Ontario
Facts
(For
Government Contacts go to the Gov't page. And don't forget,
sometimes you'll find Ontario stuff under the Canada Facts
& History section.)
Outline
history of Ontario
Good quick reference of Ontario history.
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Ontario
by District & County
A whole page
of links to sites with information on districts & counties
in Ontario. Information varies but can include cemetery lists,
histories, land records and even census information. Each
site is hosted by a volunteer interested in genealogy and
history. Look around - the amount of work and dedication is
astounding.
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Northern
Ontario Place Names
Devoted to understanding the meaning of place and feature
names in Northern Ontario.
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Ontario
Railway History Page
A history of the railway in Ontario.
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Early
Ontario Records
Birth, marriage and baptism registers of various ministers
from the 19th C on. Historical society records and articles.
Remarkable stuff.
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Ontario
Black History Society Online
Featuring black settlements, oral tales, burial grounds and
more.
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Community
Statistical Profiles
From StatsCan,
a search form to get the basic stats on any community in Canada.
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Canada
Facts & History
(For
Government Contacts go to the Gov't page)
CanadaHistory.com
Still partly a work in progress, I think. There's a concise
Canadian History Timeline that can be handy for quick lookups.
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Canadian
Statistics from Stats Can
Economy, people, geography — you know, statistics. From
our official statistics people, Statistics
Canada.
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Early
Canadiana Online
You can become a fee-paying member, but the documents available
for free are pretty extensive. Search under full text, subject,
author, title, publisher or bibliography. I've actually found
information on the MPP John Sheridan Hogan (murdered 1859).
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General
Facts
Columbia
Encyclopedia, Sixth Ed. (2001)
This is a service of Bartleby.com The entire Columbia Encyclopedia
for free. No joke.
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Encyclopedia
Britannica Online
Some features are only available with membership, but even
for free you can search and find articles on almost anything
- and the articles are in-depth and authoritative. What more
do you need.
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Bartleby.com
It calls itself the "preeminent Internet publisher of
literature, reference and verse providing students, researchers
and the intellectually curious with unlimited access to books
and information on the web, free of charge" -- and they're
right. References include full, searchable text versions of
the Columbia Encyclopedia, the US government's World
Factbook, the Columbia Gazetteer of North America,
the King James Bible, Post's Etiquette, Fowler's
King's English, and way more. And that's just their
reference. They also have Verse, Fiction and Nonfiction. Go
there. Now.
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How
Stuff Works
Run by the aptly-named Marshall Brain, this is the place to
go to find out how stuff works. Ever wondered how cars can
trigger the lights at intersections (and no, it's not their
weight that does it), or how silencers can make a gun shoot
more quietly? The only danger of this site is that it can
eat up an afternoon just following from one topic to another,
all the while you're saying, "So that's how they do that!"
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UselessKnowledge.com
Don't let the name fool you. Here you can find a lot of Canadian
Trivia, word and phrase origins,
vocabulary builder
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Religious
Facts
The
Bible Gateway
You can lookup by Passage or Word, with a choice of over a
dozen versions to choose from (New International, New American,
King James, New King James, etc.). Very useful for watching
X-Files to find out just how badly Chris Carter has
managed to misquote his favourite text.
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Topics
Index for the Koran
Choose topics by letter. Find out what the Koran really says
before telling people what it really says.
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Sacred
and Mythological Texts
Amazing
site.
It includes texts from Mormonism,
Buddhism,
Africa,
Native
Americans (including Aztec, Hopi, Iroquois and others),
Nostradamus,
the Book
of Shadows, Atlantis
(starting with Plato's story about it), and batches of others.
Very interesting, very informative.
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Literary
Facts
Bartleby.com
Anything to do with literature just has to begin with Bartleby.com
With complete texts of all the major, and not-so-major, classics
it's the definitive source for checking on quotations, or
just catching up on some reading.
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Literary
Resources on the Net
Good link site to all kinds of literary resources. From Classical
and Biblical to Renaissance, Victorian, Women's Literature
and more, it's a good starting place to answer any literary
questions that may pop up.
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Wrong
Facts: Urban Legends, Computer Myths, and other embarrassingly
false facts
AFU
& Urban Legends Archive
Urban legends consist of much more than choking Dobermans
and vanishing hitchhikers. In fact, every time you make reference
to the Eskimos/Intuits having forty or so words for snow,
are you sure you're not spreading misinformation? (Check out
the debate here
and here.)
This is a great resource site for finding out what you're
talking about.
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Snopes.com
Urban Legends Reference Pages
Snopes is run by two people, Barbara and David Mikkelson.
God knows how they do it, but they have created one of the
most informative UL sites around. Before believing the latest
rumour, check it out here. Or kick back for a few hours reading
all the great stories.
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Vmyths.com:
Truth About Computer Security Hysteria
Is someone trying to convince you that your entire computer
system will be destroyed by "X" virus/Trojan horse/whatever
unless you install the latest expensive security device? Check
out Vmyths to find out what the real threats are. Vmyths is
dedicated to informing people about what's real, and what's
not, in the field of computer viruses, hoaxes and urban legends.
To keep themselves uninfluenced by parties with a vested interest,
Vmyths will not accept advertising from companies that make
or sell computer security systems. Search for hoaxes here.
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About.com:
Urban Legends and Folklore
Good site, a lot of information and a good, but small, section
on Bad Science.
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Internet
Facts
Searching
the Internet: Strategies & Techniques
This is an in-depth study from the University at Albany Library
on how to use the Internet for research.
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About:
Advanced Web Searches
Relatively brief and concise explanation of advanced search
techniques including phrase searching, Boolean logic and parenthesis.
From the folks at About.com.
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About:
Internet for Beginners
Basically, everything you need to know about the Internet.
It isn't short, but it is understandable. From the folks at
About.com.
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What
People Search For
Take a look into some of the top search engines and find out
what people are searching for. The Take
A Peek feature for Ask
Jeeves is the most entertaining since its users type in
full questions ("Where can I buy men's shirts online?"
"How does the body change during puberty?" "Where
can I see photographs of Arizona?") and it automatically
refreshes every thirty seconds.
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Cyber
Atlas
Here's where you'll find out everything that's going on in
cyberspace. Among the many features are:
- The
Stats Toolbox where you can find out This Week's Usage
Stats, This Week's Top Ad Banners, Top Sites by Advertising
Revenue, Most Addictive Web Categories, and a couple of
hundred other features (no exaggeration, on the other hand,
some of them work intermittently).
- Glossary
which you can use either by browsing or by using their simple
search function.
- Articles
on Demographics,
Applications,
Geographics
and more.
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NUA
Internet Trends and Surveys
Surveys by the hundreds, with accompanying articles, on everything
to do with the Web. One item of interest is Websites
help newspaper circulation.
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Global
Internet Statistics (by Language)
Provided by Global Reach, this gives a quick idea of how many
people are on the Net, broken down by language. (As a bonus,
clicking on the language gives stats on the countries in which
it is spoken, along with their GNP.
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Freedom
of Information
Global
Internet Statistics (by Language)
Provided by Global Reach, this gives a quick idea of how many
people are on the Net, broken down by language. (As a bonus,
clicking on the language gives stats on the countries in which
it is spoken, along with their GNP.
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