Resources
Electronic collections and databases, searchable.
OAPEN : Online library and publication platform
Open access academic books covering a variety of subjects.
Official Documentation System
Includes all types of official United Nations (UN) freely available, full-text documents. Does not include sales publications or treaties.
Open Library of Humanities
Open access journals in the humanities.
Ophea : Ontario Physical Activity Standards in Education
Standards documents for managing risk in physical activities in Ontario school boards.
Our Ontario: Newspapers
Over 200 years of community newspapers from across Ontario.
Oxford Text Archive
Thousands of texts collected, organized, preserved and made available by University of Oxford's Bodleian Libraries.
Parline
For all countries with a national legislature, includes parliamentary and electoral information.
Project Gutenberg
Collection of tens of thousands of free, mostly US-public-domain books.
PubChem
A public chemistry database for chemical and physical properties, biological activities, safety data and toxicity information, literature citations and patents.
Public Record Locator
A searchable directory linking to public record databases from the U.S. and other countries.
PubMed
Free biomedical literature search tool, composed primarily of Medline but including additional information.
PubMed Clinical Queries
PubMed search for clinical queries.
RAMBI: The Index of Articles on Jewish Studies
Selected articles, taken chiefly from the holdings of the Jewish National and University Library. In Hebrew.
Scholars Commons @ Laurier
Online collection of the intellectual, creative, and scholarly output of the Wilfrid Laurier University community.
Science Fiction and Fantasy Research Database
Citations to both scholarly and fan writings about science fiction, fantasy and horror.
SciTech Connect
Free access to over 2.6 million science research citations, including scientific and technical research results in disciplines of interest to the U.S. Department of Energy.
SEDAR
Securities filed electronically with the Canadian Securities Administrators.
Stanford encyclopedia of philosophy
Refereed dynamic open-access online encyclopedia from Stanford University. Updated continuously.
The World Factbook
Information on countries of the world prepared by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency.
Theses Canada
Index to doctoral dissertations and masters theses in all subject areas produced at Canadian universities.
ThomasNet
Search directory by product or company for U.S. and Canadian information.
TOXLINE (via TOXNET: Toxicology Data Network)
A group of databases for toxicology, hazardous chemicals, and related areas.
TOXNET
Multidatabase search tool for information on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, environmental health, and toxic releases.
TRID: the TRIS and ITRD database
Citations and some full text of journal articles, technical reports, and other materials for transportation studies.
UNdata
Large, comprehensive statistical database covering all countries of the world. Pulls together statistics from all the major UN sources.
Wellcome Images
Digital image collection from the Wellcome Library, covering medical and social topics, past and present.
Wikipedia:List of online newspaper archives
International list of links to online newspaper archives on Wikipedia.
WomanStats Project
A compilation of data on over 260 indicators of women's status in 174 countries. Creating a free account is required.
World Development Indicators
Development data from more than 200 countries
WorldCat
Records of books and other materials from libraries worldwide.