ProQuest Central
December 30, 2022
ProQuest Central is a comprehensive research resource for academic, business, health, and news articles. It includes 47 databases in a …
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Knowledge Network
March 27, 2020
Knowledge Network, is a Canadian publicly funded educational cable television network serving the province of British Columbia. The station supports …
Points to the Past
November 7, 2018
Points to the Past is your gateway to a world-class collection of primary sources, made up of nearly 200 million …
KnowBC
September 17, 2018
KnowBC is the online portal for Harbour Publishing, an independent publisher based on the Sunshine Coast that focuses on British …
Encyclopedia of British Columbia
September 17, 2018
Historical and contemporary information about BC. The Encyclopedia of British Columbia is the definitive reference work on British Columbia. With …
Ancestry Library Edition
September 17, 2018
Genealogy collection including census, vital, church, court, and immigration records from the United States, Canada, Australia, Europe and the United …
Fast Facts about Vancouver Island Regional Library
- Vancouver Island Regional Library is the fifth largest library system in British Columbia.
- Holdings at Vancouver Island Regional Library number almost one million and include books, magazines, CD’s and DVD’s. Card holders can borrow materials from any of our 39 locations.
- In 2012 there were 2.6 million visits to our branches and our customers borrowed 4.6 million items.
- Vancouver Island Regional Library opened its doors in 1936 as the Vancouver Island Union Library. We were the second regional library in North America.
- With 39 branch libraries across the island, Vancouver Island Regional Library serves over 430,000 people on Vancouver Island, Haida Gwaii and the Central Coast (Bella Coola)
