Find books and magazine articles

Catalogue - The 'card catalogue' listing over 100,000 books and magazines available in South Shore Public Libraries' branches.

Canadian Periodical Index Quarterly - Use this database to find articles from a comprehensive list of Canadian and international journals, magazines, selected sections of the Globe and Mail, Canadian biographies, and other reference content from Gale, all with a Canadian focus.

General Reference Centre Gold - A general interest database that integrates a variety of sources - newspapers, reference books, magazines, and trade publications. Find articles on current events, popular culture, business and industry trends, the arts and sciences, sports, hobbies, and more.

Gardening Magazines - Gardening Magazines with 270,018 articles updated as recently as today.

What Do I Read Next? - What Do I Read Next? includes over 134,300 recommended titles, more than 74,500 plot summaries, and awards information from 568 awards, all to help users uncover new reading adventures, find long-remembered favorites, and discover award-winning titles. Search by genre, subject, author, title, series, and more. A monthly highlights page allows the user to see selections of award winners, upcoming titles, and titles that revolve around different subjects each month.

General reference sources

Chilton Auto Repair - The most authoritative automotive repair information available to car owners with thousands of year, make and model combinations covering the most popular vehicles of the past 30 years.

Canadian Encyclopedia

Canadian Encyclopedia the authority on all things Canadian for more than 20 years.

Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online -

Explore the history of Canada's inhabitants and their culture.

Canadiana.org - Investigate Canada's documentary heritage content online.

Worldbook Encyclopedia Online - The online version of the classic, with multimedia enhancements and more.

Environmental Encyclopedia - Gale Virtual Reference Library - Provides in-depth, worldwide coverage of environmental issues. Each article is written in a nontechnical style and provides current status, analysis, and suggested solutions whenever possible.

E-Stat - With E-STAT you can generate dynamic tables, customize graphs and maps using Statistics Canada's Census of Population and socioeconomic data. Accessible from library computers only.

Background information on books

What Do I Read Next? - What Do I Read Next? includes over 134,300 recommended titles, more than 74,500 plot summaries, and awards information from 568 awards, all to help users uncover new reading adventures, find long-remembered favorites, and discover award-winning titles. Search by genre, subject, author, title, series, and more. A monthly highlights page allows the user to see selections of award winners, upcoming titles, and titles that revolve around different subjects each month.

Contemporary Authors - Provides complete biographical and bibliographical information and references on more than 120,000 U.S. and international authors.

Contemporary Literary Criticism Select - Contemporary Literary Criticism--Select is an extensive collection of critical essays on contemporary authors. Each entry contains a biographical/critical introduction, listing of principal works and sources for further study.

Health information

Health Reference Centre Academic - Provides access to the full text of nursing and allied health journals, plus the wide variety of personal health information sources in a single, easy-to-use database. The material contained in this database is intended for informational purposes only.

Health and Wellness Resource Centre and Alternative Health - Provides instant access to carefully compiled and trusted medical reference materials. Includes nearly 400 health/medical journals, hundreds of pamphlets, over 700 health-related videos, and articles from 2,200 general interest publications in addition to a broad collection of reference titles. Material is intended for informational purposes only.

Cochrane Library - The Cochrane Library contains high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making, including reliable evidence. It brings you the combined results of the world’s best medical research studies, and is recognised as the gold standard in evidence-based health care.

Travel and maps

Global Road Warrior - Deep content coverage in major topic areas of society and culture, travel, communications, business, trade, marketing, and security for 175 countries.

AtoZ Maps Online -

a collection of political maps, physical maps, outline maps, population maps, precipitation maps, climate maps, and other thematic maps, with new maps added each month.

Cross-reference search

Cross-reference search - A multi-discipline collection of online magazine and other articles providing comprehensive coverage of current issues and health matters.