PEI Public Library Service: Online Databases

Online Databases

Search full text news, articles, books & other media.

The Infotrac portal includes the following six databases.


The Canadian Periodicals Index (CPI.Q) is designed for public, academic, and school libraries, to search a comprehensive list of Canadian and international journals, magazines, newspapers, and other references. CPI.Q. includes more than 400 titles with full text articles from over 160 of these periodicals, as well as Gale Research reference data and the full text of selected sections of The Globe and Mail, Canada's national newspaper.	ChiltonLibrary.com represents the most authoritative automotive repair information available to car owners. There are thousands of year, make and model combinations covering the most popular vehicles of the past 30 years, plus additional coverage of specialty models. ChiltonLibrary.com gives you the confidence to service or repair virtually any system on your vehicle.	General Reference Center Gold is a general interest database that integrates a variety of sources - newspapers, reference books, magazines, and trade publications. Find articles on current events, popular culture, business and industry trends, the arts and sciences, sports, hobbies, and more.


Health Reference Center - Academic is a multi-source database that integrates the full text and images of respected nursing, allied health and medical journals; consumer health magazines; newsletters; pamphlets; newspaper articles; topical overviews; and reference books.	Health & Wellness Resource Center provides instant access to carefully compiled and trusted medical reference materials. Includes nearly 400 health/medical journals, hundreds of pamphlets and 2,200 general interest publications in addition to a broad collection of Thomson Gale reference titles. Material contained in this Resource Center is intended for informational purposes only.	With hundreds of reference works, magazine and journal articles, biographies, original essays, and multimedia files chosen to complement provincial curriculum standards, Canada in Context helps students complete assignments and build on in-class lessons.
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TumbleBooks help to teach kids the joy of reading by using animation, music, and narration to bring picture books to life. Read along online, or have TumbleBooks read to you!

TumbleBookCloud Junior is a collection of e-books, read-alongs, graphic novels, National Geographic videos, and audio books suitable for elementary grades or EAL students. Items in the collection feature adjustable text sizes, full narration, and a read-along function which highlights text as it is read.

TumbleBookCloud is a collection of e-books, read-alongs, graphic novels, National Geographic videos, and audio books suitable for middle school and high school grades or EAL students. Items in the collection feature adjustable text sizes, full narration, and a read-along function which highlights text as it is read.

AudioBookCloud allows you to listen online to over 1,000 audiobooks in many different genres including fiction, non-fiction, and the classics. These books are always available, never on hold, and no download is required. Browse, click, and listen; it's that easy!

Active Reading is a topic-based reading program at six levels from Elementary to Advanced. Although the program focuses on reading, it also contains a comprehensive range of exercises that focus on other important skills such as, listening, writing and pronunciation.

My Canada is a multimedia program intended to teach students how to communicate effectively in English while learning about Canada. My Canada covers a variety of topics such as Canadian geography, history, government, culture and more.

Study Skills Success is a complete course in academic English covering everything from library skills, listening strategies, Web-based research, speaking skills, vocabulary work, skimming an academic text. Level: intermediate-advanced.

Tense Buster is a popular program designed for EAL learners at five levels, from Beginner to Advanced. The program helps students learn some of the most common aspects of English grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation and develop excellent learning, reading and listening strategies.