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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A multidisciplinary research ebook collection but with a focus on current and classic literary criticism. *Also suitable for research at the high school and undergraduate levels.
Access: Everywhere for VPL cardholders
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Regional Business News provides full-text business resources including newspapers, trade publications, magazines and newswires.
Access: Everywhere for VPL cardholders
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An indispensable resource for religious studies programs and for anyone researching issues and perspectives.
Access: Everywhere for Vancouver residents
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Offers interactive exercises, expert advice and practice tests for those preparing for either the Academic or General versions of the IELTS test.
Access: Everywhere for VPL cardholders
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High-definition recordings of more than a dozen productions by the RSC and featuring many of the best contemporary Shakespearian actors. *Also suitable for research at the high school level.
Access: Everywhere for Vancouver residents
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It is the world’s leading journal of original scientific research, global news, and commentary. Only accessible at the Central Branch.
Access: At some VPL locations only
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Provides demographic information including Canadian census data, household spending on hundreds of goods and services and detailed business profiles from Dun & Bradstreet. Digital lifestyle data providing mobile phone ownership/usage, detailed social media behaviors and activities, and online shopping insights is also provided. Limited to 5 simultaneous users. Resource will time-out after 20 minutes of inactivity. Not optimized for phones and tablets.
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Access: Everywhere for VPL cardholders
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The Canadian Goverment's national statistics database. Includes statistics on income and spending, demographics, consumer price index, economic indicators and more.
Access: Everywhere for everyone
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Contains over 54,000 eyewitness testimonies, each encompassing a complete personal history of life before, during and after the subject’s firsthand experience with genocide. Created by the USC Shoah Foundation. Currently the full archive is only available inside the library.
Register or access as a guest.
Access: At VPL locations only
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Online access to hundreds of the world’s most important plays, documentaries, interviews, and instructional materials in more than 800 hours of streaming video.
Access: Everywhere for Vancouver residents
