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As a member of the Fraser Valley Regional Library (FVRL) you can access online resources that offer web-based materials such as journals, magazines, major Canadian news sources, encyclopedias, literary information, car repair manuals, and so much more!
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Auto, Home, & Consumer
View 2006 BC building codes, including BC fire codes, and BC plumbing codes.
BC Codes (In Library Use Only)
Provides access to the 2006 BC building codes, BC fire codes, and BC plumbing codes.
Use this database to answer questions like:
- What fire protection features are required to be incorporated in a building from 1992 versus a new building?
- What is the sanitation code pertaining to non-potable water piping?
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View 2006 BC building codes, including BC fire codes, and BC plumbing codes.
BC Codes (In Library Use Only)
Provides access to the 2006 BC building codes, BC fire codes, and BC plumbing codes.
Use this database to answer questions like:
- What fire protection features are required to be incorporated in a building from 1992 versus a new building?
- What is the sanitation code pertaining to non-potable water piping?
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Find repair, maintenance, and recall information for domestic and imported vehicles from 1929 to 2008.
Chilton Library
Search for the information you need to tackle both simple and complex auto repair jobs on cars, trucks, vans or SUVs. Access manuals and step-by-step repair information complete with resizable graphics. Find recall information for hundreds of vehicles. This is a great resource for the do-it-yourselfer as well as the seasoned professional.
Use this database to answer questions like:
- What is the timing belt replacement schedule for my 2000 Honda Civic?
- How do I bleed the brakes on my 1988 Volkswagen Golf?
- How do I interpret the vehicle identification number (VIN) on my 1968 Ford Shelby Mustang to ensure it actually is a Shelby?
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- Chilton, an imprint of Cengage Learning
Search for full-text articled in over 1,750 general reference publications, 500 reference books, and more, including Consumer Reports.
MasterFILE Premier
This multidisciplinary database provides full-text for nearly 1,750 general reference publications with full-text information dating as far back as 1975. Covering virtually every subject area of general interest, MasterFILE Premier also includes nearly 500 full-text reference books, full-text from 86,017 biographies, 105,786 full-text primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 400,972 photos, maps and flags. This database is updated daily via EBSCOhost.
Use this database to answer questions like:
- How does facial expression alter how verbal messages are received?
- What are the limits of macroeconomics?
- What does the flag of Cuba look like?
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Browse accurate and concise step-by-step maintenance and repair instructions for hundreds of small engine machines.
Small Engine Repair Reference Centre
Service small engines including lawn mowers, tractors, snow blowers, tillers and generators, as well as larger engines such as motorcycles, ATVs, marine and boat motors, personal watercraft engines and snowmobiles. Find accurate, clear and concise explanations, combined with thousands of detailed illustrations and photos.
Use this database to answer questions like:
- How do I remove and reinstall the drive chain on my 1985 Harley-Davidson Sportster?
- How do I lower the cutting blade on my Craftsman walk behind lawnmower?
- How do I troubleshoot the fuel system of my 2002 Yamaha Outboard 2-90 HP 2-Stroke Engine boat?
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Search vehicle safety and inspection standards as well as related British Columbia legislation.
Vehicle Safety and Inspection Standards Online (In Library Use Only)
Vehicle Safety and Inspection Standards Online - VSIS Online - is produced by the Queen's Printer in partnership with Ministry of Transportation. It provides current access to vehicle safety and inspection standards and related British Columbia legislation.
Use this database to answer questions like:
- What are the recreational vehicle towing laws and requirements in British Columbia?
- What are the British Columbia regulations regarding aftermarket vehicle window tinting?
- What vehicle types are considered commercial vehicles and what are their inspection intervals?
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Books, Authors, E-Books & Audio Books
Download audio and eBooks 24/7 to your PC, laptop, PDA, MP3 player or iPod.
BC’s Library To Go
Download and listen to best selling and classic audio books 24/7 on your PC, laptop, PDA, MP3 player or iPod. Also download a huge variety of eBooks in either Adobe Reader or Mobipocket Reader formats. Links to free Adobe Reader and Mobipocket Reader software are listed.
Use this service to:
- Download and read or listen to the 5th Horseman by James Patterson when you can’t make it into the library to pick up the paper copy.
- Take books with you on the go. Listen to the latest best selling fiction and non-fiction books in the car or at the gym. Conveniently burn them to CD or download them onto your MP3, iPod or PDA.
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- British Columbia Libraries
Watch and read stories from Scholastic with this interactive online literacy resource for Pre-K to Grade 3.
BookFlix
BookFlix is an interactive online literacy resource for Grades PreK-3 that helps build a love of reading and learning. It reinforces early reading skills and introduces children to a world of knowledge and exploration through watching and reading the story. BookFlix is accessible to every child, including early readers, reluctant readers, and English language learners. Includes lesson plans for instructors.
Use this service to:
- Explore animals and nature books with a child who is just learning to read by watching the book, reading the book and playing word games.
- Print lesson plans and supplement your elementary language arts programs by integrating the watch and read fiction and non-fiction online resources.
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Find information on the books you want and need to read, as well as information on music and video.
Book Index with Reviews
Access information on 3.8 million plus book titles. Includes over 800,000 full-text searchable reviews from sources such as the Library Journal, School Library Journal, and Publishers Weekly. Titles include a wide range of formats and genres such as fiction, nonfiction, large print, and books on tape.
Use this database to answer questions like:
- I am looking for information on the book Why Read? by Mark Edmundson. Where can I find reviews of this book from several different sources?
- There is a long waiting list for the business book Winning by Jack Welch, what else is suggested to read on the topic of business leadership?
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Search biographical and bibliographic information on over 100,000 authors worldwide.
Contemporary Authors
Research the biographical and bibliographic information of over 100,000 authors worldwide. Find information on author’s careers including rewards, writings, media adaptations, personal information, life highlights, source citations and more.
Use this database to answer questions like:
- When and where was Helen Keller born?
- What awards did Ernest Hemingway receive?
- What magazines and books did Eleanor Roosevelt contribute to?
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Explore a comprehensive readers’ advisory solution for fiction lovers, and get recommendations of what to read next.
NoveList
An online readers' advisory tool targeted to all ages, with subject access to over 200,000 fiction titles with subjects and keyword access. Over 14,000 first chapters and over 500 book discussion guides.
Use this database to answer questions like:
- My book club just finished reading The Reserve by Russell Banks. What available books build on similar themes by other authors and come with a discussion guide?
- I am looking for an adventure fiction book but don’t have a particular book in mind, what is recommended?
- I have read all of V.C. Andrews books and would like to read more of the same genre, what author can you recommend that writes similar stories?
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Explore this online readers’ advisory tool designed for young readers to turn to when looking for the next book to read.
NoveList K-8
An online readers’ advisory tool with over 64,000 titles targeted to ages 8-18 years old. Contains 36,000 subject headings and includes author biographies, book discussion guides, recommended reads, curricular connections, grab and go lists, and over 3,000 first chapters of popular books.
Use this database to answer questions like:
- What other books has Jane Yolen written?
- I enjoyed City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau, what books by other authors have similar themes?
- I am looking for a book but I can’t remember the name. It is about a boy and girl who travel through time and was published in 2008, what books fit this description?
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Download eAudiobooks to your home PC, laptop, or portable media device.
NetLibrary
Download and listen to a broad selection of unabridged downloadable eAudiobooks including best-selling titles from the world's leading publishers, with everything business and self-help to romance and adventure.
Use this service to:
- Learn another language; download audio language training programs including Italian, Japanese, Hindi, German, Farsi, and more.
- Download and listen to the latest book on business when you don’t have time to read it.
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Access E-books for kids. Read and listen to books as well as play language and memory games.
Tumblebook Library (Requires Flash)
Animated picture books with narration, music and sound. Read or listen online. Titles include family favourites, classic fairy tales, and nonfiction books. Book language options include English, French, Spanish or Russian.
Use this service to:
- Listen or read along at your own speed. Follow along to highlighted text as its being narrated.
- Play language-learning games and solve language puzzles.
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Read-along audio books for elementary, middle school and high school students.
Tumblereadable Library (Requires Flash)
An online collection of read-along titles for elementary, middle school, and high school students which features adjustable online text and complete audio narration. Sentences are highlighted as they are being read and the pages turn automatically. The collection features chapter books, early readers, teen novels, and classics of English literature.
Use this service to:
- Make reading fun for emergent, struggling, and reluctant readers.
- Listen and read along with works by Shakespeare.
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Business, Business Directories & Investment
Browse and search for country economic data, company profiles, industry information, and market research.
Business Source Premier
Business Source Premier is the industry’s most used business research database, providing full-text for more than 2,300 journals, including full-text for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed titles. This database is updated daily by EBSCOhost.
Use this database to answer questions like:
- Is there market research available on how to market Generation-Y?
- What business profile information is available for Syncrude Canada Ltd.?
- What is the state of Australia’s economy?
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Find scholarly research and industry news relating to hospitality and tourism, with coverage dating back to 1965.
Hospitality & Tourism Index
Hospitality & Tourism Index is a bibliographic database covering scholarly research and industry news relating to all areas of hospitality and tourism. This comprehensive database contains more than 749,000 records from nearly 650 titles, with coverage dating as far back as 1965.
Use this database to answer questions like:
- What case studies are available that analyze the promotion of adventure tourism?
- What survey information is available regarding guest satisfaction at overseas hotels?
- How much is WestJet’s current domestic market share compared to Air Canada?
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Access current American regional business publications, includes business journals, newspapers and more.
Regional Business News
This database provides comprehensive full-text coverage for regional American business publications. It incorporates coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. This database is updated on a daily basis.
Use this database to answer questions like:
- Can you help me find information on the safety rules for oil and gas drilling in the state of Louisiana?
- How many dollars are spent on tourism in the state of California?
- What information or articles are available on abandoned mined lands reclamation projects?
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Canadian
Read current and archived full-text news from 219 major and rural Canadian Newspapers.
Canadian Newsstand
Access the full-text of 219 major and rural Canadian Newspapers from Canadian leading newspaper publishers and news sources. Never miss out on the latest headline news, with one click you can link to RSS feeds from your favourite news source.
Use this database to answer questions like:
- Read your local paper as well as many others from around the country.
- Do a broad search for articles of a particular national news story within a certain date range.
- Find the news article about yourself or a friend from three years ago in a particular paper or magazine.
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Find photos, images, show transcripts and articles fast from top Canadian and international sources.
Canadian Reference Centre
Canadian Reference Centre combines Canadian magazines, newspapers, newswires and reference books to create the largest collection of regional full-text content available to Canadian libraries. This database includes leading Canadian periodicals and international (U.S. and U.K) periodicals in full-text, full-text reference books, 85,639 full-text biographies and an image collection of 400,972 photos, maps, and flags. This database is updated on a daily basis.
Use this database to answer questions like:
- What does the flag of India look like?
- I heard about an article in a 2008 issue of Flare magazine about Vancouver clothing designers but don’t know what issue it was in, could you help me find a copy of the article?
- Is the transcript to the October 13, 2008 Glenn Beck show on CNN available?
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Search by keyword or topic to find useful information and subjects that matter to Canadian secondary students.
Canadian Student Research Centre
This database provides access to information and topics that are studied in Canadian secondary schools. Students can easily search by keywords or by topic to find the most useful search results. Results can be sorted by source type – magazines, reference books, photos, flags and more.
Use this database to answer questions like:
- What information is available on women in Canadian politics?
- How has social networking affected how Canadians communicate?
- How did Louis Riel influence Canadian history?
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Search readable and authoritative information on all of the significant British Columbia people, places, and things.
Encyclopedia of British Columbia
This is the definitive database for information on British Columbia. Includes more than 4,000 entries and hundreds of photos, maps, videos, tables, and charts. This database is an excellent source of readable and authoritative information on all the significant British Columbia people, places, and things.
Use this database to answer questions like:
- How does British Columbia’s experience with a coalition government in 1941 parallel recent attempts at a coalition government in Ottawa?
- How has the physical geography of British Columbia evolved and changed over time and what role has glaciations, volcanoes and earthquakes played in forming our landscape?
- How much money did tourists spend in British Columbia in 2004?
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Encyclopedias & Dictionaries
Search readable and authoritative information on all of the significant British Columbia people, places, and things.
Encyclopedia of British Columbia
This is the definitive database for information on British Columbia. Includes more than 4,000 entries and hundreds of photos, maps, videos, tables, and charts. This database is an excellent source of readable and authoritative information on all the significant British Columbia people, places, and things.
Use this database to answer questions like:
- How does British Columbia’s experience with a coalition government in 1941 parallel recent attempts at a coalition government in Ottawa?
- How has the physical geography of British Columbia evolved and changed over time and what role has glaciations, volcanoes and earthquakes played in forming our landscape?
- How much money did tourists spend in British Columbia in 2004?
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Research a variety of topics from over 25,000 encyclopedic entries.
Funk and Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
This database provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas.
Use this database to answer questions like:
- What is Oprah’s history?
- What economic and social effects has advertising had on American citizens?
- What was Johnny “Appleseed’s” real last name and why did he receive this now-famous moniker?
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Search various databases and publications in one place for photos. Search by image type, key word, and topic.
Image Search
Database offers an easy to use integrated image searching system. Search various databases and publications in one place for photos, graphs, and charts. Search by image type, key word, topic and more.
Use this service to:
- Quickly find high quality images, graphs and charts to supplement or backup your presentations.
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Search bilingual dictionaries, quotations databases, maps and illustrations, timelines and more.
Oxford Reference Online
Access to over 100 dictionaries and reference books, plus an encyclopedia into a single cross-searchable database. Search quotations, maps and illustrations, timelines, and more.
Use this database to answer questions like:
- In which year was the Suez Canal formally opened?
- Who said, "Tis better to have loved and lost…?"
- When was the world’s first successful human heart transplant?
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Search World Book Encyclopedia, World Book Kids, World Book Student, and more.
WorldBook Online
An online reference source containing the entire contents of The World Book Encyclopedia, World Book Kids, World Book Student, and more. Multimedia, maps, illustrations, and related newspaper and magazine articles are included.
Use this database to answer questions like:
- How do they make gum?
- How did they build the Aqueduct in ancient Rome?
- Do you have pictures of Sir Winston Churchill?
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Health & Wellness
Search medical and drug information and gain an overall understanding of health-related topics.
Consumer Health Complete – EBSCOhost
Consumer Health Complete is a comprehensive resource for consumer-oriented health content. It is designed to support patients' information needs and foster an overall understanding of health-related topics. Consumer Health Complete provides content covering all areas of health and wellness from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated medicine. In addition, Consumer Health Complete includes the Clinical Reference System and the Lexi-PAL Drug Guide, which provides access to up-to-date, concise and clinically relevant drug monographs. The database is updated on a weekly basis.
Use this database to answer questions like:
- What types of Cholesterol medications are available in Canada?
- What is the difference between Diabetes Type 1 and Diabetes Type 2?
- What quit smoking treatment and tips are available?
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History & Genealogy
Find your ancestors by searching this database of genealogical resources including census returns and more.
Ancestry Library Edition (In Library Use Only)
This is a searchable database of genealogical resources including U.S., U.K and Canadian census returns, vital statistics, parish records, military records, court records, ships’ passenger lists, directories, family trees, periodicals, local histories, maps and forms. Some records include digitized images.
Use this database to answer questions like:
- My great grandfather was born in 1889 in Saskatchewan, is his birth certificate available?
- How can I easily and effectively keep track of my research done on my family tree?
- My grandmother moved died in 1956, is her death certificate available?
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Hobbies, Crafts & Travel
Read up-to-date coverage of travel, communications and cultural issues for all types of travellers.
Global Road Warrior
Find up-to-date coverage of travel, communications and cultural issues for students, travellers, or international deal closers. Includes 1575 high-resolution maps to Zoomify™ and download, 6500 photos, and 11-million-plus words of content, growing and updated daily.
Use this database to answer questions like:
- Will my existing cell phone work when I travel abroad?
- I am planning a trip to Fiji, has there recently been any social unrest or cultural conflicts?
- What is the average temperature in Berlin during the month of May?
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Find detailed how-to instructions for various types of arts and crafts.
Hobbies & Crafts Reference Centre
The Hobbies & Crafts Reference Centre covers popular hobbies, crafts and recreation activities, with detailed how-to instructions and ideas to meet the interests of hobby-enthusiasts. Subject areas include arts & crafts, collecting games and electronics, model building, home and leisure, needlework, outdoors and nature, scrapbooking, and papercraft.
Use this database to answer questions like:
- How can I make creative greeting cards?
- What periodicals contain information on model shipbuilding?
- How do I knit a Purl Stitch?
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Law
View 2006 BC building codes, including BC fire codes, and BC plumbing codes.
BC Codes (In Library Use Only)
Provides access to the 2006 BC building codes, BC fire codes, and BC plumbing codes.
Use this database to answer questions like:
- What fire protection features are required to be incorporated in a building from 1992 versus a new building?
- What is the sanitation code pertaining to non-potable water piping?
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Search British Columbia laws as well as link to British Columbia government publications.
QP LegalEze (In Library Use Only)
QP LegalEze is a web based subscription service to the current laws of British Columbia, produced in partnership with the Ministry of Attorney General and Legislative Assembly.
Use this database to answer questions like:
- What are the laws regarding residential tenancy in British Columbia?
- What are the Supreme Court rules?
- What is the Employment Standards Act?
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Newspapers
Read current and archived full-text news from 219 major and rural Canadian Newspapers.
Canadian Newsstand
Access the full-text of 219 major and rural Canadian Newspapers from Canadian leading newspaper publishers and news sources. Never miss out on the latest headline news, with one click you can link to RSS feeds from your favourite news source.
Use this database to answer questions like:
- Read your local paper as well as many others from around the country.
- Do a broad search for articles of a particular national news story within a certain date range.
- Find the news article about yourself or a friend from three years ago in a particular paper or magazine.
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Science, Technology & Environment
Find information on librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, and more.
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts with Full-text
Library, Information Science &amo; Technology Abstracts with Full-text (LISTA) indexes more than 500 core journals, more than 50 priority journals, and 125 selective journals, plus books, research reports, and proceedings. Subject coverage includes librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management, and more. Coverage in the database extends back as far as the mid-1960s.
Use this database to answer questions like:
- How do you assess information preferences to drive information services?
- How has descriptive cataloguing evolved in Germany?
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Search core journals, books, and research reports on librarianship, information management, and more.
Professional Collection: Educators, Library and Information Management
Database links to Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts with Full-text which indexes core journals, priority journals, and selective journals, plus books, research reports, and proceedings. Subject coverage includes librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management, and more.
Use this database to answer questions like:
- How are bibliometrics relevant to science?
- How do you promote reading in the age of technology?
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Social Sciences & Education
Search for full-text articles in more than 4,500 journals, and 3,700 peer-reviewed titles in this multi-disciplinary database.
Academic Search Premier
This multi-disciplinary database provides full-text for more than 4,500 journals, including full-text for more than 3,700 peer-reviewed titles. PDF files dating back to 1975 or further are available for well over 100 journals and searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,000 titles.
Use this database to answer questions like:
- How has England’s economic outlook changed over the past century?
- What are the links between labour trafficking and corruption?
- Is there a need for business environmental and social responsibility in the tourism industry?
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Search this comprehensive guide to relevant Canadian topics, use to develop arguments, and write position papers.
Canadian Points of View
Designed to assist researchers in understanding the full scope of controversial subjects. Both secondary school and undergraduate students can use this database as a guide to debate, developing arguments, writing position papers, and for the development of critical thinking skills. Searchable essays include a series of questions and additional material to generate further thought. Also included are thousands of supporting articles from the world’s top political and societal publications.
Use this database to answer questions like:
- I am writing an essay on renewable energy in Canada and need contrasting Canadian viewpoints to development my argument, what have other distinguished Canadians written about this topic?
- How do I choose a topic, write a thesis statement, and organize my ideas into a brilliant essay?
Explore this age-appropriate, grade school student database that emphasizes searching by topics.
Kids Search
This database offers kindergarten through grade school students an age-appropriate, easy-to-use and graphically appealing interface, with an emphasis on searching by topic, such as geography, art, sports, and current events.
Use this database to answer questions like:
- How can I make my own fossils?
- What types of spiders are poisonous?
- What does immigrate mean?
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Search for full-text articled in over 1,750 general reference publications, 500 reference books, and more.
MasterFILE Premier
This multidisciplinary database provides full-text for nearly 1,750 general reference publications with full-text information dating as far back as 1975. Covering virtually every subject area of general interest, MasterFILE Premier also includes nearly 500 full-text reference books, full-text from 86,017 biographies, 105,786 full-text primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 400,972 photos, maps and flags. This database is updated daily via EBSCOhost.
Use this database to answer questions like:
- How does facial expression alter how verbal messages are received?
- What are the limits of macroeconomics?
- What does the flag of Cuba look like?
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Access full-text for more than 140 popular middle school magazines.
Middle Search Plus
Middle Search Plus provides full-text for more than 140 popular, middle school magazines. All full-text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). Full-text is also available for thousands of biographies and historical essays. Middle Search Plus also contains 84,774 biographies, 105,786 primary source documents, and an image collection of 400,972 photos, maps and flags.
Use this database to answer questions like:
- How many species of frogs are on the endangered species list?
- When was Manitoba accepted into the Canadian federation?
- How do mountains form?
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Search bilingual dictionaries, quotations databases, maps and illustrations, timelines and more.
Oxford Reference Online
Access to over 100 dictionaries and reference books, plus an encyclopedia into a single cross-searchable database. Search quotations, maps and illustrations, timelines, and more.
Use this database to answer questions like:
- In which year was the Suez Canal formally opened?
- Who said, "Tis better to have loved and lost…?"
- When was the world’s first successful human heart transplant?
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Access full-text for more than 70 popular magazines for grade school aged children.
Primary Search
Primary Search provides full-text for more than 70 popular, magazines for elementary school research. All full-text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles), and full-text information dates as far back as 1990.
Use this database to answer questions like:
- Dogs are not just pets, what types of jobs can dogs do?
- What type of birds cannot fly?
- How do you make your own comic?
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Search a specialized collection of nearly 520 high quality education journals, and 350 peer-reviewed titles.
Professional Development Collection
Designed for professional educators, this database provides a highly specialized collection of nearly 520 high quality education journals, including more than 350 peer-reviewed titles. This database also contains more than 200 educational reports. Professional Development Collection is the most comprehensive collection of full-text education journals in the world.
Use this database to answer questions like:
- How can you integrate technology into the art classroom?
- How do you strategically plan during tough economic times?
- What do employers expect of college and university graduates?
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Explore this age-appropriate grade school student research and reading database which includes teacher resources.
Searchasaurus
A full-text database for grade school research and reading. Unique platform offers dictionary, encyclopedia, pictures along with visual search options using a modular based searching system. Searchable subjects include animals, art, music, health, history, science, math, sports, and stories. Includes teacher resources.
Use this database to answer questions like:
- How does a cactus survive in the desert?
- Who created the light bulb?
- How did the pioneers live?
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Student Resources
Search for full-text articles in more than 4,500 journals, and 3,700 peer-reviewed titles in this multi-disciplinary database.
Academic Search Premier
This multi-disciplinary database provides full-text for more than 4,500 journals, including full-text for more than 3,700 peer-reviewed titles. PDF files dating back to 1975 or further are available for well over 100 journals and searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,000 titles.
Use this database to answer questions like:
- How has England’s economic outlook changed over the past century?
- What are the links between labour trafficking and corruption?
- Is there a need for business environmental and social responsibility in the tourism industry?
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Browse and search for country economic data, company profiles, industry information, and market research.
Business Source Premier
Business Source Premier is the industry’s most used business research database, providing full-text for more than 2,300 journals, including full-text for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed titles. This database is updated daily by EBSCOhost.
Use this database to answer questions like:
- Is there market research available on how to market Generation-Y?
- What business profile information is available for Syncrude Canada Ltd.?
- What is the state of Australia’s economy?
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Read current and archived full-text news from 219 major and rural Canadian Newspapers.
Canadian Newsstand
Access the full-text of 219 major and rural Canadian Newspapers from Canadian leading newspaper publishers and news sources. Never miss out on the latest headline news, with one click you can link to RSS feeds from your favourite news source.
Use this database to answer questions like:
- Read your local paper as well as many others from around the country.
- Do a broad search for articles of a particular national news story within a certain date range.
- Find the news article about yourself or a friend from three years ago in a particular paper or magazine.
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Search this comprehensive guide to relevant Canadian topics, use to develop arguments, and write position papers.
Canadian Points of View
Designed to assist researchers in understanding the full scope of controversial subjects. Both secondary school and undergraduate students can use this database as a guide to debate, developing arguments, writing position papers, and for the development of critical thinking skills. Searchable essays include a series of questions and additional material to generate further thought. Also included are thousands of supporting articles from the world’s top political and societal publications.
Use this database to answer questions like:
- I am writing an essay on renewable energy in Canada and need contrasting Canadian viewpoints to development my argument, what have other distinguished Canadians written about this topic?
- How do I choose a topic, write a thesis statement, and organize my ideas into a brilliant essay?
Search by keyword or topic to find useful information and subjects that matter to Canadian secondary students.
Canadian Student Research Centre
This database provides access to information and topics that are studied in Canadian secondary schools. Students can easily search by keywords or by topic to find the most useful search results. Results can be sorted by source type – magazines, reference books, photos, flags and more.
Use this database to answer questions like:
- What information is available on women in Canadian politics?
- How has social networking affected how Canadians communicate?
- How did Louis Riel influence Canadian history?
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Find information fast - on virtually any subject by using EBSCOhost to search a series of multidisciplinary databases simultaneously.
EBSCOhost
A series of databases for all ages that include thousands of magazines and newspaper articles, most in full-text, covering topics like health (academic and consumer), business, pharmacology, junior encyclopedias, animal research, as well as our feature database, MasterFILE Premier. MasterFILE Premier provides full-text for more than 2,000 general reference publications with full text information dating as far back as 1975. Covering virtually every subject area of general interest. Also includes nearly 450 full-text reference books, 84,074 biographies, 86,135 primary source documents, and an image collection of 107,135 photos, maps and flags.
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Search readable and authoritative information on all of the significant British Columbia people, places, and things.
Encyclopedia of British Columbia
This is the definitive database for information on British Columbia. Includes more than 4,000 entries and hundreds of photos, maps, videos, tables, and charts. This database is an excellent source of readable and authoritative information on all the significant British Columbia people, places, and things.
Use this database to answer questions like:
- How does British Columbia’s experience with a coalition government in 1941 parallel recent attempts at a coalition government in Ottawa?
- How has the physical geography of British Columbia evolved and changed over time and what role has glaciations, volcanoes and earthquakes played in forming our landscape?
- How much money did tourists spend in British Columbia in 2004?
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Research a variety of topics from over 25,000 encyclopedic entries.
Funk and Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
This database provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas.
Use this database to answer questions like:
- What is Oprah’s history?
- What economic and social effects has advertising had on American citizens?
- What was Johnny “Appleseed’s” real last name and why did he receive this now-famous moniker?
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