MDHS Learning Commons

NEW Databases NOW Available!

You can find ALL the databases we currently subscibe to here! New links are added to the document already! Also consider using our Audio/Visual resources and subscriptions for your research.

Professional Staff Resources: This highly specialized database of full-text content is curated especially for educators, library staff, and education researchers. It includes 457 journals, 278 peer-reviewed, publications. and 229 educational reports.

Health Source: This collection of consumer health information provides access to 70 + full-text consumer health magazines along with searchable full-text for current health pamphlets. 

Newspaper Source: Newspaper Source provides cover-to-cover full-text for 520+ national, international, and regional newspapers. In addition, it offers television and radio news transcripts from major networks.

Explora Secondary Search Grades 9–12: Use this interface to cross-search EBSCOHost databases such as Academic Search Premier, Canadian Reference Source, Newspaper Source, and Canadian Points of View Reference Source. 

Keep in mind that our French databases have a page all to themselves!

Interested in learning more about a database? Explore our NEW Database Virtual Tour!

Remember! If you need ANY help Mrs. Kilgour and Ms. Burton are here to help you!!

Looking for that "next great read?!" Not sure where you should start looking? Start here! 

All of these resources review, list, or give you access to books!  They will help you find "that next great read" and help push you to diversify your reading list.

Did you know you can Ask HDSB Libraries questions about resources or issues you are having?! 

Your Library Staff are here to help!! Just email us directly OR click the link to the form!!


Like Ms. Burton says: 

The only silly question is the one you don't ask!! (Let's be honest someone else said it first but it is VERY true)