Education & Research

Whether you're into digital photography, web design, movie making or you just need to brush up on your Microsoft Word or Excel, you can learn software skills here with our online tutorials and learning videos. Create a log-in to track your learning!

Downloadable directory information on more than 1.5 million Canadian businesses, primarily in the wholesale, retail and manufacturing sectors. Great for Small Business Entrepreneur market research and sales prospecting.

Career Cruising is an interactive career guide and portfolio tool providing world class assessments, intuitive career exploration, comprehensive education planning, an innovative employment guide & job search tool, and engaging career portfolio development. Login to make career and education plans, prepare your resume, or find a job.

Provides access to over 8,000 eBooks - both fiction and non-fiction. The full-text for all of these eBooks is available either from in the library or at home. All you need is an Internet connection! Some eBooks require Adobe's free Acrobat Reader product, which is easy to download.

BPL now offers a wide range of highly interactive courses. Take each course entirely over the Internet whenever you want to access the course-whether from work, home, school, or elsewhere...24/7, 365 days a year!  All of our courses are led by expert instructors, many of whom are nationally known authors. Courses run for six weeks and new sessions begin monthly. Also, receive a printable certificate upon completion. Take a class on playing the Guitar, using Microsoft products, natural health care, teaching children with ADHD and more. All of this free of charge with your Burlington Public Library Card!

The Gale Virtual Reference Library contains both encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. These textbooks might once have only been accessible in the library as a reference tool, but are now readily available online from any computer!

LearningExpress Library Canada is an online learning platform of practice tests and tutorial courses designed to help students of all ages succeed in areas of career preparation, math, science, reading/writing and in taking standard tests and entrance exams. This resource includes immediate scoring, complete answer explanations, and an individualized analysis of results. From home, you will need to create a password and use your 14-digit library card number as your username.

The NFB's online media tool where you now have online access to films, interactive projects and easy to use tools that allow you to explore and view NFB content here at the Library.

Check out this new and interactive Language Learning Tool. Learn the basics for your next trip, or create an account to follow tutorials and take full language courses! Learning fun for all ages.