Databases for all topics

Gale: Global Issues

Current events, international topics. Database provides primary source information, magazines, academic journals, news, print, images, videos, audio, websites, and viewpoints. Features: citations, highlights, save. Filters: date, title, subject, document type, reading/content level.
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​Gale: Canada

Canadian perspective on a broad range of Canadian topics, people, places, and events. Database provides primary source information, magazines, academic journals, news, print, images, videos, audio, websites, and viewpoints. Features: citations, highlights, save. Filters: date, title, subject, document type, reading/content level.

Gale: Power 

Search multiple Gale databases including Global Issues, Canada, and Science in Context using this tool. Database provide primary source information, magazines, academic journals, news, print, images, videos, audio, websites, and viewpoints. Features: citations, highlights, save. Filters: date, title, subject, document type, reading/content level.

World Book: Student

Research tool that includes encyclopedia articles, primary source collections, educator tools, student activities, pictures, audio, and video, complemented by current periodicals and related Web sites. WB prides itself on its combination of technology with editorial excellence to create authoritative, trustworthy, and unbiased content. The digital content is updated in real time and carefully curated for each learning level.
Student level:
  • Enhances articles with embedded multimedia and related resources
  • Includes such research tools as personalized digital backpacks, citation builders, and how-to guides
  • Features real-time current events, expanded biographies, and geographical resources

World Book: Advanced

Research tool that includes encyclopedia articles, primary source collections, educator tools, student activities, pictures, audio, and video, complemented by current periodicals and related Web sites. WB prides itself on its combination of technology with editorial excellence to create authoritative, trustworthy, and unbiased content. The digital content is updated in real time and carefully curated for each learning level. Advanced level:
  • Provides a powerful reference tool with access to primary sources, historical
           documents, and online books
  • Access to real-time headlines, world newspapers, and advanced assessment tools
  • Allows sharing of personalized digital backpack for collaborative work

World Book: Timelines

  • Create family histories and track science projects
  • Generate easy-to-use study guides on historical events
  • Craft stunning presentations with pre-generated timelines that include historical notes and a wealth of images and videos
  • Integrate content from World Book Student and World Book Advanced

Explora: Middle 

EBSCO's research interface designed specifically for students and educators. The middle school version features relevant and reliable content and easy-to-use functionality to help grade 7-9 students successfully complete their research.
  • Browse by Arts & Literature, Biography, Business & Government, Current Issues, Geography, Health, History, and Science & Math
  • Searches Consumer Health Complete, Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia, GreenFILE, Health Source: Consumer Edition, History Reference Center, Literary Reference Center, MAS Ultra: School Edition, MasterFILE Complete, Middle Search Plus, Newspaper Source Plus, and Science Reference Center
  • Full-text articles are searchable by reading level indicator (Lexile)

​Explora: Secondary

EBSCO's research interface designed specifically for students and educators. The secondary school version features relevant and reliable content and easy-to-use functionality to help high school students successfully complete their research.
  • Browse by Arts & Literature, Biography, Business & Government, Current Issues, Geography, Health, History, and Science & Math
  • Searches Consumer Health Complete, Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia, GreenFILE, Health Source: Consumer Edition, History Reference Center, Literary Reference Center, MAS Ultra: School Edition, MasterFILE Complete, Middle Search Plus, Newspaper Source Plus, and Science Reference Center
  • Full-text articles are searchable by reading level indicator (Lexile)

National Geographic

National Geographic Kids is part of the National Geographic Virtual Library, which brings together a complete archive of National Geographic magazine - every page of every issue - along with a cross-searchable collection of National Geographic books, maps, images, and videos.

EBSCO: Teen Magazines

Here are some teen-friendly magazines that you can access through the EBSCO database. Science World, ELLE, and Teen Tribute, among many others. To access content, simply click on the cover. Browse by year, month, edition, or search the bar button to find specific content for research. NOTE: some issues have PDF versions available, these you will be able to see the actual pages of the magazine, for HTML version, you will see the article in the EBSCO format.

EBSCO: Kids Magazines

Here are some kid-friendly magazines that you can access through the EBSCO database. Scholastic News, Quest, and Creative Kids to name a few. To access content, simply click on the cover. Browse by year, month, edition, or search the bar button to find specific content for research. NOTE: some issues have PDF versions available, these you will be able to see the actual pages of the magazine, for HTML version, you will see the article in the EBSCO format.

EBSCO: General Magazines

Here are some general interest magazines that you can access through the EBSCO database. Anything from Consumer Reports, to Today's Diet & Nutrition, to the Smithsonian, and Rolling Stone. To access content, simply click on the cover. Browse by year, month, edition, or search the bar button to find specific content for research. ​NOTE: some issues have PDF versions available, these you will be able to see the actual pages of the magazine, for HTML version, you will see the article in the EBSCO format.

Maclean's Archives

The Archives is a searchable, digital library of every issue, article, photograph and advertisement that has appeared in Maclean's in its 113-year history (going back to 1905, when we debuted as “The Business Magazine.”) It contains more than 3,400 issues, with more than 100,000 stories. You’ll find Canada’s greatest writers and journalists there.

The Catholic Encyclopedia

The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the Constitution, Doctrine, Discipline, and History of the Catholic Church,
What the Church teaches and has taught; what she has done and is still doing for the highest welfare of mankind; her methods, past and present; her struggles, her triumphs, and the achievements of her members, not only for her own immediate benefit, but for the broadening and deepening of all true science, literature and art — all come within the scope of the Catholic Encyclopedia

The Canadian Encyclopedia

The Canadian Encyclopedia includes 14,000 articles in each language (French and English) on numerous subjects including history, popular culture, events, people, places, politics, arts, First Nations, sports and science.
​History, politics, arts, science & more: the Canadian Encyclopedia is your reference on Canada. Articles, timelines & resources for teachers, students & public.

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