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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, National Post, Montreal Gazette, Ottawa Citizen, Toronto Star, Regina Leader Post, Edmonton Journal, Vancouver Sun and the Victoria Times Colonist. The Globe and Mail backfile coverage starts in 1977.
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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.
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This bilingual online resource offers historical content about Canada from the first European settlers to the early 20th century.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.
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Popular and classic French-language eBooks and Canadian audiobooks. Compatible with most devices. The app Aldiko Next requires iOS 14 or higher.
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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
variety of CBC and Radio-Canada digital content and resources into a single experience
This one-of-a-kind digital portal allows you to access a wide variety of content including
trusted news, local stories, entertaining TV and radio shows, award-winning podcasts,
educational kids content, innovative podcasts, a free English and French language
learning app, news in foreign languages, and much more!
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Le Centre de documentation du Canada offre désormais accès en ligne à cinq ouvrages que nous avons actuellement dans notre collection imprimée :
- Répertoire et almanach canadien
La section de l’almanach en ligne comporte ses propres pages et est consultable, tout comme le répertoire.
- Associations du Canada
L’introduction n’est disponible qu’en format PDF; le reste du contenu peut être trouvé à partir du champ de recherche.
- Guide parlementaire canadien
L’introduction n’est disponible qu’en format PDF; le reste du contenu peut être trouvé à partir de divers onglets.
- Canadian Who’s Who
L’accès en ligne comprend sa propre fenêtre de recherche. Il suffit de cliquer sur le titre pour y être dirigé :
- FP Survey Predecessor & Defunct
Il ne peut pas être consulté à partir du champ de recherche, mais une version PDF du livre est disponible.
Cet accès en ligne n’est valable que pour une licence d’utilisation. Si vous n’arrivez pas à ouvrir une session, veuillez réessayer plus tard.
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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 l’analyse qualitative qu’il fait de chaque ouvrage : un résumé en détaille le contenu et un indice d’évaluation établit son public cible et sa valeur ou utilité.
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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. Frequently updated articles, blogs and video content allow consumers to find the latest consumer news — such as product recalls.
Articles from the CR current issue, archives from 2012 to 2022, and a five-year Index are all available.
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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.
Categories include Knitting, Crochet, Art & Design, Paper, Sewing, Quilting, Jewelry, Kids, Food & Home, Holiday & Party, and include beginner and advanced classes.
Videos are completely ad-free. All have public performance rights and can be used by library programs to broadcast virtual Craft-A-Longs via Zoom, Facebook Live, YouTube, etc. Creativebug adds a minimum of 35 pieces of new content a month.
You can create an account using your email address.
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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.
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