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Old Car Manual Project
Categories: Car Repair
Hard-to-find manuals, brochures and ads for old cars. Perfect for owners of old cars looking to make repairs, or old car enthusiasts!
Saskatchewan Historic Newspapers Online
Categories: History & Genealogy, Newspapers & Magazines
A project developed in partnership between the Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan and Saskatchewan History Online. When completed, the project will have digitized, described, and made available over 100 years of newspapers published from over 100 separate communities across the province. This will amount to approximately 11 million pages of newsprint. This collection will serve as a invaluable resource to a wide spectrum of users, from educators to genealogists. The documentary heritage kept within these newspapers will provide a unique insight to the lives of the residents of this province.
Academic OneFile Select
Categories: Education, Gale

Specifically created for research across all academic disciplines, Academic OneFile Select, formally Expanded Academic ASAP, offers balanced coverage of every academic concentration – from advertising and microbiology to history and women's studies. More than 8,000 full text journals including The Economist, The New York Times, and Financial Times. Also find podcasts and trancscripts from NPR and CNN. Access to major reference sets including Gale Encyclopedia of Science  and Encyclopedia of World Biography.

Academic OneFile Tutorial

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Access My Library App (Gale)
Categories: Encyclopedias and Reference, Gale
Access My Library (AML) gives you mobile access to all of Palliser's Gale reference resources. Simply find and save your local public, school, or academia library; then return anytime to quickly learn, research, or simply explore.
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Ancestry Library Edition
Categories: History & Genealogy

A popular genealogy research tool that provides digital access to U.S., U.K and Canadian census returns, vital statistics, military records, ships' passenger lists, directories, parish records, family trees, maps and forms. Visit your local Palliser library to use this e-resource.

Ancestry Library Tutorial

Audio Description Project
Categories: Accessibility
A database of high-quality Audio Description in television, movies, streaming services, and more. Goal is to build awareness of audio description among the general public as well as its principal users, people who are blind or have low vision.
Auto Repair Source
Categories: Car Repair, Ebsco

Powered by the automotive experts at MOTOR, Auto Repair Source provides the most accurate, authoritative and up-to-date service and repair information for thousands of domestic and imported vehicles.

Auto Repair Source Tutorial

Britannica Library
Categories: Encyclopedias and Reference

An accurate, current, and comprehensive resource for college-level learners, researchers, and faculty. Discover encyclopedia articles, full-text journal and magazine articles, primary sources, multimedia, and other unique resources and tools that make research easier and more productive.

Business Source Elite
Categories: Business & Careers, Ebsco

This resource provides full-text coverage of scholarly business, management and economics journals. The collection also includes publications covering topics such as accounting, banking, finance, international business, marketing, sales and more.

Canadian Census Research Kit
Categories: Education, Encyclopedias and Reference, Sciences
The Census of Population is a go-to source for students doing quantitative research on Canada. This toolkit will help familiarize you with the Census and key sources of data and other information. It will show you topics covered by the 2021 Census, examples of research involving Census data, and Census 2021 reference tools and sources for your next research project.
Canadian Major Dailies
Categories: Newspapers & Magazines, ProQuest

This is the core of Canadian Newsstand. Included are national and leading regional papers such as National Post, Calgary Herald, Edmonton Journal, Montreal Gazette, Ottawa Citizen, Regina Leader Post, Vancouver Sun and the Victoria Times-Colonist. Coverage: 1985 - current

Canadian Periodical Index Quarterly (CPI.Q)
Categories: Gale, Newspapers & Magazines

Contains a wealth of Canadian and international periodicals — including Canada's national newspaper, The Globe and Mail; Maclean's weekly magazine; Canadian News Facts; and encyclopedic reference materials, such as the Canadian Parliamentary Guide and Canadian Newsmakers.

Canadian Research Index
Categories: ProQuest, Sciences
Canadian Research Index includes federal, provincial, and municipal documents such as depository publications of research value; hard to find non-depository publications; scientific and technical report literature; policy, social, economic, and political reports; Statistics Canada monographs, and serials. Dates of coverage are 1900-2018. With the discontinuation of Microlog, the index is no longer updated.
CELA
Categories: Accessibility, eBooks and eAudiobooks, Newspapers & Magazines

Palliser Regional Library is proud to be a supporting member of the Centre for Equitable Library (CELA), formerly the CNIB Library's Partnership Program. As part of this program, those with print disabilities have access to: 

  • Titles for all ages in audio, e-text and braille
  • More than 85,000 books, magazines and newspapers and described videos
  • Materials in English and French, with expanding access to other languages
ConnectR
Categories: Reconciliation
The journey of Reconciliation is not an easy one. ConnectR helps you choose your next steps towards reconciliation. Find calls to action to grow what you know, encourage a shared future and generate change.
Coronavirus Research Database
Categories: ProQuest, Sciences
Including coverage of the COVID-19 outbreak, this database curates openly available content related to coronaviruses. It includes thousands of open-access articles from the world’s leading publishers as well as current research from pre-print repositories such as arXiv and will continue to grow and evolve as more is learned about the pandemic.
Creativebug
Categories: Arts & DIY, Kids

Creativebug offers award-winning art and hobby video classes taught by recognized design experts and artists. Enjoy free unlimited access to thousands of online classes on demand. Categories include Knitting, Crochet, Art + Design, Paper (including Cricut), Sewing, Quilting, Jewelry, Food + Home, and Holiday + Party, and Kids.

Creativebug Tutorial

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Described Video Guide
Categories: Accessibility
A list of TV programming available in described video in your area, courtesy of Accessible Media Inc. Also includes live audio programming for free on the website!
Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
Categories: Encyclopedias and Reference, History & Genealogy
Biographies of influential Canadians who died between 1000 and 1940.
eBooks on EBSCOhost
Categories: eBooks and eAudiobooks, Ebsco, Encyclopedias and Reference

An eBook collection of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.

EBSCO Mobile
Categories: Ebsco, Encyclopedias and Reference
Free and available to all Palliser library users, the EBSCO Mobile app gives you ubiquitous access to the library’s content, surfacing search results across the library’s EBSCO subscriptions. The EBSCO Mobile app makes research quickly available via an easy-to-use interface, wherever you might be.
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eLibrary
Categories: Business & Careers, Education, Encyclopedias and Reference, Newspapers & Magazines, ProQuest, Sciences
Helps simplify the research process and empowers novice researchers to more easily and efficiently choose their research topic and find authoritative information to support their research claim. It delivers one of the largest collections of periodical and digital media content editorially selected to support novice researchers.
Emma Stewart Resources Centre
Categories: Education
Your Saskatchewan teaching library! Run by the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation, this lending collection includes over 38,000 books and audiovisual materials on PreK-12 education, over 100 journals and newspapers, lesson and unit plans and activity guides, bibliographies in print and online on various curricula and professional topics in education, Saskatchewan curricula, and curriculum resources approved by the Ministry of Education.
Explore History
Categories: Education, Encyclopedias and Reference, History & Genealogy, Newspapers & Magazines
Explore History is your gateway to a world-class collection of primary sources – maps, photos, newspapers, manuscripts, pamphlets, portraits and more. Explore the lives and history of Indigenous Peoples, British actors and musicians, as well as members of the LGBTQ2S+ community. Check out periodicals such as The Economist and The Times.
Gale General OneFile
Categories: Business & Careers, Gale, Newspapers & Magazines, Sciences

A one-stop source for news and periodical articles as well as reference eBooks, and multimedia sources on a wide range of topics, with more than 14,000 titles, and a great deal of full-text, over 163,000 images, 6,400 audio files, and 1.3 million videos. Most content is full-text and recommended by "Bowker's Magazines for Libraries."

General OneFile Tutorial

Gale in Context: Elementary
Categories: Education, Encyclopedias and Reference, Gale, Kids, Newspapers & Magazines, Sciences

Gale in Context: Elementary provides K-5 students easy access to magazines, reference books and newspaper articles selected just for their age group through a fun, kid-friendly interface.

Gale in Context: Elementary Tutorial

Gale in Context: Middle School
Categories: Education, Encyclopedias and Reference, Gale, Kids, Newspapers & Magazines, Sciences

Find the answer for any question with Gale in Context: Middle School. Introduce middle school students to database searching with resources featuring age-appropriate, curriculum-related content.

Gale in Context: Middle School Tutorial

Gale Literature
Categories: Arts & DIY, Education, Gale

Gale Literary Sources integrates full-text literary content with metadata and subject indexing and provides workflow tools to analyze information. You can research authors and their works, literary movements and genres. Search across your library's literature databases to find full text of literary works, journal articles, literature criticism, reviews, biographical information and overviews.

Gale Literature Resource Center
Categories: Education, Encyclopedias and Reference, Gale, History & Genealogy
Perfect for literary research or reports! Find up-to-date biographies, overviews, full-text criticisms, audio interviews, and reviews on writers from all countries and eras.
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Gale OneFile: High School Edition
Categories: Education, Gale, Kids

Designed for students in middle and high school, with access to over 2,000 titles of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books with information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more. Formally Info Trac Student Edition.

Gale OneFile: LegalTrac
Categories: Education, Gale, Law

Provides law students, faculty and legal researchers the publications they need for their research and practicum including full-text coverage of major law reviews, legal newspapers, bar association journals and international legal journals. Each title included is selected on the basis of criteria provided the American Association of Law Libraries.

Hoopla
Categories: eBooks and eAudiobooks

Stream or Download hundreds of thousands of movies, full music albums, audiobooks and more. Simple to access and use, all you need is your library card, a web browser, smart phone or tablet to get started. 5 downloads per month per library card.

Hoopla Tutorial

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Indigenous Saskatchewan Encyclopedia
Categories: Encyclopedias and Reference, History & Genealogy, Reconciliation
Over 200 entries about Saskatchewan’s Indigenous history. Created by the University of Saskatchewan.
Libby
Categories: eBooks and eAudiobooks, Kids, Newspapers & Magazines

Meet Libby, the award-winning reading app from Overdrive! Borrow from a wide selection of eBooks, audiobooks, and magazines straight to your smartphone, tablet, or computer for free. These books even return themselves!

Libby Tutorial

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NNELS
Categories: Accessibility, eBooks and eAudiobooks

Thanks to the National Network for Equitable Library Services (NNELS), Palliser Regional Library patrons with a visual impairment or print disability have access to thousands of downloadable audiobooks. Download the audio files to your computer, or transfer them to your Victor Stream, smartphone, iPad, or tablet.

Novelist K - 8 Plus
Categories: Ebsco, Kids, Reading Recommendations

A database about books specifically for younger readers. It helps kids find books that are just right for their reading level and interests. Parents, teachers, and librarians can also find tools to teach with books and engage young readers.

Novelist Plus
Categories: Ebsco, Reading Recommendations

Answers the question, 'What should I read next?'  A comprehensive readers' advisory resource. Subject heading access, reviews, annotations, Author Read-alikes, Book Discussion Guides and much more for over 135,000 fiction titles.  Also includes a growing number of non-fiction and audiobook titles.

Novelist Plus Tutorial

Overdrive | Library2go
Categories: eBooks and eAudiobooks

Borrow eBooks, audiobooks and magazines straight to your computer that return themselves! Get the Libby app to borrow from your mobile device.

Peel's Prairie Province
Categories: History & Genealogy
Materials related to the history of the prairies. Full text is available for many items.
PLEA
Categories: Law
Saskatchewan’s source for free legal information.
PressReader
Categories: Newspapers & Magazines

Read the latest edition of newspapers and magazines from Canada and other countries online on the day they are published.

PressReader Tutorial

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Science Online
Categories: Education, Kids, Sciences
Your first stop for STEM resources for K-12 and post-secondary! It facilitates STEM research and discovery by allowing users to locate information as well as evaluate and apply their findings. Includes expert information in easy-to-read formats, printable experiment instructions, and online experiments for hands-on learning.
SILS App
One province, one library card, one app! Access Saskatchewan’s public libraries’ catalogue anywhere at any time with the new app from SILS. Search the catalogue, place holds, and renew items from this fast, easy to use app on your mobile device.
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Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Categories: History & Genealogy, Reconciliation
Information about residential schools in Canada, including the TRC’s final report and calls to action.
Tumblebook Library
Categories: eBooks and eAudiobooks, Education, Kids

TumbleBook Library is an online collection of animated, talking picture books which teach young children the joys of reading in a format they'll love.

Tumblebook Tutorial

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