<HTML> <head> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" HREF="marigold.css"> <title>Marigold Library System - Login for Licensed Resources</title> </head> <body> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP"> <TR> <TD><IMG SRC="/images/marigold_logo.gif" WIDTH=259 HEIGHT=69 ALT="Marigold Library System" BORDER="0"></TD> <TD><IMG SRC="/images/marigold_motto.gif" WIDTH=311 HEIGHT=48 ALT="Marigold Library System provides leadership and library resources to the interdependent network of its members" BORDER="0"></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" > <tr> <td valign="top" width="768"> <!-- start newauth content --> <H3>Welcome to Marigold Library System Licensed Databases</H3> <p> <strong><i>Please note that as of December 2009 you will have to log in for access to each database individually. Thank you for your understanding</i></strong> </p> <p> These databases contain: newspaper and magazine articles, encyclopedias, consumer reports, health information, radio and TV transcripts, maps, French language materials, digitized historical documents and photos, almanacs and dictionaries, recipes and restaurant reviews, and much much more! </p> <p> Due to heavy usage, some databases may be temporarily unavailable, please try again later. </p> <h4>ARTICLES IN NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES</h4> <dl> <dd><a href="http://catalogue.tracpac.ab.ca/polaris/logon.aspx?src=http%3a%2f%2fcatalogue.tracpac.ab.ca%2fpolaris%2fSearch%2fmisc%2fesourceview.aspx%3fTarget%3d67" target="_blank">Academic Search Elite</a>: Provides full text journal coverage for nearly all academic areas of study including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language and linguistics, arts, literature, medical sciences and ethnic studies.</dd> <dd><br /><a href="http://catalogue.tracpac.ab.ca/polaris/logon.aspx?src=http%3a%2f%2fcatalogue.tracpac.ab.ca%2fpolaris%2fSearch%2fmisc%2fesourceview.aspx%3fTarget%3d53" target="_blank">Canadian Newsstand</a>: Full text news from almost 200 Canadian newspapers including the <i>Calgary Herald</i>. <dd><br /><a href="http://catalogue.tracpac.ab.ca/polaris/logon.aspx?src=http://catalogue.tracpac.ab.ca/polaris/Search/misc/esourceview.aspx?Target=54" target="_blank">CPI.Q Canadian Periodical Index Online</a>: Includes a wealth of Canadian and international journals and magazines  <i>The Globe and Mail</i>; <i>Maclean's</i>; <i>Canadian News Facts</i>; and encyclopedic reference materials. <dd><br /><a href="http://catalogue.tracpac.ab.ca/polaris/logon.aspx?src=http://catalogue.tracpac.ab.ca/polaris/Search/misc/esourceview.aspx?Target=63" target="_blank">Canadian Reference Centre</a>: Combines Canadian magazines, newspapers, newswires and reference books to create the largest collection of regional full text content available. Includes leading Canadian periodicals and international (U.S. and U.K.) periodicals in full text, full text reference books, full text biographies and an image collection. <dd><br /><a href="http://catalogue.tracpac.ab.ca/polaris/logon.aspx?src=http://catalogue.tracpac.ab.ca/polaris/Search/misc/esourceview.aspx?Target=55" target="_blank">Expanded Academic ASAP</a>: Meets research needs across all academic disciplines from the arts and the humanities to social sciences, science and technology. Provides access to scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspapers, many with full-text and images. <dd><br /><a href="http://catalogue.tracpac.ab.ca/polaris/logon.aspx?src=http%3a%2f%2fcatalogue.tracpac.ab.ca%2fpolaris%2fSearch%2fmisc%2fesourceview.aspx%3fTarget%3d56" target="_blank">General Reference Centre</a>: Full text of magazines, reference books, and newspapers with information on current events, popular culture, the arts and sciences, and sports plus business and industry information. <dd><br /><a href="http://catalogue.tracpac.ab.ca/polaris/logon.aspx?src=http%3a%2f%2fcatalogue.tracpac.ab.ca%2fpolaris%2fSearch%2fmisc%2fesourceview.aspx%3fTarget%3d57" target="_blank">MasterFILE Premier</a>: Offers thousands of full text book reviews, biographies, full text articles from more than 2,000 general reference, business, consumer health, general science, and multicultural magazines. Includes biographies and an image collection. <dd><br /><a href="login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.asp?profile=web&defaultdb=bwh">Regional Business News</a>: American regional newspapers and business magazines. </dl> <h4>BUSINESS</h4> <dl> <dd><a href="http://catalogue.tracpac.ab.ca/polaris/logon.aspx?src=http://catalogue.tracpac.ab.ca/polaris/Search/misc/esourceview.aspx?Target=59" target="_blank">Associations Unlimited</a>: Contains information for U.S. national, regional, state and local nonprofit membership organizations. <dd><br /><a href="http://catalogue.tracpac.ab.ca/polaris/logon.aspx?src=http%3a%2f%2fcatalogue.tracpac.ab.ca%2fpolaris%2fSearch%2fmisc%2fesourceview.aspx%3fTarget%3d60" target="_blank">Business Source Elite</a>: Provides full text for more than 1,100 scholarly business journals, including 500 peer-reviewed business publications. Presents information dating back to 1985 and detailed company profiles for the world's 10,000 largest companies. </dl> <h4>DO IT YOURSELF</h4> <dl> <dd><a href="http://catalogue.tracpac.ab.ca/polaris/logon.aspx?src=http%3a%2f%2fcatalogue.tracpac.ab.ca%2fpolaris%2fSearch%2fmisc%2fesourceview.aspx%3fTarget%3d99" target="_blank">Auto Repair Reference Center</a>: Contains information on most manufacturers of domestic and imported vehicles. Includes repair procedures, wiring diagrams, service bulletins and recalls, factory drawings, specifications and maintenance schedules. <dd><br /><a href="http://catalogue.tracpac.ab.ca/polaris/logon.aspx?src=http://catalogue.tracpac.ab.ca/polaris/Search/misc/esourceview.aspx?Target=96" target="_blank">Hobbies and Crafts Reference Center</a>: Offers detailed how-to in structions and creative ideas to interest virtually every hobby-enthusiast. Content is grouped into eight categories: Arts and Crafts, Collecting, Electron ics and Games, Home and Leisure, Model Building, Needlecrafts and Textiles, Outdoors and Nature, Scrapbooking and Paper Crafts. Includes full text for over 450 magazines and books, as well as videos and hobby reports. <dd><br /><a href="http://catalogue.tracpac.ab.ca/polaris/logon.aspx?src=http%3a%2f%2fcatalogue.tracpac.ab.ca%2fpolaris%2fSearch%2fmisc%2fesourceview.aspx%3fTarget%3d97" target="_blank">Home Improvement Reference Center</a>: Provides assistance with home maintenance and remodeling, plumbing and electrical work, and wood projects. <dd><br /><a href="http://catalogue.tracpac.ab.ca/polaris/logon.aspx?src=http%3a%2f%2fcatalogue.tracpac.ab.ca%2fpolaris%2fSearch%2fmisc%2fesourceview.aspx%3fTarget%3d98" target="_blank">Small Engine Repair Reference Center</a>: Comprehensive coverage for repair of generators, snowblowers and mowers, and other small engines. </dl> <h4>EDUCATION</h4> <dl> <dd><a href="http://catalogue.tracpac.ab.ca/polaris/logon.aspx?src=http%3a%2f%2fcatalogue.tracpac.ab.ca%2fpolaris%2fSearch%2fmisc%2fesourceview.aspx%3fTarget%3d65" target="_blank">Education Research Complete</a>: Offers the world s largest collection of full text education journals. Covers scholarly research and information relating to all areas of education. <dd><br /><a href="http://catalogue.tracpac.ab.ca/polaris/logon.aspx?src=http%3a%2f%2fcatalogue.tracpac.ab.ca%2fpolaris%2fSearch%2fmisc%2fesourceview.aspx%3fTarget%3d78" target="_blank">Education Resources Information Center (ERIC)</a>: Provides access to education literature and resources. Contains more than one million records and links to more than 100,000 full text documents. </dl> <H4>ENCYCLOPEDIAS, SPECIALIZED DICTIONARIES, GENERAL REFERENCE</H4> <dl> <dd><a href="http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/" target="_blank">Canadian Encyclopedia</a>: Canadian topics explained in English and French. <dd><br /><a href="http://ezproxy.asmls.talonline.ca/login?url=http://circ.greyhouse.ca" target="_blank">Canada Info Desk</a>: Includes <i>Canadian Almanac & Directory</i>, <i>Associations Canada</i>, <i>Directory of Libraries in Canada</i>, <i>Canadian Environmental Directory</i>, <i>Government Canada</i> and <i>Financial Services Canada</i>. <dd><br /><a href="http://ezproxy.asmls.talonline.ca/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=crcro&custid=s1144911" target="_blank">Consumer Reports</a>: An electronic version of the well-known publication. Find frequently updated consumer information on cars, appliances, electronics, baby gear, food products and more. Includes ratings, reviews, expert buying advice, product comparisons and product video clips. With no outside advertising, information is unbiased. <dd><br /><a href="http://ezproxy.asmls.talonline.ca/login?url=http://www.xreferplus.com" target="_blank">Credo Reference</a>: (formerly called Xreferplus) Access the full text of hundreds of the best reference books in broad subject areas, including encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri, books of quotations and more. Provides over 60,000 images, audio pronunciation files interactive maps, sound files, customizable, exportable data tables, visual concept maps of results, citation formatter. <dd><br /><a href="http://ezproxy.asmls.talonline.ca/login?url=http://www.library.eb.com/" target="_blank">Encyclopedia Britannica Online</a>: Searchable encyclopedia with recommended websites, interactive atlas and more. <dd><br /><a href="http://catalogue.tracpac.ab.ca/polaris/logon.aspx?src=http%3a%2f%2fcatalogue.tracpac.ab.ca%2fpolaris%2fSearch%2fmisc%2fesourceview.aspx%3fTarget%3d69" target="_blank">Gale Virtual Reference Library</a>: A database of electronic book (eBook) reference sources on the environment, history, multicultural studies and science.</dd> <dd><br /><a href="http://catalogue.tracpac.ab.ca/polaris/logon.aspx?src=http%3a%2f%2fcatalogue.tracpac.ab.ca%2fpolaris%2fSearch%2fmisc%2fesourceview.aspx%3fTarget%3d90" target="_blank">Garden, Landscape & Horticulture Index</a>: Index and abstract of more than 300 titles. Topics include horticulture, garden and landscape design, and history, botany, ecology, plant and garden conservation and garden management. <dd><br /><a href="http://catalogue.tracpac.ab.ca/polaris/logon.aspx?src=http%3a%2f%2fcatalogue.tracpac.ab.ca%2fpolaris%2fSearch%2fmisc%2fesourceview.aspx%3fTarget%3d70" target="_blank">World Book Online Reference Center</a>: A general resource for adults and students, which includes more than 26,000 articles and more than 12,000 pictures and maps. Also includes many entries in Spanish. <dd><br /><a href="http://catalogue.tracpac.ab.ca/polaris/logon.aspx?src=http%3a%2f%2fcatalogue.tracpac.ab.ca%2fpolaris%2fSearch%2fmisc%2fesourceview.aspx%3fTarget%3d71" target="_blank">World Book Kids</a>: For younger users. Offers simple navigation, easy to read articles, thousands of illustrations, engaging activities, and teacher resources. </dd> </dl> <h4>HEALTH AND WELLNESS</h4> <dl> <dd><a href="http://catalogue.tracpac.ab.ca/polaris/logon.aspx?src=http%3a%2f%2fcatalogue.tracpac.ab.ca%2fpolaris%2fSearch%2fmisc%2fesourceview.aspx%3fTarget%3d74" target="_blank">ALT Health Watch</a>: Full text information on alternate, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness includes peer-reviewed journals, hundreds of pamphlets, booklets, special reports, original research and book excerpts. <dd><br /><a href="http://thecochranelibrary.com" target="_blank">The Cochrane Library</a>: A collection of databases containing high-quality, independent evidence designed to facilitate informed healthcare decision-making by practitioners and public alike. It draws from numerous sources of reliable information, including clinical trials, systematic review abstracts, technology assessments and economic evaluation. (6 month trial). Click <a href="http://rise.core.statusfirm.com/cochrane/">here</a> for the training video <dd><br /><a href="http://catalogue.tracpac.ab.ca/polaris/logon.aspx?src=http%3a%2f%2fcatalogue.tracpac.ab.ca%2fpolaris%2fSearch%2fmisc%2fesourceview.aspx%3fTarget%3d77" target="_blank">Health Source Consumer Edition</a>: A rich collection of consumer health information. Features searchable full text for nearly 300 journals. Topics include medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health. <dd><br /><a href="http://catalogue.tracpac.ab.ca/polaris/logon.aspx?src=http%3a%2f%2fcatalogue.tracpac.ab.ca%2fpolaris%2fSearch%2fmisc%2fesourceview.aspx%3fTarget%3d76" target="_blank">Health Source Nursing/Academic Edition</a>: Provides more than 550 full text journals focusing on nursing and medicine. Features include abstracts and indexing for nearly 850 journals. Updated twice a week. <dd><br /><a href="http://catalogue.tracpac.ab.ca/polaris/logon.aspx?src=http%3a%2f%2fcatalogue.tracpac.ab.ca%2fpolaris%2fSearch%2fmisc%2fesourceview.aspx%3fTarget%3d79" target="_blank">MEDLINE</a>: Provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences and much more. Search abstracts from over 4,600 current biomedical journals. </dl> <h4>HISTORY & GENEALOGY</h4> <dl> <dd><a href="http://www.ourfutureourpast.ca/" target="_blank">Alberta Heritage Digitization Project: Our Future Our Past</a>: Browse newspapers from 1885, read entire books about local communities, research legal documents, view historic photographs, and explore much more!</dd> <dd><br /><a href="http://ancestrylibrary.proquest.com" target="_blank">Ancestry Library Edition</a>: <b><i>(in-library access only)</i></b> Offers a wide range of unique resources for genealogical and historical research. Contains more than 5 billion names in over 3,400 databases, and includes records from the United States census; military records; court, land, and probate records; vital and church records; directories; passenger lists, and more. Similar information is also available for the United Kingdom, Canada and some European countries. <dd><br /><a href="http://catalogue.tracpac.ab.ca/polaris/logon.aspx?src=http%3a%2f%2fwww.canadiana.org%2fECO%2fmtq%3fcollectionuserid%3Dmarigold%26passwd%3Dns83k73" target="_blank">Canadiana Plus</a>: (full access to Early Canadiana Online) A digital library providing access to 2,669,412 pages of Canada's printed heritage. Features include works published from the time of the first European settlers up to the early 20th Century. <dd><br /><a href="http://catalogue.tracpac.ab.ca/polaris/logon.aspx?src=http://catalogue.tracpac.ab.ca/polaris/Search/misc/esourceview.aspx?Target=101" target="_blank">Heritage Quest Online</a>: Includes all of the images, and extensive indexing, from the 1790 - 1930 U.S. federal censuses. It offers more than 20,000 book titles, including nearly 8,000 family histories and over 12,000 local histories. Additionally, there are more than 250 primary-source documents such as tax lists, city directories, probate records, and more. </dl> <h4>LITERATURE, FICTION, POETRY, FILM & THE ARTS</h4> <dl> <dd><br /><a href="http://catalogue.tracpac.ab.ca/polaris/logon.aspx?src=http%3a%2f%2fcatalogue.tracpac.ab.ca%2fpolaris%2fSearch%2fmisc%2fesourceview.aspx%3fTarget%3d82" target="_blank">Canadian Literary Centre</a>: Provides several individual monographs and biographies, essays and literary criticism, book reviews, and includes access to <i>Quill & Quire</i>. <dd><br /><a href="http://catalogue.tracpac.ab.ca/polaris/logon.aspx?src=http%3a%2f%2fcatalogue.tracpac.ab.ca%2fpolaris%2fSearch%2fmisc%2fesourceview.aspx%3fTarget%3d83" target="_blank">Contemporary Authors</a>: Provides complete biographical and bibliographical information and references on more than 120,000 U.S. and international authors. <dd><br /><a href="http://catalogue.tracpac.ab.ca/polaris/logon.aspx?src=http%3a%2f%2fcatalogue.tracpac.ab.ca%2fpolaris%2fSearch%2fmisc%2fesourceview.aspx%3fTarget%3d84" target="_blank">Film & Television Literature Index with Full Text</a>: Covers film and television theory, preservation and restoration, writing, production, cinematography, technical aspects, and reviews. <dd><br /><a href="http://catalogue.tracpac.ab.ca/polaris/logon.aspx?src=http%3a%2f%2fcatalogue.tracpac.ab.ca%2fpolaris%2fSearch%2fmisc%2fesourceview.aspx%3fTarget%3d85" target="_blank">International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance with Full Text</a>: Definitive research tool for the study of theatre and the performing arts. <dd><br /><a href="http://catalogue.tracpac.ab.ca/polaris/logon.aspx?src=http%3a%2f%2fcatalogue.tracpac.ab.ca%2fpolaris%2fSearch%2fmisc%2fesourceview.aspx%3fTarget%3d620" target="_blank">Novelist</a>: A fiction database that provides subject heading access, reviews, annotations, and much more for over 125,000 fiction titles. <dd><br /><a href="http://catalogue.tracpac.ab.ca/polaris/logon.aspx?src=http://catalogue.tracpac.ab.ca/polaris/Search/misc/esourceview.aspx?Target=94" target="_blank">Novelist K-8</a>: Find fiction titles that are popular with young readers as well as titles to use in the classroom. Contains materials for all K-8 grade levels and includes picture books, children's "chapter" books and young adult titles. </dl> <h4>SCIENCES</h4> <dl> <dd><a href="http://catalogue.tracpac.ab.ca/polaris/logon.aspx?src=http%3a%2f%2fcatalogue.tracpac.ab.ca%2fpolaris%2fSearch%2fmisc%2fesourceview.aspx%3fTarget%3d91" target="_blank">AGRICOLA (AGRICultural Online Access)</a>: Contains over 4.1 million citations to journal articles, monographs, theses, patents, software, audio-visual materials, and technical reports from the collections of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. <dd><br /><a href="http://catalogue.tracpac.ab.ca/polaris/logon.aspx?src=http%3a%2f%2fcatalogue.tracpac.ab.ca%2fpolaris%2fSearch%2fmisc%2fesourceview.aspx%3fTarget%3d87" target="_blank">Computers & Applied Sciences Complete:</a> Covers the research and development spectrum of the computing and applied sciences disciplines. Provides indexing and abstracts for more than 1300 academic journals, professional publications, and other reference sources from a diverse collection. Full text is also available from over 500 periodicals. <dd><br /><a href="http://catalogue.tracpac.ab.ca/polaris/logon.aspx?src=http%3a%2f%2fcatalogue.tracpac.ab.ca%2fpolaris%2fSearch%2fmisc%2fesourceview.aspx%3fTarget%3d88" target="_blank">Environment Complete:</a> A great source for environmental questions and issues. Includes relevant areas of agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, natural resources, marine and freshwater science, geography, pollution and waste management, environmental technology, environmental law, public policy, social impacts, urban planning, and more. <dd><br /><a href="http://www.ebscohost.com/thisTopic.php?marketID=30&topicID=872" target="_blank">GreenFILE</a>: General interest, scholarly and government titles covering all aspects of human impact on the environment. Indexing and abstracts for more than 384,000 records; full text for nearly 5000 records. <dd><br /><a href="http://catalogue.tracpac.ab.ca/polaris/logon.aspx?src=http%3a%2f%2fcatalogue.tracpac.ab.ca%2fpolaris%2fSearch%2fmisc%2fesourceview.aspx%3fTarget%3d89" target="_blank">Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection</a>: Provides coverage of nearly 550 full text journals, including more than 500 peer-reviewed titles. Covers topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry and psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods. </dl> <h4>MORE ONLINE RESOURCES</h4> <dl> <dd><a href="http://www.learnalberta.ca/" target="_blank">Learn Alberta s Online Reference Centre:</a> Are you an elementary or secondary student or parent? Get your User ID and Pin Number from your principal and enjoy curriculum appropriate databases, games, videos and more! <dd><br /><a href="http://peel.library.ualberta.ca/index.html" target="_blank">Peel's Prairie Provinces:</a> A resource dedicated to assisting scholars, students, and researchers in their exploration of the history and culture of the Canadian Prairies. <dd><br /><a href="http://catalogue.tracpac.ab.ca/polaris/logon.aspx?src=http%3a%2f%2fcatalogue.tracpac.ab.ca%2fpolaris%2fSearch%2fmisc%2fesourceview.aspx%3fTarget%3d104" target="_blank">TellMeMore (Auralog) Language Training:</a> Learn and practice English, Dutch, French, German, Italian and Spanish at beginner, intermediate and advanced levels. TellMeMore uses voice recognition to evaluate your progress. Requires a computer equipped with microphone and speakers. <h4>Searching for information and articles</h4> <p> <ul> <li>use several key words or subject terms to obtain the most relevant material <li>narrow or expand your search by using more or fewer key words <li>each database has search tips and/or help buttons to assist you in doing a successful search </ul> </p> <p> Check with the staff at your library if you need more tips on searching or an orientation to the databases. </p> <p> <font size=-1 color="#555555">Notes: your browser must be set to accept cookies, JavaScript must be turned on, and your computer's clock and timezone must be set accurately. 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