SOLARO is a homework help website based on the Alberta curriculum. It offers study help and exam prep for grades 3 to 12. Create an account, work through course lessons, reviews, and quizzes, and improve your grades! 

Now with easy login with library card number and PIN!

For students grades 3-12:

• Anytime access, in-home and online
• Notes and flashcards
• Practice quizzes
• Stars and avatars for motivation

For Parents

• Detailed progress reports
• Automatic updates available

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Learn how to use your library's online resources with quick and easy tutorials!

Niche Academy is the simpler way to learn online! Do you want to learn how to use your library’s online resources like OverDrive, hoopla, PressReader, and more? Check out Niche Academy’s quick and easy tutorials for straightforward steps and get started.

Find your next great read with NoveList's reading recommendations.

NoveList has been helping readers find their next favorite book for decades.

Search for your next read by genre, author, key themes, or NoveList's customizable appeal categories.
NoveList Plus includes nonfiction recommendations.

Use NoveList K-8 Plus to find reading recommendations for kids and teens.

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Access full-text pages from past issues of the Calgary Herald. Easily searchable by keyword and date.

The Calgary Herald Archive offers cover-to-cover searchable access to Alberta's largest and oldest daily newspaper from 1883-2010. 

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Digital copies of historical newspapers from regional communities including Lethbridge, Cardston, Magrath, Fort Macleod, Blood Reserve, Milk River, and Granum.

The Southern Alberta Newspaper Collection is a free resource courtesy of the University of Lethbridge Library Digitization Team.

It contains digitally archived copies of the following historical newspapers: Alberta Star, Barons Enterprise, Barons Globe, Cardston News, Cardston Record, Granum Adverister, Granum Herald, Granum News, Granum Press, Granum Times, Kainai News, Lethbridge News, Macleod Advertiser, Macleod Chronicle, Macleod Gazette, Macleod News, Macleod Spectator, Magrath Pioneer, Milk River Review & Sun Dance Echo. 

Print, save, or download single pages or entire issues of newspaper content as images or PDFs.

Back issues of The Lethbridge Herald

Lethbridge Herald (1905-1948)

Lethbridge Herald (1948-1963)

LOTE4Kids is a library eresource that allows kids to enjoy the magic of digital books in many languages from around the world, including sign language. Each book has an English translation to help develop multilingual reading and listening skills. 

Enjoy the stories, learn to read more fluently, and enhance your understanding of other languages! New books and languages are being added regularly.
LOTE4Kids is available as a website or an app. 

If prompted to search for your library, enter "Chinook Arch."

Sign in with your library barcode. 

Newspaper Archive is a collection of online newspaper archives from Alberta, including older issues of the Lethbridge Herald and Medicine Hat Times.

If you want to bookmark this resource in your browser, you'll need to bookmark this webpage, rather than the Newspaper Archive webpage you are directed to. 

To read current newspapers online, please visit PressReader.

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Instantly checkout ebooks, audiobooks, and magazines published in Alberta.

The Read Alberta Collection has over 2000 titles in a wide variety of fiction and non-fiction genres. Sign in with your library card barcode and PIN. Be sure to see how the site works by clicking Getting Started below. 

Included is the Prairie Indigenous eBook Collection, a selection of 230+ books written by Indigenous authors and published in Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba.

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On-demand learning for in-demand skills.

Gale Presents: Udemy offers more than 12,000 high-quality, on-demand video courses taught by world-class instructors across 75 categories for upskilling in the areas of business, technology, and design. You can also achieve personal success with courses on health and well-being, the arts, language learning, and more.

You can select the instructor and content that best addresses your needs and learning preferences and filter search results on course features, level, duration, topic, and ratings. Smart recommendations based on your previous in-app activities offer a personalized learning experience with suggested courses relevant to your interests. 

With an app for iOS and Android, you can download courses to watch offline, listen to courses with podcast-style audio, and watch courses using Chromecast or Apple TV.

Access to Udemy is free for Chinook Arch Regional Library patrons. You may be prompted to enter your access code when signing into Udemy - this will be your library card number.

*Content is powered by the Udemy for Business collection.

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Choose from thousands of ebooks and audiobooks to access on your mobile device or computer.

With the Libby app , or the OverDrive website, you can borrow ebooks, audiobooks, and magazines. Check out Libby app or OverDrive website today to get started!

Check if your device is compatible with Libby 

Tablets and smartphones work best for using apps like Libby and accessing library resources.
They let you download apps and visit library websites easily.

eReaders can only be used for ebooks.
They don’t allow access to library audiobooks, newspapers, magazines, or streaming resources. eReaders use third-party software and sometimes have more issues accessing Libby. The best ereaders to use with Libby/OverDrive are Kobos with built in OverDrive integration.

Kindles cannot access Libby/OverDrive.

Need help with Libby/OverDrive?

• Call 403-380-7311 to contact Lethbridge Public Library Information Services
• Get in touch via our Libby Help Form

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