OUR LIBRARY
The library at the Centre des Grands-Vents has an extensive selection of resources in French, and welcomes members all year long for activities and browsing!
The library and the Internet Access Centre at the Centre des Grands-Vents is a resource open not only to students of the school but also Francophones and the general public of the St. John’s region.
In addition to a large collection of books for adults, young people, and children, we are pleased to offer an extensive selection of films on DVD, hundreds of music CDs, and free Internet access.
Library.
Book lending;
Film (DVD) lending;
Access to reference books (dictionaries, magazines, etc.)
Digital Services.
Free access to high-speed Internet;
CD and DVD reader and burner;
Scanner (Canon Canoscan 8400F)
Printer; Photocopier.
Software.
Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint); OpenOffice Suite;
Adobe Acrobat Pro 9 (for designing and reading PDF files);
Illustrator, Photoshop, Premiere…and more!
We offer help with your research and software usage!
For more information, contact us at (709) 757-2853 or by email at [email protected]
Language mastery tools.
The Grand Dictionnaire Terminologique (GDT) is a bank of terminological data composed of terms from different specialized domains. Here are some links to resources available online:
The Grand Dictionnaire Terminologique (GDT) is a bank of terminological data composed of terms from different specialized domains.
The OQLF's linguistic assistance bank (BDL) offers clear answers to the most frequently asked questions about spelling, grammar, syntax, punctuation, vocabulary, typography, acronyms, abbreviations and symbols, proper names, pronunciation, writing and communication. This bank deals with general language questions; the BDL is thus distinguished from Grand Dictionnaire Terminologique (GDT), whose purpose is the definition and French translation of thousands of technical and scientific terms.
TermiumPlus is a terminological and linguistic database made up of more than 3,900,000 terms in French, English, and Spanish.
The Trésor de la Langue Française informatisé (TLFi)is a French language dictionary.
Here is a dictionary of French synonyms and antonyms..
Electronic books.
Electronic books, or ebooks, can be downloaded legally and free of charge in different versions (big screen or e-reader) at these two addresses:
Ebooks libres et gratuits
La bibliothèque électronique du Québec: