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Ancestry Library Edition provides unprecedented access to family history via documents that record the lineage of over 5 billion individuals.  (Available at your library.)

This resource provides students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue and includes a  Critical Thinking Guide.

From Actuary to Zookeeper find out more about jobs and education!

This collection contains thousands of magazine, newspaper, and journal articles, plus reference resources (e.g., encyclopedias, biographies, dictionaries) and eBook collections. You will find everything from Legal Information to recipes you can cook for supper tonight!

For teens and young adults, 12 through 19 years of age, with curricular support and self-help on topics including diseases & conditions, drugs & alcohol, nutrition & fitness, mental and emotional health, sexuality & sexual health, bullying and internet safety, green living, family life and more.  Content in this database is aligned to Ontario curriculum standards in health and physical education, science and language arts.

Use your library card number to download books to your i-Pod or MP3 player!  This online collection includes a good selection of juvenile and young adult fiction, as well as horror, thrillers, romance, westerns, mysteries, speculative fiction, literature, drama, and classics. New titles and additional copies of popular titles will be added monthly.

ServiceOntario.ca offers many resources for individuals which include the following:

• “Guaranteed” Birth, Marriage and/or Death Certificate application
• Aboriginal Resources
• Driver and Vehicle online services including Enhanced Driver’s License
• Newborn Registration
• 16 Life Event bundles
• Apply for a Passport and Social Insurance Number
• Adoption
• Apply for the Canada Pension Plan Retirement Pension
• Apply for Employment Insurance Benefits
• Municipal Property Assessment Corporation -- AboutMyProperty™
• Services for Newcomers

ServiceOntario: Services for Business 

The Services for Business section of the ServiceOntario website provides a wealth of information on government programs and services for business as well as access to several business-related transactions such as:

• Business Registration or Renewal
• Searches for Business Permits and Licenses through BIZPal
• Applications for Retail Sales Tax, Employer Health Tax and Workplace Safety Insurance Board Programs
• Applications for Goods and Services Tax (GST/HST), Payroll Deductions, Corporate Income Tax and an Import/Export Account  
• The Ontario Regulatory Registry

PebbleGo, the award winning PreK-3 database for reading and research, introduces Earth and Space concepts to your early readers!

TumbleBookLibrary is an online collection of TumbleBooks – animated, talking picture books which teach kids the joy of reading in a format they'll love. TumbleBooks are created by adding animation, sound, music and narration to existing picture books in order to produce an electronic picture book which you can read, or have read to you.

This collection features 8 categories containing nearly 125 Read-Along titles (and an additional 100 large print online titles): picture books, early readers, chapter books, middle school readers, YA/teen Novels, children’s classics, classics and Shakespeare.

TumbleTalkingBooks.com allows you to listen to your favorite audio books with just the click of a button!

The NoveList database includes information on more than 180,000 fiction titles for all ages with subject and keyword access; more than 36,000 individual subject headings (fiction); 200,000+ full-text reviews and descriptions from Booklist, Library Journal, School Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, and others. Searches can be limited by reading level, using Lexile scores to match students with books geared to their reading ability.

NoveList K-8, a fiction database, is designed especially for elementary and middle schools. The “Working with Kids” section of the Browse panel on the homepage provides a single location to access all of the curricular materials such as Grab and Go Book Lists, BookTalks, Picture Book Extenders and more. NoveList K-8 contains information on over 70,000 fiction titles, more than 200 Curricular Connections, more than 170 Grab and Go book lists, more than 290 Recommended Reads thematic book lists, over 90 Picture Book Extenders, and more.

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. The database provides information on 100 key topics of interest to Canadian researchers, each with an overview (objective background/description, point (argument), counterpoint (opposing argument), and Critical Thinking Guide.

Consumer Health Complete is a comprehensive resource for consumer-oriented health content. It is designed to support the information needs of patients, and to foster an overall understanding of health-related topics.

Consumer Health Information - French (Canadian) provides translated full-text articles about common medical conditions and procedures in an easy-to-understand manner.

NoveList is an readers’ advisory service that helps librarians and readers find fiction books based on books they have read or topics in which they are interested. Readers can search for books by title, author or by simply describing a book they would like to read.

With broad coverage of agriculture and its related fields, this collection provides a comprehensive view of this growing body of knowledge. Comprised of nearly 200 titles, researchers will have access to current and authoritative content that spans the industry -- from practical aspects of farming to cutting edge scientific research in horticulture

With more than 150 full-text magazines and journals covered in databases 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. This database includes information from over 5 million articles; more than 150 of the journals in the Fine Arts and Music Collection are covered in the Wilson Art Index and the Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale (RILM) indexes and are available in full-text.

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.

This collection of more than 180 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. This collection includes more than 250 home improvement-focused titles from InfoTrac. Many subject areas are covered and include: