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Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
Encyclopedias and dictionaries are a useful starting point for your research.
They provide:
- overviews of subjects to help you find a topic
- background information and key facts
- definitions of important words or concepts
- suggestions for more sources about your topic
Most Popular:
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Humanities & Social Sciences
- Gale Virtual Reference - large collection of specialized encyclopedias
- Europa World Plus - info on countries & regions
- Daily Life Through History - covers prehistory to present
- Oxford Research Encyclopedias - large collection of specialized encyclopedias
Creative Arts
- ARTstor - images from museum collections.
- Grove Art Online - lengthy articles on art and design
- Image Collections - sites with images to use in assignments
Dictionaries
- Oxford Dictionaries - meanings plus grammar, usage and multilingual translations
- OED (Oxford English Dictionary) - includes historical and current meanings
Health Sciences
- Anatomy.tv - extensive anatomy and physiology resources
- Merck Manual for Healthcare Professionals - free textbook of internal medicine
- Medline Plus - health information for the general public
- CPS - current Canadian drug information
Literature
- Gale Literature - author biographies and criticism
- Gale Virtual Reference - includes Short Stories for Students, Literature and Its Times
Sciences
- AccessScience - encyclopedia articles and science news
Articles in Journals
Most Popular:
Humanities & Social Sciences
- Academic Search Complete - all subject areas
- JSTOR - for history, anthropology, economics, literature, philosophy, political science, and sociology
- PsycInfo - for psychology
- SAGE Premier - all subject areas except for art
- Taylor and Francis Online - all subject areas except for art
Business
- ABI/INFORM - key business and economics periodicals, reports, and journals
- Business Source Complete - magazines & journals in business, economics & industry
Creative Arts
- Art Full Text - all areas of visual arts including design and photography
- JSTOR - especially useful for art up to the18th century
Canadian Focus
- CBCA Canadian Business & Current Affairs - journals & magazines
- Canadian Major Dailies - major dailies in Canada, includes Globe and Mail
Health Sciences
- CINAHL - for nursing and allied health fields
- MEDLINE - comprehensive index to journals in medicine
- SPORTDiscus - for kinesiology, recreation & sports, including sports medicine
Sciences
- Academic Search Complete - for all sciences
- SAGE Premier - health, life, biomedical, and materials sciences
- ScienceDirect - for all sciences especially biology
- Wiley Online Library - for life, health and physical sciences
Capture and store unique digital output created by Langara’s students, faculty, staff, and community in The LaIR; an open access digital space where content can be shared to enhance academic discourse and resource dissemination. Digital output includes archives of the Pacific Rim Magazine, W49 Magazine, and The Voice, applied research projects, community project collections like the My Mother’s Story archive, learning objects, art, and other digitized or digitally born resources.
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