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Canada's Information Resource Centre
(Click for more detail)A virtual who's who and what's where in Canada. Canada’s Information Resource Centre now provides online access to four titles that we currently have in our collection:
Canadian Encyclopedia
(Click for more detail)This encyclopedia includes over 40,000 articles and 60,000 photographs, as well as maps, graphs, games, quizzes and videos. Updated regularly, it contains The Encylopedia of Canada, The Youth Encyclopedia of Canada.
Canadian Major Dailies_ProQuest (Formerly Canadian Newsstand)
(Click for more detail)This full-text database includes the complete available electronic backfiles for major national and regional newspapers from 1985 to current, providing full access to the articles, columns, editorials, and features. Content is updated daily. Among the titles are The Globe and Mail, Nat
Canadian Reference Centre
(Click for more detail)Offers access to full-text content from several major publications including Consumer Reports, Canadian Geographic, Maclean's, Time and many more. It also includes full text biographies and a collection of photos, maps and flags.
Canadiana
(Click for more detail)This bilingual online resource offers historical content about Canada from the first European settlers to the early 20th century. This includes digitized books, magazines and government documents and spans 21 languages.
Cantook: French-language eBooks and Audiobooks
(Click for more detail)Popular and classic French-language eBooks and Canadian audiobooks. Compatible with most devices. The app Cantook requires iOS 14 or higher.
CBC Corner
(Click for more detail)CBC Corner - Discover the best Canadian shows, stories & more.
Developed specifically for public libraries, CBC Corner is a digital portal that brings together the wide
Consumer Reports
(Click for more detail)ConsumerReports.org provides unbiased ratings and reviews, recommendations and buying advice from expert Consumer Reports’ testers for thousands of products and services such as cars, electronics, appliances, and more.
Creativebug
(Click for more detail)Learn how to paint, knit, sew, and much more. Creativebug offers thousands of award-winning arts & crafts free video classes and workshops. They are all taught by recognized design experts and artists.
Curio.ca
(Click for more detail)Curio.ca offers access to thousands of commercial-free educational video and audio streams from CBC and Radio-Canada. Categories include Canadian history, health, business, children's programming, Indigenous studies and many others.