Electronic Resources

Visit these online resources which include online full-text magazines & newspapers. You will also find sites to assist you in finding your next perfect read, fix your car or even research your family history! Click on a logo (if link is currently available) to access the associated resource.

Ontario Library Service - Audio Books to Go

Audio books to go. Click here or on the Ontario Library Service Download Centre banner above to visit the Overdrive Download Centre. Now with your library card and an internet connection you can download audio books to your computer and listen to them with a few clicks of a mouse.

Ancestry.com

Ancestry.com is a genealogy research tool with data from census, military records, court, land, probate, vital and church records, passenger lists, etc. It covers Canada, the US, UK, and some European countries. Access from the Cobourg Branch only at one of our public machines or your own laptop. Note: Access to the library edition of Ancestry.com is only available from inside the library either via one of our public computers or your own laptop using our Internet connection.

Auto Repair Reference Center

A comprehensive online guide to vehicle ownership and maintenance. Repair information on more than 33,800 domestic and imported vehicles from 1945 to present. Nearly 800,000 drawings and step-by-step photographs. Also includes service recalls, enhanced wiring diagrams, specification and maintenance schedules.

Canadian Points of View Reference Centre™

Canadian Points of View Reference Centre™ is a full-text database designed to provide students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue. The database provides information on 100 key topics of interest to Canadian researchers, each with an overview (objective background / description), point (argument), counterpoint (opposing argument), and Critical Thinking Guide. Topics covered include: environment, health, human rights, crime, race, technology, substance abuse, and many more.

Career Cruising

Career Cruising offers a suite of online career guidance and planning tools designed for people of all ages. Using our tools, you can find the right career, explore education and training options, build your own portfolio, manage your school’s course selection process, or set up a career development network in your community. Learn more about all of these possibilities on our Products page.

Eureka

The collection includes national and international newspapers, news wires, audio capsules and radio/television transcripts. Includes full text of local papers: Northumberlandtoday.com (formerly Cobourg Daily Star & Port Hope Evening Guide), and the Peterborough Examiner. The resources are updated daily and contain 20 years of archives.

Gale Cengage Databases

Gale Cengage Databases includes Gale’s OneSearch plus Gale’s five other databases: Health and Wellness Resource Center, Junior Edition - K12, Student Edition - K12, Kids InfoBits, and National Newspaper Index, giving access to more than 17,000 titles. (Formerly called Thomson Gale or INFOTRAC)

Global Road Warrior

Travelers, explorers, curiosity seekers, travel the world through this portal.

GreenFILE

GreenFILE, is a database focusing on the relationship between human beings and the environment, with well-researched but accessible information on topics ranging from global warming to recycling to alternate fuel sources and beyond. Comprised of scholarly and general interest titles, as well as government documents and reports, GreenFILE offers a unique perspective on the positive and negative ways humans affect the ecology.

Teen Health & Wellness

Teen Health & Wellness Real Life, Real Answers, the award-winning, critically acclaimed database from Rosen Publishing provides middle and high school students with curricular support and self-help on topics including diseases & conditions; drugs & alcohol; nutrition & fitness; mental and emotional health; sexuality & sexual health; bullying and internet safety; green living; family life, and more. Content in this database is aligned to Ontario curriculum standards in health & physical education; science; & language arts.

CEDROM SNI

With the early 21st century upon us, businesses need to harness information to stay competitive. To ease information overload, CEDROM-SNi culls information from reliable and relevant sources, such as newspapers, trade publications, databases (biographies and corporate profiles), newswires, and radio and TV transcripts.