Georgina Public Library provides online access to great online resources for kids, free of charge, 24/7. Click on the links below to access eResources, eBooks, movies, and more. To connect you will need your 14-digit Georgina Public Library card number. Don't have a physical library card? Get an online card. Under the current circumstances, online cards are good for 60 days. Looking for online resources for Teens?
Freegal Music+®--Free and legal music to download and stream | ||||||||
Access Freegal Music+® which offers you access to over 1 million albums consisting of over 15 million songs and 40,000 music videos from more than 200 genres that originate in over 100 countries, along with 9,000 eBooks, including the Sony Music catalogue. There is no software to download and no digital rights management (DRM) restrictions; just download your files and go! Unlimited streaming of music each day and download 3 songs each week—yours to keep for your personal use! Add songs to your Favorites or Playlists to keep track of music you are interested in! Your account also gives you access to unlimited music streaming. Music videos and audiobooks are also available. Download directly to your computer or use the Freegal Music+® app for your Apple device or Android device.
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Gale in Context Elementary -- Homework help | ||||||||
Gale in Context Elementary (includes Kids InfoBits) has learning activities for primary school students, and includes indexed, searchable content with:
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hoopla--Movies, television shows, eBooks, comics, and more |
Borrow, listen, read, and enjoy on hoopla. Includes a selection of movies, television shows, educational/instructional videos, documentaries, music, eAudiobooks, eBooks, and comics via your browser, smartphone, or tablet (via iOS (Apple) devices and select Android devices). hoopla also supports Amazon Alexa devices including support for the Echo, Dot, Spot, and Show. No waiting lists. No holds. No late fees. Instant availability. Borrow 5 items per month. Get started enjoying hoopla. hoopla now supports Amazon Alexa devices! You can play borrowed audiobooks and music albums directly on your Amazon Echo, Dot, Spot, and Show devices. Additionally, Alexa can tell you how many borrows you have left in the month, what you currently have borrowed, the Library’s phone number (if you need a person to talk with) and more! When listening to music from Hoopla, you can use “Alexa next” or “Alexa previous” to go to the next/previous tracks. When asking Alexa to interact with Hoopla, phrase your command like this: “Alexa, ask hoopla…” A hoopla eAudiobook experience is now available on Android and iPhone devices incorporating several key feature enhancements:
hoopla has released TV apps for AppleTV, AndroidTV, Roku, and Amazon FireTV 3rd Generation as well as the Chromecast Ultra device. Patrons can download a hoopla app to view content on their televisions. hoopla is not compatible with Kobo eReaders since they currently only support viewing in ePub, Adobe PDF, plain text, and HTML. The device must be able to download the hoopla digital app for it to be a compatible device as well as it has to run one of our supported operating systems. hoopla works on most devices running Android 4.4 and above and then all devices that run iOS 11.4 and above. Need to know how to set up hoopla on your TV, please read the hoopla FAQ page. After downloading the hoopla app, you can download content to your device. How to download movies, TV shows, audiobooks and music:
Next tap the item's title to the right of its cover. If you tap the cover instead, the item will open. Tapping the title will take you to the info screen where you can Download to your device. The item will download; these are large files and can take several minutes. Once downloaded, the download prompt will now say This Title is Downloaded, with the option to delete it. Kids Mode: open the hoopla app on your device, select "settings", and flip the toggle to put hoopla into Kids Mode. Doing so only affects the device and not your account. Need to turn off Kids Mode? Simply go back to settings and flip the toggle back to off. |
Kanopy--Educational movies |
Kanopy is a video streaming service that provides access to over 10,500 videos. They include the following subjects: social sciences, global studies & languages, K-12 education, design, fashion, music, literature, business, health, nursing, medicine, children's health, media studies, marketing, biology, mathematics, philosophy & religion, biology, computer science & IT, psychology, sociology, justice studies, law, technical training, and more. Discover a world of entertainment with Kanopy. Watch over 30,000 documentaries, classic and indie films and courses on Kanopy. Available on iOS, Android, Apple TV, Roku, and Chromecast.
Read the instruction sheet on how to signup. Having an issue with Kanopy. Submit your email to the Kanopy Support Desk. |
NoveList K-8® Plus--Find your next author or title |
NoveList K-8® Plus books are searchable through an easy-to-use interface with a single search bar that makes finding books and other content quick and simple. NoveList® K-8 Plus is designed to help you find your next great book. This database contains information on over 70,000 fiction titles. |
Overdrive/Libby--eBooks, eAudiobooks, and Magazines for Kids |
OverDrive/Libby for Kids offers a collection of fiction and non-fiction eBooks, eAudiobooks, and magazines. You can check out up to 10 eBooks and eAudiobooks at a time and place 10 holds at a time. OverDrive Magazines have no circulation cap and allow unlimited simultaneous use, so you can enjoy every issue of every magazine. With smart tags in the Libby app, you can be notified when each new issue is released. Looking for some magazines that are kid-friendly? Check out OverDrive Magazines. To access OverDrive/Libby:
As of May 1, 2023, the OverDrive app will be discontinued. OverDrive app users will be able to borrow from the same digital collection with the Libby app or through the OverDrive website at odmc.overdrive.com. Please see FAQs for more information about this change. Need help? OverDrive now offers Front Line Tech Support. For more information, see OverDrive/Libby eBooks, eAudiobooks, and magazines, listed under the Books and Reading section of the eResources page of our website. |
PebbleGo--Animals and Science |
PebbleGo offers interactive content, reading supports, learning activities and educational games about animals and science. |
SIRS Discoverer--Homework and research help |
SIRS Discoverer is a general reference resource for beginning learners and researchers. Topics include current events, history, health, language arts, math, science, social studies, and technology. Includes newspaper and magazine articles, material from DK Eyewitness books, and science experiment ideas. Search for something specific or explore a variety of topics and current events. |
TumbleBook Library--Children's eBooks for Kindergarten to Grade 6 |
TumbleBook Library includes storybooks, read-alongs, comics, graphic novels, math, puzzles, and games. |
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