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Free Databases

Page history last edited by aiwanchu@sfu.ca 10 years, 2 months ago

 

The databases on this list were compiled from the following sources:

 

Lists of free databases from: UBC.

 

List of open access databases from: SFU.

 

Lists of databases with free databases clearly labelled: JIBC, TRU, and YC.

 

You might also find this useful: Wikipedia's List of academic databases and search engines, some of which are free.

 

Criteria for inclusion were:

  • Linked from a Subject Guide or Database List from one of the 30 AskAway Participating Institutions.
  • Indexes materials such as journal articles, newspaper articles, gov docs, theses/dissertations, or book chapters.

 

Table of Contents:


 

Multidisciplinary


 

Multidisciplinary

 

Canadian Encyclopedia

 

Directory of Open Access Journals

 

ELDIS Gateway to Development Information

 

Google Scholar

 

ingentaconnect

 

OAIster Database - OCLC

 

Outlook Online Catalogue of BC's public and academic libraries.

 

Persée Index of Journals from France (in French).

 

WorldCat

 

Multidisciplinary - Science

 

ArXiv

 

NRC Research Press Journals

 

OJOSE

 

PLoS - Public Library of Science

 

ScienceDirect.com

 

ScienceResearch.com

 

 

Subjects


 

Agriculture

 

AgEcon Search

 

Agricola

 

Agricultural Communications Documentation Centre

 

AGRIS/CARIS

 

ASABE Technical Library

 

GreenFILE

 

Anthropology

 

Anthropological Index Online

 

ARD - Anthropology Review Database

 

PrimateLit

 

Archaeology

 

Arachne

 

Astronomy

 

NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

 

SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System

 

Biology

 

ArXiv

 

BioMed Central

 

E-Fauna BC

 

E-Flora BC

 

GreenFILE

 

NRC Research Press Journals

 

PLoS: Public Library of Science

 

PubMed

 

Yukon Biodiversity Database

 

British Columbia

 

BC Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations: Publications

 

BCStats

 

British Columbia Reports (Law)

 

British Columbia Sheet Music

 

British Columbia Crown Publications Index

 

British Columbia Index

 

Business

 

ASAE - Gateway to Associations

 

CANSIM - Statistics Canada

 

EDGAR

 

Hoovers

 

Industry Canada

 

Penn World Tables

 

SEDAR

 

Small Business Accelerator

 

Canadian

 

Canadian Encyclopedia

 

Canadian Music Periodical Index

 

Canadian Public Policy Collection

 

CanLII: Canadian Legal Information Institute (Canadian court decisions)

 

CGRG Bibliography of Canadian Geomorphology

 

Directory of Canadian Adult Literacy Research in English

 

Encyclopedia of Canada's Peoples

 

First Nations Periodicals Index

 

LEGISinfo

 

Statistics Canada

 

Theses Canada Portal (Theses and Dissertations)

 

Chemistry

 

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database

 

Database of Zeolite Structures

 

NRC Research Press Journals

 

PubChem

 

Classical Studies

 

TOCS-IN: Tables of Contents of Journals of Interest to Classicists

 

Cognitive Studies

 

CogPrints

 

HCI Bibliography: Human-Computer Interaction Resources and How to Access It

 

Computer Science

 

ArXiv

 

CiteSeer

 

Computer Science Bibliographies

 

DBLP Computer Science Bibliography

 

HCI Bibliography: Human-Computer Interaction Resources and How to Access It

 

NetLib Mathematical software, documents, and databases.

 

Networked Computer Science Technical Reference Library

 

Communications

 

Agricultural Communications Documentation Centre

 

NFB.ca

 

Reel West Digest

 

Criminology

 

Juristat - Statistics Canada

 

National Criminal Justice Reference Service

 

Cultural Studies

 

Multicultural

 

Multicultural Canada

 

Aboriginal

 

First Nations Periodicals Index

 

Inuvialuit Settlement Region Database

 

Native Health Database

 

Nunavik Bibliography

 

Hispanic Studies

 

Handbook of Latin American Studies

 

HAPI Online (Hispanic American Periodical Index

 

LADB - Latin American Data Base

 

Dance

 

Dance Collection Catalog (New York Public Library)

 

Demographics

 

NationMaster.com

 

Penn World Tables

 

Population Index

 

Statistics Canada

 

The World Factbook - CIA

 

Earth Science

 

GeoGratis

 

GEOSCAN

 

Economics

 

AgEcon Search

 

OECDiLibrary

 

UNdata

 

World DataBank

 

Education

 

Australian Education Index

 

Directory of Canadian Adult Literacy Research in English

 

Education Index

 

ERIC

 

Peterson's planner

 

Teacher Reference Centre

 

Emergency Management/Fire Science

 

Canadian Disaster Database

 

Fire Database

 

National Fire Academy and Emergency Management Institute Learning Resource Centre

 

Engineering

 

CiteSeer

 

Odysci

 

Environment

 

Arctic Environmental Strategy NWT Water Bibliography

 

GreenFILE

 

Hydrocarbon Impacts

 

Mining and the Aquatic Environment

 

Northern Contaminants Programme Publications

 

Film Studies

 

Film Literature Index

 

NFB.ca

 

Reel West Digest

 

Fine Arts

 

Archive of Digital Art

 

Bibliography of the History of Art

 

Food Science and Nutrition

 

Agricola

 

International Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements Database

 

Forestry

 

Agricola

 

BC Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations: Publications

 

Geography

 

Agricola

 

David Rumsey Historical Map Collection

 

GeoGratis

 

GEOSCAN

 

The Atlas of Canada

 

Geology

 

ASTIS: Arctic Science and Technology Information System

 

CGRG Bibliography of Canadian Geomorphology

 

GEOSCAN

 

Gerontology

 

PubMed

 

Government Documents

 

British Columbia Crown Publications Index

 

Government of British Columbia

 

Government of Canada

LEGISinfo

 

Hospitality & Tourism

 

First Research Industry Profiles

 

go2 - BC's Tourism and Hospitality Careers and Training Resource

Tourism Online Resource Centre

 

History

 

AustriaN Newspapers Online (in German)

 

British Columbia Historical Newspapers

 

Canadian Encyclopedia

 

Royal BC Museum

 

Languages

 

French

 

Persée Index of Journals from France.

 

German

 

AustriaN Newspapers Online (in German)

 

Spanish

 

Handbook of Latin American Studies

 

Law

 

BC Laws

 

Best Guide to Canadian Legal Research

 

British Columbia Reports (Law)

 

CanLII: Canadian Legal Information Institute

 

Judgements of the Supreme Court of Canada

 

Legal Services Society (BC)

 

NegoTech

 

Library and Information Science

 

Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts

 

Linguistics

 

Linguist List

 

Linguistic Bibliography Online

 

Literature

 

Gale Literary Index

 

Mathematics

 

ArXiv

 

Electronic Research Archive for Mathematics: Jahrbuch Database 1868-1942

 

EULER Portal to Mathematics Publications

 

Medicine

 

BioMed Central

 

Highwire Press

 

International Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements Database

 

NetLib Mathematical software, documents, and databases.

 

Native Health Databases

 

PLoS: Public Library of Science

 

Project Cork (Substance Abuse literature)

 

PubMed

 

TOXNET

 

 See also the list of free resources compiled by e-HLbc (Electronic Health Library of BC).

 

Music

 

British Columbia Sheet Music

 

Canadian Music Periodical Index

 

The Encyclopedia of Music in Canada

 

Northern Canada

 

Arctic Environmental Strategy NWT Water Bibliography

 

ASTIS: Arctic Science and Technology Information System

 

Hydrocarbon Impacts

 

Inuvialuit Settlement Region Database

 

Mining and the Aquatic Environment

 

Northern Contaminants Programme Publications

 

Northern Granular Resources

 

Nunavik Bibliography

 

Yukon Biodiversity Database

 

Nursing

 

PubMed

 

Virginia Henderson Global Nursing  e-Repository

 

See also the list of free resources compiled by e-HLbc (Electronic Health Library of BC).

 

Pharmacology

 

International Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements Database

 

Project Cork (Substance Abuse literature)

 

Toxline

 

TOXNET

 

See also the list of free resources compiled by e-HLbc (Electronic Health Library of BC).

 

Physics

 

ArXiv

 

NASA Astrophysics Data Systems

 

NRC Research Press Journals

 

SPIRES HEP Literature Database (High Energy Physics)

 

Political Science

 

British Columbia Government Publications Index

 

Empire Club Speech Archive

 

LEGISinfo

 

Official Documents of the UN

 

Rehabilitation

 

See the list of Free Online Resources compiled by e-HLbc (Electronic Health Library of BC).

 

Religion

 

Internet Sacred Text Archive

 

Religion-online.org

 

TOCS-IN: Tables of Contents of Journals of Interest to Classicists

 

Virtual Religion Index

 

Statistical Data

 

Statistics Canada

 

UNdata

 

See the Sources for Statistics wiki page.

 

Theses and Dissertations

 

OAIster Database - OCLC

 

Theses Canada Portal

 

Women's Studies

 

Women's Human Rights Resources Database WHRR

 

Additional Resources

 


 

Database of Databases

 

Use this database to determine which journals are indexed by a particular database.

 

CUFTS

 

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