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Research Databases
Database of more than 5,900+ magazines and journals, including full text for nearly 3,900 peer-reviewed titles. Click link to Academic Search Premier
Encyclopedia with areas devoted to Canadian content. Click link to Britannica School
Offers teachers and students access to high-quality, diverse content sets.
Click link to Britannica Launch Packs Science
Cross-search databases such as Academic Search Premier, Canadian Reference Centre, and Canadian Points of View Reference Centre
Click link to Explora Canada
Designed to assist in understanding a full scope of controversial subjects from a uniquely Canadian perspective.
Click link to Canadian Points of View
Offers a full-text collection of regional and international periodicals, newspapers, and newswires.
Click link to Canadian Reference Centre
Comprehensive reader's advisory resource for fiction and nonfiction books.
Click link to NoveList Plus
Self-help tools on topics including diseases, drugs, alcohol, nutrition, mental health and much more.
Click link to Teen Health & Wellness
French database provides access to more than 38,000 articles.
Click link to Universalis
Record of domestic and international news and covers all major political, social, and economic events since November 1940.
Click link to World News Digest
Collection of consumer health information provides access to 70 + full-text consumer health magazines along with searchable full-text for current health pamphlets.
Click link to Health Source
This collection provides cover-to-cover full text for 520+ national, international, and regional newspapers.
Click link to Newspaper Source
Digital Books, Music & Videos
Borrow fiction, non-fiction, comic books, and magazines in a variety of languages in eBook and eAudiobook formats.
Click link to Sora
Stream classical, jazz, pop, and rock music, and access an array of other music resources.
Click link to Naxos Music Library
Access 4,000+ audio and video tracks, 60+ composer features, and 40+ music activities.
Click link to Naxos Music Box
Streaming access to the best educational content from CBC and Radio-Canada in English.
Click link to CBC Curio English
Streaming access to the best educational content from CBC and Radio-Canada in French.
Click link to CBC Curio French
Vetted, easy-to-use, media library correlated to Ontario Curriculum Standards.
Click link to Learn360
Collection of award-winning content, access streaming videos by subject area with descriptions that include grade levels, running times, and summaries.
Clink link to McIntyre Media
Other Resources
Bilingual, national online encyclopedia produced by, for, and about the people of Canada, charting its events, culture, history and landscape.
Click link to Canadian Encyclopedia
Online resources featuring video-based productions such as full-length films, trailers and clips, in both French and English.
Click link to National Film Board
Links to explore such as Arts, Health, Language, Mathematics, Science & Technology, Social Sciences.
Click link to Links to Explore
Citation tool helps with work citations.
Click link to The Learning Portal
Discover unique Canadian and local content including news, TV and radio shows, and much more!
Click link to CBC Corner
Access a growing collection of open access journals, books, images, and media.
Click link to JSTOR
Click link to The Inquiry Process
Click link to Elementary Internet Tools