Online Resources
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Acronym Finder
Art search engine
Atlases
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Biographies
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Calculators: Useful Online Calculators For Almost Every Educational and Life Need
The Canadian Encyclopedia
Canada and the World
Canada's Virtual Vault: Library and Archives Canada (LAC)
CBC archives collection
Chem 4 Kids
CIA World Factbook
Citation Machine
Climate Change
Clip Art
Court Records (Manitoba)
Currency Exchange
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Dictionaries
Disease Detectives: Games and information about disease control
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Ebooks (for free!)
Encyclopedias
EBSCOand EBSCO Tutorials
English as an Additional Language Resources
Eternal Egypt
Global Etiquette Resources, sorted by country.
Etymological Dictionary
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Get Published: 50 Online Writing Websites for New Writers
Great Reference Sites Other Than Wikipedia
Google Tools
Guide to Grammar and Writing
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Historica
History World
How-To Sites: A big list
How Stuff Works
Human Development Index
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I Love Bacteria: A fun and simple introduction to science topics.
Investopedia
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John Locker: A truly impressive collection of online educational videos. Great stuff!
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Language Tree and Map: Charts that graph out the origins of Proto-Indo-European languages (languages from Western Europe to Central Asia).
The Librarian's Internet Index is dedicated to providing a directory of websites that you can trust. Users can find more than 20,000 quality sites organized into more than 14 main topics and 300 subtopics.
Law Resources
- The Law Library of Congress hosts the world's largest collection of law reference books and legal resources. The site features more than 2,000 volumes that cover nearly 300 nations.
- Internet Law Library boasts a massive directory of legal resources. It is a great place to find information on American laws and foreign laws.
- LLRX.com is dedicated to providing up-to-date law and technology resources for legal professionals. The site has a searchable database, detailed information about court rulings and legal research references that cover everything from U.S. law to foreign and comparative law.
- National Paralegal College has an entire online course on Constitutional Law and Criminal Procedure, complete with textbooks and online lectures available for free at the link. Special thanks to Ms Smith at New England Studies for letting me know about the link!
- WashLaw, provided by the Washburn University School of Law, publishes links to all known law material on the web. Users can search for information alphabetically, by subject and by geographic region.
- The D'Angelo Law Library reference librarians have created a fantastic list of law references and resources. Users can find everything from legal libraries and law databases to research guides and online legal journals.
- Court Records (Manitoba): If you're looking for Manitoba case files, this is the place to start.
Libraries
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Math links
MLA Style Guide
Mr Asu's Math Page
MusicTheory.net
Medical Resources
- Medline Plus was created by the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health. Features include an illustrated medical encyclopedia, a comprehensive reference with more than 750 health topics and medical dictionaries.
- The University of Maryland Medical Center has an interactive reference with more than 50,000 pages of professionally reviewed medical and health content. Specific reference collections include an English medical reference, a Spanish medical reference, a drug interaction reference, an alternative medicine reference, a pregnancy reference and a care guide.
- The John Hopkins Medical Desk Reference is a comprehensive and well-organized guide to medical conditions and illnesses.
- Med Bio World is a great place to find medial and health news articles, scholarly research databases, medical journals, genomic research and special reference tools.
- The International Center for Scientific Research is a valued worldwide reference. The organization has a fantastic Internet portal of scientific websites, a directory of researchers and multiple references.
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National Archives (USA)
News Gathering Services
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OPAC and Tutorials
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Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
PBS Frontline: Archived Episodes
Pembina Trails School Division
Poets.org: A vast online collection of poetry and poet biographies
Project Gutenberg (Free E-Books)
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Questia Online Library
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Read Print: Free ebooks
Recommended Reading (Books suggestions)
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Scholarpedia looks like Wikipedia, but don't be fooled. Scholarpedia is a peer-reviewed encyclopedia that is created and maintained by scholars around the world, which means that articles can be cited in most cases.
Science Daily
Sensible Units: Convert measurements into real-world objects
Shakespeare:
No Fear Shakespeare: Modern English Translations
Search Engines
Shaftesbury High School's official site
Mr. Striemer's Unofficial Shaftesbury Physics website
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Translation site
Travel Links
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Universities Online: Ranking of Universities that Offer Free Courses Online
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History of Visual Communication
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Worlfram Alpha: Kind of a giant, searchable database for facts. Think of it as the best almanac you'll ever use.
World Book Online
Worldometers: Real-time statistics
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