On-Line Resources

In addition to computer access for the public, Hastings Highlands Public Library has many periodical, e-book and research databases (some with remote access) thanks to grants from the Ontario Ministry of Culture. To access in-house databases which can only be used at the library (such as Ancestry Library Edition and Eureka), please see library staff. To access remote databases, please register at the library in person for your passwords, then go to the website links to use them.
 
Remote access and/or in-library use websites and databases (Remember to sign up at the library before the first time you use them-some require a user name and password) include:

INFO ~ for Interlibrary Loans

 Please see Library Staff if you would care to order a specific book/printed material

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Gale Cengage ~ for Knowledge Ontario-for encyclopedia and periodical searches

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Many Great Databases from EBSCO Publishing!  On this link and below

Please see Library Staff for Login Credentials, Thanks!

 ~ for EBSCO Canadian Points of View for Canadian periodical research 

 ~ for EBSCO Novelist, a SUPERB database for finding books geared Readers of all ages!

 ~ for EBSCO NovelistK-8 geared toward, you guessed it!  Readers Grades JK to Grade 8

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 ~ for teens, providing curricular support and self-help on topics like diseases, drugs & alcohol, nutrition, and emotional help

 Please login with your 8digit Library Card Number, Thanks!

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 ~ designed to help students and others plan their future with great assessment tools, occupation profiles and Canadian post-secondary education info.

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Family Search Centre ~ LDS Genealogy website

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OverDrive ~ Audio Book Download Centre. Contact the library for your password

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E-Reference Tools ~ Encyclopedias, etc.

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Ready Reference Materials~ for Reference Questions

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Reader's Advisory~ for what to read next

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Databases only accessible at the library include:

Ancestry.Library.Edition (for Genealogy research)

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