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Databases	Subjects / Documents Indexed	Tutorials	Access
ALPSP Learned Journals Collection/Swetswise	Subjects: Social Sciences, Humanities, Sciences Items Indexed: Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers Journals Full Text: Available on BU campus only		Accessible on Campus - For Off Campus Access Click Here
America: History & Life (1964-Present)	Subjects: Canadian / American History, Politics, Society Items Indexed: Journal Articles, Books, Dissertations	America: History & Life Tutorial (Audio included)	Accessible on Campus - For Off Campus Access Click Here
Bibliography of British and Irish History Online	Subjects: British and Irish History Items Indexed:Journal Articles and Books Full Text:		Accessible on Campus - For Off Campus Access Click Here
British Newspapers 1600-1900	Subjects: History, Humanities Items Indexed: British newspapers from 1600-1900 (2 collections: 17th and 18th Century Burney Collection and 19th Century British Library Newspapers) Full Text: Available on BU campus only		Accessible on Campus - For Off Campus Access Click Here
Cairn	Subjects: Social Sciences, Humanities Items Indexed: French Language Journals Full Text: Available on BU campus only		Accessible on Campus - For Off Campus Access Click Here
Cambridge Journals Online	Subjects: Sciences, Social Sciences, Health Sciences, Humanities Items Indexed: Cambridge University Press Journals Full Text: Available on BU campus only		Accessible on Campus - For Off Campus Access Click Here
Canadian Electronic Library Publishers Collection	Subjects: Social Sciences, Humanities Items Indexed: Electronic Books from Canadian Publishers Full Text: Available on BU campus only		Accessible on Campus - For Off Campus Access Click Here
China: Trade, Politics and Culture, 1793-1980	Subjects: History, Political Science, Humanities Items Indexed: Primary Source Materials including documents, letters, diaries, books, pamphlets, images, maps Full Text: Available on BU campus only		Accessible on Campus - For Off Campus Access Click Here
Defining Gender 1450-1910	Subjects: History, Political Science, Sociology, Women's Studies, Humanities Items Indexed: Primary Source Materials including documents, letters, diaries, books, pamphlets, images, maps Full Text: Available on BU campus only		Accessible on Campus - For Off Campus Access Click Here
Dictionary of National Biography	Subjects: All Items Indexed: Reference Book Full-Text: Yes		Accessible on Campus - For Off Campus Access Click Here
Digital Collection of Manitoba Government Publications	Subjects: Manitoba Government Publications Items Indexed:Government Documents (includes link to early legislative reproting Full-Text: Yes		Accessible from Anywhere
Early Canadiana Online	Subjects: Canadian: History, Literature, Women's History, Native Studies Items Indexed: Primary Documents Full-Text: Yes, for Documents		Accessible from Anywhere
EBSCOhost: Academic Search Full-Text Premier	Subjects: All Items Indexed: Journal Articles Full-Text: Yes	Academic Source Premier Basic Search Tutorial (Audio included) Academic Source Premier Timesavers Tutorial (Audio included)	Accessible on Campus - For Off Campus Access Click Here
Empire Online	Subjects: History, Political Science, Humanities Items Indexed: Primary Source Materials including documents, letters, diaries, books, pamphlets, images, maps Full Text: Available on BU campus only		Accessible on Campus - For Off Campus Access Click Here
Érudit	Subjects: Social Sciences, Humanities Items Indexed: French Language Journals Full Text: Available on BU campus only		Accessible on Campus - For Off Campus Access Click Here
Gale Virtual Reference Library	Subjects: All Items Indexed: Reference Books, with a particular focus on Gender and Women's Studies Full-Text: Yes		Accessible on Campus - For Off Campus Access Click Here
Gender Studies Database	Subjects Indexed: Gender and Women's Studies Items Indexed: Journal Articles from Journals, Books, etc.		Accessible on Campus - For Off Campus Access Click Here
Globe and Mail/Canada's Heritage (click on the Globe and Mail link on the next page)	Subjects: Globe and Mail Items Indexed: Newspaper Articles Full-Text: Yes		Accessible on Campus - For Off Campus Access Click Here
Historical Abstracts (1964-Present)	Subjects: European and World : Political/, Economic/ Social/ Cultural History. Items Indexed: Journal Articles, Books, Dissertations	Historical Abstracts Tutorial (Audio included)	Accessible on Campus - For Off Campus Access Click Here
Intelex Past Masters	Subjects: Humanities Items Indexed:Books, letters Full Text: Available on BU campus only		Accessible on Campus - For Off Campus Access Click Here
Iter Bibliography (1842-present)	Subjects: Materials pertaining to the Middle Ages and the Renaissance Items Indexed: Journal Articles, Essays, Monographs		Accessible on Campus - For Off Campus Access Click Here
JSTOR	Subjects: Arts, Humanities, Business, Science, Social Science Items Indexed: Participating Journals Full Text: Yes	JSTOR Tutorial (Audio included)	Accessible on Campus - For Off Campus Access Click Here
LGBT Life with Full Text	Subjects: Gender Studies Items Indexed: Journal Articles, Books Full-Text: Yes		Accessible on Campus - For Off Campus Access Click Here
London Low Life	Subjects: History, Gender Studies, Humanities Items Indexed: Primary Source Materials including documents, letters, diaries, books, pamphlets, images, maps Full Text: Available on BU campus only		Accessible on Campus - For Off Campus Access Click Here
Making of America: Cornell	Subjects: Social History, Education, Psychology, American history, Sociology, Religion, Science and Technology Items Indexed: Primary sources in American Social History Full-Text: Yes		Accessible from Anywhere
Making of America: University of Michigan	Subjects: Social History, Education, Psychology, American history, Sociology, Religion, Science and Technology Items Indexed: Primary sources in American Social History Full-Text: Yes		Accessible from Anywhere
Mass Observation Online	Subjects: History, Sociology, Humanities Items Indexed: Primary Source Materials including documents, letters, diaries, books, pamphlets, images, maps Full Text: Available on BU campus only		Accessible on Campus - For Off Campus Access Click Here
Medieval Family Life	Subjects: History, Gender Studies, Humanities Items Indexed: Primary Source Materials including documents, letters, diaries, images, family trees, maps Full Text: Available on BU campus only		Accessible on Campus - For Off Campus Access Click Here
Medieval Feminist Index (Coverage varies but most are from 1994- Present )	Subjects: Women's Studies, Medieval Society Items Indexed: Journal Articles, Essays in Books		Accessible from Anywhere
Medieval Travel Writing	Subjects: History, Humanities Items Indexed: Primary Source Materials including documents, letters, diaries, books, pamphlets, images, maps Full Text: Available on BU campus only		Accessible on Campus - For Off Campus Access Click Here
Myilibrary - electronic books from Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press and Taylor and Francis	Subjects: Social Sciences, Sciences, Humanities Items Indexed: Electronic Books from Scholarly Publishers Full Text: Available on BU campus only		Accessible on Campus - For Off Campus Access Click Here
Northwest Resistance Database	Subjects: Metis in Saskatchewan; Northwest Rebellion Items Indexed: Books, Articles and Microfiche publications held by the University of Saskatchewan Libraries and the University of Saskatchewan Archives		Accessible from Anywhere
Orlando	Subjects: Gender and Women's Studies, Literature, Humanities Items Indexed:Women's writing Full Text: Yes		Accessible on Campus - For Off Campus Access Click Here
Oxford Islamic Studies	Subjects: All Items Indexed: Reference Books Full-Text: Yes		Accessible on Campus - For Off Campus Access Click Here
Oxford Journals Online	Subjects: Sciences, Social Sciences, Health Sciences, Humanities Items Indexed: Oxford University Press Journals Full Text: Available on BU campus only		Accessible on Campus - For Off Campus Access Click Here
Peel's Prairie Provinces	Subjects: Prairie History, Canadian History Items Indexed: Books, Pamphlets, Newspapers and other materials related to the development of the Prairies. Full-Text: Yes		Accessible from Anywhere
Periodical Archive Online	Subjects: Arts, Humanities, Business, Science, Social Science Items Indexed: Participating Journals Full Text: Yes - available on BU campus only		Accessible on Campus - For Off Campus Access Click Here
Project Muse	Subjects: Social Sciences, Humanities Items Indexed: Academic Journals Full Text: Available on BU campus only		Accessible on Campus - For Off Campus Access Click Here
Sage Journals Online	Subjects: Sciences, Social Sciences, Health Sciences, Humanities Items Indexed: Sage Journals Full Text: Available on BU campus only		Accessible on Campus - For Off Campus Access Click Here
Slavery, Abolition and Social Justice 1490-2007	Subjects: History, Humanities Items Indexed: Primary Source Materials including documents, letters, diaries, books, pamphlets, images, maps Full Text: Available on BU campus only		Accessible on Campus - For Off Campus Access Click Here
Taylor and Francis Online	Subjects: Social Sciences, Humanities Items Indexed: Taylor & Francis and Routledge Journals Full Text: Available on BU campus only		Accessible on Campus - For Off Campus Access Click Here
Web of Science (1970-present)	Subjects: Interdisciplinary Items Indexed: Journal Articles (Citation Index)		Accessible on Campus - For Off Campus Access Click Here
Wiley Interscience	Subjects: Business, Education, Science, Engineering Items Indexed: Wiley Interscience Journals (including Blackwell Synergy Journals) Full Text: Yes, but full text only available on BU campus		Accessible on Campus - For Off Campus Access Click Here
Women, War & Society 1914-1918 Digital Archive	Subjects: History, Political Science, Sociology, Gender and Women's Studies, Humanities Items Indexed: Primary Source Materials including documents, letters, diaries, books, pamphlets, images, maps Full Text: Available on BU campus only		Accessible on Campus - For Off Campus Access Click Here

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