Library

The Phrase Finder – word and phrase origins
CBC Books – the page for booklovers!

Be a White Pine book reviewer!

Review and chat with other students across Ontario at White Pine Online

Book Reviews and Interviews: 

• Margaret Atwood on speculative fiction
• Michael Ondaatje on The Cat’s Table
         

Hot topics! Click to access resources on:

• Osama bin Laden and the War on Terror
• Nuclear Power

The Traditional Library

Search Library Catalogue for books on our shelves!
(Only accessible within school network)

The Virtual Library

Use the links to search for books, encyclopedias, magazines, newspapers, journals, and verified websites available on our “virtual shelves.”

You can access these materials from inside EOM or from home.

Some of these databases require passwords for home access.

Database Quicklink(password-free link to list of KO databases).  Click here for French

The Research Path

Encyclopedias

• Grolier (5 encyclopedias)
  • World Book
  • The New Book of Popular Science
  • Encyclopedia Americana
  • Lands and Peoples
  • Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia
• The Canadian Encyclopedia
• Encyclopedia Universalis (French).  NOTE:  the link and passwords have changed – check the Handout folder

General Reference Databases

Use these databases to access:

• newspapers
• magazines and academic journals
• encyclopedias and reference books
• multimedia sources

Gale Databases

• Search all of the databases on a Powersearch, or choose individual databases
• Highly recommended:
  • Canada in Context (research resources geared to Canadian students)
  • Academic OneFile
    • Peer-reviewed academic journal articles on a variety of subjects
  • CPIQ (Canadian Periodical Index)
    • Magazine and journal articles
  • Student InfoTrac (research resources geared to students)
  • Literature Resource Centre

• EBSCO Reference Centre (click main title to access all EBSCO databases) 
  • Points of View
  • Canadian Points of View
  • Literary Reference Centre
  • Canadian Literary Centre
  • Greenfile

• Teen Health & Wellness Centre
• Career Cruising

Primary Sources (original information and documents, including newspapers)

• The Ottawa Citizen (and 9 other newspapers)
• Ontario Newspapers
• Popular Science Magazine archive
• Ontario Government Documents
• Statistics Canada and E-Stat
  • Student resources and quick links
  • Use E-Stat  to find, sort, compare, analyze, and make visuals with current and historical Canadian statistics on economy, environment, people, health, and crime and justice.
• Library of Parliament Virtual Library
• Early Canadiana Online
  • Canada in the Making, the Fur Trade, the Hudson’s Bay Company, Canadian Women’s History, Colonial Government Journals, the Early Governors General of Canada, English Canadian Literature, History of French Canada, Jesuit Relations, and Native Studies.
• National Library of Canada
  • Look in the Virtual Exhibitions and the Digital Collections for online, digitized versions of Canadian primary sources (diaries, newspapers, photographs, and other documents) in the National Library and Archive of Canada.
• The Globe and Mail Archive, 1884-2003 (Ottawa Public Library)
  • You can access this archive of The Globe and Mail newspaper articles from 1844 to 2003 FROM HOME ONLY, with a public library card, by going to the Ottawa Public Library’s website and clicking on Articles and Research. Also access Study Zone’s Databases and “Ask a Librarian” service.

Other Useful Resources

• Online Writing Lab
  • Purdue University’s OWL has resources on writing, researching, and documenting for various purposes. A fabulous help site!
• Discovery Education Streaming (streamed videos)
• National Film Board (English) and National Film Board (French)
• Naxos Music Library
• American Psychological Association
  • Contains psychology Topics (definitions and treatment)
  • See also a basic tutorial on APA Documentation Style
• Child Development Encyclopedia (Queen’s University).  Click here for French version.
• Sexuality and You