Indexes, abstracts and articles in biology, chemistry, education, engineering, humanities, physics, psychology, religion & theology, and sociology.
Description: Contains indexing and abstracts for nearly 9,500 publications, with full text for more than 5,500 of those titles. The database features PDF content going back as far as 1887, and searchable cited references are provided for nearly 1,000 journals. Subjects covered include biology, chemistry, education, engineering, humanities, physics, psychology, religion & theology, and sociology. Coverage and Currency: Indexing from early 1960s onward, some full text available back to 1887. Updated daily. Type: Partial full text. Access: Access limited to Grant MacEwan University IP addresses. Remote login with a MacEwan network user ID and password. Conditions of Use: Use of this database is restricted to members of the MacEwan University community and to users physically present in the Library. It is the responsibility of each user to ensure that they use this database for individual, non-commercial, educational or research purposes only, and do not systematically download or retain substantial portions of information. Supplier: EBSCO Publishing.
Full-text database designed to provide students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue and also offers guides to debating, developing arguments and writing position papers.
Description: 100 key topics of interest to Canadian researchers containing a balance of materials from all viewpoints, including 400 main essays, leading political magazines, newspapers, radio & TV news transcripts, primary source documents, and reference books. Coverage and Currency: 20th century to current issues. Updated daily. Type: Full text. Access: Access limited to Grant MacEwan University IP addresses. Remote login with a MacEwan network user ID and password. Conditions of Use: Use of this database is restricted to members of the MacEwan University community and to users physically present in the Library. It is the responsibility of each user to ensure that they use this database for individual, non-commercial, educational or research purposes only, and do not systematically download or retain substantial portions of information. Supplier: EBSCO Publishing
Canadian magazines, newspapers, images, and reference books, as well as leading international periodicals and reference books.
Coverage and Currency: Coverage: 1966 to the present. Updated daily. Type: Partial full text. Access: Access limited to Grant MacEwan University IP addresses. Remote login with a MacEwan network user ID and password. Conditions of Use: Use of this database is restricted to members of the MacEwan University community and to users physically present in the Library. It is the responsibility of each user to ensure that they use this database for individual, non-commercial, educational or research purposes only, and do not systematically download or retain substantial portions of information. Supplier: EBSCO
Provides online, searchable and browsable access to newspapers from around the world.
Description: Over 700 American, Canadian, and international newspapers, from 76 countries and in 38 languages, in full-color, full-page format. Coverage and Currency: Current issue and 60 days of backfiles. Type: Full text. Access: Access limited to Grant MacEwan University IP addresses. Remote Login with a MacEwan network user ID and password. Conditions of Use: Use of this database is restricted to members of the MacEwan University community and to users physically present in the Library. It is the responsibility of each user to ensure that they use this database for individual, non-commercial, educational or research purposes only, and do not systematically download or retain substantial portions of information. Supplier: NewspaperDirect.com, via ProQuest
Offers Kindergarten to Grade 12 teachers, students and their parents access to online resources including Electric Library Canada Plus, Electric Library Canada Elementary, SIRS Discoverer, Grolier Online and Canadian Encyclopedia.
Description: Alberta Learning makes available the following licensed online references for use by students, parents and teachers at home and in school: Electric Library Plus and Electric Library Elementary - Access pictures, maps, newspapers, newswires, reference books, works of literature, magazines and transcripts; Grolier Online - Access six encyclopedia databases (New Book of Knowledge, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, Encyclopedia Americana, Encyclopedia of Popular Science, Nueva encyclopedia Cumbre en linea, and Encyclopedia of Lands and People); SIRS Discoverer - Access a children's research database of full-text articles in 15 topic areas including animals, arts, health, notable people, sports and more; and the Canadian Encyclopedia. Coverage and Currency: Updated regularly. Type: Full text. Access: Username/password access is restricted to Grant MacEwan University students in Education-focused programs, or with the guidance of Reference Services staff. Conditions of Use: Use of this database is restricted to members of the MacEwan University community and to users physically present in the Library. It is the responsibility of each user to ensure that they use this database for individual, non-commercial, educational or research purposes only, and do not systematically download or retain substantial portions of information. Supplier: Alberta Learning
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