The St. James-Assiniboia School Division provides digital resources for all staff and student use 24/7 to support student learning and promote literacy, numeracy and research. This is in addition to 24 school-based libraries throughout the Division that operate throughout the school year during school hours.
Browse the curated list below to identify resources of interest. To access these tools from the Division network, simply click on the icons and you will be redirected to the relevant website. To access these tools from home, see further detailed instructions (if required) below.
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SJASD Resources
Library Catalogue
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Follett Destiny is SJASD's web-based library catalogue. Search all SJASD school-based libraries together or individually.
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E-Books and AudioBooks
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TumbleBook Library is an animated picture book collection for online reading. (Specific login required when accessing this resource outside of the SJASD network. Contact school library staff for email Debbie Smith for login information). GRADES K-6. |
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| Comics Plus, for all SJASD Middle and Senior schools, provides unlimited, simultaneous access to thousands of digital comics, graphic novels, and manga. Titles can be downloaded for offline reading. Staff and students can use their computer login to access all the titles. GRADES 6-12.
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Sora is a digital reading platform available to all SJASD students that enables students to browse and borrow eBooks and audiobooks from school libraries 24/7. Developed by Overdrive. Staff and students can access Sora through their SJASD computer login. Free app also available for download. ALL GRADES.
New – Summer 2025: Sora is offering over 100 e-books and a select number of audiobooks for simultaneous borrowing as part of Sora Sweet Reads! Program runs from May 12 to August 25. Download the Reading Challenge sheet and get reading!
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TeenBookCloud is an online collection of ebooks, enhanced novels, graphic novels, videos, and audiobooks. Access for all Division Schools. Specific login required when accessing this resource outside of the SJASD network. Contact school library staff or email Debbie Smith for login information. GRADES 6 to 12. |
Videostreaming Resources
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| Learn360 is a video streaming resource. GRADES K-12. If you are accessing this resource from home and you are a student or parent, please contact your school librarian or Debbie Smith.
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Campus offers NFB educational resources including films, interactive productions and teaching tools.
GRADES 3-12. If you are accessing this resource from home and you are a student or parent, please contact your school librarian or Debbie Smith. |
French Language Resources
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Tumblebooks Biblio Enfants is a collection of French ebooks. Specific login required when accessing this resource outside of the SJASD network. Contact school library staff or email Debbie Smith for login information. |
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Campus video streaming French language content. If you are accessing this resource from home and you are a student or parent, please contact your school librarian or Debbie Smith. |
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Repère is a French language database accessing journal articles (In-school use only).
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Reference and Research Resources
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Literary Reference Center is a full-text database providing a broad spectrum of information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and timeframes. GRADES 9-12. If you are accessing this resource from home and you are a student or parent, please contact your school librarian or Debbie Smith. |
| | A to Z World Culture provides content on 175 countries including their culture, customs, food, language and more. ALL GRADES. If you are accessing this resource from home and you are a student or parent, please contact your school librarian or Debbie Smith. |
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Canadian Points of View Reference Centre contains more than 150 topics, each with an overview (objective background / description), point (argument), and counterpoint (opposing argument).
GRADES 6-12. If you are accessing this resource from home and you are a student or parent, please contact your school librarian or Debbie Smith.
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Ebsco is a research database accessing thousands of articles, videos and images. Password needed.
GRADES 6-12. If you are accessing this resource from home and you are a student or parent, please contact your school librarian or Debbie Smith. |
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World Book is an online research tool that includes encyclopedia articles, primary source collections, video and educator tools. Includes Kids, Student, and Advanced products.
ALL GRADES. If you are accessing this resource from home and you are a student or parent, please contact your school librarian or Debbie Smith. |
| | Our World is a Manitoba research gateway provided by the University of Manitoba where you can access Gale Primary sources of digitized historical content for free.
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Manitoba Education Resources
Manitoba Education and Early Childhood Learning has acquired several online resources that are accessible to K to 12 students and educators at school and at home. These resources offer Manitoba K-12 curriculum-relevant articles, videos, images, audio clips, primary sources and more, with an emphasis on Canadian content and Indigenous themes.
To access these resources, click on the icons below if you are within the SJASD network. If you are accessing these resources from home and you are a student, you require a password from your teacher. Educators can visit the Inclusion Support Branch (Online Resources) to register for an account and retrieve student passwords for home use. Questions, contact your school librarian or Debbie Smith.
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Britannica School
Offers at three levels (elementary, middle and high) thousands of up-to-date, curated, and curriculum-relevant articles, images, videos, audio clips, primary sources, maps, research tools and recommended Web sites.
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Britannica ImageQuest
Brings lessons, assignments, and projects to life with over three million images from 60 leading collections.
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CanCore
A video collection of 100% Canadian-produced educational titles and segments. This extensive library of quality Canadian videos is correlated to provincial and territorial K-12 curricula, with new content added regularly and designed specifically for teachers and students. |
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Criterion on demand
Provides access to educationally relevant feature films used in Canadian K-12 and Post-Secondary institutions.
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CBC curio (English and French)
Use Curio to explore CBC/Radio-Canada, BBC and National Geographic content that has been carefully selected for its educational value and relevance to K-12 subject areas. Includes CBC's current event series: News In Review.
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Gale in Context: Canada
Allows research on a broad range of Canadian topics, people, places, and events. Focused on a Canadian perspective, this user-friendly portal provides full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, images, videos, audio files, and links to vetted websites. |
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National Film Board CAMPUS
CAMPUS is the National Film Board of Canada's education streaming service for teachers. CAMPUS is a premiere destination for educators who are seeking 100% Canadian film & media content that supports Manitoba's diverse K-12 curriculum.
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