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Online Databases - Resources Requiring Login (Library card and password)

Canadian Newsstand - Newspaper and magazine articles (for the last 10 to 20 years). Includes the Times-Colonist and Vancouver Island's Black Press newspapers.

Canadian Periodical Index (CPI.Q) - A 20-year index of nearly 200 Canadian magazines. Also includes full-text articles (from 1995) Canadian biographies, company profiles, and historical information.

CBCA Reference & Current Events - Canadian coverage of politics, business, the arts, sports, and other news from newspapers, magazines, television and radio transcripts. Subjects include opinions, public policy, children/youth, lifestyles, arts and culture, health, regional concerns and more.

EBSCOhost MasterFILE Premier - Covering virtually every subject area of general interest, the MasterFILE Premier database provides full text for nearly 1,700 general reference publications including hundreds of popular magazines such as Consumer Reports, Good Housekeeping, and People, as well as full text for nearly 500 reference books. Also included are 165,000 primary source documents and an Image Collection of over 502,000 photos, maps, and flags. 

Global Issues In Context - Using a wealth of resources to explain the historical and contemporary conditions necessary to understand global issues, conflicts and events, Global Issues in Context supports research in a wide variety of subject areas including sociology, current events, civics, politics, science, economics, cultural/religious studies, women’s studies, human rights, English composition and many more.

Library PressDisplay (Digital Editions) - Newspapers from 55 countries in 33 languages. Full-colour images of every page - just like the print version. Includes at least 30 days of back issues. Listen to articles, magnify print size, download and save. [Tutorials]

Opposing Viewpoints in Context - Everything you need to fully understand an issue: pro and con viewpoint articles, reference articles that provide context, full-text magazines, academic journals, and newspapers, primary source documents, government and organizational statistics, multimedia, including images and podcasts, links to hand-selected websites and more! [How to use]

Opposing Viewpoints in Context: Critical Thinking - Critical Thinking supplements Gale's Opposing Viewpoints in Context with additional content and features that correlate with today's school curriculums. Learners interact with entries and are asked to think critically about a specific topic. The content covers broad topics such as "school violence" or "acid rain". Each topic has three entries: an overview and two viewpoint essays. Entries also are available in audio format. 

Subject Guides - Open Resources (no login required)