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A non-profit society incorporated in February 2010 to carry on the work of the Western Canada Society to Access Justice and Pro Bono Law of British Columbia, which formally merged as of April 1, 2010.
Digital collections from libraries, archives, galleries, museums, historical societies in a wide range of formats: sound files, video, maps, artifacts, photographs, paintings, diaries, posters, books, and public records.
Genealogy collection including census, vital, church, court, and immigration records from the United States, Canada, Australia, Europe and the United Kingdom.
The Auto Repair Reference Center database contains the most comprehensive collection of automobile repair reference information in the market. This database contains information on most major manufacturers of domestic and imported vehicles.
The Babel Fish Translation tool uses machine translation technology to translate sentences in one language into another language. Babel Fish can translate either text or full web pages from the internet.
This site has been created to help you more easily communicate with people who sign and cannot hear. The dictionary has both animated and text defintions.
This site supplies information on the history, economy, and politics of countries and territories. Each profile includes an overview, map, facts, and current leaders.
Archives of the Government of British Columbia containing documents and records; private historical manuscripts and papers; maps, charts and architectural plans; photographs; and more.
BC Laws provides free public access to the current laws of British Columbia. This unofficial current consolidation of BC Statutes and Regulations is updated continually as new and amended laws come into force.
A “one-stop ecommerce search engine” that indexes over 150 million books for sale from the catalogs of over 150 million sellers in 50 countries. Included are new, used, rare and out-of-print titles.
Provides listings on people and businesses, including postal codes. Also offers a reverse look-up, so that users can search by phone number or address.
The Gateway contributes to a dynamic and competitive economy in Canada by empowering consumers and helping to ensure a fair marketplace where all businesses respect consumer protection laws.
The BBB is a not-for-profit, public service organization financed by the private business sector with local Bureaus serving communities and marketplaces across Canada.
Library and Archives Canada site including all physical and online genealogical services of Library and Archives Canada. It offers genealogical content, services, advice, research tools and opportunities to work on joint projects, all in both official languages.
Provides access to a broad range of Canadian business periodicals. Included are trade journals, general business publications, academic journals, topical journals, and professional publications.
Provides Canadian current events including politics, business, the arts and sports. Formats includes newspapers, news wires, news magazines as well as television and radio transcript titles.
Full text issues of Popular Mechanics, Canadian Home Workshop and many area newspapers including the Nanaimo Daily News, Courtenay Comox Valley Record, Vancouver Sun and Times-Colonist.
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 and socioeconomic data.
If you are searching for a new full-time or part-time job in the private or public sector, Service Canada can help. There are a number of tools available to help you search job listings, create a résumé, choose a career, and assess your skills.
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Freegal (‘free & legal’) music provides access to the entire catalog of Sony Music Entertainment, owner of many music labels.
VIRL customers are entitles to download 3 free songs each week.
Freegal will work with any MP3 player and is PC and Mac compatible.
Alternative and Classic, Rock & Roll and World Music - Freegal has it all.
Library and Archives Canada site including all physical and online genealogical services of Library and Archives Canada. It offers genealogical content, services, advice, research tools and opportunities to work on joint projects, all in both official languages.
Sanford Evans Gold Book listings provide detailed information on cars, trucks, snowmobiles, motorcycles, ATVs, and personal watercraft for a broad range of model years.
Information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Includes scholarly, government and general-interest titles. Find full text issues of Organic Gardening magazine, Environmental Design & Construction magazine, Mother Earth News and more!
Provides a comprehensive look at the most popular new Canadian models of private passenger vehicles in terms of collision, comprehensive, personal injury and theft insurance for specific model year vehicles back to 1995/6.
Information on garden clubs, public gardens, articles from more than 150 garden writers, gardening events from around the world, over 800 links, over 900 suppliers and thousands of forum and member items. Based in St. Albert, AB
ipl2 is a public service organization and a learning/teaching environment. To date, thousands of students and volunteer library and information science professionals have been involved in answering reference questions for our Ask an ipl2 Librarian service and in designing, building, creating and maintaining the ipl2's collections
Language learning database designed to equip you with conversational abilities. Mango immerses you in real, everyday conversations in different language courses.
Popular full text magazines covering virtually every subject area of general interest, including an Image Collection of over 350,000 photos, maps and flags.
Web site of the Motor Vehicle Sales Authority of British Columbia, the independent agency created by the legislation to administer the Motor Dealer Act and other statutes, such as the Business Practices and Consumer Protection Act.
The National Gardening Association (NGA) offers a wide array of useful gardening content for consumers and educators. Gardeners can consult the weed and pest libraries, food gardening and plant care guides, regional reports, and how-to articles. (USA)
Drawing on the trusted Physicians' Desk Reference (PDR®), this site provides information for prescriptions drugs, over-the-counter medications, and herbals/supplements.
A nonprofit organization of scientists and physicians committed to making the world's scientific and medical literature a freely available public resource.
PovNet provides online tools that facilitate communication, community and access to information around poverty-related issues in British Columbia and Canada.
Find information about the Agency and its many publications, chronic and infectious diseases, injury, surveillance, emergency preparedness, health promotion, travel health and immunization.
The official site that provides access to most public securities documents and information filed by public companies and investment funds with the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) in the SEDAR filing system.
Online collection of animated, talking picture books which teach kids the joy of reading in a format they'll love. Take the TumbleTour for an introduction to these resources.
Online collection of titles for elementary, middle school, and high school students which features adjustable online text and audio narration.The collection features chapter books, early readers, YA/Teen Novels, high interest/low level books plus classics of American and English literature.
A website about the history of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, but it is also a vehicle for exploring the larger field of Canadian history during the late 19th and early part of the 20th century.
