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What to Read

Librarian Picks!

Teen Summer Quest

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These guides will help you find books, articles, and websites that will help with your assignments.

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English

Books

  • Canadian Literature
  • Native Peoples in Literature
  • English Literature
  • Children’s Literature
  • American Literature
  • Poetry

Databases

  • Academic Search Elite – A renowned scholarly resource providing superior full-text, academic journals covering the major areas of academic research.
  • MasterFILE Premier – Popular full text magazines covering virtually every subject area of general interest, including an Image Collection of over 350,000 photos, maps and flags.
  • TeenBookCloud – has 600 titles for middle and high school readers! This collection contains a wide range of YA/Teen novels, classics, poetry, short stories, YA/Teen audiobooks, and graphic novels.
  • SOLARO – is a test prep and study App based on the BC curriculum.

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

  • Teenagers — Health and Hygiene
  • Physical Fitness for Youth
  • Adolescent Psychology

Databases

  • Consumer Health Complete – Health and wellness from mainstream medicine to complementary, holistic and integrated medicine.

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.
  • Physicians’ Desk Reference (PDR Health)
    Drawing on the trusted Physicians’ Desk Reference (PDR®), this site provides information for prescriptions drugs, over-the-counter medications, and herbals/supplements.
  • 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

  • Language Self-Instruction
  • Conversation and Phrase 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 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

Math

Books

  • Mathematics
  • Geometry
  • Algebra
  • Calculus
  • Trigonometry

Databases

  • Academic Search Elite – A renowned scholarly resource providing superior full-text, academic journals covering the major areas of academic research.
  • SOLARO – is a test prep and study App based on the BC curriculum.

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

Databases

  • Academic Search Elite -A renowned scholarly resource providing superior full-text, academic journals covering the major areas of academic research.
  • MasterFILE Premier – Popular full text magazines covering virtually every subject area of general interest, including an Image Collection of over 350,000 photos, maps and flags.
  • SOLARO – is a test prep and study App based on the BC curriculum.

Websites

  • BioCoach
    The Biology Place has detailed reviews of many Biology concepts that you will be learning about in class.
  • 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.
  • CIA World Factbook
    The World Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities.
  • 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

  • Academic Search Elite
    A renowned scholarly resource providing superior full-text, academic journals covering the major areas of academic research.
  • 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.
  • MasterFILE Premier
    Popular full text magazines covering virtually every subject area of general interest, including an Image Collection of over 350,000 photos, maps and flags.

Websites

  • Historic Sites In B.C.
  • British Columbia Historical Photographs Online

Jobs and Careers

Books

  • Finding a Job
  • Resumes
  • Job Interviews
  • Career Planning

Databases

Career Cruising – Career Cruising can help you build a more purposeful future by assisting with career exploration and planning. This database offers career assessment tools, detailed occupation profiles, and comprehensive post-secondary education information.

Business Source Premier – You can use this database to research companies, careers and employment trends.

Websites

  • Youth and Students Job Bank
  • BCjobs.ca
  • Skilled Immigrant Infocentre

Driving

Books

  • Canadian Drivers Handbook
  • Drunk Driving
  • The Driving Book
  • Traffic

Databases

  • Auto Repair Source

Websites

  • ICBC – New Driver Licensing
  • Drive Smart BC
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