AllData provides users with access to comprehensive automotive diagnostic and repair information for a wide range of vehicle makes and models, from 1982 to 2010. Information is taken directly from original equipment manufacturer service manuals.
Databases A to Z
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Detailed statistics on all facets of life in British Columbia, it's economy, geography and society, environmentals status and recreational facilities, and where the province stands within Canada. Quick Facts About British Columbia gives a summary picture of key indicators. Census Data for BC includes the 2006, 2001, 1996, and 1991 censuses, plus older data back to 1921 on select topics.
In-library use only.
Video storybooks, paired with non-fiction, on a variety of topics, for pre-kindergarten to grade three.
In the library and at home with your BPL card.
Full text of the BC Fire Code, BC Building Code and BC Plumbing Services (Part 7 of the BC Building Code).
In-library use only.
Burnaby Matters is an historical index to Burnaby newspapers dating back to 1935 and Municipal Manager's Reports to Council dating back to 1964. It provides citations only – please ask at the Metrotown second-floor information desk for access to these articles and documents. For a list of newspapers included in Burnaby Matters, see Burnaby Historical Newspapers [PDF].
In the library and at home (no library card required).
Full text of Gale's 17-volume Business Plans Handbook. Includes sample business plans for manufacturing, retail and service industries in North America. This resource is made available by funding from the Sutherland Foundation and the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre.
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Full-text articles from the Burnaby Now and Burnaby News Leader, Vancouver Sun and Province, The Globe and Mail and more than 190 other newspapers from across Canada. Two day publishing delay. List of titles.
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This interactive career guidance site includes a "career matchmaker" skills assessment tool, occupational profiles and an extensive listing of post-secondary academic and training programs.
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Search thousands of job opportunities across Canada. CareerAim allows you to search by job title or description, and browse postings by geographic location, company and industry. More than 250,000 new jobs are added each month. Check out our getting started guide for information on searching with or without an account, saving searches for later, and setting up job alerts.
In-library use only.
Full text of more than 1,500 Chinese-language magazines.
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Full text of Consumer Reports magazine, from 1991 to the present.
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Full text of the Consumer Reports Buying Guide, from 1999 to present.
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Statistics Canada's interactive tool for students. Allows users to generate tables and create custom graphs and maps from Statistics Canada's census of population and socioeconomic data. Includes data from the primary socio-economic databases, the most recent and historical censuses, and publications such as Canada Year Book, Canadian Social Trends, Health Reports and more. About E-STAT.
In the library and at home (no library card required). Restricted to staff, volunteers and registered students of educational institutions.
Full text of thousands of Canadian and international journals and magazines. Includes business, medical, academic and popular titles.
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Access to more than 1.4 million bibliographic records of journal articles and other education-related materials. Where available, links to the full-text in PDF are provided. Includes journal articles, conference papers, technical reports and policy papers from a variety of sources, including scholarly organizations, professional associations, research centers, university presses, the U.S. Department of Education, and U.S. state and local agencies.
In the library and at home (no library card required).
French language encyclopedia similar in scope to Encyclopedia Britannica. Content from more than 7,000 authors.
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Junior edition of Encyclopédie Universalis. Includes articles on a wide array of topics such as history, geography, science and technology. French-language students are challenged with progressively more complex vocabulary. Includes images and media to facilitate comprehension.
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Online access to Facts on File's comprehensive reference works on the ancient, medieval and early modern history of Europe and Japan. Includes full-text access to the four-volume Encyclopedia of Society and Culture in the Ancient World, the four-volume Encyclopedia of Society and Culture in the Medieval World, the Encyclopedia of the Ottoman Empire, the Handbook to Life in Medieval and Early Modern Japan, the Handbook to Life in Renaissance Europe, and the three-volume Handbook to Life in the Medieval World.
In the library and at home with your BPL card.
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Online version of Ty's Job White Pages, a weekly magazine listing new job postings throughout the Lower Mainland. Includes an annual salary survey for BC jobs.
In-library use only.
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BPL's growing collection of fiction and non-fiction e-books and audiobooks. Download titles to read or listen to on a home computer, e-reader or mobile device. This collection is available only to Burnaby residents. Find out which e-readers are library e-book friendly or check out our getting started guide.
At home with your BPL card.
A shared collection of fiction and non-fiction e-books and audiobooks to read or listen to on a home computer, e-reader or mobile device. Note that Burnaby Public Library patrons have access only to those titles added to the collection on or before April 2012. For newer titles, visit BPL's Library to Go collection.
At home with your BPL card.
Learn software, creative and business skills with Lynda.com training tutorials. Includes more than 16,000 courses on software programs like Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Photoshop and Premier, plus courses on career improvement, productivity, marketing and more. Lynda.com also includes tutorials on social media and web publishing tools like Facebook, Twitter and Wordpress. Note this resource is available only at the Tommy Douglas computer lab, and must be accessed using the desktop icon on the lab computers.
In-library use only at the Tommy Douglas computer lab.
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Interactive online language courses available from home and on your mobile device. Mango focuses on everyday, common conversations to enhance vocabulary, pronunciation, grammar and cultural understanding. Choose from among more than 40 languages, plus ESL courses for speakers of 15 different languages. Download our instruction guide [PDF]. Mango Languages can be accessed on a mobile device – see our Mobile and Apps section for details.
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MasterFILE Premier contains full text for nearly 1,700 periodicals in a broad range of disciplines, including general reference, business, health, education, general science, multicultural issues and more. This database also contains the full text for more than 500 reference books and 100,000 primary source documents, and includes an image collection of more than 500,000 photos, maps and flags.
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Streaming audio from thousands of jazz CDs.
In the library and at home with your BPL card. Limited to three concurrent users.
Streaming audio from over 75,000 music CDs. Mostly classical but also some jazz, world and music education content. Naxos can be accessed on a mobile device – see our Mobile and Apps section for details.
In the library and at home with your BPL card. Limited to six concurrent users.
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A collection of more than 4,000 downloadable audiobooks from Recorded Books, including 100 Canadian titles from Maple Leaf Audio. These audiobooks are all simultaneous use, with no holds or waitlists. Download titles to your home computer, or to a mobile device using the OneClickDigital app.
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The Oxford Digital Reference Shelf includes electronic editions of Oxford's award-winning scholarly reference titles in the arts, literature and language, history, and culture. Access the following titles in full text:
- Encyclopedia of Aesthetics
- Encyclopedia of Africa
- Encyclopedia of Evolution
- Encyclopedia of Human Rights
- The Grove Encyclopedia of Classical Art & Architecture
- The International Encyclopedia of Dance
- The Oxford Companion to Architecture
- The Oxford Companion to World Exploration
- The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt
- The Oxford Encyclopedia of British Literature
- The Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History
- The Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America
- The Oxford Encyclopedia of Maritime History
- The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern World
- The Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History
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Authoritive definitions for more than 500,000 words. Traces the historical usage and meaning of terms, with more than 2.5 million quotations.
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Press Display includes more than 2,200 same-day newspapers from 97 countries in 54 languages, complete in their original format. Backfile includes the last 60 days.
In the library and at home with your BPL card. Limited to four concurrent users.
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Access to current and historical BC legislation. Full text of BC regulations, statutes, historical supreme court rules, corporate registry notices and the British Columbia Gazette.
In-library use only.
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This continuously updated company directory allows you to access comprehensive information on 1.5 million Canadian businesses. Find contact information, owner's name, credit rating, sales volume, number of employees and more.
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Full text of thousands of computer, technical and business books from top publishers, including O'Reilly, Sams, Microsoft and more.
Note: Safari Books Online will time out after a period of inactivity and users will sometimes be presented with a preview screen. To reconnect, see Problems with Safari Books Online.
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Online, full-text access the six-volume Magill's Medical Guide, covering diseases, disorders, treatments, procedures, issues and recent developments in medicine; the four-volume Salem Health: Cancer, covering more than 800 topics of interest to students, patients and caregivers; the three-volume Salem Health: Genetics, offering nonspecialist information on 460 topics in genetics, from the science behind the field to information on diseases and inherited conditions; and the four-volume Salem Health Complementary and Alternative Medicine, offering information on a variety of topics including acupuncture, aromatherapy, detoxification, herbal medicine and more.
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Full text of many Statistics Canada publications not available on the Internet.
In-library use only.
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Read or listen to animated, talking picture books and play literacy games.
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An online collection of read-along titles, including early readers and chapter books. Sentences are highlighted as they are read.
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Full text of current vehicle safety and inspection standards and related BC legislation.
In-library use only.
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Zinio provides full-text digital access to hundreds of magazines, including popular titles such as Consumer Reports, National Geographic, Martha Stewart Living, Esquire, Elle, Rolling Stone, Newsweek and more. For use on your home computer, tablet, smart phone or other mobile device. First-time user? Check out our getting started guide.
In the library and at home with your BPL card.
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