Log-In Information
Most BC Digital Classroom Databases
Log-in: mrcsstudent
Password: skill&1819
*There are a few databases that require a different password. They will be listed below the datbase link.
How-to Access MRCS Databases
Gale Databases
Password: lightening
Elementary & Middle School Databases
Grades K-3. Listen to stories, watch videos, play games and online colouring sheets. About animals, nature & transportation.
Grades 3-9. Explore animals, science, geography & people through: articles, videos, games, biographies, maps, games & more.
Easy-to-read and simple to search articles, videos and pictures on a variety of topics.
Grades 3-9. Research thousands of topics through articles, videos, audio, pictures, websites and more.
Search these interactive timelines of historical events and the lives of notable people.
High School Databases
Examine multiple sides of an issues by accessing the overview, point and counterpoint on a variety of current topics. Stay fully informed!
Username: mapleridgecs
Password: research22!
Search a variety of topics through up-to-the-minute news, articles, links and multimedia reference materials.
Search a variety of topics, people, places & events through articles, videos, images & audio with a Canadian perspective.
Search news, viewpoints, videos & statistics for issues within government, health, law, science, culture, technology & more.
Search articles, magazines, books, news, images, audio & video for a variety of topics, events, geography, people and more.
Search biology, chemistry, physics and more through articles, experiments & interactive simulations.
Access author biographies, full-text classic novels, short stories and poems. Covering a variety of genres & timeframes.
Username: mapleridgecs
Password: research22!
Find author biographies, essays, literary criticisms and reviews. Focused on Canadian writers & their works.
Username: mapleridgecs
Password: research22!
Find hundreds of thousand poems, short stories, biographies, essays, and video & audio recordings.
Username: mapleridgecs
Password: research22!
General Databases
Provides accurate and up-to-date information about our people and our country. Search articles, images, maps, games, video and audio.
Using articles, images, videos, maps and facts to feature a wide variety of subjects areas with a BC perspective.
Search for your next great read with the read-alike function, use the appeal terms to find books that are "your style", or read professional book reviews before purchase.
Username: mapleridgecs
Password: research22!
Educator Databases
Includes lesson plans, web links, curriculum standards and student tools, in this easy-to-use interface to search a wide variety of subjects.
Video series with study guides on topics to support the mental health of teens.
On-demand access to 4,500 full length and 20,000 clip level educational videos that educators can search, stream and download.
Over 1700 science and math videos for students aged 11-16. Includes extension activities, experiments and topic handouts.