e-CPS, e-Therapeutics, and the Lexi-Interact drug interactions module.

UpToDate

Subject: Nursing, Medicine, and current drug information.
Description: UpToDate is a point-of-care clinical medicine database, providing coverage of over 8500 topics in 17 medical specialties. UpToDate integrates drug information (Lexi-Comp) and clinical images (Visual Dx). 
Access: Restricted to Douglas College students and employees. To access the full text articles, click on Log In. On the Log In page, click on OpenAthens in the Sign in with area. Under Find your institution type Douglas College. Click on Douglas College and then Current Student & Employees. Enter your College Network Access (CNA)

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Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Subject: Philosophy.
Description: Electronic reproduction of the original ten volume set. 2nd edition, Gale 2005. The print edition is available at both campus libraries in the reference collection.

JSTOR

Subject: All subject areas.
Description: Provides access to scholarly journals mainly in the arts, humanities and social sciences. Subject coverage includes: Anthropology, Education, Finance, History, Literature, Philosophy, Political Science, and Sociology
Access: JSTOR includes many publications that delay access to current issues.  Most of these access delays are in the 3 - 5 year range.  If a recent issue is not available check the journal's moving wall field to see when it will become available.  Note: the article may be available in another Douglas College Database.

Project MUSE

Subject: All subject areas.
Description: Provides online access to a comprehensive selection of humanities and social sciences journals. Subject coverage includes: Anthropology, Education, Finance, History, Literature, Philosophy, Political Science, and Sociology

Academic Search Complete

Subject: All subject areas.
Description: Academic Search Complete offers information in many areas of academic study including, anthropology, ethnic & multicultural studies, general science, geography, law, psychology, women's studies and many other fields.

CBCA Complete

Subject: All subject areas.
Description: Combines full text and indexed content from all four CBCA database subsets: Business, Current Events, Education and Reference. Allows cross searching with the Canadian Newsstream database. Emphasis on Canadian content.

JSTOR

Subject: All subject areas.
Description: Provides access to scholarly journals mainly in the arts, humanities and social sciences. Subject coverage includes: Anthropology, Education, Finance, History, Literature, Philosophy, Political Science, and Sociology
Access: JSTOR includes many publications that delay access to current issues.  Most of these access delays are in the 3 - 5 year range.  If a recent issue is not available check the journal's moving wall field to see when it will become available.  Note: the article may be available in another Douglas College Database.

Project MUSE

Subject: All subject areas.
Description: Provides online access to a comprehensive selection of humanities and social sciences journals. Subject coverage includes: Anthropology, Education, Finance, History, Literature, Philosophy, Political Science, and Sociology

Province (1894-2010)

Subject: History, Political Science.
Description: Full-text coverage of The Province newspaper from 1894 to 2010. Contains full-page images of each issue.

Statista

Subject: Business, Political Science
Description: Statista provides statistical data on many topics including media, business, politics, and society. Sources include market reports, trade publications, scientific journals, and government databases.

Times Colonist (1884 - 2010)

Subject: History, Political Science.
Description: Full-text coverage of the Times Colonist newspaper from 1884 to 2010. Contains full-page images of each issue.

Vancouver Sun (1912-2010)

Subject: History, Political Science.
Description: Full-text coverage of the Vancouver Sun newspaper from its inception in 1912 to 2010. Contains full-page images of each issue.

APA PsycTherapy

Subject: Psychology
Description: APA PsycTherapy is a streaming video database intended for educational purposes, specifically in clinical training and counselor education. It provides the opportunity to observe psychotherapy videos featuring known therapists.

DSM-5: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th edition

Subject: Psychiatry, Criminology, Nursing, Education, Psychology.
Description: DSM-5 is a classification of mental disorders with related diagnostic criteria. It is a standard reference for clinical practice in the mental health field. Available through PsychiatryOnline database.

MEDLINE with Full Text (EBSCO)

Subject: Medicine, Nursing.
Description: MEDLINE with Full Text provides access to the US National Library of Medicine's bibliographic database and offers access the full text articles.

Mental Measurements Yearbook with Tests in Print

Subject: Psychology
Description: A comprehensive guide to over 3,000 contemporary testing instruments. Contains evaluative information about tests from a variety of areas.

PsycARTICLES

Subject: Psychology
Description: Contains full text articles from 42 journals published by the American Psychological Association and allied organizations.

PsychiatryOnline

Subject: Psychology, Psychiatry, Criminology, Nursing.
Description: This database contains DSM-5: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. It also gives access to journals such as American Journal of Psychiatry, and some psychiatric ebooks.

Psychotherapy.net

Subject: Psychology, Psychiatric Nursing, Psychosocial Rehabilitation
Description: Streaming videos for teaching and training in psychotherapy, psychology and addictions. The majority of the videos show therapists conducting therapy and demonstrating clinical skills, along with pre and post session discussions.

PsycINFO

Subject: Psychology
Description: PsycINFO covers psychology and the psychological aspects of related disciplines such as medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology. 

PsycTESTS

Subjects: Psychology, Psychiatry, Education, Medicine, Business, Social Work, Criminology.
Description: This repository for ready-to-use tests and measures from the American Psychological Association provides access to thousands of actual test instruments. Updated monthly.

Dictionary of Canadian Biography

Subject: History.  
Description: Biographical information about Canadians deceased from 1000-1930 + selected biographies until the year 2000.

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Encyclopedia of British Columbia

Subject: British Columbia History.
Description: Encyclopedia of British Columbia (a.k.a. KnowBC) was launched as the online edition of Harbour Publishing's Encyclopedia of British Columbia.

Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Subject: Philosophy.
Description: Electronic reproduction of the original ten volume set. 2nd edition, Gale 2005. The print edition is available at both campus libraries in the reference collection.

Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia

Subject: All subject areas
Description: Provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas. Contains full text articles.

KnowBC

Subject: British Columbia History.
Description: KnowBC is the online edition of the Encyclopedia of British Columbia. 

Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts with Full Text

Subject: Library Studies
Description: Provides full-text, indexing and abstracts for journals covering all related subjects, including librarianship, classification, cataloging and information management.

Oxford English Dictionary

Subject: English language.
Description: The Oxford English Dictionary provides coverage of the meaning, history and pronunciation of words from across the English-speaking world.

Oxford Reference Online

Subject: All subject areas.

Description: Published by Oxford University Press, Oxford Reference Online contains over 100 major reference books that cover a wide range of subject areas.

Academic Search Complete

Subject: All subject areas.
Description: Academic Search Complete offers information in many areas of academic study including, anthropology, ethnic & multicultural studies, general science, geography, law, psychology, women's studies and many other fields.

Agricola

Subject: Agriculture, Forestry.  
Description: Contains bibliographic records from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Library.

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GreenFILE

Subject: Environment.
Description: GreenFILE is a free research database covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more.  

PubMed (publicly available MEDLINE)

Subject: Medicine, Nursing.  
Description: PubMed is the U.S. National Library of Medicine's free MEDLINE database. It contains citations, abstracts and links to some full text articles. 

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Sage Journals Online

Subject: All subject areas.
Description: Full text of peer reviewed journals published by Sage..

ScienceDirect

Subject: Sciences, Psychology.
Description: Indexing and full text of more than 1000 peer reviewed journals published by Elsevier. A database of scientific, technical and medical journals.

Scientific Style and Format (8th ed)

Subject: Citation
Description: Now in its eighth edition, Scientific Style and Format Online, the indispensable reference for authors, editors, publishers, students, and translators in all areas of science and related fields has been fully revised by the Council of Science Editors (CSE) to reflect today’s best practices in scientific publishing. This fully searchable online edition makes it easy to find the answers you need quickly.

CSE Manual

Child Development and Adolescent Studies

Subject: Sociology, Growth and development of children through the age of 21.
Description: Includes all the issues of Child Development Abstracts & Bibliography from 1927 - 2001. Currently updated by NISC with indexing of journals, technical reports, books, book chapters, theses and dissertations.

JSTOR

Subject: All subject areas.
Description: Provides access to scholarly journals mainly in the arts, humanities and social sciences. Subject coverage includes: Anthropology, Education, Finance, History, Literature, Philosophy, Political Science, and Sociology
Access: JSTOR includes many publications that delay access to current issues.  Most of these access delays are in the 3 - 5 year range.  If a recent issue is not available check the journal's moving wall field to see when it will become available.  Note: the article may be available in another Douglas College Database.

Project MUSE

Subject: All subject areas.
Description: Provides online access to a comprehensive selection of humanities and social sciences journals. Subject coverage includes: Anthropology, Education, Finance, History, Literature, Philosophy, Political Science, and Sociology

Sage Journals Online

Subject: All subject areas.
Description: Full text of peer reviewed journals published by Sage..

SocINDEX

Subject: Sociology, Criminology, Gender Studies, Social Psychology.
Description: Contains full text for 397 core journals dating back to 1908 and 150 priority journals.

MEDLINE with Full Text (EBSCO)

Subject: Medicine, Nursing.
Description: MEDLINE with Full Text provides access to the US National Library of Medicine's bibliographic database and offers access the full text articles.

PsycINFO

Subject: Psychology
Description: PsycINFO covers psychology and the psychological aspects of related disciplines such as medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology. 

SocINDEX

Subject: Sociology, Criminology, Gender Studies, Social Psychology.
Description: Contains full text for 397 core journals dating back to 1908 and 150 priority journals.

SPORTDiscus with Full Text

Subject: Sport Science.
Description: Indexes journals and books. Contains full text articles, citations and abstracts.

Canadian Census Analyser (CHASS)

Subject: Business, Economics, Statistics.
Description: Covers the following geographical levels: Canada, provinces and territories, federal electoral districts, census divisions, census subdivisions, census tracts, and enumeration areas/dissemination areas.

CANSIM (CHASS)

Subject: Business, Economics, Statistics 
Description: CANSIM is a database of time series covering a wide variety of social and economic aspects of Canadian life. CANSIM tables are freely available on the Statistics Canada website . The CHASS version provides more powerful searching options than the Statcan website.

Passport

Subject: Business, Marketing, Statistics
Description: Demographic and economic data on every country in the world (with forecasts), as well as statistics, market reports, company profiles and information sources for country, market, consumer, and lifestyle profiling. This database was previously referred to as the Global Market Information Database or GMID.
Privacy notice: Douglas College Library makes Passport from Euromonitor available to you for your convenience. Your use of Passport database is voluntary. When you login the first time, you are asked to create a personal account for the purposes of saving searches and other personalized services. Please be advised that the personal information you disclose to Passport is stored on servers located outside Canada. When you use this service, no personal information about you is collected by or for the college. Canadian privacy laws do not apply to personal information you provide directly to Passport from Euromonitor. You may wish to review the Euromonitor privacy policy before using the service.
Using Passport: Watch our 5 minute tutorial video which highlights how to find Statistics and Analytical Reports and use the Industries, Economies, Consumer tools etc.

Statista

Subject: Business, Political Science
Description: Statista provides statistical data on many topics including media, business, politics, and society. Sources include market reports, trade publications, scientific journals, and government databases.

Statistics Canada

Subject: Statistics, Business.  
Description: Statistics from Canada's national statistical agency, organized into three broad subject areas: demographic and social, economic, and socio-economic.

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Academic Search Complete

Subject: All subject areas.
Description: Academic Search Complete offers information in many areas of academic study including, anthropology, ethnic & multicultural studies, general science, geography, law, psychology, women's studies and many other fields.

CINAHL Complete

Subject: Nursing, Medicine.
Description: CINAHL Complete covers nursing and allied health literature. It offers broad coverage of over 50 nursing specialties. Other content includes evidence-based care sheets, research instruments, continuing education modules, and quick lessons in diseases and conditions.

PsycINFO

Subject: Psychology
Description: PsycINFO covers psychology and the psychological aspects of related disciplines such as medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology. 

SocINDEX

Subject: Sociology, Criminology, Gender Studies, Social Psychology.
Description: Contains full text for 397 core journals dating back to 1908 and 150 priority journals.

SPORTDiscus with Full Text

Subject: Sport Science.
Description: Indexes journals and books. Contains full text articles, citations and abstracts.

Films on Demand Veterinary Video Collection

Subject: Veterinary
Description: With more than 240 titles, it provides a foundation in animal anatomy, physiology, and behavior while learning basic veterinary procedures and an understanding of the workplace.