encyclopedias & databases
encyclopedias & databases
Embedded Files
Using a Library Databases
Source: Ladysmith Secondary School Library, 2019.
Encyclopedias
Encyclopedias
General
General
The Canadian Encyclopedia |Grades: 5 - 12
Use this encyclopedia to locate information on Canadian history, art, music, science, geography, culture and politics and famous Canadians. This resource contains articles, maps, images, multimedia, Web links, games and feature articles.
Encyclopedia Britannica |Grades: K - 12
Use this resource to access to more than 141 000 encyclopedia articles on a wide array of topics, educational videos, images, magazine articles, learning games, and more through three age-appropriate interfaces—Elementary, Middle and High. Read-aloud features (with highlighting text) and text translation are available for every article. Image Quest has been embedded to provide access to thousands of copyright friendly, related images.
Social Studies
Social Studies
Encyclopedia Britannica Social Studies |Gr: K - 12
Science
Science
Encyclopedia Britannica Science |Gr: K - 12
History
History
Ancient History Encyclopedia |Grades: 10 - 12
Other
Other
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy |Grades: 10 - 12
K-3
G3-6
K-3
G3-6
JSTOR provides access to more than 12 million journal articles, books, images, and primary sources in 75 disciplines
Mekong Review: a quarterly literary magazine, publishes reviews, essays, interviews, fiction and poetry on and from Asia.
Databases
Databases
Open Access - IBDP
Open Access - IBDP
Google Scholar
Google Scholar is a freely accessible web search engine that indexes the full text or metadata of scholarly literature across an array of publishing formats and disciplines.
Researchgate
Access millions of publications and connect with 15+ million researchers for free! Discover scientific knowledge, and make your research visible.
Microsoft Academic
Similar to Google Scholar, Microsoft Academic covers journal titles, conference proceedings and many research topics. Try these queries to understand the power of semantic search and unleash it yourself!
EconBiz
EconBiz is an academic search portal for journals, working papers, and conferences in business studies and economics. It is provided by the ZBW - German National Library of Economics, Leibniz Information Centre for Economics.
Academia
Join over 10.5 million Academics and Researchers to access millions of scholarly articles for free! Academia is the easiest way to share papers with millions of people across the world for free.
DOAJ
DOAJ is a community-curated online directory that indexes and provides access to high quality, open access, peer-reviewed journals. By 2018, it has 8,999 searchable articles from 12,065 Journals.
CORE
CORE offers seamless access to millions of open access research papers, enrich the collected data for text-mining and provide unique services to the research community.
BASE (Bielefeld Academic Search Engine)
Open access, free academic articles. Includes science, philosophy, history, and literature.
High Wire (Stanford University)
HighWire’s Intelligent Publishing Platform supports over 3000 journals, books, reference works, and proceedings.
ScienceOpen
ScienceOpen is a freely accessible search and discovery platform that covers over 46 million Open Access articles and article records.
Scientific Research
Scientific Research Publishing (SCIRP) is currently publishing more than 200 open access, online, peer-reviewed journals covering a wide range of academic disciplines...
Digital Commons Network
The Digital Commons Network brings together free, full-text scholarly articles from hundreds of universities and colleges worldwide, curated by university librarians and their supporting institutions.
IntechOpen
IntechOpen, the world's leading publisher of Open Access books Built by scientists, for scientists. Currently over 4300 books available...
Canadian Content
Canadian Content
ACCENT on Heritage |Grades: K - 12
Use the bilingual interactive online platform ACCENT on Heritage that allows you to learn and to teach the unique perspectives of Alberta’s francophone peoples in both historical and contemporary contexts.
The Atlas of Canada |Grades: 6 - 12
Use this resource to access maps that assist in the investigation and study of Canada and its people through historical, economic, environmental and cultural information.
Dictionary of Canadian Biography |Grades: 5 - 12
Use this resource to locate information on Confederation, the Red River Settlement, the Charlottetown and Quebec Conferences, the Acadians, and War of 1812. In addition, this resource includes biographies of Canadian figures like Sir John A. Macdonald and George-Etienne Cartier. The French version of this resource is available by toggling the English-Francais button at the top left of the website.
Canadiana Online |Grades: 9 - 12
Use this resource to locate primary source material related to early Canadian history. This resource contains maps, images, excerpts from books and diaries, treaty documents, and early parliamentary debates.
Gord Downie's The Secret Path |Grades: 5 - 12
Use this resource to learn about the life of Chanie Wenjack. This animated film adaptation was created, written, and directed by Gord Downie, composed by Gord Downie with Kevin Drew and Dave Hamelin, and illustrated by author Jeff Lemire. It tells the story of Chanie "Charlie" Wenjack, his escape from Cecilia Jeffrey Indian Residential School, and his subsequent death from hunger and exposure to the harsh weather. *It is recommended to view this film before showing it in class as it deals with mature themes.
Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada |Grades: 5 - 12 *We have the print versions in the MH Library Reference Section
Use this bilingual resource to find reference maps of Canada, information about Truth and Reconciliation, a glossary of Indigenous terms, and more. Created by The Royal Canadian Geographical Society in conjunction with the Assembly of First Nations, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, the Métis Nation, the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation and Indspire, this resource contains beautiful contemporary and historical photography, maps, and more.
Peel's Prairie Provinces |Grades: 6 - 12
Use this database to find primary source material on the early history and culture of the Canadian Prairie Provinces. Information on Métis and First Nations peoples, Franco-Albertans, Alberta local history, the history of Edmonton, and Alberta Railways is included.
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