Library Tools
Our collection of library tools includes access to our online catalogue, mobile apps to connect you to our library, and links to outside sources for books, ebooks, and social tools for readers.
In Our Library
Destiny or Destiny Discover
Destiny lets you search our collection while Destiny Discover gives you access to eBooks, digital audiobooks, curated collections, and more. You can use them to search for resources. You can use key words, author names, titles, subjects, or look for series. Type in your search terms and hit enter or choose some of the options provided to limit your search. The results will tell you if the item is available for borrowing, if it's an eBook, audiobook, or other format. Sign in (firstlegalname.lastlegalname, student number) to see more.
Destiny lets you search our collection while Destiny Discover gives you access to eBooks, digital audiobooks, curated collections, and more. You can use them to search for resources. You can use key words, author names, titles, subjects, or look for series. Type in your search terms and hit enter or choose some of the options provided to limit your search. The results will tell you if the item is available for borrowing, if it's an eBook, audiobook, or other format. Sign in (firstlegalname.lastlegalname, student number) to see more.
Destiny Discover - Getting Started
To use Destiny Discover and access our ebooks and audiobooks, you will need to have an account and, if you are using a mobile device, an app. The Destiny Discover app is available for Android and iOS devices as well as several others. You will be able to search our collection of ebooks before reading them online or downloading them. You will need to download the app from either the Google Play Store or the Apple Apps Store to your device.
To use Destiny Discover and access our ebooks and audiobooks, you will need to have an account and, if you are using a mobile device, an app. The Destiny Discover app is available for Android and iOS devices as well as several others. You will be able to search our collection of ebooks before reading them online or downloading them. You will need to download the app from either the Google Play Store or the Apple Apps Store to your device.
- Download the Destiny Discover app for your device. When prompted for a Location, please choose British Columbia and then enter South Kamloops Secondary School below.
- All students and teachers have an account.
- Students - user name: firstlegalname.lastlegalname password: same as your gedu password
- Teachers - your user name and password are the same as you use for Oasis.
You can also read our ebooks on a desktop or computer. From Destiny (our online catalogue) click on Destiny Discover (along the left hand navigation bar). Your username and password are as outlined above.
Digital Audiobooks - from a desktop/laptop sign-out to downloading on your device.
Signing out Digital Audiobooks
To listen on a smartphone or tablet:
Signing out Digital Audiobooks
- Go to the school website: skss.sd73.bc.ca
- Find the Parents and Students Tab
- Click on Library/Research
- Click on Search Our Collection
- Pick South Kamloops Secondary from the list
- Click on Destiny Discover
- Log in - firstname.lastname
- Password: same as gedu
- Find your book and check it out. Make sure it is a Follett Audiobook.
- (You can also sign out from your mobile device using the Destiny Discover app/link.)
To listen on a smartphone or tablet:
- Download the free Destiny Read app from Follett
- Search for the school then log in with the same info as above.
- Download the book if you want to listen offline.
- Please return the book as soon as you are finished with it so that it is available to someone else.
Read More
Here are some other places for book lovers to visit!
The Public Library
The public library provides library cards to residents or students living here temporarily for free. After you set up an account, you can access the library's services for free. Ebooks, databases, newspapers and magazines (online), audiobooks, paperback and hardcover books, DVDs, etc. are all parts of the TNRD library collection. They even run programs just for teens!
The public library provides library cards to residents or students living here temporarily for free. After you set up an account, you can access the library's services for free. Ebooks, databases, newspapers and magazines (online), audiobooks, paperback and hardcover books, DVDs, etc. are all parts of the TNRD library collection. They even run programs just for teens!
Project Gutenberg.Org Gutenberg.ca
Project Gutenberg provides access to nearly 50,000 free ebooks. Volunteers contribute to this effort to digitize and make these books available to the public. There is also a Canadian site for Project Gutenberg.
Project Gutenberg provides access to nearly 50,000 free ebooks. Volunteers contribute to this effort to digitize and make these books available to the public. There is also a Canadian site for Project Gutenberg.
Open Culture
Open Culture bills itself as having "the best free cultural and educational media on the web." You can find free ebooks, audiobooks, textbooks, language lessons, courses, movies, and more.
Open Culture bills itself as having "the best free cultural and educational media on the web." You can find free ebooks, audiobooks, textbooks, language lessons, courses, movies, and more.
Book Suggestions
Have you read through all of John Green's books and are looking for the next great read? Want to know where to go after reading The Lord of the Rings trilogy? Seeking a sci-fi adventure? Here are some tips for finding your next favourite book.
Destiny Quest
Already mentioned above, Destiny Quest is accessible through an app or by clicking on the left hand navigation when you enter Destiny (above). Search for a book and Destiny Quest will suggest a read-alike from our collection! You can be assured we have the book. If it is checked out, we can put a hold on it for you so that you will be notified as soon as it is returned. (We'll probably even track down the current borrower and ask him/her to bring the book back a.s.a.p. if it is overdue!)
Already mentioned above, Destiny Quest is accessible through an app or by clicking on the left hand navigation when you enter Destiny (above). Search for a book and Destiny Quest will suggest a read-alike from our collection! You can be assured we have the book. If it is checked out, we can put a hold on it for you so that you will be notified as soon as it is returned. (We'll probably even track down the current borrower and ask him/her to bring the book back a.s.a.p. if it is overdue!)
What Should I Read Next?
This website gives you several book suggestions after you type in one of your favourite titles. Easy to use and does not require an account.
This website gives you several book suggestions after you type in one of your favourite titles. Easy to use and does not require an account.
GoodReads
The massive online book club, with reviews from users, lists of great books, author profiles, and more. You can use the service without creating an account, or check with your parents and create an account to keep track of the books you've read, want to read, and books your friends are reading.
The massive online book club, with reviews from users, lists of great books, author profiles, and more. You can use the service without creating an account, or check with your parents and create an account to keep track of the books you've read, want to read, and books your friends are reading.
