Browse A - Z

Browse A to Z: Digital Content and Reference Databases

Please select the link for: Read if you're looking for reading material, Listen if you're looking for something to listen to, Watch if you're looking for videos, Learn if you're looking for courses or language resources, or Research if you're a student, hobbiest, DIY-er, or professional looking for resources.

Alberta Heritage Digitization Project: Our Future, Our Past
Alberta historical documents related to personal, community, business and government.

Alberta Research Portal
Everyone in Alberta can access this gateway to world-class primary resources, including extensive resources related to First Nations and Indigenous peoples, the Archives of Human Sexuality and Gender, Associated Press Collections, Smithsonian Collection Online, Sabin Americana, 25 titles from Gale Virtual Reference Library, to name but a few. This includes monographs, photographs, newspapers, poetry, original documents, records, and more.

Ancestry Library Edition

A note from the providers during the COVID-19 pandemic: “Access to this resource has been temporarily expanded to library cardholders working remotely, courtesy of ProQuest and its partner Ancestry." Ancestry Library Edition is usually only accessible in-Library only.

Ancestry® Library Edition delivers billions of records in census data, vital records, directories, photos, and more from places such as North America, the United Kingdom, Europe, Australia.

Answers await everyone-whether professional or hobbyist, expert or novice, genealogist or historian-inside the more than 7,000 available databases. 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.

AudioBookCloud
The collection includes unlimited access to 1400 audiobooks, including classic literature, fiction, non-fiction, young adult fiction, and children’s books with unabridged professional narration. We’re sure that you’ll find the perfect audiobook for any occasion! Use the website or get the AudioBookCloud app! Titles are always available, but aren't downloadable, so an internet connection is needed.

AtoZ World Food
Access recipes and culinary information from nearly every country in the world! Search by ingredients, country or by recipe to find your next meal idea.

Canadian Book Review Annual 
The Canadian Book Review Annual (CBRA) provides Canadians with an evaluation guide to all the English-language, Canadian-authored scholarly, reference, trade, children's, and youth books published in Canada each year.

Canadian Newsstand Complete
Covers major Canadian newspapers including Alberta dailies and weeklies.

Canadian Russian News
Canadian Russian Newspaper online.

CanLII
CanLII is a non-profit organization managed by the Federation of Law Societies of Canada. CanLII's goal is to make Canadian law accessible for free on the Internet. Both statutes and case law are searchable through CanLII.

Cantook Station
Alberta Reads! Over 1,000 Alberta-published eBooks available for downloading. Includes the Prairie Indigenous eBook Collection.

Career Cruising
Explore career options, learn about what education you need and where to get it, and help build your resume.

cloudLibrary
With a focus on eBooks, cloudLibrary has an easy-to-use app or computer program so you can locate books quickly. cloudLibrary also has a selection of audiobooks.

Consumer Reports 
ConsumerReports.org provides ratings and reviews, recommendations and buying advice across several franchises. Each product includes an overview and a ratings report card, as well as tester reviews & recommendations. Additional information includes brand reliability and user reviews, plus news, blogs, forums and video content.

Cypress Resume
Create custom resumes for today's job market. No writing skills required, simply type basic information about yourself and leave the difficult task of writing your Resume and Cover Letter to Cypress Resume.

Early Canadiana Online
Includes scanned documents from the time of the settlers to the early 20th century. Contains books, articles, speeches and government publications.

Explora Canada
Access our online resources through this user-friendly portal. Includes topics such as Art and Literature, Health, Geography, Science and Math.

Explora Canada Primary
Access our online resources through this user-friendly portal. Includes topics such as Art and Literature, Health, Geography, Science and Math.

Gale Courses
Gale Courses offers a wide range of highly interactive, instructor led courses that you can take entirely online. As a library card holder in good standing, you are entitled to these courses at no cost. Courses run for six weeks and new sessions begin every month. Topics include: Accounting and Finance, Business, Computer Applications, Design and Composition, Health Care and Medical, Language and Arts, Law and Legal, Personal Development, Teaching and Education, Technology, and Writing and Publishing.

GCFLearnFree.org
Free and simple tutorials on a variety of topics, including technology & apps, writing, math, and other everyday skills.

Grant Connect
Grant Connect provides access to a comprehensive directory for Canadian grants and funding sources, locally, nationally, and internationally.  In-Library access only.

Government of Canada: Justice Laws Website
The online source for Canadian federal legislation and regulations. These consolidations are generally updated on a weekly basis.

Laws for Landlords and Tenants in Alberta
Learn about the laws that apply when renting a place to live in Alberta.

LearningExpress Library
Contains practice tests and tutorial courses to help you succeed with academic or licensing exams. Immediate scoring, complete answer explanations, and individualized analysis of results. Includes Canadian Citizenship Practice Exams, GED Canada Practice Exams, RPAT Practice Exam, TOEFL iBT Preparation, & TOEIC Preparation.

LegalAve
LegalAve brings together existing public legal information from across Alberta. It offers in-depth information, and gives you a starting point to deal with your legal issues.

Library PressReader
Library PressDisplay by PressReader provides access to current newspapers from around the world in full-color, full-page format. Includes over 1,700 Canadian and international titles from 82 countries in 40 languages.

LyndaLibrary
LyndaLibrary is a fantastic video-based service with online learning courses on a variety of subjects so you can learn at your own pace. Great for those looking to keep career skills up to date, personal development, and technology lovers. Popular learning paths include: becoming a web designer, becoming a motion graphics artist, becoming a music producer, and more.  LyndaLibrary also includes a number of shorter videos for people looking to quickly learn a specific skill.

MedicinePlus
Free Health information from the U.S. National Library of Medicine. You can search for information on health, wellness, disorders and conditions. Learn about drugs and supplements, and discover tutorials, health and surgery videos, games and quizzes.

Niche Academy
Tutorials and help guides for some of our most popular Digital Content, including Lynda.com, OverDrive/Libby, cloudLibrary, Ancestry, Cypress Resume, and more!

Novelist
Find your next great read! Browse recommended book lists or look up a book you enjoyed and find similar titles and similar authors. See the description of a title as well as the genre and pace & tone, and search for more reading material based on what you like reading.

OverDrive
Includes both online eBooks and audiobooks that you can read on your computer browser or download to a handy app or computer program. Great selection of best-sellers and popular titles for all ages and interests.

Pronunciator
Learn a new language with Pronunciator, featuring a learning system you can learn at your own pace as well as live lessons you can join.  With over 80+ languages, including a wide selection of primary languages you can set as default, start a learning path towards fluency. 

RBdigital 
Love magazines? Get free access to the most popular magazines online. Download the RBdigital app to your app-based mobile device to read while on the go. Includes back-issues up to 2014 for some titles. The RBdigital site also provides access to a large collection of audiobooks and a link to Transparent Languages.

RomanceBookCloud
An online collection of romance ebooks that will provide you with unlimited and unrestricted access to read to their heart's content! Use the website or get the RomanceBookCloud app! Titles are always available, but aren't downloadable, so an internet connection is needed.

SOLARO
Find homework help based on the Alberta curriculum, featuring 100% curriculum-aligned, age-appropriate lessons, activities, exercises, and quizzes with detailed solutions.

South Peace Regional Archives
South Peace Regional Archives gathers, preserves, and shares historical records of municipalities, organizations, businesses, families and individuals within the region. The Archives offers access to its holdings through their website and through a public Reading Room. SPRA is located in the Grande Prairie Museum, in Muskoseepi Park.

Teacher Reference Center
Teacher Reference Center provides indexing and abstracts for 280 of the most popular teacher and administrator journals and magazines to assist professional educators.

TechBoomers.com
Learn how to use the internet & popular websites through free tutorials aimed at teaching people how to use technology.

Transparent Language
Transparent Language Online is the most complete language-learning system for independent learners. With 100+ languages currently available, including Indigenous languages like Cree and Ojibwe, and dedicated learning path to keep track of your progress, it makes learning a language easier than ever.

TumbleBooks
eBooks for kids! Includes include animated talking picture books, books in English and French, read-alongs, non-fiction books and National Geographic Videos.

Tumblebooks Cloud
A online collection titles for older elementary, middle and high school students. The collection includes classic literature, Shakespeare, YA/teen novels and a growing number of exciting graphic novels.

World Book Online
More than 26,000 articles as well as more than 12,000 pictures and maps, and 7,000 links to editor-approved websites useful in helping students constructively explore topics further. You can also choose from three unique modules: World Book for Kids, Educator's Tool and Research Libraries. 

 
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