Resource Guides: English for Academic Purposes (EAP): Explore Library Collections

Key Databases

Canadian Oxford Dictionary This link opens in a new window
Dictionary of Canadian English.

Oxford English Dictionary
Dictionary of English past and present, from across the English-speaking world.

Canadian Encyclopedia This link opens in a new window
Contains reference information about Canada and its people in English and French.
Credo Reference This link opens in a new window
Contains encyclopedias, dictionaries, and other reference material covering a wide range of subjects.
Oxford Reference Online This link opens in a new window
Contains a variety of reference sources on language, science, medicine, the humanities, social sciences, and business.
Canada in Context This link opens in a new window
Contains peer-reviewed and other academic journal articles, magazines, biographies, primary sources, and reference material on a broad range of Canadian topics, people, places, and events.
Canadian Points of View This link opens in a new window
Contains opposing viewpoints on current Canadian issues.
Canada Commons This link opens in a new window
Contains publications from public policy institutes, government agencies, advocacy groups, think-tanks, and university research centres.
Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Contains peer-reviewed and other academic journal articles, magazines, newspapers, and trade publications. It is a multi-disciplinary database.
Oxford Very Short Introductions This link opens in a new window
Contains Very Short Introductions eBooks which offer concise introductions to a diverse range of subjects

You can browse our Library collection of graded readers on the main level of the Lakeshore Library. Each book is colour coded for reading level.

Purple Star	Advanced	Level 5 & 6	All text
	High Intermediate	Level 4	Mostly text with a few picture
	Intermediate	Level 3	Text with pictures
	Low Intermediate	Level 2	Text with pictures
	Elementary	Level 2	Pictures with captions
	Beginner	Level - S	Comic with simple language
	Starter	Level - S	Lots of pictures
	Starter	Level S	Pictures with simple text

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For a complete list of readers you can search our Library https://Library.humber.ca/ by following the steps below.

1. In the Library search box type in ‘readers’

2. On the results page, go to ‘Location’ on the left-hand side of the page

3. Select ‘Lakeshore Library - Graded Readers'

Canadian Newsstream This link opens in a new window
Contains articles from national and local Canadian newspapers. Includes The Globe and Mail, the Toronto Star, the National Post, and the Vancouver Sun, among others.
PressReader This link opens in a new window
Contains current and recent newspapers from 70 countries in 37 languages in the original full-page and full-colour print format.
U.S. Newsstream This link opens in a new window
Contains national and local U.S. newspapers. Features The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, Newsday, and Chicago Tribune.
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Contains international and domestic newspapers, magazines, and trade journals, company financial information, industry and market news, legal resources, medical news, abstracts, and country profiles.