A-Z Databases

Find the best library databases for your research.

Popular Databases

The most frequently-used databases

Popular

The EBSCOhost Platform is a multidisciplinary platform that provides access and cross-searching to our different EBSCOhost databases.

JSTOR [JSTOR]

Popular

JSTOR is a multidisciplinary collection of peer-reviewed journals, as well as books and primary sources published by various publishers and presses. It contains material across a range of disciplines from the sciences, social sciences and humanities.

ProQuest Platform [ProQuest]

Popular

The ProQuest platform is a multidisciplinary platform that provides access and cross-searching to our different ProQuest databases.

Web of Science [Web of Science]

Popular

Web of Science is a platform that provides access to citations, abstracts, and conference proceedings allowing for in-depth exploration of fields within the sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities. It enables users to search current and retrospective multidisciplinary information from many research journals. It also provides a unique search method, cited reference searching, which users can navigate forward, backward, and through the literature, searching all disciplines and time spans to uncover all the information relevant to their research. Other unique features this database possesses are Analyze Results, and Create Citation Reports.

New / Trial Databases

The following databases are newly acquired or being evaluated for a future subscription.

Can-Core Academic Video

New

Can-Core Academic Video contains current and relevant Canadian video content, including a significant amount of Indigenous content.

Elgar Encyclopedia of Human Rights [Elgaronline]

New

The Elgar Encyclopedia of Human Rights is a reference work in the field of international human rights protection. The Encyclopedia addresses the full range of themes associated with the study and practice of human rights in the modern world. It has a distinct focus on international human rights law but at the same time is enriched by approaches from the broader social, sciences making it a truly unique and multi-disciplinary resource.

Lunaris

New

Formerly known as the Federated Research Data Repository (FRDR) Discovery Service, Lunaris is a standalone platform that complements the repository services of FRDR. The scalable and bilingual Lunaris platform provides a single point of search for Canada’s multidisciplinary research data held in a variety of repositories including those of post-secondary institutions, departments at all levels of government, research organizations and national repository initiatives. There are over 80,000 datasets from over 100 Canadian repositories and data collections currently indexed for discovery. Lunaris features integrated text- and map-based search functionality, improved user experience design and new branding.

Rich Data Services (RDS) [Statistics Canada]

New

This resource can only be used by current students, faculty/staff.

Note: All users may need to fill out a user license agreement before accessing this resource.
Rich Data Services (RDS) is Statistics Canada’s analytical platform for Public Use Microdata files (PUMFs) and their metadata. The RDS Explorer and Tabulation Engine's user-friendly interfaces allow users to browse, interact, and download data and metadata for online or offline analysis.

Copyright

Databases Terms of Use