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Get your research started with our powerful online tools. Search across a number of databases including Academic Search Elite, EBSCOhost, Masterfile, and others. EBSCOhost app available..

Streaming video platform with a focus on educational films. Also includes TV series and feature films, both classic and contemporary, by acclaimed directors from around the world.

Access to more than 1.4 billion records covering the United States, eastern Canada, the British Isles, continental Europe, and beyond.  It includes one of the most extensive online collections of early American genealogical records, and the largest collection of U.S Catholic records online.  Available at Cloverdale branch.

Learn about the cultures of ancient and medieval cultures. Includes biographies, timelines, maps and videos.

Find what you are looking for faster with the B.C. Building Code, B.C. Fire Code, and B.C. Plumbing Code online.

This is a cooperative database with the birth, marriage, and burial records for Quebec and “New France”. Data is collected from 24 genealogical societies in Quebec province. It contains over 15 million records from the 16th to 20th Centuries.  Available at Cloverdale branch. 

Find country economic data, company profiles, industry information, and market research.

Daily and local newspapers including the Vancouver Sun, Province and Globe & Mail. Also includes obituary search. Some not available until 2 days after publication.

Learn to recognize and pronounce the 43 sounds of English through audio, video, and interactive activities. Please enjoy temporary access courtesy of Clarity English. Please email us as your feedback will help us consider whether this product is something our community would like us to purchase.

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French language encyclopedia for native French speakers, bilingual students, or anyone learning French. Published by Encyclopedia Britannica.

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International collection with a strong UK focus. Contains over 2 billion records from around the world, with the largest online collection of Irish records, millions of historical newspaper pages, emigration records, census, vitals, military, apprenticeship and more. Available at Cloverdale branch.

Find encyclopedia articles you can use with confidence. More than 25,000 articles covering most subject areas.

Find full text ebooks on a wide range of topics including business plans, coding, LGBTQ, and STEM/STEAM.

Current coverage of travel, communications and cultural issues for students, travelers, or business. Includes high-resolution maps and photos..

Search for jobs, post your resume. Employers can search for candidates in B.C. Available in library only. Job Freeway

Start learning on the go, or from the comfort of home. Find in-depth video lectures on a wide variety of topics. .

Comprehensive range of practice tests and tutorial courses for all ages. Learn new skills, build your resume and prepare for career or entrance exams.

Learn languages online. In addition to foreign languages, you can also learn English as a Second Language. App available.

Listen to music online. More than 85,000 audio tracks of classical, jazz, world, and folk music. Up to 5 users at a time. App available .

Enjoy 24 hours of free access to the New York Times. Redeem your code to read online or in the app (iOS and Android).

Download eBooks, audiobooks, and magazines to your device! Use the Libby app ​.

A gateway to a world-class collection of primary sources, with nearly 200 million pages of digitized historical content – maps, photos, newspapers, manuscripts, pamphlets, portraits, and much more. Includes a solid collection of UK historical newspapers from the 17th to 19th Centuries.

Contains over 2.4 million Quebec and “New France” records of various types from the 17th to 19th Century: various records from parishes, missions, and Catholic institutions, and over 26,000 Protestant marriages. A variety of other records as well, such as name census and passenger lists. Available at Cloverdale branch.

Incorporates coverage of more than 80 regional business publications covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.

Prepare for the IELTS General test. Track your progress on practice exams and use interactive activities, advice, and tips on question types. 15 users at one time. Not available on IE 11 .

Search across three national databases for historical resources relating to places in Scotland.  Includes millions of photographs, maps and digitized archives, as well as tax records and old Ordnance Survey records.  Learn more about Scottish ancestors by researching details about where they lived.

Repair information for ATVs, generators, boat motors, motorcycles, outdoor power equipment, personal water crafts, snowmobiles and tractors.

Find lessons, and practice tests for students in grades 3 to 12. Follows the BC provincial curriculum and is developed by the publishers of the Key/Solaro Study guides.

Information videos featuring Canadian and Indigenous voices.

A collection of animated picturebooks, games & puzzles for kids. Titles in English, French and some Spanish. z

Find career forecasts, aptitude quizzes and job postings at WorkBC's Career Compass. There is also a great range of other services on their main site and a location locator for in-person help.