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Job Freeway
Explore job listings for the Lower Mainland. You can also post a job or post your resume on this site.
Access Information: Temporarily available offsite for West Vancouver residents only.
Careers & Jobs

Kanopy
Stream an amazing collection of movies and documentaries. You can also learn new skills with the Great Courses. Users have access to 4 plays per month (but unlimited access to Great Courses and kids’ content).
New to Kanopy? View a tutorial.
Download the app: iOS | Android
Access Information: Licensed for West Vancouver residents only.
Film & Music (streaming)

Kanopy Kids
Stream a quality collection of kids’ movies, TV series and storytimes. There is also great math, science and language learning content.
New to Kanopy? View a tutorial.
Download the app: iOS | Android
Access Information: Licensed for West Vancouver residents only
Film & Music (streaming)

L’Encyclopedie Decouverte
A French-language version of World Book Encyclopedia. Excellent selection of encyclopedia articles, pictures, maps, charts and audio and video clips on a wide variety of topics. Perfect for students of all ages, especially French immersion students.
Access Information: Licensed for West Vancouver residents only
Geneology & History

LinkedIn Learning
Watch courses on business, creative, and technology skills. LinkedIn Learning offers more than 8,000 on-demand courses to help you build professional skills across a range of job functions, plus all of the 7,000 courses previously offered on Lynda.com. Support for additional languages, such as French, German, Japanese, Spanish, Mandarin, and Portuguese, is included.
Download the app: iOS | Android. Use Library ID westvanlibrary.
Access Information: Licensed for West Vancouver residents only.
Click here for a tutorial on how to use LinkedIn Learning.
- Download the Linkedin Learning app from Google Play/ Apple App Store
- Open the app
- Tap on “Sign in”
- Select “Sign in with your library card”
- Enter “westvanlibrary” as your Library ID
- Tap on “Continue”
- Enter your Library Barcode and PIN
- Tap on “Continue”
Online Courses

Mango Languages
Lessons in 65 languages (including English). Sign up for an account on our website, or download the Mango Languages app on your mobile device.
Access Information: Licensed for West Vancouver residents only
Click here for an online tutorial on how to use Mango Languages.
Online Courses

MasterFILE Premier
This database provides full text for nearly 1,700 periodicals with full-text information dating as far back as 1975. Covering nearly all subjects including current events, books and reading, consumer information, health, fashion, decor and more, MasterFILE Premier also contains full text for nearly 500 reference books and over 164,400 primary source documents, as well as an Image Collection of over 592,000 photos, maps and flags.
Health & Wellness, Newspapers & Magazines

Naxos Music Library
Please note: Naxos is currently updating its website. Please click on “Remain on old version” when you see the prompt.
Complete catalogues or selected recordings of over 800 classical music labels including Chandos, Decca, Deutsche Grammophon, Erato, Finlandia, Hänssler Classic, Harmonia Mundi, Hungaroton, LSO Live, Marco Polo, Naxos, New York Philharmonic, Nimbus, Nonesuch, RCA, Sony Classical, Teldec, Universal Classics, Warner Classics, and Parlophone (former EMI Classics.)
Listen in browser or download the app*: iOS | Android
*App users must first create an account: click here.
Film & Music (streaming)

Naxos Music Library – Jazz
Please note: Naxos is currently updating its website. Please click on “Remain on current version” when you see the prompt.
All jazz, all the time. Listen online to an entire album or search for your favourite song or performer.
Listen in browser or download the app*: iOS | Android
*App users must first create an account: click here.
Film & Music (streaming)

Naxos Music Library – World Music
Please note: Naxos is currently updating its website. Please ignore the message in red: Student/member account holders can now log in directly.
Stream a wide range of world music, from legendary historical musical performances to contemporary world music. Almost 15,000 albums available, representing over 32,000 artists, 1500 cultural groups and 150 countries. Includes the complete Smithsonian Folkways catalogue.
Listen in browser or download the app*: iOS | Android
*App users must first create an account: click here.

Naxos Spoken Word Library
Listen online to recordings of classic novels, abridged fiction, plays and poetry. Something for all ages. Not compatible with mobile devices.
Ebooks & Downloadable Audiobooks

Naxos Video Library
This streaming video library offers classical music performances, opera, ballet, live concerts and documentaries. Watch the world’s greatest opera houses, ballet companies, orchestras and artists perform. Not compatible with mobile devices.
Naxos Works
Naxos Works Database is an online catalogue of classical music works, with a wealth of detail like duration, instrumentation, publisher, and work introductions.
Not compatible with mobile devices.
Film & Music (streaming)

New Dictionary of the History of Ideas
A six-volume survey the history of Western thought and culture, presented through 700 alphabetically arranged entries on major concepts, movements and thinkers. Each entry explores the origin, cultural interpretations, and historical themes of such subjects as beauty, love, feminism, diversity, and social capital, among many others. For students and general readers.
Access Information: Licensed for West Vancouver residents only
Geneology & History

North Shore Authors Collection
West Vancouver Memorial Library, North Vancouver City Library and North Vancouver District Public Library will launch a new collection to showcase gifted North Shore authors in November 2019. Emerging and established writers are invited to apply to have their book featured in next year’s collection through the North Shore Authors Collection website. Applications for this year are now closed.

NoveList Plus
Looking for an edgy mystery or a button-up romance? Find titles by subject, genre, mood, or other criteria. NoveList Plus, a readers’ guide to fiction and nonfiction including audiobooks, provides access to information on over 200,000 titles. This resource includes series, book discussion guides, reading lists and more. Invaluable information for avid readers and book clubs.

OverDrive (Library2Go)
Our largest collection of ebooks, downloadable audiobooks, and magazines. Search for, check out, and download titles through our catalogue or the Library2Go website. Using a tablet or phone? Get the Libby by OverDrive App, find West Vancouver Memorial Library, and enter your barcode/PIN to log in. For more information visit or call the Information Desk.
Access Information: Licensed for West Vancouver residents only.
New to OverDrive (Library2Go)? View a tutorial.
Download the app: iOS | Android
Ebooks & Downloadable Audiobooks
PLOS Public Library of Science
Browse more than 33,000 articles on science and medicine. PLOS is a publisher dedicated to open research communication with more than 90,000 peer review contributors.

Points to the Past
Points to the Past provides access to primary source material dating from 1450 to 2008. This includes over half a million books, digitized newspapers (The Economist, Financial Times, and more), 6.5 million manuscript pages, maps, photos, pamphlets, sermons and poems.
Available in the library and at home within BC.

PressReader
Digital versions of current newspapers and magazines from all over the world, in dozens of languages. Search by country, language or name of newspaper. Includes today’s Vancouver Sun and Province. Rolling archives of all papers, from 5 to 90 days old. Use the app to access and download your favourite titles anywhere.
New to PressReader? View a tutorial.
Use the browser version, or download the app: iOS | Android
*App users must first create a personal account using the browser version
Access Information: Licensed for West Vancouver residents only
Newspapers & Magazines
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