Library Guides: Educational Support: Databases

Recommended Databases

Academic OneFile Select
Multidisciplinary research database. Covers everything from art and literature to economics and the sciences. Includes peer-reviewed, full-text articles and vocational/technical titles.
Canadian Reference Centre
Multidisciplinary Canadian research database. Includes full-text articles from leading Canadian and international magazines and newspapers and thousands of images from the Canadian Press.
ERIC

Educational resource database sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education. Includes records for a variety of source types, including conference papers, curriculum guides, dissertations and policy papers.
MAS Ultra - School Edition
Multidisciplinary research database. Covers a broad range of subjects including history, science, health, careers and more. Includes biographies, reference books, and an image collection of more than 2 million photos, maps, flags and color PDFs.
Teacher Reference Center
A complimentary research database for teachers providing indexing and abstracts for more than 230 peer-reviewed journals. Topics include pedagogical research, literacy standards, assessments, curriculum development, and more.

Ebook Central
Multidisciplinary eBook database. Covers the topics of the arts, business, education, health, history, law, literature, religion and technology. Includes thousands of fiction & non-fiction works, scholarly monographs and classic literature.
eBooks - Academic Collection (EBSCO)
Multidisciplinary eBook database. Covers academic subjects from business and science to engineering and the humanities. Includes titles from leading university presses such as Oxford, Cambridge, MIT, Harvard and many others.
Primary Search
Elementary school library database. Includes content from the most popular children's magazines and eBooks, presented in easy-to-read encyclopedic entries written specifically for kids.

Canadian Business and Current Affairs
Multidisciplinary Canadian research database. Covers the topics of agriculture, business, education, politics, health, history and social sciences. Includes trade publications, radio/television transcripts, news and dissertations.
Hamilton Spectator
Newspaper for Hamilton, Ontario containing local and international news. Coverage available from February 1993 to present.
Regional Business News
Multidisciplinary database containing full text regional business publications for the United States & Canada.

Videatives

Online streaming video collection of short videos intended for teachers and college students that support the understanding of young children. Note: Does not work on mobile devices, Chrome is the recommended browser.
Criterion On-Demand
Online video database. Contains feature films, classics, foreign films & documentaries from major producers, including, Paramount, Warner Bros., 20th Century Fox, and many more. Titles include English, French and Subtitled/Captioned versions.
National Film Board
Canadian public film and digital media database. Coverage spans a wide range of subject areas. Includes documentary films, animation, web documentaries, and alternative dramas in both English and French.
Academic Video Online
Multidisciplinary video database. Covers everything from anthropology to zoology. Includes documentaries, interviews, feature films, performances, news programs, newsreels and demonstrations.
Films on Demand
Multidisciplinary video database. Contains thousands of documentary and educational videos from a wide variety of producers, such as the BBC, National Geographic, PBS, and TED.