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Kids InfoBits
Kids InfoBits is a database developed especially for beginning researchers in Kindergarten through Grade 5. Featuring a developmentally appropriate, visually graphic interface, the most popular search method is moving from a broad subject to a narrower topic using the subject-based topic tree. The curriculum-related, age appropriate, full-text content is from the best elementary reference sources and magazines. This database covers geography, current events, the arts, science, health, people, government, history, sports and more.

Literature Resource Center
Literature Resource Center is a current, comprehensive and reliable online literature database. The resource's rich critical, biographical and contextual materials support interdisciplinary approaches, information literacy, and the development of critical thinking skills. Researchers will find the information they need 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.

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.

Canada in Context
Created especially for researchers and educators studying Canada, its people and its history, Canada in Context integrates many Gale references - like Worldmark Encyclopedia of Canadian Provinces, Discovering Authors Canadian Edition, Native North American Almanac and more - with media-rich options.

InfoTrac Junior Edition - K12
Now with over 330 titles, cross searchable with E-Books, this periodical database is designed for students in junior high and middle school with access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more. The collection contains Merriam-Webster's® Collegiate Dictionary, Merriam-Webster's® Biographical Dictionary, The Columbia Encyclopedia, World Almanac and Book of Facts, and more than 300 maps from Blackbirch Press.

InfoTrac Student Edition
Now with over 1100 titles, this periodical database is designed for high-school students with access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers, podcasts, and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more. Contains content from authoritative reference works, including Asimov's Chronology of Science & Discovery, The Columbia Encyclopedia, Encyclopedia of American Facts and Dates, Merriam-Webster's® Biographical Dictionary, and the World Almanac and Book of Facts.

Discovering Collection
Discovering Collection offers easy access to award-winning content based on national curriculum standards. Covering the core curriculum areas, including history, literature, science, social studies, and more, DC provides a premium selection of reference, primary sources, creative works, and multimedia, including hours of video and audio clips. New to the database are popular topic picklists and an integrated national and state curriculum standards search with content correlated to the standards.

Canadian Points of View Reference Centre
Database providing full-text articles from Canadian and foreign publications. It reflects various points of view and diverse perspectives on controversial subjects related to politics, the social sciences, culture and technology.

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.

General One File
A one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and many general interest topics. Millions of full-text articles, many with images. Updated daily.

Teen Health and Wellness
(Rosen Publishing) - Teen Health & Wellness: Real Life, Real Answers, the award-winning and critically acclaimed database from Rosen Publishing Online, provides students with curricular support and self-help on topics including diseases, drugs, alcohol, nutrition, fitness, mental health, diversity, family life, and more.

PebbleGo
The award-winning PebbleGo Animals database from Capstone Digital Publishers offers information on hundreds of animals. Designed specifically for K-3 emergent readers, PebbleGo Animals includes:
- 5 tabs of animal related information on each article
- 6 educational games
- Learning activities and lesson plans

TumbleBook Library
TumbleBookLibrary is an online collection of ebooks for children in grades K-6 (approximately). Existing children's books are licnesed for use then animated using the existing illustrations and adding audio narration.

TumbleReadables
TumbleReadables is an online collection of read-along chapter books for students in late elementary to high school (approximately). Text size/colour is adjustable and sentences are highlighted as they are narrated aloud.

TumbleTalkingBooks
TumbleTalkingBooks is a collection of online audio books for all ages. There are over 300 books in categories such as classics, fiction, non-fiction, children's books, read-along and audio books in Spanish. TumbleTalkingBooks allows patrons to listen to or download their favourite audio books with just a click of a button.