Library clients can use these databases to search for journal, news, and magazine articles as well as documents, reports, and e-books. Some are free online, others are subscriptions provided by the Legislative Library. If you are outside of the Library, you may be asked for the barcode on your Library card.

Select the resource you want from the alphabetical list on this page.

Need help with choosing or using a database? Contact the reference desk at 306-787-2276 or email reference@legassembly.sk.ca.

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Most Popular E-Resources

Academic OneFile Select (Gale) Provides full-text articles or citations from more than 5000 scholarly and general-interest publications. Subject areas include the humanities, social sciences, politics, general sciences and current events.

Ancestry Library EditionA powerful tool to search online genealogical collections. Search census, birth, marriage, death, immigration, military records and more. Includes collections from Canada, US, UK, Europe, and other countries. NOTE: Available in-Library only (and within the Legislative Building IP).

Britannica Online – Academic Edition Over 120,000 encyclopedia articles, an updated world atlas, thousands of images and videos, an online dictionary and thesaurus, and more.

Business Source Elite Full-text coverage of business, management and economics journals. Topics also include accounting, banking, finance, international business, and marketing. Includes full-text of Harvard Business Review, Business Week, Forbes, Journal of Marketing Research, Academy of Management Journal, and more.

Canada Commons (formerly desLibris/Canadian Electronic Library) Search here for eBooks from Canadian scholarly and independent publishers, as well as public documents from Canadian public policy institutes, government agencies, think tanks, and other public interest groups.

Canadian Business & Current Affairs (CBCA Complete) Citations and full-text from academic journals, trade magazines, and professional publications. Combines full text and indexed content from all three CBCA subsets (Business, Education, and Reference & Current Events).

Canadian Encyclopedia The complete text of the Canadian Encyclopedia, the Youth Encyclopedia of Canada, the Encyclopedia of Music in Canada, feature articles, numerous activities, games, and an extensive timeline of Canadian and world events. Free online.

Canadian Major Dailies The full text of Canadian news sources from over 20 of Canada's leading newspaper publishers. Newspapers include the Regina Leader Post, Saskatoon Star Phoenix, Calgary Herald, Globe & Mail, Ottawa Citizen, and Winnipeg Free Press.

Canadian Oxford Dictionary 2nd ed. (Use the search box in the left column of the page, "Search within work"). Combines coverage of international English with information on English as it is particularly used in Canada. Definitions are presented so that the meaning most familiar to Canadians appears first and foremost. 

Canadian Parliamentary Review A quarterly publication of the Canadian members of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association. Articles are searchable, and the online archive goes back to 1978. Free online.

Canadiana Online is a collection of 19 million pages of published monographs, serials, government publications, and more from a variety of libraries and institutions across Canada. Features published works from the time of the first European settlers up to the first two decades of the 20th Century.  The government publications collection includes over 1.7 million pages of pre-1920 colonial, provincial and federal (published) government documents. Also covers aboriginal studies, early Canadian periodicals, women's history, and documents on the history of the Hudson's Bay Company. Free online.

CanLII (Canadian Legal Information Institute) Search this website to find federal or provincial legislation; or court, board, or tribunal decisions. Managed by the Federation of Law Societies of Canada. Free online.

Chicago Manual of Style Online 2017, 17th ed. Search or browse this well-known guide to style, usage, and grammar. A reference guide for writers, editors, researchers, and students. Some content is free online; Legislative Library clients have access to all content.

Constitutional and Government (Texts and Annotations) Westlaw Canada Access 15 Canadian law titles on the subject of constitution/government. These are authoritative texts and annotations from leading experts. Browse, search, move through the sections of the eBook using the table of contents, or read sections using reading mode. To get to these 15 titles, on the left side of the screen under "Product/Collection," choose Constitutional and Government. 

Country Analysis Advanced - Canada (EIU Viewpoint) Database presents a global and national outlook on the economic, political, and policy landscape through statistics, analysis, and forecasts from EIU experts. Reports, charts, and graphs provide economic analysis of industries and commodities. Includes industry coverage and country data for Canada.

CPI.Q - Canadian Periodicals (Gale OneFile) Provides full text of articles and reports from approximately 700 periodicals, with an emphasis on Canadian and international issues. Includes indexing for more than 1300 Canadian periodicals.

CQ Researcher Original reporting and analysis on issues in the news. Includes in-depth coverage of health, social trends, criminal justice, international affairs, education, the environment, technology and the economy. U.S. focus, but also covers international topics.

Gale Power Search Cross-search content from select Gale products, including Gale's OneFile periodicals.

GALLOP portal (Government and Legislative Libraries Online Publications) Provides access to full text and/or citations of electronic legislative and government publications held in libraries of the Association of Parliamentary Libraries in Canada. Content varies with each jurisdiction; the portal is not comprehensive or exhaustive. Free online.

General OneFile (Gale) A large database with full-text for over 8,000 journals business and general interest journals. Coverage is from 1980 to the present. Includes The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Christian Science Monitor.

HeinOnline A fully-searchable legal research collection. Includes more than 3200 law journals, Canada Supreme Court Reports, Canadian Provincial Statutes (annual and revised), Statutes of Canada (annual and revised), U.S. Treaties, and more.

Historical Newspapers: Leader Post, 1883-2010 A digitized newspaper archive of the Regina Leader Post. Every issue includes the complete newspaper (articles, ads, and images), cover-to-cover, with full pages in a downloadable PDF format. Full-text, keyword searchable, using OCR (Optical Character Recognition). Also includes the Regina Sun (1986-2010).

Historical Newspapers: Star Phoenix, 1902-2009 A digitized newspaper archive of the Saskatoon Star Phoenix. Every issue includes the complete newspaper (articles, ads, and images) with full pages in a downloadable PDF format. Full-text, keyword searchable, using OCR (Optical Character Recognition). Includes the various iterations of the title, such as The Daily Phoenix and The Saskatoon Phenix. Also includes the Saskatoon Sun (1991-2009).

I-Portal (Indigenous Studies Portal) A database of electronic resources such as articles, theses and documents as well as digitized materials such as photographs and archival resources with a focus on Indigenous peoples of Canada. A secondary focus is on Indigenous peoples of the United States, Australia, New Zealand, and elsewhere. Hosted by the University of Saskatchewan. Wherever possible, the I-Portal links to open access/ freely available versions of resources. Free online. 

Irwin Law (vLex platform) Current titles / Archive The entire catalogue of this Canadian independent legal publisher is available electronically. Over 300 titles are included in this searchable eBook collection, and new titles and updated editions are added as they are published.

JSTOR Journals are always included from volume 1, issue 1. The most recently published issues (past 3-5 years) are not available, though you may be able to access them through a different database. The Legislative Library subscribes to five collections within JSTOR: Arts and Sciences I, II, IV, VI, VII Topics covered include economics, history, political science, sociology, business, education, law, public policy, and administration. Also includes Open Access articles and chapters from Open Access eBooks.

LawSource (Westlaw Canada) Access a wealth of Canadian primary law, plus commentary and value-added tools. Includes: Canadian case law, tribunal decisions, legislation, law journals, The Canadian Abridgment (case law digests), The Canadian Encyclopedic Digest, Words and Phrases Judicially Defined, Index to Canadian Legal Literature, Black's Law Dictionary, and more.

Oxford Dictionaries Premium - English When searching, you may choose to search UK or US English. The UK English version of the site uses Oxford Dictionary of English and Oxford Thesaurus of English. The US English version of the site uses the New Oxford American Dictionary and the Oxford American Writers’ Thesaurus. Both English versions of the site, however, feature coverage of English from around the world. 
Oxford Dictionaries Premium - French aka Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary
When searching, you may choose either “English to French” or “French to English.”
Oxford English Dictionary Online The OED is widely regarded as the accepted authority on the English language. It is a guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of more than 600,000 words, past and present, from across the English-speaking world. Updates revise and extend the OED at regular intervals.

Political Science Complete Covers political topics with a worldwide focus, including subjects such as comparative politics, law and legislation, public policy, public administration, and international relations. Search over 600 full-text journals, plus reference books and conference papers.

PressReader A digital newspaper and magazine service offering over 7000 publications from 150 countries in 60+ languages. All publications are in their original layout, including full text, images, and ads.

Privacy (Texts and Annotations) Westlaw Canada Access 4 Canadian law titles on the subject of privacy. These are authoritative texts and annotations from leading experts. Browse, search, move through the sections of the eBook using the table of contents, or read sections using reading mode. To get to these 4 titles, on the left side of the screen under "Product/Collection," choose Privacy

Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan Permanent Collection Search or browse the permanent collection. Free online.

Saskatchewan Executive and Legislative Directory (SELD) Provides an authoritative historical record of the people who have been connected with public affairs in Saskatchewan. From the Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan. Free online.

Saskatchewan News Index (1884 to 2004) A searchable index of stories published in Saskatchewan newspapers. Free online.

 

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Archives Canada (Canadian Archival Information Network) A gateway to archival resources found in over 800 repositories across Canada. Free online.

Canadian Government Publications Portal
Internet Archive Canada, with advice and assistance from government and university librarians across Canada, have digitized more than 70,000 Canadian Government publications (federal and provincial). Some Saskatchewan publications are available, such as Public Accounts 1960 to 2006-07. Free online.
Canadian Parliamentary Historical Resources
The Library of Parliament, in collaboration with the Canadian Research Knowledge Network provides this searchable database of digitized federal parliamentary publications from the 1st Session of the 1st Parliament (1867) until coverage at ourcommons.ca and sencanada.ca begins. The available publications are: debates, journals, committee documentation and bills of both the Senate and the House of Commons. It also contains the Senate Minutes of Proceedings, the Rules of the Senate, the House of Commons Votes and Proceedings, and the Standing Orders of the House of Commons. Historical sessional papers are also available from 1867 to 1901. Search or browse. Free online.
Canadian Research Index Indexes federal, provincial, and municipal documents and publications from leading research centres in Canada. Dates of coverage are 1900-2018. 
Commonwealth iLibrary
Access Commonwealth Secretariat publications on topics including globalization, trade, education, democracy, governance, and human rights. Content is searchable and downloadable. Free online. 
Congressional Research Service Reports Search or browse. These documents were prepared by the U.S. Congressional Research Service (CRS). CRS Reports provide Members of Congress with research and analysis that is authoritative and nonpartisan. Free online.

Dictionary of Canadian Biography Search for biographical information. Free online.

EBSCOhost eBook Collection A collection of eBooks containing a variety of reading and research materials. Click on the subject headings to browse the collection, or search using the search box.
The Economist Historical Archive, 1843-2015 (Gale) A searchable digitized edition of The Economist. Contains every issue since its launch in 1843, and offers full-colour images and multiple search indexes. Access is provided to all Saskatchewan residents courtesy of University of Regina, University of Saskatchewan, and Regina Public Library.

ERIC (Education Resources Information Center) Bibliographic records of education-related literature, plus a growing collection of full-text. Free online.

Frontier Life: Borderlands, Settlement & Colonial Encounters Covers 1650-1920. Primary source documents digitized and collected here tell the story of the various frontiers that arose from the movements of Europeans to Africa, Australasia and North America. (Available to all libraries nationwide.) 

Gale Literature Find literature criticism, author biographies, overviews, and scholarly essays on nearly 150,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world. 

Gale Primary Sources An integrated research environment that allows users to search across many Gale primary source collections. Includes digitized primary sources from collections such as Indigenous Peoples of North America, The Economist Historical Archive, The Times Digital Archive, and The Sunday Times Historical Archive. Access is provided to all Saskatchewan residents courtesy of University of Regina, University of Saskatchewan, and Regina Public Library.

Gale Product Menu See all of the Gale databases available from this Library.
Héritage is a collection of digitized, microfilmed archival records from the holdings of Library and Archives Canada. Covering the 1600s to the mid-1900s, this collection includes aboriginal history from the 1700s, unpublished government records, and a genealogy collection. Also includes military history, and private papers from notable individuals and organizations. Free online.

Index to Canadian Legal Periodical Literature (JuriBistro BIBLIO) Search for legal articles from more than 100 Canadian legal journals, as well as journals from related fields, and case comments. The search page is in French only, but English content is included. Through Centre d’accès à l’information juridique. Free online.

JuriBistro BIBLIO est le catalogue en ligne du CAIJ. Il donne accès aux collections du CAIJ, ainsi qu'aux articles de périodiques recensés dans l'Index Scott des périodiques juridiques canadiens.

Indigenous Peoples of North America (Gale) A collection of primary sources from Canadian and American institutions, providing insight into the cultural, political and social history of Indigenous people from the seventeenth into the twentieth century. Includes manuscripts; books; newspapers from various organizations; materials such as Bibles, dictionaries and primers in Indigenous languages. Access is provided to all Saskatchewan residents courtesy of University of Regina, University of Saskatchewan, and Regina Public Library.

LegalTrac (Gale OneFile) Indexes titles from major law reviews, legal newspapers, law specialty publications, bar association journals, and international legal journals.

Library and Archives Canada Search the collection. Free online.

Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA) This index covers librarianship, classification, information management, and more. Free online.

Making of the Modern World (Gale) Provides digitized primary sources that track the development of the modern, western world through the lens of trade and wealth. Offers full-text searching of sources from the period 1450-1945 in the areas of history, political science, social conditions, technology and industry, economics, area studies and more. Access is provided to all Saskatchewan residents courtesy of University of Regina, University of Saskatchewan, and Regina Public Library.

NoveList Plus A personal guide to deciding what to read next, for fiction and non-fiction reading. Whether you are looking for Canadian fiction, fantasy, horror, westerns, or another genre, NoveList can help. Now includes audiobook recommendations.
OECD Data Explorer
The statistical online platform of the OECD where users can search and access OECD’s statistical databases. Working within individual datasets, you can build tables and extract/download data. Topics include agriculture, economy, environment, finance, government, technology, labour, demographics. Free online.

Paperity An aggregator site to search for open access journal articles on all subject areas, including science, technology, medicine, social science, humanities, and the arts.  It indexes only scholarly literature, and partners include EBSCO and WorldCat. Free online. 

PubMed Includes over 25 million citations for biomedical articles back to the 1950's. These citations are from MEDLINE and additional life science journals. Includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other related resources, but some sites will charge a fee for the articles. Searching PubMed is free online.

Science Online facilitates STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) research and discovery by allowing users to locate information as well as evaluate and apply their findings. Users will find expertly researched content from encyclopedic references on core science areas and in-depth overview essays on key science topics. Access is provided courtesy of Saskatchewan's Multitype Library Board. 

The Sunday Times Historical Archive, 1822-2006 (Gale) Since 1822, The Sunday Times has provided analysis and commentary on the week's news and on society at large. Crime, theatre, sport and politics - all collide in its pages. This collection allows users to search a digitized edition. Access is provided to all Saskatchewan residents courtesy of University of Regina, University of Saskatchewan, and Regina Public Library.

Theses Canada Portal The central access point for Canadian theses and information about the Theses Canada program, including a link to the search page. Free online.

The Times Digital Archive, 1785-2014 (Gale) The Times of London is a highly regarded resource for eighteenth-, nineteenth-, and twentieth-century news coverage. This collection allows users to search a digitized edition of news articles, obituaries, advertising and classifieds. Access is provided to all Saskatchewan residents courtesy of University of Regina, University of Saskatchewan, and Regina Public Library.

United Nations iLibrary
An online collection providing access to thousands of books, reports, and journals created by the United Nations available to search and read online. (Click on the blue "Reader" button after finding a document.) Free online. (Downloads would require a subscription.)

Women in Politics Contains citations and abstracts on the subject of women's participation in political life. Last updated in 2015. From the Inter-Parliamentary Union. Free online.

 


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