Fraser Valley Regional Library Databases
If you are a member of the FVRL, you can access several excellent and extensive electronic databases, including: Auto Repair, CBCA Business, Current Events & Reference, Novelist, Contemporary Authors, Ebscohost, Oxford Reference Desk and more.
You can also gain access to a downloadable audiobook service via netlibrary. The FVRL is available at:
http://www.fvrl.bc.ca/res_member_databases.asp
You will need your public FVRL library card number.
The Canadian Encyclopedia/L'encyclopédie Canadienne
An on-line bilingual version of The Canadian Encyclopedia/ L’Encyclopédie Canadienne version bilingue. This site is available free on the Internet, not by subscription. Site also offers the Encyclopedia of Music in Canada.
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/
Debatabase
An international debating website with coverage of many current issues. Gives Pros & Cons & further links. This site is available free on the Internet, not by subscription.
http://www.idebate.org/debatabase/
Biographies: List of major biography databases.
http://www.edselect.com/biographies.htm
Canadian Biography
http://www.biographi.ca/index2.html
CIA World Factbook
Up-to-date information on the countries of the world. (See also, from the library homepage: links by subject>social studies>countries)
https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
Canada's SCHOOLNET
http://www.rescol.ca/home/e/resources/Index_cur.asp
Wikipedia Selection for Schools 2008-09 - This 2008/9 Wikipedia DVD Selection is a free, hand-checked, non-commercial selection from Wikipedia, targeted around the UK National Curriculum and useful for much of the English speaking world. It has about 5500 articles (as much as can be fitted on a DVD with good size images) and is about the size of a twenty volume encyclopaedia (34,000 images and 20 million words) - http://schools-wikipedia.org/
Statistics Canada
(See also: ESTAT and get the school password from Ms. Beaudry or the password file on the network.)
http://www.statcan.ca/english/edu/index.htm
Reference Resources
(online dictionaries, thesaurus, translators, encyclopedias etc.) --list compiled by CLN
http://www.cln.org/subjects/refmat.html
Quotations: Searchable by keyword
http://www.bartleby.com/quotations/
VPL: Vancouver Public Library Youth Division.
Good for homework help, reading suggestions, catalogue search and lots more.
http://www.vpl.ca/branches/LibrarySquare/you/links.html
FVPL: Fraser Valley Public Library Teen Page.
Good for book reviews, community activities, catalogue search and more.
http://www.fvrl.bc.ca/comm_teen.asp
One Look Dictionary Search
http://www.onelook.com/
S9.com - Biographical Dictionary
http://www.s9.com/
Encyclopedia Mythica - Myths and Legends
http://www.pantheon.org/mythica.html
GeoHive - Global Statistics
http://www.geohive.com/default1.aspx
Best Information on the Net
http://library.sau.edu/bestinfo/
Brainy History
http://www.brainyhistory.com/
Saints' Haven
The LSS garden and how it came to be.
http://www.bctf.ca/ezine/archive/1998-1999/1998-10/support/OpeningHearts.html
Powerpoint Tutorial from Electric Teacher
FAQ for beginners. Answers most questions you'll need to do a basic powerpoint.
http://www.electricteacher.com/tutorial3.htm
Powerpoint presentation basics from the U. of Alberta.
A great how-to site that gives detailed steps for Pp 97 and Pp 2000 for adding clip art and more.
http://www.quasar.ualberta.ca/edit202/tutorial/PowerPoint/pptBasics/pptBasics.htm
Clipart
http://office.microsoft.com/clipart/default.aspx?lc=en-us
Internet Picture Dictionary
http://www.pdictionary.com/
British Columbia Statistics
http://www.bcstats.gov.bc.ca/
Inuktitut Living Dictionary
http://www.livingdictionary.com/
