Come experience the vivid history of Ontario’s frontier northland through the photos, writings and creations of the people who carved a life out of this rugged and beautiful country.

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Free downloadable audiobooks are now available from the Terrace Bay Public Library! This service allows you to check out and download audiobooks anytime, anywhere. Offering popular fiction and non-fiction, our “Virtual Branch” has over 2600 titles, covering a wide range of genres and including juvenile and young adult titles.

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Eureka.cc, formerly known as the Virtual News Library, makes it possible to search through the full-text archives of Canadian and European newspapers, periodicals, and radio and television news item transcripts.

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PC Magazine is your complete guide to PC computers, peripherals and upgrades. They test and review computer- and Internet-related products and services, report technology news and trends, and provide shopping advice and price comparisons.  PC Magazine is now completely digital and have discontinued their print edition.

Covers biotechnological applications ranging across medicine, agriculture, and industry. Devoted to helping younger students and general readers understand the fast-developing science and issues related to: advances in biotechnology, the science of molecular biology and genetics.

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Provides a wide range of scientific, historical and cultural information about the animal world. Covers careers in the animal sciences in addition to biological concepts, the history of zoology, biographies of scientists, and ethical issues such as the practice of animal experimentation. Includes illustrations, sidebars, charts, a glossary, bibliographies, filmographies and the addresses of institutions devoted to the protection and study of wild and domesticated animals.

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Ontario Time Machine is an online learning site for Grade 7 and 8 students of Ontario history and their teachers; the site was just awarded the Ontario Minister of Culture Award for Innovation (Large Library Category).  A joint project of the Toronto, Hamilton and Kingston Frontenac Public Library systems, it showcases a selection of some 30 books from Ontario’s early days.  The books are presented in a fun format – readers can actually turn the virtual pages! 

Offers information on the ways in which different chemical elements combine to form commonly-used chemical compounds, such as water, ammonia, and aspirin. Defines what a chemical compound actually is and the difference between organic and inorganic compounds, as well as providing definitions of acids, bases, salts, oxides, and coordination compounds. Features a general historical overview of major discoveries and the notable scientists who made them.

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The Ancestry Library Edition collection has approximately 4,000 databases and has unparalleled coverage of not just Canada but in UK, US, France, Australia, Italy, Australia, Germany & Sweden, including census, vital, church, court, and immigration records. 

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.

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