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CPI.Q – Canadian Periodicals
Canadian articles and reference

General OneFile
General reference for a variety of subject areas

Discovering Collection
Covers core subject areas, with popular topic picklists

Student Edition
Periodicals (newspapers and magazines) specifically targeted to high school students

General Reference Centre Gold
General interest database

Gale Virtual Reference Library
Encyclopedias and other specialized reference sources

Health & Wellness Resource Centre
Medical and health reference

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Online References (Websites)

Ask a Teacher (get live chat help from a teacher)
http://www.ilc.org/cfmx/AAT/AboutAAT/

CBC Archives
http://archives.cbc.ca

BBC History
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/

Canadian Atlas Online
http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/atlas/intro.aspx?lang=En#

Internet Public Library Reference
http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/ref00.00.00

CIA World Factbook
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html

Citation Style Guide
http://www.liunet.edu/cwis/cwp/library/workshop/citation.htm

Plagiarism Tutorial
http://library.acadiau.ca/tutorials/plagiarism/

Dictionary of Canadian Biography
http://www.biographi.ca/EN/index.html

Bartleby Great Books Online
http://www.bartleby.com/

Cambridge Online Dictionary
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/default.asp?dict=CALD

Pics4Learning (images)
http://www.pics4learning.com/index.php

Answers.com
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/

EdSelect (further links)
http://www.edselect.com/

Simcoe County Public Libraries
http://www.county.simcoe.on.ca/cultural-and-information-services/library-co-operative/library-co-operative-members/

Barrie Public Library
http://www.library.barrie.on.ca/

Orillia Public Library
http://www.orilliapubliclibrary.ca/

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News Sites

CBC News
http://www.cbcnews.ca

The Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/

The Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/

National Post
http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/index.html

Canoe
http://en.canoe.ca/home.html

Macleans
http://www.macleans.ca/

Barrie Examiner
http://www.thebarrieexaminer.com/

Orillia Packet & Times
http://www.orilliapacket.com/

Midland Free Press
http://www.midlandfreepress.com/

Collingwood Enterprise-Bulletin
http://www.midlandfreepress.com/

Bradford Times
http://www.times.net/

Innisfil Examiner
http://www.innisfilexaminer.ca/webapp/sitepages/

BBC News
http://news.bbc.co.uk/

New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/

International Herald Tribune
http://www.iht.com/

CNN World News
http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/

Google News
http://news.google.ca/nwshp?oe=UTF-8&hl=en&tab=wn&q=

Yahoo News
http://ca.yahoo.com

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Pathways (Apprenticeships / Work / College / University)

Listing of Canadian Colleges
http://www.accc.ca/english/colleges/membership_list.htm

Ontario College Application Service
http://www.ontariocolleges.ca

Listing of Canadian Universities
http://www.aucc.ca/can_uni/our_universities/index_e.html

Ontario University Application Centre
http://www.ouac.on.ca/

Ontario University Information
http://www.electronicinfo.ca

Student Awards
http://www.studentawards.com/

Apprenticeships
http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/training/apprenticeship/Skills/main.html

Careers in Skilled Trades
http://www.careersintrades.ca/

Career Cruising (see your school’s guidance department for a password)
http://www.careercruising.com/

Workopolis
http://www.workopolis.com

Government of Canada Job Bank
http://www.jobbank.gc.ca/

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Encyclopedias

The Canadian Encyclopedia
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/

Encyclopedia Britannica
http://www.britannica.com

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