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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ACLS Humanities E-Book
Over 3000 works of major importance to historical studies on this website. ACLS is collaborating in this initiative with 20 learned societies and 100 publishers to assist scholars in the electronic publishing of high-... Connect
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Digital Collection
Journals, ebooks, and conference proceedings published by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). Please note that we do not license the standards from the ASME. Connect
ASM Handbooks Online
ASM Handbooks Online is a comprehensive source of information on metals and materials technology. Published by ASM International (formerly known as the American Society for Metals), a society of materials and... Connect
Brill E-Books: Classical Studies and the Social Sciences Collections
Access to the 2010 and 2011 titles published by Brill for Classical Studies (49 titles) and the Social Sciences collections (73 titles). These titles can be found in the Leddy Library catalogue. Connect
Canada Commons
Provides full text access to over 20,000 Canadian ebooks and 75,000 public documents. This collection is a merger of 3 former collections: the Canadian Health Research Collection, the Canadian Public Policy Collection... Connect
EBSCOHost eBook Collection
Access a multidisciplinary collection of ebooks on the EBSCOhost platform. This includes ebooks the library has subscribed to individually, and ebooks that come from some of our subject databases. You can also search... 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
Knovel Engineering and Science e-books
This electronic book collection includes over 3,000 reference works from over 90 technical publishers and professional societies including AIAA, AIChE, ASME and NACE. The collection covers the following subject areas:... 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
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
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
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
Ovid Nursing Books
A small collection of core clinical texts. Connect
Oxford Scholarship Online
A collection of thousands of books covering subjects across the humanities, social sciences, sciences, medicine and law. Connect
ProQuest Ebook Central
ProQuest Ebook Central is a platform that hosts some of the ebooks that the Leddy Library purchases. Browse ebooks from all disciplines. Connect
SAGE Knowledge
SAGE Knowledge provides more than 2,700 titles of eBook and eReference content in the social sciences, including scholarly monographs, reference works, handbooks, series, professional development titles, and more. Connect
Sage Research Methods
Reference material that guides users through the research process. From a quick dictionary definition, a case study example from a researcher in the field, a downloadable teaching dataset, a full-text title from the... Connect
Scholars Portal Books
Almost 70,000 commercial and over 280,000 open access titles. Commercial publishers including Springer, Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, Elsevier, Taylor and Francis, and the Gibson CRKN and Public... Connect
SpringerLink
SpringerLink provides access to books and journals published by SpringerNature. These publications span all disciplines. Connect
Wiley Online Library
Wiley features 1500 journals as well as thousands of eBooks and multi-volume reference works. The University of Windsor does not subscribe to the complete collection. Connect
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