Nonfiction eBooks in French and English with a focus on Science and Social Studies. 

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Features millions of images and video clips for all curriculum areas. Project ideas.

Includes thousands of curriculum-aligned encyclopedia articles, as well as educational videos, images, magazines and journals, learning games, and more available in three levels—Elementary, Middle, and High. Updated monthly. 

A collection of fiction and nonfiction read-aloud eBooks for reading engagement at a range of levels.  

Fiction & nonfiction eBooks and eAudiobooks for reading engagement at a range of levels. 

Provides primary source and cultural information about Canadian provinces and territories, as well as countries around the world. Includes statistics, interviews, images, national anthems, recipes, infographics, and maps. 

A collection of eBooks in English and French. Picture books, chapter books, fiction and nonfiction at a range of levels. 

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Articles on animals, science and social studies topics for beginning inquiry and reading engagement with vocabulary support and read-aloud features. Includes “Read More” tab with access to eBooks.  

A variety of science topics for inquiry and reading engagement with vocabulary support and read-aloud features.   

Toronto Star ePaper edition, viewable via PressReader. Newspaper-like experience of flipping through pages of the print edition of The Star, with enhanced interactives features. 

Animated, read-aloud picture books, novels, graphic novels and nonfiction for reading engagement at a range of levels. Includes Canadian content and French language titles.  

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Features animated, read-aloud math picture books.  

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eBooks include graphic novels, intermediate chapter books, young adult novels, nonfiction, and audiobooks; many titles with read-aloud for reading engagement at a range of levels.  

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Explora K-6: Over 180,000 full-text articles from popular children’s magazines, easy-to-read encyclopedic entries and over 1.8 million images on a wide variety of topics for elementary student inquiry. 

Explora 7-12: Searches Canadian Literary Centre, Canadian Points of View, Canadian Reference Centre, History Reference Center, Science Reference Center, and other EBSCO databases for 7-12 research and inquiry.  

Advanced Placement Source: An online collection of journals, magazines, and images for academic research designed to meet the needs of high school students enrolled in various Advanced Placement (AP) or International Baccalaureate (IB) courses.

Canadian Reference Centre: Includes leading Canadian periodicals and international periodicals in full text, full-text reference books, thousands of full-text biographies, and an image collection containing thousands of photos, maps and flags. The collection includes images from Canadian Press.  

Canadian Literary Centre: With a deliberate Canadian focus, this database consists of book and reference content from Essays on Canadian Writing Press (ECW Press). ECW Press also provides several individual monographs, author biographies, essays, literary criticism and book reviews. 

Canadian Points of View: Containing resources that present multiple sides of a current issue — including information on key topics of interest to Canadian researchers — this database helps students develop persuasive arguments and essays, better understand controversial issues, and develop analytical thinking skills. 

History Reference Center: Covering both U.S. and world history topics, History Reference Center is a full-text database featuring historical reference books, magazines, journals and thousands of primary source documents.  

Science Reference Center: Full text resources from hundreds of science magazines, journals, encyclopedias, reference books and a vast collection of images. 

Literary Reference Center: Full-text resources for information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and timeframes. Gives students, teachers and librarians a complete foundation of literary reference works to meet their research needs. 

Gale eBooks: Reference eBook collection supporting secondary science, social sciences and humanities curriculum. 

Gale in Context - Global Issues: Articles, biographies, images, videos, and more to support global awareness, inquiry, and critical thinking, including 250 different country topic pages and over 400 pages on specific issues for searching or browsing.

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A French-language reference resource designed for students with over 4,000 articles (including 1,800 articles in French and English for bilingual education) featuring maps, integrated dictionary, animations, charts, images, and videos. 

Features books and magazines focused on Indigenous perspectives. Each magazine edition features a different Nation.  

NoveList: Includes over 19,500 bilingual articles on Canada’s history, people, and stories. Includes interactive timelines and images.  

NoveList: A collection of information about books for reading suggestions helping readers of all ages find just the right book to read, includes expert recommendations, reviews, articles, lists and more.  

NoveList K-8: Created specifically for kids and the adults who work with them, this online database encourages reading success. Kids can use it to find books that are just right for their reading level and interests. Parents, teachers, and librarians can also use it to find tools to teach with books and engage young readers.  

Teen Health & Wellness: Nonjudgmental, straightforward articles for 7-12 students on a variety of health & well-being topics. All content is reviewed by professionals in the relevant field.  

Fully bilingual streaming platform with thousands of full-length video programs, documentaries, feature films, short edu-clips and podcasts.  

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National Film Board: Streaming videos on issues of global importance from a Canadian perspective including documentaries, animations, experimental films, fiction and interactive works for K-12 Canadian curriculum, critical thinking, and student engagement. 

Curio: Streaming educational video and audio from CBC and Radio-Canada for K-12. Canadian curriculum, critical thinking, current events and student engagement.  

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TVO in the Classroom: Streaming videos, articles, and games to support Ontario K-12 curriculum.