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Your Account?
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Your Library card number is your user name for your account (you can change that once you log in). Call or visit the Library to request your password. Log in to see items you’ve checked out, renew materials, and to place items on hold.
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Books, e-books, audiobooks, or magazines?
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Search our Library’s catalogue to see if we have the book or item you want. Place a hold on the items you find, or renew items checked-out. (Log in with your Library card number–and the password assigned by our Library staff). |
If its not in our Library…
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If our Library doesn’t have what you’re looking for, you may find it at another library and request that it be delivered to the Library. Visit our Help page for more information. |
Audio Books? eBooks? Magazines?
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Vanderhoof Public Library patrons have access to countless audiobooks and eBooks for loan from Library2Go, either to download and read or listen to, or to read via your browser. Log in with your Library card number, and download eBooks, audioBooks, and magazines. Find out more about downloading eBooks, audiobooks, and magazines. |
Magazines or Periodicals?
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We have magazines for all ages. Current issues may be read in the Library, and back issues may be checked out for a 3 week loan period. |
Resources for People with Print Disabilities?
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NNELS is the National Network for Equitable Library Service — providing digital talking books for people with print disabilities. A print disability prevents or inhibits a person from reading conventional print. Contact your Library for a PIN number so you can access this service. |
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DAISY (Digital Accessible Information System) is a technical standard for digital audio books, periodicals and computerized text. DAISY is designed to be a complete audio substitute for print material. The DAISY reader is used to play the DAISY digital audio books etc., and is available for loan. |
Special Collections?
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The Bill Silver Digital Newspaper Archive is a database which searches the following newspapers: The Vanderhoof Herald 1917-1920, Nechako Chronicle 1920-1983 & the Omineca Express 1982-1989 and 1991-2007 Learn more about Bill Silver and the newspaper collection. |
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Mary John Collection Books, DVD’s dedicated to First Nations related subjects. |
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PHOTO ARCHIVE: Historical and Carrier First Nation (For viewing or photocopying only–not for loan) |
Reading Resources for Children?
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Reading Recommendations?
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Homework Help?
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Check our Kids and Teens homework help pages. |
Research a topic?
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You can find articles from journals, magazines, newspapers, and encyclopedias by logging into one of the Library’s databases. View a full list of our databases or recommended databases & websites by subject. |
Search Our Catalogues
In addition to our local Library, we have access to several online collections where you can borrow or access thousands of materials.
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Find and reserve books, movies, music, magazines that are available at the Vanderhoof Public Library. Click here to search the catalogue. If you are not able to find the item you wanted in our collection, we can likely get it for you from another Library. On the Search Catalogue page, change the Library drop-down to search in the BC Interlibrary Connect (at the very top of the list of Libraries). Put a hold on the book and it will be transferred for pick up at Vanderhoof. By logging in to your account, you can renew it yourself if necessary. |
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Another option for finding the book you are looking for, is through Illume which searches other libraries in BC. The book will then be delivered to the Vanderhoof Public Library. See our guidelines on borrowing from other libraries. |
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Vanderhoof Public Library patrons have access to countless audiobooks, eMagazines, and eBooks for loan from Libby either to download and read or listen to, or to read via your browser: Libby — Log in with your Library card number, and download eBooks, eMagazines, and audioBooks. Learn more |
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The Bill Silver Digital Newspaper Archive is a database which searches the following newspapers: The Vanderhoof Herald 1917-1920, Nechako Chronicle 1920-1983 & the Omineca Express 1982-1989 and 1991-2007 Learn more about Bill Silver and the newspaper collection here. |
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NNELS is the National Network for Equitable Library Service — providing digital talking books for people with print disabilities. A print disability prevents or inhibits a person from reading conventional print. Contact your Library for a PIN number so you can access this service. |
Explore
Looking for…
Books, Movies, Books on CDs and more?
- Check the lists of books new to the Library in recent months, or the books which will arrive in the coming weeks. Log into your account and put a hold on the ones you are interested in reading.
- Search our Library’s catalogue to see if we have a book you want to read.
- Place a hold on the items you find (even those not received yet), using your Library card number and the password assigned by our Library staff. (Give us a call if you don’t have a password yet).
- If you weren’t able to find the item you wanted in our collection, it may be available from another Library in BC. On the Search Catalogue page, click on the Search Library drop-down, scroll to the top of the list and choose
BC Interlibrary Connect (rather than Vanderhoof Public Library). When you find what you are searching for, you can put a hold on the book and it will be transferred for pick up at Vanderhoof. - If you cannot find it through BC InterlibraryConnect (above), you can also try Illume, a catalogue for the remaining BC libraries. When you request an item from another library, it will be delivered to your home library for pick up. (Visit our Illume Help page for more information.)
Magazines or Periodicals?
- A variety of print magazines is available at the Library. Current issues may be read in the Library. Back issues may be checked out for a 3 week loan period.
- Also check out Overdrive. Create an account and log-in for free magazine downloads to your choice of devices.
eBooks or audiobooks?
- Search the catalogues BC Library’s Library2Go to borrow downloadable e-Books and Audio books.
Reading Resources for Children?
- Literacy Kits are designed to help parents and caregivers encourage early literacy skills; they contain various literacy materials related to a specific theme.
- Story Bags contain a popular story book, along with related props to encourage the child to act out the story being read.
- Lisez en francais Check out our French language resources — with accompanying CD.
Resources for People with Print Disabilities?
- The DAISY reader is used to play the DAISY digital audio books etc., and is available for loan.
- Check the NNELS website for talking books for the print disabled. NNELS is the National Network for Equitable Library Service: The Canadian Accessible Library System.
NNELS extends access to a growing collection of accessible library titles produced by, for, and with Canadians with visual impairments and print disabilities. NNELS connects public library patrons with the materials and formats they want, emphasizing user-requested content.
Special Collections?
- Mary John Collection (First Nations significant subjects)
- Photo Archive – Carrier First Nation and Historical (for viewing or photocopying only–not for loan)
- Bill Silver Digital Newspaper Archive
Reading Recommendations?
- Click here for lists of Ordered books and New Arrivals for the Adult Fiction and Non-Fiction.
- GoodReads — the largest site for readers and book recommendations in the world
- CBC Books — for Canada Reads, Canada Writes, The Next Chapter, Writers & Company, etc.
- Globe and Mail — Book Reviews | Best Seller Lists
- New York Times — Book Reviews | Best Seller Lists
Homework help?
Research?
- You can find articles from journals, magazines, newspapers, and encyclopedias by logging into one of the Library’s databases. View a full list of our databases or recommended databases & websites by subject.
Your Account?
- Your Library card number is your user name for your account; call or visit the Library to request your password.
- Log in to see items you’ve checked out, renew materials, and to place items on hold.
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