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GeoBase
Articles and reports on a wide-range of Geography topics.
Dates of Coverage: 1980 - Current
Web of Science
Multidisciplinary database to the world’s scholarly literature; includes Social Science literature
Dates of Coverage: 1864 - Current
Google Scholar
A search engine for articles, theses and reports produced by academic publishers, universities, and preprint depositories
Dates of Coverage: All Time Periods
Omni
A search platform to explore the library's physical and (many of our) electronic collections.
Dates of Coverage: Various
Sociology Collection
A collection of databases including Sociological Abstracts covering the international literature in sociology, social services and related fields.
Dates of Coverage: Varies

SAGE Knowledge
Premier social science eBook and eReference platform; includes “Practicing Human Geography”
Dates of Coverage: Varies
Oxford Reference
Provides full-text access to information and background articles about every topic from across Oxford University Press’s Dictionaries, Companions and Encyclopedias.
Dates of Coverage: Various

Canadian Newsstream
Full-text access to major Canadian newspapers.
Dates of Coverage: Late 1970's - Current
Factiva
Limited to 6 users at one time.

Contains full-text for over 3,000 national, international, and regional newspapers, magazines, blogs, press releases, company profiles, and podcasts.
Dates of Coverage: 1951 - Current

Sage Research Methods
Quantitative, qualitative & mixed research methods across the social & behavioral sciences
Dates of Coverage: Varies

Films on Demand
A multi-disciplinary digital library of educational and topical videos with over 6,000 titles. Users can make customized clips for teaching or presentation purposes.
Dates of Coverage: 20th Century - Current
Kanopy
Thousands of streaming videos by major producers. Includes documentary and feature-film titles drawn together for educators and their institutions.
Dates of Coverage: 2007 - Current
Docuseek
Streaming versions of over 500 documentary and social issues films and videos.
Dates of Coverage: 1900 - Current
PBS Video Collection
Documentary films and series from PBS. Titles relating to history, science and technology, diversity studies, business, and current events.
Dates of Coverage: Varies