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

ONLINE RESOURCES

►eBooks & Reading

• cloudLibrary
• Hoopla Digital – wide selection of downloadable and streaming audio e-books*
• Library Aware: Next Reads newsletters
• AudioBookCloud (all ages)
• RomanceBook (for the older crowd!)
• TeenBookCloud (gr 7-12)
• TumbleBookLibrary (K-6)

►Children’s Resources

• NoveList K-8 Plus
• Primary Search
• TumbleBookLibrary (K-6)
• TumbleMath (K-6)

►Magazines

• Maclean’s Magazine Archive (1905-2015) – fully searchable
• Flipster Magazines – Architectural Digest, Consumer Reports, Macleans, Rolling Stone, The Writer*
• RBdigital Magazines (formerly Zinio Magazines) – dozens of downloadable current magazines*

►Newspapers

• Windsor Star:
  – Current issue PressReader
  – 1893- 2010 ; (no images; fully searchable)
  – 2011- Present (images, searchable) Proquest Digitized Newspapers
• Canadian: Canadian Major Dailies (1985-Current)
  – Toronto Star (1894-2016)
• OurOntario Newspapers
• International :
  –  PressReader – current day’s paper from dozen of countries in hundreds of languages
  – New York Times

►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
• A to Z Maps Online
• National Geographic Virtual Library
• National Geographic Kids

►Health

• Consumer Health Complete
• 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
• Justice Laws (Canada)
• Justice Ontario
• Justice pas à pas
• 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
• Lynda.com
• Mango Languages*
• WPL Mobile*

►Local History & Genealogy

• Ancestry Library ( Access to this resource has been temporarily expanded to library cardholders working remotely, courtesy of ProQuest and its partner Ancestry. )
• Famous Windsorites
• Digital Exhibits
• Windsor Public Library Obituaries Index
• Genealogy

►Car & Driving

• Auto Repair Source – automobile repair
• Free G1 Practice Tests – for new drivers

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