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Databases and internet resources

Information : Adult Reference 514 428-4400 ext. 4473
Children's Reference 514 428-4400 ext. 4468

On-line subscription databases providing access to full-text articles in a variety of newspapers, magazines, and media are aaccessible from home or in the library.


HOME OR IN-LIBRARY ACCESS

Home access requires entry of your 14 digit Beaconsfield Library card number.

Canadian Newsstand
Full-text access to over 190 Canadian newspapers and new sources, including the Montreal Gazette and the Globe and Mail.

Canadian Reference Centre (EBSCO)
Full-text access to Canadian and international magazines and newspapers (ex. Consumer Reports, National Geographic, Scientific American, etc.).


Canadian Literary Centre (EBSCO)
Full-text access to books and magazines focussing on Canadian fiction writers and poets and their writings.

eLibrary Canada
Full-text access to Canadian and international magazines and newspapers



Encyclopédie Découverte



French equivalent of World Book's Student Discovery Encyclopedia with articles, illustrations, links to Web sites, special reports and activities aimed primarily at the elementary or French immersion student.



iThèque

iThèque offers the first French language multimedia platform for digital lending, designed for libraries and their members. The catalogue includes musical works, talking books, virtual books, videos and games.



NoveList Plus (EBSCO)
Offers readers alternative title and author suggestions for their fiction and non-fiction reading.





World Book Encyclopedia Online
All the articles of the print encyclopedia as well as links to related articles, Web sites, special reports and activities for the elementary and high school student and adult.


Tumblebooks

Tumble Readables

Tumble Talking Books

Tumble Library



IN-LIBRARY ACCESS ONLY





Eureka (Biblio branchée)

Full-text access to French Canadian newspapers and the magazine L'actualité.






Dictionary of Canadian biography

Biographies of 7,700 + prominent Canadians whose deaths occurred between the years 1000 and 1920.

Encyclopédie Universalis
French online encyclopdia. Access to 33000 encyclopedia articles, 2400 illustrations, 6700 authors, 520 videos and 800 minutes of sound and music.

Gazette officielle du Québec (Part I and Part II)
Online access to both the French and English versions of the official publications of the Quebec government including decisions, decrees, laws and regulations.

PRDH (Research Program in Historical Demography)
A population register composed of data from Quebec parish registers from 1621 to 1799.


Repère
Bibliographic citations to French magazine articles (1980-), some with links to the full-text article.




Web sites to discover


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