Digital Content | Whitby Public Library

From bestselling books (in eBook and eAudio formats) to blockbuster movies, your favourite magazines and newspapers—our website has something for everyone. Pursue career goals with LinkedIn Learning tutorials, learn cooking fundamentals with a hoopla video or teach your kids the joy of reading with animated, talking Tumble Books—all you need is your Whitby Public Library card number.

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Archives

Access local history resources for research projects, genealogy and nostalgia. Both the historical newspapers and photographs are searchable by keyword, name and/or street address.

Creativebug
An inspirational resource for DIY, crafters and makers, Creativebug offers thousands of award-winning art and craft video classes taught by recognized design experts and artists. Discover knitting, crochet, paper crafts, sewing and more. Classes never expire, so you can start and stop projects at your own pace. All you need to get started is your library card.

Hoopla

Access music, movies, TV shows, comics, eBooks and eAudiobooks instantly with your library card. Hoopla has hundreds of thousands of titles available for simultaneous use – that means no waiting!

With Hoopla you can borrow 12 items every month. This borrowing limit resets itself at the beginning of every calendar month.

Stream content on your computer, or use your mobile device to download or stream borrowed titles. All that you need to get started is your library card.

Kanopy

Access thousands of digital movies instantly with your library card. Kanopy has thousands of films available for streaming including documentaries, foreign language films and independent films. These films are available to you at all times – no holds needed!

With Kanopy you can borrow 10 movies every month. This borrowing limit resets itself at the beginning of every calendar month.

Stream content on your computer, mobile device, Apple TV, Chromecast, or Roku. All that you need to get started is your library card.

Achieve your personal and professional goals with LinkedIn Learning. LinkedIn Learning offers Whitby residents a constantly growing library of over 16,000 courses on a wide variety of topics including business, software, technology and creative skills.

Courses are available in English, French, German, Japanese, Spanish, Mandarin, and Portuguese.

You can download the LinkedIn Learning app from the Apple App Store or Google Play Store. Select “sign in with your library card” and enter whitbypl as your library ID.

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 redeem to receive 72-hour access and create an account. After that, login directly to nytimes.com. If you see an error message, your 72-hour access period may have ended. Please return and click the link again.

Once you have an account, use it to sign in to your mobile device. If access has expired, please return and click the link above again.

OverDrive
Borrow eBooks and eAudiobooks from a collection of bestseller and classic books available for download to your computer, eReader, smartphone or tablet.

OverDrive Magazines
Borrow an unlimited number of e-Magazines using your tablet, smartphone or computer. This online newsstand carries thousands of popular magazines in any one of a dozen languages.

Press Reader

Unlimited access to over 7000 newspapers and magazines in 75 languages from 125 countries with PressReader on your smartphone, tablet or laptop.

Research Databases

Do your research from home. These sites provide access to scholarly research, encyclopedia articles, newspaper and magazines articles, and more.

Tumblebook

Read a wide variety of picture books and chapter books for kids online, with optional audio narration.

Value Line provides investment information and advice on 3,500 stocks across 100 industries. The service includes statistics, analysts’ reports and forecasts of stock performance for the most actively traded U.S. exchange-listed stocks, small and mid-cap stocks, options and special situations.