Level of Authentication: Limited
Personal Account Required: No
Privacy Statement
Terms of Service
Privacy Policy
Digital Content & Your Privacy
The St. Catharines Public Library is committed to the confidentiality of customer use of its facilities, services, collections and website. The St. Catharines Public Library (SCPL) needs to share additional information with certain vendors to authenticate you into their web pages and apps.
Full Authentication
The additional information shared with these resources does not include your borrowing history. The additional information shared includes: name, home address, email address, amount of overdue items, number of checked out items, number of items on hold, amount of fees owed, number of checkouts that are not renewable because of holds, home branch, card type, whether you are a member in good standing (customer status with SCPL), birthday, and whether you allow SCPL to contact you via email.
Limited Authentication
The library provides certain vendors with information that verifies that you are a valid library account holder only.
Personal Account Creation
Some of the vendors require that you create service-specific personal accounts in order to access some of the library's digital content. The library also subscribes to some content services where creating an account is optional. The library's third-party services are governed by their own privacy policies and practices, not the library's. We advise that you consult their Terms of Services and Privacy Policies (see links below) before agreeing to use these services.
Level of Authentication: None
Personal Account Required: No
Terms of Use
Level of Authentication: Full
Personal Account Required: No
Privacy Policy
Terms of Use
Level of Authentication: Limited
Personal Account Required: No
Privacy Policy
User Agreement
Explora Canada (EBSCO Product)
Level of Authentication: Limited
Personal Account Required: No
Privacy Policy
Terms of Use
Explora Children's Library (EBSCO Product)
Level of Authentication: Limited
Personal Account Required: No
Privacy Policy
Terms of Use
Flipster Digital Magazines (EBSCO Product)
Level of Authentication: Limited
Personal Account Required: No
Privacy Policy
Terms of Use
Maclean's Magazine Archive (EBSCO Product)
Level of Authentication: Limited
Personal Account Required: No
Privacy Policy
Terms of Use
Level of Authentication: Limited
Personal Account Required: No
Privacy Policy
Terms of Use
Level of Authentication: Limited
Personal Account Required: No
Privacy Policy
Terms of Use
Level of Authentication: None
Personal Account Required: Yes
Privacy Notice
Terms of Use
Hoopla Digital Audiobooks, eBooks, Music & Video
Level of Authentication: Full
Personal Account Required: Yes
Privacy Policy
Terms of Service
Level of Authentication: Full
Personal Account Required: Yes
Privacy Policy
Terms of Service
Level of Authentication: Limited
Personal Account Required: Yes
Privacy Policy
User Agreement
Level of Authentication: Limited
Personal Account Required: Yes
Privacy Policy
Terms of Service
Level of Authentication: None
Personal Account Required: No
Privacy Statement
Terms of Use
Level of Authentication: Limited
Personal Account Required: No
Privacy Policy
Terms of Use
Level of Authentication: Limited
Personal Account Required: No
Privacy Policy
Terms of Use
Level of Authentication: Limited
Personal Account Required: No
Privacy Policy
Level of Authentication: Limited
Personal Account Required: No
Privacy Policy
Salem Literature (Salem Product)
Level of Authentication: Limited
Personal Account Required: No
Privacy Policy
Level of Authentication: Limited
Personal Account Required: No
Privacy Policy
SCPL Enterprise Online Catalogue (SirsiDynix)
Level of Authentication: Full
Personal Account Required: No
SCPL Events and Services Registration (SpringShare)
Level of Authentication: None
Personal Account Required: No
Personal Information Policy
SCPL Mobile App (SOLUS UK Ltd.)
Level of Authentication: Full
Personal Account Required: No
Privacy Statement
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St. Catharines Public Library
54 Church Street
St. Catharines, ON, L2R 7K2
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