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Last Updated February 10, 2021

What is it you are looking for…

Your Account?

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.

Search the online catalogue & place holds
Check My Account and Fines
Find Integrated Electronic Resources (eBooks, audioBooks, & magazines)
Use the Mobile Catalogue (PAC)
Sign up for a Library card

Books, e-books, audiobooks, or magazines?

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…

BORROW FROM OTHER LIBRARIES

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?

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?

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?

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.

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?

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.

Mary John Collection
Books, DVD’s dedicated to First Nations related subjects.

Cheslatta: Michael's wife and baby - 1923

PHOTO ARCHIVE: Historical and Carrier First Nation
(For viewing or photocopying only–not for loan)

Reading Resources for Children?

Literacy Kits are designed to help parents and caregivers encourage early literacy skills, and 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.
French language resources include Junior Fiction books,
There is also Children’s Read-Along books with accompanying CD.

Reading Recommendations?

Check out New Arrivals & Coming Soon lists for 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?

Check our Kids and Teens homework help pages.

Research a topic?

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

Last Updated June 23, 2021

In addition to our local Library, we have access to several online collections where you can borrow or access thousands of materials.

	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.
	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.
	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
	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.
	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. Log in with your library card and assigned PIN number.