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.

Got a question? Get research help!
Learn more on how to access online resources

Recommended and Popular

Literature Online
Works of English and American poetry, drama and prose, with some full-text literature journals, with key criticism and reference resources. The following literature collections are cross-searchable via the... Connect
MLA International Bibliography
A subject index for published books, articles, and websites on modern literatures, linguistics, folklore, and more.The MLA International Bibliography is a subject index for published books, articles, and websites the... Connect
Oxford English Dictionary
The entire text of the 22-volume Oxford English Dictionary which merges the original OED with the supplements prepared throughout this century. This work not only contains definitions for most of the words in the... Connect
CIHM Monograph Collection
More than 80, 000 volumes dating back to the early 17th century that are about Canada, or written and published by Canadians, freely available online. This CIHM digital archive complements the materials digitized and... Connect
Defining Gender, 1450-1910
Source materials from European archives intended for researching the humanities from a gendered perspective.Defining Gender contains original source material from British and European archives for those studying history... Connect
Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Contains authoritative biographical information about historical Canadian figures. A joint initiative between the University of Toronto and the Université Laval, Dictionary of Canadian Biography provides... Connect
Digital Theatre+
Digital Theatre+ is a leading educational platform for the performing arts. It provides unlimited access to over 1000+ full-length productions and educational resources through collaboration with over 50 world-class... Connect
Drama Online
Leddy Library subscribes to the Core collection and the Playwrights Canada Press collection. Providing more than 1000 plays and 100 monographs, from curriculum classics to contemporary works, this resource offers "Play... Connect
Early English Books Online
Images of over 132,000 English-language works printed from 1473-1700 in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and elsewhere.Early English Books Online (EEBO) contains images of virtually every work printed in England,... Connect
Early European Books Online
A diverse array of printed sources from the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth centuries. All works printed in Europe before 1701, regardless of language, fall within the scope of the project, together with all pre-... Connect
Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO)
Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO) is a vast eighteenth-century library at your desktop—a fully text-searchable corpus of books, pamphlets and broadsides in all subjects printed between 1701 and 1800.... Connect
Eighteenth Century Journals Portal
Rare journals printed between c1685 and 1835 illuminating all aspects of eighteenth-century social, political and literary life. They offer effective coverage of the important issues of the period, and are invaluable to... Connect
Empire Online
Collection of primary source documents spanning the 16th through 20th centuries pertaining to colonial history, politics, culture and society.Empire Online contains a vast array of primary source documents, sourced from... Connect
Films On Demand Master
Stream full-length films in four categories: Business & Economics, Health & Medicine, Humanities & Social Sciences, Science & Mathematics, and Allied Health. Licensed for classroom use with Canadian... Connect
Gale Databases
Explore all the Gale databases available at the University of Windsor. This includes primary source content from across the ages, and full-text journal and ebook content. Connect
Gerritsen Women's History Collection of Aletta H. Jacobs
Books, pamphlets and periodicals reflecting the revolution of a feminist consciousness and the movement for women's rights. The Gerritsen Collection is a source for the study of women's history in the world,... Connect
Indigenous Studies Portal (I-Portal)
The I-Portal contains full-text electronic resources including articles, e-books, theses, government publications, videos, oral histories, reports, and digitized archival documents and photographs. Its... Connect
Intelex Past Masters
An interdisciplinary resource comprised of humanities and social science databases.A comprehensive resource that is comprised of humanities databases—in both original language and English translation—of... Connect
ITER: Bibliography
Access the ITER Bibliography through the ITER Gateway portal.  This unique bibliography contains over 1.1 million citations for secondary source material from over 400 medieval and renaissance journal titles. Users... Connect
John Johnson Collection: An Archive of Printed Ephemera
Scanned documents from the 18th through 20th centuries pertaining to crimes, advertising, booktrade, and more.This collection provides access to thousands of items selected from the John Johnson Collection of Printed... Connect
Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism
It includes entries on critics and theorists, critical schools and movements, and the critical and theoretical innovations of specific countries and historical periods. Compiled by specialists from around the world, the... Connect
JSTOR
Over one thousand leading academic journals across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences, as well as select monographs, primary sources and other materials valuable for academic work. Journals are always... Connect
Latino Literature: Poetry, Drama and Fiction
Includes poetry, fiction, and drama written in English and Spanish by of Chicano, Cuban, Puerto Rican, Dominican, and other Latin authors working in the United States. Among the gems of the collection are nearly 800... Connect
Send us a message