Online Resources
The Library offers a number of free online resources for cardholders. Come into the Library anytime during open hours to sign up for your free library card.
Ancestry Library Edition
Let Ancestry Library Edition be your source for family history and genealogy. Create your family tree and learn more about your lineage than you ever thought possible. This database must be accessed from within the Library building.
Cantook Station
Use Cantook Station to check out French-language eBooks and audiobooks available for adults, teens and children.
Consumer Reports.org
Use Consumer Reports for all your product selection and review needs. Make informed decisions about large purchases and explore all purchase options and prices.
Creativebug
Enjoy unlimited access to thousands of online art and craft classes. Watch classes anytime, anywhere. Since classes never expire, you can start and stop projects at your own pace.
Curio
Curio.ca gives teachers and students streaming access to the best in educational video and audio from CBC and Radio-Canada. You'll find documentaries from television and radio, news reports and more — all available with a single subscription! To create your account, look for the Login button in the upper right corner. Enter this access code UFXK-PEFT and fill out the registration form. An activation link will be sent to your email. When you receive that email, follow the link to enter your email and password to login.
DownloadLibrary
Download e-books and audiobooks, and watch streaming video, on your computer, e-reader or mobile device. Available 24/7 for access to our full digital collection. If you're using a newer device, try the Libby app here.
Kanopy
Offering what the New York Times calls “a garden of cinematic delights,” Kanopy showcases more than 30,000 of the world’s best films, including award-winning documentaries, rare and hard-to-find titles, film festival favorites, indie and classic films, and world cinema with collections from Kino Lorber, Music Box Films, Samuel Goldwyn, The Orchard, The Great Courses, PBS and thousands of independent filmmakers.
The LearningExpress suite of highly-acclaimed eLearning solutions provides interactive tutorials, practice tests, e-books, flashcards and articles for academic skill-building, standardized test preparation, career development and more.
Linkedin Learning (formerly Lynda.com) is a leading online learning company that helps anyone learn business, software, technology, and creative skills to achieve personal and professional goals. With your Library card, you can access the thousands of professionally created video courses lynda.com offers. Lynda.com is a great way to learn a new skill or upgrade your knowledge about current software, practices and procedures. There is something for everyone, with courses for the very beginner to professionals.
Mango Languages
Mango provides you with an easy, fun and engaging way to learn new languages. Use this tool for in depth learning or to pick up conversational and common phrases for travel around the world.
NoveList Plus
Novelist Plus will help you decide what you want to read next. Search by author, title, series, or the kind of book you like to read. It will also help find specific books based on details of the book if you cannot remember the title or author.
PressReader
Get access to more than 7,000 of the world’s top newspapers with PressReader and magazines as soon as they’re available on shelves. Publications include the London Free Press, Toronto Star, the Globe and Mail and more. All free with your Library card! Check out our video sign up tutorial to get started.
TumbleBooks
Tumblebooks is a collection of animated and talking picture books for children. With book levels from pre-reader on up, TumbleBooks will help children to grow to love and enjoy reading.