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This eResources portal provides direct access to the suite of digital services provided by Knowledge Ontario. Click on image to access the portal.

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To access these databases, please inquire with your local public or school library

Canada In Context [Formerly Student Resource Centre - Canadian Edition]
- - Created specifically for Canadian learners and educators, Gale's Canada in Context integrates the finest Gale references - including Worldmark Encyclopedia of Canadian Provinces, Discovering Authors Canadian Edition, Native North American Almanac and more - with the Web-like media-rich experience today's users demand:
    Audio, video and podcasts from NBC and other reliable sources
    Global news sources updated continually
    Image galleries
    
    Gale In Context learning portals deliver authoritative, media-rich content complemented by features like Search Assist, Topic Overviews, Fact Boxes, Related Topics, translation-on-demand and ReadSpeaker text-to-speech technology, MLA7 and APA citation tools, ability to print, e-mail, download and share content online, and much more.
  - ChiltonLibrary
    When it comes to auto repair, do-it-yourselfers and students in the automotive trades have trusted Chilton manuals for years. Now these exceptional resources are available to your library's patrons in a comprehensive, simple-to-use database offered only by Gale. [Product Informationt]
  - Grzimek's Animal Life
    Based on the acclaimed print series Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia, Grzimek's Animal Life - now online -- takes the 9,000+ of pages of content, photos and peer-reviewed articles from the 17 volume set written by experts to an entirely new level. [Product Information]
  - Literature Resource Center
    Literature Resource Center is the most current, comprehensive, and reliable online literature resource. It's materials support interdisciplinary approaches, information literacy, and the development of critical thinking skills. Researchers will find information on authors and their works in all genres and disciplines. [Title List]
  - GREENR
    The Global Reference on the Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources focuses on the physical, social, and economic aspects of environmental issues. Topic, organization, and country portals form research centers around issues covering energy systems, health care, agriculture, climate change, population, and economic development. Portals include authoritative analysis, academic journals, news, case studies, legislation, conference proceedings, primary source documents, statistics, and rich multimedia. Use Browse Issues and Topics, World Map, Basic Search or Advanced Search to explore the database.
  - Science In Context
    Science in Context is an engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information on hundreds of today's most significant science topics. The new solution merges Gale's authoritative reference content with full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, experiments, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience. [Title List]
- CPI.Q (Canadian Periodical Index)
  Useful to libraries, professionals, researchers, government institutions and organizations, it contains a wealth of Canadian and international periodicals — including Canada's national newspaper, The Globe and Mail; Maclean's weekly magazine; Canadian News Facts; and encyclopedic reference materials, such as the Canadian Parliamentary Guide and Canadian Newsmakers. [Titles List]
- Academic OneFile
  Academic OneFile is the premier source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources. With extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects, Academic OneFile is both authoritative and comprehensive. With millions of articles available in both PDF and HTML full-text with no restrictions, researchers are able to find accurate information quickly. Includes full-text coverage of the New York Times back to 1995. Updated daily. [Titles List]
- Computer Database
  For researchers who need to keep pace with the fast changing world of high technology, Computer Database is their Internet- accessible reference solution. With Computer Database, library users can access today's most well-read and influential periodicals on the computer, telecommunications and electronics industries -- all in one seamless search. [Title List]
- Educator's Reference Complete This collection of more than 1,100 periodicals and 200 reports is a great resource for any educator -- from the school teacher and administrator to those studying in the field at the collegiate and graduate level. Educator's Reference Complete is the perfect complement for any library that utilizes the ERIC database, because it provides full-text results for nearly half of the journal titles found in ERIC. This database covers multiple levels of education from preschool to college, and every educational specialty -- such as technology, bilingual education, health education, and testing. Educator's Reference Complete also focuses on issues in administration, funding and policy. [Titles List]
- Expanded Academic ASAP
  Includes more than 6,000 full-text titles; more than 3,000 refereed journals; five newspaper indexes -- a total of nearly 10,200 titles in all with more than 25 years of backfile coverage from 1980 to present; Gale support and training; and much more. General OneFile puts approximately 50 million database records at your users' fingertips with a single search query. [Titles List]
- Gale Virtual Reference Library
  Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. These reference materials once were accessible only in the library, but now you can access them online from the library or remotely 24/7.
- General OneFile
  This single electronic resource provides instant access to an unprecedented number of periodicals. Users rely on General OneFile for instant access to periodical and news content and indexing from a variety of mainstream and specialized sources -- from The New York Times to refereed academic journals. [Title List]
- General BusinessFile ASAP A controlled vocabulary in General BusinessFile ASAP™ enables precise retrieval of periodicals, newspapers, newswires, company profiles and investment reports in a single search. General BusinessFile ASAP™ is a fully international database designed to provide users with unparalleled access to:
  200,000 company profiles
  Thousands of investment reports
  Late-breaking news and event coverage on companies, industries, products and executives
  The latest in business theory, economics and favored practices. [Titles List]
- General Reference Center Gold
  Available 24 hours a day via the Internet, this comprehensive reference database quickly delivers the answers to a wide variety of reference questions both at the library or from remote sites. And InfoTrac®'s powerful, intuitive interface makes it easy for users to search all of these different sources in one seamless process. [Titles List]
- Health and Wellness Resource Center
  This revolutionary resource answers the need for a fully integrated, ever-growing electronic resource center for all levels of health research. Rely on the Health & Wellness Resource Center for instant access to carefully compiled medical reference and periodical materials that your users can trust. [Titles List]
- Health Reference Center - Academic How can you easily provide current, reliable health information for your patrons -- including your nursing and allied health students? Give them access to Health Reference Center -- Academic on InfoTrac® Web. This multi-source database provides access to the full text of nursing and allied health journals, plus the wide variety of personal health information sources in InfoTrac's award-winning Health Reference Center™ plus 40 full-text nursing and allied health journals. All in a single, easy-to-use database, Health Reference Center -- Academic integrates the full text and images of respected nursing, allied health and medical journals; consumer health magazines; newsletters; pamphlets; newspaper articles; topical overviews; and reference books. By subscribing through InfoTrac Web, your library gains 24-hour access to all these full text and image sources, through your preferred interface, with the right technical configuration for your needs. [Titles List]
- InfoTrac Junior
  Designed for junior high and middle school students, InfoTrac® Junior Edition features the titles most critical to their libraries and curriculum. With Junior Edition's diverse perspectives and strong full-text coverage, students will find the answers they need to all their general reference questions -- without lining up at your desk or waiting for titles out on loan. [Title List]
- InfoTrac Religion & Philosophy
  Available 24 hours a day via the Internet, this comprehensive reference database quickly delivers the answers to a wide variety of reference questions both at the library or from remote sites. And InfoTrac®'s powerful, intuitive interface makes it easy for users to search all of these different sources in one seamless process. [Titles List]
- InfoTrac Student
  Designed for secondary school students, InfoTrac® Student Edition is the quick and easy way to do classroom assignments and get answers to general reference questions. Student Edition is comprised of a variety of full-text sources that include the leading magazines, newspapers and reference books that librarians prefer and students enjoy. [Title List]
- Kids InfoBits
  Kids InfoBits targets the research needs of students in Kindergarten through Grade 5. It features a developmentally appropriate and visual graphic interface, a subject-based topic tree search and full-text, age-appropriate, curriculum-related magazine and reference content. [Title List]
- LegaTrac
  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. [Title List]
- Military and Intelligence Database
  Delivers answers for both the novice and the experienced researcher -- all in one seamless search. Subscribe to this comprehensive resource through InfoTrac®Web and your library gains 24-hour, remote access to the right academic sources through your preferred interface with the right technical configuration for your needs. [Title List]
- National Newspaper Index
  National Newspaper Index™ gives you quick access to the indexing of America's top five newspapers in one seamless search: The New York Times (Late and National Editions); The Wall Street Journal (Eastern and Western Editions); The Christian Science Monitor (National Edition); The Washington Post (Final Edition); and The Los Angeles Times (Home Edition). [Title List]