EBC Online is the definitive reference work on BC. With more than 4,000 entries and 1,500 accompanying photographs, maps, charts and tables, as well as sound and video clips, EBC is the source of readable and authoritative information on all the significant BC people, places and things.

The site has many new features this year with a collection of e-books including, Encyclopedia of Raincoast Place Names; Marine Life of the Pacific Northwest; Raincoast Chronicles 20:  Frontier Women of British Columbia; Far West:  The Story of British Columbia; Where Mountains Meet the Sea:  History of Coastal B.C.

Canadian Reference Centre™ combines Canadian magazines, newspapers, newswires and reference books to create the largest collection of regional full text content available to Canadian libraries. This database includes hundreds of leading Canadian periodicals and international (U.S. and U.K.) periodicals in full text; full text reference books; 84,774 full text biographies and an Image Collection of 400,972 photos, maps and flags.

Canadian Points of View Reference Centre™ is a full-text database designed to provide students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue. The database provides information on 120 key topics of interest to Canadian researchers, each with an overview (objective background/description), point (argument), counterpoint (opposing argument), and Critical Thinking Guide. Topics covered include: environment, health, human rights, crime, race, technology, substance abuse, and many more.  Canadian Points of View Reference Centre contains a balance of materials from all viewpoints, including 480 main essays, leading political magazines, newspapers, radio & TV news transcripts, primary source documents, reference books and a series of titles from World Public Opinion. The database also offers guides to debate, developing arguments and writing position papers. Additionally, this database contains the Video Encyclopedia of the 20th Century, providing students with a searchable collection of some of the most important social, political, and cultural moments of the 20th century.

Consumer Health Complete™ (CHC) is the single most comprehensive resource for consumer-oriented health content. It is designed to support the information needs of patients, and to foster an overall understanding of health-related topics.   CHC provides content covering all areas of health and wellness from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated medicine. This full text database covers topics such as aging, cancer, diabetes, drugs and alcohol, fitness, nutrition and dietetics, children's health, men and women's health, etc.  Full text for more than 200 health reference books and encyclopedias and cover-to-cover full text from nearly 570 consumer health related periodicals as well as full text of the UPI (United Press International) English-Language Health Newswire

Middle Search® Plus contains full text for more than 140 popular, middle school magazines. All full text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). Full text is also available for thousands of biographies and historical essays.

MasterFILE™ Premier contains full text for nearly 1,750 periodicals covering general reference, business, health, education, general science, multicultural issues and much more. This database also contains full text for nearly 500 reference books, over 164,400 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of over 440,000 photos, maps and flags.

Academic Search™ Premier contains indexing and abstracts for more than 8,300 journals, with full text for more than 4,500 of those titles. PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals, and searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,000 titles.  Academic Search Premier contains unmatched full text coverage in biology, chemistry, engineering, physics, psychology, religion and theology, etc.

Professional Development Collection™ provides a highly specialized collection of electronic information especially for professional educators, professional librarians and education researchers. This collection offers information on everything from children's health and development to cutting-edge pedagogical theory and practice. Professional Development Collection includes full text for Chronicle of Higher Education, Educational Leadership, Journal of Education, Journal of Higher Education, Journal of Learning Disabilities, Theory Into Practice, and nearly 520 high quality education journals. This database also contains more than 200 educational reports.

Developed by librarians and literature experts, NoveList Plus is the premier resource for working with readers of all ages.  Whether you need to find the next book in a series or help a reader find an author who is a lot like their favourite author, NoveList has you covered.  With information on over 190,000 fiction and more than 80,000 nonfiction titles, NoveList Plus has the perfect answer for all of the tough questions you students ask.  As well, there are Book Discussion Guides and Recommended Reads Book Lists.

NoveList K-8 provides curricular-connected resources greared toward supporting reading across the curriculum and ensuring reading success for K to eighth grade students.  In additon to information on over 70,000 fiction and 30,500 nonfiction titles, including read-alikes for authors, titles, and series, NoveList provides you with librarian and literature-expert created content that is easily accessible, such as:  BookTalks, Curricular Connections, and Grab and Go Book Lists.

Business Source Premier is designed for business libraries, this is the industry's most used business research database, providing the full text for more than 2,150 journals. Business Source^® Premier provides indexing, abstracts and full text back to 1886. Business Source Premier provides comprehensive coverage in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, banking, finance, etc. Additional full-text, non-journal content includes market research reports, industry reports, country reports, company profiles and SWOT analyses.

Primary Search®, designed specifically for elementary school libraries, contains full text for more than 70 popular, elementary school magazines.  All full text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). Additionally, Primary Search includes the Encyclopedia of Animals™, and features Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia, providing students with easy-to-read encyclopedic entries written specifically for kids. The database also provides the American Heritage® Children's Dictionary, 3rd Edition from Houghton Mifflin, and an Image Collection.

World Book Kids is based on World Book's award winning Student Discovery Encyclopedia.   World Book Student  includes the articles of the World Book Encyclopedia, a Biography Center, dictionary, atlas, an extensive multimedia collection, thousands of editor-selected Web sites. World Book Advanced is a powerful reference tool that includes encyclopedic, multimedia, e-book, and primary source databases, fully integrated in a single search. L'Encyclopedie Decouverte offers World Book's editorial content and rich media in French and is designed for younger users who are native speakers and readers of French, as well as older students and adults for whom French is a second language.  A French visual dictionary helps students identify word emanings and the Bilingual feature allows users to switch between French and English content.   GALE CENGAGE LEARNING DATABASES CPI.Q contains a wealth of Canadian and international periodicals - including Canada's national newspaper, The Globe and Mail; Maclean's weekly magazine; Canadian News Facts; and encyclopedic reference materials, such as the Canadian Parliamentary Guide and Canadian Newsmakers. Use this database to find journal and newspaper articles, Canadian biographies, and other reference content, all with a Canadian focus. It contains over 1.6 million articles and is updated daily. Global Issues in Context features hundreds of continuously updated, media-rich issue and country portals that bring together a variety of specially selected, highly relevant sources for analysis of social, political, military, economic, environmental, health and cultural issues. The hundreds of full-text, English language international periodicals and newspapers included in Global Issues in Context offer local viewpoints, virtually transporting the user to where news is happening. .`   Gale Virtual Reference Library (e-Books) Arts and Humanities Through the Eras Profiling milestones and movements in the arts, literature, music, and religion from a specific period, each volume in this set helps students and researchers understand the various disciplines of the humanities in relation to each other, as well as to history and culture.  An overview of the period and a chronology of major world events begin each volume. Alternate Energy This three-volume set introduces students to issues surrounding both current energy sources and alternative energy options.  While there is significant discussion of the non-renewable resources now used to meet the majority of the world's energy needs (oil, coal, and natural gas), the primary focus of the set is on newer options to meet the ever-growing demand. Ancient Civilizations Reference Library The ancient civilizations of Iraq, Egypt, India, China, Central America, and other regions are the focus of this remarkable contribution to student reference. Concise Major 21st Century Writers This comprehensive, five-volume set, profiles today's most outstanding and widely known writers.  Clearly written in an easy-to-use format, it collects detailed biographical and bibliographical information on approximately 700 authors. Canadian Parliamentary Guide An annual guide to provides the following information in English and French:  biographical sketches of current parliamentarians, including the Privy Council, Senate and House of Commons; results of all federal general and by-elections since 1867; current and historical data and statistics on provincial and territorial governments, listings for provincial and territorial legislative assemblies, general by-election results; and other information. UXL Encyclopedia of Drugs and Addictive Substances Provides detailed information on 52 drugs and other addictive substances, defined as illegal drugs, legal addictive drugs and other substances as well as commonly abused classes of prescription and over-the-counter drugs.  Statistics highlight each entry and sidebars provide information on the legal, historical, or social aspects of the particular drugs. Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia This book incorporates recent developments in the animal world as noted by prominent advisors and contributors from the scientific community. Industrial Revolution Reference Library Covers the ideas and social turmoil that marked this transition as well as the machines, manufacturing processes and energy sources that spurred it on. Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Canadian Provinces This book provides students with up-to-date information on all of Canada's provinces and territories. Nutrition and Well-Being A-Z This two-volume reference examines the relationship between food and health on a historical, national, and personal level.  It analyzes how nutrition has affected quality of life, health and fitness in various countries at different times in history. Governments of the World:  A Global Guide to Citizen's RIghts and Responsibilities This wide-ranging, multidisciplinary encyclopedia describes and analyzes how the governments profiled affect citizens in the daily exercise of their rights and responsibilities.  Arranged alphabetically and richly illustrated, Governments of the World features biographies and historical surveys on different types of political systems, such as constitutional monarchies, presidential systems, democracies, and dictatorships, and much more.  New Dictionary of the History of Ideas A six-volume survey of the history of Western thought and culture, presented through 700 alphabetically arranged entries.  Each entry explores the origin, cultural interpretations, and historical themes of such subjects as beauty, love, feminism, diversity, and social capital, among many others.   Career Cruising has been designed with one goal in mind: to help students plan their future. With exceptional assessment tools, detailed occupation profiles and comprehensive post-secondary education information, students move seamlessly through the career exploration and planning process. The powerful portfolio system helps students make concrete, long-term plans, and gives them access to the real-time information and statistics. E-STAT is an online learning tool specially designed for use by the educational community. With E-STAT you can generate dynamic tables, customize graphs and maps using Statistics Canada's Census of Population Online Database Information