Featured Resources
The library subscribes to the following resources so you can access them for free with your library card!
CELA – Centre for Equitable Library Access – The Centre for Equitable Library Access, CELA, is an accessible library service, providing books and other materials to Canadians with print disabilities. CELA provides access to a collection of over 1 million titles in multiple accessible formats, including audio, braille, printbraille and text. Our services ensure that people with print disabilities across the country are more able to fully participate in learning, work and community life and contribute to the social, cultural, and economic development and success of their local and broader communities. Register now at this link HERE.
Gale Courses – Hundreds of engaging, instructor-led online courses focused on professional development, technology skills, and personal enrichment.
LinkedIn Learning – The LinkedIn Learning – library allows learners to browse for learning paths, courses, videos, collections, and custom content.
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 Chetwynd Public Library databases as well as tutorials on Google products, social media, health and wellness, and much more!
TumbleBooks – a collection of animated, talking picture books with interactive puzzles and games for kids. HAPPY TUMBLING!
In-Library Use only
Ancestry Library Edition
British Columbia Codes (in Library Use Only) – Includes the current BC Building Code (including Plumbing Services) and the BC Fire Code.
British Columbia Statistics – Statistics on population, business, the economy, labour and society. From BCStats, the central statistical agency of the Province of British Columbia.
Access 2006 Census full (31 page) profiles or any item with a “key” icon beside it is available here. (Note: Remote access is permitted if your library can provide authentication.)
KnowBC Online (In-Library use only) – Includes the following resources:
- Encyclopedia of British Columbia – With more than 4,000 entries and 1,500 accompanying photographs, maps, charts and tables, as well as sound and video clips.
- Marine Life of the Pacific Northwest – A Photographic Encyclopedia of Invertebrates, Seaweeds and Selected Fishes.
- The Encyclopedia of Raincoast Place Names – A Complete Reference to Coastal British Columbia
- Far West – The Story of British Columbia
- Raincoast Chronicles 20 – Lilies and Fireweed: Frontier Women of British Columbia.
- Where Mountains Meet the Sea – A History of Coastal BC
Vehicle Safety and Inspection Standards Online (In Library Use Only) Current vehicle safety and inspection standards and related BC legislation.
More Recommended Resources
BC Laws – Free public access to the Statutes & Regulations of B.C.
Business Plan Handbooks – A compilation of business plans developed by small businesses throughout North America. Access is made possible by the Small Business Accelerator at the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre at UBC with financial support from the Sutherland Foundation.
Canadian Encyclopedia – A comprehensive information source about Canada and Canadians, for students, the general public and scholars. Includes articles written by experts, as well as web links and multimedia clips. No library card is required to access these resources on the Internet.
/* Canadian Subsidy Directory – The Canadian Subsidy Directory is 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. */
Citation Machine – CITATION MACHINE™ HELPS STUDENTS AND PROFESSIONAL RESEARCHERS to properly credit the information that they use. Its primary goal is to make it so easy for student researchers to cite their information sources, that there is virtually no reason not to.
Clicklaw – An Internet subject guide to authoritative legal resources in BC and Canada. Developed by the Legal Services Society of BC and now maintained by the BC Courthouse Library Society. No library card is required to access this resource on the Internet.
Electronic Atlas of the Plants of British Columbia – The E-Flora atlas pages provide detailed information on British Columbia’s plant species. To access the pages, conduct a species search using the ‘Species Search Page’ button below. You can search for a single species or a group of species. Use our quick search feature in the window below to call up atlas pages for single species.
ICBC Driving Test – BC Driving Test – ICBC Knowledge Test. This online ICBC Knowledge Test, with multiple choice questions, is intended to help you prepare for the ICBC Practice Test and Class 7L Learner’s.
Points to the Past – Searchable primary source material: maps, photos, newspapers, manuscripts, pamphlets, portraits, sermons, poems, and more. For research, teaching and learning.
TechBoomers – TechBoomers.com is a free educational website that teaches older adults and others with limited computer skills how to use the most popular websites on the Internet. The website has over 100 free courses on many different types of websites and apps: Social, Entertainment, Online Shopping, Education, and more. A few of our popular courses include Facebook, Netflix, Ancestry, and Internet Safety.