Newcomers

New Curbside Returns and Holds Pick Up Service begins in June
29/05/2020
OPL will offer a new Curbside Returns and Holds Pick Up service at six branch locations: Main, Nepean Centrepointe, Cumberland, Beaverbrook, Greenboro, Ruth E. Dickson, during new hours of operation.
- On Monday, June 8, these locations will begin accepting returns; and,
- On Monday, June 15, holds pick up by appointment will start.
Find the details of this new curbside service here.

All OPL branches and Bookmobile stops remain closed to the public.
- Due dates for currently checked out materials have been extended and late fees suspended.
- All book drops remain closed.
For information about Library cards, virtual programs, and more, contact InfoService by phone or email
from Monday to Saturday, 10 am to 5 pm.

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Canadian Encyclopedia

This encyclopedia includes over 40,000 articles and 60,000 photographs, as well as maps, graphs, games, quizzes and videos. Updated regularly, it contains The Encylopedia of Canada, The Youth Encyclopedia of Canada. (in English only) The Encyclopedia of Music in Canada,...

Canadian Encyclopedia

Eureka.cc

The database allows searchable access to full articles, columns and features from the major French-Canadian newspapers and certain magazines such as Protégez-vous and L`Actualité. News sources include full-text articles from Le Droit, Le Devoir, La Presse, Le Soleil and SRC...

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L’amour des temps

Online courses to improve your French grammar.

L’amour des temps

Mango Languages

Mango Languages offers 40 online language learning courses for English speakers and 15 English courses for non-English speakers. Each course has 100 lessons. In each lesson, the students see text and hear dialog that they are invited to repeat.

Mango Languages

My Canada

Lessons and exercises on Canadian history, geography, government and culture, divided into modules. Students, ESL language learners, new Canadians preparing for their Citizenship exam and people wanting to improve and refine their writing skills will find the core skills lessons...

My Canada

Road to IELTS - Academic Module

The Road to IELTS - Academic module provides an introduction, advice and tutorials, as well as interactive practices and simulated mock tests. These will help people prepare for the IELTS academic exam for higher education or professional registration in an...

Road to IELTS - Academic Module

Road to IELTS - General Training Module

The Road to IELTS- General Training module provides an introduction, advice and tutorial, as well as interactive practices and simulated mock tests. These will help people prepare General Training test for immigration, secondary education, work experience or training programs in...

Road to IELTS - General Training Module