Gale Databases
The Gale Databases consist of the Gale Virtual Reference Library and the Canadian Periodicals Database - CPI.Q. These databases can be searched individually or at the same time using the PowerSearch feature.

Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. These reference materials once were accessible only in the library, but now you can access them online from the library or remotely 24/7.

Use CPI.Q (Canadian Periodicals) 1980 - Oct 2009 to find articles from a comprehensive list of Canadian and international journals, magazines, selected sections of the Globe and Mail, Canadian biographies, and other reference content from Gale, all with a Canadian focus.

World Book Online Reference Centre
World Book Online Reference Centre includes World Book Atlas, World Book Dictionary and World Book Advanced, which includes encyclopedic, multimedia, eBook and primary source databases all accessed through a single search feature, correlates to BC high school curriculum standards, and offers a citation builder.

Also included is L'Encyclopedie Decouverte, an extensive encyclopedia supporting French curriculum and language development and Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos, an intermediate Spanish-language encyclopedia

Encyclopedia of British Columbia
Please note: The Encyclopedia of BC will sometimes require a username and password.
Username: kingdavid
Password: bolt435tin

EBSCO Host
MasterFILE Premier which contains the full-text of nearly 1,750 journals covering general reference, business, health, education, general science, multicultural issues as well as the full-text of almost 500 reference books, more than 85,000 bibliographies, over 100,000 primary source documents and 300,000 photos, maps and flags

Academic Search Premier with the full-text for more than 4,500 journals covering biology, chemistry, engineering, physics, psychology, religion and theology

Canadian Reference Centre that combines the full-text of leading Canadian magazines, newspapers, newswire and reference books as well as leading Canadian and international journals, biographies, photos, maps and flags

Consumer Health Complete, the single most comprehensive resource for consumer health information from mainstream medicine to complementary, holistic and integrated medicine sources that includes the full-text of more than 200 health reference books and encyclopedias, hundreds of consumer health related periodicals, thousands of evidence-based health reports and drug patient education sheets as well as hundreds of medical images, diagrams and physician-generated videos

Business Source Premier, a full-text database containing more than 2,300 journals covering all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, accounting, finance and economics

NoveList with more than 60,000 juvenile fiction records, a readers' advisory service with access to 155,000 fiction titles and access to author read-alikes, book discussion guides and reading lists