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Internet
Archive
- Archive.org
Browse through 150 billion
web pages archived from 1996 to a few months ago.
To
start surfing the Wayback Machine, type in the web address of a site or page where
you would like to start, and press enter. Then select from the archived dates
available.
As of April 2009, the Wayback Machine
consists of approximately 4.5 Petabytes (4.5 million gigabytes) of archived
web data.
The Wayback Machine will appeal more to
"advanced" web surfers - people who have been online long enough to
think, from time to time, "Jeez, I wish I'd downloaded that page instead
of just bookmarking it - now it's gone". The Wayback Machine is a tool that
lets you revisit/recreate bygone versions of sites and extensive archival content
of websites and web pages. Paste a URL in the box on the home page, and the Wayback
machine will retrieve as many copies of that page as it has archived. ,
for example, you'll see (as at November 3/09) links to 226 separate versions
of this entire website (not just the home page) going right back to December
2000, two months after I purchased my own domain name ("canadiansocialresearch.net").
Use the Wayback Machine to access other sites right back to 1996...
Play with
it - you don't have to register or anything, and you can't break it.
And don't
miss the special collections of historical links!
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A
practical example of how to make the Internet Archive work for you:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/internet_archive.htm
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The Canadian Government's
Answer
to the Internet Archive (sort of...)
The
Government of Canada Web Archive
Since
the Fall of 2007, Library and Archives Canada has been harvesting the web domain
of the Federal Government of Canada (starting in December 2005).Client access
to the content of the Government of Canada Web Archive is provided through searching
by keyword, by department name, and by URL.The archive currently contains over
170 million digital objects and more than 7 terabytes of data.
Source:
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In July 2003 the national libraries
of Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Iceland, Italy, Norway, Sweden,
The British Library (UK), The Library of Congress (USA) and the Internet Archive
(USA) acknowledged the importance of international collaboration for preserving
Internet content for future generations. This group of 12 institutions chartered
the IIPC to fund and participate in projects and working groups to accomplish
the Consortium’s goals. The initial agreement was in effect for three years,
during which time the membership was limited to the charter institutions. Since
then, membership has expanded to include additional libraries, archives, museums
and cultural heritage institutions involved in Web archiving. For a complete list
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Megasites
- if you follow the Regional / North
America / Canada links in this directory, you'll find over 110,000 Canadian links...
- Library and Archives Canada
Not
a directory in the same sense as Google.ca, but rather a collection of thousands
of links to Canadian websites (government and other), classified according to
the Dewey Decimal System.
Easy to navigate, not
cluttered with graphics, overall a good guide to Canadian surfing...
See, for example...
Section 30
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Section 36 -
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Be sure to start on the main page to see the entire list of subjects
- Go to the
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Subject Guides & Online Degrees
"Educational resources and subject
guides since 1998"
AcademicInfo is an online education resource center
with extensive subject guides and distance learning information. Our mission is
to provide free, independent and accurate information and resources for prospective
and current students (and other researchers). AcademicInfo was founded in 1998
by Mike Madin, a librarian coordinator, and is now maintained by multiple contributors.
We currently feature over 25,000+ hand-picked resources and update the website
on a daily basis.
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From AcademicInfo:
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Dictionaries
- Thesaurus - Encyclopedia
-
716 links to online reference sites
- It's a dictionary! Its
a thesaurus!
"Look up words to find their meanings and associations with
other words and concepts. Produce diagrams reminiscent of a neural net. Learn
how words associate. Enter words into the search box to look them up or double-click
a node to expand the tree. Click and drag the background to pan around and use
the mouse wheel to zoom. Hover over nodes to see the definition and click and
drag individual nodes to move them around to help clarify connections."
"English, Medical, Legal, and Computer Dictionaries, Thesaurus, Encyclopedia,
a Literature Reference Library, and a Search Engine all in one!"
Multilingual
English dictionary that allows you to find definitions, synonyms and related words
(thesaurus) for English words as well as their other-language equivalents.
- encyclopedia containing almost 52,000 entries along with a North America gazetteer
containing almost 50,000 entries. Includes country studies and facts.
Since
its creation in 2001, Wikipedia has grown rapidly into one of the largest reference
web sites, attracting around 65 million visitors monthly as of 2009. There are
more than 75,000 active contributors working on more than 13,000,000 articles
in more than 260 languages. As of today, there are 2,895,476 articles in English
Source:
"The
biggest multilingual open access encyclopedia on the internet"
- All the knowledge you need
"Information Please has been providing authoritative
answers to all kinds of factual questions since 1938—first as a popular radio
quiz show, then starting in 1947 as an annual almanac, and since 1998 on the Internet."
"With the aid of its
partners and the generous support of Heritage Canada, Historica presents this
site free of charge to all Canadians and to interested users around the world.
The site contains the complete text of the acclaimed Canadian Encyclopedia in
English and French, the text of the Junior Encyclopedia of Canada (in English
only), numerous interactivities, feature articles, games, the Canucklehead Quiz,
and an extensive timeline of Canadian and world events. The entire text can be
searched via the simple search or advanced search and the user can switch languages
at any time."
- features more than 10,000
articles written by a broad base of over 4,000 Canadians who are experts in their
individual subjects. In addition to entries written in hypertext format
with bibliographies, the encyclopedia offers interactive elements, such as statistical
graphs, multimedia presentations of key historical events, quizzes and games,
student guides, monthly topical features, and more. The encyclopedia is accessible
in French and English.
Check out these two
sample entries from the Canadian Encyclopedia:
- excellent online resource by an expert in the field,
Dennis Guest.
- includes History of Social Security in Canada and Renewing
Canada's Social Programs.
A
Truly Canadian Start Page - Since 2001
Thousands
of articles, organized by various regional and topical categories including information
about people, business, multiculturalism, history and Canadian values.
"The preeminent Internet publisher of literature,
reference and verse providing sutudents, researchers and the intellectually curious
with unlimited access to books and information on the web, free of charge."
-
incl. tabs/drop-down menus for : Reference - Verse - Fiction - Nonfiction
-
browse indexes by author, by subject or by title
Sample
reference material available on the Bartelby.com site:
(Sixth Edition)
"Containing nearly 51,000 entries (marshalling
six and one-half million words on a vast range of topics), and with more than
80,000 hypertext cross-references, the current Sixth Edition is among the most
complete and up-to-date encyclopedias ever produced."
(Third Edition)
"Containing 35,000 synonyms
and over 250,000 cross-references in an easy-to-use format, this thesaurus features
succinct word definitions and an innovative hyperlinked category index."
A Practical and Authoritative
Guide to Contemporary English
"With a detailed look at grammar, style,
diction, word formation, gender, social groups and scientific forms, this valuable
reference work is ideal for students, writers, academicians and anybody concerned
about proper writing style."
"The 65,000 essential quotations that
constitute this authoritative collection represent the research of 154 experts.
Entries from more than 5,000 authors and speakers are multiply classified into
6,500 subjects."
"A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources
in Ancient and Modern Literature"
Compiled by John Bartlett
"This
tenth edition of 1919 contains over 11,000 searchable quotations and was the first
new edition of John Bartlett’s corpus to be published after his death in
1905—the new editor, however, choosing more to supplement than revise the
work of the first name in quotations."
- William Strunk, Jr.
"Asserting that one must
first know the rules to break them, this classic reference book is a must-have
for any student and conscientious writer."
"The U.S. government’s complete geographical
handbook, featuring 268 full-color maps and flags of all nations and geographical
entities. Each country profile tracks such demographics as population, ethnicity
and literacy rates, as well as political, geographical and economic data."
An Inquiry into the Development of English in the United
States by H.L. Mencken
"This classic was written to clarify the discrepancies
between British and American English and to define the distinguishing characteristics
of American English. Mencken’s groundbreaking study was undoubtedly the most
scientific linguistic work on the American language to date and continues to serve
as a definitive resource in the field."
, 6th ed. 2001
"Renowned historian Peter
N. Stearns’s comprehensive chronology of more than 20,000 entries that span
the millenia from prehistoric times to the year 2000."
- "...the complete 70 volumes of the most comprehensive and
well-researched anthology of all time."
"...a collaborative project to produce
a directory of public relations firms, think tanks, industry-funded organizations
and industry-friendly experts that work to influence public opinion and public
policy on behalf of corporations, governments and special interests. Sponsored
by the Center for Media and Democracy (),
the Disinfopedia was started in February 2003 and contributors are now working
on over 7,000 articles.
"...provides direct links to over 7000 scholarly periodicals which allow
some or all of their online content to be viewed by ANYONE with Internet access
for free (though some may require free registration)."
Speling,
grammar and style guides
--- (THE BIBLE for federal government
writers)
The Canadian Style gives concise answers to questions concerning written
English in the Canadian context. It covers such topics as the decimal point, abbreviations,
capital letters, punctuation marks, hyphenation, spelling, frequently misused
or confused words and Canadian geographical names. It also includes useful advice
for drafting letters, memos, reports, indexes and bibliographies.
Source:
* About the Portal * Site Map * What's New? * * TERMIUM
Plus® * Writing Tools * Gateway to English * Quizzes * Clear and Effective
Communication * Dictionaries and Publications * Languages in Canada * Language
Training * Language Professions * Standardization * Francophonie * Our Contributors
(Geographical Index - Articles) * Contact Us * FAQs
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[Click "Search by title"]
Favourite Articles is a
collection of articles from the Translation Bureau's periodical, , dealing with English language usage and style, translation problems
and other language-related matters.
(William Strunk, 1918)
The Classic.
"This book contains definitions and examples of more than sixty traditional
rhetorical devices - from alliteration to zeugma - all of
which can still be useful today to improve the effectiveness, clarity,
and enjoyment of your writing."
- incl. grammar and punctuation exercises
and tests
...help
with spelling, grammar, homonyms, punctuation, capitalization, and style; information
in the areas of writing, education, typography, academic research, and Web development...
**(see note below)
"The
Canadian Online Language Toolkit"
Government of Canada
Version française:
- La trousse langagière canadienne en ligne.
"Word
Wizards offers a comprehensive compendium of online, made-in-Canada language tools.
You may also consult our Directory of Organizations to find out who is doing what
in the language industries in Canada. (...)
- collection of online resources
- some free, some for a fee - for people who write in either French or English
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incl links to : About Word Wizards - Directory of Organizations - Writing Tools
- Translation Tools (Fr/Eng - Eng/Fr only) - Terminology Tools - Specialized Tools
- Feedback - Study English or French in Canada.
- links to a dozen online free resources, mainly from government
and university.
**This
site is dead - I don't think it was active for more than two years...
Our
federal tax dollars at work!
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thanks to the
Meanings and origins of over 2,000
English sayings, phrases and idioms
Ouvrages de référence en français
- la bible de rédaction du gouvernement
fédéral
Le guide du rédacteur fournit la réponse
à une multitude de questions qui touchent l'emploi des majuscules, de l'italique
et des signes de ponctuation, la façon correcte d'écrire les nombres
dans un texte, les abréviations, les citations et les coupures de mots
en fin de ligne. Il expose toutes les techniques possibles
pour féminiser un texte, les grandes règles de la correspondance,
les principes de la langue claire et simple et les règles détaillées
des références bibliographiques. De plus, un chapitre entier est
consacré aux noms géographiques canadiens..
Source:
- liens vers les page suivantes:
* À propos
du Portail * Plan du site * Quoi de neuf? * En manchettes – Archives * TERMIUM
Plus® * Outils d'aide à la rédaction * Le français sans
secrets * Jeux
* Communication claire et efficace * Dictionnaires et publications
* Langues au Canada * Formation linguistique * Professions langagières
* Normalisation * Francophonie * Nos collaborateurs * Index géographique
* Articles * Contactez-nous * Foire aux questions
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Source:
(Québec)
(Sélection de ressources terminologiques, toutes à
partir de la page d'accueil)
- navigation par thèmes, un outil de recherche
et un index alphabétique permettent de consulter les fiches grammaticales
de Softissimo. Les explications y sont claires et les exemples pertinents. De
plus, la rubrique « Testez-vous » propose des exercices qui sont corrigés
en ligne.
Translation
Ode
to Traductors - [image] - why I have this love-hate
relationship with government translation...
® [direct link to search page] - now
FREE!
- link to the Government Translation Bureau's terminology
and linguistic data bank, which contains nearly 4 million terms in English, French
and Spanish.
- includes the latest terminology in nearly all fields, equivalents
in either official language of acronyms, initialisms and abbreviations
- lets
you find an expression using keywords
- helps you improve the clarity and effectiveness
of your communications and save time
Source:
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Source:
Excellent! Traduit du français
à l'anglais et de l'anglais au français
Trois
millions de termes français et anglais dans 200 domaines d'activité
Translates words from French to English or English to French
- three million French and English entries in 200 fields
- from The
(American and French Research on the Treasury of the French Language)
(PDF
file - 159K, 26 pages)
This is a French-to-English dictionary, but you can go to
the English index at the end of the file and use it to find French legal
terms.
Free online
translation of web pages or text
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(text only)
*These are free translation services
where you can type (or cut-and-paste) a word, a paragraph, a page or even a URL
(Internet address) and see the translation almost immediately. This is machine
translation, most suitable for someone who is looking for the gist of a word/text/web
page. Don't try using these services in lieu of human translators, though -- they're
pretty rough around the edges.
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Internet research tools
Below,
you'll find a selection of links to Internet tutorials that I highly recommend
to anyone from the "newbie" to the seasoned veteran researcher - anyone
who wants to improve their ability to find things online. The date of the latest
revision appears at the bottom of each tutorial.
From
the :
Over a dozen current guides
and other resources in all - here are just a few:
[click
the link above to access the complete list]
A discussion of Web basics, including links, major
Web protocols, the makeup of URLs, and Web programming
A guide to the multimedia phenomenon
A guide to the social Web and how you can participate
What it is, why you need it, and how to use it
- incl. * Academic & Professional Directories
* Commercial Directories & Portals * Directory Archives
A chart listing numerous features
and the search engines & directories that support them
Covers search engine basics, including general
search engines, meta search engines, concept categorizing search engines, and
vertical search engines
A guide to collections of Web resources
organized by people
Source:
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(almost 60 links)
Source:
(links to search engines from 217 countries around the
world!)
- Canadian search engine and directory
"... a search engine and directory
of over 75,000 Canadian websites. Online since April 2004, we are working to become
Canada's largest human edited directory."
- an exclusively Canadian search engine owned and operated in
Canada. The project was conceived after ongoing difficulty attempting to find
Canadian results from the larger search engines. Our goal is to provide a search
engine with Canadian only results.
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[NOTE:
see the Web Authoring Tools page of this site for links
to sites and programs for web designers, including online services that check
your website to make sure that it's accessible by people with disabilities and
people with different types of browsers.]
"Google Scholar enables you to
search specifically for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers,
theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports from all broad areas
of research. Use Google Scholar to find articles from a wide variety of academic
publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories and universities, as
well as scholarly articles available across the web."
Google
Scholar Search Results : "" (16,500 results on Dec. 31/08)
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Metasearch
engines
Outils
de recherche sur Internet en français
Maps
- maps, directions, local businesses
- "Everyone needs a little direction in life"
(from )
- plus travel info
- enter a street address -- see a printable map and driving directions.
Canada and US only
(from the University of Texas at Austin)
(Dept. of Natural Resources)
- mapping the world
- full color physical maps, political maps
as well as key facts and statistics on countries of the world
Virus and virus hoax resources
(separate page on this site)
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome?
Excellent resources...
Throw
your mouse away - see
Time
- download and install this small program on your computer to sync
your clock automatically from time to time. I use it, and I recommend it! (Not
required if you use Windows XP or Vista, but good for W2000 and older systems)
-
clocks, calendars and countdown timers
(U.S.)
(U.S. Naval Observatory, Washington)
Find
someone
- Canada and U.S.
- includes links (tabs running
across the top of the page) to the following:
People Search * Business Search
* Reverse Phone* Reverse Address * Area Codes * Postal Codes * Tools and Resources
* Bulk Searches
(find someone's e-mail address)
- Canada Post
(12 million listings, incl. postal codes)
(world-wide)
Miscellaneous
From the :
***
The Inflation Calculator uses monthly consumer
price index (CPI) data from 1914 to the present to show changes in the
cost of a fixed "basket" of consumer purchases. These include
food, shelter, furniture, clothing, transportation, and recreation.
*** The Investment Calculator shows the effects of inflation on
investments and savings. This tool allows you to see what a current
investment will be worth in the future based on different assumptions
on the annual interest rate and the annual rate of inflation. You can
also enter a dollar amount to see how much you would have to invest
today to reach a specific target value in the future, based on different
rates of interest and inflation.
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Read the blurb on the main page of this site, then take the (entirely
anonymous) five-minute test. It will tell you where YOU are on the political
compass.
- includes a list of influential thinkers who think like you, based
on your test results...
What the heck is a Yottabyte?
APA (American Psychological Association) Style Guide
The
preferred the citation style for most universities
(PDF file)
(from )
Excellent Canadian history site, plenty of interactive features, plenty of
interesting content!
- "the site for history fans, enthusiasts and students. eHistory consists
of over 130,000 pages of historical content; 5,300 timeline events; 800 battle
outlines; 350 biographies; and thousands of images and maps."
is an interactive historical database of people and events from 1000 A.D. to the
present. Create graphic timelines of periods in history and of the lives of individuals.
- part of
"...hundreds of classic books you can read right
now, all absolutely free! It is an ideal way to expand your horizons, catch up
on your reading list, or read books that it seems like everyone else has already
read. Fix yourself a drink, get comfortable and Start Reading!"
- links to almost 400 titles, from Aesop's Fables and Anne of Green
Gables to Tom Sawyer and War of the Worlds
- over 130 authors --- although I'm not quite sure how George Dubya Bush made
it onto the same list as Charles Dickens and Mark Twain...
The Phobia List - or ...
- what does a billion pennies look like?
- similar, but different...
- from
How many
Euros is that, please?
- Medical Reference
Full text online - incredible resource!
The
Merck Manual of Medical Information--Home Edition uses everyday language to
present information about diseases, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment.
The
Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy is used by more medical professionals
worldwide than any other general medical textbook and has been continuously published
longer than any other English language general medical textbook.
The
Merck Manual of Geriatrics features a unique interdisciplinary approach that
specifically addresses the challenges facing geriatric care. It includes information
on nursing care, pharmacy issues, and discussions of the best drugs for the elderly.
The Merck Veterinary Manual addresses
the medical issues of companion, food, and zoo animals. This book includes discussions
of etiology, transmission and pathogenesis, clinical findings and lesions, diagnosis,
treatment, control, and prevention of disease entities.
The
Merck Index provides data and descriptions of chemicals, drugs, and biologicals.
The book contains over 10,000 monographs; subject matter includes human and veterinary
drugs, biologicals and natural products, agricultural chemicals, industrial and
laboratory chemicals, and environmentally significant compounds.
Source :
- incl. Diseases and Conditions - Tests and Diagnostic
Procedures - Surgery and Treatment Procedures - Prevention and Wellness
Source:
"A Service of US National Library of Medicine and
the National Institutes
of Health"
,
a medical and health consumer information resource containing comprehensive and
unbiased information in patient-friendly language from trusted sources on over
1,500 health topics, 70 focussed health centers, and more than 11,000 drugs and
medications.
- from the
Quotations
"A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and
Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature."
(from Yahoo!)
Moving
in Canada?
- "the Online Guide for people Relocating or Moving
in Canada, organized by City and Categories of interest from Arts to Weather."
Compulsory
reading for anyone considering a move to another Canadian city!
Covers over
50 Canadian cities...
Links to an impressive collection of resources : moving
planner & checklist, cost-of-living reports, Canadian residential rentals,
city snapshots, income and work statistics, job resources, and much more helpful
information...
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