Digital Content and Resources
Your library card gives you access to eBooks, eAudiobooks, online films, music, language, technology and craft tutorials, digital magazines, and more! Search the full list below to see how our digital content can help you research your history, ace a test, or learn something new. (Some digital services require you to enter your library card number in order to access the content.)
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Logo | Link | Description | Topics | |
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Ancestry Library Edition | In-Library use only Ancestry Library Edition brings the world’s most popular consumer online genealogy resource to your library. | Family History, Genealogy, Research | ||
Anytime Library (eBooks, eAudiobooks) | Using the Washington Anytime Library website or the Libby app, you can place holds, check out and read or listen to your books all from your computer, smart phone, tablet or eBook device. | Books, eAudiobooks, eBooks, Magazines | ||
Britannica Library | Britannica Library is an award-winning reference center for children and adults | History, Homework, Research, Science, Social Studies | ||
Chilton Library | Chilton Library is the ultimate resource for vehicle maintenance and repair. | Automotive, Cars, Mechanical, Repair, Trucks, Vehicles | ||
Consumer Reports | Consumer Reports is an independent, nonprofit member organization that works to inform purchase decisions. | Appliances, Cars, Electronics, Products, Purchase, Ratings, Research, Trucks | ||
CreativeBug | CreativeBug gives you unlimited access to thousands of online art and craft classes. | Art, Crafts, Crochet, Design, Food, Jewelry, Knitting, Quilting, Sewing | ||
Freegal | Freegal Music is a free music service that is provided to you by the library. Download and/or stream music on any compatible device. | Audio, App, eAudiobooks, Music, Songs, Streaming | ||
Gale Business Collections | Learn how to start, finance, or manage your small business. Includes sample business plans, how to guides, articles, and more. | Business, Careers, Economics, Entrepreneurship, Global, Hospitality, Insurance, Leadership, Liability, Management, Tourism, Vocation | ||
Gale eBooks | Explore a database of encyclopedias, reference sources, and travel books within the Gale eBooks platform. | eBooks, Encyclopedia, Reference | ||
Gale Health Collections | Gale Health & Wellness offers access to full-text medical journals, magazines, reference works, multimedia, and much more. | Health, Medicine, Nursing, Physical Therapy, Psychology, Sports Medicine, Wellness | ||
Gale In Context | The Gale In Context databases present a wide variety of age-appropriate information in multiple formats – text, images, video, including primary sources. They are a great source for homework. | College, Elementary School, Global, High School, Middle School | ||
Gale Literature: LitFinder | Access literary works and authors throughout history, including full-text poems, plays, short stories, speeches, and more. | Literature, Poems, Poetry | ||
Gale OneFile Collections | A large collection of topic-specific article databases for research. | Criminal Justice, Culinary Arts, Diversity Studies, Environment, Fine Arts, Garden, Gender Studies, High School, History, Home Improvement, Horticulture, Information Science, Intelligence, Military, Philosophy, Pop Culture, Reference, Religion, Science, Terrorism, US History, War, Women's Issues, World History | ||
Gale OneFile: Informe Académico | Search across full-text Spanish- and Portuguese-language scholarly journals and magazines from and about Latin America. | Journals, Latin America, Portuguese, Spanish | ||
Gale OneFile: News and Magazines | Gale OneFIle: News offers access to major U.S. and international newspapers online to search articles instantly by title, headline, date, or other fields. Includes the New York Times, Washington Post, and 2,300+ titles not available in other Gale collections. Updated daily. Gale OneFile: Popular Magazines includes the most searched magazines across Gale OneFile focusing on current events, sports, science, and health issues. | Current Events, Health, International News, Magazines, National News, News, Newspapers, Science, Sports | ||
Heritage Quest Online | A comprehensive treasury of American genealogical sources—rich in unique primary sources, local and family histories, and finding aids. The database provides genealogical and historical sources for more than 60 countries, with coverage dating back as early as the 1700s. | Family History, Genealogy, Research | ||
Kanopy Streaming Video | Kanopy is an award-winning video streaming service providing access to more than 30,000 independent and documentary films ─ titles of unique social and cultural value from The Criterion Collection, The Great Courses, Media Education Foundation, and thousands of independent filmmakers. | Documentaries, Movies, Foreign Films, Children's Programs, Streaming, Video | ||
Library Elf Notification Service | Elf is an Internet-based tool for keeping track of what’s due, overdue and ready for pickup. Users can keep track of one or more library accounts in one place and receive reminders Reminders are sent when the user wants it — before items are due (up to seven days advance notice, weekly notice or everyday reminders). For families or anyone who’d like reminders before an item is due. | Holds, Notifications, Reminders | ||
LinkedIN Learning | LinkedIn Learning is a leading online learning platform that helps anyone learn business, software, technology and creative skills to achieve personal and professional goals. | Business, Classes, Design, Filmmaking, Game Design, Graphic Design, Learning, Music, Photography, Technology, Video | ||
Mango Languages | Mango Languages provides online language lessons with easy, intuitive interactive tools to deliver practical conversational skills and valuable cultural insight for over 70 languages. | Language Learning, American Sign Language (ASL), Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bengali, Chaldean Aramaic, Cherokee, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dari, Dutch, Dzongkha, English, English(Shakespearean), Filipino(Tagalog), Finnish, French, German, Greek, Haitian Creole, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Igbo, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Javanese, Kazakh, Korean, Latin, Malay, Malayalam, Norwegian, Pashto, Persian(Farsi), Pirate, Polish, Portuguese, Potawatomi, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Scottish Gaelic, Serbian, Shanghainese, Slovak, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Tuvan, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Yiddish | ||
NewsBank | Access to current and archival newspapers from around the US and the world including regional and local newspapers including the Bellingham Herald and the Cascadia Daily News. Newsbank also offers lesson plans aligned to education standards and quick links to the top news stories of the day. | Bellingham Herald, Cascadia Daily News, Homework, International News, Local News, National News, News, Newspapers, Research | ||
NoveList Plus | NoveList Plus is a great way to find your next great read. Reading recommendations that cater to your unique needs. Kids and adults will find something to enjoy here. | Books, Genres, Literature, Reading Recommendations | ||
Peterson's Test Prep | Peterson’s Test Prep (formerly Testing and Education Reference Center) provides online practice tests for high school, college prep, career and grad school as well as citizenship and basic skills. | Careers, Citizenship, College Prep, Education, Grad School, High School, School, Tests, Exams | ||
ProQuest CultureGrams | Proquest CultureGrams Online Database is an electronic database of reports on the countries of the world. These reports provide an insider’s perspective on people’s daily life and culture. | Countries, Culture, Homework, Reports, Research, School, World | ||
DataAxle Reference Solutions | Reference Solutions offers accurate data on 57 million businesses and 314 million consumers. | Business, Canada, City, Consumers, Homeowners, Jobs, State, Statistics, United States | ||
Value Line Investment Research | Value Line Investment Research provides investment-related data, news, and analysis for 1,700 stocks of widely-followed analyst covered companies. Each stock is explored in a full-page report with analyst commentary as well as timeliness and safety rankings. | Business, Investments, News, Research, Stock Market | ||
WCLS 75th Anniversary Digital Collection | Whatcom County Library System, 75th Anniversary Collection is a project of Washington Rural Heritage, a collection of historically significant materials residing in libraries, heritage institutions, and private collections throughout Washington State. The collection includes photographs, documents, and artifacts that tell the stories of Washington’s small and rural communities. | History, Local History, Local News, Research |