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The Encyclopedia of British Columbia is the definitive reference work on British Columbia. With more than 4,000 entries and 1,500 accompanying photographs, maps, charts and tables, as well as sound and video clips, The EBC is the source of readable and authoritative information on all the significant British Columbian people, places and things.

GALE Database Interfaces

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Big database search - search ALL of our GALE products EXCEPT Points to the Past (use the more narrow searches below for fewer results).

For more narrow searches, see these databases and interfaces :

EBSCOhost Database Interfaces

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Big database search - search MOST of EBSCOhost databases and interfaces.

For a more narrow search of specific databases and interfaces, click on the big EBSCOhost button below.

"JSTOR provides access to more than 12 million academic journal articles, books, and primary sources in 75 disciplines."

Passwords can be found here (you must be logged in to your Stratford Hall Google account to access the passwords page).

YouTube tutorials to help you use JSTOR:

• Searching JSTOR
• JSTOR Text Analyzer
• The JSTOR Understanding Series

Select here for the Directory of Open Access Journals

• ResearchGate: where researchers share their work. You'll need to create a free account.
• Full Text Reports: "A top-tier research professional's hand-picked selection of documents from academe, corporations, government agencies, interest groups, NGOs, professional societies, research institutes, think tanks, trade associations, and more."

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Includes:

• BrainPOP
• BrainPOP Jr. (K-3)
• BrainPOP Español
• BrainPOP Français

• Science Book Fair examples and tips
• Resource Evaluation Grade 6SM
• Resource Evaluation Grade 6TC
• OPCVL Chart (evaluate resources)
  
• How to use NoodleTools

• Grade 7L Resource Evaluation
• Grade 7SP Resource Evaluation
• Climate Change
• Ancient Civilizations
• Mythology Resources
• OPCVL Chart (evaluate resources)
• Bias vs. Perspective (Point of View)
  
• How to use NoodleTool
  
• Research F.A.Q.s (Frequently Asked Questions
  
• Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Sources in Science
• Earn your Library Website Navigator Credential Badge
  • How to add credentials badges to your email signature

• Evaluation of Resources Slide Show
• Destiny catalogue: geography books in Stratford Hall Libraries plus sampling of websites
• Laminated wall maps (kept in the DP library): these can be checked out for e.g. your classroom wall for a unit and presentations.
• How to use NoodleTools
• Bias vs. Perspective (Point of View)
• Research F.A.Q.s (Frequently Asked Questions)
• Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Sources in Science
• How to Cite Sources in Speeches
• Space Technology
• Resource Evaluation Using the IB's OPCVL (used to be CARRDSS)

• Data Analysis Resources: especially useful for geography, economics, sciences, math projects
• Social Science Research Methods: brief introduction

• How to use NoodleTools
• FYI - Footnoting Information: we use MLA which does not use footnotes/endnotes for referencing. The IB would like you to avoid using footnotes for comments/to get around word counts.

• History Resources (DP) Google Doc: a variety of suggestions of different source types to get you started.
  
  
• 20th and 21st Century (mostly) Indigenous History Subject Guide
  
  
• How to use NoodleTools

• Introduction to the Extended Essay
• Sessions 2-4
• EE Resources for DP Students and Supervisors
• Research ethics tutorial: useful for those conducting studies on human participants
• How to use NoodleTools
• Data Analysis Resources

• Science Resources (MYP): Infectious Disease & Related Innovations
• Using and Annotating Nonfiction Text
• How to Cite Sources in Speeches
• Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Sources in Science
• Bias vs. Perspective (Point of View)
• How to use NoodleTools
• Data Analysis Resources

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• History Resources (MYP - Canadian focus)
• Note-taking Tips
• Using and Annotating Nonfiction Text
• Research F.A.Q.s (Frequently Asked Questions)
• Bias vs. Perspective (Point of View)
• How to use NoodleTools
• Data Analysis Resources

• Islamic Innovations
• Middle Ages/Feudalism: Stratford Hall physical resources collection
• Research F.A.Q.s (Frequently Asked Questions)
• Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Sources in Science
• OPCVL Chart (evaluate resources): used to be CARRDSS
• Bias vs. Perspective (Point of View)
• How to use NoodleTools
• Earn your Library Website Navigator Credential Badge
  • How to add credentials badges to your email signature

Using Extensions to Search Online

In Google, enter a keyword, then site:.extension into the search bar. The extensions used below take you to mostly academic/university websites (note that not all .edu sites are truly academic):

e.g. astrolabe invention site:.ac.uk
e.g. islamic inventions site:.mcgill.ca
e.g.”tin glazing” invention site:.edu

Use this same technique to find resources from the perspective of specific countries:

From universities in China:
e.g. Zhang Zeduan site:edu.cn

From Chinese government websites:
e.g. Huizong song emperor site:gov.cn

Visual Arts

• Art Comparative Study Subject Guide - DP

Theatre

Please note these are just a selection of our resources. The book lists do not include everything we have.

• Ms. Jansen’s Counsellor’s Corner: often includes diversity resources.
• Anti-Racism/Diversity Resources: includes various books lists
• See Aboriginal/Indigenous Tab above (teachers - see expanded resources by clicking on "Teacher Resources" tab above).
• Exploring Bias vs. Perspective (Point of View): gr. 7
• Disabilities Grades 8+ book list: learning differences, neurodiversity, physical impairments, etc. Mostly fiction.
• Disabilities Grades 6-8 book list: learning differences, neurodiversity, physical impairments, etc. Mostly fiction.
• LGTBQ2S+ Grades 6-8 book list
• LGTBQ2S+ Grades 8+ book list
• Aboriginal/Indigenous MYP/DP library books.
• Diverse: Grades 6-8 (may also include books written by BIPOC authors even if main characters are not, to support those authors in their work).
• Diverse Grades 8 - adult (may also include books written by BIPOC authors even if main characters are not, to support those authors in their work).
• Civil Rights: Grades 6-8
• Civil Rights: Grades 8 to adult.
• Non-Western Authors

• Chemistry IA Research
• Data Analysis Resources

Additionally, studies show people read more deeply when reading print rather than on a screen (and with fewer distractions).