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Films on Demand Archival Films & Newsreels Collection

Description

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

Permitted usesUpload to BlackBoard? Yes
Showing live in BlackBoard class? Yes
Recording in BB for asynchronous viewing? Yes

Films on Demand Veterinary Video Collection

Description

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.

Permitted usesUpload to BlackBoard? Yes
Showing live in BlackBoard class? Yes
Recording in BB for asynchronous viewing? Yes

Films on Demand: Allied Health

Description

Subject: Nursing, Allied Health
Description: Over 300 videos focusing on various aspects of healthcare professions and practices. 

Permitted usesUpload to BlackBoard? Yes
Showing live in BlackBoard class? Yes
Recording in BB for asynchronous viewing? Yes

Films on Demand: Entertainment Canada

Description

Subject: Music & Performing Arts
Description: Over 600 videos featuring Canadian films and TV shows.

Permitted usesUpload to BlackBoard? Yes
Showing live in BlackBoard class? Yes
Recording in BB for asynchronous viewing? Yes

Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia

Description

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

Permitted uses Allows ILL? Yes
Allows e-reserves? Yes
Allows coursepacks? No
Upload to Blackboard? Yes
Other information: Included with subscription to Academic Search

Gale's Literary Index

Description

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.).

Google Scholar

Description

Subject: All subject areas.  Open access database
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.

Terms & conditions

GreenFILE

Description

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.  

Permitted uses Allows ILL? Yes
Allows e-reserves? Yes
Allows coursepacks? No
Upload to BlackBoard? Yes, with citation

Grove Music Online

Description

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.

Permitted uses Allows ILL? No
Allows e-reserves? Yes
Allows coursepacks? Yes
Upload to Blackboard? Link to content; no downloads

Harvard Business Review Press ebooks

Description

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.

Permitted uses Allows ILL? Yes
Allows e-reserves? No, link only
Allows coursepacks? No
Upload to BlackBoard? No, link only

illume

Description

Subject: All subjects (Union catalogue).  Open access database
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.

Industry Canada

Description

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

Terms & conditions

International Financial Reporting Standards

Description

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

Permitted uses Allows ILL? No
Allows e-reserves? No
Allows coursepacks? No
Upload to BlackBoard? No

iPortal

Description

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

Description

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.

Permitted uses Allows ILL? Print copies only- digital copies may not be made for the purpose of ILL
Allows e-reserves? Link to content only
Allows coursepacks? No
Upload to BlackBoard? No - Link to content only

Kanopy

Description

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. 

KnowBC

Description

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

Permitted uses Allows ILL? Yes
Allows e-reserves? Yes
Allows coursepacks? Yes
Upload to Blackboard? Link to content; no downloads

Lexidrug

Description

Subject: Current drug information for Medicine and Nursing.
Description: Lexidrug (previously known as 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.

Permitted uses Allows ILL? No
Allows e-reserves? No - Link to content only
Allows coursepacks? No
Upload to BlackBoard? No - Link to content only

LGBTQ+ Life with Full Text

Description

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.

Permitted uses Allows ILL? Yes
Allows e-reserves? Yes
Allows coursepacks? No
Upload to Blackboard? Yes

LII (U.S. Legal Information)

Description

Subject: United States law, Criminology.  Open access database
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.

Terms & conditions

LWW Total Access Collection with Neurology

Description

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

Permitted uses Allows ILL? Yes - 1 *print* article maximum
Allows e-reserves? Yes
Allows coursepacks? No - seek permission from relevant publisher
Upload to BlackBoard? Yes, provided there is NOT a note in the title record prohibiting it.

Maclean's Magazine Archive

Description

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.

Permitted uses Allows ILL? Yes
Allows e-reserves? Yes
Allows coursepacks? No
Upload to Blackboard? Yes

MEDLINE (Ovid)

Description

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

Permitted uses Allows ILL? Yes
Allows e-reserves? Yes
Allows coursepacks? Yes
Upload to Blackboard? Link to content; no downloads

MEDLINE with Full Text (EBSCO)

Description

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.

Permitted uses Allows ILL? Yes
Allows e-reserves? Yes
Allows coursepacks? Yes
Upload to Blackboard? Link to content; no downloads

Mental Measurements Yearbook with Tests in Print

Description

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

Permitted uses Allows ILL? Yes
Allows e-reserves? Yes
Allows coursepacks? Yes
Upload to Blackboard? Yes, with citation