Online Resources

Alberta Heritage Digitization Project

Our Future, Our Past: The Alberta Heritage Digitization Project is a not-for-profit endeavor that provides free, online access to cultural and heritage materials. Browse newspapers from 1885, read entire books about local communities, research legal documents, view historic photographs, and explore much more!

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Ancestry Library Edition

Ancestry: Library Edition is powered by the world's most popular consumer online genealogy resource Ancestry.com. Here, you can unlock the story of you with sources like censuses, vital records, immigration records, family histories, military records, court and legal documents, directories, photos, maps, and more.

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Brooks Bulletin Archive: 1910 – 2012

View digitized microfilm editions of the Brooks Bulletin via the Canadiana Online website. In addition to the City of Brooks, the Brooks Bulletin reports on many other communities in the County of Newell and Southeast Alberta. Full-text searching is available using optical character recognition (OCR) technology. 

This resource is freely available through the generous support of Brooks Public Library.

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Calgary Herald Archive: 1883 - 2010

Every issue of each title includes the complete paper, cover-to-cover, with full-page and article images in easily downloadable PDF format. 

Researchers can study the progression of issues over time through these historical newspaper pages, including articles, photos, advertisements, classified ads, obituaries, editorial cartoons, and so much more.

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CELA

Shortgrass libraries offer a collection of over 230,000 books, magazines, newspapers and described videos in a choice of formats for people with a print disability.

Click here for more information


Consumer Reports

Consumer Reports is the world's largest independent product testing organization. Use this resource to receive expert buying advice and see the ratings on thousands of consumer products. Product categories include cars, appliances, health & fitness, home & garden, babies & kids, electronics, food, and more!

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FamilySearch

Access a wealth of genealogical resources through FamilySearch (as a FamilySearch affiliated library, we are able to provide resources not publicly available through the FamilySearch website - just follow our link while using a library internet connection). This service offers over 6 billion searchable names, 2 billion images of historical genealogical records, with over 300 million more genealogical records and images added every year, and records from more than 130 countries.

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Gale Courses

Gale Courses offers hundreds of interactive instructor-led online courses covering everything from health and wellness, creative writing, computer programming, animal care and more. 

Gale Courses will be retired Jan 31 - our new eLearning platform will be Udemy, launching Jan 1!

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Gale Primary Sources

The digital archives program from Gale publishes in core and unique areas of study, such as Indigenous and Native Peoples, Colonization of North America, World History, and much more. Users will find interesting historical documents, giving insight into days gone by.

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LawCentral Alberta

LawCentral Alberta is a portal or collection of links to law-related information and educational resources on justice and legal issues of interest to Albertans. Our purpose is to create an educated public who understands their rights and responsibilities under the law, and who knows where to go for legal help and referral.

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Lois Hole Campus Alberta Digital Library

Lois Hole Campus Alberta Digital Library initiative is delivered by The Alberta Library through 35 participating postsecondary institutions in the Province, including private and public not-for-profit universities, colleges, technical schools and First Nations colleges. The program represents a radical change to the breadth and depth of electronic resources available through most of the participating institutions.

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Niche Academy

Niche Academy offers tutorials to help you get the most out of your library's electronic resources.

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NNELS

The National Network for Equitable Library Service is a digital public library of downloadable titles for people with perceptual disabilities.  Library patrons can access NNELS through a web browser and download material in a variety of file formats such as DAISY, PDF, and e-text.

Click here for more information


Overdrive\Libby

Bestselling titles for you to download in ebook and audiobook formats. Magazine and comic books are also available. If the title is checked out by another user, you can place a hold on it. New titles added every week!

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Overdrive for Kids and Teens

A collection of popular titles for kids and teens to download in ebook and audiobook formats. If the title is checked out by another user, you can place a hold on it. New titles added every week!

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PressReader

Pressreader is an online newspaper kiosk. It provides access to electronic copies of thousands of newspapers from 100 countries in 60 languages. Up to 90 days of back issues are available.  You can read your favorite international, national and provincial newspapers from cover to cover, sometimes even before the publications hit the newsstands. The publications are full-colour, full-format, and can be read at home or on the go!

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Pronunciator

Learn over 150 languages with Pronunciator. Features movies, music with lyrics, pronunciation analysis, quizzes, and more! Mobile users can access the Bluebird app, by Pronunciator. Use the same login credentials you use for Pronunciator and download thousands of lessons to use offline.

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RBDigital

Please note: All RBdigital content has moved to the Overdrive service. Please click here for more information or click here to access Overdrive.


Read Alberta Books

Over 1,500 Award-winning, all engaging Alberta-published eBooks from 24 publishers. Titles cover a range of genres including literary fiction, graphic novels, poetry, mystery, memoir, biography, self-help, humour, scholarly, young adult and speculative fiction.

Also included is the Prairie Indigenous eBook Collection: over 200 titles from publishers in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta covering stories by Indigenous authors and writings about Indigenous culture.

Access this resource


Solaro

Solaro is a study help and exam preparation tool for students in grades 3 to 12. Thousands of practice test questions are available and students receive instant feedback in the form of step-by-step solutions for each question. A full set of lessons are also available which cover core concepts and feature an integrated study note and flash card system. All content in Solaro is based on the Alberta curriculum.

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The Canadian Encyclopedia

The Canadian Encyclopedia and its related resources has been made available online by the Historica Foundation as a public service since 1999. Since its publication in book form in 1985, The Canadian  encyclopedia has provided the most comprehensive, objective and accurate source of information on Canada for students, readers and scholars across Canada and throughout the world.

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TumbleBooks

An online collection of animated, talking picture books which teach young children the joys of reading.

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U of L Digitized Collections

University of Lethbridge Digitized Collections contains archival issues of many Southern Alberta Newspapers, maps from the Sir Alexander Galt Museum & Archives, and historical photographs from the Magee Family Collection and more.

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Udemy

Learn and improve skills across business, tech, design, and more. Offering more than 20,000 courses in multiple languages, Udemy classes are available on-demand and can be completed at your own pace.

Access this resource


Alberta Heritage Digitization Project

Our Future, Our Past: The Alberta Heritage Digitization Project is a not-for-profit endeavor that provides free, online access to cultural and heritage materials. Browse newspapers from 1885, read entire books about local communities, research legal documents, view historic photographs, and explore much more!

Access this resource


Ancestry Library Edition

Ancestry: Library Edition is powered by the world's most popular consumer online genealogy resource Ancestry.com. Here, you can unlock the story of you with sources like censuses, vital records, immigration records, family histories, military records, court and legal documents, directories, photos, maps, and more.

Access this resource (in-library use only)


Brooks Bulletin Archive: 1910 – 2012

View digitized microfilm editions of the Brooks Bulletin via the Canadiana Online website. In addition to the City of Brooks, the Brooks Bulletin reports on many other communities in the County of Newell and Southeast Alberta. Full-text searching is available using optical character recognition (OCR) technology. 

This resource is freely available through the generous support of Brooks Public Library.

Access this resource


FamilySearch

Access a wealth of genealogical resources through FamilySearch (as a FamilySearch affiliated library, we are able to provide resources not publicly available through the FamilySearch website - just follow our link while using a library internet connection). This service offers over 6 billion searchable names, 2 billion images of historical genealogical records, with over 300 million more genealogical records and images added every year, and records from more than 130 countries.

Access this resource (in-library use only)


Gale Primary Sources

The digital archives program from Gale publishes in core and unique areas of study, such as Indigenous and Native Peoples, Colonization of North America, World History, and much more. Users will find interesting historical documents, giving insight into days gone by.

Access this resource


Lois Hole Campus Alberta Digital Library

Lois Hole Campus Alberta Digital Library initiative is delivered by The Alberta Library through 35 participating postsecondary institutions in the Province, including private and public not-for-profit universities, colleges, technical schools and First Nations colleges. The program represents a radical change to the breadth and depth of electronic resources available through most of the participating institutions.

Access this resource


U of L Digitized Collections

University of Lethbridge Digitized Collections contains archival issues of many Southern Alberta Newspapers, maps from the Sir Alexander Galt Museum & Archives, and historical photographs from the Magee Family Collection and more.

Access this resource


Brooks Bulletin Archive: 1910 – 2012

View digitized microfilm editions of the Brooks Bulletin via the Canadiana Online website. In addition to the City of Brooks, the Brooks Bulletin reports on many other communities in the County of Newell and Southeast Alberta. Full-text searching is available using optical character recognition (OCR) technology. 

This resource is freely available through the generous support of Brooks Public Library.

Access this resource


Calgary Herald Archive: 1883 - 2010

Every issue of each title includes the complete paper, cover-to-cover, with full-page and article images in easily downloadable PDF format. 

Researchers can study the progression of issues over time through these historical newspaper pages, including articles, photos, advertisements, classified ads, obituaries, editorial cartoons, and so much more.

Access this resource


Consumer Reports

Consumer Reports is the world's largest independent product testing organization. Use this resource to receive expert buying advice and see the ratings on thousands of consumer products. Product categories include cars, appliances, health & fitness, home & garden, babies & kids, electronics, food, and more!

Access this resource


Overdrive\Libby

Bestselling titles for you to download in ebook and audiobook formats. Magazine and comic books are also available. If the title is checked out by another user, you can place a hold on it. New titles added every week!

Access this resource


PressReader

Pressreader is an online newspaper kiosk. It provides access to electronic copies of thousands of newspapers from 100 countries in 60 languages. Up to 90 days of back issues are available.  You can read your favorite international, national and provincial newspapers from cover to cover, sometimes even before the publications hit the newsstands. The publications are full-colour, full-format, and can be read at home or on the go!

Access this resource


RBDigital

Please note: All RBdigital content has moved to the Overdrive service. Please click here for more information or click here to access Overdrive.


CELA

Shortgrass libraries offer a collection of over 230,000 books, magazines, newspapers and described videos in a choice of formats for people with a print disability.

Click here for more information


NNELS

The National Network for Equitable Library Service is a digital public library of downloadable titles for people with perceptual disabilities.  Library patrons can access NNELS through a web browser and download material in a variety of file formats such as DAISY, PDF, and e-text.

Click here for more information


Consumer Reports

Consumer Reports is the world's largest independent product testing organization. Use this resource to receive expert buying advice and see the ratings on thousands of consumer products. Product categories include cars, appliances, health & fitness, home & garden, babies & kids, electronics, food, and more!

Access this resource


Consumer Reports

Consumer Reports is the world's largest independent product testing organization. Use this resource to receive expert buying advice and see the ratings on thousands of consumer products. Product categories include cars, appliances, health & fitness, home & garden, babies & kids, electronics, food, and more!

Access this resource


Gale Courses

Gale Courses offers hundreds of interactive instructor-led online courses covering everything from health and wellness, creative writing, computer programming, animal care and more. 

Gale Courses will be retired Jan 31 - our new eLearning platform will be Udemy, launching Jan 1!

Access this resource


Niche Academy

Niche Academy offers tutorials to help you get the most out of your library's electronic resources.

Access this resource


Pronunciator

Learn over 150 languages with Pronunciator. Features movies, music with lyrics, pronunciation analysis, quizzes, and more! Mobile users can access the Bluebird app, by Pronunciator. Use the same login credentials you use for Pronunciator and download thousands of lessons to use offline.

Access this resource


Udemy

Learn and improve skills across business, tech, design, and more. Offering more than 20,000 courses in multiple languages, Udemy classes are available on-demand and can be completed at your own pace.

Access this resource


Overdrive\Libby

Bestselling titles for you to download in ebook and audiobook formats. Magazine and comic books are also available. If the title is checked out by another user, you can place a hold on it. New titles added every week!

Access this resource


Overdrive for Kids and Teens

A collection of popular titles for kids and teens to download in ebook and audiobook formats. If the title is checked out by another user, you can place a hold on it. New titles added every week!

Access this resource


Overdrive\Libby

Bestselling titles for you to download in ebook and audiobook formats. Magazine and comic books are also available. If the title is checked out by another user, you can place a hold on it. New titles added every week!

Access this resource


Overdrive for Kids and Teens

A collection of popular titles for kids and teens to download in ebook and audiobook formats. If the title is checked out by another user, you can place a hold on it. New titles added every week!

Access this resource


RBDigital

Please note: All RBdigital content has moved to the Overdrive service. Please click here for more information or click here to access Overdrive.


Read Alberta Books

Over 1,500 Award-winning, all engaging Alberta-published eBooks from 24 publishers. Titles cover a range of genres including literary fiction, graphic novels, poetry, mystery, memoir, biography, self-help, humour, scholarly, young adult and speculative fiction.

Also included is the Prairie Indigenous eBook Collection: over 200 titles from publishers in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta covering stories by Indigenous authors and writings about Indigenous culture.

Access this resource


TumbleBooks

An online collection of animated, talking picture books which teach young children the joys of reading.

Access this resource


Solaro

Solaro is a study help and exam preparation tool for students in grades 3 to 12. Thousands of practice test questions are available and students receive instant feedback in the form of step-by-step solutions for each question. A full set of lessons are also available which cover core concepts and feature an integrated study note and flash card system. All content in Solaro is based on the Alberta curriculum.

Access this resource


The Canadian Encyclopedia

The Canadian Encyclopedia and its related resources has been made available online by the Historica Foundation as a public service since 1999. Since its publication in book form in 1985, The Canadian  encyclopedia has provided the most comprehensive, objective and accurate source of information on Canada for students, readers and scholars across Canada and throughout the world.

Access this resource


TumbleBooks

An online collection of animated, talking picture books which teach young children the joys of reading.

Access this resource


Overdrive for Kids and Teens

A collection of popular titles for kids and teens to download in ebook and audiobook formats. If the title is checked out by another user, you can place a hold on it. New titles added every week!

Access this resource


Solaro

Solaro is a study help and exam preparation tool for students in grades 3 to 12. Thousands of practice test questions are available and students receive instant feedback in the form of step-by-step solutions for each question. A full set of lessons are also available which cover core concepts and feature an integrated study note and flash card system. All content in Solaro is based on the Alberta curriculum.

Access this resource