Do you want to learn more about playing the stock market? Trying to sort out your RRSPs from your TFSAs in time for tax season? Whatever your personal finance needs, we have free information and expertise for you. Databases Anyone who wants to do in-depth stock market research will find these financial databases […]
Are you building a career in tech? Do you need to develop your skills in areas like data analytics, machine learning, digital security or business management? The library has a lot of free resources for you — and one of them just came out with a raft of new features. O'Reilly Learning used to be […]
Start the new year right! Join One eRead Canada,the first national, bilingual (English and French) digital eBook club. More than 600 public libraries, from St John’s to Nanaimo to Whitehorse, will take part. This year, we'll be reading the exquisite and celebrated novel Vi by Kim Thúy. From January 1 to 31, 2021, 85 per […]
You've set a new record! This year, Torontonians borrowed more than 8 million ebooks. That's compared to 6.6 million in 2019. Each year for the past five years, Toronto Public Library has lent more ebooks than any other library system in the world. (Last year, Los Angeles and Wisconsin came second and third, respectively.) We're […]
Lynda.com is now LinkedIn Learning! LinkedIn Learning will have similar courses to those listed below. Lynda.com offers over 3,500 video courses on various subjects including web design, software development, photography, business skills, graphic design, audio, music, video editing and much more. Dozens of courses are added each week, so you can always find something new […]
Wish you had easy access to TPL’s digital collections but don’t yet have a library card? If you live in Toronto and you’re over the age of 13, you can now quickly and easily register for the new TPL Digital Access Card. With it, you get free instant access to all of TPL’s digital collections […]
Attention indie writers: wondering what to do with your NaNoWriMo masterpiece? Or do you have a manuscript you'd love to share with library users? You're in luck! With three library services — BiblioBoard, Pressbooks and the Indie Author Project — you have all the tools you need to format your book and share it with […]
Whether you're in school or mid-career, sometimes you're going to run into new situations where you don't know what to do. Now, we have a resource you can’turn to for guidance. SAGE Video is a collection of educational videos for students and professionals in the following areas: Leadership Business & Management Counselling & Psychotherapy Nursing […]
Do you miss theatre? What would you give to watch Benedict Cumberbatch staggering across the stage in a loincloth and horror makeup as Frankenstein's Monster? Or Gillian Anderson swanning around in a pink kimono as Blanche Dubois? Leah Harvey and CJ Beckford in the National Theatre's Production of Small Island Or Leah Harvey and CJ […]
Image credit: Edu Grande (edgr/CC0) Does anyone else have fond memories of second-hand record stores? Flipping through crates of old vinyl, finding music you didn't even know you wanted? Naxos Music Library is the closest digital thing I've found to that sense of discovery. Naxos has been collecting, organizing and digitally distributing classical, jazz and […]