Helpful Sites and Services
In addition to the subscription databases and other resources we offer, we have collected and listed below some of our favourite free access websites on a variety of topics.
Careers & Jobs
Eluta
A job search engine that specializes in finding new jobs directly from employer websites.
Glassdoor
An employment resource that offers users information on what it's like to work for a given company, including salary data, interview Q&A, benefits, and more.
JobGurus
A search engine for hundreds of thousands of jobs from thousands of employer and career sites across Canada.
Neuvoo
A fully bilingual job search engine that lists thousands of available jobs from all across Canada.
Consumer Help & DIY
Eliquo Free Software Training Courses
While parents and children are staying home for the next few weeks, Eliquo is offering free design and digital marketing courses to give you another option to help pass the days a little more easily.These courses are available to parents, young adults and teens at absolutely no charge. Most classes are under 2 hours and a few technical courses are no more than 3 hours. Each class is delivered to your house via a free, live web-based feed.
Garden Making
Garden Making inspires and informs home gardeners with useful, practical information you can use in your home garden.
Instructables
A website that showcases do-it-yourself projects and offers free courses on a huge range of topics like technology/electronics, crafts, cooking, sewing, and more.
PC Part Picker
Provides computer part selection, compatibility, and pricing guidance for do-it-yourself computer builders.
Techboomers
A free educational resource that teaches older adults and inexperienced computer users how to use key websites and online services with easy-to-follow video tutorials and articles.
Your Legal Rights
A website of legal information for people in Ontario. It offers free, practical, and easy-to-find legal information produced by hundreds of organizations across Ontario.
Genealogy and Local History
SDG Newspaper and Photo Digitization Project
SDG Counties' very own newspaper and photo digitization project brings together resources from the Dundas County Archives, Glengarry County Archives, and Lost Villages Museum.
Ancestry Library Edition
Ancestry brings the world's most popular online genealogy resource to our library. It offers billions of records in census data, vital records, directories, and photos, and is easily accessible by both hobbyists and professionals.
FamilySearch
FamilySearch is the largest genealogy organization in the world that has been actively gathering, preserving, and sharing genealogical records worldwide for over 100 years. They provide access to billions of birth, marriage, death, census, land and court records from more than 190 countries.
Other Genealogical Resources
Links to free online databases and websites to assist with your family history research.
Research & Reference
Canadiana
Partners with Canada's libraries, museums, archives, and government agencies to offer rich collections of our nation's documentary heritage in a presentable online compilation. Their public collections can be accessed here.
Dictionary of Canadian Biography
A bilingual scholarly research and publishing project giving free online access to more than 8,400 biographies of individuals who have played an important role in Canadian history.
EBSCO
Offering expanded access to some of their most popular online databases and eBook collections so library patrons and students have greater access to valuable educational content during this extended period of time at home
Greenfile
Offers well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government, and general interest titles draw on the connections between the environment and a variety of disciplines.
Our Ontario
An online resource designed to help Ontarians of all ages discover the extraordinary stories contained in the digital collections of its culture and history.