Novelist K-8
For children and students. Find fiction titles on various topics and reading levels.

TumbleBook Library
An online collection of animated, talking picture books for children

Kids InfoBits
Featuring a visually appealing interface, the most popular search method is moving from a broad subject to a narrower topic using the subject-based topic tree. Contains curriculum-related, age appropriate, full-text content.
Acquired through the Knowledge Ontario initiative

World Book Kids
In the Library / At Home
Provides an engaging interface for kids to explore the world through articles, pictures, sound, maps, and more. World Book Kids offers a wealth of fun and educational activities - Think It! Be It! Make It! Teach It!

Canadian Points of View
Provides students with a series of essays presenting multiple sides of a current issue. The database provides information on 100 key topics of interest to Canadian researchers, with an overview (objective background/description), point (argument), counterpoint (opposing argument), and Critical Thinking Guide.
Acquired through the Knowledge Ontario initiative

Discovering Collection
Offers access to content based on [U.S.] national curriculum standards. Covering the core curriculum areas, including history, literature, science, social studies, and more. Includes reference, primary sources, creative works, and multimedia, including hours of video and audio clips.
Acquired through the Knowledge Ontario initiative

Junior Edition Standard
Provides middle school students access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
Acquired through the Knowledge Ontario initiative

Literary Reference Center
A full-text database that contains detailed information on the most studied authors and their works. Find plot summaries, synopses and work overviews, articles/essays of literary criticism, author biographies and interviews, book reviews, as well as classic and contemporary poems, texts and short stories.

Student Edition Standard
Provides high-school students with access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
Acquired through the Knowledge Ontario initiative

Student Resource Centre Canadian Edition
Designed for high-school students. Includes Canadian curriculum standards with correlated content, a popular topics picklist on the home page that features one-click access to Canadian topics.

Teen Health and Wellness
Developed for teens with their unique concerns in mind. Award-winning and critically acclaimed, providing curricular support and self-help on topics including diseases, drugs & alcohol, nutrition, mental and emotional health, cyber-literacy, family life, sexuality and more.
Acquired through the Knowledge Ontario initiative

World Book Student
In the Library / From Home
Includes all of the articles from the 22-volume print set, plus thousands more. In addition, there are more than 20,000 pictures and maps, 115 videos and animations, 10,000 sounds, more than 100 simulated 'Surf the Ages'. Other features include research tools, biography center, quizzes and activities, today's headlines, discover the world....