Online Resources

Health and Wellness

Provides direct access to the College's online physician directory, which extracts contact information, office locations and other relevant details about a physician from the public register in real time.

Search general interest, health and business databases for magazines and journals.

HealthLink BC

HealthLink BC provides reliable non-emergency health information and advice in British Columbia. Information and advice is available by telephone, website, a mobile app and a collection of print resources.

A comprehensive medical information source covering thousands of topics in all fields of medicine. They are offered as a free public service to health care professionals and the general public.

Free archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature at the U.S. National Institutes of Health's National Library of Medicine (NIH/NLM).

Law and Government

Helps Aboriginal people across BC understand their legal rights.

Legal Forms

Amici Curiae Friendship Society (AC) provides legal assistance to individuals who require help drafting or filling out legal forms. AC’s services are provided on the principle of equal access to justice.

The complete BC Fire, Plumbing and Building Code online and searchable.

Source for consolidated Acts and regulations of British Columbia. Includes content formerly available via QP LegalEze database.

BC Stats

Offers information about life trends, business, labour, and surveys in British Columbia today.

Provides access to court judgments, tribunal decisions, statutes and regulations from all Canadian jurisdictions

Canada's most trusted reference dedicated to provide information leading to financial help, subsidies, grants, loans, joint ventures or any funding program offered by the federal and provincial governments, associations and foundations.

Clicklaw can help you find relevant legal information, educational resources, and services from over 25 contributor organizations. Our mission is to help provide equal access to legal help for people in BC on one centralized space on the web.

At the Courthouse Library, we serve the legal community, the judiciary and the public of BC. Our mission is to help lawyers and the community find and use legal information. Our strategic plan features key initiatives to fulfill that mission.

This website is maintained by Legal Aid BC, the organization that provides legal aid to British Columbia, Canada.

The online source of the consolidated Acts and regulations of Canada. The consolidations are generally updated every two weeks.

Legal Line is a federal not-for-profit agency that provides free legal information (over 1,600 answers, available in 107 languages) to the people of BC. Covers federal, provincial, and territorial law.

Vehicle Safety and Inspection Standards Online

Provides current access to vehicle safety and inspection standards and related BC legislation. Accessible only within the library.

Automotive

Auto Repair Source offers a user-friendly search experience and access to a wealth of information to help users diagnose, repair and maintain their vehicles.

Vehicle Safety and Inspection Standards Online

Provides current access to vehicle safety and inspection standards and related BC legislation. Accessible only within the library.

Books and Music

From 49thShelf.com, this site is for anyone interested in BC-published books, both new releases and backlist titles.

French language eBooks and eAudioBooks. Titles for adults, teens and children are available.

CELA provides access to Canadians with print disabilities to a collection of more than 700,000 items, including newspapers, magazines, and books in accessible formats such as audio, e-text, and braille.

Our starting collection of eBooks on a variety of subjects viewable right in your browser or downloadable to a portable device.  Now includes fiction!

Instantly borrow digital movies, TV series, music, eBooks, comics, and audiobooks on hoopladigital.com or the hoopla mobile app. Visit our hoopla help page for more info & assistance.

Illume (formerly known as Outlook Online) is a resource sharing service that provides a single search across all BC public and post-secondary libraries and a union database of the province's library holdings.

National Network for Equitable Library Services

Contains over 10,000 items in DAISY and eBraille formats. A perceptual/print disability designation is required on the patron's library card. Public domain books and resources are available without a library card.

Find reading recommendations for both fiction and nonfiction, by topic, author, series or plot.

Download and listen to Audiobooks, eBooks, and magazines for your computer and portable devices!

Voilà (formerly known as AMICUS), is Canada's National Union Catalogue database, providing access to the collections of libraries across the country, including the holdings of Library & Archives Canada.

Whichbook

Whichbook is a neat resource that lets you choose a book based on your mood. Want to read something happy and optimistic? Just move the sliders and Which Book will give you some options.

Business and Statistics

BC Stats

Offers information about life trends, business, labour, and surveys in British Columbia today.

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Business Plans Handbook from Gale Virtual Reference Library. Search hundreds of actual business plans by small businesses throughout North America.

Canada's most trusted reference dedicated to provide information leading to financial help, subsidies, grants, loans, joint ventures or any funding program offered by the federal and provincial governments, associations and foundations.

Search general interest, health and business databases for magazines and journals.

Local History and Genealogy

Dive into Canadian collections of immigration, military, public service, land and census records, plus get advice from researchers.

This science centre and museum holds the local history of Prince George, including its own archive and various historic photograph collections.

KnowBC

The definitive reference work on B.C. with photos, maps, tables and charts.

Lheidli T'enneh

A central location for news and information in the The Lheidli T’enneh community.

Describes the mandate and collection of the Northern BC Archives which provides public access to archival materials of value related to the history and culture of Northern British Columbia.

A world-class collection of primary sources, made up of nearly 200 million pages of digitized historical content.

Search the Prince George Cemetery plots by name or year.

Information on the events and collections of the railway and forestry museum.

Birth/marriage/death registration & certificates, wills registry, adoption, name change, genealogical & other services.

Consumer

Canada's most trusted reference dedicated to provide information leading to financial help, subsidies, grants, loans, joint ventures or any funding program offered by the federal and provincial governments, associations and foundations.

Ratings, reviews, recommendations and buying advice for all sorts of things.

Home Improvement

Articles, tips and step-by-step instructions for do-it-yourself home repair, maintenance and remodeling.  Includes plumbing, outdoor, woodworking, electrical and decorating projects.  

Employment

A comprehensive resource to help achieve your potential in school, career, and life. Start with a self-assessment survey to identify career matches based on your interests and skills. Then explore in-depth information on hundreds of occupations, career paths, and more. Includes a résumé builder.

Education

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If you are new to computers, haven't used them for a while, are a little unsure and uncomfortable, or just need a bit of a refresher, we have the tools to help you tackle technology at your own pace and gain the confidence you need to succeed.

Learn a new language for free from over 12 different languages.

Search general interest, health and business databases for magazines and journals.

Explora Canada

Explora supports both student research and classroom instruction with rich, reliable content and easy-to-use functionality.

Hundreds of engaging, instructor-led online courses focused on professional development, technology skills, and personal enrichment.

Home Improvement

Articles, tips and step-by-step instructions for do-it-yourself home repair, maintenance and remodeling.  Includes plumbing, outdoor, woodworking, electrical and decorating projects.  

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Formerly Lynda.com.

Choose from thousands of online courses to learn in-demand skills from real-world industry experts.

A world-class collection of primary sources, made up of nearly 200 million pages of digitized historical content.

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Search a variety of publications including scholarly journals and newspapers.

Encyclopedias and Research Help

Search general interest, health and business databases for magazines and journals.

Explora Canada

Explora supports both student research and classroom instruction with rich, reliable content and easy-to-use functionality.

KnowBC

The definitive reference work on B.C. with photos, maps, tables and charts.

proquest

Search a variety of publications including scholarly journals and newspapers.

Free archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature at the U.S. National Institutes of Health's National Library of Medicine (NIH/NLM).

Newspapers and Magazines

Search general interest, health and business databases for magazines and journals.

Wondering if the library has a particular magazine or newspaper title? Search the Full Text Finder tool by title to find out which databases provide access to the title. Includes both our online and print collections.

Download and listen to Audiobooks, eBooks, and magazines for your computer and portable devices!

Over 5000 newspapers and magazines from more than 100 countries. For the best user experience, we recommend using your device browser and NOT the mobile app to access PressReader.

Free digital & searchable access to Prince George's newspapers from 1909 to 2017 including the PG Citizen.

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Search a variety of publications including scholarly journals and newspapers.

proquest bc historical newspapers

Anyone in British Columbia or the Yukon with a computer or mobile device can access 125+ years of digital news archives at no charge, remotely, anytime.