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Use our free online resources for genealogy research, electronic books and audiobooks, movie streaming, and practice tests for your G1 driver's licence. A valid Muskoka Lakes Public Library card is required to access some of the electronic resources. Apply for library membership.

Ancestry library edition

Start searching billions of records and discover your family's story. For a limited time, Ancestry Library Edition is available to use from home. To access it from home, you must first log in to your Muskoka Lakes Public Library account. The library catalogue has a link to Ancestry that will be activated after you have logged in to your MLPL account.

EBooks and EAudiobooks

Access thousands of digital books, audiobooks, journals, magazines, and pamphlets with EbscoHost and OverDrive databases. Help to get started is available online from EbscoHost and Overdrive.

 EbscoHost eAudiobooks

Download and listen to eAudiobooks from EbscoHost with your Muskoka Lakes Public Library and Ebsco account.

You can download the EBSCO Audiobook app from the App StoreⓇ or on Google Play™.

For more information about the EBSCO Audiobook app, visit our help page.

EbscoHost eBooks 

 

Consumer Health Reference eBook Collection 

This rich collection of consumer health information provides access to full-text consumer health magazines and reference books. It also includes searchable full text for current health pamphlets. 

eBook Canadian Collection

This database offers researchers thousands of e-books from top Canadian publishers and authors. This e-book collection covers a diverse range of subjects including topics pertaining to Canada, Canadian history, native culture, politics and current events.

eBook Collection

A collection of e-books, both fiction and non-fiction, for all ages. 

eBook Subscription Cricket Media Collection 

With digital access to more than 700 award-winning, short-form fiction and nonfiction titles by Cricket Media, this e-book collection explores a wide range of subjects and disciplines to help young readers, pre-K to grade 8, explore and expand their worlds. 

OverDrive eAudiobooks

You can download and listen to audiobooks on your computer, tablet or smartphone using your Muskoka Lakes Public Library card to access Overdrive.

OverDrive items can be downloaded from the company's website or from within Muskoka Lakes Public Library's catalog. Search results can be limited to show only OverDrive items by changing the search field from 'Everything' to 'OverDrive'.

OverDrive includes current, popular fiction and non-fiction eBooks. Download to read on your device. Learn about OverDrive.

You can use the original OverDrive app or the Libby app to access OverDrive on a mobile device. The loan period for OverDrive audiobooks is 14 days.

  • Download Libby, by OverDrive on Apple iOS
  • Download Libby, by OverDrive for Android
  • Download OverDrive App on Apple iOS
  • Download OverDrive App for Android

OverDrive eBooks

You can download and read eBooks on your computer, tablet, smartphone or eReader using your Muskoka Lakes Public Library card to access OverDrive. The loan period for OverDrive eBooks is 14 days.

OverDrive items can be downloaded from the company's website or from within Muskoka Lakes Public Library's catalog. Search results can be limited to show only OverDrive items by changing the search field from 'Everything' to 'OverDrive'.

OverDrive includes current, popular fiction and non-fiction eBooks. Download to read on your device. Learn about OverDrive.

For Apple iOS and Android devices you can use the original OverDrive app or the Libby app to access OverDrive.

  • Download Libby, by OverDrive on Apple iOS
  • Download Libby, by OverDrive for Android
  • Download OverDrive App on Apple iOS
  • Download OverDrive App for Android

Kobo eReaders released after 2016 (Kobo Forma, Aura ONE, Aura H2O Edition 2, Aura Edition 2, or Clara HD) can download eBooks directly to the eReader. Kobo eReaders released prior to 2016 must use Adobe Digital Editions to transfer eBooks to the eReader using a desktop or laptop computer.

  • Download Adobe Digital Editions 4.5.10
  • Download Adobe Digital Editions 3.0 (scroll down to bottom of the page)

Amazon Kindle devices do not work with OverDrive, with the exception of the Kindle Fire tablet (Android device).

G1 driving practice test

G1.ca is for Ontario learner drivers to help you pass your G1 test. The site provides free practice tests that simulate the official G1 test. This is a privately owned website and is not owned by or affiliated with DriveTest or any other government agency.

Kanopy

Kanopy is a video streaming service for which Muskoka Lakes Public Library has a subscription. With your MLPL membership you can watch independent cinema, classic movies, romance, horror and thriller, comedy, drama, science fiction and fantasy, and many more. There are thousands of movies for you to watch! FREE! Download the app and watch films anywhere, anytime.

  • Kanopy for Apple iOS
  • Kanopy for Android

Get the most out of your Kanopy account. Learn about all the features: Kanopy Help

Library YouTube videos

We've got a YouTube channel with content that is generated by the library and our community. Check it out!

Mango languages

Mango is an award winning online language-learning program that supports you as you gain the global perspective that comes with knowing a second – or fifth – language. Mango can help you learn languages like Spanish, French, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, German, Mandarin Chinese, Greek, Italian and more! Self-paced, intuitive, and accessible.

Muskoka images

Muskoka Digital Archives is a collection of historical photographs of the Muskoka region.

NextReads

NextReads is a newsletter service that emails reading recommendations to your inbox based on your chosen reading interests. 

NoveList Plus

Need help with what to read next? Search among hundreds of thousands of popular fiction and readable nonfiction titles. Find author read-alikes, book lists, book discussion guides, and series information. Access NoveList Plus with your Muskoka Lakes Public Library card.

NoveList K-8 plus

Readalikes, author information and book summaries are all here for the K-grade 8 reader. Access NoveList K-8 Plus with your Muskoka Lakes Public Library card.

Women's Institute

Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario digitized collections. Some of the digitized Tweedsmuir collections and other WI documents are available for searching and viewing. Records are released on an ongoing basis once they are reviewed for privacy considerations. 

External links to free activities

  • Breakout EDU A collection of digital games that students can play at home.

  • Canada's Wonderland virtual rides Take a virtual ride at home!

  • Coronavirus: a book for children The book, designed for kids from 5 to 12, addresses what the virus is, how people catch it, and why closures of schools and other activities are a key part of the global effort to stop its spread, as well as what kids can do to help -- all in a child-friendly, non-scary, and fact-based way. 
  • Coursera Build skills with courses, certificates, and degrees online from world-class universities and companies.
  • Escape rooms Digital escape rooms created by librarians all around the world.

  • Google arts & culture Learn something new every day. Stories and featured content curated by experts daily.
  • Lunch Doodles Author and illustrator Mo Willems offers free drawing lessons of his beloved picture book characters.
  • National Film Board of Canada Watch Canadian films online.

  • National Geographic Kids Games, activities, videos.
  • Virtual Museum of Canada The largest digital source of stories and experiences shared by Canada’s museums and heritage organizations. 

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