eLibrary® Canada is an affordable and easy-to-use online general reference database for Canadian K-12 schools and public libraries. The service combines premium full text and multimedia content, unique functionality, curriculum support tools, and user-friendly search options to give users the ultimate online research experience. Designed for both novice and advanced researchers, eLibrary Canadafeatures over 2,000 sources including newspapers, magazines, books, maps, audio/video titles, transcripts, weblinks, and pictures.

Titles cover a wide range of subjects including business, education, general reference, health, language arts, sciences, social sciences, and many other curriculum-specific subject areas. Every magazine, journal, newspaper, book, and transcript is provided in 100% full text—saving valuable search time and reducing the frustration of abstract-only results. Plus, the variety of multimedia content supplements and enhances text-only information.

Users will find quality information from eight different media types:

• Magazines—more than 1,600 full-text titles that cover general interest to peer-reviewed
  publications.
• Newspapers—track trends and follow current events with over 250 full-text national and international titles.
• Books—place information and topics in context using more than 290 full-text reference books.
• Maps—find over 5,000 topographical, historical, thematic, and interactive maps.
• Pictures—explore more than one million photos and images—both current and historical—of art and architecture, animals and plants, people and places, and more.
• TV & Radio Transcripts—get the final word on broadcast programs with over 1.3 million transcripts from popular TV and radio programs.
• Audio/Video—more than 17,000 streaming audio and video files bring events and processes to life. Clips include historical footage, current news programs, animations of how things work, and more.
• Weblinks—search the Web more effectively with more than 150,000 editor-screened and selected websites indexed by topics appropriate to K-12 study.

eLibrary Canadaprovides Canadian K-12 schools and public libraries with compelling resources for reinforcing technology and information literacy for users of all ages. In addition to meeting a wide range of research and curricular requirements, eLibrary Canada’s high-quality content and easy-to-use search features can help students and patrons quickly find the information they need.

• Search Canadian sources only—Researchers can limit their search to Canadian sources only for a true Canadian focus.
• Multiple search options—Keyword, Boolean, Topic, Reference Desk, Publication, and Reading Level/Lexile Search can help users pinpoint the information they need.
• More functionality—Reference Desk, Highlight and Look-Up, and MyList can save researchers time and effort during the research process.
• Added curriculum support tools—Whether you're a librarian or teacher, the BookCart and QuizCart features provide easy-to-use templates to build reading lists, topic pages, and lesson plans using eLibrary Canada content.