Trustworthy, Reliable Legal Websites, Search Engines and Databases
Access to Justice Network – www.acjnet.org
Canlii – the only free online legal database for all legal cases heard in any Canadian court. (www.canlii.org)
CBC News – An online reference of Canadian material from a historical perspective and a modern day perspective.
(www.cbcnews.ca)
Historica – Historica is the Canadian Encyclopedia online, and claims to be “the most comprehensive and authoritative
source of information on all Canadian. It is provided in both English and French. (www.histori.ca)
Human Rights Research and Education Centre (University of Ottawa) –
http://www.uottawa.ca/hrrec/lawroom/lawroom.html
Judgments from the Supreme Court – http://www.lexum.umontreal.ca/csc-scc/
Laws of Canada – http://canada.justice.gc.ca/Loireg/index_en.html
Ontario statutes and regulations – http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca
Jurist Canada – Legal Education Network – http://jurist.law.utoronto.ca
MacLean’s magazine – http://www.macleans.ca. Check with your learning commons specialist for username and
password information.
Student Research Center – Secondary – Home Access Login – windsor and Password – second
 Student Research Center provides students in secondary schools with an integrated search tool for the following
EBSCO databases; Canadian Reference Center, Middle Search Plus, Canadian Literary Centre and Columbia
Encyclopedia. Magazines, newspapers, biographies, reference books, encyclopedia, country reports, film and
video can all be included with the search.
EBSCO Host – searches all available student databases – Home Access Login – windsor and Password – catholic
 All EBSCO databases licensed for WECDSB schools are accessed through the EBSCO host search system.
Selection check boxes allow the choice of which databases to include in the search
Thomson-Gale: Cross-Database Search All – Home Access Login – trillium
 Over 30 of the leading educational databases from GALE for the K-12 market are available behind this powerful
search portal; individually or in infinite combinations. Check boxes enable the selection of the databases desired.
Canadian newspapers, virtual reference libraries, specialized journal collections and much more are available.
Windsor Star and CanWest Online.
 The Windsor Star (Newspaper in Education) provides full access to the digital version of CanWest newspapers for
our stuenst: The Windsor Star, National Post, Victoria Times Colonist, The Province (Vancouver), Vancouver
Sun, Edmonton Journal, Calgary Herald, Regina Leader-Post, Saskatoon StarPhoenix, Ottawa Citizen, The
Gazette (Montreal). It should be noted however that this license site is only available from inside the
school. It is NOT for home access without a home subscription.
E-Stat Canada - Home Access Login – wecdsb and password – wind0994
 E-Stat is an interactive tool about society and the economy in Canada, free online and available only to
educational institutions.