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CANADIAN

  • Atlas
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  • Canadian Encyclopedia
  • Canadian Periodicals Index
  • Dictionary of Canadian Biography
  • Dictionnaire biographique du Canada
  • Encyclopedia of BC
  • L'Encyclopédie canadienne
  • Maclean's Magazine
  • Search by subject

RESSOURCES

  • Encyclopédie de la Colombie-Britannique
  • Artefacts Canada
  • Bibliothèque et Archives Canada
  • Citation
  • Journaux at Magazines
  • L'Atlas du Canada
  • L'Encyclopédie canadienne
  • L'Encyclopédie de L'Agora
  • L'Encyclopédie Découverte
  • Les Archives de Radio-Canada
  • Office national du film du Canada
  • Wikipédia

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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.
 
 
 
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