Free Online Research Databases for

Patrons of the Collingwood Library:

Call the Reference Department at 705 445-1571 x6227 with any questions.

Access to a wide selection of online databases
through EBSCO Host including:

Consumer Health Complete

Home Improvement Reference Center

Small Engine Repair Reference Center

Canadian Points of View

Hobbies and Crafts Reference Center

ConsumerReports.org

Consumer Health Information – French (Canadian)

NoveList

NoveList Plus

Novelist K-8 

NoveList K-8 Plus

NoveList French Interface

NoveList Select 

Literary Reference Center

 

 

 Ancestry Library Edition

 

TumbleBooks (ebooks for kids)

TumbleReadables (online read-along books – all ages)

 

TumbleTalkingBooks (online audio library – all ages)

AtoZMapsOnline.com

The worlds largest subscription-based  database of proprietary, royalty-free world, continent, country, and  state maps. Included in the 4,000+ maps are: political maps, physical  maps, outline maps, population maps, precipitation maps, climate maps,  and other thematic maps. New maps are added to the collection every  month.


Career Cruising:

This is a fully bilingual database which has been designed to help  students and others plan their future. With exceptional assessment  tools, detailed occupation profiles, and comprehensive post-secondary  education information, users move seamlessly through the career  exploration and planning process. Users are able to access hundreds of  detailed occupation profiles – everything from Actuary to Zookeeper.  Profiles include: job descriptions, working conditions, education and  training, earnings, and links to related occupations and other  resources. It provides a national database of post-secondary schools  which includes detailed information on colleges, universities and other  training opportunities.

Mango

Mango’s online language learning tools were designed with libraries in mind! Our   Library Edition includes a variety of resources to help patrons of all kinds   learn practical conversation skills for the world’s most popular languages.

 

Gale Databases

Canadian Reference Centre

Canadian Reference Centre combines Canadian    magazines, newspapers, newswires and reference books to create the largest   collection of regional full text content available to Canadian libraries. 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. This database is updated on a daily basis.

Health Source: Consumer Edition

This database is the richest collection of consumer   health information available to libraries worldwide, providing information on   many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition,   childcare, sports medicine and general health. Health Source: Consumer   Edition features searchable full text for nearly 150 journals. This database   is updated on a daily basis.

 

NoveList

NoveList is a fiction database that provides subject heading   access, reviews, annotations, and much more for over 135,000 fiction titles. It   also includes other content of interest to fiction readers, such as Author   Read-alikes, What We’re Reading, Book Discussion Guides, BookTalks, and   Annotated Book Lists. For school media specialists and teachers there are   Picture Book Extenders and articles on Teaching with Fiction.

 

Culture Grams

Since its beginnings in 1974, the aim of CultureGrams has been to foster   understanding and appreciation of the world’s countries and peoples by creating   and publishing excellent content. Today the CultureGrams series is one of the   most trusted and widely used cultural reference and curriculum products in the   education, government, and non-profit arenas. In 2004, the CultureGrams product   line was acquired by ProQuest Information and Learning, a global leader in   collecting, organizing, and distributing value-added information to researchers,   faculty, and students in over 160 countries.