Library - Web Subject Sites

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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.

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Aboriginal Studies - see First Nations

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Anthropology

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)

• America's Bog People: The Perfect Corpse (NOVA) - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/bog/
• American Museum of Natural History anthropology collections: 160,000+ objects - http://anthro.amnh.org/
• Ancient World Mapping Center - http://www.unc.edu/awmc
• 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)
• Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History - http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/handle/2246/6 
• Anthropology glossary, dictionary, collection of terms - www.webref.org/anthropology/anthropology.htm
• Anthropology World News- http://anthropology.tamu.edu/news/ News bites and breaking news in the world of anthropology
• Anthropology of Food - http://www.aofood.org/
• Archaeology Channel Online Videos(50+ programs) - http://www.archaeologychannel.org/video-guide/video-guide-menu/video-guide-list
• ARD Anthropology Review Database (U of Buffalo) - wings.buffalo.edu/ARD Primarily a review site -- i.e., books reviews, films, software, web
• Australian Indigenous Cultural Heritage - http://australia.gov.au/about-australia/australian-story/austn-indigenous-cultural-heritage
• Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies - http://www.aiatsis.gov.au/
• Bishop Museum Ethnology Database: 400+ cultural objects from Pacific region - www2.bishopmuseum.org/ethnologydb/
• 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
• CSAC Centre for Social Anthropology and Computing (U of Kent) - lucy.ukc.ac.uk The British site -- includes Anthropological index online and an anthropologist's field notes (Paul Stirling, a Turkish village)
• Cultural Anthropology: the journal of the Society for Cultural Anthropology - http://www.culanth.org/
• CyArk: digital reconstructions of ancient archaeological sites - http://archive.cyark.org
• Eternal Egypt: images, three dimensional reconstructions, sound files - http://cultnat.org/Programs/Eternal%20Egypt/About/Pages/About.aspx
• Experience Rich Anthropology - era.anthropology.ac.uk Case studies.
• Harvard University Dept. of Anthropology - http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~anthro/ Beautiful pictures -- content particular to the department at Harvard -- aim for it!!
• Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology (U of Oxford) - www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/isca/ Referrals to CSAC links (above); extra Area Resources links
• Internet Anthropologist: tutorial on doing research (U of Manchester) - http://www.vts.intute.ac.uk/he/tutorial/anthropologist 
• Kinship and Social Organization: an interactive tutorial (U of Manitoba) - www.umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/anthropology/kintitle.html
• Mapping Indigenous Cultures: Population and Cultural Database of Indigenous Ethnic Communities - http://www.nativeplanet.org/indigenous/ethnicdiversity/indigenous_data.shtml 
• Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia - www.moa.ubc.ca A wonderful museum -- includes Virtual tour, BC First Nations links -- some links problematic
• Mysterious Bogpeople - http://www.bogpeople.org/
• Nuer Field Notes, 1949-1963: illustrating the process of creating meaningful field notes - http://www.dlib.indiana.edu/collections/nuer/
• Papua New Guinea Online - http://www.pngonline.gov.pg/ PNG -- the works!
• PapuaWeb: documents, theses, dissertations, images for Papua and Indonesia (Irian Jaya) - www.papuaweb.org
• Peoples of the World Foundation: indigenous peoples listed by name - http://www.peoplesoftheworld.org/bypeople
• Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire - http://www.eki.ee/books/redbook/index1.shtml 
• Tattoos, piercings and body markings - http://www.nationalgeographic.com/tattoos/
• Te Puna: directory to New Zealand and Pacific Island Websites - webdirectory.natlib.govt.nz
• Visual Anthropology.net - http://www.visualanthropology.net
• World Food Habits Bibliography - http://lilt.ilstu.edu/rtdirks/content_frame.htm

Archaeology and Physical/Biological Anthropology

• Archaeology Channel: short films about archaeology (RealOnePlayer) - www.archaeologychannel.org
• Archaeological Institute of America: archaeological news, link to online journal - www.archaeological.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?

  Chapter one

  • What is evolution? - www.talkorigins.org/faqs/evolution-definition.html
  • Jane Goodall Institute - www.janegoodall.org

  Chapter two

  • Head-Smashed-In buffalo jump: World Heritage Site - www.head-smashed-in.com/archaeol.html
  • Parks Canada web site for National Historic Sites, including Red Bay - http://www.pc.gc.ca/progs/lhn-nhs/index_E.asp
  • Canadian Archaeological Association - www.canadianarchaeology.com

  Chapter three

  • Canadian Archaeological Radiocarbon Database - http://www.canadianarchaeology.ca/
  • South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology: Oetzi, the Ice Man- www.archaeologiemuseum.it/en

  Chapter four

  • The Louis Leakey Foundation - www.leakeyfoundation.org
  • University of California at Berkeley Understanding Evolution - www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/history/evolution.html What types of information are available on evolutionary theory and its historical development?
  • Harvard University Evolution Links- http://heb.fas.harvard.edu/links.html

  Chapter five

  • 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?
  • The Louis Leakey Foundation - www.leakeyfoundation.org

  Chapter six

  • The Primate Gallery - www.primate.org/gallery.htm
  • Photo Gallery - www.primates.com
  • Fact Sheets - members.tripod.com/cacajao/factsheets.html
  • Duke University Primate Lab - www.duke.edu/web/primate
  • Primate Info Net - http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/

  Chapter seven

  • 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.
  • The Gorilla Foundation: conservation through communication - http://www.koko.org/  

  Chapter eight

  • Becoming Human - http://www.becominghuman.org
  • 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?

  Chapter nine

  • Neandertal - www.mnh.si.edu/anthro/humanorigins/faq/Encarta/encarta.htm What are some of the major physical/cultural features of Neandertal?

  Chapter ten

  • Archaeology in Arctic North America- http://anthropology.uwaterloo.ca/ArcticArchStuff/
  • France, Ministry of Culture and Communication. Cave of Lascaux - www.culture.fr./culture/arcnat/lascaux/en
  • France, Ministry of Culture and Communication. Cave of Chauvet-Pont-D-Arc - www.culture.fr/culture/arcnat/chauvet/en/index.html

  Chapter eleven

  • Evolutionary theory web site - www.evolutionary.org What resources are available in this site for helping you better understand this chapter?
  • First Nations and Inuit health - http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fniah-spnia/index-eng.php 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?

  Chapter twelve

  • Hunter-gatherer bibliography of 900 sources - www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~helmer/biblio.html Of what use could this bibliography be to the average anthropology student?
  • Catahuyuk: excavations of a Neolithic Anatolian tell - http://www.catalhoyuk.com/ What is the purpose of these investigations?
  • 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?
  • National Museum of Natural History, Dept. of Anthropology - www.nmnh.si.edu/anthro/ What examples of food getting and the evolution of food production can be obtained from this site?
  • Smithsonian Institute - www.si.edu What examples of food getting and the evolution of food production can be obtained from this site?
  • Resources for the Anthropological Study of Food Habits - lilt.ilstu.edu/rtdirks/

  Chapter thirteen

  • 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?
  • Publications of the Oriental Institute Research Archives available on-line - oi.uchicago.edu/OI/DEPT/RA/Research_Arch.html List the articles that deal with ancient Sumerian civilization.
  • Site map of the Near East - oi.uchicago.edu/OI/INFO/MAP/SITE/Iran_Site_150dpi.html What does this map show? What other maps are available?

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Art

Local: Prince George: Two Rivers Art Gallery - http://www.tworiversartgallery.com/

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 Project: explore 17+ museums from around the world in Google "Street View" style - http://www.googleartproject.com/

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/

Color: Dimensions of Color- http://www.huevaluechroma.com/

Color for Interior Design & Decoration - http://www.color.interiordezine.com/

Color: General Color Sites, from David Briggs - http://djcbriggs.googlepages.com/generalcoloursites

Color: Itten Theory - http://www.bauhaus.de/english/bauhaus1919/unterricht/unterricht_itten.htm

Color: Itten, Johannes - http://froebelweb.tripod.com/web2018.html

Color Matters- http://www.colormatters.com/

Color Theory: Tutorial by Worqx - http://www.worqx.com/color/

Color Theory: Causes of Color - http://www.webexhibits.org/causesofcolor/1B.html

Color Theory: Facts and Thoughts in Color - http://www.watercolorpainting.com/color.htm

Color: Watercolor guide - http://handprint.com/HP/WCL/
Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design – http://www.eciad.bc.ca

Google Art Project: world art collections(install free Google Chrome Frame to view) - http://www.googleartproject.com/
International Dada archive - http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/dada/

Lost Treasures from Iraq: lost from museums and libraries in 2003 war - oi.uchicago.edu/OI/IRAQ/iraq.html

Making Sense of Modern Art (MOMA) - http://www.sfmoma.org/explore/multimedia/interactive_features/3
Museum of Bad Art - http://www.museumofbadart.org/
Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art (MOCCA) - www.mocca.ca

Portrait Artist: lessons in sketching, drawing portraits - portrait-artist.org
Sister Wendy's American Collection - http://www.pbs.org/sisterwendy/main.html
Timeline of Art History (Metropolitan Museum of Art) - www.metmuseum.org/toah
Timelines of Art History: The World, organized by civilization and period - http://www.art-and-archaeology.com/timelines/tl001.html
1200 Years Of Italian Sculpture: by sculptor, in Italian - http://www.thais.it/scultura/

Twentieth Century Design timeline- http://courses.washington.edu/vcd208/resources_timescape.pdf

Vancouver Art Gallery: Emily Carr - http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/EmilyCarr/
Vincent Van Gogh Gallery: complete works - http://www.vggallery.com/
WatercolorPainting.com: look, read, learn to paint - http://www.watercolorpainting.com/reference.htm
Web Gallery of Art: 1150-1800 paintings and sculpture - www.wga.hu
World Wide Arts Resources - http://wwar.com/

Your Paintings, from the BBC - http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/

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Automotive

see  Technology and Trades--Automotive

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Bartending

Bartender magazine – http://www.bartender.com
Extreme Bartending: demos, competitions, thousands of mixed drink recipes - http://www.extremebartending.com

The WebTender: an online bartender – http://www.webtender.com

Training and Certification
American Hotel and Motel Association Educational Institute – http://www.ei-ahla.org/

Wine
Prime Wines: wine selection and purchase - http://www.primewines.com/

Beer
Labatt Brewing Co. – http://www.labatt.com

Budweiser Canada– http://www.budweiser.ca

Spirits
Grand Marnier – http://www.grand-marnier.com
Bourbon – http://www.straightbourbon.com
Whisky magazine online - http://www.whiskymag.com

Bar management
Squirrel Systems, point of sale order entry technology – http://www.squirrelsystems.com/

Occupational Safety and Health
Worksafe BC (Worker’s Compensation Board) – http://www.worksafebc.com/

Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety – http://www.ccohs.ca

Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada – http://www.psepc-sppcc.gc.ca/

Safety Council of Canada – http://www.safety-council.org

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Biology, Environment

Local

David Douglas Botanical Garden Society (Prince George) - http://www.ddbotgarden.bc.ca

 

3D Anatomical Models: rotatable images of human anatomy - http://tinyurl.com/5fqus8

Access Excellence: for health and bioscience teachers and learners - http://www.accessexcellence.org/

Alliance for Climate Protection (Al Gore) - http://www.climateprotect.org/
American Institute of Biological Sciences - http://www.aibs.org

Amazing Cells: genetics lessons - http://teach.genetics.utah.edu/content/begin/cells/
Atlas of the Body: Anatomy and Medical Illustrations - www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/7140.html

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

BrainWeb: brain diseases and disorders - http://www.dana.org/resources/brainweb/

Bryophytes: mosses, liverworts and hornworts - http://bryophytes.plant.siu.edu/

Butterflies and Moths of North America: 2800+ species - http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/
Butterflies of North America - www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/distr/lepid/bflyusa/bflyusa.htm
CalPhoto: Fungi: over 1600 photos of fungi (Univ. of California, Berkeley) - http://elib.cs.berkeley.edu/photos/fungi/
Canadian Poisonous Plants Information System - http://sis.agr.gc.ca/pls/pp/poison?p_x=px

The Cell: An Image Library- http://cellimagelibrary.org/
Cells Alive! - http://www.cellsalive.com/index.htm

Complete Works of Charles Darwin: http://darwin-online.org.uk
Cool Science for Curious Kids: biology projects for K-Grade 3 - www.hhmi.org/coolscience 
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

Encyclopedia of Life - http://www.eol.org

Endangered Species International - http://www.endangeredspeciesinternational.org
Entomology (Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History) - entomology.si.edu

Evolution of Life: interactive site, launched for Darwin’s 150^th anniversary - http://www.evolution-of-life.com/
The Fungus Among Us: fungus of Eastern North America - http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/Mushroom/English/
Genes: introduction to genetics, cloning - http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/genes/
Genome Gateway: Nature magazine’s comprehensive genome resource - http://www.nature.com/genomics
Genomics Supersite - http://123genomics.com/

Global North: a study in wildlife migration and seasonal change - http://www.learner.org/jnorth/ 
Glossary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Online - http://www.portlandpress.com/pp/books/online/glick/search.htm

Glossary of Botanical Terms - http://glossary.gardenweb.com/glossary/
Grapes of Staph: Microbiology - http://student.ccbcmd.edu/~gkaiser/goshp.html
Gray’s Anatomy of the Human Body (complete 1918 edition) - http://www.bartleby.com/107/

The Heart: An Online Exploration - http://www.fi.edu/biosci/heart.html

How to Go Organic: organic produce, gardening - http://howtogoorganic.com/

How Stem Cells Work - http://tinyurl.com/alkyty 
Human Body (BCC Online Science) - http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/
Human Genome Project - http://www.ornl.gov/hgmis/
HyperHeart: heart in motion - http://library.med.utah.edu/kw/pharm/hyper_heart1.html
Insects on the Web - http://www.insects.org/

Instant Anatomy - http://www.instantanatomy.net/

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: plant and animal - http://www.iucnredlist.org/
Jane Goodall Institute- http://www.janegoodall.org/

Learn Genetics (U of Utah) - http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/
Library of Bird and Animal Sounds: 65,000+ sound clips, 18,000+ video clips - http://www.animalbehaviorarchive.org/
Microbes.info: microbiology information portal - http://www.microbes.info
Microbiology Network - http://microbiol.org/

Micromatters: microbiology lesson plans (Baylor College of Medicine) - http://www.bioedonline.org/resources/micromatters.cfm
National Center for Biotechnology Information (US) - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/

National Human Genome Research Institute - http://www.genome.gov/
Native American Ethnobotany: foods, drugs, dyes, fibers - http://herb.umd.umich.edu/

NatureServe: conservation information on 50,000+ plants, animals, ecological communities of US/Canada - http://www.natureserve.org/
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/

Spark Notes biology study guides (Harvard) - http://www.sparknotes.com/

Species at Risk in Canada - http://www.sararegistry.gc.ca/default_e.cfm

Stem Cell Information (National Institutes of Health) - http://stemcells.nih.gov/index.asp

Stem Cell Institute, Harvard - http://www.hsci.harvard.edu/

State of the Birds: surveys show nearly a third are endangered - http://www.stateofthebirds.org/

Stem Cell Research: AAAS Policy Brief - www.aaas.org/spp/cstc/issues/stemcells.htm

Stem Cell Resources: with image library(BioScience Network) - http://www.stemcellresources.org/
Stem Cells at the National Academies - http://dels.nas.edu/bls/stemcells/
Structure of the Human Body: human anatomy (Loyola University) - http://www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/meded/grossanatomy/ga.html
Tour the Human Genome - www.ensembl.org/Homo_sapiens/
Transgenic Crops: genetically modified plants (Colorado State U) - http://www.cls.casa.colostate.edu/TransgenicCrops/what.html

UNSW Embryology - http://anatomy.med.unsw.edu.au/CBL/Embryo/embryo.htm

Vesalius Online Human Anatomy - http://www.vesalius.com/

Virtual Body: Brain, Skeleton, Heart, Digestive Tract - http://www.medtropolis.com/virtual-body/

Virtual Labs: 31 biology labs, from McGraw-Hill (Flash Player) - http://tinyurl.com/4rf9c

Virtual Microbiology (U of Wisconsin) - http://tinyurl.com/q8dfaz
Visible Human Project - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/visible/visible_human.html

vPlants: data and digital images for 90,000+ plant speciments - http://www.vplants.org/
WebAnatomy: interactive site with graphics, self-tests - http://msjensen.cehd.umn.edu/webanatomy/

Web Anatomy.net - http://webanatomy.net/

Wetlands International - http://www.wetlands.org/
World Wildlife Fund - http://www.worldwildlife.org/
World’s Biomes - http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gloss5/biome/index.html
Zoos Worldwide: maps, reviews, zoo cams - http://www.zoos-worldwide.de/

 

See also Science - Pollution, Climate Change, Global Warming

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Business

All topics | Advertising | Accounting | Banking | Companies | Companies-BC and Local | Consumers | E-commerce | Economics | Finance, commerce, investment | Human resources | International trade | Journals, news | Management | Office | Patents and trademarks | Small business | Statistics | Yellow pages, directories

All Topics

AdminAssist: Helpful Sites - Business- http://www.adminassist.com

Business Dictionary: over 20,000 business-related terms - http://www.businessdictionary.com/

Business Dictionary (Babylon) - http://www.babylon.com/define/22/Business-Dictionary.html

Current Industrial Reports: US reports on manufacturing, mining, construction - http://www.census.gov/manufacturing/cir/index.html

Industry Canada - Business Pages - http://www.ic.gc.ca/epic/site/ic1.nsf/en/h_00140e.html

Knowledge at Wharton School of Business: research on current business topics (free registration) – http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu
Winspear Canadian Industry database (U of Alberta Libraries) - www.library.ualberta.ca/subject/business/wcid/

Advertising

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/

AdViews: A Digital Archive of Vintage Television Commercials, 1950s-1980s [iTunes] - http://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/adviews/

Building Brands: brand management, marketing, communication - http://www.buildingbrands.com

Classic TV Ads: free classic television commercials - http://www.classictvads.com/index.htm

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/

ICOM target marketing company, Toronto - www.icomcanada.com

London International Advertising Awards - http://www.liaawards.com/
19th Century Advertising History - advertising.harpweek.com

Web Marketing Today: http://www.wilsonweb.com

Accounting

CA School of Business (Institute of Chartered Accountants of BC) - http://www.casb.com
Accounting Net - http://accounting.smartpros.com/
Rutgers Accounting Network - http://accounting.rutgers.edu/

Annual reports - see Company Information

Banking (examples)

Bank of Canada - http://www.bank-banque-canada.ca/
Bank of Montreal - http://www.bmo.com/
Credit Union Central of BC - http://www.cucbc.com/ 
Universal Currency Converter: foreign exchange rate conversions - http://www.xe.net/ucc/

Fortune's Top 100 Companies to Work For, 2009 - http://tinyurl.com/bwqkal 
Hoover's Online: over 10,000 company capsules; detailed info available for a fee - http://www.hoovers.com/
McRae's Blue Book: US company and product directory - http://www.macraesbluebook.com/
Public Register Annual Report Service - http://www.prars.com/
Stock Market Yellow Pages: company search - http://www.stockmarketyellowpages.com/

ThomasNet Industrial Product/Service Search - http://www.thomasnet.com/
Web100: Top 100 US and international companies on the Web - http://metamoney.com/w100/

World Franchising: search by industry, fees, 100 top companies - http://www.worldfranchising.com/
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

Company Information - BC and Local

BC Manufacturers’ Directory (Made in BC) - http://www.made-in-bc.ca/

Initiatives Prince George (formerly PG Region Development Corp; PG Development Corp) - http://www.initiativespg.com
In Their Words: the story of BC Packers - http://www.intheirwords.ca/ 
Community Futures Development Corp - Fraser Fort George - http://www.cfdc.bc.ca

Consumer Price Index

CNC Library Consumer Sites List - http://www.cnc.bc.ca/Exploring/Services/Library/web_reference/Consumer.htm

 E-commerce

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

Economics

Canada's Economic Action Plan - http://www.actionplan.gc.ca/eng/index.asp

Concise Encyclopedia of Economics - http://www.econlib.org/cgi-bin/searchCEE.pl

Credit Union Central of BC: economic information - http://www.cucbc.com/
Economic History Net: check value of dollar 1665-present - http://www.eh.net/ehresources/

Economics Lesson Plans - http://www.mcrel.org/lesson-plans/economics/index.asp

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/

Library of Congress Technical Reports and Working Papers on Business and Economics - http://www.loc.gov/rr/business/techreps/techrepshome.php

Micro Theory Working Papers (UBC) - http://ideas.repec.org/s/ubc/pmicro.html

Microeconomic Theory in Canada - http://microeconomics.ca
Penn World Table: compare purchasing power for 188 countries, 1950-2004 - http://pwt.econ.upenn.edu/php_site/pwt_index.php

Research Papers in Economics: RePEc - http://repec.org/

Social Science Research Network eLibrary - http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/DisplayAbstractSearch.cfm
Spark Notes economics study guides (Harvard) - http://www.sparknotes.com/

Visualizing Economics - http://www.visualizingeconomics.com/

Finance, Commerce, Investment

Canada Dept. of Finance - http://www.fin.gc.ca/
Canadian Financial Network - http://www.canadianfinance.com/
Clarica (Mutual Life of Canada) - http://www.clarica.com/
CNN Financial Network - http://cnnfn.cnn.com/
CommerceNet - http://www.commerce.net/
Dun & Bradstreet Information Services - http://www.dnb.com/
Finance resources on the Web - http://pages.stern.nyu.edu/~igiddy/

Financial Advisory (Canadian) - http://www.financialadvisory.com/

Financial Post Markets page: search for a stock - http://www.financialpost.com/markets/index.html
Glossary of Financial and Business Terms (New York Times) - http://www.nytimes.com/library/financial/glossary/bfglosa.htm
Google Finance: beta version of stock market news and quotes index - http://finance.google.com/
Quicken: stocks, mutual funds, etc. - http://www.quicken.com/
Standard & Poor's - http://www.spglobal.com/
Stock Exchanges: New York - http://www.nyse.com/ 
Stock Exchanges: Toronto: TSK Venture Exchange - http://www.tmx.com/

Stock Exchanges: Nasdaq - http://www.nasdaq.com/
Stock Market Yellow Pages: company search - http://www.stockmarketyellowpages.com/
Wall Street Journal Interactive - http://public.wsj.com/home.html

World Bank: Global Challenges - http://www.worldbank.org/sixthemes
Yahoo Financial News - http://finance.yahoo.com/
Your Money Network: financial information for young Canadians (Canadian Bankers Association) – http://www.yourmoney.cba.ca

Human Resources

Canadian Council of Human Resources Associations- http://www.cchra.ca/en/

Office of the Information & Privacy Commissioner of BC - http://www.oipc.bc.ca

US Bureau of Labour Statistics - http://www.bls.gov/ 

International Trade

Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) - http://www.apec.org/

Canadian Consular Affairs and Government Offices Abroad - http://www.international.gc.ca/ciw-cdm/description_bureaux-offices.aspx?lang=eng&view=d

Doing Business with Canada - http://canadainternational.gc.ca/dbc/DoingBusinessWithCanada-en.aspx

Doing Business: in 181 economies - http://rru.worldbank.org/businessplanet/
GlobalEDGE International Business Resource Desk - http://globaledge.msu.edu/resourceDesk/

International Monetary Fund (IMF) - http://www.imf.org/
International Relations: for Canadian companies doing business abroad, and international companies doing business in Canada - http://canadaonline.about.com/cs/international/
International Trade Commission (ITC; based in US) - http://www.usitc.gov/

Library of Parliament, Trade and Investment Series - http://www.parl.gc.ca/Content/LOP/ResearchPublications/toctrade-e.htm
North American Free Trade Agreements (NAFTA Secretariat) - http://www.nafta-sec-alena.org/

Office of the Chief Economist- http://www.international.gc.ca/economist-economiste/index.aspx?view=d

Trade Data Online: searchable database (Industry Canada) - http://www.ic.gc.ca/epic/site/tdo-dcd.nsf/eng/Home
TSSN: the ultimate trade show resource - http://www.tsnn.com/
World Bank Group (WBG) - http://www.worldbank.org/
World Trade Organization (WTO) - http://www.wto.org/

Journals, News

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

Management

Conference Board of Canada - http://www.conferenceboard.ca/
National Quality Institute (Canada) - http://www.nqi.ca/
Quick MBA: tutorials for the busy manager - http://www.quickmba.com/

Marketing - see Advertising

Office Administration + Online Tutorials

Associations

International Association of Administrative Professionals (IAAP) - http://www.iaap-hq.org/index.htm

International Association of Administrative Professionals (IAAP) - Western Canada Division - http://www.iaap.ca/WesternCanada/home/

Tutorials

Sense-lang: free typing tests, games, tutorials - http://www.sense-lang.org/typing/

Typing Test.com: test your typing skills (1-3 min., various topics) - http://www.typingtest.com/

Free Typing Test.com: single paragraph - http://www.free-typing-test.com/

Free Typing Game.net: different texts, different lengths - http://freetypinggame.net/free-typing-test.asp

Keybr.com: keyboarding game, random characters - http://keybr.com/

ActDen Digital Education Network software tutorials (Microsoft Office, PowerPoint, FrontPage, Internet Explorer) - http://www.actden.com/
Microsoft Office courses - http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/support/training-FX101782702.aspx?redir=0

Microsoft Office interactive guides: 2003-to-2007 conversion tool - http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/training/HA102295841033.aspx
Google Docs and Spreadsheets: free online word processor and spreadsheet - http://docs.google.com/
Open Office: free open source word, spreadsheet, presentation program - http://www.openoffice.org/

Patents and Trademarks

Canadian Patents database - http://www.cipo.ic.gc.ca/epic/site/cipointernet-internetopic.nsf/en/h_wr00001e.html

Canadian Trademarks - http://www.cipo.ic.gc.ca/epic/site/cipointernet-internetopic.nsf/en/h_wr00002e.html
US Patent Full Text Database: from 1976 on - http://www.uspto.gov/patft/

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/

Small Business

BC Business Services: with tools for small business - http://www.smallbusinessbc.ca/

BC Small Business Accelerator: free info, A-Z guides by business - http://www.sba-bc.ca/business-planning/accelerator-guides/results
e-Business Website Blog: BC based e-business commentary, news, insider tips for small business on a budget - http://www.ebizblog.ca/

Entrepreneurship Corner: videos, podcasts, tips (Stanford U) - http://ecorner.stanford.edu/
US Small Business Administration - http://www.sba.gov/

Statistics

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/

Yellow Pages-Directories

Canada 411 - http://canada411.sympatico.ca/
Google Local Canada Yellow Pages Search - http://local.google.ca/
Yellow Pages (BC)- http://www.yellowpages.ca/locations/British-Columbia
Yellow Pages (US) - http://theyellowpages.com/

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Careers

CNC Library Information Sheet: Finding Career Info at CNC - http://www.cnc.bc.ca/Exploring/Services/Library/infosheets/carinfo.htm
CNC Human Resources Tutorial links: upgrade skills in keyboarding, word, excel, etc. 
Career Cruising: take a survey, explore careers (ask counselling/employment services/library for login) - http://www2.careercruising.com/

Job Opportunities Online

Local

Job Bank (HRDC) - http://jb-ge.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca/
CNC Employment Opportunities

CNC Student Employment job board - http://www.cnc.bc.ca/tools/studentemployment/ 
Jobs at UNBC - http://www.unbc.ca/jobs/

Indeed job search: Prince George, or expand to BC/Canada - http://ca.indeed.com/

Newspaper job ads

Prince George Citizen - http://www.princegeorgecitizen.com
PG Free Press: choose Classifieds-Employment - http://pgfreepress.com

Prince George Job Shop: local job postings (in development) - http://www.princegeorgejobshop.ca/ 
Globe & Mail's Workopolis: “Canada’s biggest job site” – http://www.workopolis.com/
Career Click: search 8 newspapers (nation-wide) - http://www.careerclick.com
Eluta: Canada job searches - http://www.eluta.ca/

Jobs by type, sample sites

Aboriginal - Aboriginal Job and Career Centre - http://www.ammsa.com/ammsacareers.html

Aboriginal - Aboriginal Job Centre - http://www.aboriginalcanada.gc.ca/acp/jc/site.nsf/eng/menu.html

Education - ACCC Jobs: Association of Canadian Community Colleges - http://www.accc.ca/jobs
Education - BC Post-Secondary Job Links (BCPSEA): choose Employment - http://www.psea.bc.ca/
Education - Education Canada Network: job postings for teachers, school, college, university - http://www.educationcanada.com
Environment - Canadian Environmental Jobs - http://www.canadianenvironmental.com/envirojobs/
Environment - ECO Canada (Environmental Careers Organization) - http://www.eco.ca/

Environment - Good Work Canada (green jobs) - http://www.goodworkcanada.ca/
Environment - Job Trekker, outdoor recreation jobs - http://jobtrekker.ca

Government - BC Government Job Opportunities - http://www.employment.gov.bc.ca

Government - Canadian Government Job Postings (Public Service Commission) - http://jobs.gc.ca/
Government - Civic Info BC: local government - http://www.civicinfo.bc.ca/16.asp
Health - Northern Health Authority Careers - http://www.northernhealth.ca/Careers/
Health - Health Match BC: employment recruiting - http://www.healthmatchbc.org/

Hospitality - Cool Jobs: Canadian tourism and hospitality jobs - http://www.cooljobscanada.com
Hydro - BC Hydro job postings - http://www.bchydro.bc.ca/careers

Library - Library Workers Fact Sheet 2010 - http://dpeaflcio.org/pdf/DPE-fs_2010_library_workers.pdf

Math - Mathematics Careers (Mathematical Assoc. of America) - http://www.maa.org/careers

Mining - Mining jobs, Bulkley-Nechako - http://tinyurl.com/ydfzumr

Mining - Northern Miner job postings and careers - http://www.northernminerjobs.com/

Nonprofits - Work in NonProfits: jobs in nonprofit organizations - http://workinnonprofits.ca/
Social Services - SWAT Social Workers Action Team Canada jobs - http://swatcanada.ca/jobs.php
Technology - T-Net: technology jobs in BC - http://www.bctechnology.com/frameset_emp.html
Tourism - Go2 Jobs in Tourism - http://www.go2hr.ca/JobBoard/tabid/160/PStatus/3/Pages/10/CurrentPage/3/ScrollTop/497/Find/True/Default.aspx#result

Salary comparisons

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 Working in 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/
Eluta.ca - The search engine for new jobs in Canada: job bank and career sites directory - http://www.eluta.ca

Job Postings: Canada's student job network - http://www.jobpostings.ca/

Monster.ca: Canadian job postings - http://monster.ca/
Plus +Jobs Canada: job postings - http://www.canada.plusjobs.com

Wow Jobs (Canada) - http://www.wowjobs.ca/

Career Information

WorkBC - http://www.workbc.ca/

Work Futures (BC) -  http://www.workfutures.bc.ca/

BC Industry Training Authority: trades, apprenticeships- http://www.itabc.ca/site3.aspx
Working in Canada (updated from Job Futures) - http://www.workingincanada.gc.ca/content_pieces-eng.do?lang=eng&cid=1 

Canadian Occupations - http://www.canadiancareers.com/sector.html  
Manitoba WorkInfoNet - http://mb.workinfonet.ca/
Canada Labour Market Information - http://www.labourmarketinformation.ca/
Jobs, Workers, Training, Career Exploration: Canada - http://www.jobsetc.ca/
What's Key in Labour Market Information for BC - http://whatskey.org/
Work Destinations: guide to work and relocation for regulated professions, trades in Canada - www.workdestinations.org

Other great career sites

All the Tests: IQ, EQ, Career, Health, etc. - http://www.allthetests.com
BC Centre for Education Information: career & labour market info - http://www.ceiss.org
Campus Access - http://campusaccess.com
Canada Career Consortium: with Career Directions occupational profiles - http://www.careerccc.org/
Canadian Careers: career resources - http://www.canadiancareers.com/ 
Career Directions (Canada Career Consortium) - http://www.careerccc.org/careerdirections/eng/e_ho_dwn.htm
Career Edge: national youth internship program - http://www.careeredge.org
Careers in Construction - http://www.careersinconstruction.ca/
Careers in Trades (HRDC) Canadian Apprenticeship Forum - http://www.careersintrades.ca
Clean Energy Classrooms: includes guide to post-secondary programs in energy management - http://www.cleanenergyclassrooms.ca/

Dictionary of Occupational Titles Index - http://www.wave.net/upg/immigration/dot_index.html
EcoCanada - Environmental Careers Organization- http://www.eco.ca/occupationalprofiles/

Job-Hunt: jobs, career profiles, videos (U.S.) - http://www.job-hunt.org/careers/index.html
Life Works: information about health and medical science careers - http://www.science.education.nih.gov/LifeWorks.nsf/feature/index.htm

Occupational Outlook Handbook (US) - http://www.bls.gov/oco/
Retired Worker Canada: for retirees who want part-time, temporary or contract
work - http://www.retiredworker.ca/
Vector: 150+ six-minute video profiles of Canada's most-needed careers - http://www.vector.cfee.org/
Vocational Information Center - http://www.khake.com/

World's Worst Jobs - http://www.worst-jobs.com/
Worst Jobs in History! (just for fun) - http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites/W/worstjobs/
Youth Resource Network of Canada - http://www.youth.gc.ca

Educational Institutions

CNC Home Page - http://www.cnc.bc.ca/
CanLearn Interactive (HRDC): supporting Canadians in pursuit of learning/career goals - http://canlearn.ca/
School Finder - http://www.schoolfinder.com/

see also Education section

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Chemistry

3D Organic Chemistry Animations - http://138.253.125.24/~ng/external/

ACD Labs: Advanced Chemistry Development, free downloads page - http://acdlabs.com/download/
American Chemical Society Website: with ChemResearchNews searchable index - chemistry.org
American Institute of Chemical Engineers - http://www.aiche.org

Atomic Structure and the Periodic Table: online textbook - http://www.chem1.com/acad/webtext/atoms/
CCINFOweb: with ChemInfo and MSDS (for CNC users only)

ChemGate: search for NMR, IR, MS Spectra - http://chemgate.emolecules.com/ 

Chemistry, a molecular approach: introductory - http://wps.prenhall.com/esm_tro_chemistry_1/

Chemistry at Nature.com: articles, news, podcasts - http://www.nature.com/chemistry/index.html 
Chemistry Index - http://www.claessen.net/chemistry/
ChemTutor - http://www.chemtutor.com/
General Chemistry Online: introductory college chemistry lecture guides, tutorials - http://antoine.frostburg.edu/chem/senese/101/
Household Products Database: links to consumer brands, MSDS information - http://hpd.nlm.nih.gov/

Martindale's Grad & Undergrad Centre: chem & math - http://www.martindalecenter.com
Organic Chemistry - Laboratory Technique Videos - http://www.chem.ualberta.ca/~orglabs/Techniques.html

Periodic Table of Elements, Comic Strip Style! - http://www.uky.edu/Projects/Chemcomics/

Periodic Table of Videos: video clips of each element - http://www.periodicvideos.com  

Science360:Chemistry:videos from the Knowledge Network - http://science360.gov/topic/Chemistry
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 
WebElements: the periodic table on the web - www.webelements.com

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College & Career Preparation - CCP/ABE

see Careers - Education - English language + literacy

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Computing

EdIT Library - http://editlib.org/

Anti-Virus Site - http://us.trendmicro.com/us/home/index.html

Ask Bob Rankin: free tech support questions and answers - http://askbobrankin.com/

CGI Resource Index: 2000+ links to CGI programs & tutorials - http://www.cgi-resources.com/
Dell Computer Online - http://www.dell.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
Font Face: free fonts - http://fontface.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/

Intute: science, engineering and technology research - http://www.intute.ac.uk/sciences/
IEEE Computer Society Magazines - http://www.computer.org
JustLinux - http://www.justlinux.com/

MacUser/MacWorld - http://www.macuser.com/
MacInTouch: for the latest Mac gossip - http://macintouch.com/

McAfee's Anti-Virus Information: software viruses - http://www.mcafee.com/anti-virus/
Microsoft Canada (Mississauga, Ont.) - http://www.microsoft.com/canada/

Programmers Heaven: programming languages, development tools, downloads - http://www.programmersheaven.com/
Scriptsearch: 5000+ CGIs and scripts for Website development - http://scriptsearch.com/

SecureList: virus threats, analysis, security issues - http://www.securelist.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

Tech Terms - http://www.jonesapr.com/techterms/
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/ 

Internet Topics

Canadian Internet Registration Authority - http://www.cira.ca
Internet Archive: use the "Way Back Machine" to view web pages of yesteryear - http://www.archive.org/index.html
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) - http://www.icann.org
Internet Telephony Magazine: VoIP products, companies, organizations - http://www.tmcnet.com/voip/
Link Popularity - www.linkpopularity.com

Magnt: create your own free website - http://magnt.com/

McAfee URL shortener: create smaller addresses with security feature - http://mcaf.ee/

QuickScreenShare: share your screen (free beta version, uses Java) - http://quickscreenshare.com/

ReadWriteWeb: technology blog, Internet industry news - http://www.readwriteweb.com
Tiny Url: create smaller addresses - http://www.tinyurl.com/

Weebly: easy to use drag-and-drop option for creating a free website or blog - http://www.weebly.com/

Wiki Etiquette (PBWiki) - http://educators.pbwiki.com/Wiki+Etiquette+for+Students   

Evaluating Quality of Online Information/Websites

Evaluating Websites - Questions to Ask (CNC Library Information Sheet)
Evaluating Health Information (Medline Plus) - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/evaluatinghealthinformation.html
Evaluating Internet Health Information: a tutorial from National Library of Medicine - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/webeval/webeval.html

HON Code of Conduct for medical and health websites (Health on the Net) - www.hon.ch/HONcode/Conduct.html
Quackwatch: health fraud, quackery, intelligent decision making - http://www.quackwatch.com/

The CRAAP Test: evaluating sites - http://www.csuchico.edu/lins/handouts/evalsites.html
Thinking Critically about Web 2.0 and Beyond:  http://www2.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/11605_12008.cfm
User's guide to finding and evaluating health information on the web - http://www.mlanet.org/resources/userguide.html
Web Evaluation Game: WEG from BCIT  - http://cdl-prod.bcit.ca/library/weg/   

World’s best websites: criteria/checklist for awards - http://www.worldbestwebsites.com/criteria.htm

Computer Tutorials, see Business-Office

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Construction

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Counselling

BC Council on Admissions & Transfer - http://www.bccat.bc.ca/ 
BC Post-Secondary Application Service - https://applybc.ca/apply

BC Student Financial Aid: financial aid, loan status (BC Ministry of Advanced Ed) - http://www.aved.gov.bc.ca/studentaidbc

See also links in Career and Education sections.

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Criminology

CNC Library: Government + Legal Research Links 
Prince George Crime Stoppers - www.pgcrimestoppers.bc.ca
BC Crime Prevention Association- http://www.bccpa.org

Justice Institute of BC - http://www.jibc.bc.ca/
Canada Dept. of Justice - http://canada.justice.gc.ca/
Crime Solutions: research into what works in criminal justice, juvenile justice, victim services(US Dept of Justice) - http://crimesolutions.gov/

Crime Victims' Institute (US, publications, videos, training) - http://www.crimevictimsinstitute.org/

Criminology Resources (York University) - http://www.yorku.ca/lavisano/bookmarks/criminology/resources.html
FBI History: famous cases - http://www.fbi.gov/libref/historic/famcases/famcases.htm
Human Security Report Project at SFU: international studies on political violence, war - http://www.hsrgroup.org/
Interactive Investigator-Forensic Science: play a game, solve a crime – www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/Myst/
Law Enforcement Technology - http://www.officer.com/publication/pub.jsp?pubId=1
Proceedings of the Old Bailey, London, 1674-1834: digitized accounts of over 100,000 criminal trials, search by keyword, date, name, place, crime (e.g. theft), punishment (e.g. whipping, hanging) - www.oldbaileyonline.org

RAND Center on Quality Policing - http://www.rand.org/ise/centers/quality_policing/ 
RCMP - http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/
US Bureau of Justice Statistics - http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/
National Criminal Justice Reference Service(US): abstracts, full-text, statistics - http://www.ncjrs.gov

White Collar Crime and Fraud (FBI) - http://www.fbi.gov/whitecollarcrime.htm

World Legal Systems (U of Ottawa; in many languages) - http://www.juriglobe.ca/

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Culinary Arts

see also Bartending - Hospitality, Tourism

Bakery Net: industry news, formulas, recipes - http://www.bakery-net.com/
BBC Food: recipes from BBC cooking shows - http://www.bbc.co.uk/food
Boke of Gode Cookery: medieval food & feasts - http://www.godecookery.com/
Canadian Federation of Chefs and Cooks - http://www.ccfcc.ca
Canadian Restaurant and Food Services Association - http://www.crfa.ca
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/

Cookipedia - http://www.cookipedia.co.uk  
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 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
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 Network- www.foodnetwork.ca

Food Timeline: food throughout history - http://www.foodtimeline.org/index.html
Global Gourmet - http://www.foodwine.com
The Gourmet Connection: gourmet food & health magazine - http://gourmetconnection.com/
The Internet Chef online – http://www.ichef.com
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/

Rouxbe: for apprentice and aspiring chefs - http://www.rouxbe.com/
Sonoma Diet: with "top 10 power foods" - http://www.webmd.com/content/Article/118/112845.htm?pagenumber=1 
StarChefs - http://www.starchefs.com/

Terra Madre: slow food movement - http://www.terramadre.info/

VegCooking: vegetarian cooking - http://www.vegcooking.com/
Vegetarian Times: recipes, links, articles - http://www.vegetariantimes.com/
Weird Food from around the World - http://www.weird-food.com/
World's Healthiest Foods List A-Z - http://www.whfoods.com/foodstoc.php

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Dental

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Disabilities

General

BC Association for Community Living - http://www.bcacl.org/

Accessible Media TACTV and Voiceprint services: brings TV and news programs to registered disability users in voice, described video, closed captioning formats - http://www.ami.ca/
Axistive Assistive Technology News Portal: information on assistive technology devices - http://www.axistive.com/search.jsp
Canadian Dyslexia Association - http://www.dyslexiaassociation.ca/
Learning Disabilities Association of BC - http://www.ldav.ca/

Learning Disabilities Association Pamphlets - http://www.ldanatl.org/aboutld/resources/guide.asp

Learning Disabilities Online: for teachers, parents, children - http://www.ldonline.org/

Ouch! written by and for disabled people (BBC)- http://www.bbc.co.uk/ouch/
Persons with Disabilities Online - http://www.pwd-online.ca/

Local

AiMHi - Prince George Association for Community Living: http://www.aimhi.ca

Hearing

Animated BSL Manual Alphabet - http://homepage.ntlworld.com/ian.barnsley/bslsite/bslindex.html
Canadian Cultural Society of the Deaf - http://www.deafculturecentre.ca/public

Deaf@x - http://www.deafax.org

Deaf Resource Library - http://www.deaflibrary.org/

Visual

 

BC College and Institute Library Services (CILS): catalogue of resources for blind and visually impaired - http://www.langara.bc.ca/cils/
Canadian National Institute for the Blind - http://www.cnib.ca/

Accessibility Tools for Adobe PDF Documents: convert to HTML/ASCII - http://access.adobe.com/

American Printing House for the Blind: Louis database - http://www.aph.org/
American Sign Language dictionary - http://www.masterstech-home.com/ASLDict.html
HandSpeak: A Sign Language Dictionary Online - http://www.handspeak.com/
HotBraille: send Braille letters, learn more about Braille - http://www.hotbraille.com/

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Early Childhood Education

 

CNC Day Care Centre 
Prince George Child Development Centre- http://www.cdcpg.org

 

Aboriginal Children's Circle of Early Learning - http://www.accel-capea.ca/

Aboriginal Infant Development Programs of BC - http://www.aidp.bc.ca/ (see also their Terminology of First Nations, Native, Aboriginal, Metis)

BC Council for Families - http://www.bccf.bc.ca/

BC Aboriginal Child Care Society - http://www.acc-society.bc.ca/

Canadian Childcare Federation- http://www.cccf-fcsge.ca/
Child and Family WebGuide: child development, psychology, parenting (Tufts U) - http://www.cfw.tufts.edu/

Child Development Timeline Progress Chart 1 month-5 years old - http://tinyurl.com/ytuhdv

Child Trends: US research and data - www.childtrends.org
Childcare Resource and Research Unit (Canada) - http://www.childcarecanada.org/
Children’s Literature Web Guide (UCalgary) - http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/
Daycare Providers Home Page - www.daycareproviders.ca

Dr. Jessica Ball - REACH Publications List - https://reach.uvic.ca/Dr.JessicaBallPublications.htm

Dr. Jessica Ball et al. - First Nations Partnership Programs in Child and Youth Care - http://web.uvic.ca/fnpp/pub.htm

Encyclopedia on Early Childhood Development- http://www.child-encyclopedia.com/

Healthy Toys: the consumer action guide to toxic chemicals in toys - http://www.healthytoys.org
Looking Glass for the Mind: 350 Years of Books for Children: 18^th to 20^th century - http://content.lib.washington.edu/childrensweb/exhibit.html
National Center for Early Childhood Development & Learning - www.fpg.unc.edu/~ncedl
Perpetual Preschool: for early childhood educators – http://www.perpetualpreschool.com/
PIKA Canadian Children's Literature Database: bibliographic information, summaries, age levels for over 35,000 titles - www.nlc-bnc.ca/pika/index-e.html

Zero to Three: for educators, parents, policy makers who support improving the lives of infants and toddlers – http://www.zerotothree.org/

 

For Kids

Club Penguin: a kid-friendly virtual world - http://www.clubpenguin.com/

Crayola.com: for parents, educators and kids - http://www.crayola.com/
Dr. Seuss: Seussville - www.seussville.com
Dr. Seuss Web Page - http://www.seuss.org/
Fairy Tales: Anderson [Flash animation] - www.andersenfairytales.com
Fairy Tales: Grimm [Flash animation] - www.grimmfairytales.com
Games Kids Play - http://www.gameskidsplay.net/

International Children's Digital Library - http://www.icdlbooks.org/
KidsCom: an educational, entertaining playground for kids 4 -15 - http://www.kidscom.com/
Kinderart - http://www.kinderart.com

Mother Goose Rhymes - http://www.ga.k12.pa.us/academics/LS/PreK/MotherGoose/
Paper Toys: paper toys, models, cut-outs, party gifts - papertoys.com
Paperdoll Heaven: dress up celebrities - http://www.paperdollheaven.com/

Shining Stars plush toys - http://www.starregistry.com/
Nuttin’ But Kids – http://www.nuttinbutkids.com/
World of Peter Rabbit: readings, activities - www.peterrabbit.co.uk

Coloring books

Puzzle Factory: coloring books - http://www.thepuzzlefactory.com/
Coloring.com online - http://www.coloring.com/pictures/choose.cdc
Cartoon Critters: cartoons to print and colour - http://www.cartooncritters.com/

Free Coloring Books published by US government - http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Arts/color.html
Stacey Mayer’s Free Online Coloring Books - http://www.awhitehorse.com/centaur/

The Color: free coloring books - http://thecolor.com/

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Ecotourism, Outdoor Recreation

see also Hospitality, Tourism - Culinary Arts - Human Kinetics

 
BC Parks - http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/bcparks/index.html

BC Recreation and Parks Association - http://www.bcrpa.bc.ca

Ecotourism Explorer International Ecotourism Society) - http://www.ecotourism.org/
Great Canadian Adventure Co. - http://www.adventures.ca/

Great Outdoor Recreation Page - http://www.gorp.com/
Nature Conservancy Ecotourism Program - nature.org/aboutus/travel/ecotourism/

National Parks (Parks Canada) - http://www.parkscanada.ca/

Outdoor Recreation Council of BC - http://www.orcbc.ca 
Wildernet: guide to US outdoor recreation sites and activities - http://www.wildernet.com/

Safety

Avalanche! (Canadian Avalanche Center) - http://www.avalanche.ca/

By Sport...

Canoeing, kayaking, rafting

Whitewater Rafting Information- http://www.e-raft.com/

Cycling

Trails BC: hiking, cycling, running, equestrian sports - http://www.trailsbc.ca

Skating

Skate Canada - http://www.skatecanada.ca/

Snow sports

Canadian Council of Snowmobiling Organizations - http://www.ccso-ccom.ca/

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Education

BC Post-Secondary Institutions

BC Institute of Technology http://www.bcit.ca	Camosun College http://www.camosun.bc.ca	Capilano University http://www.capilanou.ca
COLLEGE OF NEW CALEDONIA http://www.cnc.bc.ca Students' Union http://www.cncsu.ca  Student Housing in PG CNC Residence	College of the Rockies http://www.cotr.bc.ca	Douglas College http://www.douglas.bc.ca
Emily Carr University of Art and Design http://www.ecuad.ca	Justice Institute http://www.jibc.ca	Kwantlen Polytechnic University http://www.kwantlen.ca
Langara College http://www.langara.bc.ca	Nicola Valley Institute of Technology http://www.nvit.bc.ca	North Island College http://www.nic.bc.ca
Northern Lights College http://www.nlc.bc.ca	Northwest Community College http://www.nwcc.bc.ca	Okanagan College http://www.okanagan.bc.ca
Royal Roads University http://www.royalroads.ca	Selkirk College http://www.selkirk.bc.ca	Simon Fraser University http://www.sfu.ca
Thompson Rivers University http://www.tru.ca	Trinity Western University http://www.twu.ca	University of British Columbia http://www.ubc.ca Irving K.Barber Centre at UBC http://www.ikebarberlearningcentre.ubc.ca
UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA http://www.unbc.ca	University of the Fraser Valley http://www.ufv.ca	University of Victoria http://uvic.ca
Vancouver Community College http://www.vcc.bc.ca	Vancouver Island University http://www.viu.ca	Private Career Training Institutions Agency www.pctia.bc.ca

ApplyBC: post-secondary application service (formerly PASBC) - https://applybc.ca/

BC Centre for Education Information (CEISS) - http://www.ceiss.org
BC Community Learning Network: educational technology K-12 - http://www.cln.org
BC Council on Admissions and Transfer: with Online Transfer Guide + links to institutions - http://www.bccat.bc.ca/
BC Education Planner (formerly Opening Doors, info on BC post-secondary programmes) - http://www.educationplanner.ca
BC Ministry of Advanced Education- http://www.gov.bc.ca/aved
BC Ministry of Education: with K-12 Policy Manual + K-9 curriculum guides - http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/

BC Ministry of Education Course Registry: complete information about BC Grades 10-12 courses, as well as links to External Credentials, Handbook of Procedures for the Graduation Program etc. - http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/datacollections/course_registry_web_search/search-home.en.php 
BC School Districts: Map (BC Stats) - www.bced.gov.bc.ca/schools/bcmap.htm
BC Student Financial Aid: financial aid, loan status (BC Ministry of Advanced Ed) - http://www.aved.gov.bc.ca/studentaidbc/welcome.htm

BC's History of Education Web site - http://www.viu.ca/homeroom/
Federation of Post-econdary Educators of BC(FPSE) - http://www.fpse.ca

Cool School: BC K-12 distance learning, free course materials, learning objects - coolschool.ca/content
CUFA/BC Post-Secondary Education Information Service: Faculty Associations - http://cufa.bc.ca
School District 57 - http://www.sd57.bc.ca/

Canada

Association of Canadian Community Colleges (ACCC) - http://www.accc.ca/ - Jobs 

Blogs: Student Affairs.ca - http://studentaffairs.ca/

Blogs: Supporting Student Success - http://supportingstudentsuccess.wordpress.com/

Blogs: Wepps' Blog on Higher Ed - http://www.glenweppler.com/

Canadian Academia: news, email alerts - http://www.academicagroup.ca/

Canadian Association of College and University Student Services - https://www.cacuss.ca 

Canadian Federation of Students - http://www.cfs-fcee.ca/html/english/home/index.php 

Canadian Federation of Students - BC - http://cfs.bc.ca/

Canadian Federation of Students - CNC - http://www.cncsu.ca
Canadian Virtual University - http://www.cvu-uvc.ca/

CanLearn Interactive (HRDC): supporting Canadians in pursuit of learning and career goals - http://canlearn.ca/

College Student Alliance (Ontario post-secondary) - http://www.collegestudentalliance.ca/
The DebtFree Grad: student online source for financial advice - http://debtfreegrad.com
Education Canada Network: job postings for teachers, school, college, university - www.educationcanada.com
Foundations for Instructors (York U): grading, critical reading, teaching ESL - http://www.arts.yorku.ca/sosc/Foundations/
Office of Learning Technologies (HRDC) - http://olt-bta.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca/
Pearson Education Canada Web site - http://www.pearsoned.ca/
Scholarships Canada - http://www.scholarshipscanada.com

Tuition Fees: by year, province etc. (Statistics Canada) - http://www.statcan.gc.ca/tables-tableaux/sum-som/l01/cst01/educ50a-eng.htm
UC411.com: Canadian university and college info-site - www.education411.com

US - World

Academic Ranking of World Universities: the top 500 - http://www.arwu.org

Educational Resource Information Center (ERIC) - http://www.eric.ed.gov/
Educator's Reference Desk (Syracuse) - http://www.eduref.org/
Campus Health and Safety - http://www.campushealthandsafety.org/
Campus Tours: virtual college tours (US) - www.CampusTours.com
Chronicle of Higher Education: with academic job postings - http://chronicle.com
Classroom Clipart: 22,000+ images, photos, clipart - classroomclipart.com
College Source (Career Guidance Foundation): great reference for college/university calendars - http://www.collegesource.org/
Colleges Directory - www.collegesdirectory.com

Connexions Project: view and share educational material - http://cnx.org/
CyberCollege: online courses - http://www.cybercollege.com/

DASH: Harvard University Scholarly Repository - http://dash.harvard.edu/

Educause "7 Things You Should Know About" Series: new teaching technologies - http://www.educause.edu/

Global Educators Network - globaleducators.net

GradSchools.com: international grad school directory – http://www.gradschools.com/
Just Colleges: web directory of colleges (US, UK, India, Canada, Australia) - http://www.justcolleges.com/

Online Masters Degrees Programs: accredited masters/doctoral programs - www.online-masters-degrees-programs.org

PBS Learning Media: documents, videos, games, for K-12, you select subject and grade level - http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/ 
Peterson's Education Center: university and college catalogues - http://www.petersons.com/
Project on the Future of Higher Education (US) - www.pfhe.org
Study Abroad - http://www.studyabroad.com/

TED: riveting talks by remarkable people - http://www.ted.com/
US Dept. of Education - http://www.ed.gov/
UWire: connecting college media with each other and the world - http://www.uwire.com/

Special Topics - Online Learning

Finding courses

BC Courses (for CNC courses check "Institutions" page) - http://bccourses.com/
BC Campus (ABE, ABT, Associate, Bachelors, Library Tech) - http://bccampus.ca/
Bob Rankin's Guide to Free Online College Courses (US, Canada) - http://askbobrankin.com/free_online_college_courses.html
Canadian Virtual University - http://www.cvu-uvc.ca/
Cool School: BC K-12 distance learning, free course materials, learning objects - www.coolschool.ca 
World Wide Learning (US based) - http://www.worldwidelearn.com

 

For instructors

BC Instructor Diploma Program (VCC) - http://www.instructordiploma.com
Campus Technology online journal - http://campustechnology.com/
CARET Center for Applied Research in Educational Technology - caret.iste.org

College Open Textbooks - http://www.collegeopentextbooks.org/

Connexions: share learning materials - http://cnx.org/

Creative Commons Search - http://search.creativecommons.org/

Culturally Diverse Learners video series (Thompson Rivers U) - http://scope.bccampus.ca/mod/forum/view.php?id=5061
Design Principles for Online Instruction - http://www.fgcu.edu/onlinedesign/

Digital Campus: podcasts, info on digital media and tv - http://digitalcampus.tv/
eLearning BC - http://www.elearningbc.ca/

Encyclopedia of Educational Technology - http://eet.sdsu.edu/eetwiki/

Flat World Knowledge: customizable textbooks - http://www.flatworldknowledge.com/

Glogster EDU: secure site for students to create and store their work - http://edu.glogster.com/
Google "Infinite Thinking Machine" tips on using technology in the classroom - http://www.infinitethinking.org/

Jorum: learning to share, free course materials - http://www.jorum.ac.uk/

Khan Academy: 3,000+ educational videos, high school/college - http://www.khanacademy.org/ 
MIT OpenCourseWare: course materials, lecture notes (see sample: Biology) - ocw.mit.edu
Moodle open source courseware - http://moodle.org/

OER Open Educational Resources Consortium: textbooks - http://oerconsortium.org/

Open Courseware Consortium: free courses, 200+ institutions - http://www.ocwconsortium.org/

Open Educational Resources: free to use learning content - http://oercommons.org/

Open Learn: free Open University course materials - http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/

Privacy Guide for faculty using 3rd party web technology (social media) in public post-secondary courses (Vancouver Island University) - http://tinyurl.com/45k777a
TechKnowLogia: international journal of technologies in education - http://www.techKnowLogia.org/
ThinkQuest: online learning projects K-12 - www.thinkquest.org

Special Topics - Study Guides

CNC Centre for Student Success 
Assignment calculator: time needed, steps involved in writing term papers - www.lib.umn.edu/help/calculator/
Tutor Dude: Prince George tutoring and editing services for students - http://www3.telus.net/public/balazs/

Special Topics - Teaching Techniques

Educational Icebreakers - adulted.about.com/cs/icebreakers/
Motivating Students’ Best Work - teaching.berkeley.edu/compendium/sectionlists/sect20.html
Multiple intelligences and instructional technology - surfaquarium.com/MI/
PowerPoint in the classroom - www.actden.com/pp/
Problem based learning - www.udel.edu/pbl/
Teaching tips – honolulu.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/FacDevCom/guidebk/teachtip/teachtip.htm

Special Topics - Testing

All the Tests: IQ, EQ, Career, Health, etc. - http://www.allthetests.com
How to write tests - www.edu.uleth.ca/runte/tests/
SAT College Admission Test (US, revised 2005) - http://www.collegeboard.com/
SAT Prep Plan: preparing for Scholastic Aptitude/Assessment Tests - http://www.satprepplan.com

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Electronics

ASIMO Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility robot (Honda) - http://world.honda.com/ASIMO/

Robot Cafe: “world's largest index of robotics resources” - http://www.robotcafe.com/
Robots.net: latest news in robotics - http://robots.net

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English

Reflections on Water: an online journal of northern BC authors and artists - http://row.unbc.ca

English Language + Literacy

Highlights of Our Lives: PG Writing Circle - http://www.nald.ca/CLR/thair2/cover.htm
Writers Young and Old Share Experiences: PG Writing Circle - http://www.nald.ca/CLR/thair1/cover.htm
National Adult Literacy Database - http://www.nald.ca/
International Literacy Explorer - www.literacy.org/Projects/explorer

International Reading Association - www.reading.org
PBS Literacy Link: with "LitLinker Forum" - http://www.pbs.org/literacy/
Double-tongued Word Wrester: slang, jargon, words entering and leaving the language - http://www.doubletongued.org/index.php/dictionary/shack/
Etymologic Word Game - http://www.Etymologic.com/
Literacy BC - http://decoda.ca/

National Council of Teachers of English - http://www.ncte.org/

Oxymorons: fun with words, e.g. "jumbo shrimp" means "large small" - http://www.oxymorons.info/

Rhyme Zone: find rhymes/synomyms for words/phrases - http://www.RhymeZone.com
Strategies for Reducing Wordiness (Literacy Education Online) - leo.stcloudstate.edu/style/wordiness.html

Thinkfinity Literacy Network: free online literacy courses - www.project-read.com/thinkfinity-literacy-network/

Time To Read: Time-Warner’s volunteer literacy program - http://www.time-to-read.com/

Visual Thesaurus: an exploration of sense relationships within the English language - http://www.visualthesaurus.com/
World Wide Words - http://www.quinion.com/words/
see also ESL; Writing

English Literature - Canada

Canadian Federation of Poets - http://www.federationofpoets.com/

Canadian Poetry: poet profiles, poetry samples, events –http://www.library.utoronto.ca/canpoetry

Canadian Poetry Association - http://www.canadianpoetryassociation.webs.com

Canadian Writers (National Library/Archives) - www.nlc-bnc.ca/writers/index-e.html

Canadian Writers (Athabaska University profiles) - http://www.athabascau.ca/writers/

Dooney's Cafe (Toronto): book reviews, social commentary - http://dooneyscafe.com

Federation of BC Writers - http://bcwriters.com/

League of Canadian Poets - http://poets.ca/

PEN Canada: for freedom of expression - http://www.pencanada.ca/

Writers Guild of Canada: screenwriting - http://www.writersguildofcanada.com/

Writers in Electronic Residence (WIER): Canadian writers helping students write, read, understand - http://www.wier.ca

Writers' Union of Canada: - http://www.writersunion.ca/

see also Ebsco Literary Bundle (CNC users only)

English Literature - General

Absolute Shakespeare: trivia, study guides, glossary, text of works - www.absoluteshakespeare.com
Alex Catalogue of Electronic Texts - http://www.infomotions.com/alex/
Bartleby Verse: American & English anthologies 1250-1920 - http://www.bartleby.com/verse/
Beat Museum - http://www.thebeatmuseum.org/

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 Television: celebrating writers - http://booktelevision.com/

Books-On-Line: 50,800+ books available for free downloading - http://www.books-on-line.com/

Bookyards: over 15,800+ e-books, incl. classics - http://www.bookyards.com/
British Women Romantic Poets, 1789-1832 - http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/English/BWRP/index.htm
The Burns Encyclopedia: official Robert Burns Site - http://www.robertburns.org/encyclopedia/
Cambridge History of English and American Literature: online searchable version of all 18 volumes - http://www.bartleby.com/cambridge/

Creative Nonfiction - http://www.creativenonfiction.org/

DailyLit: classic books, get installments by email - http://www.dailylit.com/

Electronic Poetry Center - http://epc.buffalo.edu/
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/

I Know Poe: Edgar Allen Poe - http://www.iknowpoe.com/
Internet Archive Million Books Project - http://www.archive.org/details/texts/

Library of Congress Poetry Resources: poetry archive of recorded poetry -  http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/lcpoetry/poetry.html

Literary Encyclopedia: author biographies, text profiles, timelines, glossary of literary terms - http://www.litencyc.com/

Online Books: author/title/subject index to 30,000+ online books - http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/

Online Corpus of Old English Poetry - http://oepoetry.ca

Open-Access Text Archive: 322,000+ books - http://www.archive.org/details/texts

Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners - www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists/obcb

Playbill: news from the world of theater - http://www.playbill.com/

Poetry Archive: recorded poetry - http://www.poetryarchive.org

Poetry Magazine - http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/index.html

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: 32,000+ electronic books - http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page

Rare Book Room: facsimiles of great classics of literature, science etc. - http://www.rarebookroom.org/

Read Print: free e-books, classics - http://www.readprint.com/

Shakespeare: Internet Editions (U of Victoria) - http://ise.uvic.ca/index.html
Shakespeare Photographs 1870-1982: photos from theatre, film, tv productions - www.ulib.csuohio.edu/shakespeare/

Shmoop: lively literature guides, teacher resources - http://www.shmoop.com/

Spark Notes literature, poetry study guides (Harvard) - http://www.sparknotes.com/

Universal Digital Library Million Book Project Collection - http://www.ulib.org/
Victorian Social History - http://www.victorianweb.org/history/sochistov.html
William Blake Archive - http://www.blakearchive.org/blake/

Writer's Almanac: today in literary history - http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org

see also Ebsco Literary Bundle (CNC users only) 

English Literature - Book Reviews

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/

Online Literary Criticism - http://www.ipl.org/div/litcrit

Shelfari: create a virtual bookshelf, share reviews of books you are reading - http://www.shelfari.com/

Film Studies

*Prince George: The Pulse: PG arts and entertainment news - http://www.thepulse.ca/

100 Best Films of the 20th Century (Village Voice) - http://www.filmsite.org/villvoice.html

Academy of  Motion Picture Arts & Sciences Oscar Page- http://www.oscars.org

Agony Booth: reviews of “worst movies” present and past – http://www.agonybooth.com/
Archive of American Television - http://www.emmys.org/foundation/archive/index.php
Based on the Book: books made into movies - http://www.mcpl.lib.mo.us/readers/movies/
Box Office.com: with movie reviews and ratings - http://www.boxoffice.com

Bright lights film journal - www.brightlightsfilm.com (Apr96-)

British Film Institute Interviews: 2001-present - http://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/sight-sound-magazine/interviews

Canadian Feature Film Database: http://collectioncanada.ca/databases/cff/index-e.html
CineFiles, the Pacific Film Archive's film document image database - http://www.mip.berkeley.edu/cinefiles/
Complete History of the Discovery of Cinematography - http://www.precinemahistory.net/

Early Cinema: from 17th century to 1905 - http://www.earlycinema.com/

Ephemeral Films: 200+ educational, industrial, promotional films (Internet Archive) - http://www.archive.org/details/ephemera

Encyclopedia of TV - http://museum.tv/publicationssection.php?page=520

European Film Treasures: hundreds of films from 15 European countries - http://www.europafilmtreasures.eu/

Film Literature Index: journal articles, film reviews, 1976-2001 - http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/fli/index.jsp

Film Noir Foundation: interviews, video archives (US) - http://www.filmnoirfoundation.org/
Golden Globe Awards - http://www.goldenglobes.org

Greatest Films: news, reviews by Tim Dirks, endorsed by Roger Ebert - http://www.filmsite.org

Harry Ransom Center: Making Movies - http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/exhibitions/2010/movies/

HotDocs Library: celebrating Canadian documentary filmmaking - http://hotdocslibrary.ca/en/ 
Internet Movie Database - http://www.imdb.com
Masters of Cinema: quality foreign films and classics - http://www.mastersofcinema.org/

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 - http://www.nfb.ca/ - Free film archive (1250+ 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/

PBS Programs Online - http://video.pbs.org/

Razzie Awards: for worst movies of the year - http://www.razzies.com/
Roger Ebert on Movies: Chicago Sun Times reviews - http://rogerebert.suntimes.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/

Top 100 Movie Quotes- http://www.afi.com/100years/quotes.aspx

Universal Newsreels, 1929-1967 (Internet Archive) - http://www.archive.org/details/universal_newsreels

Worldwide Guide to Movie Locations - http://www.movie-locations.com/

Zip.ca: movies by mail program, $10.95/month and up - http://zip.ca/

Writing and Publishing

*CNC Library Links to Citation + Style Guides 
*CNC Library Plagiarism FAQ for Students  + Faculty (login required)
American Heritage Book of English Usage – www.bartleby.com/64/
Banished Words List: words banned for mis-use, over-use and general uselessness - www.lssu.edu/banished/

Book Cover Archive: for cover designers - http://www.bookcoverarchive.com/ 

Common Errors in English Usage - http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html
Daily Grammar Lesson - http://www.dailygrammar.com/archive.shtml

Garble's Writing Center: vast array of writing resources - http://garbl.home.comcast.net/

Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling (U Pursue Online Writing Lab) - http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/index.html
HyperGrammar - http://www.uottawa.ca/academic/arts/writcent/hypergrammar/

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/

Literary Market Place: US, Canadian, International publishers and agents (free registration) - www.literarymarketplace.com
Nuts and Bolts of College Writing - http://nutsandbolts.washcoll.edu
Online Technical Writing: online textbook - http://www.io.com/~hcexres/textbook

Online Writing Lab (Purdue U): writing essays, term papers - http://owl.english.purdue.edu/

Pulitzer Prizes - http://www.pulitzer.org
Robin's Nest: for writers and web surfers - http://www.robinsnest.com/

Truly Canadian Dictionary of Canadian Spelling - http://www.luther.ca/~dave7cnv/cdnspelling/cdnspelling.html
Webgrammar’s Free Tips – www.webgrammar.com
Writer's Manual: tips on writing and marketing work - www.writersmanual.com
Writers Write: info about books, writing, publishing - http://www.writerswrite.com/

Writing about Poetry: tips for students - http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/615/01/

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Environment

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ESL - English as a Second Language

CNC ESL Departmental Pages

Google Translate: translate text, web pages, documents in many languages - http://translate.google.com/

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/
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/

Culturally Diverse Learners video series (Thompson Rivers U) - http://scope.bccampus.ca/mod/forum/view.php?id=5061
Culture.ca: Canadian culture online - www.canadianculture.com

EdSiteMent Monthly Features: world cultures, lessons plans - http://edsitement.neh.gov/features
English Club: EFL/ESL grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, quizzes, chat - http://www.englishclub.net/
English Study Abroad: ESL programs worldwide - http://english.studyabroad.com
ESL Cafe - http://www.eslcafe.com/
ESL for Adults - bogglesworld.com/adultesl1.htm
ESL Partyland: grade 8-12 - http://www.eslpartyland.com/
Everything ESL - http://www.everythingesl.net/

Forvo: pronunciation guide for many languages - http://www.forvo.com/
Internet Picture Dictionary - www.pdictionary.com
Language resources at about.com: enter http://language.about.com - e.g. http://german.about.com - http://french.about.com - http://spanish.about.com - http://japanese.about.com - http://chinese.about.com

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/

see also English Language + Literacy

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Film Studies

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First Nations, Aboriginal Studies

Local

Carrier Sekani Tribal Council (Prince George) - http://www.carriersekani.ca
Carrier Sekani Family Services - http://www.csfs.org/
Carrier Syllabary and Writing System: search under “C” - www.omniglot.com
Prince George Native Friendship Centre - http://www.pgnfc.com/
Yinka Dene Language Institute (Vanderhoof) - http://www.ydli.org/
Fishing, the First Nations Perspective: Carrier Dene People of North Central BC - http://www.kidfish.bc.ca/first_nations/index.html

 

Aboriginal Canada Portal: browse or search - http://www.aboriginalcanada.gc.ca/

Aboriginal Children's Circle of Early Learning - http://www.accel-capea.ca

Aboriginal Documentary Heritage: 1700s to mid-20^th century (Library and Archives Canada) - http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/aboriginal-heritage/index-e.html 

Aboriginal Infant Development Programs of BC - http://www.aidp.bc.ca/ (see also their Terminology of First Nations, Native, Aboriginal, Metis)

Aboriginal Mapping Network - http://www.nativemaps.org/
Aboriginal Peoples of Newfoundland/Labrador: Inuit, Innu, Micmac, Metis - http://www.heritage.nf.ca/aboriginal/
Aboriginal Tourism Canada - http://www.aboriginalbc.com

American Indian and Alaska Native Data and Links (US Census) - http://factfinder.census.gov/home/aian/index.html
American Indians of the Pacific Northwest: over 2,300 historical photographs, 7,700 pages of text (U of Washington) - memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/wauhtml/aipnhome.html
BC Ministry of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation -www.gov.bc.ca/arr/

BC Treaty Commission - www.bctreaty.net

CBC News in Depth: Aboriginal Canadians - http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/aboriginals/ 
First Nations (SchoolNet) - http://www.schoolnet.ca/aboriginal/
First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada - http://www.fncfcs.com

First Voices Language Archives (First Peoples' Cultural Foundation, Victoria, BC) - http://www.fpcf.ca/

Haida Heritage Center - http://www.haidaheritagecentre.com/
Images of Native Americans, from 1500 onward (Bancroft Library) - http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/Exhibits/nativeamericans/
Indian Affairs Annual reports 1864-1990: searchable files of all federal reports - http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/databases/indianaffairs/index-e.html
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada - http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/ 
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatimi: Canada’s national Inuit organization - www.itk.ca

iPortal: indigenous studies portal research tool - http://iportal.usask.ca/index.php?sid=488430122&t=index
National Native Addictions Partnership Foundation - http://www.nnapf.org/
Native American Ethnobotany: foods, drugs, dyes, fibers - http://herb.umd.umich.edu

Native American Lore index page - http://www.ilhawaii.net/~stony/loreindx.html

Native Book Centre - http://www.nativebooks.com
Native Culture (US) - http://www.nativeculture.com/
Native residential schools in Canada: a selective bibliography (National Library) - http://www.collectionscanada.ca/native-residential/index-e.html
Native Voices: Native People's concepts of Health and Illness(US National Library of Medicine) - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/nativevoices
Native Web - http://www.nativeweb.org

Native Words, Native Warriors: 'code talkers' in US armed forces - http://www.nmai.si.edu/education/codetalkers/
Nunavut: Nunatsiaq News - http://www.nunatsiaq.com/
Oral Tradition and Cultural Atlases - http://www.ankn.uaf.edu/NPE/oral.html
Our Homes are Bleeding: stories of cut-off lands in BC - http://www.ubcic.bc.ca/Resources/ourhomesare/

Pimatisiwin: A Journal of Aboriginal and Indigenous Community Health -  http://www.pimatisiwin.com/online/

S'abadeb - The Gifts: Pacific Coast Salish Art and Artists - http://tinyurl.com/5hpg9l

SIL International: partners in language development - http://www.sil.org/
Turtle Island Native Network (Canada) - http://www.turtleisland.org/front/_front.htm
UBC First Nations Studies Program webcasts (Apple Quicktime Player) - http://fnsp.arts.ubc.ca/
Where are the Children? healing the legacy of residential schools - http://www.wherearethechildren.ca/

Xwi7xwa Library (UBC) with research tools & Internet links - http://www.library.ubc.ca/xwi7xwa/

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Forestry - see Natural Resources and Environmental Tech

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Geography, Geology, GIS

Local 

Map Resources at CNC 
PG Map: Prince George maps and address searches - http://princegeorge.ca/cityservices/online/pgmap/Pages/Default.aspx

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.

Arctic Portal: international news, videos, interactive map - http://arcticportal.org/

ASTIS Science and Technology Info System: search for publications relating to northern Canada from 1978 on - http://www.aina.ucalgary.ca/astis/
Association for Canadian Studies: reports on cities, immigration etc. - http://www.acs-aec.ca/
Canadian Association of Geographers - http://www.cag-acg.ca/en/index.html

Canadian Information by Subject-Geography (National Library) - http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/caninfo/ep09.htm#91

David Rumsey Map Collection: antique atlases - http://www.davidrumsey.com/atlases.html

Encyclopedia Arctica - http://www.dartmouth.edu/~library/digital/collections/ocn238796413/index.html 
Encyclopedia of Earth - http://www.eoearth.org/ 
Explore the World of Earth Science - http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/navigation/home.cfm
Forces of Nature: volcanoes, earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes - http://www.nationalgeographic.com/forcesofnature/
How Volcanoes Work - http://www.geology.sdsu.edu/how_volcanoes_work/
Livable Streets urban planning - http://www.livablestreets.com/
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/

National Geographic Maps: geopolitical, human footprint - http://maps.nationalgeographic.com/maps
NGDC Geologic Hazard Photos: earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, landslides, other famous events - http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/image/hazardsimages.html

Tsunami Web (US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration): http://www.tsunami.noaa.gov/

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.thinkquest.org/17457/english.html

Water: Asia's Next Challenge - http://sites.asiasociety.org/taskforces/water/interactive/

Water Science (US Geological Survey) - http://water.usgs.gov/droplet
Waves of Destruction: Tsunamis (PBS Savage Earth series) - http://www.pbs.org/wnet/savageearth/tsunami/
Western Division - Canadian Association of Geographers - http://www.geog.uvic.ca/wcag/publications.htm

World Water Council - http://www.worldwatercouncil.org/
World’s Water:information on global freshwater problems and solutions - http://www.worldwater.org/

Mapping, GIS

Aboriginal Mapping Network - http://www.nativemaps.org/
Atlas of Canada - http://atlas.gc.ca/

Canadian Cartographic Association - http://www.cca-acc.org/

Canadian Centre for Topographic Information: topographic and aerial maps - maps.nrcan.gc.ca
Daily GIS Industry News - http://www.SpatialNews.com/

Dictionary of Abbreviations and Acronyms in GIS, Cartography, Remote Sensing (Berkeley) - http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/EART/abbrev.html
FSA Maps (Canada Post Forward Sortation Area maps, by province, city, postal code) - www.canadapost.ca/tools/pg/fsamaps/default-e.asp

Google Earth: a 3D interface to the planet - http://earth.google.com/
Google Maps, Street Views, Satellite Images (search place, click on 'satellite' top right) - http://maps.google.ca/

Google Street Views: Virtual Turnpike - http://vpike.com/

Geocommunity - http://www.GeoComm.com/  
GeoGratis: free geospatial data - http://www.geogratis.cgdi.gc.ca/geogratis/en/index.html

Geomatics Canada - http://www.geomaticscanada.com/
Geosearch: search for maps (Statistics Canada) - http://geodepot.statcan.ca/Diss/GeoSearch/index.cfm?lang=E

GIS.com: software - http://www.gis.com

GIS Data Depot - http://www.gisdatadepot.com/
GIS Search Engine - http://search.geocomm.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/
MSN Virtual Earth: US maps - http://virtualearth.msn.com/
"What is GIS?" - http://egsc.usgs.gov/isb/pubs/gis_poster

see also Pollution, Climate Change, Global Warming

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History

PG

Prince George Oral History Group - http://pgohg.org/
From Milltown to Downtown: Prince George 1947-1972 - www.milltowndowntown.com
Presents over 2,000 photographs from the museum collection, depicting Prince George’s boom years when it was the “fastest growing city in Canada.”

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

BC & Pacific Northwest

BC Archives - http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.

BC Archives Amazing Time Machine - http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/exhibits/timemac

BC Archives Vital Events: searchable index of births, marriages, deaths - http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/textual/governmt/vstats/v_events.htm

BC City Directories, 1860-1940: many include detailed city information - http://www.vpl.ca/bccd/index.php

BC History Internet/Web Site - http://www.victoria.tc.ca/Resources/bchistory.html
BC History Portal - http://bchistoryportal.tc.ca/

Barkerville Historic Town- http://www.barkerville.ca/newindex/index03.html
Barkerville Stories of the Gold Rush - http://www.barkerville.com

British Colonist online edition, 1858-1910: searchable newspaper  - http://www.britishcolonist.ca/

Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest (U Washington): curriculum resources, selected issues of Pacific Northwest Quarterly, etc. - http://www.washington.edu/uwired/outreach/cspn

Colonial Dispatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia, 1846-1871 - http://bcgenesis.uvic.ca/
Friends of Barkerville: includes searchable photo gallery - http://www.barkerville.ca/
Living Landscapes website (Royal BC Museum) - livinglandscapes.bc.ca

Quesnel Cariboo Observer newspaper, 1908-1967 - http://www.quesnelmuseum.ca/CaribooObserver_form.html 

West Beyond the West: digital images, text, audio, video materials about BC history - http://westbeyondthewest.ca/

Canada

Alaska and Western Canada Collection: digital photos - http://content.lib.washington.edu/alaskawcanadaweb/

Canada in the Making: constitutional history, aboriginal studies, pioneers, immigrants - http://www.canadiana.org/citm/

Canada Year Book Historical Collection - http://www65.statcan.gc.ca/acyb_r000-eng.htm
Canadian Information by Subject-History-Canada (National Library) - http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/caninfo/ep097.htm#97 
Canada's History Education Network - http://www.thenhier.ca/
Canadian Confederation (National Library) - http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/confederation/
Canadian History Portal (Canadian Historical Association) - www.canadianhistory.ca

Canadian Letters and Images Project: preserving Canada’s wartime experiences (Malaspina UCollege) - http://www.canadianletters.ca

Canadian West: online exhibit - http://www.collectionscanada.ca/canadian-west/index-e.html
CBC Archives: selected radio/TV news clips (one from 1902!) - http://archives.cbc.ca 
Early Canadiana Online - http://www.canadiana.org/

Early Chinese-Canadians, 1858-1947 - http://tinyurl.com/7k9cdb
Edmonton History - http://Edmonton.foundlocally.com/Local/Info-CityHistory.htm

Empire Club addresses: speeches of Canadian and international leaders from 1903-present - http://speeches.empireclub.org

Encyclopedia of Canada's Peoples - http://www.multiculturalcanada.ca/ecp/

From Colony to Country: a Reader's Guide to Canadian Military History (online bibliography) - http://www.collectionscanada.ca/military/index-e.html 
Great Unsolved Mysteries in Canadian History - http://canadianmysteries.ca/en/index.php 

A Hundred Years of Immigration to Canada, 1900-1999 (Canadian Council for Refugees)- http://tinyurl.com/7emo9lp
National Archives of Canada - http://www.archives.ca/

National Historic Sites (Parks Canada) - http://www.parkscanada.ca/
New France, New Horizons, 1500’s-1763: over 22,000 documents, 400,000 images (e.g. search: Louisbourg) - www.archivescanadafrance.org

Nunavut: new Canadian territory to form April 1, 1999 - http://npc.nunavut.ca/

Old Fort Niagara: 300 years of history - http://www.oldfortniagara.org/

Our Future, Our Past: Alberta history - http://www.ourfutureourpast.ca
Our Roots: Canada's local histories online - http://www.ourroots.ca/e/
Portrait Gallery of Canada - http://www.portraits.gc.ca/index-e.html

Samuel de Champlain portal - http://tinyurl.com/3qk7tr
A Scattering of Seeds: Canadian immigrant families - http://www.whitepinepictures.com/seeds/
Socialist History Project: revolutionary socialist movement in Canada - http://www.socialisthistory.ca/

Ties that Bind: honouring Chinese labourers of Canadian railways - http://www.mhso.ca/tiesthatbind/

Virtual Museum of Canada - http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/

World

General

Ancient World Mapping Center - http://www.unc.edu/awmc/
BBC News World Edition: Country Profiles - news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/bsp/hi/country_profiles/html/
Best of History Websites: top-rated sites - www.besthistorysites.net

Catalogue of Digitized Medieval Manuscripts: 1000+ docs - http://manuscripts.cmrs.ucla.edu/ 
Center for History and New Media (George Mason U) - http://chnm.gmu.edu/

Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers: online newspapers 1900-1910 - http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/

Colorado's Historic Newspaper Collection, 1859-1930 - http://www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org/

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

FedFlix and other documentary movies: free downloads (Internet Archive) - http://www.archive.org/details/movies
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

LIFE Photo Archive, 1750s to today - http://images.google.com/hosted/life
Newsfilm Online: video clip archives from 1920s to present day - http://newsfilm.bufvc.ac.uk/index.php
Significant Terrorist Incidents, 1961-2003: a brief chronology (US Dept. of State, Office of the Historian) - http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ho/pubs/fs/5902.htm

One World: Nations Online: information about 195+ countries, world population, population by continent - http://www.nationsonline.org/
Spark Notes US and European history study guides (Harvard) - http://www.sparknotes.com/
Terrorist Screening Centre (FBI) - http://www.fbi.gov/terrorinfo/counterrorism/tsc.htm
Travels in America, 1750-1920 (search 253 sources, e.g. "Hurons") - http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/lhtnhtm/

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/library/publications/the-world-factbook/

Asia

AsiaSource: news/resources on Asian culture, business, politics, history - http://www.asiasociety.org/policy-politics

Asian Historical Architecture - http://www.orientalarchitecture.com/
East and Southeast Asia: an annotated directory of Internet resources (U of Redlands) - http://newton.uor.edu/Departments&Programs/AsianStudiesDept/index.html
Educational Resources on Asia (UCLA Center for East Asian Studies) - http://www.isop.ucla.edu/eas/Resource.htm
Southeast Asia in the Ming Shi-lu: Ming dynasty records, 1369-1643 (full-text) - http://www.epress.nus.edu.sg/msl/

Europe

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

British History Links - http://www.britannia.com/history/hlinks.html
British Museum: search over 5,000 objects – www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/compass
German Propaganda Archive: Nazi & GDR - http://www.calvin.edu/academic/cas/gpa/

History of the Crusades - http://tinyurl.com/buxhhy
Kosovo: Guardian report on independence from Serbia - http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/kosovo

Vision of Britain through Time: historical statistics, maps, census - http://www.merckmanuals.com/

Middle East

Afghanistan: architecture, history, land, people, settlement, transportation - www.uwm.edu/Library/digilib/afghan

Afghanistan Analyst: links to quality information sources - http://afghanistan-analyst.org/
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

Latin and South America

"Today in History" and Timelines sites

Canada

Today in Canadian History - http://www1.sympatico.ca/cgi-bin/on_this_day

Canadian Encyclopedia Timeline of History- http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCETimeline

Famous Canadian Women's Historical Timeline, 1910-1919- http://famouscanadianwomen.com/timeline/timeline1910-1919.htm

Grant Macrae's WWII and Candian Century Timeline- http://tinyurl.com/a72bt66

History Beat & History Timelines - http://history.searchbeat.com/
HistoryCentral: 10,000 BC-1999 AD timelines, events - http://www.historycentral.com

History Channel - http://www.historychannel.com/thisday/
Library of Congress - http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/today/today.html
On this Day (BBC) - http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/
This Month in History - http://www.historyplace.com/specials/calendar/ 
Timeline of Social and Cultural Injustices in Canada - http://www.edu.gov.mb.ca/k12/cur/socstud/foundation_gr9/blms/9-1-4c.pdf

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/

War

Canadian Military History Gateway - http://www.cmhg.gc.ca/
Canadian War Posters (McGill Special Collections) - http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/warposters/
Canadian War Museum - www.warmuseum.ca
First World War - http://www.firstworldwar.com/

First World War (Guardian Newspaper series) - http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/firstworldwar
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/

Virtual Wall: Vietnam Memorial Wall - http://www.thevirtualwall.org
War Diaries of the First World War (Canadian Expeditionary Force) - http://www.archives.ca/02/020152_e.html
World War I: trenches on the Web - http://www.worldwar1.com/

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Hospitality, Tourism

 

 
Tourism Prince George - www.tourismpg.com
Hospitality Careers Online – http://www.hcareers.com/
Aboriginal Tourism Canada - http://www.aboriginaltourism.ca/
Canada Tourism (Canadian Tourism Commission) - http://en-corporate.canada.travel
Cool Jobs: Canadian tourism and hospitality jobs - www.cooljobscanada.com
ExpoWorld Canada: tradeshows, exhibitions, hospitality careers - http://www.expoworldcanada.com/
go2 - the resource for people in tourism - http://www.go2hr.ca
Sustainable Tourism Resource Database- http://www.cec.org/Page.asp?PageID=924&ContentID=2840

Tourism BC - http://www.hellobc.com/
Tourism Room Revenue (for CNC users) - https://www.cnc.bc.ca:9443/login?url=http://www.bcpl.gov.bc.ca/BCStats

Travel

BC Mileage Calculator: gives distances between most communities in BC - http://www.th.gov.bc.ca/bchighways/distances/calculator.htm 
Attractions Canada - http://attractionscanada.com/

Expedia: book cheap airline flights - http://expedia.ca/
EZ Trip: discount hotels, motels, car rentals, air tickets - http://www.eztrip.com/
Hotel Online: online meeting place for hospitality industry - http://www.hotel-online.com/Neo/
MyTravelGuide.com: US/Canadian travel guides, newsletters, info - http://www.mytravelguide.com/
Student Youth Travel Association - http://www.syta.org/
Travel and Tourism Research Association Canada - http://www.ttracanada.ca/
Travel BC - http://travel.bc.ca/
WestJet - http://www.westjet.com/
World Travel and Tourism Council - http://www.wttc.org/
World's Top Tourism Destinations - http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0198352.html

See also Culinary Arts for food services and Ecotourism for outdoor recreation

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Human Kinetics

CNC Athletics

 
Caledonia Nordic Ski Club - community.cnc.bc.ca

A-Z Encyclopedia of Ice Hockey - http://www.azhockey.com/
ACE Exercise Library: create your own workout - http://www.acefitness.org/getfit/freeexercise.aspx
Backcheck: a Hockey Retrospective (National Library) - www.nlc-bnc.ca/hockey/
Canada's Physical Activity Guide to Healthy, Active Living - http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hppb/paguide/
Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women in Sport - http://www.caaws.ca/
Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport - http://www.cces.ca/
Canadian Society for Biomechanics - http://www.health.uottawa.ca/biomech/csb/
Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute - http://www.cflri.ca/
CBS SportsLine - http://cbs.sportsline.com/
Coaching Science Abstracts: search database - http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/dept/coachsci/search.htm
EveryRule.com: rules for sports, board games, card games - http://www.everyrule.com/

Global Drug Reference Online: for athletes to check on prohibited drugs - http://www.globaldro.com/ 
Golf.com: latest news, advice from the pros, golf supplies - http://www.golf.com/
International Paralympic Committee - http://www.paralympic.org/

Medline Plus: Sports Injuries - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/sportsinjuries.html
Muscle Physiology (U of Calif. San Diego) - http://muscle.ucsd.edu/musintro/jump.shtm.
National Strength and Conditioning Association - http://www.nsca-lift.org/
Olympic Games: official site - http://www.olympic.org

Orca Bay Sports & Entertainment: Canucks - http://www.orcabay.com 
PG Cougars hockey - www.pgcougars.com

Physical and Health Education Canada- http://www.phecanada.ca/

Physiology Info (American Physiological Society) - http://www.physiologyinfo.org/
The Science of Hockey: for young people - www.exploratorium.edu/hockey/
Sport and Activity Dimensions Index: for sports from Badminton to Volleyball - http://www.prm.nau.edu/prm423/sport_activity_index.htm
SportCanada - http://www.pch.gc.ca/sportcanada/
Sport Medicine Council of BC - http://www.sportmedbc.com/
SportQuest: a world of sport information (SIRC) - http://www.sport-quest.com/
Sports and Nutrition, the Winning Connection - www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/hsnut/
Sport Science : Baseball, Hockey, Skateboard, Cycling, Surfing (Exploratorium) - http://www.exploratorium.edu/sports/index.html

Sportscience (University of Aukland) - http://www.sportsci.org/index.html 
Tour de France - http://www.letour.fr/
Triathlete's Resource - http://triathletes.com/
Winter Olympics Vancouver 2010 site - http://www.winter2010.com
Women in Sports
Ladies Professional Golf Association - http://www.lpga.com
Women's National Basketball Association - http://www.wnba.com
Women's Sports Foundation: including Billie Awards for girls and women in sport - http://www.womenssportsfoundation.org

see also Ecotourism for outdoor recreation

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Math

Algebasics: online algebra instruction - http://www.algebasics.com/
Algebra: In Simplest Terms - http://www.learner.org/resources/series66.html

Ask Dr. Math - http://www.mathforum.org/dr.math/
Biographies of Women Mathematicians - http://www.agnesscott.edu/lriddle/women/women.htm
Calculus on the Web: interactive online learning modules - http://www.math.temple.edu/~cow/
Calculus Page: with animations and sample exams - http://www.math.ucdavis.edu/~calculus/

College Algebra Online Tutorials (West Texas A&M University) -
http://www.wtamu.edu/academic/anns/mps/math/mathlab/col_algebra/index.htm
Exercises in Math Readiness (U of Sask) - http://math.usask.ca/mrc-cgi-bin/emr/first_page.cgi

A First course in linear algebra - http://linear.ups.edu/opentexts.html

Get the Math: using math in the real world - http://www.thirteen.org/get-the-math/ 
History of Mathematics Archive - http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk:80/~history/
How Many? a dictionary of units of measurement - http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/
Interactive Mathematics Miscellany and Puzzles - http://www.cut-the-knot.org/content.shtml
Internet Resources for Math Students (Langara) - http://www.langara.bc.ca/mathstats/resource/onWeb/

Journal of Online Mathematics and its Applications - http://mathdl.maa.org/mathDL/4/

Mathematical Reviews Featured Reviews: selections from latest 3 issues - www.ams.org/msnhtml/featured-reviews
Martindale's Grad & Undergrad Centre: chem & math - http://www.martindalecenter.com
Math Cats: fun and informative activities in geometry, arithmetic, etc. - http://www.mathcats.com

Math Gateway of the Mathematical Association of America - http://mathdl.maa.org/

Mathematics Careers (Mathematical Assoc. of America) - http://www.maa.org/careers/ 
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 - www.mathmonkey.com

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics: resources for educators - http://www.nctm.org/

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/
WebMath - http://www.webmath.com

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Medical Laboratory Technology 

 

go to CNC Library Resources in Medical Laboratory Technology, with Links to Program pages and Websites

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  Medical Radiology Technology 

 

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Men's Studies

American Men's Studies Association - http://mensstudies.org

Men's Issues Page: World Wide Web Virual Library - www.mensissues.org

Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Encyclopedia - www.glbtq.com

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Music

Enjoyment of Music Online Tutor: learn about music from the Middle Ages to the present day - http://www.wwnorton.com/college/music/enj9/shorter/

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News & Media How to Find Newspapers Articles (CNC Library Info Sheet)  Newspapers Prince George Citizen (current selections) - http://www.princegeorgecitizen.com/  (historical 1909-1977-) Canoe: Canadian Online Explorer (Canadian newspapers - Toronto, Ottawa, Edmonton, Winnipeg and Calgary Suns, and the London Free Press) - http://www.canoe.ca/   ABYZ News Links: links to over 15,000 newspapers and newspapers - http://www.abyznewslinks.com/ AJR NewsLink (American Journalism Review) - http://ajr.org AllTheWeb News: current world news - www.alltheweb.com EuroNews - http://www.euronews.net/ FindNews.org: search for today’s world news - www.findnews.org Google News Search - news.google.com Headline Spot: news by city, state, country - http://www.headlinespot.com/ Reuters Online from Yahoo - http://news.yahoo.com News is Free: news portal, search headlines, browse by subject - http://www.newsisfree.com NewsBot - http://www.newsbot.com Newseum: daily front pages from over 500 newspapers worldwide - http://www.newseum.org/ Newspapers Online - http://www.newspapers.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   Total News - http://www.totalnews.com   Alternative and Independent News Sources - Canada Opinion 250: online 'voice of the north' - http://www.opinion250.com/ OneWorld Canada: social justice news network - http://www.oneworld.net/ Media Awareness Network, Canada - http://www.media-awareness.ca/ Media Democracy Day links - http://www.mediademocracyday.org Campaign for Press and Broadcast Freedom, Canada - http://www.presscampaign.org/ Project Censored: censorship in society - http://www.projectcensored.org Rabble - http://www.rabble.ca/   World AlterNet: search archived contents of 19 independent news organizations - http://www.alternet.org/ Center for Communication: independent media forum - http://www.cencom.org/ Columbia Journalism Review Daily: real-time media criticism from Columbia Journalism Review - http://www.cjrdaily.org/ FAIR: Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting - http://www.fair.org  Freedom Forum: free press, free speech, free spirit - http://www.freedomforum.org/ Independent Media Center - http://www.indymedia.org/ Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE): bringing a sense of outrage to reporting - http://www.ire.org/  Truthdig: progressive journal of news and opinion - http://www.truthdig.com/  Media CBC: Canadian Broadcasting Corp. - http://www.cbc.ca CBC Archives: selected radio and TV news clips from 1902-current - http://archives.cbc.ca CNN - http://www.cnn.com/ BBC News Online: British Broadcasting Corp. - http://news.bbc.co.uk/ BBC Free Online Broadcast & New Media Courses(BBC) - http://www.bbcacademy.com/academy/index.php Five Steps to Multimedia Reporting - http://journalism.berkeley.edu/multimedia/ JumpTV: "world's leading broadcaster of tv over the internet" - http://www.jumptv.com/  Media Awareness Network (Canada) - http://www.media-awareness.ca/ Media Channel: political, cultural, social impacts of the media - http://www.mediachannel.org/ Mediashift: impact of digital media on society and culture - http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/ PBS: Corporation for Public Broadcasting - http://www.pbs.org TV-Links: episodes of shows - http://tv-links.co.uk/ UWire: connecting college media with each other and the world - http://www.uwire.com/ Archive of American Television - http://www.emmys.org/foundation/archive/index.php Journalism JournalismNet: a working journalist's guide to the Net - http://www.journalismnet.com/ Journalism.Org: resources and ideas to improve journalism - www.journalism.org Online journalism review (blog) - http://www.ojr.org Pulitzer Prizes - http://www.pulitzer.org Reporters without Borders- http://en.rsf.org/ Back to Table of Contents   Nursing, Health Local - Associations- Government - General Searches - Dictionaries - Journals Special topics AIDS - Arthritis - Assessment- Auscultation - Cancer - Childbirth, Children, Human Development - Diabetes - Disabilities - Drugs - Evidence Based Medicine EBM -  Holistic/Alternative medicine - Home support, long term care, health care assistant - Immunization - Influenza -  Med Lab and Med Rad Tech - Men's health - Mental health nursing - Midwifery- Nutrition - Practice guidelines - Quality of information - Religions and cultures - Rural - SARS - Sleep disorders - Students - Teaching - Tobacco Use - Women's health - Wounds and Injuries Local CNC/UNBC Baccalaureate Nursing Programme CNC Practical Nursing - Human Relations 107: Communication and Nursing blog CNC Home Support/Resident Care CNC/UNBC/PGRH Guide to Library Services for Nursing Instructors and Students  Northern Health Authority - http://www.northernhealth.ca/ Northern Health Authority - Careers Section - http://careers.northernhealth.ca/ Northern Health Authority - CHIP Community Health Information Portal - http://chip.northernhealth.ca/ PG Surgery Centre: private health care - http://www.pgsurgerycentre.com/ Canadian Mental Health Association, Prince George Branch - http://www.princegeorge.cmha.bc.ca Intersect Youth and Family Services Society (PG) - http://www.doorsofhope.com/intersect/home.htm PG Connector Directory of Clubs and Organizations - http://www.projectfriendship.com/ Associations College of Registered Nurses of BC (CRNBC) - http://www.crnbc.ca/ College of Licensed Practical Nurses of BC - http://www.clpnbc.org/ Midwives Association of BC - http://www.bcmidwives.com/ Canadian Medical Association - http://www.cma.ca/ Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) - http://www.cna-nurses.ca/ Canadian Nursing Informatics Association - http://www.cnia.ca/ Canadian Nursing Students' Association - http://www.cnsa.ca/ Canadian Public Health Association - http://www.cpha.ca/ Canadian Rural Health Research Society - http://crhrs-scrsr.usask.ca/ Community Health Nurses Association of Canada - http://www.chnc.ca Aboriginal Nurses Association of Canada - http://www.anac.on.ca/ International Council of Nurses - http://www.icn.ch/0 Licensed Practical Nurses Association of BC - http://www.lpnabc.ca/ National League for Nursing (US) - http://www.nln.org/ World Health Organization - http://www.who.int/ Government - BC/Canada BC Ministry of Health Services- http://www.gov.bc.ca/health/ BC Ministry of Health Planning - http://www.gov.bc.ca/health/ BC Centre for Disease Control - http://www.bccdc.org/ Health Canada Online - http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/ Health Canada: Canadian Health Network - http://www.canadian-health-network.ca/ Health Canada: Canadian Institutes of Health Research - http://www.cihr.ca/ Health Council of Canada - http://www.healthcouncilcanada.ca/ HealthLink BC: search for topics, fact sheets (formerly BC HealthGuide) - http://www.healthlinkbc.ca/ Human Resources Development Canada Indicators of Well-Being in Canada - http://www4.hrsdc.gc.ca/home.jsp?lang=en National Aboriginal Health Organization- http://www.naho.ca Public Health Agency of Canada - http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/new_e.html Public Health Agency of Canada Health Promotion - http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/hp-ps/index-eng.php Public Health Agency of Canada Centre for Public Health Promotion - http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/chhd-sdsh/index-eng.php General Searches            BioMed Central: peer-reviewed research - www.biomedcentral.com BrainWeb: brain diseases and disorders – http://www.dana.org/resources/brainweb/ Canadian Institute for Health Information- www.cihi.ca 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 Family Doctor: basic health questions and information (American Academy of Family Physicians) - http://familydoctor.org/ Global Health Facts - http://www.globalhealthfacts.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/ HealthCare 411: U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality - http://www.healthcare411.org/ HealthFinder: A-Z encyclopedia(US Government) - http://www.healthfinder.gov/HealthAtoZ/ Healthopedia: patient-friendly encyclopedia - http://www.healthopedia.com/ Mayo Clinic - http://www.mayo.edu/ Medical World Search - http://www.mwsearch.com/ Medline Plus Health Information - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ Medpedia: medical encyclopedia - http://www.medpedia.com/ Merck Manuals Online - http://www.merckmanuals.com National Institute of Nursing Research: NINR (U.S.) - http://www.nih.gov/ninr/ News in Health: monthly newsletter from National Institutes of Health - http://newsinhealth.nih.gov/ NMAP Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health professions gateway (UK) - http://www.intute.ac.uk/nmah Nursing Clinics of North America: index - http://nursing.theclinics.com/ - this is an index, limited free articles, mostly pay-for-use - but this is a very useful tool for CNC users, the index will direct you to the printed volumes we hold in CNC Library-Periodicals Nursing Health Services Research Unit (U of Toronto etc.) - http://www.nhsru.com/ Nursing Links: Hardin - http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/md/ Nursing Links: U of Buffalo - http://libweb.lib.buffalo.edu/dokuwiki/hslwiki/doku.php?id=nursing_sites 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 SearchMedica: professional medical search - http://www.searchmedica.com/ TRIP database: for evidence based medicine - http://www.tripdatabase.com/ UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research - http://www.chspr.ubc.ca/ US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - http://www.cdc.gov/ US National Library of Medicine LOCATORplus: largest medical research library: books, a/v, journals - http://locatorplus.gov/ Virtual Hospital: great graphics - http://www.vh.org/ Virtual Nursing Center - http://www.martindalecenter.com/Nursing.html Dictionaries Medline Plus Medical Encyclopedia A-Z: with ADAM images- http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/encyclopedia.html Medical Dictionary (MedicineNet) - http://www.medterms.com/script/main/hp.asp Journals CNC Journals page: see Full-Text Indexes, CINAHL, Medline, online journals by title/subject  Nursing--Special Topics AIDS   Canada Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network - http://www.caan.ca/ Canadian AIDS Society - http://www.cdnaids.ca/ Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange - http://www.catie.ca/ Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research - http://www.canfar.com/ Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network - http://www.aidslaw.ca/ Canadian HIV Trials Network - http://www.hivnet.ubc.ca/e/home/ Canadian Treatment Action Council - http://www.ctac.ca/ CBC Archives: Early Years of the AIDS Crisis- http://archives.cbc.ca/health/public_health/topics/413/ CBC News: AIDS (with maps) - http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/aids/ HIV and Poverty in Canada - http://poverty.cdnaids.ca National Aboriginal Council on HIV/AIDS - http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/aids-sida/fi-if/national_e.html Stephen Lewis Foundation: Easing the pain of HIV/AIDS in Africa - http://www.stephenlewisfoundation.org     International AIDSinfo: US Dept. of Health - http://aidsinfo.nih.gov Center for Disease Control National Prevention Information Network HIV/AIDS site - http://www.cdcnpin.org/scripts/hiv/ Critical Path AIDS Project – http://www.critpath.org/ HIV InSite: University of California - http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/InSite International AIDS Society - http://www.iasociety.org/ International Council of AIDS Service Organizations - http://www.icaso.org/ UNAIDS Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS - http://www.unaids.org/en/ UNAIDS AIDS Policies and Briefs - http://www.unaids.org/en/PolicyAndPractice/UNAIDSPoliciesAndBriefs/default.asp UNAIDS/World Health Organization Global HIV/AIDS Online Database - http://www.who.int/globalatlas/ World Bank HIV/AIDS site – http://tinyurl.com/3b6lgb World Health Organization HIV/AIDS topical information - http://www.who.int/hiv/topics/en/index.html     Vaccines African AIDS Vaccine Programme - http://www.who.int/vaccine_research/diseases/hiv/aavp/en/ International AIDS Vaccine Initiative - http://www.iavi.org/   Arthritis   Arthritis Society of Canada: research, programs, pain management - http://www.arthritis.ca Assessment 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/ Lung Sounds (R.A.L.E. repository) - http://www.rale.ca/Lungsounds.htm Cancer American Institute for Cancer Research - www.aicr.org BC Cancer Agency Statistics - www.bccancer.bc.ca/HPI/CancerStatistics/default.htm Canadian Cancer Encyclopedia - http://www.cancer.ca/ccs/internet/standard/0,3182,3172_369365__langId-en,00.html Canadian Cancer Society - http://www.cancer.ca/  Cancer News on the Net - http://www.cancernews.com CancerGuide - http://cancerguide.org/ Medline Plus: Mammography - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/mammography.html National Cancer Institute - http://www.cancer.gov/ National Ovarian Cancer Association - http://www.ovariancanada.org Childbirth, Children, Human Development About Kids Health (BC Children's Hospital) - http://www.aboutkidshealth.ca/BCCH/EN/ResourceCentres/Pages/default.aspx Breastfeeding (Centers for Disease Control) - http://www.cdc.gov/breastfeeding/ Breast Feeding (Medline Plus) - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/breastfeeding.html Breastfeeding Committee of Canada - http://breastfeedingcanada.ca Childbirth - http://www.childbirth.org/ Child health and human development - http://www.nichd.nih.gov/  Life-Span Development Resources - http://www.mhhe.com/socscience/devel/life/devel-4.htm National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health (NCEMCH) - http://www.ncemch.org/ Pediatric Clinics of North America - http://www.pediatric.theclinics.com/ Diabetes Diabetes Dictionary - http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/dictionary/ The Diabetes Mall - http://www.diabetesnet.com/ Diabetes Public Health Resource (US) - http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/ Disabilities - (Canadian National Institute for the Blind and other sites) - see separate section on Disabilities Drugs e-CPS Compendium of Pharmaceuticals and Specialties (for CNC users): search drug database Drug Digest: consumer health information about drugs, herbs, supplements - www.drugdigest.org Institute for Safe Medication Practices: ISMP Canada - http://www.ismp-canada.org/  MEDLINEplus: Drug Information - www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginformation.html Orphannet Portal for Rare Diseases and Orphan Drugs - http://www.orpha.net/consor/cgi-bin/index.php?lng=EN RxList: the Internet drug index - http://www.rxlist.com/ Evidence Based Medicine   Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine - Glossary of EBM -  http://www.cebm.utoronto.ca/glossary/index.htm#top Holistic Nursing, Alternative Medicine American Holistic Nurses' Association - http://www.ahna.org/ Alternative Health News Online - www.altmedicine.com/ Complimentary and Alternative Medicine Index: acupuncture to yoga - http://www.umm.edu/altmed/ WellMed Health Quotient test: rate your health (register as new user, select interests, do test) - http://www.webmdhealth.com/whs/ Home Support, Long Term Care, Health Care Assistant Hospice Net (US): for patients, families, caregivers - http://www.hospicenet.org/ Alzheimer Society of Canada - http://alzheimer.ca/ Alliance for Aging Research - http://www.agingresearch.org/ Center for Aging Services Technologies: improving the lives of seniors - http://www.aahsa.org/cast Geriatric Nursing Teaching Resources - http://www.nursing.umn.edu/Hartford/facultyteachingresources/tableofcontents/home.html     Merck Manual of Geriatrics - http://www.merck.com/pubs/mm_geriatrics/ National Institute on Aging (US) - http://www.nia.nih.gov/   Parkinson's Disease: Caregiver's Information - http://www.parkinsonscare.com/ The Forgetting: A Portrait of Alzheimer's [Flash] - http://www.pbs.org/theforgetting/ University of Victoria Centre on Aging - http://www.coag.uvic.ca/   Immunization Canadian Immunization Awareness Program - http://www.immunize.cpha.ca   Influenza Influenza: Swine Flu (US Centre for Disease Control) - http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/ Swine Flu (Health Canada) - http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/alert-alerte/swine_200904-eng.php Swine Flu (National Library of Medicine) - http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro/swineflu.html Swine Flu (WHO) - http://www.who.int/csr/disease/swineflu/en/   Med Lab and Med Rad Technology applications see Med Lab Tech Library page with links see Med Rad Tech Library page with links   Men's health About Men: men’s health initiative of BC - http://www.aboutmen.ca/ Mental health nursing BC Schizophrenia Society - http://www.bcss.org/ Best Practices in Mental Health and Addictions (BC Ministry of Health, Mental Health Addictions) - http://www.health.gov.bc.ca/mhd/best.html Canadian Mental Health Association BC Division News – http://www.cmha-bc.org/content/about/news/news.htm Centers for Disease Control Autism Information Center (U.S.) – http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/autism A Framework for Support (Canadian Mental Health Assoc.) - http://www.cmha.ca/data/1/rec_docs/120_framework3rdEd_eng.pdf Here to Help: BC fact sheets on mental health and substance abuse issues - http://www.heretohelp.bc.ca/publications/factsheets Internet Mental Health -  http://www.mentalhealth.com/ Mental Health (World Health Organization) - http://www.who.int/mental_health/en/ Mental Health: Report of the Surgeon General (U.S.) - http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/mentalhealth/home.html Mental Help Net- http://mentalhelp.net/ Mood Disorders Association of BC - http://www.mdabc.net/ National Institute of Mental Health Publications (U.S.): from autism to social anxiety disorder - http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/ Phobias and Anxiety Disorders - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/phobias.html Report on Mental Illnesses in Canada (Public Health Agency of Canada) - http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/publicat/miic-mmac/ see also Psychology   Midwifery College of Midwives of BC - http://www.cmbc.bc.ca/ Midwives Association of BC - http://www.bcmidwives.com/ MidwifeInfo: for midwifery clients and professionals - http://www.midwifeinfo.com/ NMAP Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health professions gateway (UK) - http://www.intute.ac.uk/nmah Nutrition, Diet Bulimia Nervosa resource guide for family and friends - http://www.bulimiaguide.org Canada's Food Guide to Healthy Eating - http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/food-guide-aliment/index_e.html Canadian Nutrient File: Health Canada - http://webprod.hc-sc.gc.ca/cnf-fce/index-eng.jsp Canadian Obesity Network: for researchers, health professionals - http://www.obesitynetwork.ca Dietitians of Canada: with “Live Well Eat Well” interactive tools and games - http://www.dietitians.ca/ Dietary Supplements - ods.od.nih.gov/health.aspx Food and Nutrition Information Center (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture) - http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/ Kids Nutrition (Children's Nutrition Research Center) - http://www..bcm.edu/cnrc/?PMID=0 Nutrition Data: searchable database of food composition and nutrition information – www.nutritiondata.com Nutrition.gov: US government megasite on nutrition - http://www.nutrition.gov/ The Nutrition Source: Knowledge for Healthy Eating (Harvard) - www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource Sonoma Diet: with "top 10 power foods" - http://www.webmd.com/content/Article/118/112845.htm?pagenumber=1 What's in the Food You Eat: nutrient profiles for 13,000+ foods - http://www.ars.usda.gov/Services/docs.htm?docid=17032 Practice Guidelines   Canadian Council for Practical Nurse Regulators standards of practice, competencies - http://www.ccpnr.ca/news.html Clinical Practice Guidelines and Protocols in BC - http://www.health.gov.bc.ca/gpac/index.html College of Licensed Practical Nurses of BC Practice Guidelines- http://tinyurl.com/b2lvk8m Handbook on Clinical Practice Guidelines (Canadian Medical Association) - http://www.cma.ca//multimedia/CMA/Content_Images/ClinicalResources/PDF/English/CPGHandbook.pdf Registered Nurses Association of Ontario Clinical Practice Guidelines - http://www.rnao.org/Page.asp?PageID=1212&SiteNodeID=155&BL_ExpandID Quality of Information Issues - see Computers-Evaluating Quality of Online Information/Websites Religions and Cultures EthnoMed: ethnic medicine information - www.ethnomed.org Multi-Faith Group for Health Care: index by faiths - http://www.mfghc.com/resources/resources_faithindex.htm Religious Diversity: practical points for health care providers (U Penn) - http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/pastoral/resed/diversity_points.html   Rural Centre for Rural Health Research: Journal Publications - http://crhr.ca/publications/journal-publications/   SARS   SARS (Centers for Disease Control) - www.cdc.gov/ncidod/sars/ SARS Frequently Asked Questions (World Health Organization) - www.who.int/csr/sars/en/ Sleep Disorders Sleep Disorders (Medline Plus) - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/sleepdisorders.html Students Canadian Nursing Students' Association - http://www.cnsa.ca/ Canadian Nursing Informatics Association  (free online courses) - http://cnia.ca 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/  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/ Student Nurses Page - http://www.angelfire.com/tn/EntertainAngels/nurses.html Teaching Access Excellence: for health and bioscience teachers and learners - http://www.accessexcellence.org/ Johns Hopkins Medicine Podcasts, Audio and Media - http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/audio/podcasts/ MedEdPortal: teaching resources for medicine and dentistry – https://www.mededportal.org/ Prevention Education Resource Centre: education materials related to prevention and population health - http://www.teachprevention.org/ Tobacco Use Tobacco Atlas- http://www.tobaccoatlas.org World No Tobacco Day, May 31 - http://www.who.int/tobacco/communications/events/wntd/en/ Women's Health Canadian Women's Health Network - http://www.cwhn.ca/ Centre for Research in Women’s Health - http://www.crwh.org/index.php Healthywomen.org: medical info from acupuncture to yoga - http://www.healthywomen.org/ National Women's Health Information Centre (US) - http://www.4woman.org/ Women's Health Matters - http://www.womenshealthmatters.ca/ See also Childbirth and Human Development   Wounds and Injuries BC Injury Research and Prevention Unit- http://www.injuryresearch.bc.ca/ Back to Table of Contents Philosophy American Philosophical Society: with online conference proceedings, webcasts - www.amphilsoc.org BBC In Our Times: "Greatest Philosopher" pages - http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/inourtime/greatest_philosopher.shtml Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy - http://www.iep.utm.edu/ Classics Unveiled: ancient Greece and Rome - www.classicsunveiled.com Internet Sacred Text Archive: world religions - http://www.sacred-texts.com/ Philosophy Bites: podcasts by top philosophers - http://www.philosophybites.com Philosophy of Religion - http://www.philosophyofreligion.info/ Philosophy research base: by history, subject and author - http://www.erraticimpact.com/ Spark Notes philosophy study guides (Harvard) - http://www.sparknotes.com/ Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: maintained by experts in the field -http://plato.stanford.edu/ Yahoo's Philosophy Web Directory - http://www.yahoo.com/Humanities/Philosophy/ Back to Table of Contents Physics American Physical Society presents "A Century of Physics" - http://timeline.aps.org/ CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research [with Large Hadron Collider] - http://public.web.cern.ch/public/ Contributions of 20th Century Women to Physics - http://cwp.library.ucla.edu/ Greenhouse Gas Online: greenhouse gas science, global warming - http://www.ghgonline.org/ HyperPhysics: information and exercises for undergrads - hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hphys.html Interactive Physics Simulations- http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/category/physics Interactive Physlets: demonstrating physics concepts in an interactive way - http://www2.swgc.mun.ca/physics/physlets.html Light and Matter series of online introductory physics texts - http://www.lightandmatter.com/ 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.physicsclassroom.com/ Physics for the 21st Century: online course - http://www.learner.org/resources/series213.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://physicsworld.com/ Spark Notesphysics study guides (Harvard) - http://www.sparknotes.com/ Astronomy Prince George Centre, Royal Astronomical Society of Canada - http://www.vts.bc.ca/pgrasc/ Apollo Program: text, video, audio clips of NASA’s lunar exploration missions - spaceflight.nasa.gov/history/apollo/index.html Astronomy Online - http://astronomyonline.org The Big Bang (Open University) - http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=3639 Canadian Space Agency - www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/default.asp Cosmic Evolution: from Big Bang to Humankind - https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/~ejchaisson/cosmic_evolution/docs/splash.html Cosmos and Culture: scientists discuss how science shapes culture and vice versa - http://www.npr.org/blogs/13.7/ Down to Earth Astronomy (Space Telescope Science Institute) - http://oposite.stsci.edu/edu_nf.html Earth & Sky Web- http://earthsky.org Fotosearch astronomy images - http://www.fotosearch.com/photos-images/galaxy.html Galaxy Evolution Explorer: exploring 10 billion years of cosmic history - http://www.galex.caltech.edu Google Sky: on Google Earth toolbar - "Sky" button - http://earth.google.com/ Hands-On Astrophysics - http://www.aavso.org/education/vsa Herschel Space Observatory - http://www.herschel.caltech.edu/  International Space Station (NASA) - http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/ISSRG/index.htm International Year of Astronomy 2009: celebrating astronomical and scientific milestones - http://astronomy2009.us/ Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) - http://www.lsst.org Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter: going to the moon in 2008  - http://lro.gsfc.nasa.gov/ Mars Climate Orbiter Official Website - http://mpfwww.jpl.nasa.gov/msp98/orbiter/ Mars Global Surveyor images - http://www.msss.com/moc_gallery/ NASA - http://www.nasa.gov NASA Exploration in 3D - http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/exn3d/index.html Pacific Space Centre: MacMillan Planetarium & Southam Observatory (Vancouver) - http://www.spacecentre.ca Phoenix Mars Mission - http://phoenix.lpl.arizona.edu/ Pluto: from planet to dwarf planet - http://www.space.com/pluto/ SETI Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Page - http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu Spark Notes astronomy study guides (Harvard) - http://www.sparknotes.com/ Virtual Journey into the Universe - http://library.thinkquest.org/28327/ Women @ NASA - www.women.nasa.gov   Physicists Stephen Hawking Page: lectures, appearances, etc. - http://www.psyclops.com/hawking/ Carl Sagan - http://www.carlsagan.com/   See also Pollution, Climate Change, Global Warming Back to Table of Contents Political Science BC Political Facts (Legislative Library) - http://www.llbc.leg.bc.ca/pubs_internet.htm Canadian Politics on the Web(ITP Nelson) - www.nelson.com/common/polisci/canpol.html Elections BC - http://www.elections.bc.ca/ Elections Canada - http://www.elections.ca/ FactCheck.org: monitors what's said in US politics - http://www.factcheck.org/ Gallup Organization: public opinion polls - http://www.gallup.com/ Globalization 101: a student's guide to globalization - http://www.globalization101.org/ History of the Federal Electoral Ridings since 1867 - http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E INCORE Country Guides: conflict zones around the world -http://www.incore.ulst.ac.uk/cds/countries/index.html International Relations and Security Network: news, policy briefs - http://www.isn.ethz.ch Nixon Tapes, 1971-1973: online audio archive - http://www.nixontapes.org/ OneWorld.net: world news, social justice network - www.oneworld.net 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://publications.gc.ca/site/eng/251763/publication.html 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/ Back to Table of Contents   Psychology American Psychology Association's PsychNet - http://www.apa.org AllPsych Online: The Virtual Psychology Classroom - http://allpsych.com/ All the Tests: IQ, EQ, Career, Health, etc. - http://www.allthetests.com/ Association for Psychological Science - http://www.psychologicalscience.org Association for Psychological Science Teaching Resources - http://psych.hanover.edu/APS/teaching.html Child and Family WebGuide: child development, psychology, parenting (Tufts U) - http://www.cfw.tufts.edu/ Classics in the History of Psychology (York U) - http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/topic.htm Encyclopedia of Psychology - http://www.psychology.org/ Encyclopedia of Psychology: People and History - http://www.psychology.org/links/People_and_History/ Hall of Fame - Great Psychologists - http://www.a2zpsychology.com/photo_gallery.htm History of Influences in the Development of Intelligence Theory - http://www.indiana.edu/~intell/map.shtml History of Psychology - http://elvers.us/hop/ Important Scientists in the Early Development of Comparative Cognition - http://www.pigeon.psy.tufts.edu/psych26/history.htm Introduction to Psychology: online textbook - http://www.intropsych.com/ Mental Help Net - http://mentalhelp.net/ Phobias and Anxiety Disorders - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/phobias.html Psychiatry Online: articles, papers, links - http://www.priory.com/psych.htm Psychology WWW Virtual Library - http://www.vl-site.org/psychology/index.html PsychWeb: for psychology students & teachers - http://www.psychwww.com Resources for the Teaching of Social Psychology - http://jonathan.mueller.faculty.noctrl.edu/crow/ Sigmund Freud: conflict and Culture (a Library of Congress site) - http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/freud/ Sigmund Freud Museum - http://www.freud-museum.at/cms/index.php/en_home.html Spark Notes psychology study guides (Harvard) - http://www.sparknotes.com/ Suicide Prevention Resource Center - http://www.sprc.org/ William James - http://www.des.emory.edu/mfp/james.html Wilson's Brain-Based Education: a comprehensive approach to instruction using current research from neuroscience - http://www.uwsp.edu/Education/lwilson/brain/     see also Nursing-Mental health Back to Table of Contents   Religion CBC News in Depth: Islam - http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/islam/ Philosophy of Religion - http://www.philosophyofreligion.info/ Religion Link: for journalists - http://www.religionlink.org/  Virtual Religion Index - virtualreligion.net/vri/ Lost Gospel of Judas - http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lostgospel/ Back to Table of Contents Science, General   Scirus: best search engine for scientific information - scirus.com Activities for Kids: Montréal Science Centre - http://www.montrealsciencecentre.com/kids.html  Alexander Graham Bell Family Papers - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/bellhtml/bellhome.html Einstein Archives Online: writings, correspondence, diaries, etc -  http://www.alberteinstein.info/ Eric Weisstein's World of Science - scienceworld.wolfram.com Hands-on Activities: science activities from San Francisco Exploratorium - http://www.exploratorium.edu/explore/handson.html How Stuff Works - http://www.howstuffworks.com/ Learning Science: science based learning tools - http://www.learningscience.org/index.htm  Martindale's Grad & Undergrad Centre: chem & math - http://www.martindalecenter.com Nanowerk: nanotechnology, nanoscience, nanomaterial database - http://www.nanowerk.com/ Nobel Prize Internet Archive - http://nobelprizes.com Science and Engineering Encyclopedia - http://www.diracdelta.co.uk/science/source/h/o/home/source.html Science and Technology for Canadians - http://science.gc.ca/Home-WSF1444081-1_En.htm Science Animations: Movies and Interactive tutorial links - http://nhscience.lonestar.edu/biol/animatio.htm Science Daily: latest research news - http://www.sciencedaily.com/ Science Friday: weekly science radio show - http://www.sciencefriday.com/ Science.ca: "the best source for Canadian science" - http://www.science.ca/ Science.gov: gateway to US government science and technology - http://www.science.gov Science Odyssey website: 100 years of science - http://www.pbs.org/aso/ Science Toys You Can Make With Your Kids - http://www.scitoys.com/ Scitable: free science library from Nature Publishing - http://www.nature.com/scitable Simple machines (Learning Company) - http://www.infocrumb.iwarp.com/machine.htm Simple machines (Franklin Institute) - http://www.fi.edu/qa97/spotlight3/spotlight3.html Smithsonian: museum of science & technology - http://www.si.edu Spike’s Science Projects - spikesworld.spike-jamie.com/science Thomas Edison's Entertainment Inventions - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/edhtml/edhome.html Visionlearning: peer reviewed learning materials in science, technology, engineering and math - http://www.visionlearning.com/ World Wide Science: global science gateway - http://worldwidescience.org/   Pollution, Climate Change, Global Warming   Prince George People's Action Committee for Health Air (PACHA) - http://www.pachapg.ca/ The Air We Breathe (CBC News) - http://www.cbc.ca/news/interactives/map-airwebreathe/ Canadian climate normals, monthly meteorological summaries, etc. - http://climate.weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/climateData/canada_e.html (choose British Columbia, Prince George) 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://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/ Earth Climate Course - http://icp.giss.nasa.gov/education/modules/eccm/ EnergyFiles: US Dept. of Energy portal - http://www.osti.gov/energyfiles/index.html Europa: European Union approach to waste management and disposal - http://ec.europa.eu/environment/waste/index.htm Global Climate Change (The Exploratorium) - www.exploratorium.edu/climate/ Global Warming: overview and debates (Maple Leaf Web) - http://www.mapleleafweb.com/features/science-global-warming-overview-debates Green Design Institute - http://gdi.ce.cmu.edu/ Green Energy News - http://www.green-energy-news.com/index.html The Green Guide - http://www.thegreenguide.com/ Greenhouse Gas Online: greenhouse gas science, global warming - http://www.ghgonline.org/ Green Home Guide: adding environmental efficiencies - http://www.greenhomeguide.com/ Live Weather Images - http://weatherimages.org/ United Nations Atlas of our Changing Environment- http://na.unep.net/atlas Weatherbase: climatology - http://www.weatherbase.com/ World Climate (US Climate Diagnostics Center) - http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/psd1/   see also Patents Back to Table of Contents Social Services Local Elizabeth Fry Society- www.pgefry.bc.ca Intersect Youth and Family Services Society (PG) - http://www.doorsofhope.com/intersect/home.htm Phoenix Transition Society- www.phoenixhouse.ca BC/Canada BC Association of Social Workers - http://www.bcasw.org/content/home.asp BC Employment and Assistance orientation for applicants, eligibility estimator and child care subsidy estimator - www.weborientation.gov.bc.ca BC Council for Families - http://www.bccf.bc.ca/ BC Ministry of Children and Family Development Reports and Publications - http://www.mcf.gov.bc.ca/reports_publications.htm BC Responsible Gambling - http://www.bcresponsiblegambling.ca/ Battered Women’s Support Services - http://www.bwss.org/ Canadian Association of Social Workers - http://www.casw-acts.ca Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse - http://www.ccsa.ca/ Canadian Council on Social Development - http://www.ccsd.ca/ Canadian Social Research Links page (Gilles Seguin) - http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/ Centre for Addictions Research of BC (U of Victoria) - http://www.carbc.ca Charity Village: Canada’s supersite for nonprofits - http://www.charityvillage.com/ Counselling BC - http://counsellingbc.com/ First Nations Child & Family Caring Society of Canada - http://www.fncfcs.com Growing Gap: “between the rich and the rest of us” - http://www.policyalternatives.ca/projects/growing-gap/ The Homeless Hub- www.homelesshub.ca McCreary Centre Society - http://www.mcs.bc.ca National Native Addictions Partnership Foundation - http://www.nnapf.org/ PEERS Vancouver(Prostitutes Empowerment Education Resource Society) - http://www.peersvancouver.wix.com/3 Perception: Canadian Council on Social Development online journal - http://www.ccsd.ca/percintr.html Poverty Reduction Plan for BC (started Feb. 2009) - http://bcpovertyreduction.ca/ PovNet (BC): for people on welfare and anti-poverty advocates in community - http://www.povnet.org/ Social Planning and Research Council of B.C. - http://www.sparc.bc.ca/ for links to Canada Dept. of Justice and related sites, see Criminology for links to alternate news sources, see News-Alternate US/World Addiction Search: research on addictive behaviors and conditions - http://www.addictionsearch.com/ Amnesty International - http://www.amnesty.org/ Child Abuse and Neglect (Medline) - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/childabuse.html Child Trends: US research and data - www.childtrends.org Child Welfare Information Gateway - http://www.childwelfare.gov/ Hunger in America - http://www.hungerinamerica.org/ Information for Practice ( U.S.) - http://www.nyu.edu/socialwork/ip/ International Council on Social Welfare - http://www.icsw.org/ Mental Help Net - http://mentalhelp.net/ National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism database: ETOH (US) - http://etoh.niaaa.nih.gov/ A Portrait of "Generation Next" - http://people-press.org/reports/pdf/300.pdf Stop Child Poverty: world volunteer organization - http://www.stopchildpoverty.org/ United Nations Human Rights - http://www.ohchr.org/ United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime - http://www.unodc.org University of California Atlas of Global Inequality - http://ucatlas.ucsc.edu/ World Food Situation - http://www.fao.org/worldfoodsituation Back to Table of Contents Sociology Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives - http://www.policyalternatives.ca/ Canadian Race Relations Foundation - http://www.crr.ca/ Electronic journal of sociology (1994-) - http://www.sociology.org/ Everyday Sociology - http://nortonbooks.typepad.com/everydaysociology/ Resources for Methods in Evaluation and Social Research - http://gsociology.icaap.org/methods/ Same Sex Marriage - http://samesexmarriage.ca/ SocioSite: social science information system (U of Amsterdam) - www.sociosite.net SocioWeb: sociological resources on the Internet - http://www.socioweb.com/~markbl/socioweb/ Statistical Resources on the Web (US) - www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stats.html Understanding Race (American Anthropological Association) - http://www.understandingrace.org/    Family        Vanier Institute: Publications - http://www.vanierinstitute.ca/publications#.UQry1bK8hl0        Vanier Institute: Publications - Contemporary Family Trends -http://www.vanierinstitute.ca/contemporary_family_trends#.UQrx9LK8hl0        Vanier Institute: Statistics on the Family - http://www.vanierinstitute.ca/by_the_numbers#.UQrylrK8hl0        Vanier Institute: What's New? - http://www.vanierinstitute.ca/whats_new#.UQrE7K8hl0                               Media and Communications About Face: women and the media - www.about-face.org Media Awareness Network (Canada) - http://www.media-awareness.ca/ Internet Resources for the Study of Communications (US) - http://www.princeton.edu/~starr/344rel98.html  Voice of the Shuttle: media studies (U California) - http://vos.ucsb.edu/browse.asp?id=2720 Center for Communication: independent media forum - http://www.cencom.org/ Center for Media Literacy - http://www.medialit.org/ Critical Media Literacy in Times of War- http://www.ncr.vt.edu/mediaproject/home.htm On the Identity Trail: Privacy and Surveillance in Web 2.0 - http://www.idtrail.org/content/view/232/81/ Popular Culture: Wikipedia entry - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_Culture Your Child and Television: effects of watching TV – http://www.med.umich.edu/1libr/yourchild/tv.htm Activism Aboriginal/Indigenous resistance Aboriginal Rights Coalition of BC - http://arcbc.tripod.com/ Battle for Aboriginal Treaty Rights (CBC) - http://archives.cbc.ca/society/native_issues/topics/1238/ Brief Introduction to Aboriginal Law in Canada - http://www.bloorstreet.com/200block/brintro.htm   Animal Rights activism Animal Welfare Foundation of Canada - http://www.awfc.ca/ Canadian Coalition for Farm Animals - http://www.humanefood.ca Humane Society of Canada - http://www.humanesociety.com World Society for the Protection of Animals Canada (WSPA-C) - http://www.wspa.ca/   Anticorporate activism Rabble - http://www.rabble.ca/   Environmental Canadian Environmental Law Association - http://www.cela.ca/ West Coast Environmental Law - http://wcel.org/   Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender social movements Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Encyclopedia - http://www.glbtq.com Same Sex Marriage - http://www.samesexmarriage.ca/   Labour Canadian Labour Congress - http://www.canadianlabour.ca/ WorkersRights.ca - http://www.workrights.ca/   Peace Canadian Peace Alliance - http://www.acp-cpa.ca/ Coalition to Oppose the Arms Trade - http://coat.ncf.ca/ International Society for Peace and Human Rights (Caution: requires Firefox browser) - http://www.peaceandhumanrights.org/ Project Ploughshares - http://www.ploughshares.ca   Racism Canadian Race Relations Foundation - http://www.crr.ca/   Revolution Revolutionary Wave - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolutionary_wave   Women's Rights Movement Canadian Research Institute for the Avancement of Women - http://www.criaw-icref.ca/ Canadian Social Research Links page (Gilles Seguin) - http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/ International Center for Research on Women - http://www.icrw.org/ LEAF: Women's Legal and Education Action Fund - http://leaf.ca/  Media Awareness Network, Canada - http://www.media-awareness.ca/ see also News-Media Section   Back to Table of Contents Sports, Recreation see Ecotourism, Outdoor Recreation - Human Kinetics Study Guides see Education: Special topics - Study guides Technology & Trades Canadian Standards Association - http://www.csa.ca 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/manufacturing/cir/index.html GE Geothermal Education Office - http://geothermal.marin.org/ Patent databases: link to Business-Patents section Pembina Institute, Alberta: sustainable energy and environmental research - http://www.pembina.org/ Nuclear Energy (US Dept. of Energy) - http://www.ne.doe.gov/ Real Prospects for Energy Efficiency in the US (residential, commercial, transportation, industry) - http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12621 Schlumberger oilfield glossary - http://www.glossary.oilfield.slb.com/ Science and Technology for Canadians - http://science.gc.ca/Home-WSF1444081-1_En.htm Science.gov: gateway to US government science and technology - http://www.science.gov 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 Automotive * Auto Repair Reference Centre - for CNC users, on-campus and from home Alternative fuels and advanced vehicles data center - http://www.eere.energy.gov/afdc/ Auto World: car pricing, order parts online - http://www.autoworld.ca Cars.com: reviews, model reports, specs, sales - http://www.cars.com/ Car Survey: consumer reviews - http://www.carsurvey.org/ Consumer Reports Online Annual Auto ratings - http://www.ConsumerReports.org/cro/cars/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/ Canadian Building Products Directory - http://www.canadabuild.com/ Current Industrial Reports: US reports on manufacturing, mining, construction - http://www.census.gov/manufacturing/cir/index.html Great Buildings Collection: 1200 buildings, architects - http://www.greatbuildings.com/ Building Web - http://www.buildingweb.com Preservation briefs: restoring and preserving old buildings (Preservation Library) - http://tinyurl.com/25clt6d Standards and Guidelines for Conservation of Historic Places in Canada - http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/docs/pc/guide/nldclpc-sgchpc.aspx Your Old House (Vancouver Heritage Foundation) - http://www.vancouverheritagefoundation.org/oldhouse.html  Mining see Natural Resources and Environmental Technology - Mining links list Plumbing Plumbing 101: home improvement and repair - http://www.friendlyplumber.com/plumbing101.html Back to Table of Contents Women's Studies About Face: self-image and self-esteem - www.about-face.org American Women: history and culture in the US - http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/awhhtml/ Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women - www.criaw-icref.ca Canadian Women's History (Parks Canada) - http://www.pc.gc.ca/progs/lhn-nhs/femmes-women/index_e.asp Center for Gender and Refugee Studies: supporting women seeking asylum - http://cgrs.uchastings.edu/ Discovering American Women%u2019s History Online - http://library.mtsu.edu/digitalprojects/womenshistory.php  Feminist.com - http://www.feminist.com/ Feminist Theory Website - http://www.cddc.vt.edu/feminism/ First Measured Century: Betty Friedan and "The Feminine Mystique" - http://www.pbs.org/fmc/interviews/3seg1.htm Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Encyclopedia - www.glbtq.com GenderNet (World Bank) - www.worldbank.org/gender/ International Center for Research on Women - http://www.icrw.org International Museum of Women- http://imow.org Media Portrayals of Girls and Women - http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/issues/stereotyping/women_and_girls/ National Council of Women of Canada - www.ncwc.ca National Women's History Project Online (Canada) - http://www.nwhp.org/  "No Job for a Woman" British women's experiences of war in 20th century - http://www.iwm.org.uk/upload/package/30/women/index.htm The Pill: history, physiological, social effects of this oral contraceptive - www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/pill/ Woman's Work is Never Done: circa 1770-1840 - http://tinyurl.com/dykmlp Women Today Magazine - http://www.womentodaymagazine.com Women's Health Matters - http://www.womenshealthmatters.ca/ Women’s History Month: timelines, biographies, activities - http://www.gale.com/free_resources/whm/ Women's Studies/Women's Issues Resource Sites - http://www.umbc.edu/wmst/ Women Working 1800-1930 - http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/ww/ Womennet.ca, the Canadian Women's Virtual Information Centre - www.womennet.ca WomenWatch: Women with Disabilities - http://www.un.org/womenwatch/enable/index.html Back to Table of Contents Wood Technology CNC Library Resources in Wood Tech   See also Forestry and Technology/Trades sections Back to Table of Contents Writing and New Media Technologies   Center for Communication: independent media forum - http://www.cencom.org/ Center for History and New Media (George Mason U) - http://chnm.gmu.edu/ Media College: electronic multimedia production - http://www.mediacollege.com/ Netdiver: digital culture and new media design magazine - http://www.netdiver.net/ On the Identity Trail: Privacy and Surveillance in Web 2.0 - http://www.idtrail.org/content/view/232/81/ Boogie Jack: web design tutorials - http://www.boogiejack.com/    BC BC Film Commission - http://www.bcfilmcommission.com/   BC Manufacturers Directory made-in-bc: enter search word: media - http://www.made-in-bc.ca/ BC New Media companies - http://www.bcfilmcommission.com/about_us/contacts/articles71.htm 7th Floor Media: educational media design company - http://www.7thfloormedia.com/ Society of Graphic Designers of Canada, BC chapter - http://bc.gdc.net/blog/ Canada Canada Council for the Arts: New Media Arts - http://www.canadacouncil.ca/mediaarts/ Canadian Interactive Alliance: industry research - http://www.ciaic.ca/   Cultural Human Resources Canada - http://www.culturalhrc.ca/ Entertainment Software Association of Canada - http://www.theesa.ca Interactive Ontario - http://www.interactiveontario.com/ Mutlimediator: Canadian multimedia company directory - http://www.multimediator.com/ Old Messengers, New Media: the legacy of Harold Innis and Marshall McLuhan - http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/innis-mcluhan/index-e.html Society of Graphic Designers of Canada - http://www.gdc.net/ Storm Spirits: Aboriginal new media art exhibit - http://stormspirits.ca/ Video Art Research Database (Canada) - http://www.vtape.org/research.htm Careers Animation World Networks jobs - http://jobs.awn.com/home/index.cfm?site_id=500 Digital Animators: getting started in the world of digital animation - http://animators.digitalmedianet.com/ Jeff Gaulin's job board: new media – http://www.jeffgaulin.com/jobs/CategoryListings.asp?id=4 E-Zines 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) Library e-zines - http://www.canauthors.org/links/ezines.html Magazine BC (Association of) - www.bcamp.bc.ca/ Canadian magazines directory - http://magazinescanada.ca/consumer/ See also English - Writing and publishing Gaming Breaking In: preparing for your career in gaming - http://www.igda.org/breakingin/resource_links.htm Casual Games Association - http://www.casualgamesassociation.org/ Electronic Arts: videogaming – http://www.ea.com/ GameDev.net: for game developers - http://www.gamedev.net/ International Gaming Industry Organization - http://www.igda.org/ Introduction to Game Design: video game design podcasts, vocasts - http://pod.gscept.com/intro2gd2009.xml Video Game Intelligence Research Company: DFC Intelligence - http://www.dfcint.com/ Manga, Comics, Toons Cartoon Library and Museum (Ohio State U) - http://cartoons.osu.edu/ Center for Cartoon Studies - http://www.cartoonstudies.org/ Digital Comic Museum - http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/ Shojo Manga: overview of this genre of comics, titles, characters - http://www.matt-thorn.com/shoujo_manga/ Street Art Grafedia: street art and writing, linked to your cell phone - http://www.grafedia.net See also English--Writing & Publishing and News & Media sections      Video   Vimeo Video School: how to make videos - http://vimeo.com/videoschool   Back to Table of Contents