TMU Libraries Omni Search
TMU Libraries Omni Search
For optimum use, sign in. This search engine searches for journal articles (many are available electronically), books, e-books, theses and dissertations, and newspaper articles from some recent and a selection of archival newspapers. It indexes digitized content such as out-of-copyright books and journals that are available from sources such as The Internet Archive and The Hathi Trust. Omni facilitates discovery and borrowing of print books from other universities in Ontario excluding the University of Toronto.
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For more advanced searching across a more targeted set of resources, you may want to try a discipline specific indexing/abstracting database or collection as listed in the next boxes.
- Omni Research Tips and FAQThere are useful suggestions on how to use this search tool effectively.
Key Indexing Resources
- Historical Abstracts This link opens in a new window
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This database contains abstracts of articles from journals relating to the history of the world (excluding Canada and the US) from 1450 to the present. Also included are abstracts of important books in this field. - History of Science, Technology & Medicine This link opens in a new window
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History of Science, Technology and Medicine integrates four bibliographies—the Isis Current Bibliography of the History of Science, the Current Bibliography in the History of Technology, the Bibliografia Italiana di Storia della Scienza and the Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine. With an interdisciplinary focus, the database covers topics on the role of scientific discovery in society and culture, as well as the historiography of scientific disciplines from prehistory to the present. It includes journal articles, conference proceedings, books, dissertations, serials, maps and other related materials. - America : History & Life This link opens in a new window
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America History and Life contains citations, with abstracts to social science and humanities literature on all aspects of U.S. and Canadian history, culture and current affairs from prehistoric times to the present.
Maximum of 6 simultaneous users. - Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH) This link opens in a new window
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The Bibliography of British and Irish History Online provides bibliographic data on historical writing dealing with the British Isles, and with the British empire and commonwealth, during all periods for which written documentation is available – from 55BC to the present. The bibliography is a guide to the work of historians – it does not contain original sources, unless they have been edited and republished by historians (except for a selection of key sources published before 1901). The bibliography lists books, articles in books and articles in journals. - Arts & Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) This link opens in a new window
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The Arts & Humanities Citation Index is a citation index abstracting and indexing more than 1,700 arts and humanities journals. Subjects covered are the Arts, Humanities, Language (including Linguistics), Poetry, Music, Classical works, History, Asian Studies, Philosophy, Archaeology, Architecture, Religion, Television, Theatre, and Radio.
OEB Online Egyptological Bibliography This bibliography contains more than 146,000 citations with about 6,000 new records added annually. This is not a full-text source.
Digital Collections (Access for TMU Community Members Only)
- Loeb Classical Library This link opens in a new window
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Digital Loeb Classical Library is an interconnected, fully searchable, perpetually growing, virtual library of Greek and Latin literature. More than 520 volumes of Latin, Greek, and English texts are available in a modern interface, allowing readers to browse, search, bookmark, annotate, and share content. - Medieval Travel Writing This link opens in a new window
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The core of the material is a collection of medieval manuscripts from libraries around the world and dating from the 13th to the 16th centuries. The main focus is accounts of journeys to the Holy Land, India and China. These have been reproduced in colour where appropriate. These are augmented by an array of translations and supporting materials (all of which are fully searchable) and interactive maps showing the routes of the travellers. - British Periodicals This link opens in a new window
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This database provides access to the searchable full text of hundreds of periodicals from the late seventeenth century to the early twentieth, comprising millions of high-resolution facsimile page images. Topics covered include literature, philosophy, history, science, the social sciences, music, art, drama, archaeology and architecture.