Best Online: specially selected resources for our students & teachers, at home & at school

EBSCO

EBSCOhost Homepage
EBSCO's selection page with links to all databases we have access to.
Explora Primary/Elemtary - Canada
New interface to search EBSCO's databases in one friendly screen.
Explora Middle/Secondary - Canada
New interface to search EBSCO's databases in one friendly screen.
NoveList K-8 Plus: Gr 4-7
A readers' advisory tool including information on K-8 fiction and non-fiction materials, and book talks, book lists, reviews, recommended reads, and more!
NoveList Plus: Gr 8-12
A readers' advisory tool including information on youth and adult fiction and non-fiction materials, and book talks, book lists, reviews, recommended reads, and more!
Canadian Reference Centre: Gr K-12
"Combines Canadian magazines, newspapers, newswires and reference books to create the largest collection of regional full text content available to Canadian libraries."
Canadian Points of View: Gr 8-12
"Provides 120 topics each with an overview, point (argument), counterpoint (opposing argument)".
Literary Reference Centre: Gr 8-12
"Full-text database that provides a broad spectrum of information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and timeframes."
Poetry & Short Story Reference Center: Gr 8-12
"A historically rich collection of classic and contemporary poems, as well as short stories, biographies and authoritative essays".
Academic Search Premier: Gr 8-12
Significant research resource; contains information and articles from over 13,000 journals and has "unmatched full-text coverage" in science.
Consumer Health Complete: Gr 8-12
"Provides content covering all areas of health, wellness" and medicine. Includes articles, images, videos and other content.
EBSCO Image Collection
"Provides access to over 510,000 images relating to people, natural science, places, history, maps and flags".
EBSCO Medical Images
Features health-related images and illustrations.
Explora - Educator's Edition
New interface to search EBSCO's databases in one friendly screen.
Professional Development Collection: Gr 8-12
For educators; over 500 full-text educational journals are included and are searchable.
MasterFILE: Gr 8-12
General reference resource; "covers business, health, education, science and more".
GreenFILE: Gr 8-12
"Covers the environment; topics include climate change, green building, pollution, renewable energy, recycling, and more".

GALE

Gale Databases Homepage
Gale's selection page with links to all databases we have access to.
National Geographic Kids: Gr K-7
"Play games, watch videos, learn about animals, and places, and get fun facts on the National Geographic Kids website".
Global Issues in Context: Gr 8-12
"Issues and countries; uses multimedia to explain the historical and current conditions necessary to understand global issues, conflicts and events".
Science in Context: Gr 8-12
"An engaging online resource providing contextual information on hundreds of today's most significant science topics".
Canada in Context: Gr 8-12
"A full range of topics (including First Nations and the government of Canada) as well as information on technology, sports, industry delivered from a Canadian perspective".
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Features secondary-level ebooks.

WORLD BOOK

World Book Homepage
World Book's selection page with links to all databases we have access to.
Early World of Learning: Gr K-3
The premier online resource for preschoolers and children in the early elementary grades.
World Book Kids: Gr 3-7
For early learners; "features simple navigation, easy-to-read articles, illustrations, videos, comparison tools, and more".
Science Power: Gr 3-6
"An engaging and visually rich supplemental science learning site for the intermediate grade level".
World Book Discover: Gr 3-12
Great World Book reference content in a differentiated site with extensive learning and language support.
World Book Student: Gr 3-12
For learners in the intermediate years; includes articles from and other learning resources and research tools.
World Book Advanced: Gr 3-12
Senior level resource; includes encyclopedia, multimedia and ebook content and primary sources.
L'Encyclopédie Découverte: Gr 3-12
"propose les articles et les vastes possibilités du contenu médiatique de World Book en français canadien".
Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos: Gr 3-12
"Offers World Book’s content, rich media, and engaging features in Spanish".

OTHERS

Bailey's Book House, and More!
Reading, numeracy and science activities for early learners.
Know BC: Gr K-12
"A major reference that brings together everything you always wanted to know about BC".
Learn360: K-12
Provides over 9,300 full digital video titles and over 28,500 video clips from A&E, National Geographic, Nelvana, Reading Rainbow, National Science Foundation, etc.
Curio.ca: Gr K-12
"Streaming access to the best in educational content from CBC and Radio-Canada".
Career Cruising: Gr 9-12
"An online career guidance and planning system. Find the right career and explore education and training options".
myBlueprint: Gr 10-12
"Explore career options, find the right education, access financial support and find jobs".
Math Resource Centre
Online lessons to support students taking Math 10.
Statistics Canada
"Generate dynamic tables and customize graphs and maps using Statistics Canada's Census of Population and socioeconomic data".
The West beyond the West
"Images, text, audio and video from the collections of libraries, archives, museums, and more in BC and across Canada; via a single search portal".
BC Library To Go
A wide range of ebooks and eaudio books, from BC public libraries. A BC public library card is necessary to access materials.
SET BC
Special Education Technology BC provides links to assistive technology teaching tools and resources.