Welcome to the Alcoma Community Library
Welcome to the Alcoma Community Library
Our Future, Our Past: The Alberta Heritage Digitization
Project is a not-for-profit endeavor that provides free, online access to
cultural and heritage materials. Browse newspapers from 1885, read entire books
about local communities, research legal documents, view historic photographs,
and explore much more!
Ancestry: Library Edition is powered by the world's most
popular consumer online genealogy resource Ancestry.com. Here, you can unlock
the story of you with sources like censuses, vital records, immigration
records, family histories, military records, court and legal documents,
directories, photos, maps, and more.
View digitized microfilm editions of the Brooks Bulletin via the Canadiana Online website. In addition to the City of Brooks, the Brooks Bulletin reports on many other communities in the County of Newell and Southeast Alberta. Full-text searching is available using optical character recognition (OCR) technology.
This resource is freely available through the generous support of Brooks Public Library.
Every issue of each title includes the complete paper, cover-to-cover, with full-page and article images in easily downloadable PDF format.
Researchers can study the progression of issues over time through these historical newspaper pages, including articles, photos, advertisements, classified ads, obituaries, editorial cartoons, and so much more.
Shortgrass libraries offer a collection of over 230,000 books, magazines, newspapers and described videos in a choice of formats for people with a print disability.
Click here for more information
Consumer Reports is the world's largest independent product
testing organization. Use this resource to receive expert buying advice and see
the ratings on thousands of consumer products. Product categories include cars,
appliances, health & fitness, home & garden, babies & kids,
electronics, food, and more!
Access a wealth of genealogical resources through FamilySearch (as a FamilySearch affiliated library, we are able to provide resources not publicly available through the FamilySearch website - just follow our link while using a library internet connection). This service offers over 6 billion searchable names, 2 billion images of historical genealogical records, with over 300 million more genealogical records and images added every year, and records from more than 130 countries.
The digital archives program from Gale publishes in core and
unique areas of study, such as Indigenous and Native Peoples, Colonization of
North America, World History, and much more. Users will find interesting
historical documents, giving insight into days gone by.
LawCentral Alberta is a portal or collection of links to law-related information and educational resources on justice and legal issues of interest to Albertans. Our purpose is to create an educated public who understands their rights and responsibilities under the law, and who knows where to go for legal help and referral.
Lois Hole Campus Alberta Digital Library initiative is
delivered by The Alberta Library through 35 participating postsecondary
institutions in the Province, including private and public not-for-profit
universities, colleges, technical schools and First Nations colleges. The
program represents a radical change to the breadth and depth of electronic
resources available through most of the participating institutions.
Niche Academy offers tutorials to help you get the most out of your library's electronic resources.
The National Network for Equitable Library Service is a digital public library of downloadable titles for people with perceptual disabilities. Library patrons can access NNELS through a web browser and download material in a variety of file formats such as DAISY, PDF, and e-text.
Click here for more information
Bestselling titles for you to download in ebook and audiobook formats. Magazine and comic books are also available. If the title is checked out by another user, you can place a hold on it. New titles added every week!
A collection of popular titles for kids and teens to download in ebook and audiobook formats. If the title is checked out by another user, you can place a hold on it. New titles added every week!
Pressreader is an online newspaper kiosk. It provides access
to electronic copies of thousands of newspapers from 100 countries in 60
languages. Up to 90 days of back issues are available. You can read your favorite international,
national and provincial newspapers from cover to cover, sometimes even before
the publications hit the newsstands. The publications are full-colour,
full-format, and can be read at home or on the go!
Learn over 150 languages with Pronunciator. Features movies, music with lyrics, pronunciation analysis, quizzes, and more! Mobile users can access the Bluebird app, by Pronunciator. Use the same login credentials you use for Pronunciator and download thousands of lessons to use offline.
Please note: All RBdigital content has moved to the Overdrive service. Please click here for more information or click here to access Overdrive.
Over 1,500 Award-winning, all engaging Alberta-published eBooks from 24 publishers. Titles cover a range of genres including literary fiction, graphic novels, poetry, mystery, memoir, biography, self-help, humour, scholarly, young adult and speculative fiction.
Also included is the Prairie Indigenous eBook Collection: over 200 titles from publishers in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta covering stories by Indigenous authors and writings about Indigenous culture.
Solaro is a study help and exam preparation tool for students in grades 3 to 12. Thousands of practice test questions are available and students receive instant feedback in the form of step-by-step solutions for each question. A full set of lessons are also available which cover core concepts and feature an integrated study note and flash card system. All content in Solaro is based on the Alberta curriculum.
The Canadian Encyclopedia and its related resources has been
made available online by the Historica Foundation as a public service since
1999. Since its publication in book form in 1985, The Canadian encyclopedia has provided the most
comprehensive, objective and accurate source of information on Canada for
students, readers and scholars across Canada and throughout the world.
An online collection of animated, talking picture books
which teach young children the joys of reading.
University of Lethbridge Digitized Collections contains
archival issues of many Southern Alberta Newspapers, maps from the Sir
Alexander Galt Museum & Archives, and historical photographs from the Magee
Family Collection and more.
Learn and improve skills across business, tech, design, and more. Offering more than 20,000 courses in multiple languages, Udemy classes are available on-demand and can be completed at your own pace.
Our Future, Our Past: The Alberta Heritage Digitization
Project is a not-for-profit endeavor that provides free, online access to
cultural and heritage materials. Browse newspapers from 1885, read entire books
about local communities, research legal documents, view historic photographs,
and explore much more!
Ancestry: Library Edition is powered by the world's most
popular consumer online genealogy resource Ancestry.com. Here, you can unlock
the story of you with sources like censuses, vital records, immigration
records, family histories, military records, court and legal documents,
directories, photos, maps, and more.
View digitized microfilm editions of the Brooks Bulletin via the Canadiana Online website. In addition to the City of Brooks, the Brooks Bulletin reports on many other communities in the County of Newell and Southeast Alberta. Full-text searching is available using optical character recognition (OCR) technology.
This resource is freely available through the generous support of Brooks Public Library.
Access a wealth of genealogical resources through FamilySearch (as a FamilySearch affiliated library, we are able to provide resources not publicly available through the FamilySearch website - just follow our link while using a library internet connection). This service offers over 6 billion searchable names, 2 billion images of historical genealogical records, with over 300 million more genealogical records and images added every year, and records from more than 130 countries.
The digital archives program from Gale publishes in core and
unique areas of study, such as Indigenous and Native Peoples, Colonization of
North America, World History, and much more. Users will find interesting
historical documents, giving insight into days gone by.
Lois Hole Campus Alberta Digital Library initiative is
delivered by The Alberta Library through 35 participating postsecondary
institutions in the Province, including private and public not-for-profit
universities, colleges, technical schools and First Nations colleges. The
program represents a radical change to the breadth and depth of electronic
resources available through most of the participating institutions.
University of Lethbridge Digitized Collections contains
archival issues of many Southern Alberta Newspapers, maps from the Sir
Alexander Galt Museum & Archives, and historical photographs from the Magee
Family Collection and more.
View digitized microfilm editions of the Brooks Bulletin via the Canadiana Online website. In addition to the City of Brooks, the Brooks Bulletin reports on many other communities in the County of Newell and Southeast Alberta. Full-text searching is available using optical character recognition (OCR) technology.
This resource is freely available through the generous support of Brooks Public Library.
Every issue of each title includes the complete paper, cover-to-cover, with full-page and article images in easily downloadable PDF format.
Researchers can study the progression of issues over time through these historical newspaper pages, including articles, photos, advertisements, classified ads, obituaries, editorial cartoons, and so much more.
Consumer Reports is the world's largest independent product
testing organization. Use this resource to receive expert buying advice and see
the ratings on thousands of consumer products. Product categories include cars,
appliances, health & fitness, home & garden, babies & kids,
electronics, food, and more!
Bestselling titles for you to download in ebook and audiobook formats. Magazine and comic books are also available. If the title is checked out by another user, you can place a hold on it. New titles added every week!
Pressreader is an online newspaper kiosk. It provides access
to electronic copies of thousands of newspapers from 100 countries in 60
languages. Up to 90 days of back issues are available. You can read your favorite international,
national and provincial newspapers from cover to cover, sometimes even before
the publications hit the newsstands. The publications are full-colour,
full-format, and can be read at home or on the go!
Please note: All RBdigital content has moved to the Overdrive service. Please click here for more information or click here to access Overdrive.
Shortgrass libraries offer a collection of over 230,000 books, magazines, newspapers and described videos in a choice of formats for people with a print disability.
Click here for more information
The National Network for Equitable Library Service is a digital public library of downloadable titles for people with perceptual disabilities. Library patrons can access NNELS through a web browser and download material in a variety of file formats such as DAISY, PDF, and e-text.
Click here for more information
Consumer Reports is the world's largest independent product
testing organization. Use this resource to receive expert buying advice and see
the ratings on thousands of consumer products. Product categories include cars,
appliances, health & fitness, home & garden, babies & kids,
electronics, food, and more!
Consumer Reports is the world's largest independent product
testing organization. Use this resource to receive expert buying advice and see
the ratings on thousands of consumer products. Product categories include cars,
appliances, health & fitness, home & garden, babies & kids,
electronics, food, and more!
LawCentral Alberta is a portal or collection of links to law-related information and educational resources on justice and legal issues of interest to Albertans. Our purpose is to create an educated public who understands their rights and responsibilities under the law, and who knows where to go for legal help and referral.
Niche Academy offers tutorials to help you get the most out of your library's electronic resources.
Learn over 150 languages with Pronunciator. Features movies, music with lyrics, pronunciation analysis, quizzes, and more! Mobile users can access the Bluebird app, by Pronunciator. Use the same login credentials you use for Pronunciator and download thousands of lessons to use offline.
Learn and improve skills across business, tech, design, and more. Offering more than 20,000 courses in multiple languages, Udemy classes are available on-demand and can be completed at your own pace.
Bestselling titles for you to download in ebook and audiobook formats. Magazine and comic books are also available. If the title is checked out by another user, you can place a hold on it. New titles added every week!
A collection of popular titles for kids and teens to
download in ebook and audiobook formats. If the title is checked out by another
user, you can place a hold on it. New titles added every week!
Bestselling titles for you to download in ebook and audiobook formats. Magazine and comic books are also available. If the title is checked out by another user, you can place a hold on it. New titles added every week!
A collection of popular titles for kids and teens to
download in ebook and audiobook formats. If the title is checked out by another
user, you can place a hold on it. New titles added every week!
Please note: All RBdigital content has moved to the Overdrive service. Please click here for more information or click here to access Overdrive.
Over 1,500 Award-winning, all engaging Alberta-published eBooks from 24 publishers. Titles cover a range of genres including literary fiction, graphic novels, poetry, mystery, memoir, biography, self-help, humour, scholarly, young adult and speculative fiction.
Also included is the Prairie Indigenous eBook Collection: over 200 titles from publishers in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta covering stories by Indigenous authors and writings about Indigenous culture.
An online collection of animated, talking picture books
which teach young children the joys of reading.
Solaro is a study help and exam preparation tool for students in grades 3 to 12. Thousands of practice test questions are available and students receive instant feedback in the form of step-by-step solutions for each question. A full set of lessons are also available which cover core concepts and feature an integrated study note and flash card system. All content in Solaro is based on the Alberta curriculum.
The Canadian Encyclopedia and its related resources has been
made available online by the Historica Foundation as a public service since
1999. Since its publication in book form in 1985, The Canadian encyclopedia has provided the most
comprehensive, objective and accurate source of information on Canada for
students, readers and scholars across Canada and throughout the world.
An online collection of animated, talking picture books
which teach young children the joys of reading.
A collection of popular titles for kids and teens to download in ebook and audiobook formats. If the title is checked out by another user, you can place a hold on it. New titles added every week!
Solaro is a study help and exam preparation tool for students in grades 3 to 12. Thousands of practice test questions are available and students receive instant feedback in the form of step-by-step solutions for each question. A full set of lessons are also available which cover core concepts and feature an integrated study note and flash card system. All content in Solaro is based on the Alberta curriculum.