E-Resources
The Brock Township Public Library subscribes to over 70 electronic databases covering a wide variety of subject areas. We've also included many internet website links that you may find helpful.
E-Databases by Subject
You will need your Brock Township library card to access these e-resources remotely (i.e. from home). Direct access is available at each library branch.
* The databases are organized alphabetically by Subject Area *
Automotive Repair
Chilton's Auto Repair Reference Library
This library represents the most authoritative automotive repair information available to car owners. There are thousands of year, make and model combinations covering the most popular vehicles of the past 30 years, plus additional coverage of specialty models.
Careers, Jobs & Self-Improvement
Career Cruising
This is a fully bilingual database which has been designed to help students and others plan their future. 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 also provides a national database of post-secondary schools which includes detailed information on colleges, universities and other training opportunities. A new Employment guide and job search feature have recently been added.
Children's Learning, Reading, and Reference Resources
eLibrary Elementary
The ultimate elementary reference resource, eLibrary Elementary offers full-text reference resources that tailors all the media types and search functionality of eLibrary for the young reader and researcher. It's an easy-to-use general reference database designed specifically to engage and guide younger students. With more than 140 magazines, newspapers, books, transcripts, maps, images, educator-approved websites from Homework Central®, plus audio/ video titles, all selected as appropriate for elementary school studies. It is powerful, yet engaging and easy-to-use.
Kids InfoBits
Kids InfoBits targets the research needs of elementary students. 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.
PebbleGo
PebbleGo, the award winning K-3 database for reading and research provided by Eduref and Capstone Publishing, features two distinct databases for Kindergarden to Grade 3 students:
- PebbleGo Animals
- PebbleGo Earth and Space
Both databases have built in reading and research tools, and are expertly leveled for emerging readers. There are audio prompts to support navigation, and all articles include narrated text and highlighting.
TumbleBook Cloud
TumbleBook Cloud is an online collection of read-along titles for middle school and high school students which features adjustable online text and complete audio narration.
TumbleBook Cloud Junior
TumbleBook Cloud Junior is an online collection of read-along titles for elementary school students(Grades 3-6) which features adjustable online text and complete audio narration.
TumbleBook Library
TumbleBook Library is an online collection of over 200 animated, talking e-books for children in Kindergarten up to Grade 6 (approximately).
The collection includes storybook favourites, classic fairytales, and best-selling children’s books. The interface and content can be viewed in English, French or Spanish.
World Book Online for Kids
World Book Online for Kids was developed especially for young public library patrons. The site offers easy-to-read articles and a wealth of engaging multimedia, games, science projects, interactive tools, and activities.
E-Books and Audiobooks
OverDrive
Download digital Audiobooks and eBooks anytime and then transfer to your portable device.
TumbleBook Cloud
TumbleBook Cloud is an online collection of read-along titles for middle school and high school students which features adjustable online text and complete audio narration.
TumbleBook Cloud Junior
TumbleBook Cloud Junior is an online collection of read-along titles for elementary school students(Grades 3-6) which features adjustable online text and complete audio narration.
TumbleBook Library
TumbleBook Library is an online collection of over 200 animated, talking e-books for children in Kindergarten up to Grade 6 (approximately).
The collection includes storybook favourites, classic fairytales, and best-selling children’s books. The interface and content can be viewed in English, French or Spanish.
Audio Book Cloud
Audio Book Cloud is a collection of
streaming audio books for all ages that patrons can listen to online. There are over 1000 books in the following categories: Classics, Fiction, Non-fiction, Children’s books, New Books, and Spanish titles.
Facts & General Reference
Britannica Online Reference Centre
More than just an encyclopedia...journals, biographies, Canadian curriculum support, videos, images, dictionary etc.
Canadian Points of View
A Canadain reference centre for all subject areas.
NoveList French Interface
A french interface of the NoveList database.
Novelist Grades K-8
NoveList K-8 contains enhanced subject access for over 60,000 fiction titles aimed at the K-8 population. Full-text reviews from sources like School Library Journal and Booklist are available for many titles.
NoveList K-8, a fiction database, is designed with a bright, appealing layout, 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 our Grab and Go Book Lists, BookTalks, Picture Book Extenders and more.
Novelist
The NoveList database includes information on more than 180,000 fiction titles for all ages with subject and keyword access; more than 36,000 individiual 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 level.
World Book Online Info Finder
World Book Online Info Finder contains content and features designed for school-aged patrons’ homework and research needs. Based on the World Book Encyclopedia, the site features rich collections of multimedia on a variety of topics, science fair projects; a Biography Center; links to world newspapers, correlations to curriculum standards, 21st century research guides, and much more.
World Book Online Reference Center
World Book Online Reference Center is a powerful reference tool for advanced researchers and information seekers. The site features thousands of e-books, tens of thousands of articles, and hundreds of thousands of primary source documents and features developed especially for public library patrons such as Computer and Web Tutorials, How To... documents, and Government Resources.
World Book French Interface - L'Encyclopédie Découverte
L'Encyclopédie Découverte offers World Book’s excellent editorial content and rich media in French.
World Book Spanish Interface - Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgo
Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos offers World Book’s excellent editorial content, rich media, and interactive features in Spanish.
Genealogy
Ancestry Library Edition
Whether professional or hobbyist, expert or novice, genealogist, or historian—inside the more than 4,000 available databases, here, you can unlock the story of you with sources like censuses, vital records, immigration records, family histories, military records, court and legal documents, directories, photos, maps, and more. *Please note this database is only accessible from within the library branches.
Geography & Travel
A to Z Maps Online
An online atlas.
Global Road Warrior
A database of 175 countries around the world.
Health & Wellness
Consumer Health Complete
Consumer Health Complete™ (CHC) is the single most 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.
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.
CHC offers a unique search interface designed to call attention to the full text content available from many important source-types, and to provide an intuitive means for searching this specific information.
Information provided in this database should not be viewed as a means for self-diagnosis or a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.
Teen Health and Wellness
This e-resource provides teens and young adults, twelve through nineteen 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.
Learning Programs
Mango Languages
Mango is a language learning program teaching practical conversation and cultural awareness for the world's most popular languages. It's the fun, easy and incredibly effective way for travelers of all kinds to learn to speak a foreign language.
Literature
Canadian Literary Centre
The Canadian Literary Centre™ consists of book and reference content from Essays on Canadian Writing Press (ECW Press). ECW Press also provides several individual monographs and biographies, essays and literary criticism. The database includes book reviews, essays, author biographies, and much more.
Canadian Literary Centre features full-text sources such as Canadian Fiction Studies, Canadian Biography Series, Canadian Writers and Their Works (Poetry and Fiction Series), ECW's Biographical Guide to Canadian Novelists, ECW's Guide to Canadian Poets, George Woodcock's Introduction to Canadian Fiction, George Woodcock's Introduction to Canadian Poetry, The Annotated Bibliography of Canada's Major Authors, Essays on Canadian Writing, Books in Canada, Quill & Quire, Textual Studies in Canada, University of Toronto Quarterly and many more.
Newspapers, Magazines & Encyclopedias
Gale Databases
This collection contains thousands of magazine, newspaper, and journal articles, plus reference resources and eBook collections. Many are searchable using Powersearch, Gale's single search query that allows you to search across almost all the Gale content in this collection.
Ready Reference Websites
You do not need your Brock Township library card to access these Useful Links.
Government
ServiceOntario
ServiceOntario is now making it easy for you to access the
information, services and resources you need, when and how you
need them. Whether you’re getting married, starting a business
or want to learn more about your workplace or industry, it’s
all here.
MPAC is a not-for-profit corporation funded by all Ontario municipalities. About My PropertyTM has been designed to give you easy access to all the information MPAC has on your property and similar properties in your neighbourhood so you can better understand your property assessment.
Canada Post
Find a postal code, postal office, buy stamps online, change your address/hold mail, rates, etc.
Government of Canada
Access information on Canada, its government, and federal programs and services organized into categories.
ServiceCanada
Service Canada offers single-window access to a wide range of Government of Canada programs and services for citizens through more than 600 points of service located across the country, call centres, and the Internet.
Wikipedia
Le grand dictionnaire terminologique - French/English/Latin translations
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