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Access Legal Aid and Research Canadian Law

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ClickLaw

Legal information, education and help for British Columbians. https://www.clicklaw.bc.ca/

CanLii

The Canadian Legal Information Institute provides court judgments, tribunal decisions, and statutes and regulations from all Canadian jurisdictions.  https://www.canlii.org/en/index.html

TRAC

The Tenant Resource & Advisory Centre provides information and resources about residential tenancy law. https://dialalaw.peopleslawschool.ca/

BC Codes

The Province of British Columbia offers the BC Building, Plumbing and Fire Codes online at no charge. https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/industry/construction-industry/building-codes-standards/bc-codes/2024-bc-codes

Dial-a-law

Free information on the law in British Columbia in 130 topic areas, reviewed by lawyers and updated regularly. https://dialalaw.peopleslawschool.ca/

Legal Aid BC

Legal information, education and help for British Columbians. https://family.legalaid.bc.ca/

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Proquest (Canadian Newsstream)

Search for Current and Historical Canadian Newspapers

This database offers unmatched access to Canadian news outlets and newspapers including The Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, along with newswires, websites, and broadcast transcripts that are in full-text format. Extensive backfiles are available for most news sources, providing full access to the articles, columns, editorials, and features published in each. Most titles are updated daily and some backfiles date as far back as the late 1970s.

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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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Squamish Open Data

A hub for information about your community

This hub provides access to all of the currently published open data by the District of Squamish. With open data you can view it, map it, style it, chart it, download it, or share it.

Explore data sets with information related to Squamish and its neighbourhoods, including:

  • Infrastructure
  • Business
  • Development & Zoning
  • Flood Protection
  • Environment
  • Transportation
  • Recreation
  • And more

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Small Engine Repair Center

We can help you do it yourself

Small Engine Repair Source contains repair guides covering routine maintenance and complex projects for all major makes and models. Browse a variety of categories – including engine type, brand, model and model number — to find the information you need.
Learn how to repair a wide range of machinery including:

  • Yard and garden tractors
  • Air-cooled engines
  • ATVs
  • Boats
  • Chain saws
  • Diesel engines
  • Farm tractors
  • Generators
  • Jet skis
  • Lawnmowers
  • Motorcycles
  • Outdoor power equipment
  • Rotary tillers
  • Snowblowers
  • Snowmobiles
  • Trimmers

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Small Business Accelerator

Tools to Succeed as a Small Business Owner or Entrepreneur in BC

The Small Business Accelerator is an initiative of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre at the University of British Columbia (UBC). Use the free tools on this website to structure your market research, grow your business, gage potential market size or learn the latest industry trends. Managed by specialized librarians, the Small Business Accelerator (SBA) provides free access to reliable resources to help you build a successful business.

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Points to the Past

Lifelong Learning for every British Columbian

Points to the Past is a Gale Primary Source of searchable archive collections made available for free to British Columbians. Discover a world-class collection of primary sources, made up of nearly 200 million pages of digitized historical content – maps, photos, newspapers, manuscripts, pamphlets, portraits, and much more. Researchers are free to explore a vast range of resources, including Eighteenth Century and Nineteenth Century Collections Online, esteemed periodicals such as the Economist and the Financial Times, and digitized materials from the Smithsonian Institution.

Anyone in BC can enjoy free access to this collection.

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MasterFile Premiere

Your go-to library database for research

Looking for reliable information on a topic for school or work? Interested in learning something new? MasterFILE Premier is a research database that is available to you free through our library. This database covers a variety of topics and contains hundreds of reference e-books as well as complete articles from thousands of reputable magazines including Consumer Reports, Better Homes & Gardens, People, TIME, Sports Illustrated and U.S. News & World Report.

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Watch this video on how to do a basic search with EBSCOhost.

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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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Consumer Reports

Research & Buy With Confidence

Save time and money shopping for products like appliances, electronics, mattresses and grills using our expert ratings and reviews. The Squamish Public Library gives cardholders free access to ConsumerReports.org, where you can read vetted reviews of household items before you purchase them, or look up recalls and maintenance on things you already own.

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Consumer Health Complete

Find reliable health information for you and your family

Are you looking for a way to research health topics and find trustworthy information? If so, you’ll be pleased to know that our library provides free access to Consumer Health Complete, a health and wellness research database from EBSCO.

Designed to help people research and understand key health and wellness topics, Consumer Health Complete contains complete articles for thousands of health magazines and journals on topics such as caregiving, teen health, and men’s and women’s health. This database also includes health reference e-books, evidence-based health reports, and medical images and diagrams.

Subjects include:

  • Alternative medicine
  • Children’s interest
  • Community health services
  • Disabilities
  • Exercise and fitness
  • Health education
  • Holistic medicine
  • Mainstream medicine
  • Men’s health
  • Nutrition
  • Public health
  • Stress and anxiety
  • Teen interest
  • Women’s health

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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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Business Source Premier

Excel in business research

Our library offers access to Business Source Premier, a full-text business research database containing hundreds of leading global journals and magazines, many of which are peer-reviewed. The database also offers a robust collection of non-journal content to supplement research, including case studies, company profiles, industry reports, SWOT analyses, and videos from the Associated Press.

Business Source Complete provides students with a great place to start their research by offering access to important business resources such as:

  • Company Profiles: Get information on key executives, competitors, major products and services, revenue and market value.
  • SWOT Analyses: Learn the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of a company.
  • Country Reports: Get information on a country’s political climate, economic condition, government spending and gross domestic product of the region hosting the company you’re searching.
  • Industry Profiles: View profiles of the industry to which a company is related.

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Academic Search Elite

Writing A Research Paper?

Academic Search Elite provides access to a wide range of academic disciplines, including the humanities, social sciences, engineering, and more. This makes it suitable for interdisciplinary studies and a great place for students to start their research.

Squamish Public Library offers cardholders free access to this full-text multidisciplinary research database containing thousands of leading global journals and magazines, many of which are peer-reviewed. The database also offers a collection videos from the Associated Press, providing a variety of valuable resources to help students excel at research in and out of the classroom.

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