Carpentry

• BC Building Code
• WorksafeBC Videos

Article Databases

• Academic Search Premier
• Applied Science and Technology Index
• Business Source Premier
• Canadian Periodical Index (CPI.Q)

Websites

• Apprenticeship and the Red Seal Program
• Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety
• Canadian General Standards Board
• Building BC
• Canadian Woodworking Magazine
• Construction Innovation
• Fine Woodworking Online
• Institute for Research in Construction
• Lumber Basics
• Where to Find Material Safety Data Sheets on the Internet Wood Handbook: Wood as an Engineering Material
• Wood Products Extension Resources for Teachers
• Woodwire
• WorkSafeBC

Associations and Organizations

• American Wood Council
• American Forest and Paper Association
• Architectural Woodwork Institute
• Buildcore
• Canadian Home Builders' Association
• Canadian Labour Congress
• Canadian Plywood Association
• Canadian Wood Council
• Forest Products Society
• Woodworking
• Woodworker's Website Association
• Woodzone

TIP: Don't believe everything you read! Evaluate web sources very carefully for their accuracy, authority, and currency. Here are some evaluation criteria to help you

Job Search

• Canadian Careers Page
• Job Shark Canada
• Monster.ca
• Occupational Outlook Handbook - United States
• Also, check out Kwantlen Library's Job Search page

Selected Books in the Cloverdale Library

Call Numbers: Browse the library shelves for Carpentry and Construction books by going to the TA or TH sections. Search for more books through our Library Catalogue .

• Basic Blueprint Reading and Sketching
  T 379 O4 1999 Cloverdale
• British Columbia Building Code 2006
  REF TH 226 B7 B72006 Cloverdale
• Building Trades Printreading: residential and light commercial construction
  TH 431 P72 2000 Cloverdale
• Carpentry
  TH 5604 L44 2001 Cloverdale
• Carpentry and Building Construction
  TH 5604 F45 1986 Cloverdale
• Concrete Masonry Handbook for Architects, Engineers, Builders
  TH 1461 R36 1991 Cloverdale
• Carpentry
  TH 5606 H38 1999 Cloverdale
• Formwork for Concrete Construction
  TA 682.44 H86 2005 Cloverdale
• Illustrated Dictionary of Building Design and construction
  REF TH 9 B87 2005 Cloverdale
• National Building Code of Canada 2005
  REF TH 226 A15 N3 2005 Cloverdale
• Ortho's all about carpentry basics
  TH 5640 O78 2000 Cloverdale

DVDs/Videos

The Cloverdale Library has over 100 videos/DVDs on Carpentry and Construction topics located in the Reserve Video/DVD section of the library. These items are available to Carpentry students for a 1 day loan.

The library also has the following web-streamed video series:

• SafetyCare : a series of over 70 industrial safety videos available from the applications menu on the desktop of all library and computer lab pc's at the Cloverdale Campus.
• WorksafeBC : a series produced by WorkSafeBC

Kwantlen Library subscribes to a variety of journals both in print and online. If you're not sure if a journal is scholarly (often called "academic" or "peer-reviewed"), look at our checklist

Selected Magazines at Cloverdale

• Building
• Canadian Home Workshop
• Construction Canada
• Fine Homebuilding
• Fine Woodworking
• Journal of Light Construction
• Wood Design & Building
• WorkSafe (Cloverdale, Langley)
• Workbench
  

• BC Building Code
• Cambridge Dictionaries Online
• Encyclopedia of British Columbia - a comprehensive online reference source for BC-related information, including articles, sound files, images, maps, charts and graphs.
• Online dictionaries - A list of more than 400 online dictionaries.
• Oxford Reference Online - Provides access to 100 key Oxford dictionaries and reference works across a broad subject spectrum.
• WWWebster Dictionary - includes pronunciation, etymology, and a built-in thesaurus.

• Dun & Bradstreet Million Dollar Database (Western Canada)
  Use the "Advanced Search" and choose "Line of Business" to search for carpentry. Or, use the advanced search to search by specific NAICS codes. For example,
  • 238130 - framing contractors
  • 236118 - residential remodelers
  • 238350 - finish carpentry contractors
  • 337212 - custom architectural woodwork & millwork mfg
  • 337110 - wood kitchen cabinet & countertop mfg
• Canadian Newsstand
  Find newspaper articles about Canadian companies
• Canadian Business and Current Affairs
  Find articles about Canadian companies and industries

• APA - American Psychological Assoc. guidelines
• MLA - Modern Language Assoc. standards

• British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT)
• Conestoga College
• Northern Alberta Institute of Technology
• Red Deer College
• Southern Alberta Institute of Technology