Internet Databases - Education

Enter the 14 digit number (no spaces) from your Burlington Public Library card to access online databases from outside the library. These resources are not available to reciprocal borrowers from other libraries.

Canada in Context (Gale)

Aligned to Provincial learning standards, this database includes reference, periodicals, primary source, and multimedia resources geared toward Canadian students and educators. It contains more than 525 full-text magazines including 200 Canadian periodicals, nearly one thousand biographies on famous Canadian individuals, 400 new essays written by Canadian writers and comprehensive coverage of nearly 300 Canadian authors.

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CBCA - Canadian Business & Current Affairs Complete (ProQuest)

Indexing and articles from general interest, academic, and business periodicals published in Canada, including Canadian Business and Maclean's. Subject areas include business, education, science, medicine, arts, law, academia, and lifestyles.

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Discovering Collection (Gale)

Offers easy access to award-winning content based on American curriculum standards. Coverage includes history, literature, science, social studies. DC provides a premium selection of reference, primary sources, creative works, and multimedia, including hours of video and audio clips.

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Educator's Reference Complete (Gale)

This collection of more than 1,100 periodicals and 200 reports is a great resource for any educator - from the school teacher and administrator to those studying in the field at the collegiate and graduate level. Covers multiple levels of education from preschool to college, and every educational specialty, such as technology, bilingual education, health education, and testing.

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Expanded Academic ASAP (Gale)

From arts and the humanities to the social sciences and technology, this database meets research needs across all academic disciplines. Access scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspapers, many with full text and images.

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Gale Virtual Reference Library - Education

A database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. These reference materials might once have only been accessible in the library, but are now available online from any computer!

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InfoTrac Educators eCollection (Gale)

For present and future teachers and administrators, this collection of 250 journals covers the latest technologies, developments, instruction and coaching breakthroughs.

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Mango Languages (Mango)

Learn a new language… Online! Mango is an interactive language-learning system that uses sound and visual display to teach conversation skills for a wide variety of languages, including ESL. By listening to and repeating, you'll not only learn the individual words and phrases, you'll know how they're used in practical situations and conversations. You'll learn more than grammar, vocabulary and conjugation, you'll learn how to communicate.

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