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2� Ontario School Library Association representative, who should have information on registering your institution. As an Ontario student passionate about Canadian history, I craved information on the role of East Indian Canadians in our history. None of our texts had this information. Thanks to amazing high school and university librarians, I was presented with access to the incredible wealth of resources in databases. Database research not only allowed me to research and complete assignments on relevant topics, but it also helped me better define my identity as an East Indian Canadian. These electronic resources will enhance the value of our on-shelf print resources. Nothing can replace the feel of a good book in your hands, but we cannot afford to buy or to store all the resources available and appropriate for our students; Knowledge Ontario brings us closer to being able to provide all of the resources our students need. I have dreamed of access to resources like these for everyone for over ten years, and it is with great enthusiasm that I look forward to future communication with teacher- librarians across the provinces on the creative ways we can use these resources across all grades and subjects! Kudos to both Esther Rosenfeld and Marilyn Kogon for their time and effort on the Knowledge Ontario Selection Committee this year. Their hard work as the school sector representatives on this committee will be evident in all publicly funded Ontario schools for many years to come as we are provided with an abundance of on-line resources for student research, professional research, and leisure use as well! For the first time, many school libraries will have access to electronic research resources because of Knowledge Ontario's pursuit of the goal of digital equity created by one license, one negotiation and one contract managed by Knowledge Ontario. z Knowledge Ontario-Access Basics 1. You will need access (dial-up or highspeed) to the Internet to go to the Web page http://access.gale.com/ontario. 2. Once your School Board Library contact (or IT contact in the absence of a Library Consultant) has registered your board for Knowledge Ontario, you will also have a unique login for the resources. 3. Using any Internet access software, you will be able to use all the Knowledge Ontario resource databases and Web sites. 4. All articles and resources in the database are readable using an internet program that reads HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language), the language used to create most Web pages. 5. If you want to access any of the articles or resources that are also available in Adobe PDF (Portable Document Format) then you will need to ensure you have the Adobe Reader program downloaded on to your computer. See www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html. 6. If you are using dial-up Internet access then, you can save your items using the save or Infocite features in most of the databases, which will allow you to e-mail or download the information. 7. If accessing an article with graphics (articles are usually marked with a camera icon near the title) please give the article some time to download when using dial-up. 8. There are many ways to search: u keywords (school library) (school or library) ("school library"); u truncation (school* librar*); u exclusion (school library not states); u parameters (school n2 library) (school n50 library); u subject links; u publications; 9. Using the databases is the best way to discover which access and search methods work best for you. 10. For the next two years, all publicly funded institutions will have access to these resources 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. 11. On-line handouts, user guides, and training are available from galeschools.com or http://support.gale.com. 12. Visit http://access.gale.com/ontario/databases.html for details about each database.