Algonquin College - Learning Resource Centre

Research - Kinds of Research Information

What Kind of Information Do You Need?	How Current?	Likely Sources of Information	Where to Find This Information at the Learning Resource Centre
Well established background information	Up to two years ago	Books, videos	Library Catalogue
Recent Developments	Up to today	Journal/magazine articles	Databases and CD-ROMs (In Library or through web site)
		Web sites	Internet Searching Tools
		Newspapers	- Databases and CD-ROMs - Internet News Sites
Quick Facts	Current	Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Almanacs, Directories	Reference Collection (in Library or on web site)
Unpublished Research	Current	- People -Institutions' web sites	Internet (Search Engines, Web Directories)
Legal Data	Current	Statutes, Debates, Case Law	- Library law collection - Carswell CD-ROMs - Government (federal, provincial and municipal) web pages
Statistics	Current	Statistics Canada	- Databases - Statistics Canada Library collection - Statistics Canada Web site