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Online Research Tools
Trying to find information online? Not sure if you can trust the information found on Google? Your library can help you! Our online resources provide a wealth of authoritative and trustworthy information on a wide variety of subjects, and can be used both in the library and at home.
If you are not sure which of our resources can help you, try to identify the subject area of the information you are looking for. Art- Oxford Art Online
The foremost scholarly art encyclopedia covers all aspects of Western and non-Western visual art. It features more than 45,000 articles (more than 21,000 biographies and 500,000 bibliographical citations) contributed by 6,700 scholars from 120 countries.
Associations- Associations Unlimited
Information about associations and professional societies, listings for nonprofit membership organizations of U.S. national, regional, state, and local, or international scope; in addition to 144,000 listings of the Encyclopedia of Associations (EA) series and 300,000 additional nonprofit organizations.
Books and Authors- Canadian Book Review Annual
The Canadian Book Review Annual (CBRA) provides Canadians with an evaluation guide to all the English-language, Canadian-authored scholarly, reference, trade, children's, and youth books published in Canada each year.
- Canadian Literary Centre
Biographies, essays, literary criticism and book reviews.
- Contemporary Authors
Biographical information and reviews for modern popular authors, poets, novelists, playwrights, journalists and more.
- NovelistPlus
NoveList® Plus is here to help libraries and their patrons find the next great read. With well over 200,000 fiction and readable nonfiction titles included, plus feature content including lists of award-winning books, Book Discussion Guides, BookTalks, Recommended Reads and more, NoveList Plus is a complete readers' resource.
Business- Business Book Summaries
Business Book Summaries extracts the key concepts of the best business books, enabling executives, managers and individual contributors to quickly keep abreast of the latest in business thought. Following a rigorous selection process, expertly-written summaries are created for the top business books published each year. The BBS library offers hundreds of summaries with new ones added weekly.
- Business Source Elite
Contains business information dating back to 1985. Also includes over 5,000 company profiles.
- Regional Business News
Comprehensive coverage of regional U.S. journals, newspapers and newswires.
Canada- Canadian Almanac and Directory
Access thousands of records on Canadian organizations, her government, business, schools and financial and cultural institutions. Everything from her Prime Ministers to her zoos is just a click away in this remarkable group of carefully maintained databases known for their breadth and accuracy of information on Canada.
- Canadian Points of View Reference Centre
Covers 100 topics presenting an overview, a point, a counterpoint, and a Critical Thinking Guide for each topic. It is a tool designed to provide students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue. Topics covered include: environment, health, human rights, crime, race, technology, substance abuse, and many more. Canadian Points of View Reference Centre provides the basis from which students can realize and develop persuasive arguments and essays, better understand controversial issues and develop analytical thinking skills.
- Canadian Reference Centre
Includes leading Canadian and international magazines, newspapers, reference books.
- The Canadian Encyclopedia
Information on all Canadian topics. Includes the Canadian Encyclopedia, Youth Encyclopedia, Encyclopedia of Music in Canada, Feature Articles and Maclean’s Magazine.
Children- Novelist K-8
NoveList K-8 contains materials for all K-8 grade levels and includes picture books, children's "chapter" books and young adult titles. Updated monthly, NoveList K-8 is your starting place for learning about the books that you and your students need and will want to read!
- Tumble Books
Access e-books, language learning, read-alongs, puzzles & games for children.
- World Book Kids
Based on World Book's award-winning Discovery Encyclopedia, World Book Kids includes thousands of easy-to-read articles, engaging images and illustrations, interactive games and activities, and teacher resources.
Computers- Computer Tutorials
Free online tutorials for Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Access), Internet Explorer and Windows 2000/XP.
- Computers & Applied Sciences Complete
Covers the research and development spectrum of the computing and applied sciences disciplines. It contains collected knowledge on traditional engineering challenges and research, and is a resource for research concerning the business and social implications of new technology.
eBooks & eAudiobooks- Overdrive
Can't make it into the library but you need a good read? Your Library now offers Overdrive downloadable audiobooks and eBooks free to Library members.
The digital version of a print book (eBook) can be read on your computer, laptop or PDA. Audiobooks can be downloaded to an MP3 player or other portable device.
Quickly and easily place holds and download materials. Once your requested materials download, you have the materials for three weeks. After that time, the materials are automatically returned. You never have to worry about late fees.
Dive right in or visit the quick start guide to get started!
Education- Education Research Complete
Education Research Complete provides indexing and abstracts for more than 2,100 journals, as well as full text for more than 1,200 journals, and includes full text for nearly 500 books and monographs. Topics covered include all levels of education from early childhood to higher education, and all educational specialties, such as multilingual education, health education, and testing.
- Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC)
Education-related documents and journals.
- Teacher Reference Center
Teacher Reference Center provides indexing and abstracts for 280 of the most popular teacher and administrator journals and magazines to assist professional educators.
Encyclopedias and Dictionaries- Britannica Online Library Edition
A complete research tool that includes encyclopedia, dictionary, atlas, world data, the classics, biographies, news, multimedia, and more.
- Credo Reference
Credo Reference is a digital collection of more than 400 reference works, from over 70 of the world's leading publishers. A wide range of subjects are covered including art, biographies, business, crossword solver, dictionaries (including bilingual), encyclopedias, history, literature, measurement conversions, National Gallery images, quotations, science and technology.
- Gale Virtual Reference Library
Access to over 1,700 electronic reference titles on virtually any subject, including health, science, art, history, biography and more.
- Oxford English Dictionary
The most authoritative and comprehensive dictionary of English.
- Oxford Reference Online
Brings together language and subject reference works from one of the world's biggest reference publishers into a single cross-searchable resource.
- World Book Online
More than 26,000 articles as well as more than 12,000 pictures and maps, and 7,000 links to editor-approved websites useful in helping students constructively explore topics further. You can also choose from three unique modules: World Book for Kids, Educator's Tool and Research Libraries.
Environment- Environment Complete
Offers deep coverage in applicable areas of agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, renewable energy sources, natural resources, marine and freshwater science, geography, pollution and waste management, environmental technology, environmental law, public policy, social impacts, urban planning, and more.
Film and TelevisionGarden and Horticulture- AGRICultural Online Access (AGRICOLA)
Listings include all aspects of agriculture as well as plant and animal sciences, forestry, soil and water resources, alternative farming practices, food and nutrition.
- Garden, Landscape & Horticulture Index
The premier resource for accessto articles about gardens and plants. Topics include horticulture, botany,garden and landscape design and history, ecology, plant and garden
conservation, garden management, and horticultural therapy.
Health- ALT Health Watch
In-depth coverage of alternative, holistic and integrated approaches to health and wellness.
- Health Source - Consumer Edition
Includes information on medical sciences, food sciences, nutrition, childcare, sports medicine.
- Health Source - Nursing/Academic
Features over 550 scholarly journals on many medical disciplines.
- MEDLINE
Provides medical information on nursing, dentistry, and veterinary medicine.
- MedlinePlus
This is a free service of US National Library of Medicine and the National Institute of health.
History and GenealogyHobbies and Crafts- Hobbies & Crafts Reference Center
Full-text content for many popular hobbies, crafts and recreation activities. More than 500 magazines and books, as well as access to 333 videos and 144 hobby reports are included. Hobbies & Crafts Reference Centre offers detailed "how-to" instructions and creative ideas in the areas of arts and crafts; collecting; games and electronics; model building; home and leisure; needlework; outdoors and nature; and scrapbooking and papercrafts.
Home and Auto- Auto Repair Reference Center
Complete automotive repair information for both domestic and foreign models from 1954 on.
- Home Improvement Reference Center
A full text database that focuses on home improvement and home repair. Thousands of repairs are available in the areas of outdoor projects, electrical projects, remodeling projects, plumbing projects, wood projects, decorating projects and maintenance.
- Small Engine Repair Reference Center
Complete repair information for all terrain vehicles, generators, boat motors, motorcycles, outdoor power equipment, personal water craft, snow mobiles and tractors.
Languages- Auralog
Language learning software featuring speech recognition, self-assessment, as well as cultural activities. You can now learn German, French, English (ESL), Dutch, Italian, or Spanish through our library!
Law- CanLII
CanLII is a non-profit organization managed by the Federation of Law Societies of Canada. CanLII's goal is to make Canadian law accessible for free on the Internet. Both statutes and case law are searchable through CanLII.
Local Paper Archives- Sun Media Corporation Library Archives
Complete editions of the Grande Prairie Herald-Tribune are electronically archived back to Nov. 1, 1999.
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Music- Alexander Street's African American Music
Covering jazz, blues, gospel, and other forms of African American musical expression, African American Music brings 50,000 tracks of music to your desktop - the first online resource to document the history of African American music in sound. Identify the music and performances you want to hear, and then click to hear the music through speakers or headphones.
- Alexander Street's American Song
An historical collection containing 50,000 songs that users listen to over the Internet. Hear and feel the music from our past. Much more than a repository of well known classics like Yankee Doodle and The Star Spangled Banner, this resource includes music that relates to almost every walk of American life, every ethnic group, and every time period. You'll find songs by and about American Indians, miners, immigrants, slaves, children, pioneers, and cowboys. There are the songs of Civil Rights, political campaigns, Prohibition, the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, and anti-war protests. Hymns, funny songs, college songs, sea shanties, shape note songs, and topics as diverse as New York and electricity
- Alexander Street's Classical Music Library
This fully searchable classical music resource contains a comprehensive collection of distinguished classical recordings. It includes tens of thousands of licensed recordings that users can listen to over the Internet. The audio selections are cross-referenced to a database of supplementary reference information.
- Alexander Street's Contemporary World Music
Delivers the sounds of all regions from every continent, for scholarship and pure enjoyment, online through speakers or headsets. Enjoy a rich and deeply indexed source for research in musicology, ethnomusicology, anthropology, folklore, and performance studies. Specially developed controlled vocabularies allow for searching and browsing by instrument, country, region, artist, genre, recording label, and other categories. Search, click, and listen to 50,000 tracks of reggae, worldbeat, neo-traditional, world fusion, Balkanic jazz, African film, Bollywood, Arab swing and jazz, and other genres. There is also traditional music -- Indian classical, fado, flamenco, klezmer, zydeco, gospel, gagaku, and more.
- Alexander Street's Smithsonian Global Sound for Libraries®
A virtual encyclopedia of the world's musical and aural traditions. The collection includes an extraordinary array of more than 35,000 individual tracks of music, spoken word, and natural and human-made sounds.
- Oxford Music Online
Offers more than 8,000 articles on composers, performers, conductors, individual works, instruments and notation, forms and genres.
Newspapers and MagazinesPsychologyScholarly Journals- Academic Search Elite
Scholarly journals covering every area of academic study.
- Expanded Academic ASAP
From arts and the humanities to social sciences, science and technology, this database meets research needs across all academic disciplines. Access scholarly journals, magazines, and newspapers - many with full text and images. Delivers answers for both the novice and the experienced researcher.
Science- Access Science
Over 8,500 online encyclopedia articles and 15,000 illustrations from the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology 10th Edition.
Theatre and Dance- International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance with Full Text
The definitive research tool for the study of theatre and the performing arts. These volumes comprise a fully indexed, cross -referenced and annotated databank of over 60,000 journal articles, books, book articles and dissertation abstracts on all aspects of theatre and performance in 126 countries.
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