Peace Library System

e-Resources

e-Resources provide current, reliable information you will not find free on the Internet. Contents include the latest news, articles, business and agricultural information, automotive repair, health news and more.

SCIENCES

  1. Environment Complete Covers environmental aspects of agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, renewable energy sources, natural resources, marine & freshwater science, geography, pollution & waste management, environmental technology, environmental law, public policy, social impacts, and urban planning.

BUSINESS

  1. Regional Business News Comprehensive coverage of regional U.S. journals, newspapers and newswires.
  2. Business Source Elite Contains business information dating back to 1985. Also includes over 5,000 company profiles.

CAREERS

  1. Career Cruising Provides a personal Portfolio tool with a built-in Resume Builder, and provides an employment guide, job search tool, interest and skills assessments as well as information on careers and training.   COMING SOON!

CAR REPAIR

  1. Auto Repair Reference Center Complete automotive repair information for both domestic and foreign models from 1954 on.

HEALTH AND MEDICAL

  1. ALT Health Watch In-depth coverage of alternative, holistic and integrated approaches to health and wellness.
  2. Health Source – Consumer Edition Includes information on medical sciences, food sciences, nutrition, childcare, sports medicine.

HISTORY

  1. Alberta Heritage Digitization Project: Our Future, Our Past Documents related to personal, community, business and government history.
  2. Heritage Quest HeritageQuest line represents the most comprehensive collection of genealogical and local history information available, combined with digital, searchable images of US federal census and records with the digitized version of the popular UMI Genealogy.

LITERATURE AND THE ARTS

  1. Canadian Literary Centre Biographies, essays, literary criticism and book reviews.
  2. 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 the place to start for learning about the books that children and young adults need and will want to read.
  3. Novelist Plus Contains over 200,000 fiction and readable nonfiction titles, book lists, author read-a-likes, book discussion guides, and more.
  4. Canadian Book Review Annual (CBRA Online) Allows users easy access to a comprehensive collection of authoritative reviews of English-language, Canadian-authored scholarly, reference, trade, children's, and youth books published in Canada. This resource offers over 30,000 reviews and over 100 new titles added every month.

NEWSPAPER AND MAGAZINE ARTICLES

  1. Canadian Newsstand Includes major Canadian newspapers including Alberta dailies and weeklies.
  2. Canadian Periodicals Index Quarterly (CPIQ) Covers a broad range of Canadian magazines, biographies and other reference sources.
  3. Canadian Reference Centre Includes leading Canadian and international magazines, newspapers, reference books. 
  4. MasterFILE Premier Source for general reference, business, consumer health, general science and multicultural magazines.

GENERAL REFERENCE   

  1. World Book Online Reference Center Contains 25,000 encyclopedia articles, tens of thousands of additional reference articles, 10,000 photographs and maps, over 100 videos and animations, and over 9000 audio clips.  This link leads to the portal for both World Book Kids and World Book Students.
  2. L’Encyclopédie Decouverte Contains 25,000 encyclopedia articles, tens of thousands of additional reference articles, 10,000 photographs and maps, over 100 videos and animations, and over 9000 audio clips. This link leads to the portal for both World Book Kids and World Book Students.
  3. World Book Advanced Suitable for users grade 8 and above; offers encyclopedia, multimedia, periodical, e-book, and primary source databases in a single search, or use the image search to focus on the site’s rich multimedia; includes dictionary, atlas, and local and country research guides; users can save personal content in an account, including research notes and compilations, citations, and timelines; provides a citation builder and a timeline builder; contains a vast collection of primary source documents and full-text e-books; over 25,000 encyclopedia articles; over 10,000 sounds and pronunciations; thousands of images, editor-selected Web sites, and periodical articles.

EDUCATION

  1. Academic Search Elite Scholarly journals covering every area of academic study.
  2. Education Research Complete Covers all levels of education from early childhood to higher education; all educational specialties, including multilingual education, health education, testing; areas of curriculum instruction, administration, policy, funding, and related social issues.
  3. Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) Education-related documents and journals.
  4. Teacher Reference Centre TRC provides indexing and abstracts for more than 260 periodicals. Topics include: Assessment, Best Practices, Continuing Education, Current Pedagogical Research, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Higher Education, Instructional Media, Language Arts, Literacy Standards, School Administration, Science & Mathematics, and Teacher Education.

TRAVEL

  1. Global Road Warrior Provides up-to-date travel information on 175 countries, containing world-class content, over 8 million words of editorial, including over 6,500 color photos and 1,575 country maps, all presented in a consistent 92-category framework for each country. Created by an international team of researchers, cartographers and writers, the database is continually updated.

LANGUAGE LEARNING

  1. Mango Language Learning Software

 

 

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