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WorldBook Online

Why WorldBook Online?

The range of topics and features provides users of all ages, abilities, and interests a place to explore in a safe, trusted environment. World Book products are tiered; each one is designed for a target age group so the word choice, amount of content, and navigation is age appropriate. Each resource builds upon the previous to grow with students as they move through school.

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World Book Discover

Resources for differentiated learning for grade 6-12, ESL/ELL, learning disabled, reluctant learners including read-aloud and text translation. Click Here to Access WorldBook Discover

World Book Student

Explore a variety of different types of maps, including topographic, environment, history, economic, and more. Click Here to Access WorldBook Student

World Book: Early Learning

Skill-building activities and age-appropriate reference content for grades pre-K-2. Click Here to Access WorldBook Early Learning

World Book: Kids

Online encyclopedia designed for a younger audience with easy-to-read articles, thousands of illustrations, and engaging activities. Click Here to Access WorldBook Kids

Encyclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos

Encyclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos is an online Spanish language student encyclopedia from World Book. Click Here to Access WorldBook in Spanish

L’encyclopedie Decouverte

French language encyclopedia from World Book for younger users who are fluent in French or adults for whom French is a second language. Click Here to Access WorldBook in French

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KnowBC Online

The Online Home of Harbour Publishing’s ‘Encyclopedia of BC’

The hardcover version of the Encyclopedia of BC (EBC) finally went out of print after selling 30,000 copies, but it continues to be updated and expanded in this online version. Editor Daniel Francis still combs through the newspapers every morning looking at deaths, mergers, election results, name changes and other developments that affect existing EBC entries.

In addition, they have added a number of major Pacific Northwest resources to the KnowBC portal, including many of Harbour Publishing’s most significant publications, including:

  • Marine Life of the Pacific Northwest: A Photographic Encyclopedia of Invertebrates, Seaweeds and Selected Fishes
  • The Encyclopedia of Raincoast Place Names
  • Raincoast Chronicles 20: Lilies and Fireweed: Frontier Women of British Columbia
  • Far West: The Story of British Columbia
  • And more

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Explora

Let learning take flight in Explora!

Whether you are completing research for a school project or just looking to satisfy your curiosity about a topic of interest, Explora can help you achieve your goals. Available for free through the library, Explora offers reliable information on thousands of topics covering a wide range of subjects including art and music, literature, language arts, geography, history, social studies, world cultures and languages, science, technology, engineering, mathematics, health and sports.

With Explora, you can…

  • Search for articles, e-books, news, videos and more using a single search box
  • Browse popular topics by category to get research ideas
  • Read Topic Overviews to gain the background information you need to start your research
  • Limit results to articles that match your reading level
  • Hear HTML articles read aloud with EBSCO’s Text-to-Speech feature (coming soon)
  • Use the citation tool to build your list of references/works cited
  • Get research tips on identifying relevant sources, citing them properly and avoiding plagiarism

For students Grades 5 and up, we recommend Explora Secondary. For students in Primary School, we recommend Explora Primary. Click on one of the buttons below to get started.

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Canadian Encyclopedia

Discover More about Canada and Canadians

The Canadian Encyclopedia plays an essential role in providing Canadians and others with accurate, updated information about our people and country. This has been the case even as the Encyclopedia has made the transition from print to CD-ROM, to its present online format. The move to digital, made in 2001, means the Encyclopedia is available free to anyone with internet access.

The Canadian Encyclopedia contains more than 61,000 multimedia items including:

  • Images
  • Maps
  • Games
  • Audio
  • Video

Multimedia is augmented through acquisition and partnerships with Maclean’s magazine and The Canadian Press. Interactive features include curated content collections, interactive timelines and immediate updates of important events. The site also offers a learning centre for teachers and parents that contains classroom resources, quizzes and themed study guides.

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