{"id":92,"date":"2015-04-01T17:31:59","date_gmt":"2015-04-01T17:31:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www-chris.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/research\/?page_id=92"},"modified":"2021-08-04T17:41:13","modified_gmt":"2021-08-04T21:41:13","slug":"libraries-and-databases","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www-chris.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/research\/resources-list\/libraries-and-databases\/","title":{"rendered":"Libraries and Databases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are thousands of research tools at your finger tips. Digitized publications, rare manuscripts, documents, and monographs are popping up in libraries all over the world.<\/p>\n<p>The Dawson library has links to a number of resources, and the librarians are available to help you if you need resources for your research. Check out the <a href=\"http:\/\/library.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/faculty\/\">Faculty page <\/a>on the library site for more information.<\/p>\n<p>Below are some of the databases and archives available for different research disciplines.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t.dc_accordion .dc_accordion-body:before{\n\t\t\t\tdisplay: block;\n\t\t\t\theight: 10px;height: 1rem;\n\t\t\t\tcontent: \"\";\n\t\t\t}\n\n\t\t\t\n\n\n\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t<div id=\"general-reference-sources\" class=\"new dc_accordion  \" style=\"\" ><h2 class=\"dc_accordion-title highlighta\" ><a class=\"\" style=\"\" href=\"#general-reference-sources\">General Reference Sources<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"dc_accordion-body \" style=\"\" ><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldcat.org\/\">WorldCat<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.archivescanada.ca\">Archives Canada<\/a>\u00a0(Canadian history, economics, law, political science)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.collectionscanada.gc.ca\/amicus\/\">Library and Archives Canada AMICUS<\/a>\u00a0(Canadian history, economics, law, political science, art history)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.banq.qc.ca\/accueil\/index.html\">BANQ Biblioth\u00e9que et archives national du Qu\u00e9bec<\/a>\u00a0(Qu\u00e9bec history, economics, law, political science)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mla.org\/bibliography\">Modern Languages Association Bibliography<\/a>\u00a0(Languages, linguistics and literature)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bodley.ox.ac.uk\/dept\/scwmss\/wmss\/online\/online.htm\">Online Catalogues of Western Manuscripts<\/a>\u00a0(History, philosophy, religion)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vaticanlibrary.va\/home.php\">The Vatican Library<\/a>\u00a0(History, philosophy, religion, art &amp; art history)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/library.si.edu\/\">The Smithsonian Libraries<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.getty.edu\/research\/library\/\">The Getty Research Institute<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/data.worldbank.org\/data-catalog\/world-development-indicators\">World Development Indicators<\/a>\u00a0(Social Sciences)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ihs.com\/about\/index.aspx\">IHS<\/a> (Economic, political, industrial )<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jstor.org\/\">Jstor<\/a>\u00a0*<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ebscohost.com\/\">EBSCO<\/a> \u00a0or Academic Search Primer (Arts &amp; Sciences)*<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.proquest.com\/\">ProQuest<\/a> (Arts &amp; Sciences)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/scholar.google.ca\/\">Google Scholar<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scopus.com\/home.url\">Scopus<\/a> (Arts &amp; Sciences)*<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/library.duke.edu\/digitalcollections\/\">Duke University Digital Collection<\/a>\u00a0(History, art history, literature and more)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/library.harvard.edu\/digital-collections\">Harvard University Digital Collection<\/a>\u00a0(History, art history, literature and more)<\/p>\n<p>*These are available to Dawson employees via the <a href=\"http:\/\/library.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/\">Dawson College Library.<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<div id=\"databases-digitized-manuscripts-documents-journals\" class=\"new dc_accordion  \" style=\"\" ><h2 class=\"dc_accordion-title highlighta\" ><a class=\"\" style=\"\" href=\"#databases-digitized-manuscripts-documents-journals\">Databases, Digitized Manuscripts, Documents &amp; Journals<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"dc_accordion-body \" style=\"\" ><h3>Humanities<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/avalon.law.yale.edu\/\">The Avalon Project<\/a>\u00a0 Document; History, philosophy law, religion, politics \u00a0Ancient 4000 bce -present<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/library.duke.edu\/rubenstein\/\">The David M. Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ebscohost.com\/academic\/subjects\/category\/humanities\">Humanities Source<\/a> (NB. if you are a faculty member you have access to this database, via EBSCO listed as Academic Search Primer, for free through the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/library.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/\">Dawson College Library<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.proquest.com\/products-services\/llba-set-c.html\">Linguistics and Language Behaviour Abstracts<\/a> (via Proquest)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gdc.gale.com\/gale-literature-collections\/literature-resource-center\/\">Literature Resource Centre<\/a> -Literature<\/p>\n<h3>Social Sciences<\/h3>\n<p>Collections, journal articles and databases<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ebscohost.com\/academic\/anthropology-plus\">Anthropology Plus<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0(NB. if you are a faculty member you have access to this database, via EBSCO listed as Academic Search Primer, for free through the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/library.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/\">Dawson College Library<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ebscohost.com\/academic\/econlit\">EconLit<\/a> (N.B via EBSCO, if you are a faculty member you have access to this database, listed as Academic Search Primer, for free through the <a href=\"http:\/\/library.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/\">Dawson College Library<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.apa.org\/pubs\/databases\/psycarticles\/index.aspx\">PsycARTICLES<\/a>\u00a0(NB. if you are a faculty member you have access to this database for free through the <a href=\"http:\/\/library.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/\">Dawson College Library<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.proquest.com\/products-services\/socioabs-set-c.html\">Sociological Abstracts <\/a>(via Proquest)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www5.statcan.gc.ca\/researchers-chercheurs\/index.action?lang=eng&amp;start=1&amp;end=25&amp;search=&amp;sort=0&amp;themeId=0&amp;date=&amp;series=&amp;author=&amp;themeState=-1&amp;dateState=-1&amp;seriesState=-1&amp;authorState=-1&amp;showAll=false&amp;univ=7&amp;MMI\">Statistics Canada<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Sciences &amp; Engineering<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pubmedcentralcanada.ca\/pmcc\/\">PubMed Central Canada<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Health &amp; Life Sciences\u00a0(NB. if you are a faculty member you have access to this database for free though the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/library.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/\">Dawson College Library<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ebscohost.com\/academic\/greenfile\">GreenFILE<\/a>\u00a0 \u2013 Environmental Sciences (NB. This is available via EBSCO. If you are a faculty member you have access to this database, listed as Academic Search Primer, for free through the <a href=\"http:\/\/library.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/\">Dawson College Library<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cabdirect.org\/\">CAB Direct<\/a> \u2013 Agricultural (veterinary sciences; entomology; plant sciences; forestry; fisheries; farming; agricultural economics; food &amp; human nutrition; earth &amp; environmental sciences)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.geoscienceworld.org\/\">GeoScienceWorld<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Earth Sciences<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.engineeringvillage.com\/\">Compendex<\/a> \u2013 Engineering (via\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.engineeringvillage.com\/\">Engineering Village<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>GeoBase \u2013 Geography (via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.engineeringvillage.com\/\">Engineering Village<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.persee.fr\/web\/guest\/home\">Pers\u00e9e <\/a>&#8211; General Sciences French (\u00a0if you are a faculty member you have access to this database for free through the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/library.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/\">Dawson College Library<\/a>)<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<div id=\"museums\" class=\"new dc_accordion  \" style=\"\" ><h2 class=\"dc_accordion-title highlighta\" ><a class=\"\" style=\"\" href=\"#museums\">Museums<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"dc_accordion-body \" style=\"\" ><p>There are thousands of Museums all over the world that hold incredible collections of manuscripts, artifacts, art and so much more. Here is a modest list of some amazing museums that provide access to their libraries, research, and collections online.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amnh.org\/our-research\">American Museum of Natural History<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nature.ca\/en\/research-collections\">The Canadian Museum of Nature<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.getty.edu\/\">The Getty<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hermitagemuseum.org\/wps\/portal\/hermitage?lng=en\">The Hermitage Museum<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.louvre.fr\/en\/moteur-de-recherche-oeuvres\">The Louvre<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mccord-museum.qc.ca\/en\/keys\/collections\/\">McCord Museum<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcgill.ca\/redpath\/\">McGill Redpath Museum<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metmuseum.org\/research\">The Metropolitan Museum of Art<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rom.on.ca\/en\/collections-research\">Royal Ontario Museum<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/library.si.edu\/\">The Smithsonian<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mv.vatican.va\/3_EN\/pages\/MV_Home.html\">The Vatican Museum<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vam.ac.uk\/\">Victoria and Albert Museum<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<p>Is your favourite site missing? <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www-chris.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/research\/contact-information\/\">Contact us<\/a><\/strong> and tell us about it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are thousands of research tools at your finger tips. Digitized publications, rare manuscripts, documents, and monographs are popping up in libraries all over the world. The Dawson library has links to a number of resources, and the librarians are available to help you if you need resources for your research. 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