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Research & Journal Databases

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ATLA Religion Database: Tutorial  
Index of 1,000,000+ documents covering biblical studies, world religions, church history, and religious perspectives on social issues.
Restricted to WCBC patron only Connect from: • Library or on-campusOff-campus
J-Stor: Arts & Science III: Tutorial
Restricted to WCBC patron onlyConnect - this is currently only available from inside the college
Directory of Open access journals:
Collection of searchable open access journals covering multiple scholarly disciplines, including Arts, Biology, History, Religion and Social Sciences
Freely available on the World Wide WebConnect
CDRI: Digital Resources for the study of religion:
Maps; charts; Greek, Roman & Byzantine coins; French medieval iconography; iluminations; papyri; photographs; slides; Wesley manuscripts & memorabilia
Freely available on the World Wide Web Connect
Christian Periodical Index:
Articles and book reviews of 100+ Christian magazines and journals. Favours evangelical publications.
Available only in print format Print index only
Early Church Fathers:
The Early Church Fathers is a 38-volume collection of writings from the first 800 years of the Church. This collection is divided into three series, Ante-Nicene (ANF), Nicene and Post-Nicene Series I (NPNF1), and Nicene and Post-Nicene Series II (NPNF2).
Freely available on the World Wide Web Connect
EbscoHost: Tutorial
A collection of databases, including Academic Search Elite, ATLA Religion Index, Canadian Reference Centre and Masterfile Elite. You can search each of these databases individually or use this link to search more than one at the same time.
Restricted to WCBC patron only Connect from: • Library or on-campusOff-campus
Encyclopedia Judaica:
Available in CD-ROM format only CD-ROM only
New Testament Abstracts:
Abstracts (summaries) of articles and books in New Testament studies . CD-ROM edition of the major abstracting and indexing service for New Testament studies in a full text image (PDF) format of the print edition. Version 1.0 (c1999) includes only 1988-1998.
Available only in print format Available in CD-ROM format only Print and CD-ROM only
NSM KnowledgeBase:
An index of full-text articles related to missions.
Freely available on the World Wide Web Connect
Old Testament Abstracts:
A major tool for Old Testament research which indexes and abstracts from over 200 journals in several languages. Also includes book abstracts. Updated yearly. 1978- .
Available only in print format Print index only
Research in Ministry:
Index to D.Min. projects at reporting schools of theology.
Freely available on the World Wide Web Go to login page (no password needed)

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Social Work/Social Science Indexes

Academic Search Premier: Tutorial*More full-text added*
This multi-disciplinary database offers full text for nearly 4,600 scholarly journals, and citations for 8,400, dating as far back as 1985.
Restricted to WCBC patron onlyConnect from: • Library or on-campusOff-campus
Sociological Abstracts & Social Services Abstracts:
Restricted to WCBC patron only Connect - this is currently only available from inside the college
Proquest Sociology (full-text):
Restricted to WCBC patron onlyConnect - this is currently only available from inside the college
J-Stor: Arts & Science III: Tutorial
Restricted to WCBC patron onlyConnect - this is currently only available from inside the college
Directory of Open Access Journals:
Collection of searchable open access journals covering multiple scholarly disciplines, including Arts, Biology, History, Religion and Social Sciences
Freely available on the World Wide WebConnect
African Women's Bibliographic Database:
English language database containing over 22,000 citations from 1986 to present.
Freely available on the World Wide Web Connect
Anthropological Index Online:
Offers access to articles published in periodicals received by the Museum of Mankind library of the British Museum. Contains basic bibliographic information needed to locate the articles.
Freely available on the World Wide Web Connect
Bioethicsline:
A database of citations to literature on ethical, legal, and related public policy issues in health care and biomedical research.
Freely available on the World Wide Web Connect
Canadian Reference Centre: Tutorial
Indexes 457 publications, mostly Canadian, with 187 given in full-text.
Restricted to WCBC patron only Connect from: • Library or on-campusOff-campus
EbscoHost: Tutorial
A collection of databases, including Academic Search Elite, ATLA Religion Index, Canadian Reference Centre and Masterfile Elite. You can search each of these databases individually or use this link to search more than one at the same time.
Restricted to WCBC patron only Connect from: • Library or on-campusOff-campus
ERIC (Educational Resources Info. Center):
Database of 1,000,000+ abstracts of articles and other documents in the field of education. It is the world's largest source of educational information.
Freely available on the World Wide Web Connect
FINDarticles.com:
Searchable database of full-text articles from 300 popular periodicals. Content is limited to recent years and coverage spans many disciplines.
Freely available on the World Wide Web Connect
First Nations Periodical Index: Title List
The First Nations Periodical Index contains journals of mainly Canadian Native content. This Index is a tool providing access to information about First Nations for students (high school or university), educators, instructors and researchers.
Freely available on the World Wide Web Connect
Guide to Social Science and Religion in Periodical Literature:
Index of articles published in more than 100 periodicals related to social science and religion. 19??-19??
Available only in print format Print Index only
Ingenta:
A multi-disciplinary database offering access to 11,000,000+ articles published in more than 25,000 periodicals since 1988. Some articles are abstracted. Many are available on a pay-to-view basis only.
Freely available on the World Wide Web Connect
MasterFile Premier: Tutorial *More full-text added*
Contains full-text for nearly 1,600 general reference publications and bibliographic citations for many more, biographies, primary source documents, and an image collection of 116,000 photos, maps and flags. Coverage dating as far back as 1984.
Restricted to WCBC patron only Connect from: • Library or on-campusOff-campus
Psychoanalytic Literature:
Database provided by the American Psychoanalytic Association consisting of nearly 30,000 references to journal articles, books, and book reviews.
Freely available on the World Wide Web Connect

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Other databases

StatsCan:
Free statistics on the economy, land, people and government of Canada, based on census data. Also contains Community profiles. These profiles contain free information for all Canadian communities (cities, towns, villages, Indian reserves and Indian settlements, etc.), counties or their equivalents and for metropolitan areas.
Freely available on the World Wide Web Connect
Winnipeg Free Press:
Online access to complete coverage of the Free Press for the last 7 days. Contact library staff to obtain password for both on and off-campus access.
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