On-Line Reference Shelf
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| Genealogy | Geography & Travel |
| Health & Medicine | History |
| Words & Language | Numbers |
| Canadiana | |
| Consumer Search: a highly credited page. Consumer search gives reviews of hundreds of different products out on the market. (U.S. site) | Internet Public Library Ready Reference |
| BULB link: online reference information. | The Librarian's Guide to Cyberspace for Parents and Kids: from the American Library Association. This site helps kids and their parents determine if a website is worthwhile and trustworthy. |
| Ask A Question: an amazing online general reference page. Send in a question and it will be researched and then answered for you. | Parkland Regional Library Web Resources: a list of Internet resources covering a wide variety of topics, from arts and crafts to history, health, science, geography and more. Regularly updated. |
| Search on-line databases: for health and business info, current events, school projects, history, general interest and more! Thousands of journal, magazine and reference book articles. | Robert's Rules of Order |
| Get Web Wise: a website dedicated to web safety by the Alberta Government. | Virtual Reference Desk |
| Britannica.com: Encyclopaedia Brittanica on-line. | Webserch: the Web Research Resource: offers excellent suggestions for how to evaluate the credibility of Internet resources. A useful tool for every Internet user. |
| The British Library Virtual Reference Desk: an extensive collection of reference tools available on the Internet. | Civilization.ca: an extensive site on all civilizations of the world. |
| CIA World Fact Book: Concise country profiles, including maps and statistics. | Edselect.com: links to a diverse amount of topics. Not too mention a nifty little mailbox animation at the bottom of the page. |
| Citation Guide for Internet Resources | Unesco.org Archives portal |
| Guinness World Records | Alberta Online Encyclopedia |
| Our Future Our Past: The Alberta Heritage Digitization Project -- an ongoing, not-for-profit endeavor to provide all those interested in Alberta's history free, online access to cultural and heritage materials. Browse newspapers from 1885, read entire books about local communities, research legal documents, view historic photographs, and explore much more! |
| People | |
| Canada 411: phone number & address search | Canada Post Postal Code Look-Up |
| Telephone Directories on the Web | Canadian Who's Who on the Web |
| Infospace Reverse Directory: Find Canadian people and businesses by their phone numbers | Biographical Dictionary |
| Genealogy | |
| Immigration Records - Canadian immigration records. | 1871 Census of Canada - Ontario |
| Alberta GenWeb | Library and Archives Canada: Canada's national collection of books, historical documents, government records, photos, films, maps, music...and more. |
| ***Ancestry.Com: Huge collection of records, including birth, marriage and death, census, military, immigration, land and probate. Helpful geneaology how-tos on getting started on and advancing your research. Restricted to use inside the library. | ArchiviaNet: On-line Research Tool: National Archives of Canada. |
| Canadian Genealogy Centre: National Library & Archives of Canada genealogy research site. How-tos, naturalization records, and more. | Provincial Archives of Alberta |
| Canadian Genealogy Centre | LookSmart Canadian Genealogy Guides |
| Geography and Travel | |
| Air Canada: Fares, bookings & flight information. | Mapquest: Maps from around the world. Search by country, city or address. |
| Atlas of Canada: Searchable on-line atlas from the Government of Canada. Includes topical maps. | National Geographic: exploration, maps, photos. |
| Blank Outline Maps: Printable blank maps. Be warned that this page has some pop-up advertising. | Querying Canadian Geographical Names: Searches the Natural Resources Canada "Canadian Geographical Names" database. Includes current and former names of Canadian locations, provides location coordinates and maps. |
| E-Tourist: Includes Canadian/U.S. distance chart, Canadian maps, weather, and other useful travel information. | Travelocity.Ca |
| Expedia.ca airfares, maps, accommodations. | ViaRail Canada: Canadian train travel information. |
| Frommer's Budget Travel: tips and bargains | WestJet: Canadian budget fares & flight information. |
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Lonely Planet: For the adventure traveller. |
World Atlas: online atlas of the world |
| Health and Medicine | |
| Alternative Medicine Homepage | Internet Mental Health |
| Arthritis Canada | Mayo Clinic Site |
| Canadian Health Network | Medbroadcast.com |
| Canadian Mental Health Association | MedicineNet.com |
| CancerNet | MedLine Plus |
| e-Parenting Network: Interactive Web-TV source for child health information. | Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada |
| Health Canada | PubMed |
| HealthCentral | DPD/BDP A health Canada drug product database. |
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| History | |
| Hyperhistory On-line: Includes over 2000 files spanning 3000 years of world history. | Our Roots : Canada's Local Histories Online: A University of Calgary Publication |
| Our Future Our Past: A University of Calgary Publication, Our Future Our Past is a historical reference site. | Virtual Library Museums: Links to online museums around the world, including our own Canada, United States, United Kingdom and more! |
| Words and Language | |
| Merriam-Webster Dictionary & Thesaurus | i-Tools Language Tools: Includes crossword puzzle word-solver, an "Unscramble Scrabble Solver," plus language translation tools for text and websites. |
| Acronym Finder | On-Line Medical Dictionary |
| Babelfish: Language translation tool from Altavista. | Quoteland: Searchable database of quotations. |
| Bartlett's Familiar Quotations | Roget's II: The New Thesaurus |
| Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation: An easy to use guide to word usage, grammar and punctuation. | Using APA (American Psychological Association) Format |
| Free Dictionary | Using MLA (Modern Language Association) Format |
| The Glossarist: A searchable directory of glossaries and topical dictionaries covering a wide-range of disciplines. | Language Dictionaries and Translators: online language translation dictionaries |
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Shrunk's Elements of Style: Classic reference tool for English language style, usage and composition. Focuses on the most commonly violated principles. |
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| Numbers | |
| Calculators On-Line Center: A very large collection of on-line calculators from various disciplines; includes agricultural, aviation, engineering, mathematics, statistics calculators to name a few. | Currency Converter: Convert Canadian dollars, or other currency, into foreign currency |
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S.O.S. Mathematics Tables and Formulas: Offers easy topical access to formulas and tables. |
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| Yahoo Canada Finance: Includes daily stock market quotations, investment tools and financial news resources. |
Canadian Encyclopedia: contains basic Canadian historical information and facts. Canadiana: The Canadian Resource Page: A portal to a very wide range of Canadian news, travel and tourism, politics and history, culture and entertainment, science and more. HistoricaCanadiana: contains information about Canadian people, events, geography, history, arts, innovation and more in French or English. CBC Newsworld About Canada - includes National Atlas of Canada, click on the maps to visit different areas! Early Canadiana On-line: A digital library providing access to over 1,037,000 pages of Canada's printed heritage. It features works published from the time of the first European settlers up to the early 20th Century. This is subscription database and full access is limited to library members. Please ask at the desk for username and password. Guests may search the free portion of the site without a password. Canada's Digital Collections: Showcases over 400 websites celebrating Canada's history, geography, science, technology and culture. Sites range from treasures of federal institutions, such as the National Library, the National Archives and the Museum of Civilization, to the local histories and way of life of Canadian communities. Canadian Information By Subject: Links to webpages that may help research on Canadian subjects. Library and Archives Canada: Canada's national collection of books, historical documents, government records, photos, films, maps, music...and more. Geographical Names of Canada - a list of Canadian Geographical names. Government of Canada - information about Canada.
Archives Canada: your gateway to Canada's past.
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This page was updated August 12, 2007.