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Cantook: French-language eBooks and Audiobooks
(Click for more detail)Popular and classic French-language eBooks and Canadian audiobooks. Compatible with most devices. The app Cantook requires iOS 14 or higher.
Express eBooks and Audiobooks: CloudLibrary
(Click for more detail)A collection of popular English fiction and nonfiction eBooks and audiobooks with a seven day loan period. Requests are not permitted.
Flipster eMagazines
(Click for more detail)Access today's edition of popular magazine titles including Maclean's, Scientific American, Time, People, and others.
Gale Ebooks
(Click for more detail)This collection of reference eBooks -- the kind of reliable, in-depth material once in a printed reference collection -- gives full-text access to thousands of articles on a wide variety of topics.
Hill Times
(Click for more detail)The Hilltimes.com – Canada’s political and government news service
Maclean's
(Click for more detail)Canada's national current affairs magazine. Coverage includes news, social issues, politics, business, sports, health, education, arts and entertainment.
New York Times
(Click for more detail)Understand the world. Navigate life. Access The New York Times here.
Whether you’re managing finances, tackling tough parenting problems, or simply looking to make sense of this moment, rely on our original, quality journalism to lead the way.
Ottawa Citizen
(Click for more detail)A searchable archive of 30 days which is part of the database Library PressDisplay. Articles can be translated into German, Greek, Spanish or French. The viewer can also listen to individual articles in any of these languages.
Overdrive eBooks and Audiobooks
(Click for more detail)eBooks and downloadable audiobooks. Compatible with most devices. Includes Libby, the newer library reading app by OverDrive.
Overdrive Magazines (Formerly RBDigital Unlimited Magazines -Zinio)
(Click for more detail)A package of over 3,000 popular titles (including Canadian Living, National Geographic, The New Yorker, and many more) with varieties of languages and up to three years of back issues are now available for unlimited simultaneous access with no circulation caps.
PressReader
(Click for more detail)Provides access to today’s newspapers and magazines from all over the world. Advanced features allow automated translation as well the ability to listen to articles.
Teen Book Cloud (TumbleBookCloud)
(Click for more detail)A collection of Graphic Novels, eBooks, classic literature, National Geographic videos, educator resources and audiobooks, perfect for middle school and high school students. It features adjustable online text and complete audio narration.