Here's a quick guide to online services you can access with your library card!
FOR KIDS
Pokemon Virtual Escape Room: ages 6+
Roll/Play online: play D&D with other kids ages 12-17. Every 2nd Thursday at 7:00 pm. Register online at highriverlibrary.ca/Events for info
Outside the Lines online: make art with other LGBTQ+ kids and allies ages 12-17. Every 2nd Wednesday. Register online at highriverlibrary.ca/Events for info
Hoopla Kids Mode movies, TV episodes, eBooks, comics, and eAudiobooks for kids and teens
Learn Alberta's Online Reference Centre digital learning and teaching resources correlated to Alberta Education's K-12 curriculum
Overdrive/Libby Kids Reading Room eBooks and eAudiobooks for kids and teens
Solaro online study help and exam preparation tool. Offers help for Math, English/Language Arts, and Sciences for grades 3-12, and Social Studies for grades 6, 9-12. Aligned to the Alberta curriculum
TeenBookCloud for grades 6-12. Includes graphic novels, enhanced novels, eBooks, classic literature, National Geographic videos, educator resources, and audiobooks
TumbleBook Library an online collection of animated, talking picture books, educational videos, puzzles, games, and more
TumbleMath math picture books for K-6 in the TumbleBook format, complete with animation and narration
World Book Online includes Early World of Learning, World Book Kids, World Book Student, World Book Advanced, World Book Timelines, Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos, and L'Encyclopédie Decouverte
Find these on our eResources page
AudioBookCloud: streaming audiobooks for all ages
cloudLibrary: downloadable eBooks and audiobooks for all ages
Hoopla: eBooks, audiobooks, and comics
Overdrive/Libby: downloadable eBooks and audiobooks
RBDigital: downloadable audiobooks
Read Alberta eBooks: a collection of fiction and non-fiction eBooks published in Alberta
RomanceBookCloud: romance novels when you want them, no downloads, no waiting
Find these on our eResources page
Freegal Music: download up to five MP3 songs per week or stream 24 hours a day
Hoopla: movies, TV episodes, and full-length music albums
Find these on our eResources page
Flipster: popular magazines with no loan periods or wait lists
PressReader: more than 7000 newspapers and magazines from 120+ countries in 60+ languages
RBDigital: 3700+ magazines
Find these on our eResources page
Ancestry Library Edition: research your family history online. Can be used from home until May 31, 2020
Auto Repair Source: helps you with service and repair information for thousands of domestic and imported vehicles
Consumer Reports: provides trusted information to help you make smart purchasing choices
Cypress Resume: this online resume builder allows you to create a professional quality resume
LinkedIn Learning: helps you to learn business, software, technology, and creative skills
Niche Academy: teaches you how to use library eResources, online programs, and computer skills
Pronunciator Language Learning: you can learn any of a hundred different languages, as well as 78 English language courses taught in the user's native tongue
Find these on our eResources page
Alberta Research Portal: a world-class collection of primary sources. Includes monographs, photographs, newspapers, original documents, and more
Calgary Herald Archive (1883-2010): searchable access to more than 125 years of news coverage
Frontier Life: primary source documents from various colonial regions of North America, Africa, and Australasia
Find these on our eResources page
