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DIGITAL COLLECTION

We are more than books! Check out our ever-growing collections of digital media & resources - Connecting you to the information you need & the entertainment you want.

      

November 2024 Featured Databases

   

Academic OneFile Select

Specifically created for research across all academic disciplines, Academic OneFile Select, formally Expanded Academic ASAP, offers balanced coverage of every academic concentration – from advertising and microbiology to history and women's studies. More than 8,000 full text journals including The Economist, The New York Times, and Financial Times. Also find podcasts and trancscripts from NPR and CNN. Access to major reference sets including Gale Encyclopedia of Science and Encyclopedia of World Biography.

Academic Onefile Tutorial

Science Online

Your first stop for STEM resources for K-12 and post-secondary! It facilitates STEM research and discovery by allowing users to locate information as well as evaluate and apply their findings. Includes expert information in easy-to-read formats, printable experiment instructions, and online experiments for hands-on learning.

CELA

Palliser Regional Library is proud to be a supporting member of the Centre for Equitable Library (CELA), formerly the CNIB Library's Partnership Program. As part of this program, those with print disabilities have access to: Titles for all ages in audio, e-text and braille More than 85,000 books, magazines and newspapers and described videos Materials in English and French, with expanding access to other languages

   

Popular Resources

   

   

Patron Favourites
Ancestry Library Edition
Ancestry Library EditionA popular genealogy research tool that provides digital access to U.S., U.K and Canadian census returns, vital statistics, military records, ships' passenger lists, directories, parish records, family trees, maps and forms. This resource is available inside the Moose Jaw Public Library building.
Creativebug
CreativebugCreativebug offers award-winning art and hobby video classes taught by recognized design experts and artists. Enjoy free unlimited access to thousands of online classes on demand. Categories include Knitting, Crochet, Art + Design, Paper (including Cricut), Sewing, Quilting, Jewelry, Food + Home, and Holiday + Party, and Kids.
Hoopla
HooplaBorrow and enjoy audiobooks, eBooks, comics, movies, TV, magazines, or music everywhere you have a screen-your computer, your phone, your car, even your TV. All you need is a library card. hoopla syncs across all your devices, so you can stream titles immediately or whenever you're in the mood. Most titles can also be downloaded to your phone or tablet. hoopla offers more content, in more places, than any other digital library platform and it's all FREE with your library card.
Kanopy
KanopyEnjoy critically-acclaimed movies, inspiring documentaries, award-winning foreign films and more. Stream on all your favorite devices, any time, anywhere. Receive 30 tickets each month to view the curated content you want. Included with Kanopy is Kanopy Kids - a tightly curated collection of the best children’s programming available today. Our kids' selection is curated to support early literacy, STEM education, and even foreign language learning. Using favorite children’s characters from Sesame Street, PBS Kids, Weston Woods, and more, our collection of kids films inspire empathy, critical thinking, and self-esteem in young viewers. Kanopy Kids does not require tickets.
Libby
Libby"Meet Libby, the award-winning reading app from Overdrive! Borrow from a wide selection of eBooks, audiobooks, and magazines straight to your smartphone, tablet, or computer for free. These books even return themselves!
LinkedIn Learning
LinkedIn LearningChoose from thousands of online courses to learn in-demand skills from real-world industry experts. Get started with your library card.
PressReader
PressReaderPress Reader provides unlimited access to over 5,000 newspapers and magazines from around the world, in over 60 languages on your smartphone, tablet or laptop.
Tumblebook Library
Tumblebook LibraryTumbleBook Library is an online collection of animated, talking picture books which teach young children the joys of reading in a format they'll love.
Kids
Tumblebooks
TumblebooksTumbleBook Library is an online collection of animated, talking picture books which teach young children the joys of reading in a format they'll love.
Hoopla
HooplaHoopla Kids Mode helps parents and their children discover kid-friendly content. When you turn on Kids Mode, you’ll only see content recommended for kids 12 and younger. Borrow and enjoy audiobooks, eBooks, comics, movies, TV, magazines, or music everywhere you have a screen. All you need is a library card. Hoopla offers more content, in more places, than any other digital library platform and it's all FREE with your library card.
Libby
LibbyFrom nursery rhymes and classic tales to robots and pirates, young readers, come explore! Borrow from a wide selection of eBooks, audiobooks, and magazines straight to your smartphone, tablet, or computer for free. These books even return themselves!
Creativebug
CreativebugCreativebug offers award-winning art and hobby video classes taught by recognized design experts and artists. Enjoy free unlimited access to thousands of online classes on demand. Categories include Knitting, Crochet, Art & Design, Paper (including Cricut), Sewing, Quilting, Jewelry, Food & Home, and Holiday & Party, and Kids.
Kanopy Kids
Kanopy KidsKanopy kids is a separate portal in Kanopy that features movies and shows specifically for children ages 2 and up with a focus on ages 2 through 8. Kanopy Kids does not require tickets.
Britannica School Edition
Britannica School EditionA safe, up-to-date, and age-appropriate information resource for Elementary, Middle, and High School. Discover encyclopedia articles, multimedia, primary sources, games, and other learning resources that support student research and reinforce curriculum standards. Includes Britannica Student Encyclopedia & Britannica Elementary Encyclopaedia.
Science Online
Science OnlineYour first stop for STEM resources for K-12 and post-secondary! It facilitates STEM research and discovery by allowing users to locate information as well as evaluate and apply their findings. Includes expert information in easy-to-read formats, printable experiment instructions, and online experiments for hands-on learning.
Gale in Context: Elementary
Gale in Context: ElementaryGale in Context: Elementary provides K-5 students easy access to magazines, reference books and newspaper articles selected just for their age group through a fun, kid-friendly interface.
Gale in Context: Middle School
Gale in Context: Middle SchoolFind the answer for any question with Gale in Context: Middle School. Introduce middle school students to database searching with resources featuring age-appropriate, curriculum-related content.
Novelist: K-8 Plus
Novelist: K-8 PlusA database about books specifically for younger readers. It helps kids find books that are just right for their reading level and interests. Parents, teachers, and librarians can also find tools to teach with books and engage young readers.

   

   

Teens
Creativebug
CreativebugCreativebug offers award-winning art and hobby video classes taught by recognized design experts and artists. Enjoy free unlimited access to thousands of online classes on demand. Categories include Knitting, Crochet, Art & Design, Paper (including Cricut), Sewing, Quilting, Jewelry, Food & Home, and Holiday & Party, and Kids.
Gale in Context: Middle School
Gale in Context: Middle SchoolFind the answer for any question with Gale in Context: Middle School. Introduce middle school students to database searching with resources featuring age-appropriate, curriculum-related content.
Gale Onefile: High School Edition
Gale Onefile: High School EditionDesigned for students in middle and high school, with access to over 2,000 titles of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books with information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
Hoopla
HooplaBorrow and enjoy audiobooks, eBooks, comics, movies, TV, magazines, or music everywhere you have a screen-your computer, your phone, your car, even your TV. All you need is a library card. hoopla syncs across all your devices, so you can stream titles immediately or whenever you're in the mood. Most titles can also be downloaded to your phone or tablet. hoopla offers more content, in more places, than any other digital library platform and it's all FREE with your library card.
Academic Onefile Select
Academic Onefile SelectSpecifically created for research across all academic disciplines, Academic OneFile Select, formally Expanded Academic ASAP, offers balanced coverage of every academic concentration – from advertising and microbiology to history and women's studies. More than 8,000 full text journals including The Economist, The New York Times, and Financial Times. Also find podcasts and trancscripts from NPR and CNN. Access to major reference sets including Gale Encyclopedia of Science and Encyclopedia of World Biography.
Kanopy
KanopyEnjoy critically-acclaimed movies, inspiring documentaries, award-winning foreign films and more. Stream on all your favorite devices, any time, anywhere. Receive 30 tickets each month to view the curated content you want.
Libby
Libby"Meet Libby, the award-winning reading app from Overdrive! Borrow from a wide selection of eBooks, audiobooks, and magazines straight to your smartphone, tablet, or computer for free. These books even return themselves!
LinkedIn Learning
LinkedIn LearningChoose from thousands of online courses to learn in-demand skills from real-world industry experts. Get started with your library card.
Novelist: K-8 Plus
Novelist: K-8 PlusA database about books specifically for younger readers. It helps kids find books that are just right for their reading level and interests. Parents, teachers, and librarians can also find tools to teach with books and engage young readers.
Novelist Plus
Novelist PlusA comprehensive readers' advisory resource. Subject heading access, reviews, annotations, Author Read-alikes, Book Discussion Guides and much more for over 135,000 fiction titles. Also includes a growing number of non-fiction and audiobook titles.
Business
Academic Onefile Select
Academic Onefile SelectSpecifically created for research across all academic disciplines, Academic OneFile Select, formally Expanded Academic ASAP, offers balanced coverage of every academic concentration – from advertising and microbiology to history and women's studies. More than 8,000 full text journals including The Economist, The New York Times, and Financial Times. Also find podcasts and trancscripts from NPR and CNN. Access to major reference sets including Gale Encyclopedia of Science and Encyclopedia of World Biography.
Canadian Major Dailies
Canadian Major DailiesCanadian Major Dailies gives full text access to 24 major Canadian newspapers with archived issues that date back several decades. Includes The Star Phoenix and Regina Leader Post.
Canadian Periodical Index Quarterly
Canadian Periodical Index QuarterlyContains a wealth of Canadian and international periodicals — including Canada's national newspaper, The Globe and Mail; Maclean's weekly magazine; Canadian News Facts; and encyclopedic reference materials, such as the Canadian Parliamentary Guide and Canadian Newsmakers.
Canadian Research Index
Canadian Research IndexCanadian Research Index includes federal, provincial, and municipal documents such as depository publications of research value; hard to find non-depository publications; scientific and technical report literature; policy, social, economic, and political reports; Statistics Canada monographs, and serials. Dates of coverage are 1900-2018. With the discontinuation of Microlog, the index is no longer updated.
Consumer Reports
Consumer ReportsWhether you are looking to find the best deal on an LCD TV or researching the top-recommended used vehicles, ConsumerReports.org provides trusted ratings and reviews, recommendations and buying advice for thousands of products and services.
Gale General Onefile
Gale General OnefileA one-stop source for news and periodical articles as well as reference eBooks, and multimedia sources on a wide range of topics, with more than 14,000 titles, and a great deal of full-text, over 163,000 images, 6,400 audio files, and 1.3 million videos. Most content is full-text and recommended by "Bowker's Magazines for Libraries."
Gale Onefile: Legal Trac
Gale Onefile: Legal TracProvides law students, faculty and legal researchers the publications they need for their research and practicum including full-text coverage of major law reviews, legal newspapers, bar association journals and international legal journals. Each title included is selected on the basis of criteria provided the American Association of Law Libraries.
LinkedIn Learning
LinkedIn LearningChoose from thousands of online courses to learn in-demand skills from real-world industry experts. Get started with your library card.
Business Source Elite
Business Source EliteFull-text coverage of top business, management and economics journals and periodicals. These valuable publications cover topics such as accounting, banking, finance, international business, marketing, sales, and more.
Canadian Business and Current Affairs
Canadian Business and Current AffairsThis comprehensive Canadian periodical collection features a diversified mix of publications from 3 databases: CBCA Business, CBCA Education, and CBCA Reference & Current Events including scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines, reports, radio/television transcripts, news, dissertations, and more. Delivering a broad range of coverage from a Canadian perspective it spans topics like agriculture, business/economics, education, government and politics, health sciences, history, literature, medical sciences, social sciences, and more.

   

    

All Digital Resources

   

LEARN & EXPLORE TODAY!

The Moose Jaw Public Library offers a wide variety of online databases for patron use. The collection is listed in A-Z order and can also be searched by category.  A library card is required to view most of the databases.

Below is a comprehensive list of all the resources available to MJPL cardholders.

 

  • Academic Onefile Select

    Specifically created for research across all academic disciplines, Academic OneFile Select, formally Expanded Academic ASAP, offers balanced coverage of every academic concentration – from advertising and microbiology to history and women's studies. More than 8,000 full text journals including The Economist, The New York Times, and Financial Times. Also find podcasts and trancscripts from NPR and CNN. Access to major reference sets including Gale Encyclopedia of Science and Encyclopedia of World Biography. Academic Onefile Tutorial

  • Ancestry Library Edition

    A popular genealogy research tool that provides digital access to U.S., U.K and Canadian census returns, vital statistics, military records, ships' passenger lists, directories, parish records, family trees, maps and forms. This resource is only available inside the Moose Jaw Public Library. Ancestry Library Tutorial

  • Auto Repair Source

    Powered by the automotive experts at MOTOR, AutoMate provides the most accurate, authoritative and up-to-date service and repair information for thousands of domestic and imported vehicles. Auto Repair Source Tutorial

  • Britannica Academic

    An accurate, current, and comprehensive resource for college-level learners, researchers, and faculty. Discover encyclopedia articles, full-text journal and magazine articles, primary sources, multimedia, and other unique resources and tools that make research easier and more productive. Includes the complete encyclopedia, as well as Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus.

  • Britannica Library

    The Award-Winning Resource for Children and Adults. Easy to use, and easy to find trusted information. Conduct research, work on special projects, or explore your unique interests. You can switch between 3 reading levels on each article, listen to the article read aloud, and use Merriam-Webster's double click dictionary to learn definitions and hear pronunciations. Articles can also be translated into over 80 languages.

  • Britannica School

    A safe, up-to-date, and age-appropriate information resource for Elementary, Middle, and High School. Discover encyclopedia articles, multimedia, primary sources, games, and other learning resources that support student research and reinforce curriculum standards. Includes Britannica Student Encyclopedia & Britannica Elementary Encyclopaedia.

  • Business Source Elite

    Full-text coverage of top business, management and economics journals and periodicals. These valuable publications cover topics such as accounting, banking, finance, international business, marketing, sales, and more.

  • Canadian Business and Current Affairs

    This comprehensive Canadian periodical collection features a diversified mix of publications from 3 databases: CBCA Business, CBCA Education, and CBCA Reference & Current Events including scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines, reports, radio/television transcripts, news, dissertations, and more. Delivering a broad range of coverage from a Canadian perspective it spans topics like agriculture, business/economics, education, government and politics, health sciences, history, literature, medical sciences, social sciences, and more.

  • Canadian Census Research Kit

    The Census of Population is a go-to source for students doing quantitative research on Canada. This toolkit will help familiarize you with the Census and key sources of data and other information. It will show you topics covered by the 2021 Census, examples of research involving Census data, and Census 2021 reference tools and sources for your next research project.

  • Canadian Major Dailies

    Canadian Major Dailies gives full text access to 24 major Canadian newspapers with archived issues that date back several decades. Includes The Star Phoenix and Regina Leader Post.

  • Canadian Periodical Index Quarterly

    Contains a wealth of Canadian and international periodicals — including Canada's national newspaper, The Globe and Mail; Maclean's weekly magazine; Canadian News Facts; and encyclopedic reference materials, such as the Canadian Parliamentary Guide and Canadian Newsmakers.

  • Canadian Research Index

    Canadian Research Index includes federal, provincial, and municipal documents such as depository publications of research value; hard to find non-depository publications; scientific and technical report literature; policy, social, economic, and political reports; Statistics Canada monographs, and serials. Dates of coverage are 1900-2018. With the discontinuation of Microlog, the index is no longer updated.

  • CELA (Centre for Equitable Library Access)

    Palliser Regional Library is proud to be a supporting member of the Centre for Equitable Library (CELA), formerly the CNIB Library's Partnership Program. As part of this program, those with print disabilities have access to:

    • Titles for all ages in audio, e-text and braille

    • More than 85,000 books, magazines and newspapers and described videos

    • Materials in English and French, with expanding access to other languages

  • ConnectR

    The journey of Reconciliation is not an easy one. ConnectR helps you choose your next steps towards reconciliation. Find calls to action to grow what you know, encourage a shared future and generate change.

  • Consumer Reports

    Whether you are looking to find the best deal on an LCD TV or researching the top-recommended used vehicles, ConsumerReports.org provides trusted ratings and reviews, recommendations and buying advice for thousands of products and services.

  • Creativebug

    Creativebug offers award-winning art and hobby video classes taught by recognized design experts and artists. Enjoy free unlimited access to thousands of online classes on demand. Categories include Knitting, Crochet, Art & Design, Paper (including Cricut), Sewing, Quilting, Jewelry, Food & Home, and Holiday & Party, and Kids. Creativebug Tutorial

  • CSA Resources for Youth & Educators

    Resources and activities to stimulate students' interest in the sciences, mathematics and technology. Includes activities and experiments that can be done at home or in the classroom. Educators will find curriculum-based learning activities and more.

  • eLibrary

    Helps simplify the research process and empowers novice researchers to more easily and efficiently choose their research topic and find authoritative information to support their research claim. It delivers one of the largest collections of periodical and digital media content editorially selected to support novice researchers.

  • Emma Stewart Resources Centre

    Your Saskatchewan teaching library! Run by the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation, this lending collection includes over 38,000 books and audiovisual materials on PreK-12 education, over 100 journals and newspapers, lesson and unit plans and activity guides, bibliographies in print and online on various curricula and professional topics in education, Saskatchewan curricula, and curriculum resources approved by the Ministry of Education.

  • Explore History

    Explore History is your gateway to a world-class collection of primary sources – maps, photos, newspapers, manuscripts, pamphlets, portraits and more. Explore the lives and history of Indigenous Peoples, British actors and musicians, as well as members of the LGBTQ2S+ community. Check out periodicals such as The Economist and The Times. This initiative will further research, teaching and lifelong learning in Saskatchewan.

  • Gale General Onefile

    A one-stop source for news and periodical articles as well as reference eBooks, and multimedia sources on a wide range of topics, with more than 14,000 titles, and a great deal of full-text, over 163,000 images, 6,400 audio files, and 1.3 million videos. Most content is full-text and recommended by "Bowker's Magazines for Libraries." Gale General Onefile Tutorial

  • Gale in Context: Elementary

    Gale in Context: Elementary provides K-5 students easy access to magazines, reference books and newspaper articles selected just for their age group through a fun, kid-friendly interface. Gale in Context: Elementary Tutorial

  • Gale In Context: Middle School

    Find the answer for any question with Gale in Context: Middle School. Introduce middle school students to database searching with resources featuring age-appropriate, curriculum-related content. Gale In Context: Middle School Tutorial

  • Gale Literature Resource Center

    Perfect for literary research or reports! Find up-to-date biographies, overviews, full-text criticisms, audio interviews, and reviews on writers from all countries and eras. 

  • Gale Onefile: High School Edition

    Designed for students in middle and high school, with access to over 2,000 titles of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books with information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.

  • Gale Onefile: Legal Trac

    Provides law students, faculty and legal researchers the publications they need for their research and practicum including full-text coverage of major law reviews, legal newspapers, bar association journals and international legal journals. Each title included is selected on the basis of criteria provided the American Association of Law Libraries.

  • Health and Medicine

    More than 2,500 embargo-free, full-text periodicals, reference books and hundreds of videos demonstrating medical procedures and live surgeries.

  • Health and Wellness

    A comprehensive consumer health resource that provides authoritative information on the full range of health-related issues.

  • Hoopla

    Borrow and enjoy audiobooks, eBooks, comics, movies, TV, magazines, or music everywhere you have a screen-your computer, your phone, your car, even your TV. All you need is a library card. hoopla syncs across all your devices, so you can stream titles immediately or whenever you're in the mood. Most titles can also be downloaded to your phone or tablet. hoopla offers more content, in more places, than any other digital library platform and it's all FREE with your library card. Hoopla Tutorial

  • Indigenous Canada

    Indigenous Canada is a 12-lesson Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) from the Faculty of Native Studies at the University of Alberta that explores the different histories and contemporary perspectives of Indigenous peoples living in Canada. From an Indigenous perspective, this course explores complex experiences Indigenous peoples face today from a historical and critical perspective highlighting national and local Indigenous-settler relations. Topics for the 12 lessons include the fur trade and other exchange relationships, land claims and environmental impacts, legal systems and rights, political conflicts and alliances, Indigenous political activism, and contemporary Indigenous life, art and its expressions.

  • Indigenous Saskatchewan Encyclopedia

    Learn about the histories of the Indigenous Peoples of Saskatchewan. These great resources provide a broad overview to answer many questions and to stimulate many conversations. Originally published by the Canadian Plains Research Centre, University of Regina Press in 2005 to commemorate Saskatchewan's centennial anniversary. Offered through the University of Saskatchewan.

  • Kanopy

    Enjoy critically-acclaimed movies, inspiring documentaries, award-winning foreign films and more. Stream on all your favorite devices, any time, anywhere. Receive 30 tickets each month to view the curated content you want.

    Included with Kanopy is Kanopy Kids - a tightly curated collection of the best children’s programming available today. Our kids' selection is curated to support early literacy, STEM education, and even foreign language learning. Using favorite children’s characters from Sesame Street, PBS Kids, Weston Woods, and more, our collection of kids films inspire empathy, critical thinking, and self-esteem in young viewers. Kanopy Kids does not require tickets.

  • Libby App

    Meet Libby, the award-winning reading app from Overdrive! Borrow from a wide selection of eBooks, audiobooks, and magazines straight to your smartphone, tablet, or computer for free. These books even return themselves! Libby Tutorial

  • LinkedIn Learning

    Choose from thousands of online courses to learn in-demand skills from real-world industry experts. Get started with your library card.

  • National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation

    Information about residential schools in Canada, including the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's final report and calls to action.

  • Nations to Nations: Indigenous Voices at Library and Archives Canada

    Nations to Nations: Indigenous Voices at Library and Archives Canada is a free multimedia e-book featuring 28 essays and over 140 images. Indigenous staff at Library and Archives Canada (LAC) wrote the essays to offer personal interpretations of collection items such as journals, maps, artwork, photographs, publications and audiovisual recordings. This e-book provides unique perspectives of First Nations, Inuit and the Métis Nation, and it shows the diversity of the histories, languages and cultures of Indigenous peoples.

  • NNELS (National Network for Equitable Library Service)

    Thanks to the National Network for Equitable Library Services (NNELS), Palliser Regional Library patrons with a visual impairment or print disability have access to thousands of downloadable audiobooks. Download the audio files to your computer, or transfer them to your Victor Stream, smartphone, iPad, or tablet.

  • Novelist K-8 Plus

    A database about books specifically for younger readers. It helps kids find books that are just right for their reading level and interests. Parents, teachers, and librarians can also find tools to teach with books and engage young readers.

  • Novelist Plus

    A comprehensive readers' advisory resource. Subject heading access, reviews, annotations, Author Read-alikes, Book Discussion Guides and much more for over 135,000 fiction titles. Also includes a growing number of non-fiction and audiobook titles. Novelist Plus Tutorial

  • Overdrive/Library2go

    Borrow eBooks, audiobooks and magazines straight to your computer that return themselves! Get the Libby app to borrow from your mobile device.

  • Peel's Prairie Provinces

    Materials related to the history of the prairies. Full text is available for many items.

  • PLEA

    Saskatchewan's source for free legal information.

  • PressReader

    Press Reader provides unlimited access to over 5,000 newspapers and magazines from around the world, in over 60 languages on your smartphone, tablet or laptop. PressReader Tutorial

  • Reconciliation Through Indigenous Education

    Offered by the Office of Indigenous Education at the University of British Columbia, this free course will help you envision how Indigenous histories, perspectives, worldviews, and approaches to learning can be made part of the work done in classrooms, organizations, communities, and in everyday experiences in ways that are thoughtful and respectful. In this course, reconciliation emphasizes changing institutional structures, practices, and policies, as well as personal and professional ideologies to create environments that are committed to strengthening relationships with Indigenous peoples.

  • Saskatchewan Historic Newspapers Online

    A project developed in partnership between the Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan and Saskatchewan History Online. When completed, the project will have digitized, described, and made available over 100 years of newspapers published from over 100 separate communities across the province. This will amount to approximately 11 million pages of newsprint. This collection will serve as a invaluable resource to a wide spectrum of users, from educators to genealogists. The documentary heritage kept within these newspapers will provide a unique insight to the lives of the residents of this province.

  • Science Online

    Your first stop for STEM resources for K-12 and post-secondary! It facilitates STEM research and discovery by allowing users to locate information as well as evaluate and apply their findings. Includes expert information in easy-to-read formats, printable experiment instructions, and online experiments for hands-on learning.

  • Shattering the Silence: The Hidden History of Indian Residential Schools in Saskatchewan

    Shattering the Silence is a Saskatchewan Project of Heart interactive ebook that uncovers the history of Indian residential schools in Saskatchewan. Written in 2017 by the Faculty of Education at the University of Regina, this document discovers the reality of residential schools in Saskatchewan. It is a great resource for teachers, students and the community that covers many topics and all the residential schools in the province. The website also includes teacher/curriculum resources.

  • Tumblebook Library

    TumbleBook Library is an online collection of animated, talking picture books which teach young children the joys of reading in a format they'll love. Tumblebook Tutorial

    • CELA (Centre for Equitable Library Access)

      Palliser Regional Library is proud to be a supporting member of the Centre for Equitable Library (CELA), formerly the CNIB Library's Partnership Program. As part of this program, those with print disabilities have access to:

      • Titles for all ages in audio, e-text and braille

      • More than 85,000 books, magazines and newspapers and described videos

      • Materials in English and French, with expanding access to other languages

    • NNELS (National Network for Equitable Library Service)

      Thanks to the National Network for Equitable Library Services (NNELS), Palliser Regional Library patrons with a visual impairment or print disability have access to thousands of downloadable audiobooks. Download the audio files to your computer, or transfer them to your Victor Stream, smartphone, iPad, or tablet.

    • CELA (Centre for Equitable Library Access)

      Palliser Regional Library is proud to be a supporting member of the Centre for Equitable Library (CELA), formerly the CNIB Library's Partnership Program. As part of this program, those with print disabilities have access to:

      • Titles for all ages in audio, e-text and braille

      • More than 85,000 books, magazines and newspapers and described videos

      • Materials in English and French, with expanding access to other languages

    • Hoopla

      Borrow and enjoy audiobooks, eBooks, comics, movies, TV, magazines, or music everywhere you have a screen-your computer, your phone, your car, even your TV. All you need is a library card. hoopla syncs across all your devices, so you can stream titles immediately or whenever you're in the mood. Most titles can also be downloaded to your phone or tablet. hoopla offers more content, in more places, than any other digital library platform and it's all FREE with your library card. Hoopla Tutorial

    • Libby App

      Meet Libby, the award-winning reading app from Overdrive! Borrow from a wide selection of eBooks, audiobooks, and magazines straight to your smartphone, tablet, or computer for free. These books even return themselves! Libby Tutorial

    • NNELS (National Network for Equitable Library Service)

      Thanks to the National Network for Equitable Library Services (NNELS), Palliser Regional Library patrons with a visual impairment or print disability have access to thousands of downloadable audiobooks. Download the audio files to your computer, or transfer them to your Victor Stream, smartphone, iPad, or tablet.

    • Overdrive/Library2go

      Borrow eBooks, audiobooks and magazines straight to your computer that return themselves! Get the Libby app to borrow from your mobile device.

    • Academic Onefile Select

      Specifically created for research across all academic disciplines, Academic OneFile Select, formally Expanded Academic ASAP, offers balanced coverage of every academic concentration – from advertising and microbiology to history and women's studies. More than 8,000 full text journals including The Economist, The New York Times, and Financial Times. Also find podcasts and trancscripts from NPR and CNN. Access to major reference sets including Gale Encyclopedia of Science and Encyclopedia of World Biography. Academic Onefile Tutorial

    • Business Source Elite

      Full-text coverage of top business, management and economics journals and periodicals. These valuable publications cover topics such as accounting, banking, finance, international business, marketing, sales, and more.

    • Canadian Business and Current Affairs

      This comprehensive Canadian periodical collection features a diversified mix of publications from 3 databases: CBCA Business, CBCA Education, and CBCA Reference & Current Events including scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines, reports, radio/television transcripts, news, dissertations, and more. Delivering a broad range of coverage from a Canadian perspective it spans topics like agriculture, business/economics, education, government and politics, health sciences, history, literature, medical sciences, social sciences, and more.

    • Canadian Major Dailies

      Canadian Major Dailies gives full text access to 24 major Canadian newspapers with archived issues that date back several decades. Includes The Star Phoenix and Regina Leader Post.

    • Canadian Periodical Index Quarterly

      Contains a wealth of Canadian and international periodicals — including Canada's national newspaper, The Globe and Mail; Maclean's weekly magazine; Canadian News Facts; and encyclopedic reference materials, such as the Canadian Parliamentary Guide and Canadian Newsmakers.

    • Canadian Research Index

      Canadian Research Index includes federal, provincial, and municipal documents such as depository publications of research value; hard to find non-depository publications; scientific and technical report literature; policy, social, economic, and political reports; Statistics Canada monographs, and serials. Dates of coverage are 1900-2018. With the discontinuation of Microlog, the index is no longer updated.

    • Consumer Reports

      Whether you are looking to find the best deal on an LCD TV or researching the top-recommended used vehicles, ConsumerReports.org provides trusted ratings and reviews, recommendations and buying advice for thousands of products and services.

    • Gale General Onefile

      A one-stop source for news and periodical articles as well as reference eBooks, and multimedia sources on a wide range of topics, with more than 14,000 titles, and a great deal of full-text, over 163,000 images, 6,400 audio files, and 1.3 million videos. Most content is full-text and recommended by "Bowker's Magazines for Libraries." Gale General Onefile Tutorial

    • Gale Onefile: Legal Trac

      Provides law students, faculty and legal researchers the publications they need for their research and practicum including full-text coverage of major law reviews, legal newspapers, bar association journals and international legal journals. Each title included is selected on the basis of criteria provided the American Association of Law Libraries.

    • LinkedIn Learning

      Choose from thousands of online courses to learn in-demand skills from real-world industry experts. Get started with your library card.

    • Auto Repair Source

      Powered by the automotive experts at MOTOR, AutoMate provides the most accurate, authoritative and up-to-date service and repair information for thousands of domestic and imported vehicles. Auto Repair Source Tutorial

    • Creativebug

      Creativebug offers award-winning art and hobby video classes taught by recognized design experts and artists. Enjoy free unlimited access to thousands of online classes on demand. Categories include Knitting, Crochet, Art & Design, Paper (including Cricut), Sewing, Quilting, Jewelry, Food & Home, and Holiday & Party, and Kids. Creativebug Tutorial

    • LinkedIn Learning

      Choose from thousands of online courses to learn in-demand skills from real-world industry experts. Get started with your library card.

    • CELA (Centre for Equitable Library Access)

      Palliser Regional Library is proud to be a supporting member of the Centre for Equitable Library (CELA), formerly the CNIB Library's Partnership Program. As part of this program, those with print disabilities have access to:

      • Titles for all ages in audio, e-text and braille

      • More than 85,000 books, magazines and newspapers and described videos

      • Materials in English and French, with expanding access to other languages

    • eLibrary

      Helps simplify the research process and empowers novice researchers to more easily and efficiently choose their research topic and find authoritative information to support their research claim. It delivers one of the largest collections of periodical and digital media content editorially selected to support novice researchers.

    • Hoopla

      Borrow and enjoy audiobooks, eBooks, comics, movies, TV, magazines, or music everywhere you have a screen-your computer, your phone, your car, even your TV. All you need is a library card. hoopla syncs across all your devices, so you can stream titles immediately or whenever you're in the mood. Most titles can also be downloaded to your phone or tablet. hoopla offers more content, in more places, than any other digital library platform and it's all FREE with your library card. Hoopla Tutorial

    • Libby App

      Meet Libby, the award-winning reading app from Overdrive! Borrow from a wide selection of eBooks, audiobooks, and magazines straight to your smartphone, tablet, or computer for free. These books even return themselves! Libby Tutorial

    • Overdrive/Library2go

      Borrow eBooks, audiobooks and magazines straight to your computer that return themselves! Get the Libby app to borrow from your mobile device.

    • Academic Onefile Select

      Specifically created for research across all academic disciplines, Academic OneFile Select, formally Expanded Academic ASAP, offers balanced coverage of every academic concentration – from advertising and microbiology to history and women's studies. More than 8,000 full text journals including The Economist, The New York Times, and Financial Times. Also find podcasts and trancscripts from NPR and CNN. Access to major reference sets including Gale Encyclopedia of Science and Encyclopedia of World Biography. Academic Onefile Tutorial

    • Britannica Academic

      An accurate, current, and comprehensive resource for college-level learners, researchers, and faculty. Discover encyclopedia articles, full-text journal and magazine articles, primary sources, multimedia, and other unique resources and tools that make research easier and more productive. Includes the complete encyclopedia, as well as Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus.

    • Britannica Library

      The Award-Winning Resource for Children and Adults. Easy to use, and easy to find trusted information. Conduct research, work on special projects, or explore your unique interests. You can switch between 3 reading levels on each article, listen to the article read aloud, and use Merriam-Webster's double click dictionary to learn definitions and hear pronunciations. Articles can also be translated into over 80 languages.

    • Britannica School

      A safe, up-to-date, and age-appropriate information resource for Elementary, Middle, and High School. Discover encyclopedia articles, multimedia, primary sources, games, and other learning resources that support student research and reinforce curriculum standards. Includes Britannica Student Encyclopedia & Britannica Elementary Encyclopaedia.

    • Canadian Business and Current Affairs

      This comprehensive Canadian periodical collection features a diversified mix of publications from 3 databases: CBCA Business, CBCA Education, and CBCA Reference & Current Events including scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines, reports, radio/television transcripts, news, dissertations, and more. Delivering a broad range of coverage from a Canadian perspective it spans topics like agriculture, business/economics, education, government and politics, health sciences, history, literature, medical sciences, social sciences, and more.

    • Canadian Census Research Kit

      The Census of Population is a go-to source for students doing quantitative research on Canada. This toolkit will help familiarize you with the Census and key sources of data and other information. It will show you topics covered by the 2021 Census, examples of research involving Census data, and Census 2021 reference tools and sources for your next research project.

    • Canadian Major Dailies

      Canadian Major Dailies gives full text access to 24 major Canadian newspapers with archived issues that date back several decades. Includes The Star Phoenix and Regina Leader Post.

    • Canadian Periodical Index Quarterly

      Contains a wealth of Canadian and international periodicals — including Canada's national newspaper, The Globe and Mail; Maclean's weekly magazine; Canadian News Facts; and encyclopedic reference materials, such as the Canadian Parliamentary Guide and Canadian Newsmakers.

    • Canadian Research Index

      Canadian Research Index includes federal, provincial, and municipal documents such as depository publications of research value; hard to find non-depository publications; scientific and technical report literature; policy, social, economic, and political reports; Statistics Canada monographs, and serials. Dates of coverage are 1900-2018. With the discontinuation of Microlog, the index is no longer updated.

    • Consumer Reports

      Whether you are looking to find the best deal on an LCD TV or researching the top-recommended used vehicles, ConsumerReports.org provides trusted ratings and reviews, recommendations and buying advice for thousands of products and services.

    • eLibrary

      Helps simplify the research process and empowers novice researchers to more easily and efficiently choose their research topic and find authoritative information to support their research claim. It delivers one of the largest collections of periodical and digital media content editorially selected to support novice researchers.

    • Gale in Context: Elementary

      Gale in Context: Elementary provides K-5 students easy access to magazines, reference books and newspaper articles selected just for their age group through a fun, kid-friendly interface. Gale in Context: Elementary Tutorial

    • Gale In Context: Middle School

      Find the answer for any question with Gale in Context: Middle School. Introduce middle school students to database searching with resources featuring age-appropriate, curriculum-related content. Gale In Context: Middle School Tutorial

    • Gale Literature Resource Center

      Perfect for literary research or reports! Find up-to-date biographies, overviews, full-text criticisms, audio interviews, and reviews on writers from all countries and eras. 

    • Gale Onefile: High School Edition

      Designed for students in middle and high school, with access to over 2,000 titles of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books with information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.

    • Gale Onefile: Legal Trac

      Provides law students, faculty and legal researchers the publications they need for their research and practicum including full-text coverage of major law reviews, legal newspapers, bar association journals and international legal journals. Each title included is selected on the basis of criteria provided the American Association of Law Libraries.

    • Science Online

      Your first stop for STEM resources for K-12 and post-secondary! It facilitates STEM research and discovery by allowing users to locate information as well as evaluate and apply their findings. Includes expert information in easy-to-read formats, printable experiment instructions, and online experiments for hands-on learning.

    • Health and Medicine

      More than 2,500 embargo-free, full-text periodicals, reference books and hundreds of videos demonstrating medical procedures and live surgeries.

    • Health and Wellness

      A comprehensive consumer health resource that provides authoritative information on the full range of health-related issues.

    • Ancestry Library Edition

      A popular genealogy research tool that provides digital access to U.S., U.K and Canadian census returns, vital statistics, military records, ships' passenger lists, directories, parish records, family trees, maps and forms. This resource is only available inside the Moose Jaw Public Library. Ancestry Library Tutorial

    • Canadian Census Research Kit

      The Census of Population is a go-to source for students doing quantitative research on Canada. This toolkit will help familiarize you with the Census and key sources of data and other information. It will show you topics covered by the 2021 Census, examples of research involving Census data, and Census 2021 reference tools and sources for your next research project.

    • Explore History

      Explore History is your gateway to a world-class collection of primary sources – maps, photos, newspapers, manuscripts, pamphlets, portraits and more. Explore the lives and history of Indigenous Peoples, British actors and musicians, as well as members of the LGBTQ2S+ community. Check out periodicals such as The Economist and The Times. This initiative will further research, teaching and lifelong learning in Saskatchewan.

    • Indigenous Saskatchewan Encyclopedia

      Learn about the histories of the Indigenous Peoples of Saskatchewan. These great resources provide a broad overview to answer many questions and to stimulate many conversations. Originally published by the Canadian Plains Research Centre, University of Regina Press in 2005 to commemorate Saskatchewan's centennial anniversary. Offered through the University of Saskatchewan.

    • Peel's Prairie Provinces

      Materials related to the history of the prairies. Full text is available for many items.

    • Saskatchewan Historic Newspapers Online

      A project developed in partnership between the Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan and Saskatchewan History Online. When completed, the project will have digitized, described, and made available over 100 years of newspapers published from over 100 separate communities across the province. This will amount to approximately 11 million pages of newsprint. This collection will serve as a invaluable resource to a wide spectrum of users, from educators to genealogists. The documentary heritage kept within these newspapers will provide a unique insight to the lives of the residents of this province.

    • ConnectR

      The journey of Reconciliation is not an easy one. ConnectR helps you choose your next steps towards reconciliation. Find calls to action to grow what you know, encourage a shared future and generate change.

    • Indigenous Canada

      Indigenous Canada is a 12-lesson Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) from the Faculty of Native Studies at the University of Alberta that explores the different histories and contemporary perspectives of Indigenous peoples living in Canada. From an Indigenous perspective, this course explores complex experiences Indigenous peoples face today from a historical and critical perspective highlighting national and local Indigenous-settler relations. Topics for the 12 lessons include the fur trade and other exchange relationships, land claims and environmental impacts, legal systems and rights, political conflicts and alliances, Indigenous political activism, and contemporary Indigenous life, art and its expressions.

    • Indigenous Saskatchewan Encyclopedia

      Learn about the histories of the Indigenous Peoples of Saskatchewan. These great resources provide a broad overview to answer many questions and to stimulate many conversations. Originally published by the Canadian Plains Research Centre, University of Regina Press in 2005 to commemorate Saskatchewan's centennial anniversary. Offered through the University of Saskatchewan.

    • National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation

      Information about residential schools in Canada, including the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's final report and calls to action.

    • Nations to Nations: Indigenous Voices at Library and Archives Canada

      Nations to Nations: Indigenous Voices at Library and Archives Canada is a free multimedia e-book featuring 28 essays and over 140 images. Indigenous staff at Library and Archives Canada (LAC) wrote the essays to offer personal interpretations of collection items such as journals, maps, artwork, photographs, publications and audiovisual recordings. This e-book provides unique perspectives of First Nations, Inuit and the Métis Nation, and it shows the diversity of the histories, languages and cultures of Indigenous peoples.

    • Reconciliation Through Indigenous Education

      Offered by the Office of Indigenous Education at the University of British Columbia, this free course will help you envision how Indigenous histories, perspectives, worldviews, and approaches to learning can be made part of the work done in classrooms, organizations, communities, and in everyday experiences in ways that are thoughtful and respectful. In this course, reconciliation emphasizes changing institutional structures, practices, and policies, as well as personal and professional ideologies to create environments that are committed to strengthening relationships with Indigenous peoples.

    • Shattering the Silence: The Hidden History of Indian Residential Schools in Saskatchewan

      Shattering the Silence is a Saskatchewan Project of Heart interactive ebook that uncovers the history of Indian residential schools in Saskatchewan. Written in 2017 by the Faculty of Education at the University of Regina, this document discovers the reality of residential schools in Saskatchewan. It is a great resource for teachers, students and the community that covers many topics and all the residential schools in the province. The website also includes teacher/curriculum resources.

    • Britannica School

      A safe, up-to-date, and age-appropriate information resource for Elementary, Middle, and High School. Discover encyclopedia articles, multimedia, primary sources, games, and other learning resources that support student research and reinforce curriculum standards. Includes Britannica Student Encyclopedia & Britannica Elementary Encyclopaedia.

    • Creativebug

      Creativebug offers award-winning art and hobby video classes taught by recognized design experts and artists. Enjoy free unlimited access to thousands of online classes on demand. Categories include Knitting, Crochet, Art & Design, Paper (including Cricut), Sewing, Quilting, Jewelry, Food & Home, and Holiday & Party, and Kids. Creativebug Tutorial

    • CSA Resources for Youth & Educators

      Resources and activities to stimulate students' interest in the sciences, mathematics and technology. Includes activities and experiments that can be done at home or in the classroom. Educators will find curriculum-based learning activities and more.

    • Gale in Context: Elementary

      Gale in Context: Elementary provides K-5 students easy access to magazines, reference books and newspaper articles selected just for their age group through a fun, kid-friendly interface. Gale in Context: Elementary Tutorial

    • Gale In Context: Middle School

      Find the answer for any question with Gale in Context: Middle School. Introduce middle school students to database searching with resources featuring age-appropriate, curriculum-related content. Gale In Context: Middle School Tutorial

    • Hoopla

      Borrow and enjoy audiobooks, eBooks, comics, movies, TV, magazines, or music everywhere you have a screen-your computer, your phone, your car, even your TV. All you need is a library card. hoopla syncs across all your devices, so you can stream titles immediately or whenever you're in the mood. Most titles can also be downloaded to your phone or tablet. hoopla offers more content, in more places, than any other digital library platform and it's all FREE with your library card. Hoopla Tutorial

    • Kanopy

      Enjoy critically-acclaimed movies, inspiring documentaries, award-winning foreign films and more. Stream on all your favorite devices, any time, anywhere. Receive 30 tickets each month to view the curated content you want.

      Included with Kanopy is Kanopy Kids - a tightly curated collection of the best children’s programming available today. Our kids' selection is curated to support early literacy, STEM education, and even foreign language learning. Using favorite children’s characters from Sesame Street, PBS Kids, Weston Woods, and more, our collection of kids films inspire empathy, critical thinking, and self-esteem in young viewers. Kanopy Kids does not require tickets.

    • Novelist K-8 Plus

      A database about books specifically for younger readers. It helps kids find books that are just right for their reading level and interests. Parents, teachers, and librarians can also find tools to teach with books and engage young readers.

    • Science Online

      Your first stop for STEM resources for K-12 and post-secondary! It facilitates STEM research and discovery by allowing users to locate information as well as evaluate and apply their findings. Includes expert information in easy-to-read formats, printable experiment instructions, and online experiments for hands-on learning.

    • Tumblebook Library

      TumbleBook Library is an online collection of animated, talking picture books which teach young children the joys of reading in a format they'll love. Tumblebook Tutorial

    • Gale Onefile: Legal Trac

      Provides law students, faculty and legal researchers the publications they need for their research and practicum including full-text coverage of major law reviews, legal newspapers, bar association journals and international legal journals. Each title included is selected on the basis of criteria provided the American Association of Law Libraries.

    • PLEA

      Saskatchewan's source for free legal information.

    • Hoopla

      Borrow and enjoy audiobooks, eBooks, comics, movies, TV, magazines, or music everywhere you have a screen-your computer, your phone, your car, even your TV. All you need is a library card. hoopla syncs across all your devices, so you can stream titles immediately or whenever you're in the mood. Most titles can also be downloaded to your phone or tablet. hoopla offers more content, in more places, than any other digital library platform and it's all FREE with your library card. Hoopla Tutorial

    • Canadian Major Dailies

      Canadian Major Dailies gives full text access to 24 major Canadian newspapers with archived issues that date back several decades. Includes The Star Phoenix and Regina Leader Post.

    • Canadian Periodical Index Quarterly

      Contains a wealth of Canadian and international periodicals — including Canada's national newspaper, The Globe and Mail; Maclean's weekly magazine; Canadian News Facts; and encyclopedic reference materials, such as the Canadian Parliamentary Guide and Canadian Newsmakers.

    • CELA (Centre for Equitable Library Access)

      Palliser Regional Library is proud to be a supporting member of the Centre for Equitable Library (CELA), formerly the CNIB Library's Partnership Program. As part of this program, those with print disabilities have access to:

      • Titles for all ages in audio, e-text and braille

      • More than 85,000 books, magazines and newspapers and described videos

      • Materials in English and French, with expanding access to other languages

    • eLibrary

      Helps simplify the research process and empowers novice researchers to more easily and efficiently choose their research topic and find authoritative information to support their research claim. It delivers one of the largest collections of periodical and digital media content editorially selected to support novice researchers.

    • Gale General Onefile

      A one-stop source for news and periodical articles as well as reference eBooks, and multimedia sources on a wide range of topics, with more than 14,000 titles, and a great deal of full-text, over 163,000 images, 6,400 audio files, and 1.3 million videos. Most content is full-text and recommended by "Bowker's Magazines for Libraries." Gale General Onefile Tutorial

    • Gale in Context: Elementary

      Gale in Context: Elementary provides K-5 students easy access to magazines, reference books and newspaper articles selected just for their age group through a fun, kid-friendly interface. Gale in Context: Elementary Tutorial

    • Gale In Context: Middle School

      Find the answer for any question with Gale in Context: Middle School. Introduce middle school students to database searching with resources featuring age-appropriate, curriculum-related content. Gale In Context: Middle School Tutorial

    • Gale Onefile: High School Edition

      Designed for students in middle and high school, with access to over 2,000 titles of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books with information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.

    • Hoopla

      Borrow and enjoy audiobooks, eBooks, comics, movies, TV, magazines, or music everywhere you have a screen-your computer, your phone, your car, even your TV. All you need is a library card. hoopla syncs across all your devices, so you can stream titles immediately or whenever you're in the mood. Most titles can also be downloaded to your phone or tablet. hoopla offers more content, in more places, than any other digital library platform and it's all FREE with your library card. Hoopla Tutorial

    • Libby App

      Meet Libby, the award-winning reading app from Overdrive! Borrow from a wide selection of eBooks, audiobooks, and magazines straight to your smartphone, tablet, or computer for free. These books even return themselves! Libby Tutorial

    • Overdrive/Library2go

      Borrow eBooks, audiobooks and magazines straight to your computer that return themselves! Get the Libby app to borrow from your mobile device.

    • PressReader

      Press Reader provides unlimited access to over 5,000 newspapers and magazines from around the world, in over 60 languages on your smartphone, tablet or laptop. PressReader Tutorial

    • Saskatchewan Historic Newspapers Online

      A project developed in partnership between the Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan and Saskatchewan History Online. When completed, the project will have digitized, described, and made available over 100 years of newspapers published from over 100 separate communities across the province. This will amount to approximately 11 million pages of newsprint. This collection will serve as a invaluable resource to a wide spectrum of users, from educators to genealogists. The documentary heritage kept within these newspapers will provide a unique insight to the lives of the residents of this province.

    • Novelist K-8 Plus

      A database about books specifically for younger readers. It helps kids find books that are just right for their reading level and interests. Parents, teachers, and librarians can also find tools to teach with books and engage young readers.

    • Novelist Plus

      A comprehensive readers' advisory resource. Subject heading access, reviews, annotations, Author Read-alikes, Book Discussion Guides and much more for over 135,000 fiction titles. Also includes a growing number of non-fiction and audiobook titles. Novelist Plus Tutorial

    • ConnectR

      The journey of Reconciliation is not an easy one. ConnectR helps you choose your next steps towards reconciliation. Find calls to action to grow what you know, encourage a shared future and generate change.

    • Indigenous Canada

      Indigenous Canada is a 12-lesson Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) from the Faculty of Native Studies at the University of Alberta that explores the different histories and contemporary perspectives of Indigenous peoples living in Canada. From an Indigenous perspective, this course explores complex experiences Indigenous peoples face today from a historical and critical perspective highlighting national and local Indigenous-settler relations. Topics for the 12 lessons include the fur trade and other exchange relationships, land claims and environmental impacts, legal systems and rights, political conflicts and alliances, Indigenous political activism, and contemporary Indigenous life, art and its expressions.

    • National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation

      Information about residential schools in Canada, including the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's final report and calls to action.

    • Nations to Nations: Indigenous Voices at Library and Archives Canada

      Nations to Nations: Indigenous Voices at Library and Archives Canada is a free multimedia e-book featuring 28 essays and over 140 images. Indigenous staff at Library and Archives Canada (LAC) wrote the essays to offer personal interpretations of collection items such as journals, maps, artwork, photographs, publications and audiovisual recordings. This e-book provides unique perspectives of First Nations, Inuit and the Métis Nation, and it shows the diversity of the histories, languages and cultures of Indigenous peoples.

    • Reconciliation Through Indigenous Education

      Offered by the Office of Indigenous Education at the University of British Columbia, this free course will help you envision how Indigenous histories, perspectives, worldviews, and approaches to learning can be made part of the work done in classrooms, organizations, communities, and in everyday experiences in ways that are thoughtful and respectful. In this course, reconciliation emphasizes changing institutional structures, practices, and policies, as well as personal and professional ideologies to create environments that are committed to strengthening relationships with Indigenous peoples.

    • Shattering the Silence: The Hidden History of Indian Residential Schools in Saskatchewan

      Shattering the Silence is a Saskatchewan Project of Heart interactive ebook that uncovers the history of Indian residential schools in Saskatchewan. Written in 2017 by the Faculty of Education at the University of Regina, this document discovers the reality of residential schools in Saskatchewan. It is a great resource for teachers, students and the community that covers many topics and all the residential schools in the province. The website also includes teacher/curriculum resources.

    • Academic Onefile Select

      Specifically created for research across all academic disciplines, Academic OneFile Select, formally Expanded Academic ASAP, offers balanced coverage of every academic concentration – from advertising and microbiology to history and women's studies. More than 8,000 full text journals including The Economist, The New York Times, and Financial Times. Also find podcasts and trancscripts from NPR and CNN. Access to major reference sets including Gale Encyclopedia of Science and Encyclopedia of World Biography. Academic Onefile Tutorial

    • Canadian Research Index

      Canadian Research Index includes federal, provincial, and municipal documents such as depository publications of research value; hard to find non-depository publications; scientific and technical report literature; policy, social, economic, and political reports; Statistics Canada monographs, and serials. Dates of coverage are 1900-2018. With the discontinuation of Microlog, the index is no longer updated.

    • CSA Resources for Youth & Educators

      Resources and activities to stimulate students' interest in the sciences, mathematics and technology. Includes activities and experiments that can be done at home or in the classroom. Educators will find curriculum-based learning activities and more.

    • Gale General Onefile

      A one-stop source for news and periodical articles as well as reference eBooks, and multimedia sources on a wide range of topics, with more than 14,000 titles, and a great deal of full-text, over 163,000 images, 6,400 audio files, and 1.3 million videos. Most content is full-text and recommended by "Bowker's Magazines for Libraries." Gale General Onefile Tutorial

    • Gale in Context: Elementary

      Gale in Context: Elementary provides K-5 students easy access to magazines, reference books and newspaper articles selected just for their age group through a fun, kid-friendly interface. Gale in Context: Elementary Tutorial

    • Gale In Context: Middle School

      Find the answer for any question with Gale in Context: Middle School. Introduce middle school students to database searching with resources featuring age-appropriate, curriculum-related content. Gale In Context: Middle School Tutorial

    • Gale Onefile: High School Edition

      Designed for students in middle and high school, with access to over 2,000 titles of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books with information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.

    • Health and Medicine

      More than 2,500 embargo-free, full-text periodicals, reference books and hundreds of videos demonstrating medical procedures and live surgeries.

    • Science Online

      Your first stop for STEM resources for K-12 and post-secondary! It facilitates STEM research and discovery by allowing users to locate information as well as evaluate and apply their findings. Includes expert information in easy-to-read formats, printable experiment instructions, and online experiments for hands-on learning.

    • Britannica Academic

      An accurate, current, and comprehensive resource for college-level learners, researchers, and faculty. Discover encyclopedia articles, full-text journal and magazine articles, primary sources, multimedia, and other unique resources and tools that make research easier and more productive. Includes the complete encyclopedia, as well as Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus.

    • Britannica School

      A safe, up-to-date, and age-appropriate information resource for Elementary, Middle, and High School. Discover encyclopedia articles, multimedia, primary sources, games, and other learning resources that support student research and reinforce curriculum standards. Includes Britannica Student Encyclopedia & Britannica Elementary Encyclopaedia.

    • CSA Resources for Youth & Educators

      Resources and activities to stimulate students' interest in the sciences, mathematics and technology. Includes activities and experiments that can be done at home or in the classroom. Educators will find curriculum-based learning activities and more.

    • Emma Stewart Resources Centre

      Your Saskatchewan teaching library! Run by the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation, this lending collection includes over 38,000 books and audiovisual materials on PreK-12 education, over 100 journals and newspapers, lesson and unit plans and activity guides, bibliographies in print and online on various curricula and professional topics in education, Saskatchewan curricula, and curriculum resources approved by the Ministry of Education.

    • Gale in Context: Elementary

      Gale in Context: Elementary provides K-5 students easy access to magazines, reference books and newspaper articles selected just for their age group through a fun, kid-friendly interface. Gale in Context: Elementary Tutorial

    • Gale In Context: Middle School

      Find the answer for any question with Gale in Context: Middle School. Introduce middle school students to database searching with resources featuring age-appropriate, curriculum-related content. Gale In Context: Middle School Tutorial

    • Gale Onefile: High School Edition

      Designed for students in middle and high school, with access to over 2,000 titles of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books with information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.

    • Kanopy

      Enjoy critically-acclaimed movies, inspiring documentaries, award-winning foreign films and more. Stream on all your favorite devices, any time, anywhere. Receive 30 tickets each month to view the curated content you want.

      Included with Kanopy is Kanopy Kids - a tightly curated collection of the best children’s programming available today. Our kids' selection is curated to support early literacy, STEM education, and even foreign language learning. Using favorite children’s characters from Sesame Street, PBS Kids, Weston Woods, and more, our collection of kids films inspire empathy, critical thinking, and self-esteem in young viewers. Kanopy Kids does not require tickets.

    • Novelist K-8 Plus

      A database about books specifically for younger readers. It helps kids find books that are just right for their reading level and interests. Parents, teachers, and librarians can also find tools to teach with books and engage young readers.

    • Novelist Plus

      A comprehensive readers' advisory resource. Subject heading access, reviews, annotations, Author Read-alikes, Book Discussion Guides and much more for over 135,000 fiction titles. Also includes a growing number of non-fiction and audiobook titles. Novelist Plus Tutorial

    • Science Online

      Your first stop for STEM resources for K-12 and post-secondary! It facilitates STEM research and discovery by allowing users to locate information as well as evaluate and apply their findings. Includes expert information in easy-to-read formats, printable experiment instructions, and online experiments for hands-on learning.

    • Tumblebook Library

      TumbleBook Library is an online collection of animated, talking picture books which teach young children the joys of reading in a format they'll love. Tumblebook Tutorial

    • Academic Onefile Select

      Specifically created for research across all academic disciplines, Academic OneFile Select, formally Expanded Academic ASAP, offers balanced coverage of every academic concentration – from advertising and microbiology to history and women's studies. More than 8,000 full text journals including The Economist, The New York Times, and Financial Times. Also find podcasts and trancscripts from NPR and CNN. Access to major reference sets including Gale Encyclopedia of Science and Encyclopedia of World Biography. Academic Onefile Tutorial

    • Creativebug

      Creativebug offers award-winning art and hobby video classes taught by recognized design experts and artists. Enjoy free unlimited access to thousands of online classes on demand. Categories include Knitting, Crochet, Art & Design, Paper (including Cricut), Sewing, Quilting, Jewelry, Food & Home, and Holiday & Party, and Kids. Creativebug Tutorial

    • CSA Resources for Youth & Educators

      Resources and activities to stimulate students' interest in the sciences, mathematics and technology. Includes activities and experiments that can be done at home or in the classroom. Educators will find curriculum-based learning activities and more.

    • Gale In Context: Middle School

      Find the answer for any question with Gale in Context: Middle School. Introduce middle school students to database searching with resources featuring age-appropriate, curriculum-related content. Gale In Context: Middle School Tutorial

    • Gale Onefile: High School Edition

      Designed for students in middle and high school, with access to over 2,000 titles of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books with information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.

    • Hoopla

      Borrow and enjoy audiobooks, eBooks, comics, movies, TV, magazines, or music everywhere you have a screen-your computer, your phone, your car, even your TV. All you need is a library card. hoopla syncs across all your devices, so you can stream titles immediately or whenever you're in the mood. Most titles can also be downloaded to your phone or tablet. hoopla offers more content, in more places, than any other digital library platform and it's all FREE with your library card. Hoopla Tutorial

    • Kanopy

      Enjoy critically-acclaimed movies, inspiring documentaries, award-winning foreign films and more. Stream on all your favorite devices, any time, anywhere. Receive 30 tickets each month to view the curated content you want.

      Included with Kanopy is Kanopy Kids - a tightly curated collection of the best children’s programming available today. Our kids' selection is curated to support early literacy, STEM education, and even foreign language learning. Using favorite children’s characters from Sesame Street, PBS Kids, Weston Woods, and more, our collection of kids films inspire empathy, critical thinking, and self-esteem in young viewers. Kanopy Kids does not require tickets.

    • Libby App

      Meet Libby, the award-winning reading app from Overdrive! Borrow from a wide selection of eBooks, audiobooks, and magazines straight to your smartphone, tablet, or computer for free. These books even return themselves! Libby Tutorial

    • LinkedIn Learning

      Choose from thousands of online courses to learn in-demand skills from real-world industry experts. Get started with your library card.

    • Novelist K-8 Plus

      A database about books specifically for younger readers. It helps kids find books that are just right for their reading level and interests. Parents, teachers, and librarians can also find tools to teach with books and engage young readers.

    • Novelist Plus

      A comprehensive readers' advisory resource. Subject heading access, reviews, annotations, Author Read-alikes, Book Discussion Guides and much more for over 135,000 fiction titles. Also includes a growing number of non-fiction and audiobook titles. Novelist Plus Tutorial

    • Overdrive/Library2go

      Borrow eBooks, audiobooks and magazines straight to your computer that return themselves! Get the Libby app to borrow from your mobile device.

    • PressReader

      Press Reader provides unlimited access to over 5,000 newspapers and magazines from around the world, in over 60 languages on your smartphone, tablet or laptop. PressReader Tutorial

    • Science Online

      Your first stop for STEM resources for K-12 and post-secondary! It facilitates STEM research and discovery by allowing users to locate information as well as evaluate and apply their findings. Includes expert information in easy-to-read formats, printable experiment instructions, and online experiments for hands-on learning.

    • Hoopla

      Borrow and enjoy audiobooks, eBooks, comics, movies, TV, magazines, or music everywhere you have a screen-your computer, your phone, your car, even your TV. All you need is a library card. hoopla syncs across all your devices, so you can stream titles immediately or whenever you're in the mood. Most titles can also be downloaded to your phone or tablet. hoopla offers more content, in more places, than any other digital library platform and it's all FREE with your library card. Hoopla Tutorial

    • Kanopy

      Enjoy critically-acclaimed movies, inspiring documentaries, award-winning foreign films and more. Stream on all your favorite devices, any time, anywhere. Receive 30 tickets each month to view the curated content you want.

      Included with Kanopy is Kanopy Kids - a tightly curated collection of the best children’s programming available today. Our kids' selection is curated to support early literacy, STEM education, and even foreign language learning. Using favorite children’s characters from Sesame Street, PBS Kids, Weston Woods, and more, our collection of kids films inspire empathy, critical thinking, and self-esteem in young viewers. Kanopy Kids does not require tickets.