| Cambridge Dictionaries Online |
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Search engine which allows a simultaneous search in several different English dictionaries, general and specialized (Cambridge International Dictionary of English, Cambridge Dictionary of American English, Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms and Cambridge International Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs)
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| Oxford English Dictionary
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The OED, started more than 150 years ago, is widely regarded as the accepted authority on the English language, and is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of 600,000 words— past and present— from across the English-speaking world.
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Encyclopaedia Britannica Online
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A search and directory site featuring Encyclopaedia Britannica, as well as the Web's best sites, news, magazines and more. Provides access to the 32-volume Encyclopaedia Britannica, and thousands of articles from respected magazines and journals, and rich multimedia. |
| Encyclopaedia Universalis |
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Online version of a large multi-volume French encyclopedia. |
| National Film Board of Canada (NFB)
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Free Online
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The NFB web site - ONF in French - provides access to nearly 1500 online films, clips and trailers. The collection includes documentaries, animated films, experimental films, fiction, and films that take a stand on global issues important to Canadians: stories about the environment, human rights, international conflict, the arts and more. Dawson pays an annual subscription fee which permits the screening of films in class. |
| Hotdocs DOCLibrary
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Free Online
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This site provides access to Canada's documentary filmaking heritage through its video library of more than 1500 documentaries, including films from the NFB, TVO, RIDM, Reel Asian,
Images Festival,
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| Thanhouser Company Film Preservation, Inc.
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Free Online
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Thanhouser Company Film Preservation, Inc. provides streaming video to all 56 films currently available in the collection at no charge.
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Ancient and Medieval History
(Facts on File)
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Focusing on Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome, Africa, Europe, the Americas, and Asia, Ancient and Medieval History Online gives a balanced, global view of the world in ancient and medieval times. Thousands of entries on events, people, and primary source documents are hyperlinked and allow users a comprehensive and comparative view of the pre-modern world. |
| Canadian Encyclopedia
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Free Online |
Published online by the Historica Foundation, the Canadian Encyclopedia provides the most comprehensive, objective and accurate source of information on Canada for students, readers and scholars across Canada and throughout the world. Contents have been contributed by more than 5000 scholars and specialists from every discipline and region of Canada. |
Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
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Free Online |
Canadians who died between the years 1000 and 1920 or whose last known date of activity falls within these years are represented in this first phase.
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| Early Canadiana Online
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Free Online |
Early Canadiana Online (ECO) is a growing digital library that currently (2009) offers seven online collections totalling three million pages of Canada's print heritage. Open access is provided on ECO to approximately 40 percent of the online library.
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| Gale Literary Index |
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Gale's Literary Index is a master index to the major print literature series published by The Gale Group.
Use this index to locate biographies on authors and critical essays on their writings.
Search DOLLS to locate the source publications cited in the relevant references you find.
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History of the World
(Facts on File)
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This is a combination of two independently searchable databases published by Facts on File: Modern World History and Ancient and Medieval History.
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Modern World History
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Modern World History Online covers the important people and events of world history from the age of exploration in the mid-15th century through the modern era. Topical entries, biographies, maps, primary source documents, and timeline entries provide a detailed and comparative view of the people, places, and events that have defined world history. |
Reference Universe™
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This database allows users to keyword search the Indexes of most sources held in the Library's PRINT Reference Collection.
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