Research tip for students: Before looking for information on the Internet, make sure you have checked for published works on your topic first. (1) Search the library catalogue for books and media (2) Search online journal indexes for journal articles on your topic.
Tip for searching this page: Click on a topic on the pull-down menu, or use "Edit-Find" to search by keyword e.g. Find: jobs takes you to job/career links
The discipline of anthropology consists of four subfields: social/cultural anthropology; biological or physical anthropology; archaeology; and linguistics -- anything that covers all of these is annotated 'full field'; otherwise, the annotation is broken down into one of the four subfields. (Patti Peach, CNC Dept. of Anthropology)
Annual Reviews: Anthropology - anthro.annualreviews.org An exceptional yearly publication with representation on the Web - a sign-up and pay (ultimately) but can give you direction to the printed volumes (held by CNC Library)
Anthropology Biography Web (Minnesota State U) - emuseum.mnsu.edu/information/biography/index.shtml A biographic site for many anthropologists -- life histories plus some publications -- contextualises and humanises them. Partial, and with some errors, but fairly authoritative. Biased towards Americans, Euro-centric and not totally current; helpful nonetheless
Bodies of Culture: tattooing, piercing, body painting throughout the ages - http://www.museum.upenn.edu/new/exhibits/online_exhibits/body_modification/bodmodintro.shtml
By Aeroplane to Pygmyland: Revisiting the 1926 Dutch and American Expedition to New Guinea - http://www.sil.si.edu/expeditions/1926/
A Century of Collecting (Hearst Museum of Anthropology) - hearstmuseum.berkeley.edu/exhibitions/cent/splash.html
Country Studies/Area Handbooks (Library of Congress) - lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/csquery.html Searchable database of information about over 100 countries of the world
Cultural Anthropology: the journal of the Society for Cultural Anthropology - http://www.aaanet.org/sca/ca/
CyArk: digital reconstructions of ancient archaeological sites - http://www.CyArk.org/
Economic Anthropology (Southwest Missouri State U) - http://courses.missouristate.edu/lgc008f/anthropology.htm Links posted for SMSU Economic Anthropology course -- General resources; Sumer; Rome; Mediterranean trading cities; Industrial Britain; modern USA; Egypt, Greece, China and other interesting places
Eternal Egypt: images, three dimensional reconstructions, sound files - http://www.eternalegypt.org/
Evaluation of Anthropology Research Sources on the Web (UManitoba) www.umanitoba.ca/libraries/units/dafoe/subjects/anthro_on_web.html Sites that deal with evaluating Web content, determining scholarly nature, quality of content.
Harvard University Dept. of Anthropology - http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~anthro/ Beautiful pictures -- content particular to the department at Harvard -- aim for it!!
WWW Virtual Library Anthropology (AnthroTECH) - vlib.anthrotech.com The whole stuff of anthropology -- all fields -- games, directories, jobs, etc. -- a real online site
Archaeology and Physical/Biological Anthropology
Archaeology Channel: short films about archaeology (RealOnePlayer) - www.archaeologychannel.org
The following section lists websites for archaeology, based on Anthropology 102 text. Always ask yourself: What is the purpose of this site? What type of information can I gather at this site? What types of research resources are available on it? Of what use can I make of it?
Harvard University Evolution Links - mcb.harvard.edu/BioLinks/Evolution.html What can be learned from the sources of information on evolution and anthropology departments offering biological anthropology?
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MendelWeb - www.mendelweb.org Locate Gregor Mendel’s paper and compare it to a modern paper. How does it differ? How does it seem similar?
Evolution of Hominid Locomotion: A Bibliography - pin.primate.wisc.edu/aboutp/evol/loco.html. List the top ten resources you may want to use for a paper on the evolution of hominid locomotion.
Jane Goodall Institute - www.janegoodall.org This site provides information on such issues as feeding and food-sharing.
Female bonobos - songweaver.com/info/bonobos.html What insights can be gained about male dominance over females?
The Skull Module - www.csuchico.edu/anth/Module What can you learn by using this interactive module? How can it be applied to a lesson in physical anthropology?
Three dimensional medical reconstruction - www.crd.ge.com/esl/cgsp/projects/medical/ How can this site help you to understand the various functions of the human body?
Evolutionary theory web site - www.evolutionary.org What resources are available in this site for helping you better understand this chapter?
Institute for Aboriginal Health - www.health-sciences.ubc.ca/iah/ What are some current aboriginal health issues in Canada? How are they being dealt with?
First Nations and Inuit health - http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fnihb-dgspni/fnihb/about_fnihb.htm What kinds of information about First Nations and Inuit health are available on this website? What measures are being taken to eliminate tuberculosis among Inuit populations?
The Oriental Institute, University of Chicago - oi.uchicago.edu/OI/default.html What is the purpose of the Oriental Institute? What type of research can be found at this site? Why does this site have the name that it does?
Exploring Chavin de Huantar - http://www.stanford.edu/~johnrick/chavin_wrap/chavin/ What research on early ceremonial cities in ancient Peru can be accomplished using this site?
Art and Architecture Thesaurus Online - www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/vocabularies/aat/ Art History (about.com) - http://arthistory.about.com/ Art History Index (World Wide Arts Resources) - http://wwar.com/arthistory/index.html Art History Research Centre (Concordia U) - http://art-history.concordia.ca/AHRC/ Art History with Michelli: course materials, art, search, careers - http://www.ariadne.org/studio/michelli/ Art Museum.net: exhibitions (Intel) - http://www.artmuseum.net/ Art:21: gateway to 21st century art and artists (PBS) - http://www.pbs.org/art21/ Artchive: archive of artists and art history - http://www.artchive.com/ Artcyclopedia: index of online museums and image archives - http://www.artcyclopedia.com/ Artist Portfolio Online - http://www.artq.net Artlex: an art dictionary - www.artlex.com
Artnet: the art world online, including galleries, auctions - http://www.artnet.com/
Arts & Crafts Movement: 1880-1920 in Europe and America - http://collectionsonline.lacma.org/mwebcgi/mweb.exe?request=exhibit;id=7015 Arts Journal: daily digest of arts and cultural journalism - http://www.artsjournal.com/
Basic Immunology: online multimedia course (some pay for use) - http://www.immunology.klimov.tom.ru/index.html BC Ecosystems Branch: Species at Risk, etc. - http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/wld/ Beetle Science - http://www.explore.cornell.edu/scene.cfm?scene=Beetle Science BioInteractive: bringing the world of biology to life - www.biointeractive.org
Biology Animation Library (Cold Spring Harbour Laboratory) - http://www.dnalc.org/ddnalc/resources/animations.html Biology Browser: searchable links to news and life science websites - http://www.biologybrowser.org Biology Online: dictionary of biology, tutorials, links - www.biology-online.org Biology: Web of Life: sample lessons for college students/teachers - http://www.mindquest.org/samples/biology/ BioMed Central: peer-reviewed research - www.biomedcentral.com
BioPortal: information about Canadian biotechnology - http://www.bioportal.gc.ca/ Botany.com: online encyclopedia of plants - http://www.botany.com
Bryophytes: mosses, liverworts and hornworts - http://bryophytes.plant.siu.edu/
Darwin 200: celebrating 200 years of debate about evolution - http://www.darwin200.org/ DNA From the Beginning: animated primer on DNA, genes, heredity – http://dnaftb.org/ DNA Interactive: genetics and molecular biology - http://www.dnai.org/index.htm Ducks Unlimited - www.ducks.org
E-Anatomy: atlas of human anatomy - http://www.imaios.com/en/e-Anatomy/
E-Flora BC: electronic atlas of the plants of British Columbia - http://www.eflora.bc.ca/ Earth Day Canada - www.earthday.ca
National Human Genome Research Institute - http://www.genome.gov/ NatureServe: conservation information on 50,000+ plants, animals, ecological communities of US/Canada - http://www.natureserve.org/ NetFrog: interactive frog dissection - http://teach.virginia.edu/go/frog Orca Live: with live Webcam viewing of Orca whales in BC – www.orca-live.com
The Organic Center: the science of organic growing - http://www.organic-center.org Ornithology: the science of birds - http://www.ornithology.com/ Peterson Online – Birds - http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/peterson/petersonhome.cfm The Piltdown Plot - http://www.clarku.edu/~piltdown/
Primate Lit: articles, books on primate studies (enter www.cnc.bc.ca to access) - http://primatelit.library.wisc.edu/
Reduce.org: reduce your garbage - http://www.reduce.org/
vPlants: data and digital images for 90,000+ plant speciments - http://www.vplants.org/ WebAnatomy: interactive site with graphics, self-tests - http://www.gen.umn.edu/faculty_staff/jensen/1135/webanatomy/ Web Anatomy.net - http://webanatomy.net/
Advertising Age - http://adage.com/ Ad Access: historical ads 1911-1955 - scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/adaccess/ Ad Council: public service campaigns that have made a difference, 1942-present - http://www.adcouncil.org/default.aspx?id=61 The Advertising Century: 20th century advertising history, top campaigns - http://adage.com/century/
Building Brands: brand management, marketing, communication - http://www.buildingbrands.com
Classic TV Ads: free classic television commercials - http://www.roadode.com/classicindex.shtml Clio Awards: world's largest advertising awards, archives 1960-present - http://www.clioawards.com/ Emergence of Advertising in America 1850-1920: over 9,000 images - http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/eaa/
ThomasNet Industrial Product/Service Search - http://www.thomasnet.com/ Web100: Top 100 US and international companies on the Web - http://metamoney.com/w100/ World Wide Data Bank of Annual Reports: IRIN Investor Relations Information Network - http://www.irin.com Yahoo Financial News: with company profiles from Market Guide magazine - http://finance.yahoo.com/ Zapdata: Dun & Bradstreet company lookups, industry reports, prospect lists (free registration) - www.zapdata.com
eBusiness Connection: BC's one-stop e-business resource centre for small and medium-sized enterprises - www.e-bc.ca Sample site: eBay: person to person online trading – http://www.ebay.com
EconStats: economics statistics from around the world - http://www.econstats.com/index.htm EH.Net encyclopedia of economic and business history - http://www.eh.net/encyclopedia/
Global Economy in Crisis: think tank - http://www.cfr.org/thinktank/greenberg/ Globalization 101: a student's guide to globalization - http://www.globalization101.org/
CNC Library Journals page (CNC users only) - Over 1,500 full-text business journals and newspapers! Choose American Business Index (ABI), Canadian Business & Current Affairs, and Canadian NewsDisc
Patent Lens: search full text of 7 million+ patents, 60 countries - http://www.patentlens.net/daisy/patentlens/patentlens.html Patent search: enter search words, click 'patents' box (Scirus) - http://www.scirus.com/srsapp/advanced/index.jsp Patently silly: odd and interesting patents, posted by stand-up comedian Daniel Write - http://www.patentlysilly.com/
CNC Library Statistics Page - http://www.cnc.bc.ca/Exploring/Services/Library/web_reference/Statistics.htm GD Sourcing: Statistics Canada data for small business and entrepreneurship (some pay for use) - http://www.gdsourcing.com/
Hospitality - Cool Jobs: Canadian tourism and hospitality jobs - http://www.cooljobscanada.com Hospitality - ExpoWorld Career Centre - http://www.expoworldcareers.com/ Hydro - BC Hydro job postings - http://www.bchydro.bc.ca/careers
Salary Expert: salary information for job seekers (US/Canadian) - http://www.salaryexpert.com/ Note: Salary information for different careers is also available in places like WorkFutures (BC) and Job Futures (Canada)
All Canadian Jobs: job postings - http://www.allcanadianjobs.com/ CanJobs: Canadian job searches - www.canjobs.com CareerJet: employment search engine for Canada - http://www.careerjet.ca HireGround job board (Canada) - http://www.hgcareers.com/ iJive Canada Jobs: job bank and career sites directory - http://www.ijive.ca Job Postings: Canada's student job network - http://www.jobpostings.ca/ + Interview Center http://www.jobpostings.ca/resources/interview_default.cfm Jobhawk: Canadian jobs, resume postings - http://www.jobhawk.com Monster.ca: Canadian job postings - http://monster.ca/ Plus +Jobs Canada: job postings - http://www.plusjobs.ca/
CNC Home Page - http://www.cnc.bc.ca/ Education Planner BC (formerly Opening Doors, info on BC post-secondary programmes) - http://www.educationplanner.bc.ca CanLearn Interactive (HRDC): supporting Canadians in pursuit of learning/career goals - http://canlearn.ca/ School Finder - http://www.schoolfinder.com/
ChemGate: search for NMR, IR, MS Spectra - http://chemgate.emolecules.com/ Cheminformatics site (Trinity University) - http://hackberry.chem.trinity.edu/
Periodic Table of Videos: video clips of each element - http://www.periodicvideos.com Spark Notes chemistry study guides (Harvard) - http://www.sparknotes.com/
Spectra Online: IR, MS, NMR, UV/VIS, NIR spectra - http://www.galactic.com/SpcOnline.htm Theoretical Chemistry: a self-guided introduction for college students - simons.hec.utah.edu/TheoryPage/index.html Visual Table of the Elements: it’s fun! (Chemistry Society) - www.chemsoc.org/viselements WebElements: the periodic table on the web - www.webelements.com Wired Chemist: visualizing and understanding chemical concepts and structures - wulfenite.fandm.edu
AACE Digital Library (Assoc. for Advancement of Computing in Education): article abstracts, conference proceedings - www.aace.org/DL/ Anti-Virus Site - http://us.trendmicro.com/us/home/index.html
Ask Bob Rankin: free tech support questions and answers - http://askbobrankin.com/
DottoTech: Steve Dotto's award winning TV show about technology - http://www.dottotech.com/
Every File Format in the World: list - http://www.ace.net.nz/tech/TechFileFormat.html FindiPod: search engine for iPod software, accessories, content - http://findipod.com Freeware Home: free software for business, education, games, etc.- http://www.freewarehome.com/ Home PC Firewall Guide: security for home computers - http://www.firewallguide.com/
Programmers Heaven: programming languages, development tools, downloads - http://www.programmersheaven.com/ Scriptsearch: 5000+ CGIs and scripts for Website development - http://scriptsearch.internet.com/ Slashdot.org: “news for nerds” - slashdot.org Spark Notes computer science study guides (Harvard) - http://www.sparknotes.com/ Tech Dictionary: computer terms and technology words defined - www.techdictionary.com TechWeb: the IT network - http://www.techweb.com Version Tracker - versiontracker.com Webopedia: Computer and Internet encyclopedia (Internet.com) - http://www.webopedia.com/ Whatis?: the IT-specific encyclopedia - http://whatis.techtarget.com/ Windows Resource Kits: online help - http://www.microsoft.com/windows/reskits/webresources/default.asp
Chef at Home: with Chef Michael Smith - http://www.foodtv.ca/chefathome/ Chef de Cuisine: features recipes in notecard format - http://www.chefdecuisine.com/ Cook's Thesaurus: food substitutions - http://www.foodsubs.com/
Cookbook Wiki: the open source cookbook anyone can edit - http://www.cookbookwiki.com/ Creole and Cajun Recipe Page - http://www.gumbopages.com/recipe-page.html Culinary Cooking Schools and Institutes - http://www.culinary-cooking-schools-institutes.com/ The Edible Monument: edible architecture and sculpture in 16th-19th century Europe - http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/digital/ediblemonument/ The Enspicelopedia: all about spices - http://www.mccormick.com/content.cfm?ID=8291
Epicurean Online - http://www.epicurean.com/ Epicurious: the world's greatest recipe collection - http://eat.epicurious.com Ethnic Grocer: shop for ethnic food ingredients - http://www.ethnicgrocer.com/ Feeding America: search for historical recipes by name, ingredient, etc. - http://digital.lib.msu.edu/projects/cookbooks/coldfusion/search.cfm Food 411: a directory of food-related businesses - http://www.food411.com
Food Timeline: food throughout history - http://www.foodtimeline.org/index.html
FoodTV - http://www.foodtv.ca/ Global Gourmet - http://www.foodwine.com The Gourmet Connection: gourmet food & health magazine - http://gourmetconnection.com/ InfoBasket: BC agri-food portal - http://infobasket.gov.bc.ca/portal/server.pt? The Internet Chef online – http://www.ichef.com Kitchen Chemistry (MIT Open Courseware) - http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Special-Programs/SP-287Spring-2006/CourseHome/index.htm Low Protein Recipes - http://www.kidney.org/atoz/atozitem.cfm?id=89 Meals for You: recipe search - http://www.mealsforyou.com/ Medieval Cookery - http://www.medievalcookery.com/ Mimi's Cyber Kitchen - http://www.cyber-kitchen.com/ Recipezaar: menu ideas and recipes - http://www.recipezaar.com/ Restaurant Report: for hospitality industry professionals - http://www.restaurantreport.com/
National Parks (Parks Canada) - http://www.parkscanada.ca/
OP Publishing: BC outdoor recreation & tourism - http://www.oppub.com/ Web Directory: Ecotourism - www.reference.com/Dir/Recreation/Travel/Ecotourism Wildernet: guide to US outdoor recreation sites and activities - http://www.wildernet.com/
Student Housing in PG CNC Residence PG Rent Net - http://www.pgrentnet.com/ Homes 4 Students: student housing (no need to register, pick location: PG) - http://homes4students.com
Global Educators Network - globaleducators.net Just Colleges: web directory of colleges (US, UK, India, Canada, Australia) - http://www.justcolleges.com/
BC Courses (for CNC courses check "Institutions" page) - http://bccourses.com/ BC Campus (ABE, ABT, Associate, Bachelors, Library Tech) - http://bccampus.ca/ BC Open University - http://www.ola.bc.ca/bcou/
Digital Campus: podcasts, info on digital media and tv - http://digitalcampus.tv/ eLearning BC - http://www.elearningbc.ca/
Google "Infinite Thinking Machine" tips on using technology in the classroom - http://www.infinitethinking.org/ ICT & Technology Resources: integrating information and communication technologies into teaching and learning (BC Ministry of Ed.) - http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/technology/6-9.htm MIT OpenCourseWare: course materials, lecture notes (see sample: Biology) - ocw.mit.edu Moodle open source courseware - http://moodle.org/
Open Educational Resources: free to use learning content - http://oercommons.org/ TechKnowLogia: international journal of technologies in education - http://www.techKnowLogia.org/ ThinkQuest: online learning projects K-12 - www.thinkquest.org
All the Tests: IQ, EQ, Career, Health, etc. - http://www.allthetests.com GED: General Educational Development Testing Service, for potential test takers and educators - www.acenet.edu/calec/ged/ GED Preparation Resources on the Web: for teachers - http://research.umbc.edu/~ira/GEDres.html How to write tests - www.edu.uleth.ca/runte/tests/ IQ Tests: "biggest selection of tests on the Web" - http://home.universityoflife.com/ SAT College Admission Test (US, revised 2005) - http://www.collegeboard.com/ SAT Prep Plan: preparing for Scholastic Aptitude/Assessment Tests - http://www.satprepplan.com
It's Still Winter: CNC/UNBC poetry journal - http://quarles.unbc.ca/winter/ Reflections on Water: an online journal of northern BC authors and artists - http://ctl.unbc.ca/row
Bibliomania: 2000+ online literary classics, reviews, study guides - http://www.bibliomania.com BBC Books: writing, poetry and books - http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/books/ Book Fairs around the world - http://www.loc.gov/loc/cfbook/bookfair.html Book Television: celebrating writers - http://booktelevision.com/
Books-On-Line: 50,800+ books available for free downloading - http://www.books-on-line.com/
DailyLit: classic books, get installments by email - http://www.dailylit.com/ English Server: over 30,000 humanities texts - http://eserver.org/
From Verne to Vonnegut: a century of science fiction - http://www.lib.udel.edu/ud/spec/exhibits/scifi/ Google Books: searchable archive of books, "snippets of text" - http://books.google.com/
Playbill: news from the world of theater - http://www.playbill.com/
Poetry Archive: recorded poetry - http://www.poetryarchive.org
Poetry Magazine - http://www.poetrymagazine.org/ Poetry Portal: hosted by Colin Holcombe - www.poetry-portal.com Poets.org: Academy of American Poets - http://www.poets.org
Postcolonial Studies: intro to literature, theory (Emory U English Dept.) - http://www.english.emory.edu/Bahri/ Project Gutenberg: 20,000+ electronic books - http://www.gutenberg.net/
Rare Book Room: facsimiles of great classics of literature, science etc. - http://www.rarebookroom.org/
Amazon.com: online reviews of books in print - http://www.amazon.com
Book Crossing: book reviews, sharing best books - www.bookcrossing.com Dooney’s Cafe (Toronto): book reviews, social commentary - http://dooneyscafe.com January Magazine: book reviews - http://www.januarymagazine.com/
Metacritic: critical information about film, video, music, games, books, tv - http://www.metacritic.com/
Metacritic: critical information about film, video, music, games, books, tv - http://www.metacritic.com/ Movie Flix: early shorts, classics (register free, uses RealPlayer) - http://www.movieflix.com/ Movie Review Query Engine: extensive movie reviews - www.mrqe.com
National Film Board free film archive (750+ titles, for personal viewing; for showing in class please contact the library) - http://www.nfb.ca/explore-by/title/
Not Starring: fun trivia about movie stars, roles they turned down, got fired from etc. - http://www.notstarring.com/
Razzie Awards: for worst movies of the year - http://www.razzies.com/ Roger Ebert on Movies: Chicago Sun Times reviews - http://www.suntimes.com/ebert/ebert.html
ShortEnd Magazine: Thoughts on Independent Film - http://shortendmagazine.com/
Silent Era: homage to silent film era - http://www.silentera.com/
Sitcoms Online: 1950’s to 1990’s - http://www.sitcomsonline.com/
SnagFilms: watch 500+ full length documentary films - http://www.snagfilms.com/
Historical Book Arts Collection: history of the book - http://content.lib.washington.edu/historicalbookartsweb/ JournalismNet: a working journalist's guide to the Net - http://www.journalismnet.com/
Pulitzer Prizes - http://www.pulitzer.org Research Paper Writing (Capilano College Library Information Skills Web Tutor) - http://merlin.capcollege.bc.ca/librarytutor/index.htm Robin's Nest: for writers and web surfers - http://www.robinsnest.com/
Writing about Poetry: tips for students - http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/615/01/
Writing for the Web - http://www.ids.ac.uk/gdn/tools/writing.htm Writing Life: interviews from Media On Tap (RealPlayer & RealVideo G2 Plug-in) - http://www.mediaontap.com/drtomorrow/writinglife/
AltaVista Translation Service: translate text or a web page, to or from these languages (Chinese, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish) - http://babel.altavista.com/ Google Language Tools: translate text or a web page (English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish) - http://www.google.ca/language_tools?hl=en Free Translation: translate text into different languages - http://www.freetranslation.com/ 1-language.com, the ESL site for everyone learning English: grammar quizzes, games, forums, chat, etc. - http://www.1-language.com
BBC Learning English: audio, videos, text, games - http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/ Better English: includes interactive online and email exercises - http://www.better-english.com/exerciselist.html Crossword Puzzles for ESL Students - http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/cw/ Culture.ca: Canadian culture online - http://culture.ca
LearnLiveBC: Ministry of Advanced Education site promoting BC as a study destination - http://www.learnlivebc.ca/ Internet TESL Journal: articles, lesson plans, handouts, teaching ideas - http://iteslj.org/ Links for ESL Teachers - http://caslt.org/research/esllinks.htm Many Things: a fun study site for students of English as a Second Language - www.manythings.org PuzzleMaker: create crosswords, word searches, mazes etc. - http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com/ Sounds of English - http://www.soundsofenglish.org/links.htm The Tower of English: with ESL Guide to the Internet - towerofenglish.com UCLA Language Materials Project: learning resources for less commonly taught languages of the world - http://www.lmp.ucla.edu/ Using English.com: grammar glossaries, reference sheets, ESL forums - http://www.usingenglish.com/
**Citizenship Test Information** municipal Prince George, provincial BC, federal Canada (PG Public Library) - http://www.lib.pg.bc.ca/citizenship.html
Map Resources at CNC PG Map: Prince George maps and address searches (download free AutoDesk MapGuide Viewer) - http://www.city.pg.bc.ca/pgmap/ Upper Fraser Milltowns Historical Geography Project (UNBC) - web.unbc.ca/upperfraser Part of the Royal BC Museum’s Living Landscapes project, this site covers the communities of Shelley, Willow River, Giscome, Newlands, Aleza Lake, Upper Fraser, Hansard, Cornel Mills, Dewey, Sinclair Mills, Hutton, Longworth, Lindup, Penny, Bend, Dome Creek, Kidd, Urling, Loos, Crescent Spur, Rooney, Goat River, Lamming Mills and McBride, from 1914 to the present.
Cartography 2.0: creating interactive and animated maps - http://cartography2.org/ Country Mine: information on world mining industry by country - www.infomine.com/countries/
Geocommunity - http://www.GeoComm.com/ Geode: use GeoData Explorer to view world maps on population, transportation, natural resources, political boundaries and more - http://geode.usgs.gov
GeoGratis: free geospatial data - http://www.geogratis.cgdi.gc.ca/geogratis/en/index.html
Livable Streets urban planning - http://www.livablestreets.com/ Maporama: search by place, zip/postal code, etc. and get map - http://www.maporama.com/share/ Mapping (Canadian Geographic) - http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/mapping/ MapQuest: interactive atlas - http://www.mapquest.com/maps/ Maps and Flags: great selection of images - http://welcome.to/states_maps Monthly meteorological summary: at Prince George Airport - http://climate.weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/climateData/canada_e.html (choose British Columbia, Prince George) Mount St. Helens, Washington: with "real time" eruption monitoring - http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/MSH/ MSN Virtual Earth: US maps - http://virtualearth.msn.com/ NGDC Geologic Hazard Photos: earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, landslides, other famous events - http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/seg/fliers/se-0801.shtm. Tsunamis and Earthquakes: US Geological Survey - http://temp.water.usgs.gov/tsunami/ USGS Earthquake Hazards Program: includes maps and current news - http://earthquake.usgs.gov/ Virtual Geography Dept. (U of Colorado) - www.colorado.edu/geography/virtdept/main.html Volcanoes Online- http://library.advanced.org/17457/ Water Science (US Geological Survey) - http://water.usgs.gov/droplet Water Words Dictionary - http://www.state.nv.us/cnr/ndwp/dict-1/ww-index.htm Waves of Destruction: Tsunamis (PBS Savage Earth series) - http://www.pbs.org/wnet/savageearth/tsunami/ Western Geography Journal Online - http://office.geog.uvic.ca/dept/wcag/westgeog.htm World Water Council - http://www.worldwatercouncil.org/ World’s Water:information on global freshwater problems and solutions - http://www.worldwater.org/
Prince George Newspapers, 1909-1971+: searchable digitized newspapers Settlers' Effects: 10,000 photos of Prince George, Mackenzie, McBride and Valemount, 1805-1972 - http://www.settlerseffects.ca/ Simonson Photo Archives Online, 1910-1925 (Fraser-Fort George Regional Museum) - www.theexplorationplace.com Upper Fraser Milltowns Historical Geography Project (UNBC) - web.unbc.ca/upperfraser Part of the Royal BC Museum’s Living Landscapes project, this site covers the communities of Shelley, Willow River, Giscome, Newlands, Aleza Lake, Upper Fraser, Hansard, Cornel Mills, Dewey, Sinclair Mills, Hutton, Longworth, Lindup, Penny, Bend, Dome Creek, Kidd, Urling, Loos, Crescent Spur, Rooney, Goat River, Lamming Mills and McBride, from 1914 to the present. Opening New Caledonia: includes 3,400 CNC forest history photos and Wally West photo collection - http://www.openingnewcaledonia.ca
From Colony to Country: a Reader's Guide to Canadian Military History (online bibliography) - http://www.collectionscanada.ca/military/index-e.html Great Canadian Guide (Canadian Heritage Info Network: forts, museums etc.) - http://daryl.chin.gc.ca/Museums/English/index_top.html National Archives of Canada - http://www.archives.ca/
Country Briefings (The Economist) - http://www.economist.com/countries/ Country Studies (Area Handbooks): history, geography, culture of 100+ countries - http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html Digital History: primary and secondary sources (US) - www.digitalhistory.uh.edu GlobalEDGE Country Insights: history, economy, statistics on over 200 countries - http://globaledge.msu.edu/ibrd/ Governments on the WWW - http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/ Hindenburg airship history: with radio broadcast when it caught fire in 1937 - http://www.nlhs.com/hindenburg.htm Historical Country Names: formerly used names, e.g. Persia=Iran– www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/hist_country_names.htm History Buff: old newspapers, collectibles, 16th to 20th century - www.historybuff.com History Net: US/World (Primedia Magazine) - http://www.thehistorynet.com/ History Place exhibits: WW2, Lincoln, Kennedy... - http://www.historyplace.com/ History Wizard: history by time period and region - http://historywiz.com/ History World - www.historyworld.net Immigration to the US 1789-1930: Harvard digital collections - http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/immigration/ INCORE Country Guides: conflict zones around the world -http://www.incore.ulst.ac.uk/cds/countries/index.html Internet Archive Movie Collection: 900+ films on 20th century life, culture, industry, institutions in North America [RealPlayer] - www.archive.org/movies/index.html
World Digital Library: historical photos by place, topic, timeline - http://www.wdl.org/en/ World Factbook: searchable online edition of CIA World Factbook - https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
Active Paper British Library Online Newspaper Archive, 1800-early 1900's - http://www.uk.olivesoftware.com/Default/Skins/BL/Client.asp?Skin=BL&enter=true
Afghanistan Analyst: links to quality information sources - http://afghanistan-analyst.org/default.aspx Global Connections: the Middle East - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/globalconnections/mideast/themes/index.html North America Lost Treasures of Iraq: lost from museums and libraries in 2003 war - www-oi.uchicago.edu/OI/IRAQ Middle East 1916-2001: a documentary record (full text of treaties, protocols, etc.) - http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/mideast/mideast.htm
History Channel - http://www.historychannel.com/thisday/ Kim and Jason’s Time Capsule (US) - http://www.kimandjason.com/pages/show_n_tell/time_capsule/index.html Library of Congress - http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/today/today.html On this Day (BBC) - http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/ This Day in History (Yahoo) - http://features.yahoo.com/history/ This Month in History - http://www.historyplace.com/specials/calendar/ Time Capsule Website: enter any date from 1900 on, get headlines, top songs, average prices of consumer goods - http://dmarie.com/asp/history.asp?action=process Year in Review: US/International (CNN Specials, from 1995 to current) - http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/
First World War (Guardian Newspaper series) - http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/firstworldwar Images of a forgotten war: films about Canada's participation in World War I - http://www.nfb.ca/launchers/?id=91
The Memory Project: stories of Canadian war veterans - http://www.thememoryproject.com/ Native Words, Native Warriors: 'code talkers' in US armed forces - http://www.nmai.si.edu/education/codetalkers/
BC Mileage Calculator: gives distances between most communities in BC - http://www.th.gov.bc.ca/bchighways/distances/calculator.htm AdventureLink Tours: arrange custom adventures in western Canada - http://www.adventurelinktours.com Attractions Canada - http://attractionscanada.com/
MathVids: instructional math videos, basic, intermediate, advanced - http://www.mathvids.com/ MathWorld: interactive math encyclopedia - http://mathworld.wolfram.com/ Monkey Math: free fun kid's math game - http://home.attbi.com/~jim-shine/monkeymath/index.htm
OpenLearn Mathematics and Statistics: over 30 learning units from Open University in Britain - http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/course/filter.php?grouping=topic&detail=8&order=level Purplemath: lessons for students having trouble with algebra - http://www.purplemath.com/index.htm Spark Notesmath study guides: algebra, geometry, calculus, trig (Harvard) - http://www.sparknotes.com/ Studyworks! Online: Interactive Geometry (angles, triangles, parallel lines, Pythagorean theorem) - www.studyworksonline.com/cda/explorations/main/0,,NAV2-21,00.html WebMath - http://www.webmath.com
Canoe: Canadian Online Explorer (Canadian newspapers - Toronto, Ottawa, Edmonton, Winnipeg and Calgary Suns, and the London Free Press) - http://www.canoe.ca/
Canada.com (Canadian newspapers - Southam and others, including Prince George Citizen) - http://canada.com/
ABYZ News Links: links to over 15,000 newspapers and newspapers - http://www.abyznewslinks.com/
Online Newspapers: "web's largest list of newspapers” - http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/
Pandia Newsfinder: search global news sources - www.pandia.com/news/index.html
Today's Front Pages: daily front pages from 260 world newspapers, 11 Canadian (G&M, TorStar, VancSun), links to the paper's home pages - http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/
Contagion: Historical Views of Disease and Epidemics - http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/contagion/
Core Health Indicators (World Health Organization) - http://www3.who.int/whosis/core/core_select.cfm eHealth Online Literature Catalogue: 3200+ full text reports, papers, articles on information and communications technologies in health care - http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/ohih-bsi/res/cat_e.html
Family Doctor: basic health questions and information (American Academy of Family Physicians) - http://familydoctor.org/
Global Health Reporting: global health conditions by country - http://globalhealthreporting.org/ Genetic and Rare Conditions A-Z (University of Kansas) - http://www.kumc.edu/gec/support/ Health Web: links to health topics and institutions – www.healthweb.org
Nursing Theorists: nursing theories page from Current Nursing - http://currentnursing.com/nursing_theory/nursing_theorists.htm Peggy Sutherland Site: resources for nursing and other health disciplines (UBC) - http://toby.library.ubc.ca/sutherland/index.cfm
PoodleWaddle: world clock with live updates on population, births, deaths - http://www.poodlewaddle.com/clocks2.htm
TRIP database: for evidence based medicine - http://www.tripdatabase.com/
All the Tests: IQ, EQ, Career, Health, etc. - http://www.allthetests.com Diagnostic tests (Harvard Medical School Family Health Guide) - http://www.health.harvard.edu/fhg/diagnostics.shtml Lab Tests Online - http://www.labtestsonline.org/
Auscultation
Auscultation assistant: heart, breath, lung sounds - http://www.wilkes.med.ucla.edu/intro.html Heart Sounds (Synapse Publishing) - http://www.medlib.com/spi/coolstuff2.htm Heart Sounds (Cyber-Nurse) - http://www.cyber-nurse.com/veetac/cham10.htm Heart Sounds (Loma Linda University) - http://www.sci.sdsu.edu/multimedia/heartsounds/ Normal and abnormal EKGs and heart sounds - http://www.bioscience.org/atlases/heart/ Med Students' Heart Sounds - http://www.medstudents.com.br/cardio/heartsounds/heartsou.htm Med Students' Lung Sounds - http://www.medstudents.com.br/pneumo/lungsounds/lungsou.htm Lung Sounds (R.A.L.E. repository) - http://www.umshp.org/rt/sounds/sounds.html
Handbook on Clinical Practice Guidelines (Canadian Medical Association) - http://www.cma.ca//multimedia/CMA/Content_Images/ClinicalResources/PDF/English/CPGHandbook.pdf
International Centre for Human Resources in Nursing: careers, migration - http://www.ichrn.org/ Life Works: health and medical science careers - http://www.science.education.nih.gov/LifeWorks.nsf/feature/index.htm/ Men in American Nursing History - http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/6011/ Nightingale Songs: nurses share aesthetic expressions about their nursing - http://www.fau.edu/nursing/ngsongs/nighting.htm NurseNet (U of Alberta): Canadian discussion groups - http://www.graduateresearch.com/NurseNet/
NurseOne: nursing as a career - http://www.nurseone.ca/ NurseScribe: writing resources for nursing students and faculty - http://enursescribe.com/ Nursing Crossword Puzzles - www.bandidobooks.com/catalog/crossword.htm Nursing Network (TeleHealth Inc.): forum for nurses - http://www.nursingnetwork.com/ Student Nurses Page - http://www.angelfire.com/tn/EntertainAngels/nurses.html
Little Shop of Physics: online experiments - http://littleshop.physics.colostate.edu/onlineexperiments.htm Physics 2000: interactive journey thru modern physics - http://www.Colorado.EDU/physics/2000/
Physics Central: communicating the excitement and importance of contemporary physics - www.physicscentral.com Physics Classroom (K-12) - http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/Class/BBoard.html Physics.org: physics in everyday life - http://physics.org/
Physics Time-Line: discoveries in physics and cosmology - http://www.weburbia.com/pg/historia.htm
Physics to Go - http://www.compadre.org/informal/ Physics Web - http://physicsweb.org/ Spark Notesphysics study guides (Harvard) - http://www.sparknotes.com/
The Big Bang (Open University) - http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=3639 Canadian Space Agency - http://www.space.gc.ca/ Cosmic Evolution: from Big Bang to Humankind - www.tufts.edu/as/wright_center/cosmic_evolution/
Google Sky: on Google Earth toolbar - "Sky" button - http://earth.google.com/ Hands-On Astrophysics - http://hoa.aavso.org Hubble Hits: Hubble Space Telescope's best images - dsc.discovery.com/stories/science/hubble/hubble.html
NASA Exploration in 3D - http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/exn3d/index.html Pacific Space Centre: MacMillan Planetarium & Southam Observatory (Vancouver) - http://pacific-space-centre.bc.ca
Nixon Tapes, 1971-1973: online audio archive - http://www.nixontapes.org/ OneWorld.net: world news, social justice network - www.oneworld.net Political Science: a Net Station (UBC Library) - http://www.library.ubc.ca/poli/ Poly-cy: Internet resources for political science - http://www.polsci.wvu.edu/polycy/ Premier's conferences, 1887-2002: dates, locations, agendas, communiques, significant outcomes - http://www.scics.gc.ca/pubs/premiers_report_e.pdf United Nations - http://www.un.org/
White House Blog (launched Jan. 2009) - http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/ World Public Opinion: polls on international issues - http://worldpublicopinion.org/
Wilson's Brain-Based Education: a comprehensive approach to instruction using current research from neuroscience - http://www.uwsp.edu/Education/lwilson/brain/
Climate 1-Stop: global climate issues - http://arcserver4.iagt.org/climate1stop/ The Dirty Dozen: The top 12 greenhouse gas emitting countries in the world (CBC News) - http://www.cbc.ca/news/interactives/gmaps/greenhouse-emitters/
Discovery of Global Warming - http://www.aip.org/history/climate/ Drought Monitor (US) - http://www.drought.unl.edu/dm/ Earth Climate Course - http://icp.giss.nasa.gov/education/modules/eccm/ El Nino: past and present impact on Canada and world - http://www.msc.ec.gc.ca/education/elNino/index_e.cfm
Europa: European Union approach to waste management and disposal - http://ec.europa.eu/environment/waste/index.htm
On the Identity Trail: Privacy and Surveillance in Web 2.0 - http://www.idtrail.org/content/view/232/81/ Playing by the Rules: the cultural policy challenges of video games - http://culturalpolicy.uchicago.edu/conf2001/agenda2.html
Popular Culture: Wikipedia entry - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_Culture
Centre for Energy: Canadian energy resources and news - http://www.centreforenergy.com/ Current Industrial Reports: US reports on manufacturing, mining, construction - http://www.census.gov/cir/www/
Science.gov: gateway to US government science and technology - http://www.science.gov Standards Council of Canada - http://www.scc.ca/home_e.html T-Net: BC’s high technology industry portal - http://www.bctechnology.com/ Technology Interface: e-journal for engineering technology professionals - http://et.nmsu.edu/~etti/ Ultimate Civil Engineering Directory - http://www.tenlinks.com/engineering/civil/index.htm
Crashtest.com: crash test data for new/used vehicles - http://www.crashtest.com/ Edmunds Automobile Guide: reviews, model reports, specs, sales - http://www.edmunds.com/
How Gas Prices Work - http://www.howstuffworks.com/gas-price.htm Kelley Blue Book: blue book values on used cars and trucks - http://www.kbb.com/ MotorTrend: new cars, car reviews, buying guides - http://www.motortrend.com/ Personal Vehicles Initiative: buying, driving, maintaining eco-friendly vehicles - http://oee.nrcan.gc.ca/transportation/personal-vehicles-initiative.cfm
Construction
Advanced Buildings: technologies and practices - http://www.advancedbuildings.org/
BC Building Code: revisions, amendments - http://www.housing.gov.bc.ca/building/code/
Building Green: green design strategies - http://www.buildinggreen.com/
E-Zine directories: Open Directory Project: search e-zines - http://search.dmoz.org/cgi-bin/search?search=e-zines (or related searches, e.g. World literature - Canada - Magazines and ezines)
