A to Z Database

2 11 Central - 211 is a searchable database of community organizations and groups throughout Durham Region and the GTA. Maintained by the United Way, it's a great resource for social services and organizations.

Ancestry Library Edition (In Library Access Only)
The largest genealogical resource on the web with over 1.5 billion names in over 4,000 collections, Ancestry includes census, birth / death / marriage and immigration records, along with images, passenger lists and directories. The Ancestry Learning Centre offers tips and tricks to help you research genealogy like a pro. Please note that Ancestry is available for in-library use only.

Archives of Ontario - The AO website helps you access the vast historical collection held by the Archives of Ontario. Their holdings include government records, birth / death / marriage registrations, company records and much, much more.

Business Encyclopedias from Gale Virtual Reference Library (sign in with your library card)
Gale Virtual Reference Library's business collection includes dozens of volumes of sample business plans, as well as encyclopedias on small business, management and global industry.

eMentalHealth
eMentalHealth provides online, anonymous, confidential information mental health and helps you find mental health help in your community. Other features include mental health news, mental health screening tools, and a community events calendar. Resources are available in English, French, Spanish, Arabic, Cantonese, and Mandarin.

Family Search - Family Search is an extensive database of genealogical resources from around the world. The Whitby Public Library is a Family Search affiliate library, so signing in via library computers gives you access to additional resources.

Gale OneFile Entrepreneurship (Sign in with your library card)
Academic journal and magazine articles on entrepreneurship, including insights, tips, strategies, and success stories..

Gale Power Search (Sign in with your library card)
Newspaper, magazine and journal articles on a wide variety of subjects, including physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology and literature. Academic OneFile includes peer-reviewed journals on many different disciplines.

You can search all databases at once or choose one of many tailored to a specific subject.

Gale Virtual Reference Library (sign in with your library card)
A database of encyclopedias and specialised reference sources for multidisciplinary research.

INFO Union Catalogue - This merged catalogue allows searches of public library collections across Ontario.

LinkedIn Learning (sign in with your library card)
LinkedIn Learning is a premier online learning site helps anyone learn business, software, technology and creative skills to achieve their personal and professional goals. LinkedIn Learning offers Whitby residents a constantly growing library of over 16,000 courses on a wide variety of topics, including over 150,000 instructional videos. Courses are available in English, French, German, Japanese, Spanish, Mandarin, and Portuguese.

You can also used the LinkedIn Learning app on your phone or tablet. The app is available at both the App Store and Google Play. Our library code is WhitbyPL.

Medline Plus - Produced by the US National Library of Medicine, Medline Plus, this site offers reliable and up-to-date information about illnesses, wellness, prescription drug information and more.

Merck Medical Manuals - Merck Manuals explain disorders, their symptoms, how they're diagnosed, and how they can be prevented or treated. Both consumer and medical professional versions are available.

New York Times

NYTimes.com gives you access to the latest articles of the New York Times, one of the most read newspapers in the world. You can also research topics in the Times' archives (1851 to 1922 and 1981 to present). Please note that the crossword and cooking sites are separate products and are not available through our service.

You can access New York Times with your library card for a 72-hour period as often as you want. The first time you enter, click the link above to receive 72-hour access and create an account. After that, go directly to nytimes.com. If you see an error message, your 72-hour access period may have ended. Please return and click the link above again.

NoveList Plus K-8 (sign in with your library card)
Just like NoveList Plus, the K-8 version helps kids from Kindergarten to Grade 8 find new books to enjoy.

NoveList Plus (sign in with your library card)
A reading database that helps you find new books to enjoy. NoveList provides subject heading access, reviews, annotations, and much more for thousands of fiction and non-fiction titles.

Our Ontario
Our Ontario is a local history portal of photos, historical newspapers, maps, oral histories and more contributed by archives, libraries and museums from across Ontario.

PressReader (sign in with your library card)

PressReader offers thousands of newspapers and magazines from all over the world. Content is available in over 70 languages from over 120 countries. You can browse the most recent issue or search for topics by keyword.

ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Toronto Star (sign in with your library card)
A fully digitized and searchable database of every issue of the Toronto Star from 1894 to 2019. Every page is included, from the headlines to the classifieds. Click here to access the Toronto Star from inside any library branch.

Reference Solutions (sign in with your library card)
A comprehensive directory of 1.5 million Canadian companies of all sizes and types. The database is searchable by type of business, name, location and more.

Rumie Learn
Browse 2,500+ life & career skills topics for free! Each Byte (article in the Rumie collection) takes just 5 minutes to read and ends with suggested steps to take action on your goals.

Statistics Canada - StatsCan is the official source for statistics about every facet of Canadian life.

Tumblebooks (sign in with your library card)
An online collection of talking picture books for kids. Click here to use Tumblebooks inside the library.

Volunteer Durham is a database of volunteer opportunities throughout Durham Region. You can search by organization or by your interests and skills.

Whitby Historical Newspapers
Scanned copies of historic Whitby newspapers starting in the 1850s and continuing to the 1990s. Newspapers in the collection include the Whitby Chronicle (1857-1912), Whitby Gazette (1862-1912), Whitby Gazette & Chronicle (1912-1941), Whitby Free Press (1971-1996), and others.

Whitby Online Historic Photographs Collection - Our Archives' photo collection consists of thousands of images detailing the rich history of Whitby.