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ChiltonLibrary Chilton Library provides exclusive photographs, diagnostics designed by instructors, step-by-step repair procedures, Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) maintenance schedules, wiring diagrams, recalls and Technical Service Bulletins (TSBs) for automobiles and light trucks in one easy-to-use web site.
Agriculture Collection
This collection of more than 400 titles is focused on agriculture and its related fields: from practical aspects of farming to cutting edge scientific research in horticulture. Over 20 Delmar titles provide in-depth coverage on agricultural related topics.
Culinary Arts Collection
The Culinary Arts collection includes 150 of the major cooking and nutrition magazines. Coverage includes thousands of searchable recipes, restaurant reviews, and industry information.
Gardening, Landscape & HorticultureCollection
A custom collection of nearly 50 journals focused on key issues in gardening, landscaping, and other areas of horticulture.
Home Improvement Collection
This collection of more than 200 home-improvement focused titles covers such topics as architectural techniques, tool and material selection, zoning requirements, and many more will meet the needs of hobbyists and professionals alike.
Culinary Arts Collection
The Culinary Arts collection includes 150 of the major cooking and nutrition magazines. Coverage includes thousands of searchable recipes, restaurant reviews, and industry information.
Diversity Studies Collection
A must-have for social science, history and liberal arts coursework, this collection explores cultural differences, contributions and influences in our global community. This set includes 150 journals.
Educators200
Perfect for educating future teachers and administrators, this set covers the latest technologies, developments, instruction and coaching breakthroughs as well as background information on child health and development. Included in this set are over 1100 periodicals.
Fine Arts and Music Collection
Provides more than 150 full-text magazines and journals that are covered in indices such as the Wilson Art Index and RILM, this collection will provide support for research in areas such as drama, music, art history, and filmmaking.
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.
* Includes Contemporary Musician
GLBT Life and Issues eCollection
This collection of nearly 40 journals aims to provide balanced coverage of this significant aspect of our culture, covering such topics as gender studies, family and marital issues, health aspects, and many more.
Oxford Art Online
Oxford Art Online features over 45,000 signed articles, 5,500 images, 40,000 image links, and timelines of world art. Also includes access to the full text of the Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms, and the Oxford Companion to Western Art.
Oxford Music Online
Oxford Music Online includes the full text of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians; The New Grove Dictionary of Opera; The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz; Oxford Companion to Music; and the Oxford Dictionary of Music. The database includes more than 67,000 articles on people and places; instruments and techniques; and genres and styles, including non-western and folk music. Periods covered range from ancient times to the present.
Pop Culture Collection
This collection provides useful information for any researcher in a social science, history, art or liberal arts course. This collection is made up of 100 subject-appropriate full-text periodicals.
Religion & PhilosophyCollection
This database features more than 250 magazines and academic journals covering religion and the
related areas of philosophy, archaeology and anthropology. Use this database not only to study
theological approaches to social issues, but also to learn about the impact that religion has had on
culture throughout history, including literature, arts and language.
Business Economics and Theory
With a strong emphasis on titles covered in the EconLit database, this collection provides periodicals focusing on topics in economics. Perfect for business classes, with more than 450 full-text journals to support their research and regular feeds of videos from Forbes.com that contain business news coverage and interviews with CEO's.
Canadian Directory to Foundations and Corporations
This is an online database containing updated information on over 2,200 Canadian grant-making foundations. Together these foundations hold assets of almost $12 billion and award grants with a total value of over $1 billion. In addition, there are over 150 American foundations included with a history of granting in Canada.
Canada's Information Resource Centre An all-encompassing Canadian online source that provides access to tens of thousands of cultural and professional organizations, government offices, law firms, banks, health and education facilities, libraries, and the media ranging from magazines to broadcasters. With CID you have access to over 100,000 contact names across Canada, too. All carefully indexed for easy productive search queries.
Canadian Trade Index
CTI contains detailed information on over 30,000 Canadian companies. It features nearly 100,000 product listings under more than 20,000 headings. CTI provides up-to-date information on Canadian manufacturers, exporters, and distribution and service companies.
Career Cruising
This source provides occupation profiles, assessments tools and information about Canadian universities and colleges. Be sure to try the Career Matchmaker quiz!
Communication & Mass Media Collection
From marketing professionals to students studying for advanced degrees in linguistic theory, this collection provides current and accurate information from more than 100 journals focused on all aspects of the communications field. Key subjects covered include: advertising and public relations, literature and writing, linguistics, and many more.
General Business File ASAP
Analyze company performance and activity, industry events and trends as well as the latest in management, economics and politics. Access to a combination of broker research reports, trade publications, newspapers, journals and company directory listings with full text and images available.
Hospitality, Tourism & Leisure Collection
This collection of over 800 journals provides well-rounded coverage of both the historical and current state of affairs in the hospitality and tourism field. A great resource for curious travelers and serious researchers.
LegalTrac
Drawing on a wide variety of the most highly regarded legal publications, LegalTrac™ provides indexing for approximately 875 titles including major law reviews, legal newspapers, bar association journals and international legal journals. Mainly American.
Small Business eCollection
Perfect for business schools and entrepreneurs, this compilation provides insights, tips, strategies and success stories. Users will find 250 subject-appropriate full-text periodicals.
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 Thomson Gale, all with a Canadian focus.
Canada in Context Canada in Context includes reference, periodicals, primary sources, and multimedia resources geared toward Canadian students and educators. The database includes Canadian curriculum standards with correlated content, a popular topics picklist on the home page that features one-click access to Canadian topics, and new and updated essays on Canadian topics.
The Canadian Encyclopedia
This site contains the complete text of the Canadian
Encyclopedia in English and French, the text of the Junior Encyclopedia of Canada (in English only), numerous interactivities,
feature articles, games, the Canucklehead Quiz, and an extensive
timeline of Canadian and world events.
Canadian Reference Center
CRC includes Canadian magazines, newspapers, newswires and reference books. This database includes leading Canadian periodicals and international (U.S. and U.K) periodicals in full text; full text reference books; full text biographies and an Image Collection. Updated daily.
Canada's Information Resource Centre An all-encompassing Canadian online source that provides access to tens of thousands of cultural and professional organizations, government offices, law firms, banks, health and education facilities, libraries, and the media ranging from magazines to broadcasters. With CID you have access to over 100,000 contact names across Canada, too. All carefully indexed for easy productive search queries.
Canadian Newsstand - Toronto Star and Globe and Mail Editions
Full text of 41 newspapers
published by Torstar Media Group, including the Kitchener-Waterloo Record (1990 - current), Listowel Banner
(2003 - current), St. Marys Journal Argus (2005-current), Toronto
Star (1985-current) updated daily. We also have access to the Globe and Mail - Full text back to 1977!
Canadian Points of View Reference Centre
This full-text database is designed to provide students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue. The database provides information on 100 key topics of interest to Canadian researchers. Topics include the environment, human rights, race, substance abuse and many more. The database also offers guides to debate, developing arguments and writing position papers.
E-Stat
This source provides free statistical information from Statistics Canada, designed for students. Statistics covers information about society and the economy, current and historic statistics available.
Ontario Government Documents
Access 26,000 government documents from the collection of the Ontario Legislative Library. Simple searching, or browse by titles, by ministry/agency, authors, subjects, or years.
Career Cruising
This source provides occupation profiles, assessments tools and information about Canadian universities and colleges. Be sure to try the Career Matchmaker quiz!
Vocation & Careers eCollection
Finding the right career can be a daunting and high stakes task: finding an appropriate institution of learning, job searching, and maintaining a career are all topics covered by this collection, providing current and applicable content for all vocational milestones. Offering content from nearly 400 journals, this collection provides content from general career guides to highly specialized industry journals.
Computer Database
Use this database to find computer-related product introductions, news and reviews in areas such as hardware, software, electronics, engineering, communications and the application of technology.
The Canadian Encyclopedia
This site contains the complete text of the Canadian Encyclopedia in English and French, the text of the Junior Encyclopedia of Canada (in English only), numerous interactivities, feature articles, games, the Canucklehead Quiz, and an extensive timeline of Canadian and world events.
Encyclopedia Britannica School Edition
Find information quickly and easily by searching Britannica’s three encyclopedias, the Internet Guide, and collection of videos.
The Encyclopedia of Language & Literacy Development
This database
aims to cover a wide range of topics, including language, reading, and writing development. In order to provide in-depth, quality information, each topic is broken down into several Encyclopedia entries, and each entry focuses on a specific aspect of the topic. Most importantly, the entries are written by internationally recognized experts in the field.
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.
Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia
A fun, easy to understand encyclopedia with lots of pictures, links to related websites, and magazine articles. Includes games, a "Today in History" section, current news stories, and timelines. Great for students of all ages.
World Book Online
The premier online reference source--containing every article from the 22-volume print set plus thousands more. With state-of-the art multimedia, editor-reviewed websites, and more.
World Book Online Reference Centre
This powerful reference tool that includes encyclopedia, multimedia, e-book, and primary source databases, fully integrated in a single search. Includes a dictionary, atlas, Citation Builder, and local and country research guides, help you compile the data and information you need to complete assignments and background research. There are even computer and web tutorials!
Encyclopedie Decouverte - World Book in French
Provides access to thousands of encyclopedia articles, dictionary entries, photos, illustrations, diagrams, and maps as part of the World Book Web. This source is written for younger readers that are native French speakers and older students and adults for whom French is a second language.
Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos - World Book in Spanish
Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos is the optimal beginner’s Spanish language reference tool. The site offers World Book’s excellent editorial content, rich media, and engaging features in Spanish.
Encyclopedie Decouverte - World Book
Provides access to thousands of encyclopedia articles, dictionary entries, photos, illustrations, diagrams, and maps as part of the World Book Web. This source is written for younger readers that are native French speakers and older students and adults for whom French is a second language.
Santé en français
Sante en francais provides content covering all areas of health and wellness from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated medicine. This full-text database covers topics such as aging, cancer, diabetes, drugs & alcohol, fitness, nutrition & dietetics, children's health, men & women's health, etc.
Oxford English Dictionary
A searchable dictionary that can be used to study the history, meaning, and pronunciation of words in the English language. Find out when a word was first used and how its context has changed over time.
The Oxford Dictionary of the Jewish Religion e Oxford Dictionary of the Jewish Religion covers more than three millennia of Jewish religious thought, custom, law, and practice, from traditional approaches to Reform, Conservative, Reconstructionist and post-denominational Judaism. Brief definitions and longer essays, all supplemented with bibliographies, enlighten readers about the major figures, folklore, and events in the history of Judaism throughout the world.
Ancestry Library
This database is a genealogy research tool with data from census, military records, court, land, probate, vital and church records, passenger lists, etc. It covers Canada, the US, UK, and some European countries.
The Canadian Encyclopedia
This site contains the complete text of the Canadian
Encyclopedia in English and French, the text of the Junior
Encyclopedia of Canada (in English only), numerous interactivities,
feature articles, games, the Canucklehead Quiz, and an extensive
timeline of Canadian and world events.
Diversity Studies Collection
A must-have for social science, history and liberal arts coursework, this collection explores cultural differences, contributions and influences in our global community. This set includes 150 journals.
Lands and People
A fun and educational encyclopedia of countries, cultures, and current events. Each article describes a country's land, people, economy, history, and government. Check out the current news stories, atlas, and educational games including puzzles and brain teasers.
The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World
This encyclopedia presents students, researchers, political analysts, journalists, and common readers with accurate, comprehensive, and balanced scholarship on all aspects of the world's fastest-growing religion and the areas it affects: society, politics, economics, everyday life, culture, and thought.
World
Data Analyst
Combining detailed statistics with powerful tools for
analysis and display, this resource features a unique collection of
in-depth information about the countries of the world and allows you
to create interesting and information comparative charts and tables.
Alt HealthWatch
This tool focuses on the various perspecitives of complentary, holistic, and integrated approaches to health care and wellness. Contains titles such as American Journal of Chinese Medicine, American Journal of Homeopathic Medicine, California Journal of Oriental Medicine, European Journal of Clinical Hypnosis, Journal of Alternative & Complementary Medicine, Journal of Asian Natural Products Research, Journal of the Australian Traditional-Medicine Society, Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association and many others.
Consumer Health Complete
CHC provides content covering all areas of health and wellness from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated medicine. This full-text database covers topics such as aging, cancer, diabetes, drugs & alcohol, fitness, nutrition & dietetics, children's health, men & women's health, etc.
GLBT Life and Issues Collection
This collection of nearly 40 journals aims to provide balanced coverage of this significant aspect of our culture, covering such topics as gender studies, family and marital issues, health aspects, and many more.
Nursing and Allied Health Collection
Offers researchers looking for answers to nursing or allied health questions millions of articles found in over 1,100 journals.
Psychology Collection
This collection gives individuals a basic understanding of the study of the mind, emotions and how the human mind develops over time. Access to almost 500 subject-appropriate full-text periodicals.
Teen Health and Wellness
This database was developed for teens with their unique concerns in mind. It is award-winning and critically acclaimed, providing curricular support and self-help on topics including diseases, drugs & alcohol, nutrition, mental and emotional health, cyber-literacy, family life, sexuality and more. All content is reviewed by leading professionals across fields including medicine, mental health, nutrition, substances abuse prevention, guidance and career counseling.
Ancestry Library
This database is a genealogy research tool with data from census, military records, court, land, probate, vital and church records, passenger lists, etc. It covers Canada, the US, UK, and some European countries.
The Canadian Encyclopedia
This site contains the complete text of the Canadian
Encyclopedia in English and French, the text of the Junior Encyclopedia of Canada (in English only), numerous interactivities,
feature articles, games, the Canucklehead Quiz, and an extensive
timeline of Canadian and world events.
Canadian Points of View Reference Centre
This full-text database is designed to provide students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue. The database provides information on 100 key topics of interest to Canadian researchers. Topics include the environment, human rights, race, substance abuse and many more. The database also offers guides to debate, developing arguments and writing position papers.
Discovering Collection
Thousands of overview essays, critical analyses, biographies, timelines and multimedia elements combine into this comprehensive online reference resource.
Diversity Studies Collection
A must-have for social science, history and liberal arts coursework, this collection explores cultural differences, contributions and influences in our global community. This set includes 150 journals.
Fine Arts and Music Collection
Provides more than 150 full-text magazines and journals that are covered in indices such as the Wilson Art Index and RILM, this collection will provide support for research in areas such as drama, music, art history, and filmmaking.
Our Ontario
Search digital collections of libraries, archives, museums, historical societies, community groups, government agencies, and content organizations – in seconds. Information about people, places, events and objects about Ontario, and from Ontario organizations. It's easy to find photographs, maps, videos, audio recordings, government documents and other media - instantly @ your fingertips.
Pop Culture Collection
This collection provides useful information for any researcher in a social science, history, art or liberal arts course. This collection is made up of 100 subject-appropriate full-text periodicals.
Religion & Philosophy Collection
This database features more than 250 magazines and academic journals covering religion and the
related areas of philosophy, archaeology and anthropology. Use this database not only to study
theological approaches to social issues, but also to learn about the impact that religion has had on
culture throughout history, including literature, arts and language.
World History Collection
As any historian will state, the study of history is as much about the present as the past: to that end, this collection provides well-rounded coverage of both the current thinking and events in World History, as well as scholarly work being established in the field. This compilation of nearly 40 journals provides robust and balanced coverage of this field, useful both to the novice historian as well as to the advanced academic researcher.
Audio Book Cloud
This is an online audio book library collection of streaming audio books.
Your Audio Book Cloud books are never all checked out, never on hold. As many people can listen to the same book at the same time as you like!
Titles include unabridged high quality audio versions of classics of American and world literature, non-fiction, fiction, and children and teen books.
downloadLibrary.ca
Download ebooks, audio books and videos anywhere, anytime, to any computer. You can even transfer the audio books and videos to your MP3 player or iPod, and take them with you - wherever you go! eBooks can be transferred to various readers like the Sony Reader or the Kobo.
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Literature Criticism Online
This source provides access to centuries of literature analysis - the scholarly and popular commentary from broadsheets, pamphlets, encyclopedias, books and periodicals - that matches the exact look and feel of the print originals. Includes Contemporary Literary Criticism, Drama Criticism, and Shakespearean Criticism.
Literature Resource Center
Learn about authors and literature including fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, history, and journalism. You will find extensive author information, critical analysis, timelines, links to related websites, and more. Includes Shakespearean Criticism in full text.
NoveList
This database allows readers to search for their favourite authors or titles, and find others of similar interest. Users can browse theme-oriented book lists at every reading level through Explore Fiction, and look for outstanding titles in Best Fiction.
Something About the Author
Are you doing a book report, a review for a book club, or are you just looking to learn more about your favourite author? Then try using Something About the Author!
AboutMyProperty ™
If you are a residential property owner, you can use this site to get detailed information about your property and obtain information on up to 24 more residential properties to compare assessments. You can also request an assessment reconsideration from this site.
A user ID and a password are required to login. This information is found on the bottom right hand corner of the 2008 Property Assessment Notice.
Our Ontario
Search digital collections of libraries, archives, museums, historical societies, community groups, government agencies, and content organizations – in seconds. Information about people, places, events and objects about Ontario, and from Ontario organizations. It's easy to find photographs, maps, videos, audio recordings, government documents and other media - instantly @ your fingertips.
Stratford Beacon Herald Online **
Use this database to search Stratford’s local paper in full text, with articles dating back to April of 2000. To find obituaries, search for death notices in the headlines.
Access: Use In Library
Ask staff for username and password
Stratford Beacon Herald Online **
Use this database to search Stratford’s local paper in full text, with articles dating back to April of 2000. To find obituaries, search for death notices in the headlines.
Access: Use In Library
Ask staff for username and password
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 Thomson Gale, all with a Canadian focus.
Canadian Newsstand - Toronto Star & Globe and Mail Edition
Full text of 41 newspapers
published by Torstar Media Group, including the Kitchener-Waterloo Record (1990 - current), Listowel Banner
(2003 - current), St. Marys Journal Argus (2005-current), Toronto
Star (1985-current) updated daily. We also have access to the Globe and Mail - Full text back to 1977!
Canadian Reference Center
CRC includes Canadian magazines, newspapers, newswires and reference books. This database includes leading Canadian periodicals and international (U.S. and U.K) periodicals in full text; full text reference books; full text biographies and an Image Collection. Updated daily.
General OneFile
A gigantic collection of millions of magazine and journal 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.
General Reference Center Gold
A general interest database that integrates a variety of sources - 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.
Infotrac Newsstand
A collection of more than a thousand newspapers, many full text from all around the world. Translate articles into 11 different languages and create email alerts.
Includes The Stratford City Gazette in full text dating back to February 2008.
MasterFile Premier
Search articles from over 2,000 magazines covering general interest topics including current events, business, health, science, sports, multicultural issues, and more.
Computer Database
Use this database to find computer-related product introductions, news and reviews in areas such as hardware, software, electronics, engineering, communications and the application of technology.
Encyclopedia of Climate and Weather Contains information on weather, climate, and atmospheric processes, as well as biographical entries on people who advanced our understanding of meteorology and climatology.
General Science eCollection
Although staying current on the latest scientific developments can be daunting, this collection aims to provide a researcher with the information to do just that. Composed of over 200 journals – from highly specialized academic journals to general science-focused magazine – the InfoTrac General Science Collection provides coverage of all scientific endeavor, including such topics as particle physics and quantum theory, advanced mathematics, biotechnology, and many more.
GreenFILE
Indexes scholarly and general interest titles, as well as government documents and reports. This resource offers a unique perspective on the positive and negative ways humans affect the environment. Drawing on the connection between the environment and disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology, GreenFILE serves as an informative resource for anyone concerned about the issues facing our planet.
New Book of Popular Science
A fun and educational science encyclopedia with easy to understand articles, pictures and diagrams, fun facts, and links to carefully evaluated websites. Check out the science games, puzzles, and brain teasers, or print a map of the night sky.
Grzimek's Animal Life Online
Are you researching an animal? Here you can find detailed information on over 4000 different species of mammals, reptiles, birds, fish, and more! Perfect for school projects or just general interest.
Information Science & Technology Collection
Comprised of content from nearly 100 leading industry journals, this collection provides current and accurate information for the information professional. Coverage includes such topics as data processing techniques, metadata architectures, and more.
Science Reference Center
Provides easy access to a multitude of full text science-oriented content. This database contains full text for nearly 640 science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, etc. Topics covered include: biology, chemistry, earth & space science, environmental science, health & medicine, history of science, life science, physics, science & society, science as inquiry, scientists, technology and wildlife.
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