North Shore Community College Library
Databases by Subject
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Biography
55 volume collection covering current topics, culture and medicine.
Over 600,000 biographies from reference content, periodicals and multimedia. Search for people based on name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places.
Reference books; 66,000 art, science & medical images; 90,000 atlas pages. Create customized exportable data tables; visual concept maps of search results.
Over 6,200 full-length programs and 65,800 video segments streamed on demand from Films for the Humanities, BBC, CBC, PBS and others. Subjects include humanities, science, business, health, technical education, careers and counseling. Watch an entire episode, or just one indexed segment keyed to your search.