The BC Digital Classroom: Helping Create Information Literacy Through Information Access

Trek’s Travels, Welcome to Reading, Know It, Story Corner, Nursery Rhymes, Songs and Watch

Image-based navigation, easy-to-read articles, thousands of images and videos, engaging games, science projects, and activities

All the articles from the print versions of the World Book Encyclopedia, plus thousands of additional articles, learning resources, and research tools

Encyclopedia, multimedia, online books, and primary source databases, with research tools including dictionary, atlas, and local and country research guides, fully integrated in a single search, tailored for the needs and skills of students in grades 8 and 9 but licensed for grades 3 to 9 Individual accounts allow users to create and save their own content features, including research results from World Book and external sources, and citations

Specifically developed for students reading below grade level, contains engaging content and tools to draw students into curriculum-related topics and subjects relevant to older students. Includes articles, text-to-speech capabilities, learning and life skills activities, research tools, multimedia and interactive videos

Hundreds of pre-generated timelines across eight broad topics, which cover various time periods in history; research tools, including: dictionary, atlas, local and country research guides; individual accounts, allowing users to create and save their own content features, including research results from World Book and external sources, and citations; tailored for the needs and skills of students in grades 8 and 9

A visually rich supplemental science learning site for upper elementary age children, featuring differentiated content to help struggling readers master the material

Rédigés pour les élèves francophones du primaire, et pour les étudiants plus âgés pour qui le français est une langue seconde, les thèmes abordés dans L'Encyclopédie Découverte contiennent des articles intéressants accompagnés d'illustrations, de cartes, d'activités et de liens Internet.

Interactive tutorial covering online safety teaches students the critical thinking skills they need to apply to their online experiences. Topics covered include authenticating online information, recognizing online marketing ploys, protecting privacy and managing online relationships

Online edition also includes:

• Marine Life of the Pacific Northwest
• The Encyclopedia of Raincoast Place Names
• Far West: The Story of British Columbia
• Raincoast Chronicles 20
• Lilies and Fireweed
• Frontier Women of British Columbia
• Where Mountains Meet the Sea: The History of Coastal British Columbia

Information and tools to support students’ exploration into career and post-secondary opportunities allowing them to make more informed decisions about the future. Canadian Post-Secondary Planner: A wealth of information on post-secondary opportunities across Canada based on personal preferences and saved high school plans with the ability to compare options side-by-side Occupational Planner: Extensive information on occupations of interest and related opportunities from the four major post-secondary pathways with the ability to create individual accounts from school computers once given a school login and password Job Finder: Real-world job postings that relate to occupations of interest CareerIQ: A fun daily trivia to help students discover and learn more about various post-secondary programs and occupations Only the Canadian Post-Secondary Database and Occupation Database are licensed as part of the BC Digital Classroom. Some districts have purchased additional components.

Contextual information on a broad range of Canadian topics, people, places, and events; includes reference content, written from a Canadian perspective, with:

• Full-text magazines
• Academic journals
• News articles
• Primary source documents
• Images, videos and audio files
• Links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience

Designed to support global awareness, Global Issues in Context ties together a wealth of authoritative content that empowers students to critically analyze and understand the most important issues of the modern world. Global Issues in Context spans continents and cultures to bring essential, balanced information to researchers across many academic disciplines. Integrating news, global viewpoints, reference, country information, primary source documents, videos, statistics and more in a single search, Global Issues in Context not only focuses on broad issues such as poverty and nuclear proliferation, it also prompts a close appraisal of targeted issues, including the North Korea/South Korea conflict and the Fukushima disaster.

Provides contextual information on hundreds of today’s most significant science topics; integrates authoritative, curriculum-aligned reference content with headlines and videos; draws students into the subject matter, showing how scientific disciplines relate to real-world issues, from weather patterns to obesity

Takes children aged 6 to 14 on amazing adventures in science, nature, culture, archaeology and space through reputable, authoritative and appropriate content that is fun and substantive Includes Browse Recent Magazines by cover

Download the app to access Gale resources on your mobile Apple or Google device.

A search platform providing libraries with a sophisticated yet simple solution for managing a wealth of periodical, reference, multimedia and primary source information.

Spreadsheet listing the publications included in the Gale Databases: Canada in Context XLS Global Issues in Context – Journals – XLS – Reference – XLS Science in Context XLS

An interface appropriate for use in elementary and middle schools that searches both Primary Search & Middle Search Plus. Click for details and title list for Primary Search Click for details and title list for Middle Search Plus Explora Interface Support - Click Here

The secondary interface to access the following databases: Primary Search, Middle Search Plus, Masterfile Premier, and Canadian Reference Center Explora Interface Support - Click Here

A database about books specifically for younger readers, helping find books that are just right for their reading level and interests. Parents, teachers, and librarians can also find tools to teach with books and engage young readers.

A comprehensive resource of consumer-oriented health content, covering all key areas of health and wellness from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated medicine. Designed to support the information needs of patients, and to foster an overall understanding of health-related topics.

Access to all available EBSCO licensed databases in a text search format. Users can select to limit databases searched above the search bar.

Access to a selection of Magazines in the EBSCO licensed databases. These are presented as examples only; a district may choose to make selected magazines available by direct links.

Alternate access to the landing page for ALL licensed EBSCO products by your school or district. These include those within the BC Digital Classroom Core Collection and may also include a la carte items that your district ordered such as :

• Professional Development Collection
• Novelist Plus
• Academic Search Premier
• Business Source Premier
• Canadian Points of View
• Literary Reference Centre,
• Poetry/Short Story Reference Centre &
• Canadian Literary Reference Centre
• Academic Search Premier

L'accès à tous disponibles EBSCO autorisé bases de données dans un format de recherche de texte. Les utilisateurs peuvent choisir de limiter les bases de données recherchées au-dessus de la barre de recherche.