The world's largest scholarly, multidisciplinary, full-text database. Coverage for nearly all academic areas of study, including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry and more. Over 4,000 titles.
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Databases A to Z
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Full text automobile service manuals back to 1982.
In-library use only at Bob Prittie Metrotown and at McGill.
Full text of approximately 25,000 auto repair manuals from the 1960s to the present.
In the library and at home with your BPL card.
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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.
Full text of Gale's 15-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.
Full text of more than 8,000 business journals, magazines and other sources. List of titles.
In the library and at home with your BPL card.
C
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, the Health Reports, and more. About E-STAT.
In-library use only.
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.
Full text of the Encyclopedia of British Columbia. Includes online features not part of the print version.
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.
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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.
G
Learn about the major issues around the world affecting our lives, with the latest developments from local and international sources as well as detailed, authoritative background information from a wide variety of resources. Includes multimedia presentations.
In the library and at home with your BPL card.
J
Online version of Ty's Job White Pages, a weekly magazine listing new job postings throughout the Lower Mainland and the rest of BC. Includes an annual Salary Survey for BC jobs.
In-library use only.
K
Elementary school level, kid-friendly database searches magazines, newspapers, encyclopedias and thousands of non-fiction books.
In the library and at home with your BPL card.
L
Download and listen to bestselling and classic audiobooks 24-7 on your home computer, laptop, iPod, PDA and WMA/MP3 player. Also includes e-books in PDF, Adobe EPUB and Mobipocket e-book formats.
Free software must be installed to manage downloading. Frequently asked questions.
At home with your BPL card. Note: on login, you will be asked to select your library. You must select the library that issued your library card, which, for some users, may be a library other than BPL.
N
Streaming audio from close to 2,000 jazz CDs.
In the library and at home with your BPL card. Limited to five simultaneous 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 five simultaneous users.
Wondering what to read next? NoveList will help you find fiction titles based on what you have read, or by topic. Includes both adult and children's titles.
In the library and at home with your BPL card.
Discover fiction titles that are popular with young readers. Contains materials for all kindergarten to grade eight levels and includes picture books, children's chapter books and young adult titles.
In the library and at home with your BPL card.
O
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
More than 500 same-day newspapers from 70 countries in 37 languages, complete in their original format. Backfile includes last 60 days.
In the library and at home with your BPL card.
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
Company directory of 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.
Colourful, animated interface encourages kindergarten to grade two children to experience online searching and to read and research age-appropriate material.
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
E-books for kids. Includes talking animated picture books and story books in audio format. Lots of fun!
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.
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