Online Resources

Due to rising costs from increased usage and higher prices per item, we’re adjusting Kanopy’s borrowing limits to ensure sustainable access for all clients.

The monthly ticket allowance for Kanopy has been reduced from 12 to 8 tickets per month.

• The Kanopy app is available for both mobile and TV devices.
• Kanopy can now be found in the Extras section of the Overdrive Libby app.
• The Kanopy app and all the ways for you to browse, stream, and enjoy videos from Kanopy remain unchanged.

Sometimes Kanopy requires the re-verification of a library card, but instead of the messaging that one would see in Libby (like being asked to re-enter a PIN), Kanopy blocks the card until the card can be checked again. 

Please follow the instructions: reactivating a library membership 

Our online eMagazine provider OverDrive couldn’t make an agreement with The Economist. As a result, all editions of the Economist, as well as all back issues, are no longer available to clients effective February 1, 2023.

We apologize for the inconvenience and invite you to check out the print edition of The Economist that is available at some of our OPL branches. Please search for “The Economist” from our online catalog for more information.

Full-text remote access to The Economist is available from the following two databases:

• Gale Academic OneFile, and
• Gale OneFiile: Business

• Please be advised that there will be no August 2 issue for The Economist as per the publisher's notice. Regular uploads/issues will resume on August 9.
• The PressReader App is not granting paid access to OPL customers at the moment. We hope to have the issue fixed as soon as possible. PressReader access via the website is still working normally.
• You don’t need to create a separate PressReader account, without a PressReader account, you can still access any of the titles offered by Ottawa Public Library on PressReader.
• All you need is a library card and a pin to sign in via a login page on the OPL website or PressReader App. That’s it!
• Customers logged in through App need to re-authenticate after 30 days while Customers logged in through EzProxy (via library website) need to re-authenticate after 2 days
• For the download storage, customers have the option to choose how long they wanted to keep the downloaded back issues.
• The Wall Street Journal is now available from PressReader.,
• Access to The Globe and Mail is limited to customers using PressReader in a library branch due to restrictions imposed by the publisher.
• Full-text remote access for Globe & Mail is available from the following three databases: Canadian Major Dailies_ProQuest, Gale Academic Onefile & Gale  OneFiile: Business
• The Washington Post is no longer available from the PressReader platform as per the publisher's request. However, full-text access for The Washington Post is available from our other two databases: Academic OneFile and Gale OneFile: Business. (delayed 1 day).
• Los Angeles Times is no longer available from the PressReader platform as per the publisher's request.
• PressReader stopped the distribution of Russian content, due to the decision of its upper management.

• Libraries generally have 90 days of back issues. (Such as Toronto Star). There are, however, restrictions that are set by specific publishers on how far back issues are available.  In this case, the available back issue is different for each publication. Such as  The Globe and Mail only allows a maximum of 7 days back issues, while Ottawa Citizen and National Post allow up to 30 days. Other popular titles that are similar are The Guardian which only allows 14-day back issues and The Wall Street Journal only allows 2 days back issues