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At W.F. Herman Academy Secondary School, we offer a variety of online databases with digital resources that support student research. You can search for databases by subject to find what you need.

Signing in

If you're working from home, you will need to sign in to each database. Please ask your teacher or teacher librarian for a list of passwords to access each database. You won't need to enter a password if you're at school.

Databases by subject

We provide access to a wide variety of databases in different subject areas, including:

  • Business
  • Canada
  • Communications and mass media
  • Computer science
  • Criminal justice
  • Culinary arts
  • Environmental studies
  • Environmental studies and policy
  • Gardening and horticulture
  • Health and medicine
  • Health and wellness
  • Hospitality and tourism
  • News
  • Psychology
  • Law
  • Science

Subject-based databases

You can also browse through these large subject-based databases to find specific resources:

  • Canadian Periodical Index - general, academic and business magazine articles
  • Gale Academic OneFile Select - science, history, economics and literature
  • Gale Academic OneFile - arts, humanities and sciences

Literature resources

Check out the Gale Literature Resource Centre to access online literature resources including biographies, full-text criticisms, audio interviews and more.

References for educators

If you are an educator, administrator or education student, view the Gale references database for insights on issues in administration, funding and policy.

Get tech support

If you have a technical issue, please contact us by email at [email protected] and explain your issue. In your email, please include your name, student User ID, school name, grade and phone number.

 

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