British Columbia

Online Databases - Resources Requiring Login (Library card and password)

BC Codes Online - Available at all GVPL locations. Includes the BC Building Code, Fire Code, and Plumbing Services. Describes minimum construction requirements for safe buildings in BC. [How To Use]

BC STATS: Library Access Site - Available at all GVPL locations. Current statistical information on the state of the BC economy.

BC Vehicle Safety & Inspection Standards Online (VSIS Online) - Available at all GVPL locations. Vehicle safety and inspection standards and related BC legislation from official sources.

Encyclopedia of British Columbia - Encyclopedia entries about BC. Includes include links to in-depth research and homework help for assignments about BC.

KnowBC.com - The leading source of British Columbia information, KnowBC.com contains The Encyclopedia of British Columbia, The Enyclopedia of Raincoast Place Names, Raincoast Chronicles 20: Lilies and Fireweed: Frontier Women of British Columbia, and Far West: The Story of British Columbia, as well as other e-books about British Columbia's social, political, and natural history.

QP LegalEze - Available at all GVPL locations. British Columbia's laws, statutes, regulations and other provincial publications and registries.

Subject Guides - Open Resources (no login required)

BC Archives Visual Records - Digitized photographs, paintings, drawings and prints that illustrate the history of BC. [How to use]

E-Fauna BC - Electronic atlas of the wildlife of British Columbia.

E-Flora BC - Electronic atlas of the plants of British Columbia.