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Alberta's Online Reference

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Are you an elementary or secondary student or parent? Get your User ID and Pin Number from your school principal, teacher-librarian or library support staff to enjoy curriculum appropriate databases, games, videos, and more.

The Alberta Research Portal is your gateway to a world-class collection of primary sources. This outstanding resource provides all Albertans with perpetual access to the Gale Primary Sources database, with 69 unique primary source collections, including extensive resources related to First Nations and Indigenous peoples, the Archives of Human Sexuality and Gender, Associated Press Collections, Smithsonian Collection Online, Sabin Americana, 25 titles from Gale Virtual Reference Library, to name but a few.

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AtoZ World Food

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AtoZ World Travel

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Cloud Library

Browse the digital shelves, look at the featured selections and/or filter by format.

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OverDrive

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PressReader

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RBdigital

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Accessibility - NNELS

The National Network for Equitable Library Service (NNELS) is a repository of content owned and sustained by Canadian public libraries, working with international partners, libraries, readers, and publishers (particularly Canadian ones) to make copies of books in accessible formats available to readers in Canada who have print disabilities.

Accessibility - CELA

The Centre for Equitable Library Access (CELA) makes it possible and easy for all public libraries in Canada to provide reading materials in accessible formats to patrons with print disabilities. CELA also provides training and support to help libraries deliver their accessible services effectively.

Alberta's Online Reference

Are you an elementary or secondary student or parent? Get your User ID and Pin Number from your school's principal, teacher-librarian or library support staff to enjoy curriculum appropriate databases, games, videos, and more.

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Ancestry

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Auto Repair Source

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