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Secondary Level Online Resources

 
 
The following databases are available for use by SD48 students. To access the databases off school campus, ask your teacher-librarian for the password.
 
School Library Catalog School Library Catalog Search the books your school library owns.
World Book Student World Book Student Thousands of articles with information on a wide variety of topics. Gr. 5-9
World Book Timelines World Book Timelines Interactive tool, world events, Gr. 5-9
World Book Discover World Book Discover Leveled text, research, Gr. 5-9
Academic Search Premier Academic Search Premier Articles from scholarly journals in nearly every academic discipline. Excellent for student and researchers.  
Canadian Points of View
Canadian Points of View Reference Centre		 Contains a series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue. Topics covered include: environment, health, human rights, crime, race, technology, substance abuse, and many more.
LGTBQ+ Source LGBTQ+ Source by EBSCO Major database for LGBTQ+ studies. It includes both scholarly and popular publications covering lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer issues, including journals, books, magazines, and newspapers. It also includes a specialized LGBTQ+ thesaurus containing thousands of terms.
     
KnowBC KnowBC The articles in the database are appropriate for upper intermediate and high school students, and contain information about all kinds of topics related to BC, past and present.
     
Literary Reference Center Literary Reference Centre
Rich full-text literary database covering all genres and time periods. It includes thousands of synopses, critical essays, book reviews, literary journals and author biographies, plus full-text classic novels, short stories and poems. 
 
   
 
Canadian Literary Centre Canadian Literary Centre
With a deliberate focus on Canadian writers and their works, this full-text database provides researchers with reference book content, author biographies, essays, literary criticism, and reviews.
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Short Story Ref Center Poetry & Short Story Reference Centre Full-text database containing thousands of classic and contemporary poems, short stories, biographies, essays, lesson plans and learning guides. It also includes high-quality videos and audio recordings from the Academy of American Poets.
Novelist Plus Novelist Plus Find fiction by subject, or read reviews and summaries. Includes book discussion guides, author read-alikes.   
Science Reference Center Science Reference Centre (Gale)
Science Reference Center provides full text for hundreds of science magazines, journals, reference books and high-quality videos. The database also contains science experiments, curriculum-aligned lesson plans, and a vast image collection.
 
Canada in Context Canada in Context (Gale)
Multimedia database with a Canadian focus. The articles, video, interactive maps, and websites in this database are useful to any student wanting to learn more about Canada’s people, geography, history, science and sports.
 
Science in Context Science in Context (Gale)
Contains articles from science journals and reference books covering all the sciences, including biology, chemistry, geology, and physics and provides contextual information on hundreds of today's most significant science topics.
 
Global Issues in Context Global Issues in Context Offers international viewpoints on a broad spectrum of global issues, topics, and current events. This database supports research in virtually every corner of the library and in a wide variety of subject areas, including sociology, current events, civics, politics, science, economics, cultural/religious studies, women’s studies, human rights, English composition and many more.