Cape Breton Regional Library’s Digital Library services are available online anytime anywhere. Most services require logging in with your library card number and PIN.
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- eBooks & Audiobooks
- Magazines & Newspapers
- Movies, TV & Music
- Accessible Library Services
- Learning , Research & Health
- Local History Portals
eBooks & Audiobooks
Libby/Overdrive
The library’s core eBook and audiobook collection provides you with thousands of titles to choose from. Read in your browser, on your mobile device or on a dedicated eReader.
hoopla
Borrow movies, television shows, documentaries, music, eBooks, comics and audiobooks for free.
You can borrow 5 hoopla titles each month.
Movies, TV & Music
Kanopy
Kanopy offers a wide range of independent films, classic cinema, documentaries, educational videos, children’s shows and foreign films.
You can borrow 5 Kanopy titles each month. Access to Kanopy Kids is unlimited. Additional credit free movies and shows are also available.
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hoopla
Borrow movies, television shows, documentaries, music, eBooks, comics and audiobooks for free.
You can borrow 5 hoopla titles each month.
Accessible Library Services
CBRL offers books in accessible formats including large print, braille, Daisy CD, and ebook, and audiobook. We have partnerships with CELA and NNELS to offer services to persons with print disabilities and/or visual impairments. First time users will need to register with CELA or NNELS. Click on the button below to learn more about our accessible collections and how to register for these services.
CELA (Centre for Equitable Library Service) offers books, magazines & newspapers in accessible formats for people with print disabilities. The Collection includes award winners, best sellers, fiction and non-fiction with a special emphasis on Canadian authors and stories, and favourites for kids and teens. Patrons have access to close to 50 newspapers and 150 DAISY magazines which are available on the same day they are published.
National Network for Equitable Library Service.
NNELS is a growing collection of downloadable audiobooks and other accessible formats available for people with print disabilities.
NNELS titles can be used on a wide variety of devices, including computers/ laptops, iPads, iPhones, Android devices, MP3 players, DAISY readers, and can also be burned on to CDs or copied to USB flash drives.
Cape Breton Regional Library has made many NNELS titles available on DAISY-CDs.
Contact your Library to register for NNELS and then search the NNELS website for books.
Learning & Research
The Reference Shelf by Salem Press, includes access to reference works in the following subject areas: Literature, History, Science, and Health.
The Cochrane Library is a collection of databases that contain high quality independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making.
Nova Scotia Health Patient Guides
- Patient Information Pamphlets
- Patient Subject Guides
- In-depth subject guides on a specific area of health care, for patients.