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Online Databases & Research
Now you can access online databases in the
library, from home or anywhere you access the Internet.
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Ancestry Online Genealogy
research tool gives access to over 1 billion names, 3000
databases and primary resources. Covers Canada, the US,
UK, and some European countries. English and French
content. Audience: High school and
beyond. Access: Use in Library Only |
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Canada in Context Designed for
students needing help with homework, writing reports,
and school projects, based on curriculum standards in
all major subject areas : History, Science, Literature,
Geography, Cultures, and more. Audience:
Middle and high school students and
educators. Access: Use Inside or Outside the Library | Sign
in with Library Card |
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Canadian Points of View Reference
Centre™ Canadian Points of View
Reference Centre is a full-text database designed to
provide students with a series of essays that present
multiple sides of a current issue. Featuring essays
published specifically for Canadian Points of View.
Audience: High school and beyond. General
interest research. Access: Use Inside or Outside the Library | Sign
in with Library Card |
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Career Cruising Fully
bilingual database designed to help students and others
plan their future. Users are able to access hundreds of
detailed occupation profiles - everything from Actuary
to Zookeeper. Features a job search tool, resume
builder, skills assessment tools, Career Matchmaker,
portfolio development options, and more!
Audience: Middle School and beyond.
General interest research. Access: Use Inside or Outside the Library
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Chilton Library (Automotive
Repair) Represents the most authoritative
automotive repair information available. Includes
thousands of year, make and model combinations covering
the most popular vehicles of the past 30 years, plus
additional coverage of specialty models.
Audience: High School and
beyond. Access: Use Inside or Outside the Library | Sign
in with Library Card |
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CPI.Q - (Canadian
Periodicals) Use this database to find articles
from a comprehensive list of Canadian and international
journals, magazines, selected sections of the Globe and
Mail, Canadian biographies, and other reference content
from Gale, all with a Canadian focus. CPI.Q also had an
extensive collection of Ontario newspapers.
Audience: High School and beyond. General
interest research. Access: Use Inside or Outside the Library | Sign
in with Library Card |
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Computer Database Use this
database to find computer-related product introductions,
news and reviews in areas such as hardware, software,
electronics, en-gineering, communications and the
application of technology. Audience: High
School and beyond. General interest
research. Access: Use Inside or Outside the Library | Sign
in with Library Card |
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Consumer Health
Complete/Multilingual Health Designed for the
everyday consumer of health care information. Provides
convenient access to easily understandable health and
medical information. Try MultiLingual Health for health
information in French & other
languages. Audience: General interest
research. Access: Use Inside or Outside the Library | Sign
in with Library Card |
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Discovering
Collection Thousands of overview essays, critical
analyses, biographies, timelines and multimedia elements
combine into this comprehensive online reference
resource. Audience: Junior High School
and beyond. Access: Use Inside or Outside the Library | Sign
in with Library Card |
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Educators 200 Covers the
latest technologies, developments, instruction and
coaching breakthroughs as well as background information
on child health and development.
Audience: Educators, tutors,
coaches. Access: Use Inside or Outside the Library | Sign
in with Library Card |
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Gale Virtual Reference
Library Search over 100 electronic reference books
individually or as a group. Titles include subject
specific encyclopedias, subject dictionaries, handbooks,
and almanacs. Audience: High School and
beyond. General interest research. Access: Use Inside or Outside the Library | Sign
in with Library Card |
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General Business File
ASAP Analyze company performance and activity,
industry events and trends as well as the latest in
management, economics and
politics. Audience: High School and
beyond. General interest research. Access: Use Inside or Outside the Library | Sign
in with Library Card |
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General OneFile A gigantic
collection of millions of articles. Great for research
papers and projects. Includes articles from business,
technology, current events, economics, education, law,
literature, art, politics, science, social science,
sports, and more. Audience: High School
and beyond. General interest research. Access:
Use Inside or Outside the Library | Sign
in with Library Card |
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General Reference Centre
Gold Integrates a variety of sources, including
newspapers, reference books, magazines, and trade
publications. Find articles on current events, popular
culture, business and industry trends, the arts and
sciences, sports, hobbies, and more.
Audience: High School and beyond. General
interest research. Access: Use Inside or Outside the Library | Sign
in with Library Card |
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Grzimek's Animal Life An
image-rich, dynamic online resource featuring more than
4,000 species categorized by Amphibians, Reptiles and
Birds, Fish, Insects, Mammals and Simple Aquatic Life,
including information on evolution, habitat, behavior,
range and more. Audience:
K-12. Access: Use Inside or Outside the Library | Sign
in with Library Card |
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InfoTrac Junior Edition Now
with over 330 titles, cross searchable with ebooks, this
periodical database provides information on current
events, the arts, science, popular culture, health,
people, government, history, sports and more.
Audience: Junior high and middle school
students. Access: Use Inside or Outside the Library | Sign
in with Library Card |
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InfoTrac Student
Edition Designed for secondary school students,
InfoTrac® Student Edition is the quick and easy way to
do classroom assignments and get answers to general
reference questions. Audience: Designed
for secondary school students. Access: Use Inside or Outside the Library | Sign
in with Library Card |
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Kids InfoBits Developed
especially for budding researchers in Kindergarten
through Grade 5. Features developmentally appropriate,
visually graphic interface, and subject-based topic
tree. Audience: Kindergarten through
Grade 5 Access: Use Inside or Outside the Library | Sign
in with Library Card |
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LegalTrac™ Full-text coverage of major law
reviews, legal newspapers, bar association journals and
international legal journals that offers law students,
faculty and legal researchers the publications they need
for their research and practicum.
Audience: Students, law school faculty
and legal researchers. Access: Use Inside or Outside the Library | Sign
in with Library Card |
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Literature Resource Center -
LRC Find information on authors and their works,
from all time periods and from around the world. This
resource supports coursework and research in English,
World Literatures, Film, Theater and across the
Humanities. Audience: High school and
beyond. Access: Use Inside or Outside the Library | Sign
in with Library Card |
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Military & Intelligence
Database Subjects include socioeconomic effects of
war, governmental policies, the structure of armed
forces, and many more. Additionally, the product
includes the Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia and the
World Almanac and Book of Facts.
Audience: Military
personnel Access: Use Inside or Outside the Library | Sign
in with Library Card |
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Newsstand (InfoTrac) Get the
scoop with an innovative Web-based newspaper database
that lets you electronically search articles by title,
headline, date, author, section and more. Choose from
more than 1200 outstanding newspapers from around the
world. Audience: General interest
research. Access: Use Inside or Outside the Library | Sign
in with Library Card |
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Novelist Find your next read,
fiction and nonfiction, by author, title, subject,
genre. Audience: General
interest. Access: Use Inside or Outside the Library | Sign
in with Library Card |
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Novelist K-8 Find your next
read for kids. Fiction and nonfiction reading
suggestions for children. Audience:
K-8. Access: Use Inside or Outside the Library | Sign
in with Library Card |
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Our Ontario Find digital
images, text, audio and videos about Ontario history,
heritage and culture. Search the collections of
libraries, archives, museums, historical societies,
heritage and community groups, government agencies, and
private collections in Ontario and across Canada via a
single search portal. English and French
content. Audience: High school and
beyond. Access: Use
Inside or Outside the Library |
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Overdrive AudioBook Digital
Library Download digital Audiobooks anytime and
then transfer to your portable device! Browse the
library and add audiobooks to your cart. When you're
ready, you can check out your items using the simple
online process. Please Note: You will need to enter
your library card number and
PIN. Audience: High school and
beyond. Access: Use
Inside or Outside the Library | Sign in with Library
Card |
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PebbleGo Designed specifically
for K-3, the award-winning PebbleGo Animals database
from Capstone Digital Publishers offers information on
hundreds of animals! Now includes PebbleGo Earth and
Space, too!. Audience:
K-3. Access: Use Inside or Outside the Library
Username: sopl468 | Password: school
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Teen Health and
Wellness Self-help for teens and young adults on
topics including diseases and conditions; drugs and
alcohol; nutrition and fitness; mental and emotional
health; sexuality and sexual health; bullying; internet
safety; green living; family life, and more.
Audience: Middle and high school
students, parents and educators. Access: Use Inside or Outside the Library
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Tumblebooks Library An online
collection of animated, talking picture books.
TumbleBooks are created by taking existing picture
books, adding animation, sound, music, and narration,
and producing an electronic picture books that you can
read or have read to you. Audience:
Children learning to read, parents Access: Use Inside or Outside the Library
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Tumblebooks Readables An
online collection of read-aloing titles for elementary,
middle, and high school students, featuring adjustable
online text and complete audio narration. Sentences are
highlighted as they are being read, and the pages turn
automatically. The collection features chapter books,
early readers, teen novels, and classics of American and
English literature. Audience: Elementary
students, teens Access: Use Inside or Outside the Library
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Tumblebooks Talking Books A
collection of streaming audiobooks, featuring popular
current titles as well as classics. These books don't
need to be checked out or transferred to a device - you
can listen right from your computer.
Audience: Adults Access: Use Inside or Outside the Library
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World Book Web offers users
ease of use, accurate, up-to-date information, and, with
17 databases, depth and range of information that you
can access from our library branches or from home. The
site includes not only The World Book Encyclopedia, but
many additional extensive databases as well as...
Audience: Elementary, middle, high school
students; parents; educators. Access: Use Inside or Outside the Library | Sign
in with Library Card
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Note: Access to these online databases is funded by the
Ministry of Culture through Knowledge Ontario.
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