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Academic Search Elite
Find articles from scholarly journals in nearly every academic discipline. Excellent for students and researchers.
Access Information: Licensed for West Vancouver residents, students, and business owners only.
Academic Articles & Encyclopedias
Ancestry Library Edition
Your first stop for all your genealogy searches. This is a made-for-libraries version of the popular Ancestry.com database.
Access Information: Available for in-library use only (on library computers or library Wi-Fi)
Genealogy & History
BC Codes (Free Access)
Full text of the BC Building Code, Fire Code and Plumbing Code. Also includes the City of Vancouver Building By-law and Plumbing By-law.
Legal Information & Codes
BC Codes: Vehicle Safety & Inspection Standards Manual
Full text of the Vehicle Safety & Inspection Standards Manual, plus volumes available in the Free Access version of BC Codes.
Access Information: Available onsite using library computers only
Legal Information & Codes
BC Historical Newspapers
A digitized newspaper archive covering The Province (1894-2010), The [Victoria] Times Colonist (1894-2010), and The Vancouver Sun (1912 to 2010).
Includes every issue, cover-to-cover, with full-page and article images in easily downloadable PDF format.
Access Information: Licensed for West Vancouver residents, students, and business owners only.
Genealogy & History, Newspapers & Magazines
Bibliothèque numérique (Cantook Station)
A collection of French language ebooks and audiobooks from Canadian and international publishers. It includes popular genre fiction, bestsellers, non-fiction, and more. There are titles for adults, teens, and kids.
Une collection de livres numériques et audionumériques pour tous les âges en langue française provenant de maisons d’éditions canadiennes et internationales. La collection comprend la fiction de genre populaire, les best-sellers, la non-fiction et plus encore.
West Vancouver Memorial Library recognizes the financial support of the Province of British Columbia and the Government of Canada through the Canada-British Columbia Agreement on French-language Services.
WVML reconnait le soutien financier de la province de la Colombie-Britannique et du gouvernement du Canada par le biais de l’Entente Canada-Colombie-Britannique relative aux services en francais.
Access Information: Licensed for West Vancouver residents, students, and business owners only.
Click here for tutorials on how to use Bibliothèque numérique (Cantook Station).
Download the app: iOS | Android
*User will be asked to provide an email address for notifications when checking out their first book.
Ebooks & Downloadable Audiobooks
Canadian Encyclopedia
Search a comprehensive and credible source of information for students, readers, and scholars. This encyclopedia includes articles, biographies, timelines and more on Canadian people, places and events.
Academic Articles & Encyclopedias
Canadian Newsstream
Read most major Canadian newspapers, including The Vancouver Sun, The Province and The Globe & Mail. You can also find local papers such as the North Shore News.
Access Information: Licensed for West Vancouver residents, students, and business owners only.
Newspapers & Magazines
Classical Music Library
Listen online to over 330,000 tracks of classical music. Coverage includes music written from the earliest times (e.g. Gregorian Chant) to the present, including many contemporary composers. Repertoire ranges from vocal and choral music, to chamber, orchestral, solo instrumental, and opera. You can also create your own playlists.
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Film & Music (streaming)
Consumer Reports
Find reliable reviews and ratings for common household appliances, electronics, automobiles, and other products.
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Consumer Information
Creativebug
Creativebug is your go-to resource for high-quality, on-trend arts and crafts instructional videos. Enjoy HD instructional videos on drawing, painting, sewing, knitting, crocheting, quilting, baking and more!
New to Creativebug? View a tutorial.
Download the app for Apple or Android.
*App users must first create a personal account using the browser version
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Online Courses
Digital.westvanlibrary.ca
The Library’s special collection of historical photos and digital artifacts dating from 1900 to the late 1980s. Colour and black & white photographs, audio visual materials and History-onics, the newsletter of the West Vancouver Historical Society are included. An excellent resource.
Genealogy & History
Digitized Newspapers: Vancouver Sun (Current)
A digitized version of The Vancouver Sun, starting in 2011. Includes every issue, cover-to-cover, with full-page and article images in easily downloadable PDF format.
Note that there is a three-month embargo as this site is only updated quarterly.
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Newspapers & Magazines
Directory of Open Access Journals
Read full-text research papers and reviews from open source peer-reviewed journals all subject areas.
Academic Articles & Encyclopedias
Driver Training Tests
This site offers free driver training quizzes for people who are going to write their drivers licence test in British Columbia. Included are car practice tests; commercial driving licence practice tests; motorcycle practice tests; three online driver’s manuals (car, motorcycle, commercial driving licence); and an FAQ section with detailed answers to over 70 questions.
Online Courses
Encyclopedia of British Columbia
Know BC is home to the Encyclopedia of British Columbia, an authoritative resource on BC past and present that features more than 4,000 articles and 1,500 accompanying photographs, maps, charts and tables, as well as sound and video clips.
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Academic Articles & Encyclopedias
Encyclopedia of Canada’s Peoples
An online version of the 1999 reference work that covers over 115 different peoples/ethnic groups that make up Canada’s population.
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Academic Articles & Encyclopedias
Explora Kids
Ebsco’s Explora Kids search features age-appropriate articles from trusted magazines and encyclopedias designed especially for students in the primary and middle grades. Categories include: Animals, Arts & Music, Biographies, Geography, Language Arts, Math, Science & Health, and Social Studies.
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Academic Articles & Encyclopedias
FamilySearch
The new super-site for the genealogy services from the LDS (Mormon) church. Massive digitization projects are underway as their extensive microfilm collection is digitized.
Sometimes when you are looking at records at FamilySearch.org you’ll see an icon that means you needed to visit a Family History Centre to view the image. Now you can come West Vancouver Memorial Library and use any of our public computers to view the image. You will be able to save the image on a USB stick or email it to yourself. Note that some digital images may still have privacy, copyright, contractual, or other restrictions which limit access even at the Library.
New to FamilySearch? View a tutorial.
*Users must first create a personal account: click here.
Access Information: Available onsite using WVML computers only.
Genealogy & History
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Search a library of reference books online – business, history, literature, and political geography.
Access Information: Licensed for West Vancouver residents, students, and business owners only.
Academic Articles & Encyclopedias
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