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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. To connect you will need your 14 digit Georgina Public Library card number. Don't have a physical library card? Get an online card. Online cards are good for 60 days.

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Keep Georgina Public Library in your pocket with our convenient app. Search for "Georgina Public Library" in the App Store or Google Play.

Manage your account, search the catalogue, renew items, and place holds. View your current checkouts and holds you have placed. Link accounts of family members so checkout at the circulation desk is a breeze!

Download a copy of the eResources Guide.

Canada in Context--Canada's history, authors, and First Nations

Canada in Context was created especially for researchers and educators studying Canada, its people, and its history. Canada in Context integrates many Gale resources -- like Worldmark Encyclopedia of Canadian provinces, Discovering Authors Canadian Edition, Native North American Almanac and more -- with media-rich options.

Canadian Points of View Reference Source--Canadian issues

Canadian Points of View Reference Source is a guide to debating, developing arguments, writing position papers, and development of critical thinking skills. Each Points of View 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--Career guidance and planning tools

Career Cruising is a self-exploration and planning program that helps people of all ages achieve their potential in school, career and life.

The program enables patrons to complete personal assessments, explore career and school options, and build a portfolio of their interests, experiences, and skills. The result is a customized plan aligned to the user’s inputs, and reflective of their unique personality and attributes. With a robust career and school database, an embedded resume builder, and age appropriate exploratory activities, Career Cruising can be used by students for their post-secondary planning, or by job seekers to discover best-suited career options.

Watch how to set up a My Plan profile and updates to Career Cruising job searching.

CPI.Q--Canadian magazines, newspapers, and journals

CPI.Q (Canadian Periodical Index Quarterly) is useful to libraries, professionals, researchers, government institutions and organizations. CPI.Q contains a wealth of Canadian and international periodicals, including: Canada's national newspaper, The Globe and Mail; Maclean's weekly magazine; Canadian News Facts; and encyclopedic reference materials, such as the Canadian Parliamentary Guide and Canadian Newsmakers.

Creativebug--Online arts and crafts tutorials

Creativebug provides on demand arts and crafts instructional videos on drawing, painting, sewing, knitting, crochet, quilting, baking, and more! All classes are taught by experts, with new classes added daily.

Find out how to get started with the Creativebug User Guide.

EBSCO eBooks Canadian Subscription Collection--eBooks from Canadian authors

EBSCO eBooks Canadian Subscription Collection offers researchers thousands of eBooks from top Canadian publishers and authors. This e-book collection covers a diverse range of subjects including topics pertaining to Canada, Canadian history, native culture, politics and current events.

FreegalMusic+®--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.

Streaming and Downloading Music

On a mobile device:

Tap an album or song to start listening.
Download a song by tapping the three dots on the right hand of the song, then tap Download Song.
View your downloaded songs or to download a song again by tapping the My Music icon at the bottom of the screen.

On a computer:

Listen to albums or songs online by hovering over the cover image and selecting the Play button.
Download a song by clicking the download button (down arrow) on the right side of the song.
View your downloaded songs or download a song again by clicking the My Music icon on the left side of the page.

FreegalMusic+® App on a Smartphone or Tablet

In the Google Play or Apple App Store, search for Freegal Music.
Install and open the app.
You may choose to allow the app to know your location.
If you don’t, fill in a postal code, city, or country in the next box.
Choose Georgina Public Library from the list.
Type in your 14-digit library card number and your PIN, and tap Log In.

Searching or Browsing

The Home page will show you interesting songs, albums, artists, and playlists.

Select the links on the Home page to explore Freegal by trends, new arrivals, playlists, or artists.
Select the Genres link in the navigation menu to browse by category.
Tap the search icon at the bottom of the screen on to browse by album title, song title, or artist name (on mobile devices) or enter a title or artist into the search box at the top of the page (on a computer).

Creating Playlists

You can create playlists to save your favourite songs.

Find a song you would like to add to a playlist.
Select the three dots to the right of the song name (on a mobile device) or the list icon to the right of the song name (on a computer).
Select Add to Playlist, then choose an existing playlist or Create New Playlist.
If you selected Create New Playlist, you can name your playlist and add a description (optional). When you are finished, select Create Playlist.

Gale eBooks--Appealing to non-fiction readers

Gale eBooks offer patrons an award-winning, hassle-free eBook experience—anytime, anywhere, and on any device.

Choose from the following non-fiction Gale eBook collections: Arts, Biography, Business, Education, Environment, General Reference, History, Information and Publishing, Law, Literature, Medicine, Multicultural Studies, Nation and World, Religion, Science, Social Science, and Technology.

hoopla--Movies, television shows, eBooks, comics, and more

Bonus Borrows Now Monthly! For the last seven days of each calendar month, patrons will be able to choose from a selection of TV shows, movies, comics and manga, eBooks, and audiobooks without using their monthly borrows.

Master Your Instrument at Your Own Pace
Now you can learn how to play your favorite songs from anywhere! This exclusive BingePass invites you to browse over 100 courses covering all styles of playing for guitar, bass, and ukulele. Dubbed the “Netflix of music education,” the Fret Zealot platform provides over 3,500 video lessons from the world’s top instructors. Whether you’re a novice or an adept player, the curated courses cater to all skill levels and let you learn at your own pace.

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 and make the most of your library membership. But that's not all—please note that there is also a daily limit across the Library system to ensure fair access to all users.

Get started enjoying hoopla.

Streaming and Downloading

After downloading the hoopla app, you can download content to your device.

How to download movies, TV shows, audiobooks and music:

After you borrow an item, you'll see its info screen.
Tap the download prompt or Download to your device.

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.

Compatible Devices

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:

Car & Activity Mode is a simplified interface with fewer controls and larger buttons for when you’re on the go.
Chapter/Book Timer gives users a simple toggle to switch between viewing the time remaining in either the current chapter or the entire book.
Playback Speed options have been increased to up to four times normal playback speed.
Bookmark Notes can now be added to any audiobook bookmark, perfect for book clubs or educational listening.
Sleep Timer has more options, including an End of Chapter option. Read more and watch the tutorial about these feature enhancements.
Sleep Timer has more options, including an End of Chapter option.

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.

I need help with hoopla

Information about compatible devices, setup instructions, error messages, troubleshooting, and more is available at hoopladigital.com/help and via the ? at the top right corner in the hoopla app. You can also stop by any of our locations and ask for assistance.

Kanopy--Educational movies

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.

Roku: add the Roku channel to your account here or download from the streaming channel store on your television
Chromecast: available through the iOS and Android app, as well as through a Chromecast browser
Apple Airplay: cast from your iOS device to your Apple TV
Apple TV (app available through app store)
HDMI: connect your computer to your television via HDMI cable (or Mini DisplayPort to HDMI cable for Mac computers)

Kanopy Ticket System

You will receive 40 tickets a month and can borrow a varying number of titles depending on how many tickets each title is worth. Every title is labelled with a ticket value and viewing window (the time you have to watch the title before it expires).

Films will require two tickets per play or four tickets per play for major studio productions. Shorts, which are single titles with a run time of 30 minutes or less, will require one ticket per play. Episodic content, like TV shows, will have variable ticketing and viewing windows dependent on total run time.

Kanopy Kids titles will not require any tickets to access.

The Great Courses will now be included in the ticket system. Most of this content will require five tickets per course with a viewing period of up to 21 days.

If you are interested in watching several of the Great Courses, hoopla’s BingePass may suit your needs — use one hoopla borrowing credit for unlimited access to hoopla’s Great Courses Library collection for seven days.

Read the instruction sheet on how to signup. Having an issue with Kanopy. Submit your email to the Kanopy Support Desk.

Gale Literature Resource Center

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.

LinkedIn Learning--Online learning tutorials on business, software, technology, and creative skills

LinkedIn Learning features hundreds of training tutorials on a wide variety of business, software, technology, and creative skills, with new courses added all the time.

Get started guide to LinkedIn Learning.

You will need to login with you full 14-digit library card number and your PIN. If you need a library card, or if you don’t know your PIN, please contact us. Want to get started right away, but can't make it to a branch to get a library card? Get an online card. Online cards are good for 60 days.

Once logged in, create your profile. My Profile will help you track your progress in a chosen course, create playlists, and receive recommended Learning Paths based on your interests.

Mobile App

You can find the mobile app in the Apple App Store or from Google Play Store.

Download and open the LinkedIn Learning app.

Enter your email address
Click continue
Choose Georgina Public Library
Email and Password
Recommended by Georgina Public Library
The next screen you will then enter your password

Sign in with your library card.
You are then taken to: www.linkedin.com/learning-logging/libraryID. Tape on the words "libraryID", and enter georginalibrary and click continue.
Login with you 14-digit card number and your PIN.

Click "Sign in".

To access the navigation panel, select the three lines located on the top left. From here, you can jump between your home page, library, playlists, downloads, course history, settings, and help.

Topics:

Tap "Topics".
Choose the subject headings of Business, Creative or Technology.
Choose videos within the chosen subject heading.
Tap on the thumbnail of the video you want to start.

Search Bar

Select the magnifying glass in the search bar at the top.
Search for skills, subjects, or software.

*Please note: To access downloaded content, log in to your Learning account.

For more details, please visit our LinkedIn Learning page.

Novelist K-8® Plus and NoveList® Plus

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.

OverDrive/Libby--eBooks, eAudiobooks, and magazines for Teens

OverDrive/Libby for Teens 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.

To access OverDrive/Libby:

Download the Libby app from the app store on your mobile device.
Visit libby.app.com on your computer or laptop.
Log in at odmc.overdrive.com/odmc-georgina/teens.
Set up OverDrive borrowing on your Kobo eReader.
Download the Libby app for your Kindle Fire.

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.

PressReader--7,000 magazines and newspapers in 60 different languages

PressReader offers 7,000 magazines and newspapers in 60 different languages. Read instantly, or download for later. Access on a mobile device or desktop. Unlimited downloads with free access with your library card/PIN. PressReader app is available in App Store and Google Play Store. Click Sign In, and choose "Library or Group", search and select "Georgina Public Library (Offsite)", and login with your 14-digit library card number (no spaces) and your PIN and start reading. Tip: If you see the green coffee cup in the top left corner of the screen, you have successfully logged in.

*Please note, users will need to sign in with your library card and PIN every 30 days.

Navigate through the catalog with just one click:Whether you want to jump straight to the home feed or browse your recently read titles, your PressReader routine will take just a few clicks to get to where you want.

Find your favorite titles at a glance: Categories, recently read titles, top publications, and saved publications are conveniently displayed vertically in a grid layout.

Enjoy a cleaner home feed: Patrons will get to enjoy an improved reading experience when browsing through their home feed.

Introducing PressReader Accessibility:

On pressreader.com, hit Tab on your keyboard to switch to Accessibility Mode
Or click the 3-dot menu in the top right corner and select Accessibility Mode
Voila! You're in. Choose your favorite title and try out all the features

Get the PressReader Quick Start Guide.

SIRS Discoverer--Research and homework 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.

Teen Health & Wellness--Health information for teens

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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