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Online Databases
Use our electronic collections of newspapers, magazines, journals, encyclopedias, eBooks, audiobooks, research reports, images and multimedia to research any topic. To gain access to these resources, you'll need your Oakville Public Library card (14 digit barcode with no spaces) and PIN (usually the last four digits of your phone number).
Business And Careers
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Peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources with extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects. Updated daily.
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Full-text of encyclopedias and other books pertaining to business,including business plans handbooks, and careers.
Full-text journals on business, marketing, accounting, economics, finance and management. Includes Harvard Business Review and country economic reports.
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Canadian Business and Current Affairs Complete
Collection of journals, magazines, newspapers and newsletters searchable in full-text, including Canadian Business and Maclean's.
Directory information on more than 1.5 million Canadian businesses, primarily in the wholesale, retail and manufacturing sectors. Great for market research and sales prospecting.
Canadian Periodical Index Quarterly
Many full-text Canadian magazines and newspapers, including selected articles from the Globe & Mail
An interactive Canadian career reference guide that provides in-depth profiles of hundreds of different careers.
Communications and Mass Media Collection
For marketing professionals and students in linguistics theory, find current information from more than 100 journals focused on all aspects of the communications field. Key subjects covered include: advertising and public relations, literature and writing, linguistics and many more.
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Dear Reader (Online Book Club)
Sign up for any one of the 11 available online book clubs and begin receiving daily excerpts from a different book each week. This free service has been made possible with the help of the Sprott Foundation.
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Current and historical data from Statistics Canada's CANSIM and Census databases, specially designed for use by the educational community.
Canadian and international newspapers, newswires and magazines searchable in full-text, including the Toronto Star and the National Post.
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Federal Depository Services Program
Statistics Canada and Library of Parliament electronic publications to which the Oakville Public Library subscribes, as well as other Federal electronic publications are available at this site.
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Gale Virtual Reference Library
Reference eBooks and encyclopedias available 24/7 on a vast array of topics including biographies, business, history, medicine, science and social science.
Comprehensive general interest resource with access to more than 79 million magazine, newspaper and journal articles plus hundreds of travel guides and eBook reference titles.
General interest database of magazines, newspapers and reference books on a wide variety of topics.
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Halton Community Services Database
Search for local community services by subject, keyword or organization name.
Halton Historical and Newspaper Records
You can search all online Oakville/Halton databases at once! This service takes you to over 500,000 records for Halton region. Included are: Births, Marriages and Deaths, Census, Cemetery, Land Records, Surrogate Court Records, Military Records, Business Directories, Photographs, Newspaper Articles, Books, Documents and Maps. The information is drawn from over 20 local databases.
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InfoTrac Insurance & Liability eCollection
A collection of journals with a broad view of the insurance and liability industry covering topics such as labour relations, mortgage banking, legal issues and more.
InfoTrac Small Business eCollection
Perfect for business schools and entrepreneurs, this collection of 250 periodicals provides insights, tips, strategies and success stories.
InfoTrac Vocation & Careers eCollection
This collection of several hundred publications consists of general interest magazines, journals and career guides as well as highly-specialized industry journals. Titles include Career World, Discover, Logistics and Newsweek.
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A wide variety of highly-regarded legal publications as well as law-related articles from business and other general interest publications.
A growing collection of more than 1800 downloadable audiobooks and eBooks from OverDrive available for listening or reading on your computer, MP3 player, iPod or mobile device.
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2000+ full-text periodicals covering a broad range of subjects; also includes the full-text of Consumer Reports magazine.
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Online collection of over 450 technical eBooks from the world's top IT publishers including O'Reilly Media, Pearson Technology and John Wiley ("For Dummies" series). Find answers to your most routine or complex technology questions.
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