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eDatabases, Directories & Encyclopedias

Library Catalogues: Trail Library, BC Libraries, Other
Magazines, Journals & Newspapers - EBSCOhost & More
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries
Automotive & Small Engine Repair
Business & Finance
Books, Music & Movies - NoveList & More
Government Resources: BC, Canada, Local, Other Provinces, USA, Other
Kids' Resources
Postal Codes: Canada, United States
Phone Directories: Canada, United States, Worldwide
Community Services Directories

Magazines, Journals & Newspapers

EBSCOhost is a periodical database with full text articles. A great way to find general reference and current health information. Users can also e-mail articles. Type in your library card number at the Patron ID prompt.

The ProQuest subscription provides access to the Canadian Newsstand database. You can even create RSS Feeds by clicking on "Publications". Type in your library card number at the Barcode Number prompt.

The Student Research Centre is powered by EBSCOhost and is geared to middle school students. Includes access to the American Heritage Dictionary and Columbia Encyclopedia. Type in your library card number at the Patron ID prompt.

ABYZ News Links: A very comprehensive source of links to local and worldwide news sources.
FindArticles.com: This database of features more than 300 magazines & journals, dating back to 1998. Most articles are full-text. Users can e-mail the articles they find.
Newspaper & Periodical Resources on the Net: Provided to you by the U.S. Library of Congress.
PubList.com: An Internet Directory of Publications - Over 150,000 magazines, journals, and newletters are listed.
National Geographic: This site is an on-line version of the popular magazine.
Discovery.com: From the Discovery Channel, includes subject access to information.
The British Colonist: This archive of the Victoria published newspaper called The British Colonist (also known as: The Daily British Colonist, The Daily Colonist, and other variants) is full-text from the first issue in 1858 to 1910.

Encyclopedias & Dictionaries

The Canadian Encyclopedia: An on-line version of the encyclopedia.
Britannica.com: Search this on-line encyclopedia.
Encarta: An on-line encyclopedia from MSN.
Dictionary.com: An on-line dictionary & thesaurus.
Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online

Automotive & Small Engine Repair

The Auto Repair Reference Center contains repair information on about 25,000 vehicles made by most of the major manufacturers and includes both domestic and imported vehicles. Repair information is also available for most vintage makes starting as far back as 1954. Type in your library card number at the Patron ID prompt.

The Small Engine Repair Reference Center provides access to repair and maintenance information for small engines in ATVs, mowers, boats and personal watercraft, motorcycles, snowblowers, snowmobiles, tractors, tillers and other small engines. Type in your library card number at the Patron ID prompt.

Vehicle Safety & Inspection Standards: Includes inspection manuals for commercial vehicles, and recall bulletins and fact sheets. Access is In-Library Use only.

Books, Movies & Music

Using NoveList is a great way to find a new author in a genre that you are interested. Type in your library card number at the Patron ID prompt.

Library to Go: This database by OverDrive offers downloadable eBooks & eAudio Books. The first time you check out materials on the site, instructions will be provided for you to download the free software you need. You will need to type in your library card number when prompted.
Internet Movie Database
What's Next Database: From the Kent District Library, this site helps users find books in series order.
Fantastic Fiction: This site includes bibliographies for over 25,000 authors.

More Links for Book, Music & Movie Lovers

Business & Finance

Canadian Directory to Foundations & Corporations: Access to this fundraising database is available from within the Library only.

More Business & Financial Links

Kids' Databases

The Kids Search interface is powered by EBSCOhost and includes Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia. Type in your library card number at the Patron ID prompt.

Searchasaurus provides access to EBSCOhost's Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia and articles. Visual search options make this database easy to use. Type in your library card number at the Patron ID prompt.

TumbleBooks are eBooks for Kids. No special software required.

Edmark House Interactive Series: Early Reading with Bailey's Book House, Exploring Numbers with Millie's Math House, Life Sciences with Sammy's Science House, and Social Sciences with Trudy's Time & Place House. These fun, interactive online resources from LearnNowBC are intended for preschoolers and children up to Grade 2. Included in this Virtual School are teacher guides and lesson plans.

Catalogues from BC Libraries

Use Outlook Online to search public libraries and post secondary institutional libraries across British Columbia.

Catalogues from Other Libraries

Library of Congress Online Catalog: Search by author, title, or subject from the U.S. Library of Congress database. A great tool for librarians.
AMICUS: This database from the National Library of Canada is a large catalogue of Canadiana from Canadian Libraries and the National Library.
Library and Archives Canada
ArchiviaNet: The on-line research tool from Library and Archives Canada.
Canadian Subject Headings: The complete subject authority database from the National Library of Canada. A great resource for Librarians.
Canada e-Book: This multimedia site is the popular Stats Canada publication of Canada Year Book.
Canada's Digital Collections
BC Virtual Reference Desk: Brought to you by the Library Services Branch, this virtual database is organized by subject and Dewey Classification number and is searchable by keyword.

Canadian Phone Directories

MyTelus: Search for People, Businesses, or Government Listings in Canada. You can also choose "reverse lookup".
Canada 411: This site has listings for businesses and persons across Canada.
YellowPages.ca
Fort Nelson AreaConnect: Find people and businesses in Fort Nelson, British Columbia.
Reverse Address Search: A reverse directory for Canada. You can also choose the link for reverse phone number lookup.
SaskTel: Saskatchewan phone directory.

American Phone Directories

SuperPages.com: Includes residential & business listings.
Yahoo People Search: Find people in the U.S.A.
Reverse Phone Directory: A reverse directory by phone number for the United States. Try this one for addresses: Reverse Address Directory
AnyWho.com: Search the AT&T White Pages for people and businesses as well as the Yellow Pages for the U.S.A. Also includes reverse lookup by phone number.
American Yellowpages
AllPages.com: An online Yellow Pages and Business Directory for the U.S.

Worldwide Phone Directories

Global Telephone Directories
Infospace Directory: This site contains exhaustive links to various directories on the web.

Community Services Directories

West Kootenay Boundary Community Services Directory

More Greater Trail Area Resources