Student Resources
Alphabetical list of Student Digital Resources
Icon & Link | Grades | Name and Description |
A | ||
8-12 | Academic Search Premier Multidisciplinary research database with citations and full-text access to journals, magazines and other valuable resources across the academic subjects | |
B | ||
K-3 | Book Flix Professionally narrated and animated fiction and non-fiction ebooks to helps young students learn-to-read and read-to-learn. | |
C | ||
K-12 | Canadian Points of View Resources that explore opposing sides of current issues from Canadian perspectives | |
8-12 | Consumer Health Complete Consumer-oriented health content, including mainstream medicine and alternative treatments. | |
K-12 | CBC Curio / Radio Canada Streaming video service with educational videos, audio files and television programs from CBC / Radio-Canada. Includes News in Review and National Geographic. | |
K-12 | Canadian Literary Centre Full text articles, essays, literary criticism and book reviews focusing on Canadian literature and authors. | |
8-12 | Gale: Canada in Context Articles written from the Canadian perspective on a broad range of Canadian topics, people, places, and events. | |
D | ||
4-12 | Ebsco: Digital Revistas Spanish language magazines: Ahora, Que tal. Articles on popular topics. | |
6-12 | EBSCO: Digital Magazines Articles from popular magazines on a variety of topics. Includes: Consumer Reports, Saturday Evening Post, Popular Science, PCWorld, Hockey News, Dog World, Rolling Stone, Canadian Gardening, Smithsonian, Today's Diet & Nutrition and more. | |
K-7 | EBSCO: Digital Magazines for Kids Articles from popular children's magazines on a variety of topics. Includes: Jack and Jill, Highlights, Science World, Scholastic News, Spider, Junior Scholastic, Scholastic Math, Creative Kids, Ladubug, Boys' Quest, Dig and more. | |
8-12 | EBSCO: Digital Magazines for Teens Articles from popular teen and general interest magazines on a variety of topics. Includes: Current Events, Scholastic Choices, BMX Plus, Elle, Dance, Teen Tribute, Rolling Stone, Horse & Rider, Current Health, Scholastic Action and more. | |
K-12 | Discovery Education A multidisciplinary database of media clips that can be downloaded or streamed. Includes Discovery Techbook as well as teacher resources. | |
E | ||
8-12 | Ebsco Host Research interface for multiple EBSCO databases, including: Canadian Reference Ctr, LISTA, GreenFile, Academic Search Premier, MasterFILE, Consumer Health Complete, Professional Development Collection, Teacher Reference Ctr. | |
3-7 | Explora: Primary Schools A single interface for multiple Ebsco databases for children. Includes topic overviews to give students a starting point for their research. Databases: Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia, Academic Search Premier, Middle Search Plus, Primary Search. | |
8-12 | Explora: Secondary Schools A single interface for multiple Ebsco databases for high school students. Databases include: Canadian Ref Ctr, Academic Search Premier, Middle Search Plus, MasterFILE Premier, Literary Ref Ctr, Canadian Points of View and more. | |
F | ||
K-12 | Follett Shelf E-Books Select your school from the list to search for ebooks in your library catalogue. More than 1000 fiction and non-fiction ebooks. | |
G | ||
8-12 | Gale: Global Issues in Context Research database with print resources, video clips and primary source documents on international topics, including: news, countries, statistics and current global issues. | |
8-12 | Gale Virtual Reference Library Multidisciplinary reference ebook database. | |
K | ||
K-12 | Know BC / Encyclopedia of BC Platform includes: The Encyclopedia of BC, Marine Life of the Pacific Northwest, The Encyclopedia of Raincoast Place Names, Far West: The Story of British Columbia, Lilies and Fireweed. | |
L | ||
K-12 | Learn360 Multidisciplinary database of multi-media resources, including: audiobooks, music, images, children's television programs, printable activities, interactive activities, encyclopedia articles and more. | |
M | ||
8-12 | MyBlueprint Information and tools to support exploration of career and post-secondary opportunities. | |
N | ||
9-12 | Novelist Novel summaries and read-alike recommendations. | |
4-7 | Novelist K-8 Plus Summaries and read-alike suggestions of children's books. | |
K-7 | Gale: National Geographic Kids Complete issues of National Geographic Kids magazine plus downloadable images, ebooks and National Geographic readers. Topics include: history, biography, archeology, science, technology, wildlife, pets, nature and more. | |
P | ||
8-12 | Gale: Power Search A single interface for multiple Gale databases and publications (Canada in Context, Global issues in Context, Science in Context, and various Gale publications). | |
K-12 | Poetry & Short Story Reference Center Collection of classic and contemporary poetry, short stories, biographies and authoritative essays on poetic form, movement and technique. Includes sound, video and image files. | |
R | ||
K-12 | Radio – Canada / Curio Service de vidéo en continu avec des vidéos éducatives, des fichiers audio et des émissions de télévision de CBC / Radio-Canada. Inclut L'actualité en revue et National Geographic. | |
| EBSCO: Revues Numériques Permet d'explorer des revues en français pour différents niveaux d'apprentissages de la langue. | |
S | ||
8-12 | Gale: Science in Context Articles, activities, experiments, projects, and reference materials examining the science behind contemporary, real-world issues. | |
T | ||
K-12 | Tab Vue English E-books Non-fiction ebooks on Canadian topics. | |
K-12 | Tab Vue Livres Numériques / French E-books Une collection de livres numériques non romanesque en français. Pour y avoir accès, il n'est pas nécessaire d'utiliser une autorisation d’accès. | |
8-12 | Teen Book Cloud A collection of e-Books, and Audio books for high school students. Includes graphic novels, classic literature, young adult fiction, non-fiction, and National Geographic videos. | |
K-6 | Tumble Books Digital picture books and novels with storybook animation and narrations. | |
W | ||
3-9 | World Book: Advanced Multidisciplinary reference database. Includes: encyclopedia, multimedia entries, online books, primary source files, website links, special reports, dictionary, atlas, and local and country research guides. | |
4-9 | World Book: Découverte Multimédia, encyclopédie multidisciplinaire. Comprend: atlas en ligne, dictionnaire, animations, articles, images, illustrations, chronologies, clips vidéo et sonores et plus encore. | |
3-9 | World Book: Discover Multimedia, multi-disciplinary encyclopedia. Includes: online atlas, dictionary, animations, articles, pictures, illustrations, timelines, video and sound clips and more. | |
K-2 | World Book: Early Learning Fun learning platform. Voice overs for navigation buttons and activities make it easy to use for young children. Includes classic nursery rhymes and songs, learning activities, video clips and guided ebooks. | |
3-9 | World Book: Kids Children's encyclopedia, with articles, images, videos, games, science projects and illustrated dictionary and more. | |
3-9 | World Book: Student Multi-disciplinary, multimedia reference encyclopedia with articles, learning resources and research tools. | |
3-9 | World Book: Timelines Timelines covering major events in different subjects. Includes “Create a timeline” feature for teachers and students. | |
10-12 | Gale: World History in Context Chronicles the people, cultures, events, and societies that have formed the history of the human race. Includes primary sources, reliable reference, and multimedia content. | |