REFERENCE MATERIALS
Reference materials are an excellent starting point for acquiring a broad overview of your topic. They are reserved for in-library use only. Depending on your topic, you may want to consult the following tools:
ALMANACS & YEARBOOKS
Canada Year Book
Annual source of statistics and political, social and economic information.
REF 317.1 CAN 2007
Canadian Almanac & Directory
Annual guide to Canadian information, including a section on Business & Finance and a Web site directory.
REF 971.0025 CAN 2005
Scott's Canadian Sourcebook
Annual source of Canadian information, including financial and business information; also provides directory information for organizations and associations.
REF 971.0025 SCO 2004
DICTIONARIES
Oxford English Dictionary
GENERAL COLLECTION
PERIODICALS: MAGAZINES, JOURNALS, NEWSPAPERS
Periodicals are published at regular intervals, generally more frequently than annually. Each issue is numbered and/or dated consecutively, and normally contains separate articles, stories, or other writings. Scanning current issues of periodicals in your subject area can be useful when you are trying to think of a topic.
Canadian Family
Parents
Working Mother
ELECTRONIC DATABASES
An electronic database is used to find articles in magazines, journals and newspapers. Portage Library subscribes to a number of Web-based electronic databases. The databases that you will find useful for your studies are:
Academic OneFile has extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects. With millions of articles available in both PDF and HTML full-text with no restrictions, researchers are able to find accurate information quickly. Includes full-text coverage of the New York Times back to 1995. Updated daily.
