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.
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.
Grzimek's Animal Life
Grzimek's Animal LIfe is an image-rich, dynamic online resource featuring more than 4,000 species categorized by Amphibians, Reptiles and Birds, Fish, Insects, Mammals and Simple Aquatic Life, including information on evolution, habitat, behavior, range and more. Immersive tools like interactive range maps and an intuitive interface let users discover while also supporting serious academic research. Features include translation into 11 languages; ReadSpeaker text-to-speech translation; ability to download, print, bookmark, and share through popular social networking and other online applications.
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 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.
E-Books and Audiobooks
OverDrive
Download digital Audiobooks and eBooks anytime and then transfer to your portable device.
TumbleReadables
Tumble Readables is an online collection of read-along titles for elementary, middle school, and high school students which features adjustable online text and complete audio narration.
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 curriculm support, videos, images, dictionary etc.
Canada Info Desk
Canada's information resource centre - instant access to all things Canadian.
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.
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.
House, Home, Crafts & Do-It-Yourself
Hobbies and Crafts Reference Centre
Hobbies & Crafts Reference Center™ provides comprehensive full-text content for many of the most popular hobbies, crafts and recreation activities today.
Content includes:
- Full text for more than 1,000 magazines and books
- Access to more than 720 videos
- More than 160 hobby profiles
- Over 3,000 recipes from various collections such as Health Recipes from CooksAids and Healthy Recipes from the U.S. Government
This database offers detailed "how-to" instructions and creative ideas to meet the interests of virtually every hobby enthusiast. Full text is provided from leading hobby and craft magazines, including Bead & Button, Birder's World, Creative Knitting, FineScale Modeler, Quilter's World, and many more.
Home Improvement Reference Centre
Home Improvement Reference Center™ is the definitive online tool for home improvement assistance, including: maintenance, remodeling, electrical work, plumbing, wood projects, outdoor improvements, decorating home & garden, etc.
This comprehensive resource contains 24 major reference works in full text with more than 10,000 images (none found available online anywhere else). Additionally, the database contains nearly 100 videos of popular home repair projects, a convenient A-Z browsing tool, and full-text magazines (e.g. This Old House). Remote access is available for library patrons for use from home.
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 similiar properties in your neighbourhood so you can better understand your property assessment.
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.
Government of Canada
Access information on Canada, its government, and federal programs and services organized into categories.
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