Media Studies / Media Arts
Newspapers (Some require login)
Canadian Business and Current Affairs (OPL) Use this database to find articles from a wide selection of Canadian magazines and newspapers.
Canadian Newsstand (OPL) Canadian newspapers.
Globe and Mail — Current (OPL) Limited to 15 simultaneous users.
Library Press Display (OPL) Worldwide newspapers.
Ottawa Citizen (OPL)
Databases & Subscriptions (Login Required)
Access Video on Demand (OPL) Educational film library
Britannica Online Reference Centre
Gale Virtual Reference Library (OPL) Collection of reference eBooks — includes an encyclopedia of film.
Learn 360 Educational films.
Useful Websites
Common Sense Media Digital citizenship.
Creative Commons Content that can be shared, used, remixed.
Flikr Photos Photo-sharing app.
Getty Images Find high resolution royalty-free images, editorial stock photos, vector art, video footage clips and stock music licensing.
Glogster Edu Creating multimedia glogs.
Media Smarts Issues related to the media and digital citizenship.
National Film Board Educational Canadian films.
Plugged in Online Reviews of movies and books from Focus on the Family.
Wikimedia Commons Free media repository (photos, sounds, videos).
* Subscription database. Retrieve password from librarian.