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Resources on the topic of health and wellness. Includes encyclopedias, handbooks, dictionaries and other authoritative reference sources. A subcollection of the Gale Virtual Reference Library.

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This database archives of about 200 online journals, primarily biomedical. The coverage ranges from 6 months to 2 years ago. Some full-text available. You can browse by topic or search by keyword, author, title, abstract, or full-text. "the largest archive of free full-text science on Earth! As of 7/25/03, we are assisting in the online publication of 586,572 free full-text articles and 1,495,840 total articles."

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The Historical Photographs Database contains a selection of several thousand images of Vancouver and British Columbia covering the period 1910 - 1944.
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Covers world history. Includes encyclopedias, handbooks, dictionaries and other authoritative reference sources. A subcollection of the Gale Virtual Reference Library.

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Ideal for students! Offers full-text access to articles from hundreds of historical magazines and journals, as well as the complete text of reference/history books and encyclopedias, biographies, historical documents, images of photos and maps, and video footage.
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Reference resources that cover subjects from the core 6-12 curriculum. A subcollection of the Gale Virtual Reference Library.

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