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ONLINE RESOURCES

A Windsor Public Library card is needed to access most of these resources. Apply online for an e-Card.

►eBooks & Reading

• cloudLibrary
• Hoopla Digital – wide selection of downloadable and streaming audio e-books*
• Library Aware: Next Reads newsletters
• TumbleBookLibrary
• TeenBookCloud
• RomanceBookCloud
• NoveList – Get help finding your next great read. WPL does not carry all titles in NoveList but if you see something you like let us know!

►Children’s Resources

• NoveList K-8 Plus
• Primary Search
• TumbleMath

►DIY

• Auto Repair Source
• creativebug – has thousands of art & craft video classes taught by recognized design experts and artists.
• Home Improvement Reference Centre

►Magazines

• Maclean’s Magazine Archive (1905-2015) – fully searchable
• Flipster Magazines – Consumer Reports
• Overdrive Magazines (Libby App) – Hundreds of downloadable current magazines*

►Newspapers

• Windsor Star:
  – Current issue PressReader
  – 1893-2010 ; ProQuest Historical Newspapers (no images; fully searchable)
  – 2011-Present (images, searchable) ProQuest Recent Newspapers
• Canadian:
  – Toronto Star (1894-2016)
  – OurOntario Newspapers
• International :
  –  PressReader – current day’s paper from dozen of countries in hundreds of languages
  – New York Times (in English, Chinese, and Spanish):
  From a WPL computer or the WPL Hotspot
  Remote access (72-hour pass; free NYT account required)

►General Research

• Canadian Reference Centre
• Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
• Gale Virtual Reference Library
• Canadian Encyclopedia
• MasterFILE Premier
• Primary Search

►Travel

• Global Road Warrior
• A to Z World Food
• A to Z World Travel

►Health

• TPL Health and Wellness Blog

►New Canadians

• LearningExpressLibrary – Citizenship practice tests
• Road to IELTS Academic* (not IE supported)
• Road to IELTS General Training* (not IE supported)

►Legal

• LawDepot – Requires one-time authentication through Libby. Click the link and follow the instructions.
• Justice Laws (Canada)
• Justice Ontario
• Justice pas à pas
• COVID-19 Legal Resources
• E-Laws
• Steps to justice
• Your Legal Rights

►Encyclopedias

• The Canadian Encyclopedia
• L’encyclopédie Canadienne
• Le grand dictionnaire terminologique

►Entertainment

• Freegal Music – music, downloadable and streaming*
• Hoopla Digital -music, movies, television shows, downloadable & streaming*
• kanopy – movies & documentaries

►Lifelong Learning

• LearningExpressLibrary – dozens of practice tests for various certifications
• LinkedIn Learning
• Mango Languages*
• WPL Mobile*

►Local History & Genealogy

• Ancestry Library (Remote access to this resource, temporarily provided courtesy of ProQuest and its partner Ancestry, is being discontinued as of December 31, 2021.)
• Famous Windsorites
• Digital Exhibits
• Windsor Public Library Obituaries Index
• Genealogy

►Car & Driving

• Auto Repair Source
• Canadian Used Car Values – Wholesale and retail automobile prices
• Free G1 Practice Tests – for new drivers
• Kelly Blue Book – used car prices

* = also available as an App in the App Store and Play Store. See our app page.