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The Library subscribes to a variety of services with downloadable and streaming content, including eBooks and audiobooks, music and movies, magazines and newspapers, and databases and learning tools. Our Digital Library help pages have the information you'll need to get set up and start watching, listening, learning, and exploring. Enjoy!

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Explore the full list of Digital Library services you can access with your library card.
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We offer many services in the Digital Library. Get connected with the most popular ones.
Featured service: PressReader

Newspapers and magazines from around the world in many languages.

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Academic Search Premier

Start your research with access to full-text articles from peer-reviewed academic journals.
Active Reading

Improve your English reading skills at your own pace.
Ancestry Library

A genealogy site with billions of records from over 4,000 databases from Canada, United States, United Kingdom and other European countries.
BookFLIX

Build early reading skills and introduce kids to a world of knowledge and exploration through video storybooks, simple games, and nonfiction eBooks.
Canadian Major Dailies

Search 20+ years of Canadian newspaper archives, including national and leading regional papers.
Canadian Points of View

Use this database of more than 400 topics to help students develop persuasive essays, better understand controversial issues, and develop analytical thinking skills.
Canadian Reference Centre

Full-text information for more than 550 periodicals, plus biographies, images, and a Canadian dictionary.
Cantook Libraries

Livres numériques et audionumériques en français pour tous les ages.
Consumer Reports

Search reviews and ratings on thousands of products and services to help you make informed purchases.
EBSCOhost

Full text or abstracts for hundreds of general interest magazines, plus a selection of full-text reference books, an image collection, maps, and flags.
Explora Canada

Easy-to-use features and reliable content from the world’s leading magazines, reference books, news articles, and Associated Press videos.
Exploring Race in Society

Background information on topics related to race, ethnicity, diversity and inclusiveness.
Explora for Kids

Complete articles from dozens of the most popular elementary school magazines, plus images of photos, maps, and flags.
Flipster

Popular magazines including People and Macleans.
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia

Reliable information on thousands of topics.
GreenFILE

A collection of scholarly, government and general-interest articles on environmental topics.
hoopla

Streaming and downloadable movies, TV, and music.
Kanopy

Streaming movies, documentaries, and educational videos from The Great Courses.
Kanopy Kids

Streaming movies and TV series for kids ages 2-8.
LinkedIn Learning

Online learning that helps anyone learn business, software, technology, and creative skills to achieve personal and professional goals.
MasterFILE Premier

Full-text general reference magazines and publications covering a wide-range of subject areas including business, health, education, general science, and culture.
Middle Search Plus

Full-text articles from popular middle school magazines such as Sports Illustrated Kids and Scholastic News, plus reference books such as the Encyclopedia of Animals.
Naxos Jazz

Stream first-class jazz performances and recordings, with over 200,000 jazz tracks.
Naxos Music Library

Stream classical music from around the world.
Newspaper Archive

Search the archives of a wide variety of newspapers from across Canada, including newspapers from 32 communities in Manitoba.
Newspaper Source Plus

Newspaper Source Plus provides a full-text digital collection of the world's major news content, including articles from newspapers, newswires and news magazines, and television and radio transcripts from popular news sources.
Newswires

Newswires provides near real-time access to top worldwide news from the Associated Press, United Press International, PR Newswire, Xinhua, CNN Wire, and Business Wire on a continuous basis.
NoveList Plus

Find new authors and titles, or browse over 1,200 theme-oriented book lists, 160 award lists and 1,800 fiction-related websites.
OverDrive, with the Libby app

Thousands of eBooks, audiobooks, and magazines that you can enjoy on your computer, tablet, and phone.
OverDrive for Kids

eBooks, audiobooks, and magazines for kids and tweens to enjoy.
OverDrive for Teens

eBooks, audiobooks, and magazines for teens to enjoy.
PastForward

Postcards, historical directories, oral histories, and more related to Winnipeg's past. Available to browse and download.
PressReader

Newspapers and magazines from around the world in multi-languages.
Primary Search

Popular children’s magazines such as Ladybug, easy-to-read encyclopedic entries and a large image collection. Especially for elementary school students.
Road to IELTS

Prepare for the IELTS exam with over 120 hours of interactive learning materials.
RxTx

Current information about prescription drugs, vaccines, and natural health products, plus a pill identifier and glossary of medical abbreviations.
TeenBookCloud

Enhanced novels, eBooks, graphic novels, videos, and audiobooks for teens. It also includes AP English, Hi/Lo books, English classics, and Shakespeare.
Tense Buster

Tense Buster helps you master English grammar at your own pace.
TumbleBookLibrary

For kids in grades K-6: 1000+ books, including talking picture books, read-along chapter books, non-fiction books, graphic novels, educational videos, audiobooks, plus books in French and Spanish.
Web News

Web News provides near real-time access to thousands of top news feeds from around the globe.
Winnipeg Newspaper Archives

More than 2 million historical pages dating back to 1874 from the Winnipeg Free Press and all its earlier titles, such as the Manitoba Free Press.
Winnipeg Tribune Archives

A digitized collection of the Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg's local paper from 1890-1980.

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