Online Resources
The library's Online Resources are great sources for entertainment or research. Access full text documents, articles, ebooks, eaudiobooks, streaming video and other great resources that are updated regularly. The best part is they are available 24/7 for free with your library card.
The resources listed below are commercial services who policies concerning privacy and user information differ from that of the Region of Waterloo Library. For more information, please refer to privacy policy and terms and conditions linked below each resource.
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Ancestry Library Edition (In-library use only) Includes census, vital, church, court and immigration records from Canada, United States and the United Kingdom. Great beginner and advanced researchers! |
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cbccorner.ca/waterloo Discover the best Canadian shows, stories & more. This digital portal allows you to discover trusted news, entertaining TV and radio shows, education kids content, news in foreign languages and much more!
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CBC Mauril - Improve your English and French language skills with CBC and Radio-Canada’s audio and video content, tailored for your listening comprehension practice. |
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Read while on the move! downloadLibrary offers a variety of videos, audiobooks, eBooks and magazines. Download the file. Listen to books on your computer, mp3 player, iPod or in your car. Sign in with your library card. Smart phone and tablet users can also look for the Libby app in their app store. |
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FamilySearch (In Library Use only) Find, preserve, and share your family history with free resources from FamilySearch. Search billions of historical records, photographs, and ancestor profiles all in one place. Visit any RWL branch location to access. |
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Love music? Stream 3 hours daily and download up to 5 mp3s weekly for free from Freegal. Keep the files you download forever! Choose from popular Sony catalogue artists representing all areas of music from country to rock, hip hop to jazz. Freegal offers access to over 2.6 million albums spanning 200 genres. |
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Be prepared for your driver's licence with G1 Practice Tests for cars, M1 practice test for motorcycles, G1 and M1 test simulators as well as an FAQ with detailed answers to 100+ MTO-related questions. |
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Historical Newspaper: Waterloo Region Record (1893-2010). Proquest’s Historical Newspaper provides fully searchable cover-to-cover access to Waterloo Region Record content from 1893 to 2010. Historical newspaper content is among the most sought-after primary source material in research including obituaries, birth notices, and local news. |
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hoopla is a digital library enabling you to stream movies, full music albums, eBooks, eAudiobooks, TV episodes, comics and graphic novels from their website or mobile app. Best of all there is no waiting for titles and their collection of half a million titles is growing every day! Stream up to 3 items per month. |
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Ontario 211 is a local website to help you find the right community and social services. Search for health services and supports; financial and social assistance; children and youth services; seniors services and more. |
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Kanopy is an on-demand streaming video platform offering a collection of award-winning films and documentaries, short films, and movies. Kanopy Kids includes great programming like Sesame Street, Arthur, Babar and Franklin. The Great Courses is also available to patrons who are looking to learn a new skill or build their knowledge. Each library patron is allowed 7 credits per month but enjoy all of Kanopy Kids for just one credit. |
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Little Pim offers a leading language teaching method designed just for children. Short 5-minute videos hold their focus so they can begin their language learning journey on their own. Little Pim offers its videos in 12 languages including English, French, Arabic (Modern Standard), and Chinese (Mandarin). |
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LOTE4Kids is our online database of digital books in World Languages, that allows kids to enjoy the magic of books in LOTE (Languages Other Than English). Each book comes with English translations to help kids learn languages. LOTE4Kids has over 8,000+ picture books in 100+ languages, with new books and languages released each month. Visit LOTE4Kids online or download the app.
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Learn another language, or improve one you already know, using Mango Languages! Free apps for iPhone and Android users so you can take your learning with you as you travel. |
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Is your child looking for a new book to read? Check out NoveList K-8 to search for great kids' authors, titles, featured articles, award winners and more! |
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Looking for the perfect book? Use NoveList Plus to search for author read-alikes, recommended reads, book discussion guides, feature articles, award winning titles and more. It includes more than 220,000 fiction titles and 60,000 non-fiction titles. |
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PressReader is amazing! It provides online access to hundreds of sought after newspapers and magazines on a wide variety of topics from over 100 countries. Use our online instructions to get started! |
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TumbleBook Library Premium includes read-along titles, chapter books, early readers, high interest/low level material as well as animated storybooks, puzzles and games. Follow along as a story is read to you or play games that help you learn how to read better. Also available as an app, Tumble Book Library can be found in the Apple App store and Google Play |
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With 600+ courses, UniversalClass for Libraries allows patrons to pick up new skills and earn Continuing Education Units in everything from computer skills and candle making. Learners can audit courses for fun or complete courses to earn CEUs and certificates.
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World Book Student offers tens of thousands of encyclopedia articles along with nearly 700 videos and original animations and 17,000+ photos and illustrations. It also offers access to the World Book Biography Center, with more than 10,000 biographies of both historical and contemporary figures. Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions of Use
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