Featured Links & Resources
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Ancestry Library Edition
AVAILABLE ONLY IN LIBRARY
Ancestry Library Edition brings the world’s most popular consumer online genealogy resource to your library. It’s an unprecedented online collection of over 4 billion individuals from North America, Europe, Australia, and more.
Answers await everyone - whether professional or hobbyist, expert or novice, genealogist, or historian - inside the more than 4,000 available databases. Here, you can unlock the story of you with sources like censuses, vital records, immigration records, family histories, military records, court and legal documents, directories, photos, maps, and more. -
BC Building and Fire Codes
AVAILABLE ONLY IN LIBRARY
The new BC Building Code and BC Fire Code, based on the 2005 National Building Code of Canada and 2005 National Fire Code of Canada, are regulations that establish minimum standards for: Health, Safety, Accessibility, Fire and structural protection of buildings in British Columbia, Protection of the building or facility from water and sewer damage, Energy and water efficiency. -
BC Laws
BC Laws provides free public access to the current laws of British Columbia. This unofficial current consolidation of BC Statutes and Regulations is updated continually as new and amended laws come into force.
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BC Secure Stats
BC Stats is the central statistical agency of the Province of British Columbia. BC Stats maintains the provincial government's largest concentration of statistical products, services and expertise.
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BC Vehicle Safety and Inspection Standards
Vehicle Safety and Inspection Standards Online (VSIS Online) is produced by the Queen’s Printer in partnership with the Ministry of Transportation to provide current access to vehicle safety and inspection standards and related BC legislation from official sources.
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Britannica Online
Contains comprehensive content for all library patrons - from elementary students to college students, from business professionals to curious seniors. Whether it’s frogs or physics, gardening or geography, Britannica Online covers it all.
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Britannica World Data Analyst
Access printable country statistics including map, area, population, demographic and vital statistics, gross national product, and more.
Create your own tables and graphs comparing countries using the most recent statistics or historical statistics, which show changes in countries over time.
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British Colonist
This website contains all the issues of the British Colonist (also called The Daily British Colonist, the Daily Colonist, and other variants) from its first issue in 1858 to June of 1910. Once trapped between its crumbling covers, the chronicle of Victoria and British Columbia is now freely available at the click of a mouse. You can browse by date or use the search feature to mine the contents of the paper.
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Business Plans Handbook
AVAILABLE ONLY IN LIBRARY
Business Plans Handbook is a collection of actual business plans compiled by entrepreneurs seeking funding for small businesses throughout North America. For those looking for examples of how to approach, structure and compose their own business plans, the Handbook presents 24 sample plans taken from businesses in the manufacturing, retail and service industries, only the company names and addresses have been changed.
Typical business plans include type of business; statement of purpose; executive summary; business/industry description; market; product and production; management/personnel; and financial specifics. This edition also contains a business plan template and two fictional business plans, all of which can aid users in developing business plans of their own. Also featured is a listing of organizations, agencies, and consultants; a glossary of small business terms; and an updated bibliography. -
Canadian Directory to Foundations and Corporations
AVAILABLE ONLY IN LIBRARY
The Canadian Directory to Foundations & Grants is an online database containing updated information on over 2,200 Canadian grant-making foundations. Together these foundations hold assets of almost $12 billion and award grants with a total value of over $1 billion. In addition, we include over 150 American foundations with a history of granting in Canada, and over 500 partial records (for which we print only the Purpose statement): most of these are either dissolved foundations or foundations that restrict their giving to a few specified charities. -
Canadian Newsstands
Canadian Newsstand™ offers unparalleled access to the full text of over 240 Canadian newspapers from Canada's leading publishers, including The Globe and Mail.
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Chilton Automotive Library
This 24-hour on-call 'mechanic' provides quick online access to repair, maintenance and service information on the most popular cars, trucks, vans and SUVs on the road today.
With more than 45 years of information on auto tear-downs provided in step-by-step procedures, engine, chassis, electrical, drive train, routine maintenance, suspension work and more is made easier for mechanics of any experience level. Photos, illustrations and repair procedures help to simplify even the most arduous tasks. -
Clicklaw
Clicklaw is aimed at enhancing access to justice in British Columbia. It features legal information and education, but it is not a site of laws. Instead, Clicklaw features legal information and education designed for the public from 24 contributor organizations, as well as selected others.
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Encyclopedia of British Columbia
This online edition of the Encyclopedia of British Columbia features: more than 4,000 articles on all aspects of BC, advanced search functions, hundreds of sound and video clips, thousands of historic and colour photos, more than 700 links to related web sites, hundreds of maps, tables and charts, more than 17,000 internal cross-reference links.
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Global Road Warrior
If you are planning a trip, or just wishing you were going somewhere, Global Road Warrior has the practical information you need for 175 countries. Whether you are going to Argentina or Togo, want to learn about greetings or need advice for female travellers, you can find it here along with a wealth of other information.
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Kids Search
Features a search interface designed specifically for elementary/middle school students according to their needs and search abilities. The Kids Search interface combines a state-of-the-art search engine (powered by EBSCOhost®) with a child-friendly, graphically-rich design that is both powerful and fun to use.
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Library to Go
Borrow downloadable audio books and e-books at any time You can have up to 5 downloadable items checked out. At a time to your Windows PC. Notebook, PDA, iPod or MP3 player. Some you can even burn to CD so you can enjoy it again and again. After two weeks the downloads automatically get 'checked in', so you can borrow more. All you need is your library membership number and your PIN.
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Master File Premier
Designed specifically for public libraries, MasterFILE™ Premier contains full text for nearly 1,700 periodicals covering general reference, business, health, education, general science, multicultural issues and much more. This database also contains full text for nearly 500 reference books, over 164,400 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of over 460,000 photos, maps & flags.
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NoveList
Find fiction you will want to read, search for novels similar to other books you have enjoyed, look for a novel about a particular theme. Relationship, geographic area or period of time, or review award winning novels. Includes novels for all ages.
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NoveList K-8
School media specialists, teachers and parents interested in helping kids locate age-appropriate books in the library will appreciate the features and depth of content contained within NoveList K-8 Plus. Designed especially for elementary and middle school students, NoveList K-8 Plus is an online database with fiction and nonfiction titles chosen specifically to support the school curriculum as well as the pleasure reading needs of students.
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QP LegalEze
Provides access to the current and archived laws of British Columbia. QP LegalEze is published by the Queen’s Printer in partnership with the Ministry of Attorney General and the Law Clerk of the Legislative Assembly. Updates are made continually to keep legislation current and accurate.
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Searchasaurus
Searchasaurus is EBSCO Publishing's user search experience for users in elementary or middle schools. Complete with erupting volcanoes, dinosaur guide and compass, Searchasaurus is an exciting and easy way for young researchers to experience online searching. It is an animated interface with a dinosaur theme that encourages young researchers to enhance and develop basic search methodologies. They will be riveted by the colorful, animated interface as they gather information on a wide range of topics.
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Small Engine Repair Reference Center
Small Engine Repair Reference Center™ is the definitive online tool for small engine repair assistance, including: ATVs, commercial mowers, farm tractors, generators, motorcycles, marine (boats), outdoor power equipment, PWC (personal watercraft/jet ski), snowblowers, snowmobiles, tillers and other small engines. This comprehensive resource contains 410 reference books in full text with original photos and illustrations that guide the user through every job.
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Student Research Center
Features a search interface designed specifically for secondary school students, according to their needs and search abilities. The Student Research Center provides students in secondary schools with the most appropriate research tools for easily obtaining the information that they seek from their EBSCO databases.
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TumbleBooks
Welcome to Tumblebooks - a fun and interactive library of animated, talking storybooks for beginning readers and older bookworms as well. Read along and listen, or read on your own Tumblebooks will help you build reading skills as you have fun with stories that are just right for you.
After reading a story you can play puzzles and games or even submit a book report on your favorite Tumblebook story. Once you are ready for longer chapter books, check out classic tales such as The Wizard of Oz in the Tumble Readables section.
