Online Resources

Enjoy free access to over 60,000 eBooks and eAudiobooks with your Ontario City Library card. No late fees! Download the app for Android, iOS, Mac, PC, and more.

Read thousands of newspapers and magazines online or via the app with your Ontario City Library card. No late fees! Download the app for Android, iOS, Mac, PC, and more.

Discover your next great read with NoveList Plus! Find book recommendations for all ages, explore series, and get expert picks — all free with your Ontario City Library card.

Spark a love of reading in young minds with NoveList K‑8 Plus! Discover grade-appropriate fiction & nonfiction, series info, read‑alike suggestions, and teaching tools — all included with your Ontario City Library card.

Sign up for online book clubs and read chapters of top titles via email through Dearreader.com. No library card required—just an email address!

Eligible Californians can access free Braille and audiobooks, magazines, and playback equipment through the Library of Congress. Find your local Braille and Talking Book Library to sign up. No library card required.

Enhance children’s and teens’ reading experiences with online author talks, blogs, storytelling, and thousands of resources about K–12 books. No library card required.

Get live, one-on-one homework help, skills-building, test prep, and writing assistance for all ages. Ontario City Library card required.

Access tutorials, practice tests, and tools for academic and career success, including resume building and job search help. Ontario City Library card required.

Access repair information for domestic and foreign cars and trucks built from 1974 - present. View detailed writing and vacuum diagrams, TSBs, OEM specs, time estimators, and several online diagnostic tools, including audio and video sampling, waveforms, and trend analytics. Accessible when inside an Ontario City Library.

San Bernardino County families can access this bilingual reading program to help their children, birth to 3rd grade, prepare for kindergarten and succeed in school. 

Una base de datos educativa para estudiantes de todos los niveles, con artículos, imágenes, videos y más. Ideal para apoyar los currículos escolares.

Explore thousands of articles, images, videos, and study tools on a wide range of topics for all grades. Perfect for school research.

Search thousands of full-text articles from magazines and scholarly journals, updated daily.* Ontario City Library card required. 

Homework Central^® is a one-stop platform offering authoritative information on a variety of topics to assist student research. Resources available include:  

CultureGrams

Discover in-depth reports on over 200 countries, covering daily life, history, and customs from an insider’s perspective. Ontario City Library card required. 

eLibrary

Provides a massive collection of multidisciplinary periodical and digital media content, designed for beginning and intermediate researchers. 

ProQuest Research Companion

Provides step-by-step guidance through the research process, helping develop critical thinking and information literacy.

SIRS Discoverer

Offers age-appropriate, curriculum-aligned content for grades 4-8, supporting common school assignments.

SIRS Issues Researcher

Get comprehensive analysis on 360+ current social issues with balanced perspectives.

Alexander Street

Provides streaming video, audio, and text in the performing arts of music, dance, and theatre.

Audio Drama: The L.A. Theatre Works Collection

Contains audio recordings of plays from the 19^th, 20^th, and 21^st century, performed by leading actors from around the world.

Music Online: Smithsonian Global Sound for Libraries

Provides a virtual encyclopedia of unique American folk, blues, soul, jazz, and protest songs, as well as a broad range of world music through partnership with Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. 

ABCmouse provides a fun, research-based learning experience that combines play and structure to support children from preschool through 2nd grade. Available for free when used inside the Ontario City Library.

Support for veterans and job seekers, including job search help, VA navigation, test prep, and academic skill building. Ontario City Library card required. 

Free career development, coaching, and training for caregivers of older adults and people with disabilities, offered by the California Department of Aging.

A digital college offering flexible online classes, apps, and apprenticeships for working adults to gain skills for higher-paying jobs.

Access full-text articles and multimedia content. Spanish and Mandarin versions are also available. Supported by funding from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.

Access a vast collection of full-text U.S. newspapers covering news, politics, sports, and more. Ontario City Library card required.

Search online for full-text articles on local news, updated daily from April 2002 to present day. Ontario City Library card required.

Search over 200 digitized California newspapers from 1846 to the present, including the San Bernardino Daily Sun (1894-1997), with filters by decade or year. Free access is provided by UC Riverside.

A digitized collection of historical water documents in Southern California, including maps, photos, and correspondence.

Search the library's index for Ontario area newspaper articles, obituaries, and historical artifacts dating back to 1884. The index can also locate items on microfilm available in the library.