ONLINE E-RESOURCES
The Canadian Encyclopedia: Containes the complete text of the Canadian Encyclopedia, the Junior Encyclopedia of Canada, interactive features, games, quizzes, and an extensive timeline of both Canadian and world events.
INFOTRAC/Thomson Gale Database: This source of information is made available by Knowledge Ontario. INFOTRAC is composed of a multitude of databases covering a wide variety of topics for every age/grade. To learn more about what these databases contain, go ahead - click on the link and enter your 4 digit library card number.
EBSCO: Provides access to full-text articles and information from a variety of sources including - magazines, newspapers, books, maps, TV/radio transcripts, pictures and audio/visual resources. eLibrary Canada allows researchers of all ages to search for topics by keyword, by Canadian resources only, or browse topic lists. This link will also take you to the Canadian Points of View and the Auto Repair Reference Manual. To learn more about what information these databases contain - go ahead - click on the link AND ADD 0 IN FRONT OF THE PATRON ID (4-digit library card number.)
EUREKA ONLINE: The library in partnership with Knowledge Ontario is offering FREE access to selected newspapers online. Full text of 20 newspapers including the Sault Star, the Sudbury Star and the North Bay Nugget as well as full text of major Canadian French-language newspapers, periodicals, and Radio-Canada transcripts is available./Cette banque de données permet d'accéder au texte intégral de plusieurs quotidiens canadiens-français dont Le Droit, La Presse, Le Soleil, Le Devoir, des périodiques comme L'actualité, Protégez-vous, Voir, et les transcriptions de Radio-Canada. A ce produit s'ajoute le texte intégral de vingt quotidiens de langue anglaise de l'Ontario.
If you are within the Elliot Lake Public Library access to Eureka can be obtained without having to enter a username or password. To do so, please click on the Use in the library link below. To grant access from home or anywhere outside the library, click on the Use outside the library link and select the institution from the drop down menu, To enter the library card number FIRST type in a capital E, then your bar code/patron number located on the top right corner of your library card. If your patron number is LESS than 5 digits you must add zeros (0) at the END to make up the five digits. Click the log in button. DO NOT HIT ENTER.
Use in the library / Use outside the library
VisCAT: The CNIB's Library's web catalogue helps you search for recorded cassettes, described videos, music scores and Braille books that are available to persons with a perceptual disability (visual, physical or learning disability) from the CNIB Library in Toronto.
Ancestry Library Edition: Ancestry Library Edition makes family research easy for beginners while still providing in-depth tools for even the most advanced genealogists. Contains census, birth, marriage & death records, directories, passenger lists, immigration records, maps and more from Canada, US and the UK. PLEASE NOTE** FOR IN-LIBRARY USE ONLY. NOT AVAILABLE REMOTELY FROM HOME.
Wikipedia: Wikipedia - the free encyclopedia.
Global Road Warrior: Need country information? Want to know interesting things about places you plan on visiting? Or are you an armchair traveler and dream about what there is to see and do? From the luxury of your home, come and explore what this database offers. 92 different data catagories on 175 countries for things such as society & culture, facts, religion, women, sports, customs, security, travel, even food and recipes, and much, much more! There is so much to explore! You can even download and print off maps. Click here then enter your library code which is 0elpl (zero, elpl) Have a nice trip!
Canadian Atlas / L'Atlas Canadien: Canadian Geographic - The Canadian Atlas online.
Atlas of Canada: Discover Canada through national maps and facts.
Canadian Year Book (CYB) Historical Collection: Discover Canada's social and economic past through the people, events and facts that have shaped this vast country.
Salem Health: Magill's Medical Guide as well as Salem Health Cancer has been glowingly reviewed by every major reference reviewer. It is a staple in high school, college, public and medical school libraries. These Guides are a perfect mix of accessibility and depth, providing general readers with an authoritative reference source that helps bridge the gap between medical encyclopedias for professionals and popular self-help guides. It is an up-to-date and easy-to-use compendium of medical information suitable for student research as well as use by general readers, including patients and caregivers. Our Salem Health access code is: elpl
Ministry of Health and Long Term Care: Ontarians can now find health care close to home with the click of a mouse. Using this site, people can find the nearest walk-in and after-hours clinics, urgent care centres, family health teams, general practitioners and emergency rooms by typing in their postal codes.
Teen Health & Wellness: Real Life, Real Answers, the award-winning and critically acclaimed database from Rosen Publishing Online, provides students with curricular support and self-help on topics including diseases, drugs, alcohol, nutrition, fitness, mental health, diversity, family life, and more. Your user name and passwords are: elpl. Please note they are case-sensitive.
E-Laws: Looking for info on the Consumer Protection Act? How about Employment Standards? Or maybe the Highway Traffic Act. Here is a database of Ontario's statutes and regulations, both consolidated and source law.
Government Electronic Directory Services (GEDS): Provides an intergrated directory listing of all federal public servants and manages two directory services : Email Address Exchange Service (EMAX), which contains the addres of more than 170,000 public servants and the Government of Canada telephone directories.
Street Smart: District of Algoma's source for Social Service, Health and Educational information.
Career Cruising: an interactive career resource designed for people of all ages. If you want to find the right career, explore different career options, or plan future education and training, you've come to the right place!
