Online Research Resources
Check out research Databases!
Video Credit: OSLIS Secondary Videos
Photo Credit: Ryerson University's Library
Not sure if you know what a database is? If you use sites like Netflix or Amazon, you are technically using a database already. Research databases have the same structure or hierarchy of information, so keep this in mind as you watch the video to learn more.
Peer-reviewed articles; full-text magazines, newspapers, and eBooks; primary source documents; and videos or podcasts.
Subject-specific Databases: Criminal Justice, Canada in Context, Business, Culinary Arts, Fine Arts, Communication and Mass Media, Computer Science, Health, Hospitality and Tourism and more.
Access to general databases: Academic One File
Password: library
Another user-friendly Collection of Research Databases (Nonfiction Resources) including:
- *NEW* Issues & Controversies
- Bloom's Literature
- Science Online
- World Religions
Click on subscriber access in the top right corner.
Username: stpatrickcss Password: Library
LLC: Intro to Infobase Databases.mp4How to use Infobase Databases
LLC: Intro to GALE Databases.mp4How to use GALE Databases
The Toronto Public Library also gives free access to many databases that will help you in secondary and post-secondary school.
Recommended: JSTOR and Academic OneFile
Login: Use your Toronto Public Library card and pin number
Remember, if you don't have a TPL card, get a digital access card!
Encyclopedias are Great sources of information too.
Encyclopedia: reference work that contains information on all branches of knowledge or that treats a particular branch of knowledge in a comprehensive manner
The Canadian Encyclopedia is a great resource to use if you are a beginner researcher!
There is no login required.
Explore the fact-checked online encyclopedia with hundreds of thousands of objective articles, biographies, videos, images and more from experts.
Click here to log in to Britannica online using your Toronto Public Library card and pin.
To save articles and your search history, create a personal account once logged in using your school Google account.
Encyclopedia: a work that contains information on all branches of knowledge or treats comprehensively a particular branch of knowledge usually in articles arranged alphabetically often by subject
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