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Canadian Library Catalogues

Canadian National Catalogue - Library and Archives Canada

Kingston Frontenac Public Library

Queen`s University Libraries catalogue

Royal Military College Library catalogue

SOLS Database catalogue

St Lawrence College catalogue


International Catalogues

British Library catalogue

National Library of Australia catalogue


Statistics & facts

American Factfinder
   U.S. Census Bureau

Census 2001 GeoSearch

Census 2001 Release 1

GD Sourcing

United Nations Statistics Division


English Dictionaries

Canadian Common Law Dictionary - Law of Property & Estates (English-French)
   English-French dictionary for the National Program for the Integration of Both Official Languages in the Administration of Justice (or PAJLO)

Chambers Reference Online
   Dictionary, thesaurus, and biographical dictionary.

CMU pronouncing dictionary
   Phonemes

Dictionary.com

Fowler, H. W. 1908. The King`s English

Master Dictionary Index
   Languages, technical dictionaries, Roget, NASA glossary, hacker`s, science & technology, spell-checker, acronym expander, art lexicon, etc.

Merriam-Webster online dictionary

One Look Dictionaries
   Meta-index, includes acronyms, religion, computer, science, medical, sports, etc.

The Free Dictionary
   Includes a variety of subject and specialized dictionaries.

Wikitionary
   Part of the wikipedia family, this dictionary is edited by volunteers.

Word Online
   Index to free online dictionaries, unilingual, multilingual, special categories (science, environment, medicine, military, printing, etc.)


Canadian Phone and Address Links

411.ca

B.C. Yellow pages

Canada Yellow Pages

Canada411

Canadian National Atlas

Canadian Postal codes

Manitoba Yellow Pages

Reverse Postal Code Lookup

Zip Code / Postal Code lookup


Language Dictionaries

alphaDictionary (A Web of Online Dictionaries)
   English, language and subject dictionaries.

American Sign Language (ASL) Browser

ARTFL: French-English Dictionary

Grand Dictionnaire Terminologique
   From the Office quebecois de la langue francaise.

Logos Language Services
   Dictioanry of words in 200 languages. Translation services.


Specialized Dictionaries and Databases

AF: Acronym Finder

ARTFL Project
   French thesauri, dictionaries, Diderot, encyclopedias, bibliographies, fulltext available. University of Chicago.

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations

Bible Gateway
   Searchable revised standard bible.

Brewer's Phrase and Fable
   From Bibliomania

Canadian Common Law Dictionary- Law of Property and Estates
   English-French.

Citations du Monde (French)
   Quotations in French.

Citations.ca (French)
   Quotations in French.

Internet Acronym Server

Language Links
   Language teaching resources on the web.

Online Etymology Dictionary

Quotations Page

This Day in History


US & International Phone and Address Links

192.com (UK)
   Yellowpages

Big Book: Yellow Pages (US)

Europages: European Business Directory
   Multilingual.

Infobel (International Telephone Directories)

Infospace Yellow & White Pages (US)

National Address Server (US)

Searching for Someone (US)

Switchboard (US Yellow and White Pages)

The Phone Book (UK)
   Business and personal.

United States Postal Service (US)

World Yellow Pages (International)


Email, Toll-free and Other People/Place Finders

AnyWho: Toll-Free Number Directory
   From AT&T

Area Codes, by Number

Canada Toll Free
   Toll free numbers in Canada

Celebrity Addresses

Google Maps

Infospace Email Search

Mapquest
   Maps & Directions

Yahoo People Search
   Yahoo email directory, phone and address (US)