Teens Research & Homework Resources

Get help from a Librarian
We are happy to help you find materials to satisfy your personal curiosity, or to fulfill school assignments. We can help you find books, or navigate the internet or find your way through the subscription databases. You can come and talk to us in person, you can call or email us, or use Askaway for online reference.

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Print collection
Teens will find useful information books throughout the library: in the kid’s collection, the adult collection and in their own Young Adult collection. These books can be borrowed and used at home. We also have Reference books in these three areas of the Library, and teens may find useful material in all of them. These books are rich in information that is useful for homework projects, but they can only be used in the library. Responding to a request from the Library’s Teen Advisor group, the Young Adult reference collection includes copies of all the major text books used at Whistler Secondary School.

Software
Encarta software is loaded on all of the Library’s public computers. Encarta has magazine and encyclopedia articles, but the outstanding features are the photos and video clips with sound. Ask to borrow the headphones so you can enjoy all the cool features.

Databases of Particular Interest to Teens

Canadian Newsstand
Major daily Canadian newspapers including Vancouver Sun, Province, and Globe & Mail.

Consumer Health Complete
Covers all areas of health and wellness from mainstream medicine to complementary, holistic and integrated medicine.

EBSCO Databases:

Student Research Center is a search interface designed specifically for secondary school students. It provides students with a tool for easily obtaining the information that they seek from subscribed EBSCO databases. Users can easily pre-determine which content sources (e.g., Magazines, Newspapers, Biographies, Country Reports, Film & Video) will be included with their search. They can also search their databases by topic heading, make use of an online dictionary and encyclopedia.

EBSCO Animals
Information about the habitats and physical characteristics of animals.

MasterFILE Premier
Popular magazines covering a broad range of subjects including business, consumer information, education, health, general science, multi-cultural issues, and more.

Novelist
Find the perfect book to read with this reader’s advisory guide to fiction. Includes read-alikes, book reviews, and discussion guides.

Encyclopaedia Britannica
Extensive up-to-date information on people, places, and things around the world.

Encyclopedia of British Columbia
Thousands of articles about BC past and present. Plus historical photographs, statistics, charts, maps, diagrams, and audio/video clips.

Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
Over 25,000 entries covering a variety of subject areas.

Library to Go
Download and listen to audio books on your computer, PDA or MP3 player.
 
World Book Online
This encyclopedia covers nearly everything imaginable, and it includes photos, maps, time-lines, and audio/video clips.

See Databases A-Z for a complete list of subscription databases held by the Library.

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