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Georgina Public Library provides online access to magazines, newspapers, reference books, and downloadable audio and eBooks, free of charge, 24/7. Click on the links below to access eResources or browse the latest magazines and newspapers. 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.
| Canadian Points of View Reference Centre is a guide for debating, developing arguments, writing position papers, and developing critical thinking skills. Each essay includes a series of questions and additional material to generate further thought. Also included are thousands of supporting articles from the world's top political and societal publications. | ||||||||
| Career Cruising offers online career guidance and planning tools designed for people of all ages. Using our tools, you can find the right career, explore education and training options, build your own portfolio, manage your school's course selection process, or set up a career development network in your community. | ||||||||
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| eLibrary covers topics such as history, science and mathematics, English language arts, sports and health, social and political sciences, and assignment topics such as famous people, controversial issues, careers, historical events, countries, and environmental issues. | ||||||||
| Freegal® Music--Free and legal music to download and stream | ||||||||
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Freegal® Music is an ad-free music downloading service. Simply log in using your 14-digit library card number and your PIN to access today’s hits, and a readily available collection of over 1 million albums consisting of 15+ million songs and over 40 000 music videos from more than 200 genres that originate in over 100 countries. There is no software to download and no digital rights management (DRM) restrictions; just download your files and go! Every patron has access to three song downloads per week. Songs are yours to keep. Use Freegal's wishlist feature to keep track of songs and artists you are interested in! Your account also allows you to stream three hours of music per day. Music videos and audiobooks are also available through Freegal® Music. Access Freegal® Music now. Download directly to your computer or use the Freegal® Music app for your Apple device or Android device. Download the instruction booklet to get started.
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| Gale Virtual Reference Library contains eBooks, encyclopaedias, almanacs, and specialized sources for research. Translation into English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, and other languages is available | ||||||||
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NEW! hoopla introduces Bonus Borrows Collection for our patrons with more than 1,100 top titles & hoopla favorites. Borrow these titles now until April 30, 2020. Patrons will be debited ZERO borrows from their monthly hoopla borrows, so much more to download or stream. hoopla includes a selection of movies, television shows, educational/instructional videos, documentaries, music, audiobooks, eBooks, and comics via your browser, smartphone, or tablet (via iOS (Apple) devices and select Android devices). 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. No waiting lists. No holds. No late fees. Instant availability. As of April 30, 2020--Borrow (download or stream) 5 items per month. 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. hoopla also supports Amazon Alexa devices including support for the Echo, Dot, Spot, and Show. |
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Discover a world of entertainment with Kanopy. Watch over 30 000 Documentaries, Classic and Indie Films, and courses on Kanopy. 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. Available on iOS, Android, Apple TV, Roku, and Chromecast.
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| Gale Literature Resource Center covers more than 90,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists, and other writers, with in-depth coverage of 2000 of the most-studied authors including biographies, bibliographies, and critical analysis of authors. | ||||||||
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Lynda.com features hundreds of training tutorials on a wide variety of business, software, technology, and For more details, please visit our Lynda.com page. |
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NoveList®K-8 Plus has an easy-to-use interface with a single search bar that makes finding books and other content quick and simple. This database contains information on over 70 000 fiction titles. NoveList®Plus helps you find your next great read. With well over 200 000 fiction and readable nonfiction titles included, plus feature content including lists of award-winning books, Book Discussion Guides, BookTalks, Recommended Reads and more, NoveList® Plus is a complete reader's resource. |
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OverDrive for Teens offers a collection of fiction and non-fiction eBooks, audiobooks, and more. From library to living room, OverDrive makes every aspect of digital lending simple. Need help? OverDrive now offers Front Line Tech Support. In-person tech support is available at Keswick Branch. Please call Ruth, eServices Library Technician at 905-476-5762 ext. 4520 to make an appointment. Due to a recent security upgrade to OverDrive, users may encounter some problems. Try these troubleshooting tips. Users may also download the new OverDrive app called Libby (for Android and Apple). You can use Libby in place of, or in addition to, the OverDrive app. Of course, you can also continue to use the OverDrive app exclusively if you'd rather not try Libby at this time. Want to see the current, popular titles? What others are checking out? Check out our OverDrive Dashboard. |
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RBdigital Comics--digital comics and graphic novels |
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| RBdigital Comics offers top comics and graphic novels from Marvel and other major brands. Read comics how you want--single issues or a volume. Read on RBdigital apps or online through your browser. Sign up is easy. Create a username and password, and then sign in. Or if you have already created an RBdigital account to access our other RBdigital products, login in using that account. | ||||||||
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RBdigital offers eAudioBooks and eBooks for download to your device. All of the RBdigital titles have unlimited user access, so there is no holds list! Read the instructions on how to get started. First time users will need to register with a user name and password on the RBdigital site. The new RBDigital app:
You will be notified through your current RBdigital app to upgrade. You can login with the same RBdigital credentials. The new RBDigital app will have all of your previous checkouts along with stored wish lists, holds and history, but your checkouts will need to be downloaded again. |
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RBDigital Magazines offers full digital copies of your favourite magazines on a computer, tablet, or mobile device. Mobile Devices: Download the RBdigital app. Apps are available from the App Store Google Play, and for the Kindle Fire. Download the instruction sheet to get started. |
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Gale in Context: Middle School |
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| Gale in Context: Middle School offers content spanning literature, science, social studies, and U.S. and world history topics, among others. Students can access engaging books, images, biographies, audio, video, magazines, newspapers, creative works, primary sources, and more. | ||||||||
| TeenBookCloud--online database of eBooks | ||||||||
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TeenBookCloud is an online database of eBooks with a robust selection of Graphic Novels, Enhanced Novels, eBooks, classic literature, National Geographic videos, educator resources, and audiobooks. The collection is available online around the clock. No downloads, no waiting! If you can access the internet, you can be reading, watching, or listening to fantastic content. No library card needed to access this resource, only. Next you'll want to check out our Enhanced Novels. This collection of classic literature, YA novels, middle school chapter books, and foundational non-fiction texts features professional narration paired with line by line highlighting. Follow along with the narrator until you are ready to read on your own! In our Enhanced novels and our eBooks you can make notes as you read, or create bookmarks so you'll never lose your place! Adjust the size of the text, or the background colour for a fun customizable reading experience. And don't forget to check out the hundreds of Audiobooks, National Geographic videos, and common core aligned educator resources available around the clock! All of our titles and resources are available anywhere you have an internet connection: scroll through a Graphic Novel on your iPad, read a classic novel on your computer, or listen to an audiobook on your smartphone! TeenBookCloud is available until August 31. |
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Teen Health & Wellness is created for teens with your unique concerns and perspectives, but will also be useful for parents, teachers, and others who are part of a teen's life. Got questions? Get answers. |
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