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Automobile & Small Engine Repair

Chilton Auto Repair

Contains "Do-It-Yourself" car repair manuals.  

Small Engine Repair Reference Center

Repair guides and routine maintenance information for small engine items including: ATVs, tractors and farm equipment, generators, motorcycles, boats, personal watercraft/jet ski, snowblowers, snowmobiles, and other small engines. 

Consumer Reports

Consumer Reports

Provides ratings and reviews, recommendations and buying advice. Each product includes an overview and a ratings report card, as well as tester reviews & recommendations.

Encyclopedias & Reference

Canadian Points of View Reference Centre

This database will help students and researchers investigate the multiple sides of current issues. Including videos, newspaper and magazine articles, and specially written reports, the information available will help users see the various reactions and opinions surrounding hotly debated topics, with a special concentration on Canadian points of view.

Canadian Reference Centre

This database includes leading Canadian, U.S. and U.K. periodicals in full text (Business Week, Chatelaine, Macleans,Consumer Reports); full-text reference books;full-text biographies, and 285,912 photos, maps and flags.

Ebsco Host

Search for magazines, journals, newspapers, reports, biographies, dictionaries, encyclopedias, photos, maps, flags and more.

General OneFile

More than 8000 full text journals covering business, computers, economics, education, environment, literature and art, politics, science, sports, technology. Includes reference, newspaper, and audio content that complements this resource's collection of magazines and journals.

General Science Collection

A collection of over 200 journals, providing researchers with the information needed to stay current on the latest scientific developments -- including such topics as particle physics, advanced mathematics, and nanotechnology.

Literature Resource Center

Biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism and reviews on writers in all disciplines, from all periods and from around the world.

Health

Consumer Health Complete

Includes fact sheets, pamphlets, diagrams, and drug information.  Find out about medical conditions, alternative therapies and more.

History & Genealogy

Ancestry Library Edition

Search for your ancestors in census records, immigration records, military records, historical newspapers and much more. You might even find an entire branch of your family tree!
(In-Library use only.)

Diversity Studies Collection

A must-have for social science, history and liberal arts coursework, this collection explores cultural differences, contributions and influences in our global community. This set includes more than 150 journals.

Historica

Bilingual educational website which promotes teaching and learning of Canadian history and heritage.

Orillia in Pictures

Search the Orillia Historical Picture Collection. Includes photographs, maps, drawings, and much more.

Orillia News, Views & More

Search local history index for images, Births, Marriages & Deaths and newspaper articles from the Orillia Packet & Times. Full-text is not included so if further information is required, please visit the Library to view newspaper microfilm.

Our Ontario

Find digital photos, maps, videos and documents about Ontario people, places, events, history and culture.

Toronto Star: Pages of the Past (1894-2012)

This historical newspaper provides genealogists, researchers and scholars with online, easily-searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time.

William Sword Frost Scrapbook

The scrapbooks are comprised of photographs, letters and documents gathered by William Sword Frost during his lifetime. It is an important record of life in Orillia and Ontario in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.

Volume 1 

Volume 2 

Volume 3

Wartime Images

World History Collection

Provides well-rounded coverage of both the current thinking and events in world history.

 Magazines & Newspapers

CPI.Q Canadian Periodicals

Contains full-text articles from English and French periodicals; selections from The Globe & Mail, MacLean's & Canadian News Facts.

MasterFILE Premier

Search articles from over 2,000 magazines covering general interest topics including current events, business, health, science, sports, multicultural issues, and more.

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