Homework Help

General Homework Resources

LearnNow* BC Homework Help Learning resources and databases provided to all students in BC.
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Prince of Wales Secondary School's Library web site

Links to help make your homework research easier and more effective. Created and maintained by a Vancouver teacher-librarian.
BJ Pinchbeck’s Homework Helper Links to hundreds of sites that will help with your homework. You can even ask B.J. a question.
Canada’s Digital Initiative Award-winning. Home to hundreds of Web sites about Canada produced by Canadians between the ages of 15 - 30. Read about how to create your own site for this program.

Grade 12 Provincial Exams

 Choose your subject, month, and year. Practice before you have to write your exams.

Teen Space at the Internet Public Library

A great collection of resources for homework and just for browsing.

Language Arts

Bartleby: Great Books Online

Free access to reference books and literature. Includes Shakespeare, the World Fact Book, Roget's Thesaurus, and others.
Citation Styles

How to create a bibliography for books, articles and electronic resources.
Merriam-Webster Web Dictionary Offers a dictionary, thesaurus, and a Spanish/English dictionary.

AskOxford

 Sign up for word of the day emails, use a dictionary, and see how the English language has changed over time.

Encyclopedias and Glossaries

Offers encyclopedias of diverse subjects, as well as a variety of glossaries.
SparkNotes Study Guides

Literature, drama, poetry, as well as subject areas like math, chemistry, and astronomy.

Mathematics

ConvertWorld

Interactive calculators for converting between currencies, weight, volume, mass, time, distance, and more.
The Math Forum

Dr. Math will help with your math question. Check the archives or e-mail your question. From elementary to college and beyond.

Science

The Nine Planets

A multimedia tour of the solar system. Includes history, mythology, and science.
Street Drugs

Information on drugs – alcohol and tobacco, prescription abuse, as well as cannabis, depressants, stimulants, narcotics, and hallucinogens and disassociative drugs.

Social Studies

Atlas of Canada You won’t believe the variety of maps of Canada available here!
The World Factbook

Contains up-to-date information on countries and territories around the world.