Research Tools

Unless otherwise indicated, access to these databases is available to faculty, staff and students both on and off campus.  For off campus access, you will be prompted to enter a student ID or staff username and the password required to access the College's network computers.

Online Periodical Databases  

EBSCOhost - Academic Search Premier

Multi-disciplinary database providing access to over 3900 full text journal title, more than 3100 of which are peer-reviewed.  Covers American, British and Canadian titles in the fields of humanities, sciences and social sciences.

• To access click here
• Need help using this database? Take a look at this tutorial

EBSCOhost - MagillOnLiteraturePlus

Literary database providing access to full text information about literary authors and their works in short and long fiction, drama, science fiction and fantasy.  It also includes book reviews.

• To access click here
• Need help using this database? Take a look at this tutorial
  

EBSCOhost - Points of View/Canadian Points of view Reference Centre

Full text databases providing students with essays that present opposing viewpoints on a variety of controversial issues and current events.

• To access click here    

PROQUEST - Canadian Business & Current Affairs / Canadian Newsstand

Databases of Canadian content from a variety of Canadian magazines, peer-reviewed journals and newspapers.  Includes full text articles are available from over 260 sources.

• To access click here
• Need help using this database? Take a look at this tutorial    

EUREKA.cc

Full text database covering major Québec French-language newspapers, magazines, newswires and transcripts from Canadian media programs.  Major French sources covered are LaPresse, Le Devoir, Le Soleil, Le Droit, Voir as well as Actualité Québecand Protégez-vous. Tip : Use Advanced search capability (Recherche avancé) for best results.

IF YOU EXPERIENCE PROBLEMS TO LOGIN TO EUREKA.CC - CLICK HERE

Free Databases on the Web

• Érudit: French full text database providing access to scholarly articles in the areas of human, social and health sciences.  Also links to scholarly materials from Persée, CNRC articles and materials from the Electronic Text Center at UNB Libraries.  French terminology must be used when searching this database.  Only articles more than 2 years old can be accessed for free.
• Persée : French full text database providing access to scholarly journals from France in the areas of social and human sciences.
  
• DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals
• National Research Council: Canadian scientific journals full text.

NEW! Electronic Book Resources

Subscription Resources  

Credo Reference

Provides full text access to over 500 electronic encyclopedias and dictionaries.  Predefined Topics pages and concept mapping capabilities provide a good starting point for research on various issues.  

• To access click here 
• Need help using Credo? Check out the Search Tips or watch the Keyword Searching in Credo video.
  

eBrary College Complete Collection

Provides full text access to a collection of over 26,000 electronic books.

• To access click here
• Need help using ebrary? Check out the Quick Start Guide.
  

Free ebooks on the Web

• Project Gutenberg : Provides access to a variety of ebooks in the Canadian public domain.
  
• Librivox : Provides free audio-books from the public domain.
  
• Open Library : Initiative by the Internet Archives (with a grant from the California State Library and the Kahle/Austin Foundation) who's goal is the create a webpage for every book.
  

Academic-Level Information on the Web

Searching for material published by “authoritative” sources on the Internet can be a challenge. Using conventional search engines will result in hundreds, sometimes thousands, of results from a wide variety of sources. Some useful tips to judge the quality of an Internet site or document are:

• Select sites whose domain name ends in “edu” or “org”. For example: “www.un.org” is the official United Nations website and the authoritative source for U.N. documents, policies, etc.
• Make sure that any document you use has an author(personal or corporate) and a date of publication indicated. This information will be required when you include the source in a bibliography.
• Be aware of the bias or “point of view” of the website you are selecting.  Read teh description under such headings as "About Us" or "Mission" (usually showing across the top of the webpage) to get a sense of the person or group that is responsible for the content.
  

For academic metasites which have been recommended for high quality, check out Academic Web Sites by Subject.

Statistical Sites

New Additions to the Collection

Click on the following links to consult the list of noteworthy items recently added to the collection.  Found a great book that you would like us to consider for the Library.  Just drop by the Library and let us know.

DID YOU KNOW : You can also get the list of newly acquired materials from the Library Catalogue.  Just do a subject browse search on the term "New book list" or just click here .

  2011 Acquisitions

  2010 Acquisitions

  2009 Acquisitions