Databases

Search or browse for databases across all subject areas. Databases are collections of scholarly resources, such as articles, journals, videos, images, primary source materials, and more. We also recommend using Omni, our academic search tool, to quickly find individual titles across the library's collection.

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Nucleic Acids Abstracts	Access to citations and abstracts pertaining to cloning and sequencing strategies from 1982 to the present. A part of the Biological Science Collection, Nucleic Acids Abstracts contains detailed perspectives on...	Connect
OAPEN: Online Library and Publication Platform	The OAPEN Library contains freely accessible academic books, mainly in the area of humanities and social sciences. OAPEN works with publishers to build a quality controlled collection of open access books, and provides...	Connect
OECD iLibrary	Contains all the publications and datasets released by OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development), International Energy Agency (IEA), Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA), OECD Development Centre, PISA (...	Connect
OLH: Open Library of Humanities	The Open Library of Humanities (OLH) is dedicated to publishing open access scholarship with no author-facing article processing charges (APCs). It is funded by an international consortium of libraries who have joined...	Connect
Olympic World Library	Access the unique collections of The Olympic Studies Centre, with all the official Olympic publications, and also find books, articles and selected dissertations produced by academics and professionals from all around...	Connect
Open Library	This database is currently experiencing technical issues. Open Library account holders can borrow up to five electronic book titles for up to 2 weeks each and read the pdf or ePub either online or off. Over 200,000 electronic books are available including a growing...	Connect
OpenDOAR	OpenDOAR is an authoritative directory of academic open access repositories. Each OpenDOAR repository has been visited by project staff to check the information that is recorded here. This in-depth approach does not...	Connect
OpenEdition Books	OpenEdition Books is a web platform for books in the humanities and social sciences. More than half of them are available in Open Access. Note to patrons: you can select either French or English for your search...	Connect
OpenEdition Journals	OpenEdition Journals is a journal platform for the humanities and social sciences. Founded in 1999 under the name of Revues.org, it is now home to 450 online publications. Of our 150,000 articles, 95% are available in...	Connect
Ophea	Registration is required before use. Curriculum planning resources developed to support the implementation of Ontario’s 2010 H&PE Curriculum and replace the Ophea “binders”. Note: To access Ophea you must create an account.Go to the...	Connect
Oral History Online	Indexing of more than 2,500 collections of Oral History in English from around the world. The collection also provides keyword searching of more than 271,000 pages of full-text by some 9,000 individuals from all walks...	Connect
OregonPDF in Health and Performance	OregonPDF in Health and Performance (formally Kinesiology Publications) makes available graduate dissertations and theses in areas related to health and performance. The intellectual focus of the collection is physical...	Connect
Our Ontario	Digital collections of resources pertaining to history, business, and scientific heritage in Ontario.Our Ontario is a non-profit organization offering services and platforms that enable digital creation and sharing of...	Connect
Our Ontario Community Newspapers Collection	Searchable historical Ontario newspapers from 1810 onward.This resource brings together over 200 years of newspaper titles throughout South Western Ontario from as early as 1810. This collection contains over 100,000...	Connect
Our Ontario Government Documents Collection	Over 29,000 government documents from the collection of the Ontario Legislative Library, with new documents being added quarterly. The Legislative Library began archiving Ontario government documents in July 2000....	Connect
OVID	Simultaneously search all databases subscribed on the Ovid platform, including MEDLINE and many others.	Connect
Ovid Emcare	Covers all nursing specialties and nursing healthcare professions.	Connect
Ovid Nursing Books	A small collection of core clinical texts.	Connect
Oxford Art Online	Text and image searching of Grove Art Online, The Oxford Companion to Western Art, Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, and The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms. One user only at a time.	Connect
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography	Concise biographies of over 60,000 influential historical British figures.The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography is a record of men and women responsible for shaping British history and culture worldwide from the...	Connect