RESEARCH RESOURCES
Art
French
Religion
Careers
General Resource Sources
Social Science
English
Physical Education and Health
Law
Science
Specialty Directories and Search Engines
Created to Search within Particular Disciplines
þ Artcyclopedia (Fine Arts)
þ Intute
þ Pinakes: A Subject Launchpad
þ University of Calgary - Scholarly Sports
þ Online Books Page Book Search
þ Scirus for Scientific Information Only
Using the following sites to find information at the beginning of your research. Many have advanced features (e.g., directories, search engines, timelines, student guides, and Help) to develop your topic and focus.
Links for General Research Sources
Information
Name of Site
Reliable Canadian information
Canadian Encyclopedia
Reliable Catholic information
Catholic Encyclopedia Online
Broad overview of a topic
Grolier Encyclopedia
User name: duffpeel Password: duff7878
Database of full-text articles
Mississauga Library System Electronic databases
Your 14 digit library number is needed here
Gale Cengage Electronic databases
See your Teacher-Librarian for the password
Ebsco Electronic databases
School/Public library catalogue
Mississauga Library System Catalogue
Key search engines
Google Canada
Ask.com
Directory of quality sites
Librarian’s Guide to the Internet
Canadian video clips
CBC Archives
Dictionaries in many languages
YourDictionary.com
Thesaurus
Thesaurus.com
Canada and world news
CBC News Online
Current Canadian Statistics
Statistics Canada (E-Stat)
If needed: User name: dpstat Password: estat
Canadian maps and atlases
Atlas of Canada
Primary historical sources
Toronto Star’s Pages of the Past
Relevant and inspiring quotations
Quoteland
World historical, geographical and political information
CIA – World Factbook
Religion Links
Catholic encyclopedia
Catholic Bible
The New American Bible
Bible Gateway
BibleGateway.com
Biographies of saints
Catholic Online/Saints & Angels
Catholic Catechism
Catechism of the Catholic Church
Information on the Church in Toronto
Archdiocese of Toronto
Information on the Catholic Church
Vatican – Holy See
World religions
BBC Radio and Television
Top of page
Art Links
Guide to art on the internet
Artcyclopedia (Fine Arts)
Resources for the study of art history
Art History
New York museum online
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Russian museum online
Hermitage Museum
French museum online
The Louvre
Canadian art collection
McMichael Collection
Getty Museum online
J. Paul Getty Museum
Career Links
Information about services and jobs
Service Canada Centre for Youth
Interactive career resource
Career Cruising
Interactive quiz for health and safety in the work place
Passport to Safety
Information on skilled trades
Apprenticesearch.com
Young workers awareness program
Workplace Safety and Insurance Board
English Links
Every poet for everyman every resource for every poet
Everypoet.com
Poetry
International Library of Poetry
Poetry Foundation
Shakespeare
Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet
Biographies, bibliographies and critical analysis of authors from every age and literary discipline
Literature Resource Centre
Links to literature indexes, dictionaries, thesaurus, quotations and many classic works of fiction and non-fiction
Bartleby
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