Access these databases from your home computer using your library card.

Auto Repair Source --Powered by the automotive experts at MOTOR, Auto Repair Source provides the most accurate, authoritative and up-to-date service and repair information for thousands of domestic and imported vehicles. All content comes from the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) and includes step-by-step repair information, diagrams, maintenance schedules, parts and labor estimates, service bulletins and recalls, and more.

Consumer Health Complete -- provides content covering all areas of health and wellness from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated medicine. In addition, Consumer Health Complete includes the Clinical Reference System and the Lexi-PAL Drug Guide.

Consumer Reports with Cars Best Deals Plus -- Consumer Reports is an expert, independent, non-profit organization whose mission is to work for a fair, just and safe marketplace for all consumers and to empower consumers to protect themselves. Check here for information for in-depth thorough reviews on all kinds of products - cars, appliances, electronics, home & garden, babies & kids, money, shopping and health.

Gale Courses -- Gale Courses offers a wide range of highly interactive, instructor led courses that you can take entirely online. As a library card holder in good standing, you are entitled to these courses at no cost. Courses run for six weeks and new sessions begin every month.

Hobbies & Crafts Reference Center™ -- Hobbies & Crafts Reference Center™ provides comprehensive full text content for many of the most popular hobbies, crafts and recreation activities today. Including full text for more than 960 magazines and books, as well as access to more than 720 videos and more than 140 hobby reports, this database offers detailed "how-to" instructions and creative ideas to meet the interests of virtually every hobby enthusiast.

Linkedin Learning -- Choose from thousands of online courses to learn in-demand skills from real-world industry experts. Linkedin Learning allows you to set your learning interests and expectations, while tracking your use and motivating you to meet your learning goals. Also available as an app from your Apple iphone/ipad/itouch or Android mobile device.

Mango Languages -- A language learning resource you will love! Language learning database designed to equip you with conversational abilities. Mango immerses you in real, everyday conversations in different language courses. Languages include: Brazilian Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Mandarin Chinese or Spanish. Over 40 foreign languages to explore - Over 15 ESL courses taught in patron’s native language-Learn anytime and anywhere with remote access. Also available as an app for your Apple iphone/ipad/itouch or Android mobile device.

National Geographic Magazine -- The online home of National Geographic Magazine. Resource for photography, research, updates, news, global issues, geography, maps, and video.

Niche Academy -- An online learning and community engagement tool to connect learners to ready-ro-use tutorials and specialized training. Niche Academy provides access to Cariboo Regional District Library databases as well as tutorials on Google products, social media, health and wellness, and much more!

NoveList -- Search for books by title, reading level, subject, or author, and browse feature articles, BookTalks, Book Discussion Guides and Author Read-alikes.

BC Libraries to Go -- use Overdrive Ebooks and Audiobooks to download and listen to best selling and classic audio books 24/7 on your PC, laptop, PDA or MP3 player at home, in the office or anywhere in the world. Your library without walls is always open. Available for your home computer, e-reader, laptop, tablet or smart phone using your library card. Not available through the library’s public internet terminals. Not compatible with Kindle readers, except Kindle Fire and Kindle Fire HD. Use the Libby App on your mobile device to browse thousands of ebooks, eaudios and magazines.

Small Engine Repair Reference Center -- the definitive online tool for small engine repair assistance, including: ATVs, commercial mowers, farm tractors, generators, motorcycles, marine (boats), outdoor power equipment, PWC (personal watercraft/jet ski), snow blowers, snowmobiles, tillers and other small engines.

ProQuest Canadian Newsstand™ -- ProQuest Canadian Newstand offers unparalleled access to the full text of nearly 300 newspapers from Canada's leading publishers, including The Globe and Mail. This full text database includes the complete available electronic backfile for most newspapers, providing full access to the articles, columns, editorials, and features.  Some backfiles date as far back as the late 1970s and 1980s. Canadian Newsstand content is updated daily so researchers always have timely access to new information.

Ancestry Library edition -- U.S. collections deliver hundreds of millions of names from sources such as federal and U.S. censuses; birth, death, and marriage records including the Social Security Death Index; and U.S. border crossing and trans-ocean ship records. Canadian collections provide nearly 60 million records from the Census of Canada; and key vital records, such as the Drouin Collection (1621-1967), which includes nearly 30 million baptism, marriage, and burial records from Quebec. Multimedia collections deliver millions of files ranging from family and gravestone photos to postcards and newsreels. For more tips on how to get your geneaology research started with Ancestry Library edition, check out ProQuest's LibGuide, or watch the introductory tutorial above.

KnowBC.com -- The leading source of British Columbia information. Harbour Publishing’s Encyclopedia of British Columbia is the cornerstone of KnowBC, but there is much more on the site today.

 

BC Laws provides free public access to the current laws of British Columbia. This unofficial current consolidation of BC Statutes and Regulations is updated continually as new and amended laws come into force.

BC Codes -- British Columbia Codes 2006 provide the minimum requirements for a safely built environment and are the product of a unique partnership between industry practitioners, construction technology experts, and provincial regulators.

BC Stats -- is the central statistical agency of the Province of BC. Contains the latest figures on:Business Indicators; Consumer Price Index; Exports; Tourism Sector Monitor; Earnings & Employment TrendS; Labour Force StatisticS; Migration & Immigration Highlights: Small Business Quarterly: Quarterly Regional Statistics.

Directory of Open Access Journals -- provides free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals in a variety of subjects and languages.

FirstVoices -- FirstVoices is a group of web-based tools and services designed to support Aboriginal people engaged in language archiving, language teaching & culture revitalization. Use maps or the dropdown menu at the top to choose a language. Includes community portals for Secwepemc and Tsilhqot'in (Xeni Gwet'in).

Library and Archives Canada -- Search over 22 million full records from 500 Canadian libraries. Check library holdings, and their Interlibrary Loan policies and charges

Illume -- Illume is the BC provincial library catalog through which we process interlibrary loans. If you see a book in this catalog that we don't have in our own Library System, request it through Interlibrary Loan

Project Gutenberg -- the first producer of free electronic books, currently with over 25,000 titles.

PubMed Central: the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature.