Databases

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CBCA Complete: Literature and Language
Focuses on literature and language periodicals covering Canada and Canadian issues. It is a subset of CBCA Complete. Connect
Early Encounters in North America
Collection of primary sources of early encounters, specifically focused on present-day Canada and the United States. Contains 1,482 authors and over 100,000 pages of letters, diaries, memoirs, images and accounts of... 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
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
Erudit journals
Full-text available to end of 2014. Érudit is the largest disseminator of French-language resources in North America. Érudit offers a centralized access to the majority of francophone publications in the... 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
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
Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts
Indexes the international literature in linguistics and related disciplines in the language sciences. The database covers all aspects of the study of language including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and... Connect
London Low Life
Colour digital images of rare books, ephemera, maps and other materials relating to 18th, 19th and early 20th century London. It is designed for both teaching and study, from undergraduate to research students and... Connect
MLA Directory of Periodicals
The MLA Directory of Periodicals provides detailed information on many journals currently indexed in the MLA International Bibliography. The detailed entries include editorial contact information, as well as... 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 Reference
The full text of over 300 key reference titles from Oxford University Press, including scholarly articles from titles in Oxford Companions series, English and bilingual dictionaries, subject-based encyclopedias covering... Connect
Oxford Very Short Introductions
Concise introductions to a wide range of subject areas including climate, consciousness, game theory, Islamic history, economics, and more. Entries written by experts in the field, synthesizing facts, analysis, and new... Connect
TERMIUM Plus
A terminology and linguistic data bank which includes almost 4 million English and French terms, more than 18,000 Portuguese terms, more than 200,000 Spanish terms, and a variety of writing tools. From the Translation... Connect
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