Reference Databases by Subject

Audio Book Cloud allows you to listen to your favourite audio books with just a click of a button. Listen online to audio books in many different categories: fiction, non-fiction, classics, and children's titles. There are 1,000 books in the collection and new ones are added all the time.  These books are always available and don't require downloading.

Kids Search makes it easier for elementary/middle school students to look for their subjects of interest by automatically searching across all applicable databases simultaneously. Includes teacher resources.

Searchasaurus is an exciting and easy way to experience online searching. It is an animated interface with a dinosaur theme that encourages young students to develop basic search skills.

TumbleBook Library is an online collection of animated talking picture books and other fun things for children including readable children's classics, some French and Spanish titles, and 60 educational games.

 World Book Online Info Finder contains content and features designed for school-aged patrons' homework and research needs. Based on the World Book Encyclopedia, the site includes multimedia, science fair projects, a biography centre, virtual tours, video showcases, links to current events and world newspapers, 21st-century research skills, and more.

L'Encyclopédie Découverte is written at a reading level appropriate for younger users who are native speakers and readers of French, as well as older students and adults for whom French is a second language. It offers thousands of encyclopedia articles, photos and illustrations, diagrams, and maps, and an interface that is easy to understand and intuitive to use.