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Library Journal Indexes and Databases

About journal indexes and databases

Indexes by Title - Indexes by Subject

Journal lists: Online A-Z Title/Subject   - or - Print Titles only

* starred are licensed for CNC... Home Access using Proxy server

Full-Text 

CBCA, Canadian Newsstand* (Proquest)

 

The Proquest package has these indexes, which you can search as a group or individually (use Database box on main screen):

Searching tips, see p.5-7

Creating alerts

Academic, Health, Business* (Ebsco)

 

The Ebsco package has these indexes, which you can search individually or as a group. To start (1) click on a title  (2) on next screen, check boxes for all indexes you want to search, and click on Continue.  Note that some subjects have been "bundled" below so you go directly into a search screen.

  • Academic Search Premier  (all academic topics, humanities, social science, science, general interest; citations from 1975-; full-text titles 4,500+)
  • Canadian Reference Centre (Canadian/US popular magazines and newspapers; citations from 1984-; full-text titles 830+)
  • Auto Repair Reference Centre direct link (repair manuals for 30,000+ vehicles from 1954-present; includes drawings, wiring diagrams, labour time guide and estimator, service bulletins, recalls)
  • Business bundle - includes Business Source Premier (full-text 3,600+), Regional Business News (75+ US regional journals), Academic Search Premier and Canadian Reference Centre
  • Education bundle - searches all below (or, click on "Choose Databases" to remove a database from your search)... ERIC (1966- approx. 400 linked full-text, alternate public access at http://www.eric.ed.gov/), MAS Ultra School Edition (700+), Teacher Reference Centre (abstracts 270+ titles)
  • GreenFILE (environment, citations from 1913-; some open access full-text) 
  • Health bundle - searches all below (or, click on "Choose Databases" to remove a database from your search)...  Alt HealthWatch (alternative health; full-text 180+) - Biomedical Reference Collection: Comprehensive (citations from 1960-; full-text 900+) - CINAHL (nursing and allied health; citations from 1982-; full-text 320+) - Health Source: Consumer (general health, nutrition; full-text 150+ with Lexi-PALS) - Health Source: Nursing/Academic (full-text titles 550+ with Lexi-PALS) - LexiPALS drugs and pharmaceuticals, info on 1764+ drugs - Medline Full-text (largest health index, citations/abstracts, 1370+ full-text titles).
  • Literary bundle - searches Canadian Literary Centre (150+ full-text journals, plus author biographies, reviews, essays, criticism, monographs) and Literary Reference Centre (450+ full-text journals, plus biographies, full-text poems, short stories, criticism).
  • Military and Government Collection (military, history, politics, sports, general interest; some 1975-; full-text titles 400+)
  • PsycARTICLES (psychology, health; citations from 1985-; full text titles 56) 
  • PsychINFO  (psychology; complete backfiles 1887-; approx. 245 linked full-text titles)
  • Wilson Indexes: mainly index/abstracts with a small number of full text titles pulled from other Ebsco databases: Applied Science, Art, Biological and Agricultural, General Science, Humanities, Readers' Guide, Social Sciences Abstracts.

Searching tips, see p.8-10

Creating alerts

Tutorials

 

Accessibility: text only version

 
CCINFOweb + MSDS*

Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety chemistry, health and safety databases; includes ChemIndex and over 200,000 MSDS Material Safety Data Sheets.  Note: For MSDS, the Facilities department also recommends MSDS.com

 

Searching tips
CICA Standards and Guidance Collection*

Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants of Canada (CICA) – Accounting and Assurance Handbooks – as well as Public Sector, Management's Discussion and Analysis, and Risk Oversight and Governance modules.

See online help
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)

General topics, scholarly, scientific, current- (full-text approx. 1400 journals). Click on "Find Articles" to search by keyword or topic.

 

See online help
 e-CPS Compendium of Pharmaceuticals and Specialties 

For health, nursing, dental studies: continually updated Canadian drug reference handbook (click Search e-CPS, sample search: lidocaine). CNC limit of 2 simultaneous users, please logoff when you leave the site.

See online help
Find Articles

General topics, 1998- (full-text approx. 300 journals; many articles are pay-for-use)

 

See online help
HighWire Press

Health, medicine, sciences (citations from 1948-; full-text titles 333+ but current year may be embargoed, not avail. in full-text and pay-per-view)

 

See online help
Medline

Health, medicine, 1965-
Note: This is the public Medline site. CNC users can also access Medline through Ebsco (which now includes Medline Full-Text) and Ovid.
Tips: Search Medline's PubMed for dental or nursing articles (click on LIMITS, pick subset: Dental, or Nursing). Search PubMed Central for full-text of 500+ peer-reviewed journals. Search related Canadian site PubMed Central Canada, and UK site BioMed Central (free registration). Check List of Serials and Abbreviations

 

See PubMed tutorial
Open J-Gate

Searchable database of 4700+ open access journals, academic topics

 

See online help
Ovid*

Health, bioscience, human kinetics. Includes Evidence Based Medical Reviews, Medline, LWW Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Total Access Collection (part of Journals@OVID, full text titles 340+).

 

 Tutorials
Prince George Newspapers 

Full-text of Prince George newspapers from 1909-Feb. 1980 (with more to come in future years). Includes Fort George Tribune, Fort George Herald, Prince George Post, Prince George Herald, Prince George Star, Prince George Leader, Prince George Citizen... and also College of New Caledonia Student Newspapers from 1970 onward.

 

See online help

National Research Council Journals Archive

Canadian science research, search by word or click on a title and view "contents" for articles; free full-text is available for issues from 1950's to Dec. 2010 only (does not include current issues)

 

See online help

Other Indexes (Citation/Abstract)

Agricola Agriculture, forestry, [1970]- 
Anthropological Index Online Anthropology, [1963]- 
Art Index* see Ebsco-Wilson indexes above
ASTIS Arctic science and technology info system, search for publications relating to northern Canada, 1978- 
Astrophysics Abstracts Astrophysics, [1975]- 
BC Newspaper Index + Periodical Index The Newspaper Index contains selected citations from Vancouver Sun, Province, Victoria Times Colonist, 1991-. The Periodical Index contains selected citations from BC periodicals. Maintained by BC Legislative Library.
Canadian Music Periodical Index Citations for music journals, [ca. 1970's]-
Coaching Science Abstracts Human kinetics, sports, 1996-
First Nations Periodical Index First Nations articles, SchoolNet [1990] - 
Humanities and Social Sciences Index* see Ebsco-Wilson indexes above
Ingenta Largest citation source, over 25,000 journals, Uncover/Medline, Fall 1988-  Search article titles or browse tables of contents.
MathSearch Mathematics, [1994]-
Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature Abstracts* see Ebsco-Wilson indexes above
Research Index NECI library of computer science, [1974]-
Science Indexes* see Ebsco-Wilson indexes above
US National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) Criminology, [1970]- 

Subject Guide


 

A guide to useful indexes for Anthropology, Art, Business, Canadian content, Chemistry, Computing, Culinary/hospitality, Education, English, First Nations, Forestry, Geography/GIS, Health: nursing/dental, History, Human KineticsMath, Music, News, Philosophy, Psychology, Sciences, Sociology/Criminology, Technology/Trades

 


Anthropology
Art
Business
Canadian content
Chemistry
Computing
Culinary/hospitality
Education
English
First Nations
Forestry
Geography, GIS
Health: Nursing, Dental
History
Human Kinetics
Mathematics
Music
News
Philosophy
Psychology
Sciences
Sociology, Criminology
Technology, Trades


Title List of Indexes and Databases

 

Academic Search  -  Agricola  -  Alt Health Watch  -  Anthropological Index Online  -  Art Index  -  ASTIS  -  Astrophysics Abstracts  - Auto Repair Reference CentreBC Newspaper and Periodical Index  -  Biomedical Reference Collection  - Business Source Premier  - Canadian Literary CentreCanadian Music Periodical Index  -  Canadian Newsstand  -  Canadian Reference Centre  -  CBCA Canadian Business and Current Affairs  -  CCInfoWeb and MSDS  -  CICA Handbook: Accounting, Assurance  -  CINAHL  -  Coaching Science Abstracts  -  Directory of Open Access Journals  - e-CPS Compendium of Pharmaceuticals and SpecialtiesEncyclopaedia Britannica  -  Encyclopedia of BC  -  ERIC  -  Find Articles  -  First Nations Periodical Index  -  Funk and Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia  - GreenFILE Health Source: Consumer  -  Health Source: Nursing/Academic  -  HighWire Press  -  Humanities and Social Sciences Index  - LexiPALS - Literary Reference Centre -  MAS Ultra School Edition  -  MathSearch  -  Medline  -  Military and Government Collection  -  National Research Council  -  Ovid  - Prince George Newspapers -  PsycARTICLES  -  PsychInfo  -  Reader's Guide  - Regional Business News Research Index  -  Science Indexes  - Teacher Reference CentreUS National Criminal Justice Reference Service


About Journal Indexes/Databases

 

Search a Journal Index/Database to quickly find information on your topic.  Start with a Full-Text source to get complete articles and information.  Then, if you need more references, try other sources which mainly provide citations/abstracts.   For more information, refer to the guide on Using Journal Indexes and Databases.

 


 Home access

The library databases starred* on the above list are licensed for CNC users only. You can access these at any CNC campus computer - or from home if you have a current CNC Connect computer account. 

  • click on an underlined title above
  • you will get this login screen - enter your CNC Connect username and password to login

journals-login-proxy

 

If you do not have a CNC Connect computer account, or have not activated it yet, click here for details, or contact us.




 

 
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