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
A
B
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.
Available in the library and at home. A BPL card is not required to access this resource.
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.
In the library and at home with your BPL card.
C
Full text access to Canada Employment Weekly in HTML and PDF. Canada Employment Weekly is Canada's largest career newspaper, with thousands of new jobs added each week from across Canada. New issues are published every Monday at 1:30pm Pacific time.
In-library use only.
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.
In the library and at home with your BPL card.
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.
In the library or at home with your BPL card.
Full text of more than 1,500 Chinese-language magazines.
In the library and at home with your BPL card.
Full text of Consumer Reports magazine, from 1991 to the present.
In the library and at home with your BPL card.
Full text of the Consumer Reports Buying Guide, from 1999 to present.
In the library and at home with your BPL card.
E
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.
In the library and at home with your BPL card.
French language encyclopedia similar in scope to Encyclopedia Britannica. Content from more than 7,000 authors.
In the library and at home with your BPL card.
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.
In the library and at home with your BPL card.
F
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.
Canada's largest provider of news and broadcast media monitoring, financial and corporate data. Includes detailed information about Canadian public and private companies, company directors, archival financial information and more. Corporate Surveys provides information on all publicly traded companies in Canada; Predecessor & Defunct has information on previously traded companies in Canada; Historical Reports covers Canada's top 450 companies; Industry Reports and Investor Reports cover Canada's top 900 companies.
In the library and at home with your BPL card. Limited to two concurrent users.
J
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.
L
Download and read or listen to bestselling and classic e-books and audiobooks 24-7 on your home computer, laptop, iPod, iPhone, iPad, Blackberry or WMA/MP3 player. Free software is required.
Check out our getting started guide >>
Find out which e-readers are library e-book friendly >>
At home with your BPL card.
M
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.
In the library and at home with your BPL card.
N
Streaming audio from close to 2,000 jazz CDs.
In the library and at home with your BPL card. Limited to three concurrent users.
Streaming audio from over 15,000 music CDs. Mostly classical but also some jazz, world and music education content.
In the library and at home with your BPL card. Limited to six concurrent users.
O
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
In the library and at home with your BPL card.
Authoritive definitions for more than 500,000 words. Traces the historical usage and meaning of terms, with more than 2.5 million quotations.
In the library and at home with your BPL card.
P
Press Display includes more than 500 same-day newspapers from 70 countries in 37 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.
Q
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.
R
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.
In the library and at home with your BPL card.
S
Full text of thousands of computer, technical and business books from top publishers, including O'Reilly, Sams, Microsoft and more.
In the library and at home with your BPL card. Limited to four concurrent users.
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; and 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.
In the library and at home with your BPL card.
Full text of many Statistics Canada publications not available on the Internet.
In-library use only.
T
Read or listen to animated, talking picture books and play literacy games.
In the library and at home with your BPL card.
An online collection of read-along titles, including early readers and chapter books. Sentences are highlighted as they are read.
In the library and at home with your BPL card.
V
Full text of current vehicle safety and inspection standards and related BC legislation.
In-library use only.
How do I...
Looking for databases by subject?
Visit Reference & Research. You'll find research guides by subject, with related databases and recommended websites.
Connection problems?
See our help guide in the FAQ section.
Important information for Library to Go users
The login requirements for Library to Go have changed. Burnaby residents are now required to log in using a BPL card, and will not be able to use cards issued by other libraries.
Learn more >>
© 2012 Burnaby Public Library