Academic Search Premier. An excellent cross-curricular research database of more than 5,900+ magazines and journals, including full text for nearly 3,900 peer-reviewed titles. It also includes more than 75,000 videos from the Associated Press Updated from 1930 to the present. 

Britannica  An excellent encyclopedia with areas devoted to Canadian content.  Easy-to-understand results include not just text, but images, primary resources and multimedia files.

Britannica Science Launch Pads

The Canadian Encyclopedia (English and French)

Canadian Points of View Reference Source  Designed to assist in understanding a full scope of controversial subjects from a uniquely Canadian perspective. Students can use CPOV as a guide to debating, developing arguments, writing position papers, and developing critical thinking skills. 

 Canadian Reference Source. Specifically designed for school libraries in Canada, this database offers a full-text collection of regional and international periodicals, newspapers, and newswires. It also includes thousands of images from the Canadian Press.

CBC Corner (Open Access) CBC/Radio-Canada have partnered to offer you this one-of-a-kind portal to discover unique Canadian and local content including news, TV and radio shows, podcasts, kids content, a language learning app and much more!​ 

Digital Archive Ontario

Explora Secondary Search: Use this interface to cross-search EBSCOHost databases such as Academic Search Premier, Canadian Reference Source, Newspaper Source, and Canadian Points of View Reference Source. Please note that this interface doesn't include all the unique features of each database. If you require full functionality, please use the links to each individual database. 

Google Scholar  Use this simple tool to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other websites.

GreenFILE   This database covers all aspects of the human impact on the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more.

Health Source: This collection of consumer health information provides access to 70 + full-text consumer health magazines along with searchable full-text for current health pamphlets. 

JSTOR​ (Open Access)

Use this simple interface to access a growing collection of open access journals, books, images, and media. 

Newspaper Source: Newspaper Source provides cover-to-cover full-text for 520+ national, international, and regional newspapers. In addition, it offers television and radio news transcripts from major networks. 

Novelist Plus

Our Ontario.ca

Professional Staff Resources: This highly specialized database of full-text content is curated especially for educators, library staff, and education researchers. It includes 457 journals, 278 peer-reviewed, publications. and 229 educational reports. 

Teen Health and Wellness  Topics include diseases, drugs, alcohol, nutrition, mental health and much more.  

World Almanac for Kids (Middle School)

World News Digest  World News Digest serves as an archival record of domestic and international news and covers all major political, social, and economic events since November 1940. 

French Language Database

 Archives Numériques de l'Ontario (Open Access) This French database lets users explore all digitized items held by Toronto Public Library, including over 100,000 historical photos, maps, postcards, and more from Ontario.

Universalis  This French database provides access to more than 38,000 articles, including current issues and trends, 25,000+ media items, a world atlas with over 1400 maps, an integrated dictionary with 122,000+ entries, and a guide to selected Web sites 

Salem Press Online Reference

Statistics Canada

eVideo Platforms

Curio English: This video platform gives teachers and students streaming access to the best educational content from CBC and Radio-Canada. Curio has over 5,000 programs and resources that you can access. 

Curio French See above description.

Learn360: Easy-to-use, media library correlated to Ontario Curriculum Standards, organized for educators, and full of K–12 content from top producers. 

McIntyre Media: With an impressive collection of award-winning content, access streaming videos by subject area with descriptions that include grade levels, running times, and summaries. 

National Film Board Access the National Film Board of Canada’s online resources featuring video-based productions such as full-length films, trailers and clips, in both French and English. These award-winning Canadian film resources support student learning regarding Canadian culture and history.

eMusic Platforms

Naxos Music Library (Onsite access only).  Please see Library staff for offsite login information.  

Naxos MusicBox (Onsite access Only)  See above information.