LinkedIn Learning (previously Lynda.com) is an online database offering video courses led by experts on topics such as web design, business/marketing, software development, photography, video/music/audio editing, 3D animation, and graphic design. Create a LinkedIn account using your APL library card number, password and email address today!
Learning Express provides interactive tutorials, practice tests, e-books, flashcards and articles for academic skill-building, standardized test preparation and career development for students and professionals.
For high school and above - current events, computer & web tutorials, eBooks, employment & money sense and research/speaking/writing skills information.
Search thousands of articles, primary sources, and online books. Contains up-to-the-minute access to worldwide news publications, government links from numerous countries and multimedia reference materials. This database uses technology to deepen comprehension, encourages collaboration with content sharing tools and has advanced lesson plans and assessments for classroom support.
For primary and junior-aged students with easy-to-read articles, engaging images and illustrations, interactive games and activities, and teacher resources in French.
A safe, trustworthy environment for students to look up articles and facts for research papers, class projects or homework. Explora provides easy-to-use features and age-appropriate content from the world’s leading magazines and reference books. Available on computers and mobile devices.
For primary and junior-aged students with easy-to-read articles, engaging images and illustrations, interactive games and activities, and teacher resources in Spanish.
Early World of Learning is a richly visual interactive encyclopedia for preschoolers and children in the early elementary grades and is designed for easy integration into the classroom curriculum.
PressReader provides interactive, digital access to nearly 7,000 of the world's best newspapers and magazines. With access to PressReader, users can read everything from local news stories to pop culture magazines, industry reports, and national opinion pieces.
Canada's most comprehensive and diverse full-text online database that includes coverage from a Canadian perspective. Spanning agriculture, business and economics, education, government and politics, health sciences, history, literature, social sciences, and more subject areas.
Storytime in your language! Discover the magic of reading in over 70+ languages; each picture books comes with an English translation to help develop multilingual reading and listening skills.