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What is the E-Library?

Use your Calgary Public Library card to access eBooks, online newspapers, magazines and other resources, from car repair to Shakespeare’s plays, from language learning to resume building. Start by clicking on the A to Z listing or browse by topic below.


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  • Watch a video. Read-along with a book . Hear a story. Online literacy resource for young children
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    Vendor

    • Scholastic Bookflix
  • Hear stories. Get reading practice. Play learning games. Interactive learning for preschool and early elementary grades
    Trek's travels offers narrated stories, interactive games, and videos Welcome to Reading provides leveled reading practice to develop phonics, vocabulary, comprehension skills Know It offers a richly visual interactive encyclopedia of nonfiction topics

    Vendor

    • WORLD BOOK ENCYCLOPEDIA
  • World Book Online Kids in Spanish
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    Vendor

    • WORLD BOOK ENCYCLOPEDIA
  • World Book Kids en francais
    Encyclopedie Decouverte features content from the World Book Student Discovery Encyclopedia. It is written for children whose home language is French and for all ages fro whom French is a second language. It provides information, photos, illustrations and diagrams on a wide range of topics. Subject areas include people, plants and animals, places, history and government, science and mathematics, arts, world religions, and sports and hobbies.

    Use this database to answer questions like

    • Do you have a map of South America?
    • Can you tell me how to make ice cream?
    • What does the Olympic Games symbol mean?
    • Can you find me a picture of a cactus?
    • What are the seven wonders of the world?

    Vendor

    • WORLD BOOK ENCYCLOPEDIA
  • National Geographic Kids magazine / National Geographic books / Photo gallery
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    Documentation

    • Training - Tours, Fact Sheets, Tutorials

    Vendor

    • CENGAGE
  • Recommends fiction and non-fiction for children and teens by theme, series, author or readability level. Includes book reviews.
    Fiction and non-fiction for children and teens Find fiction and non-fiction books for children and teenagers by theme, topic, series, author or readability level. Full-text book reviews, sample book talks, award-winning books and theme booklists.

    Documentation

    Vendor

    • EBSCO
  • Information on animals, earth and space for beginning readers
    Information on animals, earth and space for beginning readers

    Vendor

    • EDU Reference
  • Online collection of animated talking picturebooks
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    Vendor

    • Tumbleweed Press Inc
  • Current encyclopedia for junior elementary students.
    The World Book Kids site features content from the World Book Student Discovery Encyclopedia that is written for younger readers, English-language learners and reluctant readers. It contains thousands of colorful illustrations, diagrams, maps, as well as fun and inventive activities to engage children’s different learning styles. The site’s subject areas include people, plants and animals, places, history and government, science and mathematics, arts, world religions, and sports and hobbies.

    Use this database to answer questions like

    • Do you have a map of South America?
    • Can you tell me how to make ice cream?
    • What does the Olympic Games symbol mean?
    • Can you find me a picture of a cactus?
    • What are the seven wonders of the world?

    Documentation

    Vendor

    • WORLD BOOK ENCYCLOPEDIA