Discover the best Canadian shows, stories, and more. This one-of-a-kind digital portal allows you to access a wide variety of content including trusted news, local stories, entertaining TV and radio shows, award-winning podcasts, educational kids content, innovative podcasts, a free English and French language learning app, news in foreign languages, and much more!
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cloudLibrary eBooks & Audiobooks
A large ebook and eAudiobook collection with plenty of titles for adults, teens, and children. All titles are downloadable to your eReader, smartphone, or tablet.
Find online help and how-to videos here.
Watch the cloudLibrary tutorial, opens a new window to learn more about this resource.
cloudLibrary NewsStand Magazines & Newspapers New!
Browse, borrow, and enjoy more than 7,500 digital magazines and newspapers in over 50 languages directly through the cloudLibrary app or website.
Access NewsStand right from the cloudLibrary app by scrolling to the bottom of the home screen and clicking on "Magazines." NewsStand will open in the cloudLibrary app, and you can begin browsing and downloading your favourite magazines immediately (available for offline reading).
You can also access NewsStand on your desktop, opens a new window (link). To begin, select "Not registered? Create an account". Follow the prompts, and you will be asked to select your Library and enter your Library card number. Once you register with your card, you will be able to log into the website using your email and password.
Flipster Magazines & Newspapers
Your online magazine library. Visit this link and enter your library card number to login and start browsing or download the Flipster app for iOS or Android on your mobile device.
Watch the Flipster tutorial, opens a new window for more information about this resource.
Globe and Mail Archives Magazines & Newspapers
Spanning the years 1844 to 2020, the archive has searchable first-hand accounts and coverage of events and people in Canadian history.
hoopla eBooks & Audiobooks Movies & TV Music
Hoopla offers online and app access to movies, TV, music, eBooks, eAudiobooks, and comics for all ages. Available from your web browser or the hoopla app for phone or tablet.
Watch the hoopla tutorial, opens a new window for more information on this resource.
L’espace Radio-Canada Magazines & Newspapers Movies & TV Music Online Learning New!
Découvrez les meilleurs contenus d'ici, et bien plus. Ce portail numérique unique en son genre vous donne accès à une vaste gamme de contenus: information digne de confiance, reportages locaux, émissions de télévision et de radio divertissantes, balados primés, contenus éducatifs pour les enfants, derniers résultats sportifs, application d’apprentissage linguistique gratuite pour améliorer son français ou son anglais, articles de nouvelles en langues étrangères, et bien plus encore!
PebbleGo eBooks & Audiobooks Online Learning
Specifically designed to meet the needs of PreK-3 researchers, PebbleGo supports literacy and builds a foundation for a lifetime of learning. Users can click Listen to engage the read-aloud feature and follow along with text-highlighting, and play games or answer the Question of the Day!
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Canadian Reference Centre Magazines & Newspapers
Includes full text for leading Canadian and international magazines and newspapers, such as Canadian MoneySaver, the Toronto Star, and Maclean's, as well as reference books, biographies, and thousands of images from the Canadian Press.
CBC Corner Magazines & Newspapers Movies & TV Music Online Learning New!
Discover the best Canadian shows, stories, and more. This one-of-a-kind digital portal allows you to access a wide variety of content including trusted news, local stories, entertaining TV and radio shows, award-winning podcasts, educational kids content, innovative podcasts, a free English and French language learning app, news in foreign languages, and much more!
cloudLibrary eBooks & Audiobooks
A large ebook and eAudiobook collection with plenty of titles for adults, teens, and children. All titles are downloadable to your eReader, smartphone, or tablet.
Find online help and how-to videos here.
Watch the cloudLibrary tutorial, opens a new window to learn more about this resource.
cloudLibrary NewsStand Magazines & Newspapers New!
Browse, borrow, and enjoy more than 7,500 digital magazines and newspapers in over 50 languages directly through the cloudLibrary app or website.
Access NewsStand right from the cloudLibrary app by scrolling to the bottom of the home screen and clicking on "Magazines." NewsStand will open in the cloudLibrary app, and you can begin browsing and downloading your favourite magazines immediately (available for offline reading).
You can also access NewsStand on your desktop, opens a new window (link). To begin, select "Not registered? Create an account". Follow the prompts, and you will be asked to select your Library and enter your Library card number. Once you register with your card, you will be able to log into the website using your email and password.
Explora Primary Online Learning
Primary Search is for elementary school learners. It includes full text for the most popular children's magazines, e-books, and easy-to-read encyclopedic entries written specifically for kids.
Flipster Magazines & Newspapers
Your online magazine library. Visit this link and enter your library card number to login and start browsing or download the Flipster app for iOS or Android on your mobile device.
Watch the Flipster tutorial, opens a new window for more information about this resource.
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
This database provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas.
Watch the Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia tutorial, opens a new window to learn more about this resource.
Globe and Mail Archives Magazines & Newspapers
Spanning the years 1844 to 2020, the archive has searchable first-hand accounts and coverage of events and people in Canadian history.
hoopla eBooks & Audiobooks Movies & TV Music
Hoopla offers online and app access to movies, TV, music, eBooks, eAudiobooks, and comics for all ages. Available from your web browser or the hoopla app for phone or tablet.
Watch the hoopla tutorial, opens a new window for more information on this resource.
L’espace Radio-Canada Magazines & Newspapers Movies & TV Music Online Learning New!
Découvrez les meilleurs contenus d'ici, et bien plus. Ce portail numérique unique en son genre vous donne accès à une vaste gamme de contenus: information digne de confiance, reportages locaux, émissions de télévision et de radio divertissantes, balados primés, contenus éducatifs pour les enfants, derniers résultats sportifs, application d’apprentissage linguistique gratuite pour améliorer son français ou son anglais, articles de nouvelles en langues étrangères, et bien plus encore!
MasterFILE Premier Magazines & Newspapers
Full text for over 2,000 publications with full text information dating as far back as 1975. Covers covers a wide-range of subject areas including business, health, education, general science, multicultural issues and much more. This resource includes full-text and PDF versions of Consumer Reports from 1991 to present.
Watch the MasterFILE Premier tutorial, opens a new window to learn more about this resource.
National Geographic Kids Magazines & Newspapers
Access current and past issues of National Geographic Kids magazine as well as National Geographic Kids books and movies on kids' favourite topics.
Watch the National Geographic Kids, opens a new window tutorial to learn more about this resource.
Novelist eBooks & Audiobooks
A guide to fiction that will help you find your next great read by author, plot, and character. Find books with similar themes and reviews.
Novelist K-8
Find your next great read with Novelist K-8! Search for books by theme, character, plot, and more!
PebbleGo eBooks & Audiobooks Online Learning
Specifically designed to meet the needs of PreK-3 researchers, PebbleGo supports literacy and builds a foundation for a lifetime of learning. Users can click Listen to engage the read-aloud feature and follow along with text-highlighting, and play games or answer the Question of the Day!
Road to IELTS Online Learning
Road to IELTS is a comprehensive, 100% online preparation course designed by British Council IELTS experts.
- Covers listening, reading, writing, and speaking skills
- Practice with over 300 interactive activities
- 17 tutorial videos by British Council experts
- Mock papers for listening, speaking, reading, and writing
- Instant feedback in exercises
- General training: aimed at those who are going to English-speaking countries for secondary education, work experience or training programs. Focuses on basic skills in broad social and workplace contexts.
- Academic training: for those applying for higher education or professional registration in an English-speaking environment.
You can access Road to IELTS anonymously by clicking Just Practice. If you want to create an account with them, click Create Account and follow the prompts.
Watch the Road to IELTS tutorial, opens a new window or this instructional video on how to use Road to IELTS, opens a new window (YouTube video) to learn more about this resource.
Ready to take the test? Find a local testing centre and book an IELTS Test here.
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TumbleBookLibrary eBooks & Audiobooks Online Learning
TumbleBookLibrary is an online collection of eBooks and read-along chapter books, picture books, non-fiction titles, graphic novels, educational videos, and audiobooks, which teach children the joys of reading in a format they will love.
Watch the TumbleBookLibrary tutorial, opens a new window to learn more about this resource.