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| - I have a soft spot for this place.
Growing up in North York, I would make regular trips here whenever I needed to do homework, peruse through the history aisles after swimming class, or just needed a home away from home. Fast-forward a couple of years and my move to Downtown Toronto, I've re-discovered how great this library was.
As one of two main reference libraries in the city, North York Central has an excellent collection of reference materials that may be useful to urban planner or a budding genealogist. But unlike Toronto Reference Library, you can borrow books out of this library, unless marked otherwise.
Another aspect I love about this library is its multilingual section. They have a good selection of books, music and movies for the various languages spoken in the city, like French, Cantonese, Russian, Persian, Korean, etc. I come here to pick up French books (or at least order from), since there are few, if any, French bookstores left in the city.
I particularly found their free internet access to be a godsend. I couldn't check my personal email at work so I used my break times to stay connected to the outside world. All of their computers on each floors have free internet access, but check to see which terminal you pick. Some of them are "express" which allots you fifteen minutes, not useful when you're busy chatting away about your love life online.
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