Databases

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.

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.

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

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

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

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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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. 

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.

Description: Search the Douglas College collection 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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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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