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Digital Library

Vancouver Public Library subscribes to thousands of online books, audiobooks, magazine and newspaper articles, indexes, and other recreational and research resources. Explore our digital collections below, or try one of our research guides, to point you in the right direction.

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  • The current laws of British Columbia.

    Access: Everywhere for everyone
  • Municipal and provincial government information including BC corporate records, personal property registrations, property assessments and more.

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  • Current statistics from the Government of British Columbia on labour trends, demographics and business indicators.

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  • A collection of French language ebooks and eaudiobooks for all ages from Canadian and international publishers.

    Une collection de livres numériques et audionumériques pour tous les âges en langue française provenant de maisons d’éditions canadiennes et internationales

    Access: Everywhere for VPL cardholders
  • Award-winning collection containing documentaries, newsreels, interviews and archival footage surveying African-American history, politics, art and culture, family structure, gender relationships, and social and economic issues.

    Access: Everywhere for Vancouver residents
  • Cover-to-cover coverage of this weekly business and financial magazine.

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  • Provides publication information on millions of books, ebooks, videos and audiobooks.

    Access: Everywhere for Vancouver residents
  • British Columbia city directories from 1860 to 1955. Directories include detailed historical information about British Columbian communities.

    Access: Everywhere for everyone
  • Digitized newspaper archives covering The Province (1898 - present), The Vancouver Sun (1912 - present) and The Times Colonist (1884 - present).

    Issues from most recent 3 months not available in this collection. See Canadian Newsstream for current issues.

    Access: Everywhere for Vancouver residents
  • Search and view community newspapers from around BC published between 1865 and 1994. This collection makes many of BC's earliest newspapers freely available in digital format

    Access: Everywhere for everyone