Research Databases
Explora Canada
Most students should start here!
"... Research interface designed specifically for students and educators. The Canadian edition highlights relevant, regional and national content ..."
Log in through VLE → Grades 7-12 → EBSCO → Explora Canada
Explora Primary
A good place to start research for ESL and ELD students
"...Provides full text for more than 70 popular, magazines for elementary school research. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles)..."
Log in through VLE → Grades 7-12 → EBSCO → Explora Primary
EBSCOhost
An academically rigorous search engine that accesses multiple databases at once, including many of the others listed on this page, in one place.
Log in through VLE → Grades 7-12 → EBSCO → EBSCOhost
How To Access Databases Through the VLE
See or contact Ms. Wheeler in the library if you're having trouble accessing these resources. laura.wheeler@ocdsb.ca
How to Translate PDF Articles from Databases
Helpful if you'd like to read the article in a language other than English.
Translating EBSCO documents.mp4
"Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites. Google Scholar helps you find relevant work across the world of scholarly research. "
"The Canadian Encyclopedia plays an essential role in providing Canadians and others with accurate, updated information about our people and country. "
To access from home, log in via the VLE → Grades 7-12 → Canadian Encyclopedia
History Reference Center
Great for History class!
"History Reference Center offers full text from more than 1,620 reference books, encyclopedias and non-fiction books, cover to cover full text for more than 150 leading history periodicals, nearly 57,000 historical documents, more than 78,000 biographies of historical figures, more than 113,000 historical photos and maps, and more than 80 hours of historical video."
Log in through VLE → Grades 7-12 → EBSCO → History Reference Center
Science Reference Center
Great for Science class!
"Science Reference Center is a comprehensive research database that provides easy access to a multitude of full text science-oriented content. This database contains full text for nearly 640 science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, etc. Topics covered include: biology, chemistry, earth & space science, environmental science, health & medicine, history of science, life science, physics, science & society, science as inquiry, scientists, technology and wildlife."
Log in through VLE → Grades 7-12 → EBSCO → Science Reference Center
Literary Reference Center Plus
Great for English class!
"A full-text database that combines information from major respected reference works, books, literary journals as well as original content from EBSCO Publishing. Literary Reference Center Plus contains everything in Literary Reference™ Center, plus the following: over 1,200 additional full-text literary reference books/works, over 200 additional full-text literary journals and magazines, 35 volumes of new contemporary literature titles from Salem Press, 40 full-text literary study guides and 72 literary videos."
Log in through VLE → Grades 7-12 → EBSCO → Literary Reference Center
Canadian Points of View
"Canadian Points of View Reference Centre covers over 200 topics, each with an overview (objective background / description), point (argument) and counterpoint (opposing argument). Each topic features a Guide to Critical Analysis which helps the reader evaluate the controversy and enhances students’ ability to read critically, develop their own perspective on the issues and write or debate an effective argument on the topic."
Log in through VLE → Grades 7-12 → EBSCO → Canadian Points of View
La référence encyclopédique du monde francophone. Claire, documentée et abondamment illustrée.
Plus de 5300 articles et 10 000 médias ;
Une sélection de 1 800 articles proposés en anglais et en français ;
Deux dictionnaires: de langue française et bilingue (anglais-français) ;
Un Atlas exclusif composé d’un ensemble de cartes (de situation, administrative, physique, cartes muettes) et de données clés entièrement actualisées pour chaque pays.
La référence encyclopédique du monde francophone. Un ensemble documentaire d’une qualité et d’une fiabilité incomparables, dans tous les grands domaines de la connaissance :
Près de 60 000 articles
30 000 médias : photos, vidéos, cartes, schémas… ;
Plus de 1000 fiches de lecture sur des œuvres majeures en littérature, philosophie, économie, sociologie etc. ;
Un dictionnaire des noms communs, accessible en double-cliquant sur n’importe quel mot
Un Atlas exclusif composé d’un ensemble de cartes (cartes physiques, cartes administratives, cartes muettes) et de données clés entièrement actualisées pour chaque pays ;
