{"id":51,"date":"2016-08-18T23:41:31","date_gmt":"2016-08-18T23:41:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seaquamlib.wordpress.com\/databases\/"},"modified":"2025-04-23T13:42:13","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T20:42:13","slug":"databases","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/deltalearns.ca\/seaquamlib\/databases\/","title":{"rendered":"Databases and Encyclopedias"},"content":{"rendered":"

To access the databases remotely you will need to enter the following information:<\/p>\n

User ID:<\/strong> name of your school (seaquam)<\/div>\n
Password:<\/strong> the city your school is in (delta)<\/div>\n
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If you have trouble accessing the databases, please speak to the teacher-librarian.<\/div>\n
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AT HOME<\/strong>, you need to access the EBSCO databases at Digital Classroom Access – https:\/\/focusedresources.ca\/en\/digital-classroom-access<\/a><\/div>\n
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Featured Encyclopedias – Accessible at HOME and SCHOOL: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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Canadian Themed Resources\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Canadian Literary Centre<\/a>
\nGrade K \u2013 12<\/td>\n

\"New<\/a><\/p>\n

Canadian Reference Centre<\/a><\/p>\n

Grade K \u2013 12<\/td>\n

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Canadian Points of View<\/a><\/p>\n

Grade K \u2013 12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

EBSCOhost databases:<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Click on the icon below to access the following databases and more at SCHOOL<\/strong>.<\/div>\n
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\u00a0\"EBSCOhost<\/a><\/td>\nEBSCOhost<\/a> offers a variety of proprietary full-text databases and popular databases from leading information providers such as Academic Search Premier and Canadian Reference Centre. Also includes: Dictionaries (Canadian Oxford, Marriam-WEbster),\u00a0Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia, Image Collections, and Medical Image Collections.<\/p>\n

All Subjects<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/td>\nHistory Reference Centre<\/a> covers topics in U.S. and world history from the earliest civilizations through the 21st century.<\/p>\n

History and Social Studies<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\u00a0\"Explora<\/a><\/td>\nExplora Canada<\/a> offers a simple search interface that delivers relevant search results including articles, essays, primary source documents. 60,000 + top videos from Associated Press.<\/p>\n

Google Classroom Integration.<\/p>\n

All Subjects<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/td>\nLGBTQ+<\/a> provides scholarly and popular LGBTQ+ publications in full text, plus historically important primary sources, including monographs, magazines, newspapers and videos. It also includes a specialized LGBTQ+ thesaurus containing thousands of terms.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Literary<\/a><\/td>\nLiterary Reference Center<\/a>\u00a0contains a collection of informational texts on numerous literary genres, themes\u00a0and forms, as well as critical essays on specific works and authors. \u00a0Also contains:\u00a0research guides, a citation tool\u00a0and literary glossary.<\/p>\n

English<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"NoveList<\/a><\/td>\nNoveList Plus<\/a>\u00a0provides reading lists, recommended books, book reviews, and information on book titles.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Poetry<\/a><\/td>\nPoetry & Short Story Reference Center<\/a>\u00a0contains a comprehensive collection of classic and contemporary poems, short stories, biographies, and authoritative essays.<\/p>\n

English<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/td>\nScience Reference Centre<\/a> – Learn about famous scientists and research topics in applied sciences, biology, chemistry, earth science, energy, and astronomy in journal articles, ebooks, and images.<\/p>\n

Science<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

GALE databases – Accessible at HOME and SCHOOL.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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\u00a0\"Image<\/a><\/td>\nGale Virtual Reference Library<\/a><\/strong>
\nGale Virtual Reference Library<\/strong>\u00a0contains a collection of online reference books.
\nTitles include: Arts and Humanities Through the Eras, Grzimek’s Animal Encyclopedia, Ancient Civilizations Reference Library, Industrial Revolution Reference Library, New Dictionary of the History of Ideas, Canadian Parliamentary Guide, Governments of the World, Major 21st Century Writers, Nutrition and Well Being A – Z,\u00a0\u00a0Encyclopedia of Drugs and Addictive Substances, Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Canadian Provinces, Alternative Energy. Google Classroom Integration. General Reference for ALL subjects.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"bcdc<\/a><\/td>\nGlobal Issues in Context<\/a>
\nGlobal Issues in Context offers international viewpoints on a broad spectrum of global issues, topics, and current events. Through a single search, results integrate news (newspapers, magazines), global viewpoints, references, country information, primary source documents, videos, and statistics. Google Classroom Integration Civics, English, Law, Social Justice, Social Studies.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Science in Context<\/a>\u00a0contains engaging online resources on a broad range of scientific topics by integrating reference content with headlines and videos.<\/p>\n

Google Classroom Integration<\/p>\n

Science, Psychology<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/td>\nCanada in Context<\/a>\u00a0provides Canadian context and perspectives on country-specific issues\u00a0(including First Nations Government of Canada, Canadian Literature, and Gun Control\/Gun Registry) and biographies of Canadian figures.<\/p>\n

Google Classroom Integration<\/p>\n

All Subjects<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/td>\nGale Power Search<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Other Databases<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n\n
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<\/td>\nBC Historical Newspapers<\/a><\/p>\n

Digital archive of the Vancouver Sun, Times-Colonist and Province<\/p>\n

Local BC Historical Newspapers<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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<\/td>\nPoints to the Past Databases List<\/a><\/p>\n

Searchable primary source material: maps, photos, newspapers, manuscripts, portraits, sermons, poems, and more.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
<\/a><\/td>\nWorld Digital Library<\/a><\/p>\n

An excellent research base of primary source documents, accompanied by extensive visuals.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/a><\/td>\nWorld History Encyclopedia<\/a><\/p>\n

Encyclopedia of Ancient History<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n


\nCareer<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n\n
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<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/strong>myBlueprint Canada Post Secondary and Occupations (Gr. 10 \u2013 12)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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To access the databases remotely you will need to enter the following information: User ID: name of your school (seaquam) Password: the city your school is in (delta) If you have trouble accessing the databases, please speak to the teacher-librarian. AT HOME, you need to access the EBSCO databases at Digital Classroom Access – https:\/\/focusedresources.ca\/en\/digital-classroom-access … Continue reading Databases and Encyclopedias<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":865,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-51","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deltalearns.ca\/seaquamlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/51","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deltalearns.ca\/seaquamlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deltalearns.ca\/seaquamlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deltalearns.ca\/seaquamlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/865"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deltalearns.ca\/seaquamlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51"}],"version-history":[{"count":49,"href":"https:\/\/deltalearns.ca\/seaquamlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/51\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1747,"href":"https:\/\/deltalearns.ca\/seaquamlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/51\/revisions\/1747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deltalearns.ca\/seaquamlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}