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English
Books
Websites
- Project Gutenberg – Project Gutenberg offers over 45,000 free ebooks: choose among free epub books, free kindle books, download them or read them online. These are high quality ebooks: All the ebooks were previously published by bona fide publishers. They were digitized and diligently proofread them with the help of thousands of volunteers. Free ebooks? How does that work?
- Language Toolbox – A “toolbox” full of the best online vocabulary reference tools around.
- The Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL) – The Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University houses writing resources and instructional material, and we provide these as a free service of the Writing Lab at Purdue. A essential resource for help writing and citing research papers.
- Representative Poetry Online – RPO is a web anthology of 4,800 poems in English and French by over 700 poets spanning 1400 years. The site is maintained and edited by professors at the University of Toronto.
- Luminarium: Anthology of English Literature – A comprehensive anthology and guide to English literature of the Middle Ages, Renaissance, Seventeenth Century, Restoration and Eighteenth Century.
Health
Books
Websites
- HealthLink BC
Learn about health topics and medications, check your symptoms and find services and resources. - Medline Plus
Extensive information from trusted sources on over 750 diseases and conditions. - Merck Manuals – Online Medical Library
Enhanced online versions of classic Merck Manuals. Contains photographs and audio-visual material not present in the print versions. - Public Health Agency of Canada
Find information about the Agency and its many publications, chronic and infectious diseases, injury, surveillance, emergency preparedness, health promotion, travel health and immunization.
Languages
Books
Databases
- Mango – Language learning database designed to equip you with conversational abilities. Mango immerses you in real, everyday conversations in 45 different language courses. Some of the languages include: Brazilian Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Mandarin Chinese and Spanish.
Websites
- BabeFish – The Babe Fish Translation tool uses machine translation technology to translate sentences in one language into another language. Babe Fish can translate either text or full web pages from the internet
Math
Books
Websites
- WolframMathWorld
- Math Central
- Canadian Mathematical Society
- Cool Math – A great resource for 13+ high school-level math.
- School Yourself – Free interactive lessons from award-winning Harvard instructors. Great for homeschoolers.
- Khan Academy – Watch videos and practice your skills for almost any math subject.
Science
Books
- Biology
- Biochemistry
- Cell Biology
- Ecology
- Genetics
- Human Anatomy
- Human Evolution
- Molecular Biology
- Physiology
- Chemistry
- Atoms and Molecules
- Chemical Elements
- Organic Chemistry
Computers & Technology
- Computer Programming
- Web Design
- Learning web languages (like Javascript or PHP)
- Using software to create websites (like Adobe Dreamweaver)
- Computer networking
- Image Processing — Digital Techniques (like Photoshop or Premiere)
- Earth Sciences
- Geography
- Geology
- Physics
- Sustainable Resources
Websites
- CELLS alive!
In-depth, interactive model, pictures and video of cellular-level biology. - Dynamic Periodic Table
BBBThis website has an interactive periodic table that allows you to see the changes in elements as the temperature changes, or sort elements by class, weight, and electrons. - Codecademy
Learn how to code with web fundamentals like HTML and CSS. Or maybe you’re interested in more advanced languages like PHP or Python? Whatever it is, Codecademy has free lessons for you. - GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program)
GIMP is a freely distributed downloadable photo editor. - Natural Resources Canada – Earth Sciences
NRCan provides public geoscientific and geospatial expertise, knowledge and technology to support environmental, social and economic objectives of the federal government. - Eric Weisstein’s World of Physics
An in-depth, technical online encyclopedia on various physics disciplines.
Social Studies
Books
- History – Graphic Novels
- Vancouver Island History
- British Columbia History
- Canadian History
- World History
Databases
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- Ancestry Library Edition
Genealogy collection including census, vital, church, court, and immigration records from the United States, Canada, Australia, Europe and the United Kingdom. Available using Library computers only. - Encyclopedia of British Columbia
Historical and contemporary information about BC. - KnowBC
Web portal featuring a range of titles on British Columbian coastal history and culture.
- Ancestry Library Edition
Websites