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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
Drama Online
Limited subscription. Includes access to selected playtexts and scholarly works from British and Canadian publishers.
Subject Matter Timeframe: Aeschylus to the present day
Dates of Coverage: 499 B.C. - Current

MLA International Bibliography
Provides access to books, articles, film criticisms, and websites on topics in literature, modern languages, folklore and linguistics.
Dates of Coverage: 1925 - 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
Project MUSE
Full text of books and journals from university presses and scholarly societies in the humanities and social sciences.
Date of Foundation: 1993
Dates of Coverage: Various

Creative Commons
Search by commercial, educational, or private use. Some images, audio and video files are licensed to be altered to new works.
Wikimedia Commons
Includes still images, videos and sounds.

Canadian Newsstream
Contains full-text newspaper articles, columns, editorials, and features from over 275 Canadian newspapers, dating from the late 1970s to the present.
Dates of Coverage: Late 1970's - Current
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Globe and Mail‎
Scanned full text of this Canadian national newspaper, including articles, editorials, advertisements, classified ads, photos, editorial cartoons, etc.
Dates of Coverage: 1844 - 2012