Library Databases - Alphabetical by Name

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• ABC-CLIO eBook Collection
  • A collection of history and social studies eBooks from the publisher ABC-CLIO.
    
  • Format:  WWW       Access:  Langara ID & password required for off-campus use       
    
  • Date Coverage:  Full text

• Academic Search Premier
  • Indexes 8,450+ magazines and journals, with full text articles from over 4,600. Covers many subject areas.
    
  • Format:  WWW       Access:  Langara ID & password required for off-campus use       
    
  • Date Coverage:  Citations and some full text: 1980's to present

• AccessScience Encyclopedia
  • An online encyclopedia of science and technology.
    
  • Format:  WWW       Access:  Langara ID & password required for off-campus use       
    
  • Date Coverage:  Full text

• ACM Digital Library
  • Contains the full text of journal articles and proceedings published by the Association for Computing Machinery. Useful for technical information as well as discussions on human interaction with computers. Subject areas covered include: algorithms, design, documentation, economics, experimentation, human factors, programming languages, legal aspects, management, measurement, performance, reliability, security, standardization, theory, verification.
    
  • Format:  WWW       Access:  Langara ID & password required for off-campus use       
    
  • Date Coverage:   Indexing and full text: most publications start from 1990's to present with a few titles available from 1960's to present

• ACP Medicine
  • A continuously-updated medical textbook, with content covering the 11 subspecialties of internal medicine plus selected topics in Women's Health, Neurology, Emergency Medicine, and Psychiatry.
    
  • Format:  WWW       Access:  Langara ID & password required for off-campus use. Langara license only allows 1 user at a time.       
    
  • Date Coverage:  Full text

• Agricola
  • A free index to 850 agriculture and forestry journals (see title list), book chapters, and short reports. From the US National Library of Agriculture.
    
  • Format:  WWW       Access:  Free Web Resource       
    
  • Date Coverage:  1970's - present; Citation only

• Alt Healthwatch
  • Focuses on complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness. Includes articles from over 174 journals, magazines, newsletters, and reports.
    
  • Format:  WWW       Access:  Langara ID & password required for off-campus use       
    
  • Date Coverage:  Citations and some full text: 1990's to present

• Annual Reviews Online
  • Provides authoritative, analytic reviews of current research in the sciences and social sciences. Langara subscribes to 6 Annual Reviews:
    • Anthropology
    • Biochemistry
    • Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics
    • Medicine
    • Microbiology
    • Psychology
    
    
  • Format:  WWW       Access:  Langara ID & password required for off-campus use       
    
  • Date Coverage:  1996 to present, full text articles

• Applied Science Index
  • Covers over 400 English language journals and magazines in such areas as engineering, acoustics, chemistry, computers, metallurgy, physics, plastics, telecommunications, transportation, and waste management.
    
  • Format:  WWW       Access:  Langara ID & password required for off-campus use       
    
  • Date Coverage:   1983 to present; Citation only

• Art Index
  • Indexes over 220 journals in art history, film studies, interior decoration, architecture, decorative arts and all forms of visual arts; reproductions of works of art are also indexed.
    
  • Format:  WWW       Access:  Langara ID & password required for off-campus use       
    
  • Date Coverage:  Citations only: 1984 to present
    Print index: 1969 - 1996, mezzanine floor Indexes Area - N 1 Z937

• ARTstor
  • A digital library of over 700,000 images in the areas of art, architecture, the humanities, and social sciences.
    
  • Format:  WWW       Access:  On-Campus & Off-Campus (Langara ID & password required)       
    
  • Date Coverage:  Images

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• BC Legislative Library - selective list of articles in BC Magazines and Newspapers, 1991-2007
  • Article citations only! From 1991-2007, the Library of the BC Legislative Assembly produced its own searchable list of articles on topics of interest to MLAs, from selected BC newspapers and magazines. It is easy to search, but you will have to go to Canadian Newsstand to retrieve articles from Vancouver Sun, Province, and Times Colonist.
    
  • Format:  WWW       Access:  Free Web Resource       
    
  • Date Coverage:  Citations only, 1991 - 2007

• BC Stats
  • A wide range of socio-economic data about BC, including Census data and industry surveys. The free BC Stats website provides much of the same data but does not include reports from Statistics Canada.
    
  • Format:  WWW       Access:  Langara ID & password required for off-campus use       
    
  • Date Coverage:  Full text articles and data

• Biological & Agricultural Index Plus
  • Indexes over 300 journals and magazines in biological and agricultural sciences, with the full text for more than 65 journals.
    
  • Format:  WWW       Access:  Langara ID & password required for off-campus use       
    
  • Date Coverage:   1983 to present; Citations, with some abstracts and full text

• Biomedical Reference Collection: Comprehensive
  • Provides access to full text journals covering such disciplines as clinical medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, pre-clinical sciences and the health care system. The full text for nearly 900 journals indexed in MEDLINE¿ are contained within the database. The Biomedical Reference Collection can be searched independently, but also allows users to conveniently link to full text from citations within MEDLINE.
    
  • Format:  WWW       Access:  Langara ID & password required for off-campus use       
    
  • Date Coverage:  Full text journal articles

• British Columbia Index (from Vancouver Public Library)
  • An index to historical information about B.C. in books, magazines and newspapers, including selected articles published in the Georgia Straight, Courier, and Westender.
    
  • Format:  WWW       Access:  Free Web Resource       
    
  • Date Coverage:  Citations only: June 2002 to present

• Business Source Complete
  • Provides substantial company profiles, industry and country reports in addition to full-text articles from over 3,000 magazines and journals in business, economics and industry.
    
  • Format:  WWW       Access:  Langara ID & password required for off-campus use       
    
  • Date Coverage:  Citations and some full text: 1886s to present

• Biography Index
  • Indexes magazines, journals and biographical anthologies for biographies of individuals in a broad range of fields including arts and entertainment, humanities and social sciences, sports and the sciences.
    
  • Format:  Print       Access:         
    
  • Date Coverage:  1961 - present

• Book Review Digest
  • Provides excerpts of book reviews for books published and distributed in Canada and the United States.
    
  • Format:  Print       Access:  In-Library       
    
  • Date Coverage:   1952 - 2005; Citation and Excerpts

• Book Review Index
  • Indexes a wide range of periodicals for reviews of fiction and nonfiction books as well as periodicals. Includes poetry, music, children's literature and electronic version of books.
    
  • Format:  Print       Access:  In-Library       
    
  • Date Coverage:  1965 - 2004; Citation only

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• Canadian Encyclopedia
  • The free online version of The Canadian Encyclopedia, "the most comprehensive and authoritative source on all things Canadian". Sponsored by the Historica Foundation.
    
  • Format:  WWW       Access:  Free Web Resource       
    
  • Date Coverage:  Full text

• Canadian Library of Parliament Research Publications
  • These research documents provide background and analysis to MPs on issues debated in Parliament. Coverage includes aboriginal issues, crime, current legislation, education, elections, environment, family, health, human rights, taxation, youth, and more.

    Older research papers (1986-2003) are also available as part of the Federal Library Depository Program.
    

  • Format:  WWW       Access:  Free Web site       
    
  • Date Coverage:  Full text of research documents

• Canadian Newsstand
  • Articles from major daily newspapers across Canada. Click here for the newspaper titles.
    
  • Format:  WWW       Access:  Langara ID & password required for off-campus use       
    
  • Date Coverage:  Varies. Click here for coverage dates.

• Canadian Periodical Index (CPI.Q.)
  • Indexes over 1,100 Canadian magazines and journals, with the full text of articles for 550 of them. Has some content overlap with CBCA Business & Reference.
    
  • Format:  WWW       Access:  Langara ID & password required for off-campus use       
    
  • Date Coverage:  Print index: 1920-2002, 1st floor Indexes Area - AI 4 C32.
    Online index: Partial full text, 1988 to present.

• CBCA - Business & Reference
  • In depth access to over 1,000 Canadian academic journals and popular magazines.
    
  • Format:  WWW       Access:  Langara ID & password required for off-campus use       
    
  • Date Coverage:  Citations: 1982 to present; Some full-text: 1990s to present

• CBCA Business
  • Provides in depth access to over 400 Canadian business periodicals. You can also search CBCA Business as part of the merged CBCA Business & Reference.
    
  • Format:  WWW       Access:  Langara ID & password required for off-campus use       
    
  • Date Coverage:  Citations: 1982 to present; Some full-text: 1990s to present

• CBCA Reference
  • Provides in depth access to over 700 Canadian academic journals and popular magazines. You can also search CBCA Reference as part of the merged CBCA Business & Reference.
    
  • Format:  WWW       Access:  Langara ID & password required for off-campus use       
    
  • Date Coverage:  Citations: 1982 to present; Some full text: 1990's to present

• Choice Reviews Online
  • Reviews of academic books, electronic media, and Internet resources of interest to those in higher education. Each year Choice publishes more than 7,000 reviews by subject experts. The print version of the journal is also available in the library.
    
  • Format:  WWW       Access:  Langara ID & password required for off-campus use. License limits access to one user at a time.       
    
  • Date Coverage:  Full text reviews, 1988 to present

• CICA Handbook (CICA Standards and Guidance Collection)
  • From the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants, the CICA Standards and Guidance Collection includes: Accounting handbook, Assurance handbook, CICA public sector accounting handbook, Archived higlight summaries, Archived revision releases, Management's discussion and analysis, Guidance of the Criteria of Control Board, the Risk Management and Governance Collection.
    
  • Format:  WWW       Access:  Langara ID & password required for off-campus use       
    
  • Date Coverage:  Full text

• CINAHL with Fulltext (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature)
  • Indexes more than 1800 journals in nursing and allied health fields including physical therapy and nutrition, with the full text of articles from over 300 journals. In addition to journals, it also selectively indexes books, pamphlets, conference proceedings and standards of practice of interest to nursing and allied health professionals.
    
  • Format:  WWW       Access:  Langara ID & password required for off-campus use       
    
  • Date Coverage:   1981 to present; Citation, abstract and some full text articles available.

• CQ Researcher
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  • Format:  WWW       Access:  Langara ID & password required for off-campus use       
    
  • Date Coverage:  Full text articles, 1991 to present

• Canadian Book Review Annual
  • Contains 200 to 400 word reviews of Canadian-authored, Canadian-published, English language books.
    
  • Format:  Print       Access:  In-Library       
    
  • Date Coverage:  1975 - 2004; Citations only

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• Daily Life through History Academic Edition
  • Provides overviews of daily life through history and in cultures around the world today. Search by era, region, and/or topic. Includes selected timelines, primary documents, images and maps.
    
  • Format:  WWW       Access:  Langara ID & password required for off-campus use       
    
  • Date Coverage:  Full text encyclopedias, ebooks, and primary documents

• Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
  • A major reference work that presents profiles of notable Canadians who died between the years 1000 and 1930. Each biographical entry is supplemented by a list of primary and secondary sources.
    
    The Dictionary can be browsed or searched by keyword. In addition, the advanced search option allows you to search by gender, profession, time period, profession, and/or other identifier (e.g. aboriginal women from 1701-1740). From the Library and Archives Canada.
    
  • Format:  WWW       Access:  Free Web Resource       
    
  • Date Coverage:  Full text

• DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals
  • A database of articles in hundreds of scientific and scholarly journals that are freely available on the web. Note that many are not written in english.
    
  • Format:  WWW       Access:  Free Web Resource       
    
  • Date Coverage:  Full text of articles. Years covered varies by journal.

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• e-CPS
  • Online version of the Compendium of Pharmaceuticals and Specialties. Provides health care professionals with web access to the most current Canadian drug information available. From the Canadian Pharmacists Association (CPhA).
    
  • Format:  WWW       Access:  Allowed for up to 2 concurrent users. Langara ID & password required for off-campus use.       
    
  • Date Coverage:  Full text

• E-STAT
  • This site from Statistics Canada provides users from registered institutions access to "over 450 000 items" of recent social and economic data in CANSIM, the major Statistics Canada time series database", Censuses of Canada 1665-1871, 1986, 1991 and 1996, information from the 1997 Federal election, the 1991 Aboriginal Peoples survey, as well as various environmental data. Users can request the data to be displayed online in a variety of formats (graphs, tables, and more).
    
  • Format:  WWW       Access:  Langara ID & password required for off-campus use       
    
  • Date Coverage:  Full text articles and data

• EBMR: Evidence Based Medicine Reviews
  • A definitive resource for EBM that combines 4 of the most trusted EBM e-resources into a single database. Full-text access is available for the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, and ACP Journal Club. Abstracts and Indexing are provided for the Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE), and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL).
    
  • Format:  WWW       Access:  Langara ID & password required for off-campus use       
    
  • Date Coverage:  Citations and some full text, 1991 to present

• ebrary - eBooks at Langara
  • Includes over 20,000 e-books in many subject areas.
    
  • Format:  WWW       Access:  Langara ID & password required for off-campus use       
    
  • Date Coverage:  Full text eBooks

• EBSCO Animals
  • Information on a variety of topics relating to animals, written at the elementary to high school level.
    
  • Format:  WWW       Access:  Langara ID & password required for off-campus use       
    
  • Date Coverage:  Articles and images.

• Emerald Management 120
  • Includes articles from 120 e-journals. Covers the major management disciplines including strategy, leadership, library and information management, marketing, and human resource management.
    
  • Format:  WWW       Access:  Langara ID & password required for off-campus use       
    
  • Date Coverage:  Full text journal articles

• Encyclopedia of British Columbia
  • A comprehensive online reference source for BC-related information, containing more than 4,000 articles plus hundreds of sound files, images, maps, charts and graphs.
    
  • Format:  WWW       Access:  Langara ID & password required for off-campus use       
    
  • Date Coverage:  Fulltext

• Encyclopedia of Canadas Peoples
  • Excellent overviews of different ethnic communities in Canada, plus theme articles on topics such as Canadian identity, immigration policy, labour, and social inclusion.
    
  • Format:  WWW       Access:  Free Web Resource       
    
  • Date Coverage:  Full text

• Encyclopedia of Children, Adolescents, and the Media
  • Presents research and facts on the media's interaction with children and adolescents. Covers the traditional and electronic media and their controversial impact on children and adolescents.
    
  • Format:  WWW       Access:  Langara ID & password required for off-campus use       
    
  • Date Coverage:  Full text

• Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol and Addictive Behavior
  • Explores the social, medical, legal and political issues related to drugs and alcohol and associated behaviors. Includes emerging topics and developments in the many fields of addiction studies.
    
  • Format:  WWW       Access:  Langara ID & password required for off-campus use       
    
  • Date Coverage:  Full text

• Encyclopedia of Evolution
  • A comprehensive guide to the essentials of evolutionary biology from Oxford University Press.
    
  • Format:  WWW       Access:   Langara ID & password required for off-campus use       
    
  • Date Coverage:  Full text

• Encyclopedia of Global Change
  • Covers social and enviornmental aspects of global change, with a focus on change due to human activities.
    
  • Format:  WWW       Access:  Langara ID & password required for off-campus use       
    
  • Date Coverage:  Full text

• Encyclopedia of Social Work
  • Contains four hundred subject entries and two hundred brief biographies of key figures in the history of social work.
    Print version also available: Library 1st floor, Reference area, call number HV 12 E53 2008.
    
  • Format:  WWW       Access:  Langara ID & password required for off-campus use       
    
  • Date Coverage:  Full text

• ERIC
  • A primary source of indexing to magazines and journals in all areas of education from childhood to adult and post-secondary education; also included are references to research reports in education.

    You can limit your search to only full text articles in ERIC Digests which are short reports (1000 to 1500 words) on current topics in education. At the simple search screen, select the checkbox labelled "Full-text Eric Digests".
    

  • Format:  WWW       Access:  Langara ID & password required for off-campus use       
    
  • Date Coverage:   1966 to present; Citation and abstract only

• Europa World
  • Recent historical, political and economic information on over 250 countries and territories, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe.
    
  • Format:  WWW       Access:  Langara ID & password required off-campus use       
    
  • Date Coverage:  Full text

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• Far East and Australasia Regional Survey
  • The regional survey includes theme essays, plus in-depth information on the economies and recent histories of each country in the region.
    
  • Format:  WWW       Access:  Langara ID & password required for off-campus use.       
    
  • Date Coverage:  Full text

• First Nations Periodical Index
  • Indexes 20 journals, magazines, and newspapers that cover First Nations topics. Canadian focus. Funded for SchoolNet by Industry Canada.

    Subject search (from advanced search options): British Columbia; Land use; Claims; Politics and government; Natural resources; Federal Government; Supreme Court; Taxation; Land; On-reserve taxation; Government relations, etc.
    

  • Format:  WWW       Access:  Free Web Resource       
    
  • Date Coverage:  Citations only. Date varies with each journal title.

• Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
  • Over 25,000 brief encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas.
    
  • Format:  WWW       Access:  Langara ID & password required for off-campus use       
    
  • Date Coverage:  Updated annually.

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• Gale Literary Databases
  • An index of the authors and works covered in Gale's literary reference books. Search by author, title, birth date, death date, or nationality.
    
  • Format:  WWW       Access:  Langara ID & password required for off-campus use       
    
  • Date Coverage:  Full text of articles

• Gale Literary Index
  • An index of the authors and works covered in Gale's literary reference books. Search by author, title, birth date, death date, or nationality.
    
  • Format:  WWW       Access:  Free Web Resource       
    
  • Date Coverage:  Citations only

• Gale Virtual Reference Library
  • Full text versions of several reference books and encyclopedias published by the Gale company. Includes Short Stories for Students and International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences.
    
  • Format:  WWW       Access:  Langara ID & password required for off-campus use       
    
  • Date Coverage:  Full text articles

• Greenfile
  • Covers 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.
    
  • Format:  WWW       Access:  Langara ID & password required for off-campus use       
    
  • Date Coverage:  Citations and some open-access full text

• Grove Art Online
  • Covers all aspects of the visual arts from prehistory to present. Full articles and images from the 34-volume Grove Dictionary of Art, plus The Oxford Companion to Western Art, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms, and The Encyclopedia of Aesthetics.
    
  • Format:  WWW       Access:  Three (3) simultaneous user limit. Langara ID & password required for off-campus use       
    
  • Date Coverage:  Images and full text

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• Health Source: Consumer & Alt Healthwatch
  • Useful for popular discussions of health topics including the medical sciences, alternative and complementary medicine, food sciences, nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health. Includes consumer health books, the Lexi-PALS Drug Guide, medical dictionaries and encyclopedias, and magazine and journal articles.
    
  • Format:  WWW       Access:  Langara ID & password required for off-campus use       
    
  • Date Coverage:  Some full text: 1990's to present

• Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
  • Includes more than 560 scholarly full text journals focussing on many medical disciplines. Coverage of nursing and allied health is particularly strong.
    
  • Format:  WWW       Access:  Langara ID & password required for off-campus use       
    
  • Date Coverage:  Full Text: 1990's to present

• Highwire Press - Full Text Science Archives
  • Articles from over 1,000 scientific journals in medicine, biology and biochemistry.
    
    Many Highwire journals provide free online access, but there is usally an embargo period i.e. no access to the most current issues. The most common embargo period is 12 months, but it can range from 6 months - 3 years. Use the Interlibrary Loan Request Form to obtain articles that are not freely available through Highwire.
    
  • Format:  WWW       Access:  Free Web Resource       
    
  • Date Coverage:  Varies with journal from 1960's to present; Partially Full Text

• Hoovers Company Profiles
  • Provides detailed profiles of over 40,000 US, Canadian and international companies. Each profile generally contains:
    • a summary capsule
    • a longer profile that includes brief history
    • a list of competitors, key personnel and subsidiaries
    • quarterly and annual financials
    
    
  • Format:  WWW       Access:  Langara ID & password required for off-campus use       
    
  • Date Coverage:  Detailed company information, including financials

• Humanities and Social Sciences Index
  • Excellent for undergraduate journals in the humanities and social sciences such as psychology, sociology, English literature and more.
    
  • Format:  WWW       Access:  Langara ID & password required for off-campus use       
    
  • Date Coverage:  Citation only: 1983 to present
    Print Indexes Humanities: 1974-1996; Social Sciences: 1974-present. Mezzanine Floor.

• Humanities Index
  • Covers journals in the humanities including archaeology, classical studies, art, performing arts, philosophy, history, music, linguistics, literature, and religion.
    
  • Format:  WWW       Access:  Langara ID & password required for off-campus use       
    
  • Date Coverage:  Citation only: 1983 to present
    Print index: 1974 - 1996, 1st floor Indexes Area - AI 3 H855.

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• International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)
  • Includes the full text of all International Accounting Standards.
    
  • Format:  WWW       Access:  Langara ID & password required for off-campus use       
    
  • Date Coverage:  Full Text

• Ingenta
  • A free web resource that indexes articles from over 28,000 scholarly journals. Limited search options and NO free full text.
    
  • Format:  WWW       Access:  Free Web Resource       
    
  • Date Coverage:  Citations and some abstracts; 1990s to present

• International Encyclopedia of Public Health
  • This 6-volume work is an authoritative and comprehensive guide to the major issues, challenges, methods, and approaches of global public health.
    
  • Format:  WWW       Access:  Langara ID & password required for off-campus use       
    
  • Date Coverage:  Full text

• International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
  • Numerous articles on social sciences topics.
    
    Print version also available: Library 1st floor, Reference area, call number H40 A2 I5.
    
  • Format:  WWW       Access:  Langara ID & password required for off-campus use       
    
  • Date Coverage:  Full text

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• JSTOR
  • An online archive of 700 core journals in the arts, humanities and social sciences, including the Arts & Sciences I, II, III, V and VII collections. Particularly rich for studies in history, anthropology, economics, literature, philosophy, political science, and sociology.
    
    Recent issues of journals are not available through JSTOR; issues are usually at least 3-5 years old.
    
  • Format:  WWW       Access:  Langara ID & password required for off-campus use       
    
  • Date Coverage:  Full text, dates vary by journal

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• Lexi-PALS Drug Guide
  • Provides consumer information about pharmaceutical drug content, including name, brand name, uses, precautions, etc.
    
  • Format:  WWW       Access:  Langara ID & password required for off-campus use       
    
  • Date Coverage:  Full text drug information

• LISTA: Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts with Full Text
  • LISTA indexes more than 600 periodicals plus books, research reports, and proceedings, with the full text for over 240 journals. Subject coverage includes information science, search engines, librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management, and the information industry.
    
  • Format:  WWW       Access:  Langara ID & password required for off-campus use       
    
  • Date Coverage:  1966 to present; Abstracts and some linked full text

• LWW Total Access Journal Collection (OVID)
  • A collection of over 200 journals that specialize in such areas as medicine, nursing and life sciences.
    
  • Format:  WWW       Access:  Langara ID & password required for off-campus use       
    
  • Date Coverage:  Full text, dates vary by journal

• Library Literature
  • Index to magazines, journals and books in library and information science.
    
  • Format:  Print       Access:  In-Library       
    
  • Date Coverage:  1961 - 2004; Citation only

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• MarketResearch.com Academic
  • Market research reports on industries and demographics in North America, with some international coverage.
    
  • Format:  WWW       Access:  Langara ID & password required for off-campus use       
    
  • Date Coverage:  Full text

• MAS Ultra - School Edition (EBSCO)
  • Covers a large number of general interest magazines and pamphlets. For some articles, the reading level is indicated. The target audience for this database is high school students. Some articles may not be appropriate choices for college-level assignments.
    
  • Format:  WWW       Access:  Langara ID & password required for off-campus use       
    
  • Date Coverage:  Abstracts from 1984 to present; Partially Full Text: 1990 to present

• MEDLINE (OVID)
  • Compiled by the U.S. National Library of Medicine, Medline is a comprehensive index to journals in medicine including nursing, dentistry, sports medicine and health care in general.
    
  • Format:  WWW       Access:  Langara ID & password required for off-campus use       
    
  • Date Coverage:  1966 to present; Citation and abstract, with some full text

• MEDLINE with Full Text (EBSCO)
  • Compiled by the U.S. National Library of Medicine, Medline is a comprehensive index to journals in medicine including nursing, dentistry, sports medicine and health care in general. Coverage is worldwide although the primary focus is US and English language publications. Includes full text articles from over 1,400 journals.
    
  • Format:  WWW       Access:  Langara ID & password required for off-campus use       
    
  • Date Coverage:   1966 to present; Citation, abstract, and some full text

• Mergent Online
  • Extensive Canadian, US & international company and industry information. Covers public companies.
    
  • Format:  WWW       Access:  Langara ID & password required for off-campus use       
    
  • Date Coverage:  Full text

• Military & Government Collection
  • Indexing and abstracts for more than 400 journals and magazines relating to the military and government, with full text available for over 300. Strong US focus.
    
  • Format:  WWW       Access:  Langara ID & password required for off-campus use       
    
  • Date Coverage:  Citations and some full text: 1990s to present

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• NetLibrary
  • Includes over 800 ebooks covering all business subject areas: accounting, e-commerce, entrepreneurship, economics and global economy, finance and banking. Note that first time users must set up an account with Netlibrary (available to Langara students and employees only).
    
  • Format:  WWW       Access:  On-Campus & Off-Campus (Langara ID & password required)       
    
  • Date Coverage:  Full text electronic books

• New England Journal of Medicine
  • Issued weekly, NEJM is one of the world's most influential medical journals, publishing the latest medical research, clinical trials, case studies, and review articles. Additional content provided with online access includes videos and images.
    
  • Format:  WWW       Access:  Langara ID & password required for off-campus use       
    
  • Date Coverage:  Full text: 1993-present ; Citations & Abstracts: 1975-92

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• Ornithological Worldwide Literature
  • International in scope, OWL indexes journal articles, conference proceedings, reports, doctoral dissertations, and other serial publications. Entries are prepared by a network of scientists who voluntarily scan journals for ornithological articles. Papers dealing exclusively with domestic and pet birds and their husbandry are excluded, unless applicable to non-domestic species. Hosted by the Zoology Department of Oxford University, UK.
    
  • Format:  WWW       Access:  Free Web Resource       
    
  • Date Coverage:  Citations and abstracts: 1997 to present

• Oxford Classical Dictionary
  • Covers Greek and Roman history, literature, myth, religion, linguistics, philosophy, law, science, art and archaeology, and topics in near eastern studies and late antiquity.
    
  • Format:  WWW       Access:  Langara ID & password required for off-campus use       
    
  • Date Coverage:  Full text articles

• Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History
  • Comprehensively covers the role women have played throughout world history. Also available in print Call No : HQ 1121 O93 2008 v. 1-4 (1st floor Reference Area).
    
  • Format:  WWW       Access:  Langara ID & password required for off-campus use       
    
  • Date Coverage:  Full text

• Oxford Reference Online
  • Provides access to over 200 Oxford dictionaries and other reference books online, including the Oxford Companion to series. A great source for definitions, quick facts, quotations, illustrations, maps, timelines, and more.
    
  • Format:  WWW       Access:  Langara ID & password required for off-campus use       
    
  • Date Coverage:  Full text dictionaries & encyclopedias

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• Physics Reviews
  • A free index to review articles in over 25 journals published by the Institute of Physics (IOP). The full text of articles is available in pdf format on a pay-per-view basis.
    
  • Format:  WWW       Access:  Free Web Resource       
    
  • Date Coverage:  Indexing and abstracts: 1992 to present

• PLoS: Public Library of Science
  • Open access journals focussing on biology and medicine, including related topics such as genetics, computational biology, and pathogens.
    
  • Format:  WWW       Access:  Free Web Resource       
    
  • Date Coverage:  2002 - present, full text

• PrimateLit
  • Database of references to articles, books, essays in books, reports and dissertations on nonhuman primates published from 1940 to present. Wide range of subject areas covered (behavior, ecology, physiology, psychology, etc.). Collaborative project of the Wisconsin and Washington Primate Research Centers.
    
    For author searches, use surname alone or surname followed by first initial plus asterisk: boysen, or boysen s*
    
  • Format:  WWW       Access:  Free Web Resource       
    
  • Date Coverage:  1940 to present; citations only.

• Professional Development Collection
  • Includes full text for nearly 520 high quality education journals including: Booklist, Education, Education Digest, Education Week, Educational Leadership, High School Journal, Journal of Education, Journal of Educational Research, Journal of Learning Disabilities, Phi Delta Kappan, Reading Teacher, School Library Journal, and many others. Also contains more than 200 educational reports.
    
  • Format:  WWW       Access:  Langara ID & password required for off-campus use       
    
  • Date Coverage:  Citations and some full text: 1990s to present

• PsycARTICLES
  • Contains more than 26,000 searchable full-text articles from 53 peer reviewed journals published by the APA and allied organizations. Every article found in PsycARTICLES is also indexed in PsycINFO.
    
  • Format:  WWW       Access:  Langara ID & password required for off-campus use       
    
  • Date Coverage:  Full text articles, 1988 to present

• PsychiatryOnline
  • A collection of online psychiatry works including the DSM-IV-TR, journals, reference books, and textbooks.
    
  • Format:  WWW       Access:   Langara ID & password required for off-campus use       
    
  • Date Coverage:  Full text

• PsycINFO
  • Comprehensive index to journal articles, books, book chapters, technical reports, and dissertations in the field of psychology.
    
  • Format:  WWW       Access:  Langara ID & password required for off-campus use       
    
  • Date Coverage:   1887 to present; Citations and abstracts, with links to some full text

• PubMed Central
  • A subset of PubMed of full text articles. For a greater number of full text articles, both online and in print at Langara, search Medline (EBSCO) or Medline (OVID).
    
  • Format:  WWW       Access:  Free Web Resource       
    
  • Date Coverage:  All content is full text. Varies by journal, though most begin after 2000.

• PubMed: Publicly Available MEDLINE
  • The free public version of MEDLINE, a comprehensive index to thousands of journals in medicine and related life sciences. From the US National Library of Medicine. For a greater number of full text articles, both online and in print at Langara, search Medline (EBSCO) or Medline (OVID).
    
  • Format:  WWW       Access:  Free Web Resource       
    
  • Date Coverage:  1966 to present; Citations & abstracts, some links to full text

• PCensus for MapPoint (BC Census)
  • PCensus provides detailed Census data for BC and is used in combination with Microsoft's MapPoint mapping software. Tabulates data for user-defined geographic areas (circles, polygons, or drive times), or for pre-defined areas such as towns, cities, metropolitan areas, or postal code areas.

    Also includes CanEx consumer spending estimates, PSYTE market clusters, and businesses summaries, including business counts by SIC code.

    See the 2001 Census Dictionary or 2006 Census Dictionary for explanations of Census terms.
    

  • Format:  Networked       Access:  On-Campus       
    
  • Date Coverage:  Census years: 2006, 2001, 1996, 1991, 1986, 1981

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• Quicklaw
  • A database of Canadian legal materials including legislation and case law (court and tribunal decisions). It also includes the Canadian Index to Legal Literature and over 30 fulltext Canadian legal journals.
    
  • Format:  WWW       Access:  Langara ID & password required for off-campus use       
    
  • Date Coverage:  Full text of legislation and case law; indexing and some full text journal articles.

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• Readers Guide Abstracts
  • Indexes and abstracts popular magazines for a wide range of topics and current events. Very strong American focus.
    
  • Format:  WWW       Access:  Langara ID & password required for off-campus use       
    
  • Date Coverage:  1983 to present; Citations and abstracts
    Print index:1963-present, mezzanine floor Indexes Area - AI 3 R42

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• Science Indexes (General, Biological & Agricultural, Applied)
  • Covers over 650 popular magazines and academic journals in the sciences including biology, physics, chemistry, computing, environmental sciences and engineering. A combination of three indexes that can also be searched individually:
    • Biological & Agricultural Index Plus)
    • Applied Science Index
    • General Science Index
    
    
  • Format:  WWW       Access:  Langara ID & password required for off-campus use       
    
  • Date Coverage:   1983 to present; Citation only

• ScienceDirect College Edition
  • Indexes more than 2,000 journals published by Elsevier, with the full text for over 1,000 journals in these two collections:
    • Social and Behavioural Sciences Journals
    • Health and Life Sciences Journals
    
    
  • Format:  WWW       Access:  Langara ID & password required for off-campus use       
    
  • Date Coverage:  1995-present, some full text; 1800s-present, citations

• Scirus - Science Info
  • Searches science-related article databases and websites. Databases searched include PubMed, ScienceDirect (article abstracts from over 1,800 Elsevier science journals) Biomed Central, ArXiv preprints, US Patent Office, and more.

    Use the Interlibrary Loan Form to obtain articles from outside Langara.
    

  • Format:  WWW       Access:  Free Web Resource       
    
  • Date Coverage:  Article citations and Web pages, dates vary.

• Social Sciences Index
  • Indexing for more than 2,000 journals published by Elsevier, with the full text for over 1,000 journals.. Full text is avaialbe for titles I these two collections:
    • Health & Life Sciences Journals List
    • Social & Behavioral Sciences Journals List
    
    
  • Format:  WWW       Access:  Langara ID & password required for off-campus use       
    
  • Date Coverage:  Citation only. Print index: 1974 to present, 1st floor Indexes Area - AI 3 R49.
    Online index: 1983 to present.

• SPORTDiscus with Full Text
  • One of the most comprehensive indexes to books, articles, reports and conference proceedings in the field of sports and recreation, providing full text for more than 490 journals.
    
  • Format:  WWW       Access:  Langara ID & password required for off-campus use       
    
  • Date Coverage:  Full text for over 490 journals dating back to 1985

• Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
  • Free online encyclopedia from Stanford University. Content continuously being added and revised.
    
  • Format:  WWW       Access:  Free Web resource       
    
  • Date Coverage:  Full encyclopedia articles

• Statistics Canada Publications
  • As part of the Federal Library Depository Program, a number of fee-based Statistics Canada publications are available free through Langara Library (e.g. Canadian Social Trends, Perspectives on Labour and Income).
    
  • Format:  WWW       Access:  Langara ID & password required for off-campus use       
    
  • Date Coverage:  Full text articles and data

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• World Book Online
  • Online version of the World Book Encyclopedia.
    
  • Format:  WWW       Access:  Langara ID & password required for off-campus use       
    
  • Date Coverage:  Full text

• WorldCat
  • Union catalogue of materials including books, periodicals, videos, and computer files held by libraries around the world.
    
  • Format:  WWW       Access:  Free Website       
    
  • Date Coverage:  Citations only