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Using the Library

What you can find at the library

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Download eBooks for eKids

View read-along audiobooks

Where are we?

173 Bruce Street, South
Thornbury, ON N0H 2P0  
Tel: (519) 599-3681
Fax: (519) 599-7951  
For general information: libraryinfo@thebluemountains.ca
For interlibrary loans: interlibraryloan@thebluemountains.ca

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

Homework Help

To use these databases from outside the library, enter your 14-digit library card barcode. If you've lost your card and don't know your number, ask at the library or call 519-599-3681. 

K to Grade 5

   
link to kids info bits database
  Kids Infobits
Kids InfoBits is a database developed especially for beginning researchers in Kindergarten through Grade 5. Covers geography, current events, the arts, science, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
     
Link to PebbleGo collection
 

PebbleGo Animals and PebbleGo Earth and Space
PebbleGo Animals offers information on hundreds of animals. Designed specifically for K-3 emergent readers. PebbleGo Earth and Space includes high interest topics like weather and seasons.

     
Infotrac Jr
  InfoTrac Student Edition
Magazines, newspapers and reference books (most are full-text) for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.

Grades 5 to 8

   
Link to Canada in Context databases
 

Canada in Context
Full-text magazines, academic journals, news, primary source documents, images, videos, audio and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience.

     
Infotrac Jr
  InfoTrac Student Edition
Magazines, newspapers and reference books (most are full-text) for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
     
Link to Grzimek's Animal life
  Grzimek's Animal Life
Coverage on more than 4,000 species, and includes more than 11,000 images, videos, illustrations, and maps.
     
Link to Novelist K-8 database
  Novelist K-8
A fiction database of books intended for elementary and middle schools. Full-text reviews from sources like School Library Journal and Booklist are available for many titles.

High School

   
Link to Canada in Context databases
 

Canada in Context
Full-text magazines, academic journals, news, primary source documents, images, videos, audio and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience.

     
Link to Canadian Points of View Reference Centre
 

Canadian Points of View
This full-text database provides students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue.

     
Link to CPIQ
  CPI.Q
Use this database to find articles from a comprehensive list of Canadian and international journals and magazines.
     
Link to Grzimek's Animal life
  Grzimek's Animal Life
Coverage on more than 4,000 species, and includes more than 11,000 images, videos, illustrations, and maps.
     
Link to Literature Resource Centre
  Literature Resource Center
Find up-to-date biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism and reviews on nearly 130,000 writers in all disciplines.
     
Link to search Our Ontario
  Our Ontario
Find digital image, text, audio and video materials about Ontario history, heritage and culture.
     
Link to Teen Health and Wellness Centre
  Teen Health and Wellness
A ground-breaking database that is the first to completely focus on the medical health and emotional needs of teenagers. With its holistic and interactive approach and authority, teens will be comfortable and find comfort here.