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  • The Bank of Canada is Canada's central bank. The Bank of Canada does not carry out ordinary banking business, nor does it accept deposits from the general public. This web site includes national financial statistics, information on unclaimed bank balances, exchange rates.
    www.bank-banque-canada.ca

  • Bats, Bats Everywhere is a special website about bats, designed for all children, and created with the hope you will like, respect and help protect these endangered species. We want you to have fun learning all about this very unique and helpful animal.
    http://members.aol.com/bats4kids

  • Canadian Bats described in the Canadian Wildlife Service fact sheet.
    www.cws-scf.ec.gc.ca/hww-fap/bats/bats.html

  • Bereaved Families Online Support Center provides support for people who have lost an immediate family member -- an infant, a child, an adult child, a parent, a brother or a sister, an adult sibling, a grandchild or a spouse. We support parents, guardians or family members helping a child grieve. We support the unique circumstances faced by survivors of violent death, survivors of completed suicide, and families seeking pregnancy after loss.
    www.inforamp.net/~bfo

  • Lives, the Biography Resource links to thousands of biographies, autobiographies, memoirs, diaries, letters, narratives, oral histories and more. * Individual lives of the famous, the infamous, and the not so famous. * Group biographies about people who share a common profession, historical era or geography. * Also general collections, resources on biographical criticism and special collections (including one featuring Canadians).
    http://members.home.net/klanxner/lives/index.html

  • A&E Biography Our new expanded biography database puts over 20,000 of the greatest names, past and present, at your fingertips.
    www.biography.com

  • Cornell Biology Gateway provides an organized set of links to a wide variety of biology related web sites.
    www.tc.cornell.edu/Services/Edu/MathSciGateway/biology.asp

  • MIT Biology Hypertextbook is designed to supplement course materials in introductory biology and give you additional tools to learn introductory molecular biology.
    http://esg-www.mit.edu:8001/esgbio/7001main.html

  • Introduction to Molecular Virology is an online tutorial that was originally written as a supplement to an Introduction to Virology 7-lecture course to second-year Microbiology major students (MIC202S) in the Microbiology Department at the University of Cape Town. It now constitutes a full 30-lecture course (Molecular and General Virology) given to 3rd year students.
    www.uct.ac.za/microbiology/tutorial/virtut1.html#contents

  • Biotech: Life Sciences Resources and Reference Tools includes the Life Science Dictionary. Most of the 8200+ terms in this resource deal with biochemistry, biotechnology, botany, cell biology and genetics. We also have some terms relating to ecology, pharmacology, toxicology and medicine. Some terms are also accompanied by illustrations. One of the main goals of BioTech is to evaluate and explain the features of some of the more popular Web sites for biology students and researchers. The Web contains a lot of duplicate information and we would like to teach the public how to obtain the information that they need quickly and with as little hassle as possible.
    http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu

  • Careers in Biotechnology There are tremendous career opportunities in biotechnology-related fields available now and in the near future. The industry is growing rapidly, on a global scale, and analysts are predicting that it will have a profound impact on health care, agriculture, energy, and environmental management
    www.accessexcellence.org

  • Birding in Canada is a comprehensive birding site with links to many other bird related sites. www.interlog.com/~gallantg/canada

  • Ontario Birding Home Page is an extensive resource site for Ontario bird watchers.
    www.interlog.com/~gallantg/ontario.html

  • Tools for Learning About Birds provided by the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center. This site provides readly access to a large collection of photographs of North American birds, along with recordings of their songs, other identification tips and maps showing where they are found.
    www.mbr.nbs.gov/bbs/ident.html

  • U.S. Fish and Wildlife Education Links One of the greatest (but still largely untapped) potentials of the Internet is its use as a tool for enhancing elementary and secondary education. Here we have assembled just a few of the many sites that feature migratory birds.
    www.fws.gov/r9mbmo/edulinks.html

  • A Deeper Shade of History provides a database in which you can look up interesting facts for any particular week in Black History, as well as search by topic.
    www.ai.mit.edu/~isbell/HFh/black/bhist.html

  • The Underground Railroad provides extensive information for students and links to other related sites.
    www.connectingstudents.com/themes/ugrr.htm

  • Black History: Exploring African-American Issues on the Web presents six Web sites created as models to suggest ways to integrate the World Wide Web and videoconferencing into classroom learning. African-American History was chosen as a topic because of its importance, popularity and the wealth of Internet resources available on the topic. What we hope to add to this richness are some specific strategies for integrating the Web into learning. So rather than merely send learners to a Web site, we've arranged separate formats designed to support different kinds of learning.
    www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/BHM/AfroAm.html

  • The Alvin D. McCurdy Collection Until recently, Black history in Ontario was not well documented. To fill this void, Alvin McCurdy spent most of his life collecting documents, photographs, and interviews to preserve Black history in Southern Ontario.
    www.archives.gov.on.ca/english/exhibits/mccurdy

  • The African-American Mosaic web site marks the publication of The African-American Mosaic: A Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of Black History and Culture. A noteworthy and singular publication, the Mosaic is the first Library-wide resource guide to the institution's African- American collections.
    http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/african/intro.html

  • Africans in America describes America's journey through slavery, and is a major collection of images, documents, stories, biographies and commentaries.
    www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia

  • Black History Museum is AFRO-Americ@'s history site featuring interactive exhibits on black history from slavery to World War II.
    www.afroam.org/history/history.html

  • Testimony of the Canadian Fugitives (ca.1850): Benjamin Drew, a Boston abolitionist acting in cooperation with officers of the Canadian Anti-Slavery Society, visited various towns of Upper Canada around the middle 1850's, interviewing scores of refugees from the slave states and copying their words soon after they were spoken. For reasons of safety, he protected the identity of his informants and used fictitious names.
    http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/D/1826-1850/slavery/fugitxx.htm

  • Maclean's Magazine features a bestsellers in Canada list.
    www.macleans.ca

  • Publishers Weekly Bestseller List prepared by Publishers Weekly, the international news magazine of book publishing and bookselling.
    www.publishersweekly.com/bestsellersindex.asp

  • New York Times Bestseller Lists include hardback, paperback, fiction and nonfiction, presented by Indigo.ca
    http://www.indigo.ca/Books/new_york_times_fiction_hc.html

  • Bibliofind is an online database of over five million used and rare books. You can search by author or title keyword, price range, etc. You can also limit the results of your search to signed/inscribed copies or first editions.
    www.bibliofind.com

  • Book Browser is a collection of fiction reading lists. Librarians made BookBrowser to help avid fiction readers find books and authors. We arrange our lists by genre, location, series and anything else we can come up with.
    www.bookbrowser.com

  • Homespun's Book Recommendations of Real Folks contains thousands of book lists from people who like to read. You can also enter your own list of favorites.
    www.best.com/%7Eyylee/homespun/booktop.html

  • Publishers' Catalogues Home page provides a searchable database of book publishers worldwide.
    www.lights.com/publisher

  • The Classic Text: Traditions and Interpretations looks at the history of some famous books, addressing such questions as:
    ....In what ways have such classic works as the Bible and the plays of William Shakespeare been presented to a loyal readership over the centuries? How have the works of the ancient Greeks and Romans been transmitted through the millennia, and why do they continue to hold such potency and relevance? How has the vivid imagery of Dante's Divine Comedy been depicted and interpreted from the middle ages to the present? Would Milton's Paradise Lost have entered the canon of western literature without the untiring promotional efforts of its principal publisher? Why do works such as Cooper's The Last of the Mohicans and Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin continue to hold secure positions as American literary classics? Would James Joyce's Ulysses have remained an obscure modernist novel without the censorship issues that surrounded it?
    www.uwm.edu/Dept/Library/special/exhibits/clastext/clshome.htm

  • The On-Line Books Page provides links to a vast number of books now available on-line. These books can be accessed by author, title or subject.
    http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/

  • If You Like... provides a wide range of book lists based on similar themes and similar authors.
    www.ccc.govt.nz/Library/Guides/IfYouLike

  • The Ultimate Science Fiction Web Guide provides almost six thousand links to web science fiction resources.
    www.magicdragon.com/UltimateSF/SF-Index.html

  • Dana Brainweb has selected and reviewed sites that provided validated current information useful for the lay person, including descriptions of brain disease, FAQs (frequently asked questions), background for talking with a physician, treatment options, support for families and care givers, and sources of more information. Many of these sites also offer extensive links to other Internet sites focused on the same disease or disorder. The BrainWeb also provides links to some of the best general neuroscience and health sites.
    www.dana.org/brainweb

  • Brain.com provides extensive information on the brain including recent news and research, as well as online IQ tests and email accounts with free registration.
    www.brain.com

  • Government of British Columbia is the official home page of the government of British Columbia, Canada.
    www.gov.bc.ca

  • 1Jump ("one jump") is the best business search engine -- and business information tool -- available. Unlike conventional search engines or directories, which present you with a list of keyword matches, 1Jump takes you directly where you want to go, then provides critical, in-context business information once there. 1Jump's proprietary databases are a result of human compilation, not machine algorithms. Because we select and analyze companies one at a time -- and have 1,000,000 (world wide) so far -- you will find that 1Jump contains better business content than any search engine. Add to that 1Jump's unique in-context information, and you have a value-added information service unlike any other.
    www.1jump.com

  • The Thomas Register of Manufacturers is an online directory of manufacturers in both the United States and Canada.
    www.thomasregister.com

  • Forbes Magazine provides world business information including: • Forbes 500 • 500 Largest Private Companies • 200 Best Small Companies • International 800 • Forbes Platinum 400 • Forbes ASAP Dynamic 100 • Forbes Best Places • Forbes 400 • World's Richest People • Best Paid CEOs • 100 Most Powerful Celebrities • 40 Best Paid Entertainers • 40 Best Paid Athletes
    www.forbes.com

  • Industry Canada is the official website of this Government of Canada department. Under the area Trade and Investment there is a Trade Data Online area where you can generate custom reports on the goods coming to and from Canada's trading partners around the world.
    http://strategis.ic.gc.ca

  • Canadian Corporations Directorate is charged with administering the Canada Business Corporations Act (CBCA), the Canada Corporations Act (CCA - non-profit), the Boards of Trade Act (BOTA), the Canada Cooperative Associations Act (CCAA)and several other corporate laws governing federal companies, except for financial intermediaries. They also issue and register official documents under the Great Seal of Canada through our Registration Section. Their main lines of business include INCORPORATION and related services such as amalgamation or other corporate charter amendments; dissolution of corporations; ruling on the use of CORPORATE NAMES; collecting and disseminating information on federal companies; and compliance and enforcement activities related to the statutes we administer.
    http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/sc_mrksv/corpdir/engdoc/homepage.html

  • Canada.Com Business Finder to find millions of Canadian businesses and organizations by business type and/or business name, as well as by province and city.
    www.infospace.com/canada.cancom/index_ylw_ca.htm

  • Canadian Trade Index provides detailed information regarding over 32,000 Canadian companies, including 30,000 Manufacturers, 11,500 Active Exporters, 7,000 Distributors of products in Canada, and 3,700 Service companies for manufactured products.
    www.ctidirectory.com

  • Canadian Exporters Directory is a searchable directory of Canadian exporters including pictures, descriptions, web site links and contact information -- provided by the Alliance of Manufacturers & Exporters Canada.
    www.americasplus.com/canada

  • The Canadian Exporters Catalogue was designed to help Canadian companies market on a global level, and provide qualified buyers with information about Canadian products and services in a cost effective manner. The Catalogue has its own award winning Web Site. From their own computers, buyers can access and search the whole catalogue.
    www.worldexport.com

  • Local Business Directories in Ontario provides business directories for many places in Ontario.
    http://web.ionsys.com/~treb/vfontbus

  • Ontario Business Connects (OBC) is the government's initiative to simplify and streamline the existing registration and reporting processes for Ontario businesses. Through workstation technology, businesses can instantly register their companies electronically and complete other important start-up applications at one location.
    www.ccr.gov.on.ca/obcon/welcome.htm

  • Ontario Ministry of Economic Development and Trade core businesses are: employment and business development, investment, and trade. This site provides extensive information in these areas and links to other related sites.
    www.ontario-canada.com

  • Canada Business Service Centres - Ontario provides Ontario business resources, including exporting guides and information .
    www.cbsc.org/ontario

  • Durham Home and Small Business Association is a non-profit organization serving Durham Region. Their focus is to provide members and guests with opportunities for information exchange, education, fellowship and business promotion, through regular monthly meetings, except July and August.
    www.dti-web.com/dhsba

  • Guide for Canadian Small Businesses: Are you starting a new small business in Canada? Are you operating one already? Then this guide is for you. It will introduce you to Revenue Canada programs you need to know about, and give an overview of your obligations and entitlements under the laws that we administer.
    www.rc.gc.ca/E/pub/tg/rc4070ed/rc4070ed.html

  • Online Small Business Workshop is jointly presented and funded by the provincial and federal governments. This workshop discusses the evaluation and protection of business ideas, financing your business, marketing basics, planning fundamentals, and basic regulations for getting started.
    www.cbsc.org/osbw/workshop.html

  • Starting a Small Business in Ontario is a in-depth guide for starting a small business in Ontario.
    www.cbsc.org/ontario/starting

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