{"id":430,"date":"2012-11-16T14:38:27","date_gmt":"2012-11-16T22:38:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/north-library\/?page_id=430"},"modified":"2024-02-11T14:01:09","modified_gmt":"2024-02-11T22:01:09","slug":"online-databases","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/north-library\/resources\/online-databases\/","title":{"rendered":"Online Databases"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a title=\"Online Databases\" href=\"http:\/\/library.sd41.bc.ca\/cataloging\/servlet\/presentvisualsearchdisplayform.do?groupid=1920&amp;searchHistoryID=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Online Databases<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Databases are online collections of information typically from reference books, journals, magazines, newspapers, and books. Unlike a free search engine (ie. Google), this information can only be found and accessed through databases which <em><strong>require a username and password<\/strong><\/em>. We subscribe to a number of them including the following:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/library.sd41.bc.ca\/imagestore\/visualsearch\/217\/1352221113181_cdnpovlogo.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"55\" height=\"55\" \/>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/library.sd41.bc.ca\/imagestore\/visualsearch\/217\/1351894814195_ebscocanadian.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"60\" height=\"60\" \/>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/library.sd41.bc.ca\/imagestore\/visualsearch\/217\/1233162461868_logoehost1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"82\" height=\"82\" \/>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/library.sd41.bc.ca\/imagestore\/visualsearch\/217\/1284153663015_scirclogo1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"60\" height=\"60\" \/>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/library.sd41.bc.ca\/imagestore\/visualsearch\/217\/1308854006328_globalissues1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"164\" height=\"70\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pointstothepast.ca\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BC Points to the Past<\/a> &#8211; searchable primary source material including maps, photos, newspapers, manuscripts, pamphlets, portraits, sermons, etc. <em>No login required.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/search.ebscohost.com\/login.aspx?authtype=uid&amp;profile=pov-can\">Canadian Points of View<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; a full-text site that provides essays to 100+ topics from a variety of perspectives. Magazine, journal, radio, and video are some of the types of resources used on this site.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Canadian Student Research Centre\" href=\"https:\/\/web.ebscohost.com\/src\/search?sid=9d7ddca0-4df4-4d42-b952-8b6465a45357%40sessionmgr112&amp;vid=1&amp;hid=128\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Canadian Student Research\u00a0Centre<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Canadian full-text references from Canadian periodicals, reference books, etc.\u00a0Additional EBSCO features include individual account set-up, citation help, translating, listening, and emailing to name a few.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/infotrac.galegroup.com\/itweb\/41bnss?db=BIC1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biography in Context<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; a comprehensive database of biographies of a variety of figures. Additional Gale features include multimedia, translating, emailing, listening and\u00a0citation\u00a0tools.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/search.ebscohost.com\/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&amp;custid=s1499323&amp;profile=ehost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EBSCOhost<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; an integrated database of all our EBSCO products including History\u00a0Reference\u00a0Center, Science Reference\u00a0Center, Canadian Reference Centre, Business Source Premier, Academic Search Premier, Funk and Wagnalls, and Middle Search Plus. Select one or all!\u00a0Additional EBSCO features include individual account set-up, citation help, translating, listening, and emailing features to name a few.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/infotrac.galegroup.com\/itweb\/41bnss?db=GIC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Global Issues in Context<\/a>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0a comprehensive database of biographies of a variety of figures. Additional Gale features include multimedia, translating, emailing, listening and\u00a0citation\u00a0tools.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/search.ebscohost.com\/login.aspx?profile=ehost&amp;defaultdb=khh&amp;authtype=ip,custuid&amp;custid=s1499323\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">History Reference Database<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; a history reference database geared towards secondary students and features full-text articles from reference books,\u00a0\u00a0encyclopedias, and non-fiction books. Additional\u00a0EBSCO features include individual account set-up, citation help, translating, listening, and emailing features to name a few.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/search.ebscohost.com\/login.aspx?authtype=uid&amp;profile=novplus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NoveList Plus<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; a database of fiction and non-fiction titles to support class and recreational reading for secondary students. Articles, discussion guides, &#8220;Grab and Go&#8221; lists, and searchable award lists are a few of the features of this site.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/search.ebscohost.com\/login.aspx?profile=ehost&amp;defaultdb=sch&amp;authtype=ip,custuid&amp;custid=s1499323\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Science Reference Center<\/a> &#8211;\u00a0a science reference database geared towards secondary students and features full-text articles from reference books,\u00a0\u00a0encyclopedias, and non-fiction books. Additional EBSCO features include individual account set-up, citation help, translating, listening, and emailing features to name a few.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/infotrac.galegroup.com\/itweb\/41bnss?db=SCIC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Science in Context<\/a>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0a comprehensive database of science resources. Additional Gale features include multimedia, translating, emailing, listening and\u00a0citation\u00a0tools.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/infotrac.galegroup.com\/itweb\/41bnss?id=bns&amp;db=whic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">World History in Context<\/a>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0a comprehensive database of world history. Additional Gale features include multimedia, translating, emailing, listening and\u00a0citation\u00a0tools.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"line-height: 19px;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/library.sd41.bc.ca\/imagestore\/visualsearch\/217\/1352227601685_novelistlogo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"48\" height=\"72\" \/>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/library.sd41.bc.ca\/imagestore\/visualsearch\/217\/1308854142140_scienceincontextbutton1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"80\" height=\"35\" \/>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/library.sd41.bc.ca\/imagestore\/visualsearch\/217\/1351894138433_images7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"80\" height=\"33\" \/>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/library.sd41.bc.ca\/imagestore\/visualsearch\/217\/1353104923878_ebscohistory.bmp\" alt=\"\" width=\"105\" height=\"110\" \/><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<h3><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Free Open Source Journals<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.academia.edu\/Directory\/Papers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Academia.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/plos.org\/#journals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PLOS Open-Source Journals<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/unpaywall.org\">http:\/\/unpaywall.org\u00a0<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Some journal databases only let you read the abstract of an article for free but require a paid login to access the full-text (this is a paywall).\u00a0 This organisation seeks out open source, legal copies of journal articles so you can read the full text.\u00a0 Their main page lists the open source journals they link to, but they also have a browser extension available for Chrome that will tell you if an unpaywalled version available of the article you&#8217;re looking at in the browser.\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/chrome.google.com\/webstore\/detail\/unpaywall\/iplffkdpngmdjhlpjmppncnlhomiipha\">https:\/\/chrome.google.com\/webstore\/detail\/unpaywall\/iplffkdpngmdjhlpjmppncnlhomiipha<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Online Databases Databases are online collections of information typically from reference books, journals, magazines, newspapers, and books. 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