Key Websites

These websites support learning across the curriculum. This list includes comprehensive and subject-related reference sources, as well as online tools for creating assignments.

We have grouped websites into the following categories that you will find below:

  • Articles: Journals, Magazines & Newspaperssubject-pics.8d9e524309.jpg
  • Biographies
  • Community Resources
  • Countries & Maps
  • Current Events
  • Encyclopedias
  • Dictionaries & Language Arts
  • General
  • Online Tools
  • Specialized Dictionaries
  • Sports
  • Television & Radio News Sources


ARTICLES: JOURNALS, MAGAZINES & NEWSPAPERS:

  • EBSCO
    • Large index of all kinds of articles – *used at University Level.
  • EXPLORA 
    • EBSCO’s interface middle school or high school makes searching EBSCO easier.
      Click on the Database link and you will be automatically logged in to the databases from any school district computer. From home you must enter the username and password (see your school newsletters for these).
  • DOAJ
    • Directory of Open Access Journals.  DOAJ is a community-curated online directory that indexes and provides free access to high quality, open access, peer-reviewed journals.
  • International Newspaper Index
    • Search by continent, country, province, state, or city.  Here are the BC Newspapers.
  • JournalismNet
    • Look here for newspapers and magazines from around the world. This site also includes access information for online archives.

BIOGRAPHIES:

COMMUNITY RESOURCES:

  • BC Health Guide
    • Information about BC Health Services. Includes a drug guide.
  • HealthLink BC
    • Go to the web site for phone numbers and information about this 24 hour consultation service.
  • Kids Help Phone 
    • Help is available 24 hours a day for Kids Help Phone. Phone 1-800-668-6868 any time. Visit the web site for resources useful to teens.
  • Red Book Online
    • The Redbook Online contains information on community services available in BC. This resources is available via the bc211 non-profit organization.

COUNTRIES & MAPS:

  • Atlas of Canada  
  • BC Stats  – Statistical information for British Columbia
  • BBC Country Profiles
    • Includes current news events as well as statistical and historical information.
  • Canadian Arctic 
    • This is an excellent resource developed by the University of Guelph. There are large-scale and very detailed maps of northern Canada. Once you are in a detailed map, click on place names in the left navigation bar for a closer look and information about the area.
  • Canadian Atlas Online
    • This is a Canadian Geographic site. There are searchable and interactive maps.
  • Canadian Geographic: Mapping  From online interactive maps, to printable tiled maps, to giant floor maps.
  • Google Earth
    • Google Earth lets you fly anywhere on Earth to view satellite imagery, maps, terrain, 3D buildings, from galaxies in outer space to the canyons of the ocean. You can explore rich geographical content, save your toured places, and share with others.
  • Google Ocean
    • With Google Ocean you can: Dive beneath the surface and visit the deepest part of the ocean, the Mariana Trench; Explore the ocean with top marine experts; Learn about ocean observations, climate change, and endangered species; Discover new places including surf, dive and travel hot spots and shipwrecks.
  • Human Development Indicators
    • The United Nations Human Development Index uses health, education, and other demographic information to rank countries.
  • Information Please
    • Brief information on many topics, combining the contents of an encyclopedia, a dictionary, an atlas and several almanacs.
  • Library of Congress Country Studies
    • Comprehensive information about countries including history.
  • NASA’s Landsat Science and EO Kids (Earth Observatory for students 9-14)
    • These sites provide satellite images over time. Select an area and see if you are able to detect differences. Click on the link below the image to get a closer look.
  • National Geographic Mapmaker Interactive
  • NationMaster.com
    • This database uses reputable sources such as Statistical Yearbook, United Nations World Statistics and CIA World Factbook. You can generate statistical comparisons for a wide variety of demographic information.
  • Outline Maps  Excellent outline maps from Education Place. Some maps are in PDF format.
  • Perry Castaneda Library Map Collection (U. Texas) – Includes online maps of the world, including those of current interest.
  • Statistics Canada:

CURRENT EVENTS:

ENCYCLOPÆDIAS:

Start HERE with the outstanding encyclopedias & databases via our school district.

NB Click on the database link to be automatically logged in from any school district computer.  From home, you must enter the username and password (see your school newsletters for these).  Included are:

Other:

DICTIONARIES & LANGUAGE ARTS:

GENERAL:

  • Canada 411 Phone Directory
  • Canada Post: Postal Code Lookup
  • Canadian Information by Subject
    • The National Library of Canada provides a list of Canadian sites organized by subject.
  • National Library of Canada  (Collections Canada)
  • Government of Canada
    • All about Canada, including topics such as culture, history, sport, environment, industry, science, immigration, health.
  • Measurement Conversion
    • This site provides converters for weights, measures, speed, volume, temperature and other measures.
  • Flags
    • World flag database. Note the copyright information.
  • Google Earth
    • Google Earth lets you fly anywhere on Earth to view satellite imagery, maps, terrain, 3D buildings, from galaxies in outer space to the canyons of the ocean. You can explore rich geographical content, save your toured places, and share with others.
  • Google Ocean
    • With Google Ocean you can: Dive beneath the surface and visit the deepest part of the ocean, the Mariana Trench; Explore the ocean with top marine experts; Learn about ocean observations, climate change, and endangered species; Discover new places including surf, dive and travel hot spots and shipwrecks.
  • Library of Congress
  • Martindales’s: The Reference Desk
    • Contains a wide variety of reference resources.
  • Refdesk.com
    • An enormous resource, with a wide variety of topics. Select the Facts Subject Index for a list of the resources that are indexed.
  • Refdesk.com : Science and Technology
    • Science links arranged alphabetically.
  • Virtual Library
    • The Virtual Library is an immense project that lists websites by topic.
  • World Digital Library
    • The World Digital Library (WDL) , is an online partnership between the Library of Congress, UNESCO, and 32 partner institutions to share cultural materials. The site will include a wealth of manuscripts, maps, rare books, films, sound recordings, and prints and photographs, all available free to the public, browseable and searchable in seven languages (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish) but with content offerings in dozens of languages.

ONLINE TOOLS:

  • Online tools
    • Kathy Schrock’s Guide to Everything offers this list of tools for learning and teaching.  Includes video, audio & image recorders/editors, mind mapping, coding & programming, survey, collage, timeline, drawing, screen-casting, animation, presentation, citation, comic, avatar, math, podcast & webpage creators, infographics, graphing, collaboration, curation and more.
  • Graphs: Create a graph
    • Kids’ Zone graph creator for Pie Charts, Area Graphs, Line Graphs, and Bar Graphs for the statistics that you have collected.

SPECIALIZED DICTIONARIES:

SPORTS:

TELEVISION & RADIO NEWS SOURCES: