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Academic Search Premier ++ Academic Search Premier is the world’s largest scholarly, multi-disciplinary full text database containing full text for nearly 4,500 journals, including more than 3,600 peer-reviewed titles. This collection offers information in nearly every area of academic study including: computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, ethnic studies, and many more. ++ This database is included in the Articles Search Box
Business Source Premier ++ Business Source Premier is the industry’s most used business research database, providing full text for more than 2,300 journals. Topics covered include marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance, economics, and SWOT analyses. ++ This database is included in the Articles Search Box
CICA Chartered Accountants of Canada (CICA) is pleased to provide students and professors with complimentary access to online tax research databases. Visit CICAs Knotia Store website for more information on its Canadian tax reference materials.
Conference Board of Canada e-Library This service provides access to Conference Board research publications on economic trends, public policy issues and organizational performance for academic and non-commercial purposes. Over 2,225 research documents are currently available on the e-Library and more than 350 are added annually.
CPI-Q CPI-Q is the premier database of Canadian magazines and newspapers, biographies, and other reference materials. It indexes 1,200 titles including the Globe and Mail and provides full-text coverage for over 550 journals.
Reference for Business Includes the following encyclopedias: Encyclopedia of Small Business, Encyclopedia of Business, Encyclopedia of Management, and the Business Plans Handbook.
CREDO Reference Credo Reference is an easy to use tool for research projects and homework. A giant online collection that searches hundreds of encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri, quotations and subject specific titles as well as 200,000+ images and audio files and nearly 100 videos.
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Global Road Warriors This database is a research tool for students seeking information on customs, cultures and international business. Global Road Warrior has everything from country facts, security briefings to climate.
Archived federal Royal Commissions/Commissions of Inquiry Archived federal Royal Commissions/Commissions of Inquiry. Commissions of Inquiry are established by the Governor in Council (Cabinet) to fully and impartially investigate issues of national importance. There are approximately 7000 items in the index that includes commission reports, briefs, submissions, evidence, working papers and other documents published since confederation.
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA) A variety of tools listed including a guide to preparing a business and marketing plan. Also shares financing tools.
Canada Business Canadian government services for entrepreneurs. Includes links to the Canada Business Service Centre in each province/territory.
CIA World Fact Book Provides facts and statistics on topics such as population, economy, and government for each country in the world. Maps and flags for each country are also included.
Community Profiles These profiles present community-level information from the Statistics Canada 2011 Census of Population.
Industry Canada - Economic and Market Research/Statistics Contains research and analyses of Canadian industries, research, trade and economy.
InfoPEI Statistics Part of the Government of P.E.I. Website; includes Census information, economic indicators, and demographic statistics.
Statistics Canada Publishes the "whole range of statistics on the economic and social activities of the Canadian people" on a daily, weekly, quarterly, annual, or irregular basis. Statistics Canada also publishes the Census of Canada at five year intervals.
Statutes and Regulations of Canada Consolidated statutes and regulations of Canada (federal level).
Statutes and Regulations of Prince Edward Island Alphabetical list of the statutes and regulations of Prince Edward Island.
BPlans.com This site provides 60 free sample business plans as well as expert advice on writing a business plan, marketing and advertising, and many other business planning tools.
Business Owner's Toolkit Ready-to-use business tools including sample letters, forms, and policies; financial spreadsheet templates; and checklists.
Entrepreneur.com Explore the "Entrepreneur Assist\' section for free guides on developing business plans, marketing plans, designing logos, human resource management, franchising, and so much more.
Free Management Library An alphabetical list of topics for profit and non-profit businesses ranging from advertising to taxation.
Springwise.com An excellent source for tracking new product developments, business ideas, and consumer trends.
Glossary of Financial and Business Terms Includes over 2500 entries and is compiled by the New York Times.
Canadian Trade Index Contains a comprehensive list of Canadian manufacturers, distributors and industrial service companies.
Frasers: Canada's Online Industrial Directory A comprehensive directory and search tool, providing information on Canadian industrial wholesalers, manufacturers, distributors and their products and services. It also lists international companies that supply goods and services to the Canadian marketplace.
ThomasNet Industrial product and service directory.
Khan Academy With a library of over 2,400 videos covering everything from arithmetic to physics, finance, and history and 125 practice exercises, the Khan Academy is on a mission to help you learn whatever you want, whenever you want, at your own pace. A not-for-profit with the goal of changing education for the better by providing a free world-class education to anyone anywhere, the Khan Academy's materials and resources are available to you completely free of charge.
Plagiarism Tutorial You quote it, you note it. Excellent plagiarism tutorial produced by the Vaughan Memorial Library at Acadia University in Nova Scotia.
Films on Demand Films On Demand contains thousands of streaming videos provided by the Films Media Group. The college currently subscribes to the Master Technical Collection which covers the subject areas of technical education, guidance counseling, careers & job search, family and consumer sciences. Also included in the subscription are the subject areas of Science & Mathematics and Health & Medicine.
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