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| Overdrive Audiobooks and eBooks |
Clarington Public Library offers FREE access to a collection of downloadable Electronic Books and electronic Audio Books provided by the Southern Ontario Library Service (SOLS). Visit Overdrive today and download the free applications for your computer to begin borrowing from an extensive collection of eBooks and eAudio Books with your library card.
Getting Started
Required Software
Videos Visit Clarington Public Library on YouTube for instructional videos on eBooks! Follow along with library staff and learn how to search, download, transfer, and return eBooks. Videos include:
Step-by-Step Guides for Sony, Kobo, and iPads If you have a Sony Reader, Kobo, or iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch review these 'cheat sheets' from SOLS! These step-by-step printable sheets will guide you through the process, from turning on your device to relaxing with your newly-borrowed library book. The guides are updated approximately every three months to reflect any process change or software upgrades, if applicable.
Step-by-Step Guides for:
Kitchener Public Library has also created an eReader Help Page for additional guides, including the Blackberry Playbook.
Troubleshooting OverDrive's My Help can guide you through customized assistance for your deivice and computer, and you can also access the OverDrive Help Centre.
Additionally, OverDrive has a wide range of articles and guides to assist you regarding sepcific problems and errors:
If you have any questions regarding the use of this amazing resource, visit any branch, phone Information Services at 905-623-7322, ext. 2712, or send us an email.
This is a project made possible by the Ontario Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport's $15 Million Investment in Public Libraries.
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| Literature Resource Center (GALE) |
Provides access to biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of authors from every age and literary discipline, covering more than 120,000 novelists, poets, essayists and journalists. |
| Canadian Points of View Reference Centre |
This resource is a useful guide to debate, develop arguments, writing position papers, and for development of critical thinking skills. |
| CPIQ (Canadian Periodical Database) |
Find articles from a comprehensive list of Canadian and international journals, magazines, selected sections of the Globe and Mail and biographies, all with a Canadian focus. |
| Career Cruising |
Learn about various careers Find education and training programs in Canada |
| Novelist K-8 (EBSCO) |
Offers reviews, recommended reading and teachers guides for thousands of fiction titles for children, from picture books to junior novels. |
| TumbleBook Library |
Watch and read along with animated picture books in various languages |
| World Book: Early World of Learning |
Three interactive sections for the younger user: Trek's Travels has narrated stories and games. Welcome to Reading provides reading practice for 4 reading levles. Know It is a visual encyclopedia. |
| Academic One File (GALE) |
The premier source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources. With extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects, Academic OneFile is both authoritative and comprehensive. |
| GALE Virtual Reference Library |
Database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. |
| Overdrive Audiobooks and eBooks |
Clarington Public Library offers FREE access to a collection of downloadable Electronic Books and electronic Audio Books provided by the Southern Ontario Library Service (SOLS). Visit Overdrive today and download the free applications for your computer to begin borrowing from an extensive collection of eBooks and eAudio Books with your library card.
Getting Started
Required Software
Videos Visit Clarington Public Library on YouTube for instructional videos on eBooks! Follow along with library staff and learn how to search, download, transfer, and return eBooks. Videos include:
Step-by-Step Guides for Sony, Kobo, and iPads If you have a Sony Reader, Kobo, or iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch review these 'cheat sheets' from SOLS! These step-by-step printable sheets will guide you through the process, from turning on your device to relaxing with your newly-borrowed library book. The guides are updated approximately every three months to reflect any process change or software upgrades, if applicable.
Step-by-Step Guides for:
Kitchener Public Library has also created an eReader Help Page for additional guides, including the Blackberry Playbook.
Troubleshooting OverDrive's My Help can guide you through customized assistance for your deivice and computer, and you can also access the OverDrive Help Centre.
Additionally, OverDrive has a wide range of articles and guides to assist you regarding sepcific problems and errors:
If you have any questions regarding the use of this amazing resource, visit any branch, phone Information Services at 905-623-7322, ext. 2712, or send us an email.
This is a project made possible by the Ontario Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport's $15 Million Investment in Public Libraries.
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| TumbleBook Library |
Watch and read along with animated picture books in various languages |
| GALE Virtual Reference Library |
Database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. |
| World Book Reference Center |
World Book Online Reference Center is a powerful reference tool for advanced researchers and information seekers. The site features thousands of e-books, tens of thousands of articles, and hundreds of thousands of primary source documents and features developed especially for public library patrons. |
| Ancestry Library Edition |
This resource is a research tool offering the most comprehensive genealogical information available online, with more than 4 billion names in over 4,000 collections. It is accessible at all four library branches. |
| Academic One File (GALE) |
The premier source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources. With extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects, Academic OneFile is both authoritative and comprehensive. |
| CPIQ (Canadian Periodical Database) |
Find articles from a comprehensive list of Canadian and international journals, magazines, selected sections of the Globe and Mail and biographies, all with a Canadian focus. |
| Discovering Collection (GALE) |
A great resource for homework help for intermediate and senior students, this collection covers core curriculum areas, including history, literature, science, social studies, and more. |
| GALE Virtual Reference Library |
Database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. |
| World Book Reference Center |
World Book Online Reference Center is a powerful reference tool for advanced researchers and information seekers. The site features thousands of e-books, tens of thousands of articles, and hundreds of thousands of primary source documents and features developed especially for public library patrons. |
| Health Source Consumer Edition (EBSCO) |
Offers consumer health information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health. |
| Teen Health and Wellness |
Health information for teens that includes self help tools and first person narratives. |
| Academic One File (GALE) |
The premier source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources. With extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects, Academic OneFile is both authoritative and comprehensive. |
| Discovering Collection (GALE) |
A great resource for homework help for intermediate and senior students, this collection covers core curriculum areas, including history, literature, science, social studies, and more. |
| Canadian Points of View Reference Centre |
This resource is a useful guide to debate, develop arguments, writing position papers, and for development of critical thinking skills. |
| Kids Info Bits (GALE) |
Kids InfoBits is a database developed especially for beginning researchers in Kindergarten through Grade 5. Featuring a developmentally appropriate, visually graphic interface, the most popular search method is moving from a broad subject to a narrower topic using the subject-based topic tree. The curriculum-related, age appropriate, full-text content is from the best elementary reference sources and magazines. This database covers geography, current events, the arts, science, health, people, government, history, sports and more. |
| Novelist K-8 (EBSCO) |
Offers reviews, recommended reading and teachers guides for thousands of fiction titles for children, from picture books to junior novels. |
| Teen Health and Wellness |
Health information for teens that includes self help tools and first person narratives. |
| World Book Kids |
Your first stop for homework resources with easy to read articles, images, maps, games and activities. |
| World Book L'Encyclopedie Decouverte |
Complete online French encyclopedia; search for articles, images, activities, and browse the French/English visual dictionary. |
| World Book Reference Center |
World Book Online Reference Center is a powerful reference tool for advanced researchers and information seekers. The site features thousands of e-books, tens of thousands of articles, and hundreds of thousands of primary source documents and features developed especially for public library patrons. |
| Digital Libraries: Living Green |
Living Green provides information on biomes, pollution, green building, food production and much more. |
| Digital Libraries: Inventions and Discoveries |
Explore the inventions and discoveries found in many areas such as agriculture, transportation, warfare, engineering and much more. |
| Digital Libraries: Early Peoples |
Early Peoples has information on 16 ancient civilizations. |
| World Book: Discover |
Designed for students reading below grade level due to language or learning difficulties. This database includes reference articles relevant to older students, text-to-speech capabilities, translation into 30 languages, learning and life skills activities, research tools, multimedia, and interactive video. |
| Grzimek's Animal Life |
Grzimek's Animal Life on the web provides students and researchers with a dynamic, interactive resource that fosters more discussion and critical thinking skills. This product uses the content from the encyclopedia to provide unequaled coverage on more than 4,000 species, and includes more than 11,000 images, videos, illustrations, and maps. |
| World Book Info Finder |
The best place to start for your school projects. Access the entire World Book Encyclopedia as well as primary documents, images, an online dictionary, biographies, science fair project outlines, and more. |
| Discovering Collection (GALE) |
A great resource for homework help for intermediate and senior students, this collection covers core curriculum areas, including history, literature, science, social studies, and more. |
| Literature Resource Center (GALE) |
Provides access to biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of authors from every age and literary discipline, covering more than 120,000 novelists, poets, essayists and journalists. |
| Novelist (EBSCO) |
A resource for readers, NoveList focuses on fiction, providing reviews, read-alikes and summaries of over 120,000 novels. |
| Novelist K-8 (EBSCO) |
Offers reviews, recommended reading and teachers guides for thousands of fiction titles for children, from picture books to junior novels. |
| TumbleBook Library |
Watch and read along with animated picture books in various languages |
| CPIQ (Canadian Periodical Database) |
Find articles from a comprehensive list of Canadian and international journals, magazines, selected sections of the Globe and Mail and biographies, all with a Canadian focus. |
| National Newspaper Index (GALE) |
National Newspaper Index provides quick access to the indexing of America's top five newspapers in one seamless search: The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post. |
| Kids Info Bits (GALE) |
Kids InfoBits is a database developed especially for beginning researchers in Kindergarten through Grade 5. Featuring a developmentally appropriate, visually graphic interface, the most popular search method is moving from a broad subject to a narrower topic using the subject-based topic tree. The curriculum-related, age appropriate, full-text content is from the best elementary reference sources and magazines. This database covers geography, current events, the arts, science, health, people, government, history, sports and more. |
| Novelist K-8 (EBSCO) |
Offers reviews, recommended reading and teachers guides for thousands of fiction titles for children, from picture books to junior novels. |
| World Book Kids |
Your first stop for homework resources with easy to read articles, images, maps, games and activities. |
| World Book L'Encyclopedie Decouverte |
Complete online French encyclopedia; search for articles, images, activities, and browse the French/English visual dictionary. |
| Pebble Go |
A research database for PreK-Grade 3 covering Animals and Earth & Space. Includes leveled text, games, read-along audio and word-by-word highlighting. |
| World Book Info Finder |
World Book Online Info Finder contains content and features designed for school-aged patrons’ homework and research needs. Based on the World Book Encyclopedia, the site features rich collections of multimedia on a variety of topics. |
| World Book Early World of Learning |
Three interactive sections for the younger user: Trek's Travels has narrated stories and games. Welcome to Reading provides reading practice for 4 reading levels. Know It is a visual encyclopedia. |
