Resources Sample Directory

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SUBJECTS DIRECTORY
ARCHIVES / ARCHIVISTS BUSINESS Financial Sites Real Estate Retail Stores / Malls CATALOGS CHILDREN COMPUTERS COUNTRIES Canada Japan	DISASTER & EMERGENCY EDUCATION RESOURCES EMPLOYMENT HISTORY IMMIGRATION SERVICES INFORMATION SERVICES Document Delivery Indexing Services LIBRARIES Information Technology Professional Associations for Librarians	NEWS SERVICES PUBLISHING RECORDS MANAGEMENT RECREATION

1. ARCHIVES / ARCHIVISTS
   • Archive
     From: http://ils.unc.edu/archives/archivetxt.html
     "ARCHIVAL AND CONSERVATION RESOURCES This page is a collection of resources which provide a general overview to archives and their many forms and functions. The following list is a compilation of what is available on the Internet regarding archival repositories and institutions, resources for the archivist and general conservation..." Cited from YAHOO search 01/05/96
   • Archives of Australia -- http://www.aa.gov.au/
     "The Archives of Australia Home Page provides access to information about archives around Australia including the Australian Archives (the Commonwealth government archives), the archives of State and Territory governments, and others such as ..." Cited in INFOSEEK search 01/05/96
   • Archivist's Daybook
     From: http://www.tulane.edu/~lmiller/Daybook.html
     "Here you will find archival events from around the world taking place in 1995. To be wondrously transported to information about archival events in following years, select 1996 and beyond. This web page is derived from the "Archivist's Daybook," a regular feature of the Southwestern Archivist...." Cited from YAHOO search 01/05/96
   • EFF Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA)" Archive -- http://www.eff.org/pub/Groups/EF-Australia/
     "ftp.eff.org, /pub/Groups/EF-Australia/ . gopher.eff.org, 1/Groups/EF-Australia . http://www.eff.org/pub/Groups/EF-Australia/ . Files . Subdirectories . On-Site Links . Off-Site Links . Files in this Archive . about.efa . ..." Cited in INFOSEEK search 01/05/96
   • Electronic Records - Conference Proceedings
     "Playing for Keeps . An electronic records management conference organised by the Australian Archives . Canberra, 8-10 November 1994 . Edited by Stephen Yorke . Electronic records are with us now! . The proceedings...." Cited in INFOSEEK search 01/05/96
   • The Simon Fraser University Archives has a new Web site! 01/12/95
     The Simon Fraser University Archives is responsible for the acquistion of official University records and other records of permanent value, archival reference services, recorded information management services and Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act access and review services.
     • Records Management Archivist and FOI/POP Access Review Officer, Craig Neelands
   • University of Wollongong
     The University of Wollongong is located on the coast fifty miles south of Sydney, Australia. The archival collection supports the research and teaching programs of the University, with a specialisation in labour history. Records held include those of trade unions and professional associations, private companies, community groups and individuals.
     • email: Michael Organ, Archivist
   
   
   
2. BUSINESS
   • BUSINESS DIRECTORIES & REFERENCE SITES
     • Fortune Business Reports Fee-based service delivers US business profiles.
     • Professionals Online "One-stop-type Internet site with links to a variety of on-line resources for businesspeople". (cited in PCWEEK [issue? 1995] PC Week on the Internet)
     • Vancouver's Virtual Dining Guide. (still being developed 10/8/95 fr. Canada Computes 10/95 p.45)
     
     
     
   • FINANCIAL SITES
     • Canada
       • Bank of Montreal
       • Canada Trust
       • Laurentian Bank of Canada
       • Royal Bank of Canada - see their mortgage calculator
       • Toronto Dominion Bank provides economic reports, information on investing, mortgages, RRSPs and software packages...
       • VanCity Savings Credit Union
       • First Canadian Fund News
       • The Fund Library
     
     
     
   • INTERNET BASED SHOPPING MALLS
     • Branch Mall "includes numerous retail computer outlets and vendors" (cited in PC Week Sept 18/95, Vol. 12 #37)
     • Dream Shop "An example of Internet based storefronts aimed at upscale clientele." (cited in PC Week Sept 18/95, Vol. 12 #37)
     • Empire Mall "From a Web-design and technology perspective, the Empire Mall features an excellent user interface and a wide variety of service-oriented businesses." (cited in PC Week Sept 18/95, Vol. 12 #37)
     • EuroMall "Interesting experiment in global salesand marketing via the Internet." (cited in PC Week Sept 18/95, Vol. 12 #37)
     • IMall "impressive collection of virutal storefronts; good example of a mall that uses secure transactions." (cited in PC Week Sept 18/95, Vol. 12 #37)
     • Internet Shopping Mall Vancouver A new exciting mall in Vancouver, British Columbia
     • One World Plaza "The computer directory includes some VARS." (cited in PC Week Sept 18/95, Vol. 12 #37)
     
     
     
   • RETAILERS
     • White Dwarf Book Store the largest collection of Science fiction & fantasy books in Cyberspace. They are based in Vancouver, B.C.--the home town of authors such as: Bill Gibson, Spider Robinson, Sean Russel etc.
     • Hot! Hot! Hot! a California shop "that specializes in selling hot sauces has sold over $60,000 (US) worth of sauce from their Web site in the past year--a sizable portion of its annual sales". (cited Canada Computes! Oct. 95, p. 44 Cashing in on the Web)
     • Internet Software Products Brooklyn North producer of Internet Assistant.
     
     
     
   • REAL ESTATE
     • REAL ESTATE ASSOCIATIONS
       • B.C. Real Estate Association the provincial voice of 18,000 realtors.
     • REAL ESTATE TRAINING SEMINARS
       • HotButton Communications inspired realty training and motivation workshops * UPDATED!
     • REAL ESTATE WEB SITES & LISTING SERVICES
       • CANADA - Realty Sites
         • B.C. Lower Mainland Real Estate Weekly's site has ... 3X a week [updates], providng the most real estate listings of property for sale across the Lower Mainland [B.C. Canada]".
         • Cyberbia ... has one of the best designed search engines in the industry.
         • The Real World lists Canadian and U.S. real estate Web sites.
         • Internet Properties Free Listing Service. Description: "Sale and Rental Residential Properties across the U.S. and Canada" Our URL is "http://www.webwerks.com/"
     • UNITED STATES - Realty Sites
       • Realty One Arizona Net
       • Webwerks Internet Properties Links
   
   
   
3. CATALOGS -- REFERENCE
   • Uncat "Listing of books, research, audio/visual, government papers, and other materials not carried in other catalogs." (cited in PCWEEK [issue? 1995] PC Week on the Internet)
   
   
4. CHILDREN
   • BOOK AWARDS
     • Canadian Library Association Young Adult Book Award
     • CLA Book of the Year for Children
       Canadian Library Association . Established 1947. A medal presented annually to the author of the best children's book published in Canada. The author must be a citizen or resident of Canada... cited in InfoSeek Search Engine description done on January 20, 1996
   • Most of the sites below were reported on by Sandra Mingail, a Toronto based educator and computer consultant, writing a column "Educator in a box" in Canada Computes, BC edition, Oct. 1995 pp.16-17. In recognition of her work, we suggest you send comments or questions to sandming@village.ca
   • CHILD SAFETY ON THE INFOHIGHWAY
     • Parental guidelines for online rules for kids sponsored by Canada Childfind (cited in Canada Computes! Educator in a box; "Hints to help find kid-friendly web sites" by Sandra Mingail, 10/95 p.16)
   • KID-FRIENDLY WEB SITES
     • Kidopedia, by St. Johns University, named by Time Magazine, this spring, as one of its 6 best Web sites. An encyclopedia written by children from around the world (k - 12 level) (cited in Canada Computes!, Sandra Mingail 10/95; p. 16)
     • Ontario Science Centre Please note this is a very busy site!
     • The Canadian Kids Page
     • Orgami Page by Joseph Wu. Download paper airplane instructions and diagrams, or view origami gallery. (cited in Canada Computes! Sandra Mingail, 10/95 p.16)
     • CBC's Street Cents series, an award winning Web site. (Sandra Mingail 10/95 p.17)
     • Monthly drawing lessons from pen of Glen Wyand (cited in Canada Computes!, Sandra Mingail 10/95; p. 16)
   
   
   
5. COMPUTERS
   • COMPUTER INDUSTRY RESEARCH AND REFERENCE DATA
     • Computer Almanac A collection of facts about computers, including references. (cited in PCWEEK [issue? 1995] PC Week on the Internet)
     • DECUS Home page of the Digital Equipment Computer Users Society of Canada.
     • Dictionary Of Computing free on-line dictionary with 3,000+ terms, acronmyms and concepts defined. (cited in PCWEEK [issue? 1995] PC Week on the Internet)
     • TechExpo gives exhaustive listings and links to technology-related companies, societies, and government sites. (cited in PCWEEK [issue? 1995] PC Week on the Internet)
     • World Wide Web consortium home page. Contains information about Web specifications and development.
   • SOFTWARE -- ANTI-VIRUS
     • ThunderBYTE Anti-viral software current version TBAV v6.36 is Windows 95 ready. More information also at 1-800-667-TBAV. (cited in Canada Computes! 10/95 p.38 "ThunderBYTE chews up PC bugs")
   • SOFTWARE -- INTERNET
     • Internet Software Products from Brooklyn North producers of the Award winning Internet Assistant, an HTML editor.
   • SOFTWARE -- AUDIO (INTERNET PLAYER)
     • RealAudio Player "from Progressive Networks is free software that lets your PC or Mac give you audio-on-demand (instantaneous transmission of sounds without waiting for them to download to your computer." Download from this site. Internet World, Jan. 1996, p. 99
   • SEARCH TOOLS
     • WEB SEARCH ENGINES
       • Lycos - one of biggest and one of the most sophisticated search engines on the Net.
       • Open Text
       • Yahoo -still gives that personal touch when you register your site with them.
       • Japan Search Engine offers materials in English or Japanese! An exciting directory / search service produced by a group of volunteer students.
     • SNAIL MAIL ADDRESSES
       • www.semaphore.com Looking for an address for someone to send snail mail to? Try this out.
   
   
   
6. COUNTRIES
   • GENERAL REFERENCE
     • CIA World Fact Book 1995 The world at your fingertips; back issues are available on-line. ". (cited in PCWEEK [issue? 1995] PC Week on the Internet)
     • International Development Research Centre access the Development Data Bases Service (DDBS), 9 data bases, including the IDRC library catalogue and IDRIS (the Inter-Agency Development Research Information System) with information on research projects financed by the world's largest international agencies, and IDRC REPORTS magazine (current & back issues) in full text....
     • IDRC Telnet: ddbs.idrc.ca
     • IDRC E-mail: reference@idrc.ca (for those with e-mail access only) or info@idrc.ca
   • COUNTRIES -- NAMES
     • CANADA
       • Canadian WWW Central Index
         [developed by North York, Toronto, based Cyberspace Research. An index with daily updates, as of 02/01/95. Voted the winner of the Best Online Resource in the 1995 Canadian Internet Awards. Usage doubled in past year to about 250,000 users a month. Lists on the index are organized first by province. Has a "Whats New This Week" and the latest on new servers in Canada. (cited in Canada Computes! October 1995 issue)]
       • Canada -- Television
         The Discovery Channel Canada's Web site offers detailed information about the network, programs and program schedules.
       • Canada -- Recreation See Also "RECREATION"
     • JAPAN
       • Japan Search Engine offers materials in English or Japanese! An exciting directory / search service produced by a group of volunteer students.
       • US-Japan Technology Management Center
         

         Japan Window

         A US-Japan Collaboration for Internet-based Japan Information by our Center and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT)

   
   
   
7. DISASTER & EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
   • REFERENCE
     • Disaster Preparedness & Response This is a collection of links to useful information resources.
   • EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION
     • Earthquake Information Carleton University Web site.
   • MOISTURE CONTROL SERVICES
     • Munters Moisture Control Services
       - floods, hurricanes, earthquakes -> water damage: Global experts with offices around the world to serve you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. (see the Feature Article on Munters)
   
   
   
8. EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
   • JOB SEARCHING ON LINE
     • careerWEB "...with its enormous database of employers, franchisers, and career-related companies, a connection between you and your next paycheck is imminent. You can search by job, location, employer, or keyword; browse employer profiles; and peruse the careerWEB Library's list of related publications. If you aren't easily depressed by bad news, a career fitness test will even analyze your strengths and many weaknesses." cited in PC Magazine, Feb.6, 1996 p.124, as one of the 100 top Web Sites.
     • Intellimatch "Allows applicants to fill out a structured resume or search an online job center." cited in Internet World, Feb. 1996, p.60
     • Job Center "Employment service for professionals with database searching." cited in Internet World, Feb. 1996, p.60
     • JobHunt "Extensive job search database and resumes throughout the United States." cited in Internet World, Feb. 1996, p.60
     • The Monster Board "Searchable index of high-tech companies, mostly in the computer industry." cited in Internet World, Feb. 1996, p.60
   
   
9. EDUCATION
   • .CASO - Cape Software - Publisher of the CASO Guides P.O. Box 800-W Harwich MA 02645 USA
     - Book: The Internet University - College Courses by Modem
     - ISBN 0-9648112-0-0/488 pages, includes glossary and index /$30.45 US
     

     A must see for public librarians and anyone interested in continuing education resources related to colleges and Universities on the Net. Information keep current by access to companion Web site. Written in straight forward easy to read style.

     - Email: casoinfo@caso.com
     - Fax: 508-432-2435

   
   
   
10. HISTORY -- REFERENCE
    • Reference Works for History Links to government, NASA-related, science, virtual library sites, and on-line periodicals
    
    
    
11. IMMIGRATION SERVICES
    • Lowe & Company Canadian Immigration Lawyers (English & Chinese Web page)
    
    
    
12. INFORMATION SERVICES
    • BROKERS AND CONSULTANTS
      • SA Disaster & Emergency Preparedness -- Consultants
      • Special Library Consultants
      • American Society of Indexers
        • asi@well.com
        • ASI Home Page
        • Web Page managers & Indexing consultants
          • Kari Bero
            Bero-West Indexing Services is dedicated to creating quality indexes for many types of publications. All indexes are created by Kari J. Bero, M.S. L.I.S.
            - E-Mail: bero@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu
          • Jan Wright
            Wright Information Indexing Services provides print and online indexing and keywords for technical materials.
            See web page for more information!
            - E-Mail: JanCW@aol.com
      
      
      
    • DOCUMENT DELIVERY
      • EBSCOdoc with over 28000 publications and conferences in their data base.
        
        
      • DOCDEL-L, Jan. 1996 "A new moderated listserv.... has been created to promote discussion of the exciting world of document delivery. Topics to be covered will include pricing concerns, document delivery and the academic library, the various providers, and the future of document delivery. This listserv is managed by EBSCOdoc.
        
        

        To sign up to this list:
        
        1) address email to LISTPROC@WWW.EBSCODOC.COM
        
        2) leave the subject line blank
        
        3) in the body of the message write: SUBSCRIBE DOCDEL-L YourName
        
        

        For further information, contact: Tim Strickland, List Manager, DOCDEL-L tstricklan@ebscodoc.com
        

        
        
        
    • INDEXING PROFESSIONALS
      • American Society of Indexers Web site contains very useful reference materials and resources links for not only indexers but also anyone interested in the publishing industry.
      • Indexing Services / Consultants
        • American Society of Indexers
          • asi@well.com
          • http://www.well.com/user/asi/
    
    
    
13. LIBRARIES
    • INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
    • PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS FOR LIBRARIANS
      • American Library Association Divisions
      • American Library Association Archives
      • About The Canadian Library Association
      • International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions Section on Information Technology
        "The Section is a cross-section group, which stimulates, develops and promotes concepts and tools for the improvement of quality of modern library services, involving advanced technologies for creation, storage, retrieval, manipulation and display of information for all types of libraries, supports the development and application of a range of international standards and encourages linking in the information chain..." Cited from this IFLA URL page
      • Special Libraries Association Information SLA "... Membership Benefits . General Information | Publishing Services | Professional Development | Annual Conference and Exhibits | Public Relations | Government Relations | Research | Information Resources Center | ..." cited in InfoSeek description January 20, 1996
    
    
    
14. NEWS SERVICES
    • PERSONAL COMPUTING BREAKING NEWS
      • PC Week Online "follow breaking news daily from PC Week Online" - from PC Week magazine
    • USENET NEWS
      • Deja News Query Service "where you can search a year's worth of Usenet News posts--and we mean posts, not just subjects; this thing goes through the full text." Internet World Jan. 1996 p.22
    • BUSINESS BREAKING NEWS
      • PR Newswire "A great source of breaking news about what's happening in the business world--'the leading distributor of full-text corporate news since 1954.'" Internet World, Jan. 1996 p.32-33
    • ONLINE NEWSPAPERS
      • Singapore Press Holdings on the Web
        • The Straits Times Interactive
          Asia's premier newspaper
        • Business Times
          Asia's Business Paper
        • Lianhe Zaobao
          Asean's Leading Chinese Newspaper (GB code)
        • BT StockWatch - SES
          Finance/Real-time Spore Stock Prices
        • The New Paper
        • BT Business Directory
          Your link to Southeast Asia's business hub
        • Computer Times Online
          The monthly publication for computer users
        • Guangzhou Ribao
          Chinese Newspaper from Canton (GB code)
        • Business Day
          Thailand's first international business daily
        • Entertainment: Music Room
          Listen to music clips of your favourite artistes
        • Shipping Times
          Transport News & Shipping Guide
        • Travel
          See the world and more
        • Flight Information Services
          Round-the-clock air arrivals & departures
          and weekly schedules
        • Infoline
          Audiotex service
      • ONLINE NEWS SERVICES
        • Newspage "An electronic news service with 500 information sources and 25,000 pages refreshed daily--'the most comprehensive news site on the Web.'" Internet World, Jan. 1996 p.33
    
    
    
15. PUBLISHING
    • PUBLISH RGB Magazine ...the online resource for graphic designers and production specialists working in today's media. Here, the editors, artists, and contributors of Publish magazine invite you to participate in the ongoing discourse on trends and technologies reshaping the field of electronic publishing" (cited from PUBLISH RGB Feb. 07, 1996 welcome statement on home page)
    
    
    
16. RECORDS MANAGEMENT
    • ARMA International - Association of Records Managers and Administrators, an organization of 10,000 records and information managers from around the world. Cited in YAHOO search 01/05/95
    
    
    
17. RECREATION
    • BOOKS -- CYBERSPACE
      • White Dwarf Book Store the largest collection of Science fiction & fantasy books in Cyberspace. They are based in Vancouver, B.C.--the home town of authors such as: Bill Gibson, Spider Robinson, Sean Russel etc.
    • SKIING & RESORTS -- CANADA
      • Whister Mountain homepage
      • Whister Resort
      • Blackcomb Mountain