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This guide provides information on how to access SimplyAnalytics, a market research tool, and how to use it.

A streaming collection of classic and contemporary films from around the world, including Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, the Caribbean, the Middle East, and North America.

Want to learn at your own pace? Check out our Technology & Computers research guides! Interested in hands-on, collaborative learning at the library? Register for Digital Essentials classes at a library near you!

There is a wealth of information online, but finding the right information when we need it can be a challenge. Learning and refining a few search techniques and principles that work for you can go a long way to making your online information-seeking easier, faster, and more accurate.

This page includes some recommended books from our catalogue, online tutorials and tools, and links to some of our digital resources, all of which are intended to help learners improve their online searching skills.

This guide has some useful online tutorials and tools, as well as some VPL Catalogue and Digital Library Resources to help educate and empower you to participate safely and comfortably online.

Interactive tutorials are a great way to get familiar with the basics of using the internet and surfing the web. Even if you’re already familiar with the basics, checking back in and getting a thorough explanation of how some of the applications we use to navigate the internet work can be very helpful, either as a refresher or to give better context about some of the tools we use every day.

This page includes some book recommendations on the internet and internet culture.

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.

For more information see our help guide.

Substance use refers to the use of alcohol, cannabis, cigarettes, and other prescription and illegal drugs. Substance use may lead to substance use problems when it causes to harm the individual or the people around them.  Here are resources to help you learn more information about substance use.

Connect with other teen artists, discuss creative projects, and learn new techniques from guest artists at this weekly in-person meet-up! Snacks provided.

Hastings Branch | Wednesdays, April 23 to June 12 | 3:30 - 5 p.m.