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Electronic version of the Compendium of Pharmaceuticals & Specialties, providing Canadian drug information through product monographs and direct links to Health Canada alerts. Searchable by brand or generic name, class, or manufacturer.
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Find out which magazines and newspapers you can access online through VPL's subscription databases. This resource is currently under construction - watch for improvements and additions daily.

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Electronic references for professional educators. Includes encyclopedias, handbooks, dictionaries and other authoritative reference sources on the topic of education. A subcollection of the Gale Virtual Reference Library.

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An electronic guide to educational programs offered by BC's public post-secondary institutions by the Centre for Education Information Standards and Services (CEISS)

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A searchable bibliographic database of more than 1.1 million journal and non-journal education related citations going back to 1966. It also includes over 107,000 full-text non-journal documents issued from 1993 to date.

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eLibrary Canada
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This resource is no longer available. Try our list of databases containing journal and magazine articles.

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In addition to world-renowned entries, this multimedia encyclopedia offers country comparisons and reports, a world atlas, timelines, the year in review, quotations and more.

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A multimedia Encyclopedia especially for children and young adults. Features timelines, biographies, how-to's flags and photos, as well as a dictionary and an atlas.

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Translation of the World Book Student Discovery Encyclopedia for younger users who are native speakers and readers of French, as well as older students and adults for whom French is a second language. Articles are also available in English.

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La célèbre Encyclopaedia Universalis contient les articles couvrant tous les domaines de la connaissance, mais aussi des cartes, des dessins scientifiques, et des liens. Elle est régulièrement mise à jour.
This resource will be available until December 31, 2010.

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Encyclopedia Judaica
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The complete text of the original 16-volume edition of the Encyclopaedia Judaica, as well as all subsequent Year Books and the Decennials published in 1982 and 1992. Encyclopedia Judaica provides a comprehensive picture of all aspects of Jewish life and knowledge up to the present day.

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Contains thousands of articles about British Columbia. Includes historic photographs, statistics, maps, diagrams, and audio/video clips.
This resource will be available until August 1, 2010.

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A Canadian reference tool containing detailed essays on virtually every ethnic group to have settled in Canada as well as the First Nations.

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A collection of resources discussing the environment and nature. A subcollection of the Gale Virtual Reference Library.

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