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CHOIX Média

Riche de quelque 800 000 références, ChoixMédia recense chaque année de 40 000 titres en langue française, dans tous les domaines et pour tous les publics, sur de multiples supports (livres, DVD, disques compacts, logiciels, etc). ChoixMédia se démarque par...

CHOIX Média

EduMedia

Short animations in English, French, Arabic, Spanish, and Russian, amongst other languages, with complementary texts to learn about scientific concepts.

EduMedia

Encyclopædia Universalis

Encyclopædia Universalis Junior

Encyclopédie en ligne entièrement en français spécialement conçue pour les enfants et pour les jeunes adolescents.

Encyclopædia Universalis Junior

Encyclopédie Découverte

Articles include maps, photos, illustrations, diagrams, audio clips, statistics, links to related information and citation information. Icons also direct users to a dictionary, photo gallery, list of activities and web links. Subject areas include people, plants and animals, places, history...

Encyclopédie Découverte

Eureka.cc

The database allows searchable access to full articles, columns and features from the major French-Canadian newspapers and certain magazines such as Protégez-vous and L`Actualité. News sources include full-text articles from Le Droit, Le Devoir, La Presse, Le Soleil and SRC...

Eureka.cc

Généalogie Québec

In-Library Use Only. Provides access to over 42,000,000 images and files from the origins of New France to today, drawn from the search tools of the Drouin Genealogical Institute. Includes baptism and death certificates (1621-1849), the Fond Drouin registries from...

Généalogie Québec: Available for in-library use only

L’amour des temps

Online courses to improve your French grammar.

L’amour des temps

PRDH (Programme de recherche en démographie historique)

In-Library Use Only. Database containing a directory of civil status records (baptisms, marriages and burials) in Quebec (1621-1799), a genealogical dictionary of families (1621-1765) and a directory of couples and descendants. The PRDH’s mandate is to help piece together the...

PRDH (Programme de recherche en démographie historique): Available for in-library use only