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Online Resources

The Library's Online Resources can do all of this and more. 

Please note: Some of these resources may require you to sign in using your library card number (all 14 digits, with no spaces).


Search the Library's online catalogue. Library users can search the catalogue, renew their materials, review & make changes to their account. It also provides access to enhanced content including reviews, best sellers and award winning titles.


Ancestry Library Edition provides access to information of interest to family history researchers.  Coverage includes Canada, United States, the UK and more from over 4,000 collections.  Please note: This database is only available from library workstations.


Auto Repair Reference Center - Covers 31,600 domestic & imported cars from 1945 and includes manuals, drawings, photographs, wiring diagrams, maintenance schedules, service bulletins, recalls, videos, etc. (EBSCOhost*)

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Canadian Points of View Reference Centre - 400 full-text essays presenting both sides of issues plus articles from leading political magazines and newspapers, TV & radio transcripts, audio and video clips, primary source documents and reference books.  Great Canadian content. (EBSCOhost*)

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Career Cruising - This fully bilingual database has been designed to help students and others plan their future.  Profiles include: job descriptions, working conditions, education and training, earnings, and links to related occupations and related resources.


Eureka.cc is an online solution designed to meet your current events and business news needs. The service provides online access to French-language Canadian news as well as to leading Ontario daily and regional newspapers, including The Owen Sound Sun Times.

For connection to Eureka.ca from outside the Library


Health & Wellness Resource Center is an easy to use, comprehensive consumer health resource which provides accurate, authoritative information on a full range of health-related issues, from current disease and disorder information to in-depth coverage of alternative and complementary medical practices.

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NoveList Plus - is a fun and easy way to discover new authors!  It includes complete lists of award winners and series, book discussion guides, more authors and titles, wonderful read-alike articles and topic articles, book reviews, children's books and it includes both fiction and non-fiction titles.   We invite you to visit and explore!

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Teen Health and Wellness provides support and self-help tools on topics including diseases, drugs, alcohol, nutrition, fitness, mental health, diversity, family life, and more.


NetLibrary is a collection of over 2600 eBooks and 750 eAudiobooks. They are accessible 24 hours a day through the library catalogue or the website. Contact the reference desk with a valid Owen Sound & North Grey Union Public Library card to set up a NetLibrary user account.


Overdrive provides access to over 20,000 eAudiobooks which can be downloaded to your computer and transferred to a portable audio device, MP3 player or iPod/iPhone.


Online Resources Available Through Knowledge Ontario

The online resources are provided by:

Click on the above links to view and use these resources.  Library users will have to sign in using their library card number (all 14 digits, with no spaces).


*EBSCOhost and INFOTRAC databases are provided by Knowledge Ontario, an initiative funded by the Government of Ontario.

 

 

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