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.
More information about Asking a Librarian
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.