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ChemSpider is a free chemical information database providing access to data for 58 million chemical substances obtained from hundreds of data sources.
Publication coverage: 1910-1975
Provides guidance on citing sources, reference formats, grammar and usage, and manuscript production.
Publication coverage: 1849-1989
The Children’s Literature Comprehensive Database (CLCD) is a powerful resource for finding children’s literature on a topic. If you are in need of a booklist on any K-12 topic you can search by topic, age, grade, and limit by many other categories, including country of publication. The database does not include the full text of books but the list-making capacity searches over 3 million titles, including Canadian content. More than 850 Children’s & YA book awards are tracked here, including Ontario’s Forest of Reading awards. Teachers and anyone working with children and teens will find this database useful for finding the right books for your readers.
Publication coverage: 1750 to 1929
China: Culture and Society is a collection of pamphlets digitized from the Charles W. Wason Collection on East Asia at Cornell University.China Academic Journals Full-text Database - Economics and Management
Publication coverage: 1994 - present
This collection contains full-text articles from journals published in mainland China focusing on economics and management. The collection includes both "core" and "specialty" journals. The site and article text is primarily in Chinese.China Academic Journals Full-text Database - Education and Social Science
Publication coverage: 1994 - present
This collection contains full-text articles from journals published in mainland China focussing on education and social sciences. The collection includes both "core" and "specialty" journals. The article and site text is primarily in Chinese.China Academic Journals Full-text Database - Politics, Military and Law
Publication coverage: 1994 - present
This collection contains full-text articles from journals published in mainland China focussing on political, military and law-related studies. The collection includes both "core" and "specialty" journals. The article and site text is primarily in Chinese.Ask Us
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The materials in this collection illustrate the deep links between food and identity, politics, power, gender, race and socio-economic status, as well as charting key issues such as agriculture, nutrition and food production.
Trial ends: March 10, 2023
Contact for feedback: Elizabeth Gibson (gibsone@queensu.ca)
This collection contains an extensive range of both rare and well-known wartime publications for soldiers serving in major theatres around the world. Publications are included from many key nations involved in the conflict, such as the US, Canada, New Zealand, India, and the countries of Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
Trial ends: March 10, 2023
Contact for feedback: Elizabeth Gibson (gibsone@queensu.ca)