Pages of the Past includes high-quality digital images in the original page format of over 30,000 issues of The Toronto Star. It includes editorial and opinion pieces, advertisements, want ads, birth and death notices, in addition to the stories detailing the events of the day. 1894-2020.

TumbleBooks is a curated database of children’s e-books, with over 1100 titles for grades K-6, Tumblebooks includes unique animated, talking picture books, read-along chapter books, graphic novels, non fiction books and videos, curated playlists, as well as books in Spanish and French.

Watch virtual talks with popular writers and thought leaders every month. Ask questions in live interviews, or watch previous talks at your convenience. Ideal for adult readers of non-fiction or fiction titles. Presented in partnership with the Library Speakers Consortium.

Vocations and Careers provides access to journals and magazines that aid users in researching a vocation, finding an appropriate institution of learning, job searching, and maintaining a career. The database offers hundreds of current and applicable periodicals, from general career guides to highly specialized industry journals.

Researchers accessing the more than 1.7 million articles in War and Terrorism will gain valuable insight into conflicts and their causes, impact, and perception on a global scale. This definitive collection for analysts, risk management professionals, and students of military science, history, and social science is comprised of more than 200 subject-appropriate, full-text periodicals that are updated daily.

World History provides access to scholarly journals and magazines useful to both novice historians as well as advanced academic researchers. The database offers balanced coverage of events in world history and scholarly work being established in the field.