Dictionaries and Thesauri
 Oxford
English Dictionary, 2nd Edition
http://datacentre.chass.utoronto.ca/oed/index.html
An unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over
half a million words, both present and past. Licensed for use by members
of the University of Toronto community; use by others may be restricted.
Proxy server accounts are available for UofT members with external internet
addresses.
Merriam Webster Online - The Language Center
http://www.m-w.com/home.htm
This site features both a searchable dictionary and thesaurus. Also contains links to a collection of on-line resources for checking definitions, spellings, pronunciations, synonyms, and other key facts about words and language.
A Web of Online Dictionaries
http://www.yourdictionary.com
This site provides extensive links to online dictionaries, multilingual dictionaries, thesauri, as well as an index of dictionary indices.
OneLook Dictionaries
http://www.onelook.com/
This site searches hundreds of general and specialized English dictionaries. Dictionaries are also available for browsing.
Roget's Thesaurus
http://humanities.uchicago.edu/forms_unrest/ROGET.html
This site searches the headwords or full text of Roget's Thesaurus v. 1.02
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Abbreviations and Acronyms
All That JAS: Journal Abbreviation Sources
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~CYBERSTACKS/JAS.htm
A registry of Web resources that list or provide access to the full title of journal abbreviations or other types of abbreviated publication titles (e.g., conference proceedings titles). Selected OPACs that offer abbreviated title searching have also been included.
WorldWideWeb Acronym and Abbreviation Server
http://www.ucc.ie/info/net/acronyms/index.html
This site provides a list of acronyms.
JAKE: Jointly Administered Knowledge Environment (Simon
Fraser University Mirror)
http://jake.openly.com
This resource includes journal abbreviations, and indicates which journals
are indexed and where. It also covers details of full-text availability
of online journals.
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Quotations
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
http://www.columbia.edu/acis/bartleby/bartlett/
Based on the 1901 edition of Bartlett's, this site allows searching through a collection of passages, phrases, and proverbs. A list of persons to whom quotes are attributed is also provided.
The Quotations Page
http://www.quotationspage.com
This site allows searching through a selected collection of sites including 20th century quotations. Its "Quote Links" also features extensive list of quotation links.
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Style Manuals
Electronic Reference Formats Recommended by the American Psychological Association
http://www.apastyle.org/elecref.html
The APA's updated guide to citing email communications, web sites, electronic documents, and other electronic sources.
CGOS: Columbia Guide to Online Style
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cup/cgos/idx_basic.html
A brief guide to both a humanities style (MLA and Chicago) and a scientific style (APA and CBE) for citing electronically-accessed sources.
On-line Resources for Documenting Electronic Sources - Purdue University Writing Lab
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_docelectric.html
The Purdue University Online Writing Lab has provided a number of links to MLA, APA, and discipline-related style guides.
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Fact Books and Statistics
CIA World Factbook
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
Prepared by the Central Intelligence Agency, the guide provides country
profiles as well as reference maps. Country profiles feature information
on geography, people, government, economy, communications etc.
UN Statistics for Countries of the World
http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/infonation/e_infonation.htm
This site allows you to view and compare the most up-to-date statistical data for the Member States of the United Nations. Searching involves a two step processing that requires selecting the countr(ies) desired and subsequently the data required for the particular countr(ies). Data covered include geography, economy, population, and social indicators.
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Newspapers, Magazines and Other Sources
Canada
Media Links in Canada and Abroad
http://www.cna-acj.ca/
Produced by the Canadian Newspaper Association, click on "Ultimate Guide" for links to Canadian newspapers online as well as online newspapers worldwide. It also features links to media related associations and groups.
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International
AJR Newslink
http://www.newslink.org/news.html
Searchable site featuring links to 3000+ newspapers worldwide. U.S. and Canadian papers are indexed by category, state and province.
NewsDirectory.com- Guide to English Language Media Online
http://newsdirectory.com/
Searchable site featuring links to over 8,200 newspapers and magazines worldwide. Criteria for inclusion in the links include being in the English language, having a print counterpart and unrestricted access.
Newspaper Association of America
http://www.newspaperlinks.com/home.cfm
Features links to newspaper and other related media organizations' Internet sites. Heavily American.
OnlineNewspapers.com
http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/
This site features links to online newspapers worldwide. Arranged by country.
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Government Directories
Government of Ontario - Telephone Directory
http://www.infogo.gov.on.ca/paceweb/owa/intergtd_en.min_list?IN_GTD_SERVICE=GTD
Search by name, phone number, job title or department.
Government of Canada - Government Electronic Directory Services
http://direct.srv.gc.ca/cgi-bin/direct500/
Search for federal public servants by surname, given name, title, telephone number or organization. This service also includes some email addresses.
Foreign Governments - Diplomatic Gateway to Canada
http://webapps.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/Protocol/main-en.asp
Access the full text of "Diplomatic, Consular & Other Representatives in Canada," a monthly publication that lists countries that have offices accredited to Canada. The site is also searchable by consular office, diplomatic mission or international organization.
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Telephone Books
Canada
Canada 411
http://canada411.sympatico.ca
Searchable site to find contact information on individuals and businesses.
Excludes Alberta and Saskatchewan.
Canada TollFree
http://www.canadatollfree.ca/Search/
Toll free numbers searchable by business name or keyword. Only toll-free
numbers that are registered with Bell Canada, MT&T, MTS, NBTel,
NewTel, and SaskTel.
InfoSpace
http://www.infospace.com/
Searchable site to find contact information on individuals and businesses. Includes Alberta and Saskatchewan. It also offers residential reverse lookup and e-mail address searching.
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International
Residential Telephone Guide
http://www.library.utoronto.ca/robarts/reference/resources/residential.htm
Guide to locating residential telephone numbers on the web.
Business Telephone Guide
http://www.library.utoronto.ca/robarts/reference/resources/residential.htm
Guide to locating business telephone numbers on the web.
International White and Yellow Pages
http://www.wayp.com/
Provides links to telephone/fax directory sites; covers the continents of Africa, America, Asia, Europe, and South Pacific.
Telephone Directories on the Web
http://www.infobel.com/teldir/
Claims to be the most original and most detailed index of online phone books. Also links to e-mail and fax directories.
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Postal Codes
Canadian Postal Code Lookup
http://www.canadapost.ca/segment-e.asp
Click on "Find a Postal Code." This link is located on the
top menu bar.
Postal administrations' home pages
http://www.upu.int/post_code/en/searching_postcodes.htmlp_language=AN&p_theme=postadm&p_content_url=/web/an/ServeursAdmin.html
The Universal Postal Union's links to various countries' postal services.
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Publishers' Addresses and Catalogues
Canada
Canadian Publisher's Council
http://www.pubcouncil.ca/
Site of Canada's main English language book publishing trade association. The Council represents the interests of 30 companies who publish books and other media for elementary and secondary schools, colleges and universities, professional and reference, retail, and library markets. Links, where available are made to these member companies.
Canada and United States
American Association of University Presses
http://aaup.uchicago.edu/
Provides links to Canadian and American university presses.
International
ACQWeb's Directory of Publishers and Vendors
http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/law/acqs/pubr.html
Identifies itself as the gathering place for librarians and other professionals interested in acquisitions and collection development. Also provides e-mail addresses of publishers. There are also links to vendors and related professional associations, organizations and services.
Bookwire Index - Publishers
http://www.bookwire.com/bookwire/
Considers itself to be the book industry's most comprehensive and thorough
online information source. Publishers broken down into the following
areas: General (Trade), Associations, Business, Children's, Computer,
Multimedia, Mystery, Non-English, Online, Professional and Educational,
Reference, Religious, Science Fiction, Sidelines, Specialty, Travel,
University.
Publishers' Catalogues Home Page
http://www.lights.com/publisher/
Publishers' catalogues for over 6,000 companies. Users may keyword search the database by publisher or city or browse by location, topic or type of material. Entries for each publisher include a brief sentence or two from the publisher describing itself and a link to its homepage. While the database has a decided U.S. focus, there are numberous listings for publishers in other countries.
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Library Catalogues
Directory of Ontario Council University Libraries
http://www.ocul.on.ca/
This site provides contact information, catalogue information, collection strengths, key library personnel, and external reader policies for those libraries that are members of the Ontario Council of University Libraries. It also features an e-mail Database Search which provides searching by staff name, institution name, or position title.
Association of Research Libraries Member Libraries' Information Servers
http://arl.cni.org/members.html
Provides links to homepages of member libraries.
Academic and Other Libraries Worldwide
http://www.libdex.com/
This site provides links to libraries both geographically and by type.
Library Servers via the Web
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Libweb/
Lists over 2300 pages from libraries in over 70 countries.
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University Addresses
Canada
Canadian Universities
http://www.uwaterloo.ca/canu/index.html
This site contains links to Canadian universities as well as links to association and related sites.
Canadian Universities and Programs of Study
http://oraweb.aucc.ca/showdcu.html
Maintained by the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada. This site provides links to university descriptions, programs of study and university web sites.
School Finder.com
http://www.schoolfinder.com/
This a searchable database of Canadian universities, colleges, and career colleges. These listings are also available alphabetically. Offers searches by program, school type and provinces.
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International
Braintrack - University Index
http://www.braintrack.com/
Contains Internet-Addresses of Universities, Polytechnics, Colleges and other higher educational institutions all over the world. Links are arranged both geographically and alphabetically.
College and University Home Pages - Alphabetical Listing
http://www.mit.edu:8001/people/cdemello/univ.html
Compiled by Christina de Mello, this page provides alphabetical and geographical listing of worldwide universities. Appears to be dated as last modification was July 1996.
Peterson's College Search - Undergraduate Study
http://www.petersons.com/ugrad/ugsector.html
Contains links to college and university web sites in the United States and Canada that offer undergraduate programs. Alphabetical as well as geographical pathways are made available for linking to college and university sites.
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Guides to Graduate Schools
International
Graduate Schools
http://www.gradschools.com/
Searchable by subject, this site provides information on graduate schools in U.S., Canada, Australia, Japan, United Kingdom, Ireland etc . Also contains links to University Home Pages.
Peterson's Graduate & Professional Study
http://iiswinprd01.petersons.com/GradChannel/
This page contains links to universities offering graduate or professional degrees. Searchable alphabetically or geographically. Also offers web exclusive feature of searching by keyword.
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University Rankings
Canada
Maclean's Annual Ranking of Universities
http://www.macleans.ca/universities/index.jsp
United States
Graduate School Rankings
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/rankguide/rghome.htm
This page ranks American graduate school programs in business, law, engineering, education, medicine, veterinary medicine, public affairs and other health professions. It also ranks Ph.D. programs in various disciplines.
International
College and University Rankings
http://www.library.uiuc.edu/edx/rankings.htm
Links to General/Undergraduate Rankings, Graduate Program Rankings, Business and Law School Rankings as well as International (non-US) Rankings. Also includes a list of print sources.
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Funding Opportunities
Canada
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
http://www.sshrc.ca/web/home_e.asp
Site of Canada's federal funding agency for university-based research and graduate training in the social sciences and humanities. Links provided to grant and fellowship information (available only in electronic format) and application forms. Also provides links to research news, human sciences links, career opportunites, and policy documents.
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Major Academic Associations and Organizations
Association canadienne-franTauaise pour l'avancement des sciences (ACFAS)
http://www.acfas.ca/
Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC)
http://www.aucc.ca/en/index.html
Contains links to their publications as well as links to Canadian higher education and research sites of interest.
Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences
http://www.fedcan.ca/english/
Site of the Federation. A link providing extensive information on the Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities (the continuation of the Learneds) is also given.
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Academic Job Sources
CAUT - Canadian Association of University Teachers
http://www.caut.ca/
CAUT is the national voice of university academic staff. Note that their home page requires a frames capable web browser.
Chronicle of Higher Education
http://chronicle.com/
This site contains links to their list of job openings in and out of academe.
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/index_e.html
Maintained by Association of Universities and Colleges, this page features career advertisements published in the most recent issue of University Affairs as well as "web exclusive" advertisements.
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Web Search Tools
Infomine - Scholarly Internet Resource Collections
http://infomine.ucr.edu/
This site offers all types of Internet resources of scholarly use. Types of resources covered include Social Sciences, Humanities, Business, Education, News, General Reference and Library Sciences.
Librarian's Index to the Internet: By Librarians, for Everyone!
http://lii.org/
This site offers about 40 categories covering a wide range of subjects.
Research Resources on the Social Sciences
http://www.socsciresearch.com/
Offered in partnership with McGraw-Hill Ryerson, this site is organized into 18 categories which include general resources, reference materials as well as to various social science disciplines. A substantial number of the links made are Canadian based.
The Scout Report
http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/index.html
This site announces new web sites in the area of social sciences, business and economics, and science and engineering. Its Signpost http://www.signpost.org/signpost/ offers a list of selected Internet sites, catalogued and organized for efficient browsing.
Voice of the Shuttle: Web Page for Humanities Research
http://vos.ucsb.edu/
This page provides extensive links in the area of humanities. There are also links to sites of interest such as teaching resources, libraries and museums, publishers and booksellers etc.
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