During our travels on the Internet, we found these sites to be particularly interesting, so we saved them for you to browse.
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A cool site is the Translation Service at Alta Vista allows users to quickly translate the mostly English content on the World Wide Web into French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish -- and vice versa. It's free, try it out..
News, Magazines, E-Text
- Canadian based publications on-line major listing
- Canada NewsWire is the largest news release database in Canada
- Better Homes and Gardens as good as the "dead tree" version. Good tips and pointers.
- CARPNews voice of the Canadian Association of Retired Persons, is Canada's largest national magazine aimed at the 50-plus audience.
- Commercial Newspapers at Yahoo
- Globe and Mail
- Grand Times Senior Magazine weekly Internet magazine designed exclusively for active older adults.
- Entertainment Magazines at Yahoo
- The Etext Archives (est. 1992) are home to electronic texts of all kinds
- News and Newspapers Online Large list maintained by the Electronic Resources staff of Jackson Library, UNC-Greensboro.
- New York Times Syndicate
- Project Gutenberg is one of the main Electronic Book projects. It takes books whose copyrights have expired and converts them into text files, and proceeds to make them available to the general public at no charge
- The Positive Press's motto is "Good News Every Day" and that is exactly what you'll get here, culled from various online news sources.
- Professional Cartoonists' Index includes current, updating cartoons from twenty four of the best editorial cartoonists in the world, lesson plans for using newspaper editorial cartoons as a teaching tool in Social Sciences, Art, Journalism and English from elementary through high school levels.
- The Toronto Sun Publishing Corporation and Rogers Multi-Media Inc. Daily News, Maclean's Magazine, Financial Post, and others
- Time Warner mega-collection of their magazines and more.
- SALEseeker newsletter - Now there's a simple way to know what's on Sale or Special at local stores, online stores and catalogs! Sign up for SALEseeker's FREE email alert- personalized for your shopping area and merchandise preferences- Why pay full price, when you can save
- eLandles - Shopping Mall. Multiple dealers selling thousands of Household items, Antique, Collectibles, Gifts and more.
- The Happy Wholesaler - Great gifts at great prices. Have a gift sent to anyone. We have high quality gifts for you, your family and your friends. Also get a free gift with all orders over $30.00. We now offer over 100 items online and almost 4000 in our catalog.
- Windows CE On-Line - Windows CE Handheld PC, and Palm-size PC Software, News, and Information.
- mySimon - The unbiased site for comparison shopping on the Internet. Shoppers compare millions of products from over 1000 merchants in categories like books, music, movies, apparel, computers, electronics, toys, sporting goods, gourmet foods and wines.
- GreenTravel.com - Free Postcards - Promote ecotourism and adventure travel through these great FREE adventure postcards from GreenTravel.com
- RealDiscussions.com - Get Connected! Real Discussions, for real people.
- ADPUSH - Personal Advertising Service - Webmasters - If you want to rotate your sponsors banners then you need to check out ADPUSH. Become your own complete Web-based personal ad agency and earn MORE REVENUE! Perfect for ClickTrade members!
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Exhibits/Museums
- Aging in America Project is a series of 36 original pencil drawings honoring the humanity, dignity and contributions of older Americans.
- Guide to Canadian Museums and Galleries
- Guide to Museums and Cultural Resources via The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
- Dead Sea Scrolls Exhibit
- Le Web Museum Fine Art from around the world
- International Museum of the Horse - Lexington, Kentucky
- Smithsonian Institution Museums an overview and links to their museums
- Yahoo:Museums and Exhibits large listing
- Victoria and Albert Museum is the largest museum of the decorative arts in the world
- Web Acropol a virtual tour of Acropolis
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File Transfer Protocol (FTP) - Share/FreeWare
- Simtel.Net from the Oak Archives (Canadian mirror) - the definitive source for software.
- The Ultimate Collection of Winsock Software - TUCOWS the name says it all (Winnipeg, MB mirror)
- Metro America Shareware Downloads
- Jumbo! large collection (59,000+) of shareware and freeware
- Computers and Internet Software listed at Yahoo
- Nerd Heaven: The Software Directory Directory links to many FTP sites
- The Free Software Shack
- Walnut Creek CDROM Electronic Catalog
- Browser.com from C|Net, a good page to find the latest WWW browsers and articles about them
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Genealogy
- Genealogy Research - Canadian National Archives How to get started, provincial links, advanced and beginner info. Great Site for canadian Genealogists
- Canadian Genealogy Resources Links to all provinces, national and world genealogy resources.
- Family Search Internet Genealogy Service Ancestor Search searches: Ancestral File, International Genealogical Index (British Isles, North America, and Finland regions), and web sites. Church of Latter-Day Saints.
- Geneanet Genealogical Database Network a list of surnames dating before 1850 which connect to addresses (Web, e-mail, or real world address) where whole works can be accessed.
- The Genealogy Home Page Excellent genealogy reference and sources
- Gleaton Family Tree is a truly amazing example of what one can do with a family genealogy. Also has some good genealogy links
- RF German-English Translation Services translation of family documents and letters in the OLD GERMAN SCRIPT, and ENGLISH-GERMAN correspondence with Austrian, German, and Swiss agencies, and families.
- Services to Genealogists and Family Historian from the National Library of Canada: a large collection of published sources relating to Canadian genealogy including family and local histories, transcriptions and indexes of parish registers, cemetery transcription lists and the periodicals of genealogical and historical societies from across Canada, as well as Canadian newspapers and city directories.
Humour
- Adrian's humor collection
- The Geezer Brigade "EMPOWERMENT THROUGH HUMOR!"
- Humor a collection from around the Internet
- Humournet is a mailing list for jokes, humorous stories, and entertaining anecdotes.
- Older Jokes For Older Folks courtesy of Seniors-Site
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Reference/Search Sites
Large collections of reference information. Search engines allow you to enter a search word(s) in a text box and submit them. Returned will be links that apply to your search word
- Canadian Information by Subject, from the National Library of Canada The objective is to provide links to information about Canada from Internet resources around the world. The subject arrangement is in the form of a "Subject Tree".
- Search.com: excellent search tool; combines many search engines from CNET a multi-dimensional site
- Contact Community Information a directory of "every" nonprofit resource found on the Internet, arranged by both topic and geographic location.
- 2ask allows searches of the best of online data without surfing to the sites them selves...
- EINet Galaxy a large reference source
- Britannica Internet Guide by the Encyclopedia Britannica
- The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing computer terms, information and reference
- Netdictionary is an alphabetical reference guide to technical, cultural, and humorousterms related to the Internet.
- Global Network Navigator
- FAQ: How to find people's E-mail addresses
- Internet Services List by Scott Yanoff
- Library Spot gateway to more than 2,500 libraries around the world and simplifies the search for top-notch reference tools, periodicals and online texts, library information and more
- One Look Dictionary Search For a Word in a Dictionary/Glossary
- Online Medical Dictionary is a searchable dictionary that contains terms relating to biochemistry, cell biology, chemistry, medicine, molecular biology, physics, plant biology, radiobiology, science and technology.
- The Whole Internet Catalogue
- The WWW Virtual Library
- Lycos search and index
- New Brunswick Government Hot List lots of links
- Telephone #'s and snail mail addresses
- Canada 411 Canadian phone numbers and postal codes
- Switch Board finds telephone numbers and some e-mail adresses in the United States
- Four11.com Internet White Pages
- International Telephone Directory
- Yahoo excellent search tool and large index
- WebCrawler a major search engine
- WWW Search Engine Register all the search engines on one page! Australian National University
- The Blue Planet designed to bring to you the best of the web
- Ask Jeeves interesting method of searching for entertainment through women's issues
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Special Interest Sites
- Art Machine artistic graphics, wallpaper, a graphics intensive site
- Birds Down Under Rebecca Bell from Australia, wonderful site with info about birds, art, pets, ecology, chat and more.
- Boatnet Home Page
- Canada at War:The Valour and The Horror Our goal is to explore all the World War II issues, thereby deepening our understanding of the history of Canadians in the Second World War and forces that strive to shape our views today. This is a large web site on wwii with over 200 pages of text, photos, graphics, chat, forums.
- Classical Music, an introduction for the novice and amateur Enthusiast
- Dicke E. Bird News wonderful entertaining articles on birding ("guaranteed 100% pure balony"), humerous yet enlightenening. A must see for birders.
- Index of Resources for Historians from the Department of History of the University of Kansas and the Lehrstuhl f�r �ltere deutsche Literaturwissenschaft der Universit�t Regensburg
- The Play Bridge Hand Generator is a bridge training and education tool, designed to be easy and fun. Either pick your cards or just wish-a-hand and playBridge will shuffle and deal for you. Use it to practice bidding with your partner, to visualize hands, to resolve what-if situations or to produce pre-filled duplicate forms.
- Folks on Line home for today's Cyberfolks... the world's non-technical majority. True stories, Helping hands, resources, software and more.
- Generation Connection Society (GCS) is a volunteer non-profit society whose purpose is to develop educational programs and resources which foster positive intergenerational communication, help increase self esteem and promote greater personal and social responsibility.
- Nineteenth Hole great place to learn about golf
- Old Time Radio WWW Page excellent site for old radio information and Real Audio sound bits. A must see!
- Radio Amateurs of Canada good site for Canadian "hams"
- Joseph Luft's Philatelic Resources on the Web, great place for stamp collectors
- TUFOP.....A rational approach to Ufology!
- Whole Family Center - a wonderful site with advice on parenting, marriage, family life, counselling, even a soap opera about a "blended family".
- World Language Program is a non-profit organization in 28 countries whose volunteers are dedicated to furthering world peace through education, literacy and world understanding.
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TRAVEL
- Avid Explorer Cruising, Special Value Packages, Travel Bazaar & Forums, Weather Reports and other connections
- Bed and Breakfast Canada all the provices listed
- Bed and Breakfast Inns of North America this guide will help you find Homestays, Guest Houses, B&Bs, B&B Inns, Country Inns, and even a B&B on a boat!
- Britannia is a wonderful site for British information, history, sites, culture and more.
- Canadian City Information Pages complete information about attractions, climate, utility hookups, parks and recreation, government and other important phone numbers, sports teams, local television and radio stations, local businesses
- City.Net the most comprehensive international guide to communities around the world.
- COSTA Travel Online Travel, air fares, cruises, packages, reservations
- Hawaii Information Conection Air Fares, Car Rentals, Accomodation, Restaurants and Night Life. From Planet-Hawaii
- Hotel Guide is the largest Internet directory of hotels, both domestic and international
- MapQuest Interactive Atlas, maps and travel directions for the United States
- Personal Travel Adventures and Stories a web site to share travel experiences
- Rec-Travel This world-wide information is provided by InterNet Solutions in Winnipeg
- Time Zone Convertor useful to find out "what time is it?" in other time zones
- Travel Web's goal is for all lodging company brochures to be accessible from this one site and their rooms bookable.
- Travels with Samantha A story about a trip though North America (with over 220 pictures)
- USA CityLink project is a city's interface to the world. It is the Internet's most comprehensive listing of World Wide Web pages featuring U.S. states and cities.
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USENET and Newsgroups
Internet News Groups Here are a few newsgroups for your perusal, selected from over 16,000, and the list is growing daily.
Deja News the "premiere USENET search utilty. Zippo News Service for World Wide Web access to newsgroups. return to categories of Selected Sites
World Wide Web Generalities
- All the Web Servers in the WORLD
- The World Wide Web Consortium has all the information about WWW developments
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