Yellowhead has a variety of databases - all you need is your library card and pin to log in to them. http://www.yrl.ab.ca/content/eresources

E-Resources

Kids

Tumblebooks: TumbleBooks (animated, talking picture books) are created from existing picture books which we have licensed from children's book publishers and converted to the TumbleBook format.

TumbleReadables: is an online collection of read-along titles for elementary, middle school, and high school students which features adjustable online text and complete audio narration.

TumbleTalkingBooks: allows you to listen to or download your favorite audio books with just a click of a button. Listen online, bookmark your spot, or download the book and access your books offline at your convenience. You can download the books to any PC/MAC laptop, notebook, desktop, and to Android tablets.

Maps and Travel

A to Z World Travel : Access free and exclusive tourist and culture information on more than 160 of the top travel destinations in North America and around the globe. Please note: you will be required to enter your library barcode number in the "Library Code" field when redirected to this site.

A to Z Maps Online: Access the world's most useful online map database. Over 60,000 maps and supplemental materials, combining static, animated, real-time, scientific, and antique maps in one, easy-to-access place. Please note: you will be required to enter your library barcode when redirected to this site.

Global Road Warrior: Offers world-class e-content, including more than 8 million words of editorial, over 6,500 color photos and 1,575 country maps, all presented in a consistent 92-category framework for each country. Created by an international team of researchers, cartographers and writers, the database is continually updated. Please note: you will be required to enter your library barcode when redirected to this site.

Articles in Magazines & Journals

Academic Search Elite (EBSCO): Contains the complete text of nearly 2050 scholarly journals, including nearly 1500 peer-reviewed journals. This database covers virtually every area of academic study with full text information dating as far back as 1985. (Academic)

Canadian Periodicals Index Quarterly or CPI.Q (Gale): Provides publication information for articles from Canadian and international journals, magazines and selected sections of the Globe and Mail. It offers full text of many articles and features biographies and other reference content. (General)

Canadian Reference Centre (EBSCO): Combines Canadian magazines, newspapers, newswires and reference books to create the largest collection of regional full text content available to Canadian libraries. Includes leading Canadian periodicals and international (U.S. and U.K.) periodicals in full text, full text reference books, full text biographies and an Image Collection. (General)

General Reference Center (Gale): This database contains the full text of magazines, reference books, and newspapers with information on current events, popular culture, the arts and sciences, and sports. The content is primarily American in focus. (General)

Master File Premier (EBSCO): Contains full text articles from more than 1,900 general reference, business, consumer health, general science, and multicultural magazines. (General)

Newspapers

Canadian Newsstand (Proquest): Provides full text of major Canadian newspapers, including Alberta dailies and weeklies. (General)

Regional Business News (EBSCO): Incorporates 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. (General)

Encyclopedias & Reference Books

World Book Student: A general resource for adults and students, which includes more than 26,000 articles including state of the art multimedia, editor-reviewed web sites, periodical content and more, as well as over 12,000 pictures and maps.

World Book Kids: Offers simple navigation, easy to read articles, thousands of colourful illustrations, diagrams, and maps as well as engaging activities and teacher resources..

World Book Spanish: A general resource in Spanish for adults and students, which includes thousands of articles, pictures and maps.

Arts

Canadian Literary Centre (EBSCO): Contains books and reference material from the Canadian Press. Includes author biographies, essays, literary criticism, and book reviews. Includes access to Quill & Quire. (Academic)

Film & Television Literature Index with Full Text (EBSCO): Subject coverage includes film and television theory, preservation and restoration, writing, production, cinematography, technical aspects, and reviews. The database provides cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts for more than 270 publications (and selected coverage of more than 300), as well as full text for more than 70 journals.

International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance with Full Text (EBSCO): Subject coverage includes a fully indexed, cross-referenced and annotated databank of over 60,000 journal articles, books, book articles and dissertation abstracts on all aspects of theatre and performance in 126 countries. It contains full text for more than 100 periodicals and more than 100 books and monographs.

NoveList Plus (EBSCO): This is a popular Readers’ Advisory service that helps readers find fiction books. It contains over 120,000 fiction titles for all ages. It includes reviews, book covers, booklists, links to author web pages & much more!

NoveList K-8 (EBSCO): With this readers’ advisory tool, students and teachers can access over 60,000 fiction titles aimed at the K-8 audience, complete with full text reviews. It also offers hundreds of reading lists, book talks, award lists, and teachers’ resources.

Business

Business Source Elite (EBSCO): Provides full text for more than 1,100 scholarly business journals, including 450 peer-reviewed business publications. This database is updated daily and presents information dating back to 1985. The database also contains 5,000 substantial company profiles from Datamonitor. (General)

Regional Business News (EBSCO): Incorporates 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. (General)

Do It Yourself

Auto Repair Reference Centre (EBSCO): Auto Repair Reference Center contains information on most major manufacturers of domestic and imported vehicles. Database content includes more than 31,660 vehicles covered from 1945 to present; over 205,000 drawings and step-by-step photographs; approximately 75,000 technical service bulletins & recalls issued by the original equipment vehicle manufacturer; over 130,000 enhanced wiring diagrams for easy viewing and printing; specifications & maintenance schedules.

Hobbies and Crafts Reference Centre (EBSCO): This e-resource provides comprehensive full text content from books and magazines for more than 140 topics in the subject areas of arts & crafts; collecting; games & electronics; model building; home & leisure; needlework; outdoors & nature; and scrapbooking and papercraft.

Home Improvement Reference Center (EBSCO):Containing full text magazines and reference works, as well as images and videos of home repair projects, this e-resource will assist you in finding information to help you with projects related to wood projects; remodeling; plumbing; outdoor improvements; maintenance; electric work; and home & garden decoration.

Small Engine Repair Reference Center (EBSCO):This one stop e-resource will assist you with your small engine projects from basic maintenance to extensive repairs. It contains full text manuals and reference books, complete with original photos and illustrations, covering more than 25 years of engine models from ATVs, commercial mowers, farm tractors, generators, motorcycles, boats, outdoor power equipment, personal watercraft, snowblowers, snowmobiles, and tillers.

Education

Education Research Complete (EBSCO): Topics covered include all levels of education from early childhood to higher education, and all education specialties, such as multilingual education, health education, and testing. Education Research Complete provides indexing and abstracts for more than 1,820 journals, as well as full text for more than 900 journals, and includes full text for more than 71 books and monographs and for numerous education related conference papers.

Educational Resources Information Center or ERIC (EBSCO): This database contains over 1 million abstracts of education-related documents and journal articles from the world’s largest education information resource. (General or academic)

Teacher Reference Center (EBSCO): Provides indexing and abstracts for more than 270 periodicals. In addition, 96% of journals indexed are peer-reviewed. Topics include: Assessment, Best Practices, Continuing Education, Current Pedagogical Research, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Higher Education, Instructional Media, Language Arts, Literacy Standards, School Administration, Science & Mathematics and Teacher Education.

Genealogy

HeritageQuest Online (ProQuest): HeritageQuest Online includes all of the images, and extensive indexing, from the 1790 - 1930 U.S. federal censuses. It offers more than 20,000 book titles, including nearly 8,000 family histories and over 12,000 local histories. Additionally, there are more than 250 primary-source documents such as tax lists, city directories, probate records, and more.

Health and Wellness

Alt HealthWatch (EBSCO): This database provides full text information on alternate, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness, and includes many peer-reviewed journals. (General)

Health Source: Consumer Edition (EBSCO): The richest collection of consumer health information available to libraries worldwide. Health Source features searchable full text for nearly 300 journals. Topics include medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health. (General)

Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition (EBSCO): Provides more than 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on several medical disciplines. Also includes abstracts and indexing for nearly 85 journals. (Academic)

MEDLINE (EBSCO): Provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences and much more. Search abstracts from over 4,600 current biomedical journals. (Academic)

Language Learning Software

Mango - Before you go, Mango. Mango is a language learning program teaching practical conversation and cultural awareness for the world’s most popular languages. It’s so fast and easy, you’ll be able to have a real conversation in your new language in just minutes!

Sciences

AGRICultural Online Access or AGRICOLA (EBSCO): Contains books and articles on all aspects of agriculture and allied disciplines. Includes listings on animal and veterinary sciences, plant sciences, fisheries, farming, agricultural economics. (Academic)

Environment Complete (EBSCO): Offers deep coverage in applicable areas of agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, renewable energy resources, natural resources, marine and freshwater science, geography, pollution and waste management, environmental technology, envionmental law, public policy, social impacts, urban planning, and more. It contains more than 1,772, 000 records from more than 1,660 domestic and international titles going back to the 1940s as well as more than 100 monographs. This database also contains full text for more than 600 journals.

Computers & Applied Sciences Complete (EBSCO):
Covers the research and development spectrum of the computing and applied sciences disciplines. This database provides indexing and abstracts for more than 1,470 academic journals, professional publications, and other reference sources from a diverse collection. Full text is also available for more than 660 periodicals.

Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection (EBSCO): Provides coverage of nearly 550 full text journals, including more than 500 peer-reviewed titles. Covers topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry and psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods. (Academic)