Library

Library Contact Information:
Valerie Hatten, Librarian ext. 3149 Office: South C Bldg., 2d. floor (by elevator)

**Subscription Databases**
Looking for articles from magazines, scholarly journals or newspapers? Start your search here. These databases offer premium content not available through the open Web. Can be accessed from any OSC computers. Download, save or e-mail articles.

//Canadian Reference Centre// --includes leading Canadian magazines, newspapers, and reference books along with selected U.S. and U.K. publications //Auto Repair Reference Center// //Canadian Points of View --// essays with multiple viewpoints on 100 key topics of interest; includes material from magazines, newspapers, and news transcripts.
 * EBSCOhost** http://tinyurl.com/2d56pe

Over 45 general and specialized databases providing full-text, abstracts or citations to journals, magazines, newspapers, books and other sources. Updated daily; includes current and archival material dating back to 1980.
 * Knowledge Ontario** [|**http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/ko_gov_osc**]

Specialized Science Databases and Portals
Try these instead of regular search engines when looking for specialized science information:

U.K. based online service providing access to educational and research web resources selected and evaluated by a network of subject specialists. Currently contains 34,000 records
 * Intute: Science, Engineering & Technology** [|www.intute.ac.uk/sciences]

Portal to science journals and databases. Some full-text articles available only to subscribers.
 * Science Research portal** [|http://scienceresearch.com]

Science-focused journal archives, specialty databases and repositories
 * Scirus** [|www.scirus.com]

Database of papers and reports from 15 scholarly scientific and technical societies
 * Scitopia** [|www.scitopia.org]

"Gateway to the best science research news sources"
 * SciCentral** [|http://scicentral.com]

Archive of biomedical and life sciences journals
 * PubMed Central** [|www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov]

OSC Library
A small collection of books and current journals is available on the second floor of South C building. Access the OSC Library catalogue at [|www.librarything.com/catalog/OSCLib]. Search by entering keywords, names or titles in the search box on the top right side of the page.
 * Caution: If you click on the Search tab on the top left hand side of the page, make sure to use the "Your library" search box; otherwise you will be searching the collections of all LibraryThing members.**

Still haven't found what you're looking for?
The Ontario Science Centre Library has University of Toronto library cards which you can use to borrow books from most libraries on the St. George Campus (not Mississauga or Scarborough). Check the online catalogue at [|www.library.utoronto.ca] for holdings, library locations and hours.

**Citing Sources**
These online bibliography compilers will make preparing correctly formatted bibliographies easy:

EasyBib [|http://www.easybib.com**]
 * Son of Citation Machine [|http://citationmachine.net]