Online Resources
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These online resources include full text magazine articles, newspaper articles, eBooks and other copyrighted materials. They can be searched by keyword, subject, author and title.
Many of the online resources are available through the St. Catharines Public Library website, whether from the library, home, school or work. You will need your 14-digit library card number to access them from outside the library.
Please click on the appropriate tab to display relevant databases or browse them alphabetically.
Browse by Subject
(click to expand subject)General Topics
| Biography in Context Contains nearly 1,000,000 biographical entries on a wide variety of notable figures, both contemporary and historical. |
| Canada in Context |
| Canadian Points of View Reference Centre Multiple viewpoints on current topics of interest with a Canadian focus. |
| Canadian Reference Centre Canadian information; includes biographies, photographs, maps, flags. |
| CBCA Canadian magazines, newspapers and wire services. |
| CPI-Q Canadian topics; includes Globe & Mail. |
| General OneFile A single source for quick access to general and specialized topics. |
| General Reference Center Gold Articles on popular topics. |
| Global Issues in Context |
| MasterFILE Complete Magazine and newspaper articles. |
| Power Search Search all available Thomson Gale resources together. |
| Salem History Salem History is a robust online database that includes the complete content of printed reference sets, including Milestone Documents, The Decades, Great Lives from History, and Great Events from History. |
Newspapers
| InfoTrac Newsstand |
| St. Catharines Standard St. Catharines Standard - Archives Search Note: This is currently only available from within the library |
Business and Consumer
| CARDonline Provides advertising rates, in-depth media listings and media planning information for those interested in advertising, marketing, PR and communications. Updated daily. |
| Grant Connect Contains information and contact numbers for over 2200 Canadian grant-making foundations and 150 American agencies with a history of granting to Canada. |
Genealogy & Local History
| Ancestry Library Edition Search Historical Records, Stories & Publications and Photos & Maps (Note: This is currently only available from within the library) |
| Local Names Index This online index contains notices for Births, Marriages, Deaths, Adoptions, Anniversaries, Birthdays, Engagements, etc. The index starts from January 1, 1900 and records have been entered up to the early 1920s. Historical records are being entered daily. |
Health & Medicine
| AltHealth Watch Complementary and alternative medicine. |
| Consumer Health Complete Health topics. |
| GVRL: Health & Medical Ebooks on health topics. |
| Health Source – Consumer Edition Health topics. |
| Salem Health Salem Health brings online access to Salem Press award-winning health reference works, including Magill's Medical Guide, Salem Health: Cancer, Salem Health: Psychology & Mental Health, and Salem Health: Genetics & Inherited Diseases. |
| Teen Health & Wellness A unique resource for young people on health -physical, mental and emotional - as well as nutrition, drugs & alcohol, sexuality and family life. |
Careers
| Career Cruising Interactive career guidance, course information. |
Computers
| Computer Database Product information, news and reviews on software, hardware and technology. |
Legal Topics
| LegalTrac Mainly US information from legal periodicals. Contains a few Canadian sources. |
Language Learning
| Mango Languages Learn a new language with Mango! This interactive, self-paced resource is designed to help you learn common conversational words and phrases in one of 49 different languages. Great for vacationers and ESL students! |
Literature
| Audio Book Cloud Access a wide selection of free, online audio books! |
| GVRL: Literature Ebooks from Thomson Gale. |
| Literature Resource Center Critical analysis and biographies. |
| Novelist Find new books to read; includes reviews, award-winners. |
| Salem Literature Salem Literature is a robust online database that includes the complete content of printed reference sets, including Critical Survey of Long Fiction and Critical Survey of Poetry, Magill's Literary Annual and Masterplots, Fourth Edition. |
| What Do I Read Next? Find books by author, series, plot or genre. |
Military
| Military and Intelligence Database Information on military history, aerospace, engineering and more |
Practice Tests
| LearningExpress Library Practice tests and tutorials for most standard tests for school, college and the workplace. |
Science
| Access Science Science Reference Materials. |
| Salem Science Salem Science is a robust online database that includes the complete content of printed reference sets, including Encyclopedia of Global Resources, Encyclopedia of Global Warming, Forensic Science, The Solar System and Encyclopedia of Environmental Issues. |
Religion
| Religion and Philosophy Collection Research different religions and philosophies in periodicals and reference sources |
Elementary & YA Resources
| Ebsco's Kids Search For students in kindergarten through grade 8. |
| Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia This database provides over 25,000 encyclopedia entries covering a broad variety of subject areas. |
| InfoTrac Student Edition Magazine, newspaper and reference materials designed for secondary level students. |
| InfoTrac Student Edition (K-12) Magazine, newspaper and reference materials designed for secondary level students. |
| Kids Infobits Especially for Kindergarten to Grade 5 |
| Novelist K-8 Find new books to read, reviews, award-winners. |
| PebbleGo A research database for PreK-Grade 3 containing 2 databases: PebbleGo Animals & PebbleGo Earth and Space. Includes age appropriate text, games, read-along audio and word-by-word highlighting. |
| Primary Search Magazine and newspaper articles. |
| Tumble Book Cloud Access over 400 free audio and e-books for middle and high school students including chapter books, graphic novels and educational videos. |
| Tumble Book Cloud Jr. Contains over 300 free audio and e-books designed for readers in grades 3-6. |
| TumbleBooks Library (K-6) Read-a-long with this collection of animated, talking picture books! |
| World Book |
Browse by Subject
(click to expand subject)General Topics
| Biography in Context Contains nearly 1,000,000 biographical entries on a wide variety of notable figures, both contemporary and historical. |
| Canada in Context |
| Canadian Points of View Reference Centre Multiple viewpoints on current topics of interest with a Canadian focus. |
| Canadian Reference Centre Canadian information; includes biographies, photographs, maps, flags. |
| CBCA Canadian magazines, newspapers and wire services. |
| CPI-Q Canadian topics; includes Globe & Mail. |
| General OneFile A single source for quick access to general and specialized topics. |
| General Reference Center Gold Articles on popular topics. |
| Global Issues in Context |
| Power Search Search all available Thomson Gale resources together. |
| Salem History Salem History is a robust online database that includes the complete content of printed reference sets, including Milestone Documents, The Decades, Great Lives from History, and Great Events from History. |
Newspapers
| InfoTrac Newsstand |
| St. Catharines Standard St. Catharines Standard - Archives Search Note: This is currently only available from within the library |
Business and Consumer
| CARDonline Provides advertising rates, in-depth media listings and media planning information for those interested in advertising, marketing, PR and communications. Updated daily. |
| Grant Connect Contains information and contact numbers for over 2200 Canadian grant-making foundations and 150 American agencies with a history of granting to Canada. |
Genealogy & Local History
| Ancestry Library Edition Search Historical Records, Stories & Publications and Photos & Maps (Note: This is currently only available from within the library) |
| Local Names Index This online index contains notices for Births, Marriages, Deaths, Adoptions, Anniversaries, Birthdays, Engagements, etc. The index starts from January 1, 1900 and records have been entered up to the early 1920s. Historical records are being entered daily. |
Health & Medicine
| AltHealth Watch Complementary and alternative medicine. |
| Consumer Health Complete Health topics. |
| GVRL: Health & Medical Ebooks on health topics. |
| Health Source – Consumer Edition Health topics. |
| Salem Health Salem Health brings online access to Salem Press award-winning health reference works, including Magill's Medical Guide, Salem Health: Cancer, Salem Health: Psychology & Mental Health, and Salem Health: Genetics & Inherited Diseases. |
Careers
| Career Cruising Interactive career guidance, course information. |
Computers
| Computer Database Product information, news and reviews on software, hardware and technology. |
Legal Topics
| LegalTrac Mainly US information from legal periodicals. Contains a few Canadian sources. |
Language Learning
| Mango Languages Learn a new language with Mango! This interactive, self-paced resource is designed to help you learn common conversational words and phrases in one of 49 different languages. Great for vacationers and ESL students! |
Literature
| Audio Book Cloud Access a wide selection of free, online audio books! |
| GVRL: Literature Ebooks from Thomson Gale. |
| Literature Resource Center Critical analysis and biographies. |
| Novelist Find new books to read; includes reviews, award-winners. |
| Salem Literature Salem Literature is a robust online database that includes the complete content of printed reference sets, including Critical Survey of Long Fiction and Critical Survey of Poetry, Magill's Literary Annual and Masterplots, Fourth Edition. |
| What Do I Read Next? Find books by author, series, plot or genre. |
Military
| Military and Intelligence Database Information on military history, aerospace, engineering and more |
Practice Tests
| LearningExpress Library Practice tests and tutorials for most standard tests for school, college and the workplace. |
Science
| Access Science Science Reference Materials. |
| Salem Science Salem Science is a robust online database that includes the complete content of printed reference sets, including Encyclopedia of Global Resources, Encyclopedia of Global Warming, Forensic Science, The Solar System and Encyclopedia of Environmental Issues. |
Religion
| Religion and Philosophy Collection Research different religions and philosophies in periodicals and reference sources |
Browse by Subject
(click to expand subject)General Topics
| Biography in Context Contains nearly 1,000,000 biographical entries on a wide variety of notable figures, both contemporary and historical. |
| Canada in Context |
| Canadian Points of View Reference Centre Multiple viewpoints on current topics of interest with a Canadian focus. |
| CBCA Canadian magazines, newspapers and wire services. |
| CPI-Q Canadian topics; includes Globe & Mail. |
| General OneFile A single source for quick access to general and specialized topics. |
| Global Issues in Context |
| Power Search Search all available Thomson Gale resources together. |
| Salem History Salem History is a robust online database that includes the complete content of printed reference sets, including Milestone Documents, The Decades, Great Lives from History, and Great Events from History. |
Newspapers
| InfoTrac Newsstand |
| St. Catharines Standard St. Catharines Standard - Archives Search Note: This is currently only available from within the library |
Health & Medicine
| Salem Health Salem Health brings online access to Salem Press award-winning health reference works, including Magill's Medical Guide, Salem Health: Cancer, Salem Health: Psychology & Mental Health, and Salem Health: Genetics & Inherited Diseases. |
| Teen Health & Wellness A unique resource for young people on health -physical, mental and emotional - as well as nutrition, drugs & alcohol, sexuality and family life. |
Careers
| Career Cruising Interactive career guidance, course information. |
Language Learning
| Mango Languages Learn a new language with Mango! This interactive, self-paced resource is designed to help you learn common conversational words and phrases in one of 49 different languages. Great for vacationers and ESL students! |
Literature
| Audio Book Cloud Access a wide selection of free, online audio books! |
| GVRL: Literature Ebooks from Thomson Gale. |
| Literature Resource Center Critical analysis and biographies. |
| Novelist Find new books to read; includes reviews, award-winners. |
| Salem Literature Salem Literature is a robust online database that includes the complete content of printed reference sets, including Critical Survey of Long Fiction and Critical Survey of Poetry, Magill's Literary Annual and Masterplots, Fourth Edition. |
| What Do I Read Next? Find books by author, series, plot or genre. |
Practice Tests
| LearningExpress Library Practice tests and tutorials for most standard tests for school, college and the workplace. |
Science
| Salem Science Salem Science is a robust online database that includes the complete content of printed reference sets, including Encyclopedia of Global Resources, Encyclopedia of Global Warming, Forensic Science, The Solar System and Encyclopedia of Environmental Issues. |
Elementary & YA Resources
| Ebsco's Kids Search For students in kindergarten through grade 8. |
| Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia This database provides over 25,000 encyclopedia entries covering a broad variety of subject areas. |
| InfoTrac Student Edition Magazine, newspaper and reference materials designed for secondary level students. |
| InfoTrac Student Edition (K-12) Magazine, newspaper and reference materials designed for secondary level students. |
| Novelist K-8 Find new books to read, reviews, award-winners. |
| Tumble Book Cloud Access over 400 free audio and e-books for middle and high school students including chapter books, graphic novels and educational videos. |
| Tumble Book Cloud Jr. Contains over 300 free audio and e-books designed for readers in grades 3-6. |
| World Book |
Browse by Subject
(click to expand subject)Elementary & YA Resources
| Ebsco's Kids Search For students in kindergarten through grade 8. |
| Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia This database provides over 25,000 encyclopedia entries covering a broad variety of subject areas. |
| InfoTrac Student Edition Magazine, newspaper and reference materials designed for secondary level students. |
| InfoTrac Student Edition (K-12) Magazine, newspaper and reference materials designed for secondary level students. |
| Kids Infobits Especially for Kindergarten to Grade 5 |
| Novelist K-8 Find new books to read, reviews, award-winners. |
| PebbleGo A research database for PreK-Grade 3 containing 2 databases: PebbleGo Animals & PebbleGo Earth and Space. Includes age appropriate text, games, read-along audio and word-by-word highlighting. |
| Primary Search Magazine and newspaper articles. |
| Tumble Book Cloud Access over 400 free audio and e-books for middle and high school students including chapter books, graphic novels and educational videos. |
| Tumble Book Cloud Jr. Contains over 300 free audio and e-books designed for readers in grades 3-6. |
| TumbleBooks Library (K-6) Read-a-long with this collection of animated, talking picture books! |
| World Book |
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Use our All-in-One search to find articles in magazines, journals, newspapers, encyclopedias and directories, as well as materials in our catalogue. |
