Online Databases

Online Databases (e-Resources)
The Chatham-Kent Public Library provides access to lots of e-Resources for use in the library and at home, school and work.

An e-Resource (also referred to as a database) provides access to electronic collections of information such as articles from newspapers, magazines, academic journals and e-books. They are searchable to help you find the information you need quickly.

You can access e-Resources from any public computer at any library branch. Some e-Resources are only available for use in the library and some require staff assistance to login.

Most of the databases available at the library can also be accessed remotely from home. To remotely access the e-Resources, you will need the 10 digit barcode located on your library card.

The How to Search a Database tutorial developed by Knowledge Ontario is a great place to start when learning how to use electronic resources.

Alphabetical List of e-Resources
Click on the icon to search the e-Resource

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	Academic OneFile** The source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources. Coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, engineering, business, theology, literature and other subjects [Gale]. Updated: Daily Remote access available. Canadian content. Back to top
	Access Science AccessScience online science database features fully searchable content from McGraw-Hill's Encyclopedia of Science & Technology. AccessScience provides access to authoritative articles in all major areas of science and technology [McGraw-Hill]. Updated: Daily Remote access available. Back to top
	Ancestry Library Edition** Ancestry Library Edition (ALE) provides access to family history via documents that record the lineage of over 5 billion individuals. Contains records from Canada, the United States, and parts of Europe, including records such as census and voter lists, birth, marriage and death, military, immigration and emigration [Proquest]. Updated: Daily In library use only. Canadian content. Back to top
	Auto Repair Reference Center** The Auto Repair Reference Center contains information on most major manufacturers of domestic and imported vehicles, with repair information for most vintage makes starting as far back as 1945 [EBSCOhost]. Updated: Database is current up to the 2009 models of most cars. Remote access available. Back to top
	Canadian Directory to Foundations & Corporations This is an online database containing updated information on over 2,200 Canadian grant-making foundations. In library use only. Canadian content. Back to top
	Canadian Periodical Index Quarterly (CPI.Q)** CPI.Q, the electronic version of the Canadian Periodical Index, provides the most-requested Canadian reference information available. Includes Canadian and international periodicals such as The Globe and Mail, Maclean's weekly magazine, and Canadian News Facts. Bilingual interface (English and French) [Gale]. Updated: Daily Remote access available. Canadian content. Back to top
	Canadian Points of View Reference Centre** Canadian Points of View Reference Centre is a full-text database designed to provide students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue. The database provides information on 100 key topics of interest to Canadian researchers [EBSCOhost]. Updated: Daily. Remote access available. Canadian content. Back to top
	Career Cruising** This is a fully bilingual database which has been designed to help students and others plan their future. Users are able to access hundreds of detailed occupation profiles. It also provides a national database of post-secondary schools. Updated: Annually and as necessary. Remote access available. Back to top
	Computer Database** Computer-related product introductions, news and reviews in areas such as hardware, software, electronics, engineering, communications and the application of technology [Gale]. Updated: Daily Remote access available. Back to top
	Consumer Reports Consumer Reports is a trusted, one-stop shopping resource complete with ratings, reviews, expert buying advice, product comparisons, consumer user reviews, and product video clips. In library use only. Back to top
	Culinary Arts Collection** The Culinary Arts collection features cooking and nutrition magazines and includes thousands of searchable recipes, restaurant reviews, and industry information [Gale]. Updated: Daily Remote access available. Back to top
	Discovering Collection** For students doing research papers and class assignments in five core subject areas: history, literature, biography, science and social studies. Integrated, cross-curricular content with a student-friendly interface [Gale]. Remote access available. Back to top
	eLibrary Canada Through eLibrary, users can find images, video, eBooks, and full-text articles from newspapers, magazines, and scholarly journals. They can also find maps, transcripts, audio files, graphics, interactives, dictionaries, thesauri, encyclopedias, almanacs, atlases, timelines, slideshows, research pages, and hand-selected websites [Proquest]. Updated: Daily Remote access available. Canadian content. Back to top
	E-STAT (Statistics Canada) E-STAT is an online learning tool specially designed for use by the educational community. With E-STAT you can generate dynamic tables, customize graphs and maps using Statistics Canada's Census of Population and socioeconomic data. Updated: Annually Remote access available. Canadian content. Back to top
	Eureka.cc** L’Actualité Francophone Plus provides premium Canadian French language content, including national and international newspapers, news wires, audio capsules and radio/television transcripts. It has also been bundled with 20 English-language daily newspapers from across Ontario [Cedrom SNi]. Updated: Daily Remote access available. Canadian content. Back to top
	Gale Online Resources** A comprehensive collection of full text articles, book entries, magazine and multimedia resources across a variety of subjects[Gale]. Remote access available. Back to top
	Gale Virtual Reference Library** Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research [Gale]. Remote access available. Back to top
	Gardening, Landscape & Horticulture Collection** A collection of more than 100 journals focused on key issues in gardening, landscaping, and other areas of horticulture [Gale]. Updated: Daily Remote access available. Back to top
	General OneFile** Instant access to general interest periodical and news content. Contains full text newspaper and newswires, general interest magazines and some refereed (peer reviewed) academic journals [Gale]. Updated: Daily Remote access available. Canadian content. Back to top
	General Reference Center Gold** Access to an integrated set of general interest sources. Contains magazines, newspaper articles, children’s magazines, almanacs, encyclopedias, dictionaries, reference books, maps, historical images, podcasts, video files, and more than 15 reference works such as Gale Encyclopedia of Science and Columbia Encyclopedia [Gale]. Updated: Daily Remote access available. Canadian content. Back to top
	Health & Wellness Resource Center** Access to carefully compiled medical reference and periodical materials. It features hundreds of health/medical journals, newsletters and thousands of pamphlets [Gale]. Updated: Daily Remote access available. Back to top
	Health Reference Center – Academic** Health Reference Center - Academic integrates the full text and images of respected nursing, allied health and medical journals; consumer health magazines; newsletters; pamphlets; newspaper articles; topical overviews; and reference books [Gale]. Updated: Daily Remote access available. Back to top
	Hospitality, Tourism & Leisure Collection** With current and relevant content, this collection provides coverage of both the historical and current state of affairs in the hospitality and tourism field, while also allowing for focused study of specialized aspects of the industry - including cultural aspects of travel, leisure activities, economic aspects of tourism, and more [Gale]. Updated: Daily Remote access available. Back to top
	InfoTrac Custom Newspapers** Full-text newspaper database searchable by title, headline, date, newspaper section and other assigned fields [Gale]. Updated: Daily Remote access available. Back to top
	InfoTrac K-12 Junior Edition** InfoTrac Junior Edition features the titles most critical to their libraries and curriculum. It comes in both a graphic interface suitable for younger children and a "Powersearch" style interface suitable for older children [Gale]. Updated: Daily Remote access available. Canadian content. Back to top
	InfoTrac Student Edition** InfoTrac Student Edition is the quick and easy way to do classroom assignments and get answers to general reference questions. This database is designed for secondary school students [Gale]. Updated: Daily Remote access available. Canadian content. Back to top
	Kids InfoBits** Kids InfoBits targets the research needs of elementary students. It features a developmentally appropriate and visual graphic interface, a subject-based topic tree search and full-text, age-appropriate, curriculum-related magazine and reference content [Gale]. Updated: Periodicals and newspapers are updated daily. Remote access available. Canadian content. Back to top
	Literature Resource Center** Literature Resource Center is a comprehensive online source for literary criticism and other information about authors, their works, and literary topics. Updated: Daily Remote access available. Back to top
	Magill’s Medical Guide Salem Health offers a user-friendly interface that provides all the content of the printed version of Magill’s Medical Guide. Along with the complete 1,017 articles, 644 sidebars, hundreds of photographs, illustrations, indexes, appendixes, and directories, users get terrific online tools. Tip: Add a '0' to your library barcode to login. Remote access available. Back to top
	NoveList K-8 Designed especially for elementary and middle school students, NoveList K-8 is an online database with fiction titles chosen specifically to support the pleasure reading needs of students. Includes book talks, recommended reads book lists, excerpts and reading levels. Remote access available. Back to top
	NoveList Plus You can search thousands of popular fiction and non-fiction titles, retrieve author-read-alikes, book lists, book discussion guides and recommended reads and more. NoveList Plus is a complete readers' resource [Ebsco]. Remote access available. Back to top
	Overdrive Audiobooks OverDrive Audiobooks are a provincial collection of fiction and non-fiction audiobooks. OverDrive’s download service provides direct transfer to iPod, Zune, and virtually all MP3 players and is a popular service for libraries’ mobile and connected users. Updated: Monthly Remote access available. Back to top
	Student Resource Centre – Canadian Edition** Designed for students needing help with homework, writing reports, and school projects, based on curriculum standards in all major subject areas – History, Science, Literature, Geography, Cultures, and more. Canadian curriculum standards with correlated content, including: Middle and High School Science, Language Arts, and Social Studies standards for the provinces of Alberta, British Columbia, and Ontario [Gale]. Updated: Daily Remote access available. Canadian content. Back to top
	Teen Health & Wellness** Rosen Teen Health and Wellness provides teens and young adults, twelve through nineteen years of age, with curricular support and self-help on topics including diseases and conditions; drugs and alcohol; nutrition and fitness; mental and emotional health; sexuality and sexual health; bullying and internet safety; green living; family life, and more [Rosen Publishing]. Updated: Daily Remote access available. Canadian content. Back to top
	TumbleBook Library An online collection of animated talking picture books that teach children the joy of reading in a format they will love. Remote access available. Back to top
	World Book Online An online version of the 22-volume print encyclopedia set. Also contains multimedia, maps, editor-reviewed websites and more [World Book]. Remote access available. Back to top
	World History Collection** This collection provides balanced coverage of both the current thought and events in World History, as well as scholarly work being established in the field; useful both to the novice historian and to the advanced academic researcher [Gale]. Updated: Daily Remote access available. Back to top
	Your Life Moments (Osprey Obituaries) Archive of obituaries, celebrations and announcements from Osprey newspapers across Canada. Note: Must use Internet Explore to access database. In library use only. Canadian content. Back to top