Download Libby here. Search, place holds, borrow, read all on one app.
Sign in by selecting your library and then entering your library card #. (Don’t enter the last digit on your library card, if it begins with 24444)
How does Libby work? Click here
Click here for the Libby FAQ about devices, compatibility & syncing. Note: Kindle and Kobo do not support Libby. Kobo’s with Overdrive already installed can be used for eBooks.
Access the Ontario Library Service Download Centre, on your desktop computer.
Sign in by selecting your library and then entering your library card #. (Don’t enter the last digit on your library card, if it begins with 24444)
Streaming films & shows – new additions monthly
Borrow 10 FREE items/month on Kanopy (unlimited on Kanopy kids)
New users, create a FREE account with your library card and PIN# here: www.kanopy.com (Don’t enter the last digit on your library card, if it begins with 24444…)
Access Kanopy or Kanopy Kids on your desktop or laptop, your TV, or download the app on a choice of devices: Apple | Android | Roku | Amazon
French eBooks & audiobooks
Cantook Station est la solution simplifiée et reconnue de prêt de livres numériques conçue pour épauler les bibliothécaires dans leur mission et favoriser le développement de leurs collections
FREE access with your library card & PIN#: French-language eBooks & audiobooks for all ages
To read on a mobile device, get the Aldiko Next app from the App or Play Store. (Support info about the app at this page.) Note: you do not sign in to this app via Feedbooks, skip through that until you sign in via your library & library card.
Please note: IN-library French books for adults (browse the catalogue here) & children (browse the catalogue here) are available too.
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography / Dictionnaire biographique du Canada
Browse this awesome resource! To view the 100 biographies most frequently read in English or in French, click on the language of your choice.
The entry for Dr. James Naismith and for R. Tait McKenzie have both been recently updated. Enjoy!
The Canadian Encyclopedia
The Canadian Encyclopedia is a fact checked information source published by Historica Canada. Over 14,000 articles are available to search on numerous subjects including history, popular culture, events, people, places, politics, arts, First Nations, sports and science. Articles are published in both French and English.
Frontier Life: Borderlands, Settlement & Colonial Encounters
This digital collection of primary source documents helps us to understand existence on the edges of the anglophone world from 1650-1920. Discover the various European and colonial frontier regions of North America, Africa and Australasia through documents that reveal the lives of settlers and indigenous peoples in these areas.
MMPL YouTube Channel
EBSCO databases & research resources
Mississippi Mills patrons have access to Consumer Reports along with many other magazine articles and resources through EBSCOhost databases. You can access and search resources in the EBSCO MasterFILE Premier database. When Logging in from outside the library enter your card number in the Patron ID field (if your card number starts with a 2, omit the last digit). Access a quick reference guide here. A video guide (33 min.) on using EBSCO databases can be found here.
Local interest, history & genealogy
Ancestry library edition is FREE to USE from the library, as is Family Search.
Click here to explore all the many library local interest, history & genealogy online resources!