What is Knowledge Ontario?

Knowledge Ontario is a province-wide initiative that is providing Ontario residents access to improved information resources. Knowledge Ontario consists of five components that will be put in place over time. The components are: Resource Ontario (online electronic resources), Ask Ontario (real-time, virtual reference services), OurOntario.ca (digital content collections), Connect Ontario (a space for Ontarians to connect and interact with each other), and Learn Ontario (online modules/learning tools to help students/teachers/business/individuals to use what Knowledge Ontario provides).

Resource Ontario is the first of the Knowledge Ontario components to become available to Ontarians. This component provides Ontario residents access to a vast number of electronic resources.

The online resources are kindly provided by:

Click on the above links to view and use these resources. Library users will have to sign in using their library card number (using all 14 digits of the library card number, starting with 06492...).

Our Ontario is now available for use. Our Ontario is a project whose goal is to deliver online access to digital content about Ontario, its stories and heritage from a variety of sources - libraries, archives, museums, historical societies, and galleries. To search the digital content already collected, visit OurOntario.ca.

Learn Ontario is an online resource that provides training modules to help Ontario residents make the most of the resources found on the Internet (such as research databases, search engines, etc.).

Come back and visit this page for updates and news about Knowledge Ontario!