Knowledge Ontario
Free access by all Ontarians to a core of digital information resources, including full-text of magazines, newspapers, journals, encyclopedias, dictionaries and eBook collections. This resource is funded by the Province of Ontario.
Bartleby (biographies, definitions, quotations, poems)
The Biography Channel
Holidays, calendars and time (perpetual calendars, time zones, public holidays and national events, school year calendars, today in Canadian history, etc.)
Canadian atlases
Canadian Foundation for Economic Education has developed websites to help improve economic and financial capability in Canada.
For example: Vector (more than 179 video vignettes profiling different careers), Virtual Adviser (answers common questions about money and work), the Online Classroom edition of the Globe and Mail), Mentors, ventures and plans (information about entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship), etc.
CIA World Factbook
Dorling Kindersley e-encyclopedia
Ebsco See staff for username and password
Edselect (Canadian content)
Electric Library. Can be accessed through the Mississauga Public Library. See below.
The Free Dictionary
Grolier On-line See staff for username and password
Health Canada
Infomine (Scholarly Internet resource collections)
Internet Public Library
Kids Help Phone website
Librarian's Index to the Internet
Mapquest
Mayo Clinic
Mississauga Public Library (Go to Research resources, click on "Related links" and then on "Search from home").
National Library of Canada
Online Newspapers (International, US, Canadian, Ontario newspapers)
A Research Guide for Students This site provides students with the necessary tools to conduct research and write research papers.
Toronto Stock Exchange
Wolfram/Alpha Computational Knowledge engine
The following databases can be accessed through the Mississauga Public Library website (please note that you need a valid MPL card number) :
- AccessScience (online version of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science)
- CBCA Full Text Business and Reference (over 800 Canadian business and current affairs periodicals indexed from 1982 to present)
- Electric Library (Databases of reliable sources for research)
- Health & Wellness Resource Center (Health, medicine, medications and wellness)
- Literature Resource Center (Biographies, bibliographies and critical analysis)
- Opposing Viewpoints Resource Centre (Information on social issues)
- Pages of the Past (Online archives, back to 1892)
- What Do I Read Next? Online (Expert recommendations on classic, mainstream or genre fiction for all age levels)