Tim's Web Page Directory - Reference Shelf Links

Almanac

dMarie Time Capsule
Guinness World Records
History Net
International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
License Plates of the Wold -- Michael Kustermann
The Old Farmer's Almanac
Symbols - encyclopedia of graphic symbols
This Day in History -- History Channel
Timelines of History -- Ken Polsson

Canadiana

Canada in the World
Canada's Digital Collections
Canadian Heritage Gallery
The Canadian Press
Cross-Canada Phrasebook -- Geist
Early Canadiana Online
Expo 67 - National Archives of Canada
For King and Empire - Canada's soldiers in the great war
Geographical Names of Canada -- Natural Resources Canada
Geomaps -- Canadian Geographic magazine
Government of Canada
Departments and Agencies
Grave Sites of Canadian Prime Ministers
Great Canadian Questions -- Dominion Institute
Historica - Canadian history education
Hudson's Bay Company Archives -- Archives of Manitoba
Images Canada - picturing Canadian culture -- National Library of Canada
Images of Canada Gallery - a Canadian history -- Canada Science and Technology Museum
Invade Canada
The Last Best West - advertising for immigrants to western Canada, 1870-1930
The Maple Leaf Legacy Project - in remembrance of Canada's war dead
Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage
Oh Canada -- Chris Fortier
Riel, Dumont, and the 1885 Rebellion -- Brian M Brown
Saskatchewan Stories

Dictionaries, Grammar, Language

Acronym Finder
AllWords
The American Heritage Book of English Usage -- Bartleby
AskOxford - Oxford dictionaries
Barlett's Familiar Quotations -- Bartleby
A Collection of Word Oddities and Trivia -- Jeff Miller
Dictionary - dictionary, thesaurus, translator, writing resources
e Learn English Language - on-line language learning -- Laura K Lawless
The Free Dictionary - English, medical, legal, computer, thesaurus
GrammarNow - grammar, composition, editing, proofreading resource
HyperGrammar -- David Megginson, University of Ottawa
The Internet Grammar of English -- The Survey of English Usage, University College, London
LookWayUp - dictionary, thesaurus, translation
Merriam-Webster - dictionary, thesaurus
Merriam-Webster Open Dictionary - submit and share entries
OneLook Dictionaries - parallel dictionary search
Phrase Finder -- Gary Martin
Quotes R Us
RhymeZone
Roget's Thesaurus -- Bartleby
Thesaurus
Webster's Dictionary
The Word Spy - recently coined words
Word Count - 86,800 most frequently used English words
Word Traps
Words: Woe and Wonder -- CBC

Foreign Language Services

Babel Fish Translation - text or web page translation -- AltaVista
Foreign Languages for Travellers
FreeTranslation
iLove Languages
Language Tools - text or web page translation -- Google
WordReference - word translation

German

BBC Languages - French, Spanish, German, Italian
Beginners' German -- Exeter University
Deutsch -- Languages Online
Deutsche Welle - Germany's International Broadcaster
DW-Radio
German Courses - downloadable audio files and handbook
English German Dictionary -- LEO
German -- AskOxford
German - learn German online -- BBC
German -- Corvallis High School, Corvallis, Oregon, USA
German - web page directory -- Google
German - web page directory -- iLove Languages
German - web page directory -- WorldLanguage
German Alphabet and Pronunciation Guide -- The Language Learning Playground
German English Dictionary -- Frank Richter, TU Chemnitz
German English Online Dictionary - mirror of LEO dictionary -- travlang
German for Beginners
German for Travellers
German Language -- About
German Language Course for English Speaking Students -- Peter Schroeder
German Language Practice - online interactive learning -- L Caplan-Carbin
German Language Resources -- McKinnon Secondary College
German Pronunciation -- SmartPhrase
German Pronunciation Guide -- Paul Joyce, Exeter University
German Teaching - language teaching resources -- Katherine Munro
Learn German Online; Resources -- Language Institute TREFF„PUNKT
Learning German -- Tim Davison
QuickDic - English, German
Schweizerdeutsch (Swiss German) - link collection -- Paul Joyce, University of Exeter
Super German Websites - web page directory -- Jim Becker
Web German -- Lizz Caplan-Carbin

Education, Schools, Museums

4 Teachers
Canada Agriculture Museum
Canada Science and Technology Museum Corporation
Canadian Museum of Civilization
Canadian Museum of Nature
A Century of Physics -- The American Physical Society
Cool Science for Curious Kids
Discovery Education School Resources
Donors Choose - teachers ask, you choose, students learn
EdSurf - online distance education learning resource for adult students
Free Stuff For Canadian Teachers
Museum of Anthropology -- UBC, Vancouver, British Columbia
Museum of Science - Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Mathematics

American Mathematical Society
Ask Dr Math
Interactive Mathematics Miscellany and Puzzles
Math Central -- University of Regina, Saskatchewan
Math World -- Wolfram Research
Measure 4 Measure - sites that calculate and translate -- Judi Wolinsky
Smile Program Mathematics Index -- Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement, Chicago, Illinois, USA
What's Special About This Number? -- Erich Friedman

Information Services, Reference Shelves, Libraries

AllExperts
Ask an Expert - web page directory -- Pam Blackstone
eHow - how to do just about anything
Encyclopędia Britannica
FixYa - technical support, user guides, repair service
Highbeam Encyclopedia
iTools
Infoplease
The Internet Public Library
LibrarySpot - encyclopedias, maps, online libraries, quotations, dictionaries
SoYouWanna - how to do all the things nobody taught you in school
refdesk
Tech Support Alert - web page directory -- Gizmo Richards
WikiAnswers
Wikipedia
Yahoo! Answers

Weather, Mother Earth, and Beyond

Astronomical Applications -- U.S. Naval Observatory
Sun or Moon Rise/Set Table for One Year
Astronomy Picture of the Day
The Atlas of Canada
Auroras -- The Exploratorium
Canadian Atlas Online -- Canadian Geographic
Cartographic Section - maps and geographic information resources -- United Nations
City Population -- Thomas Brinkhoff
Daily UV Index and Calendar -- The Meteorological Service of Canada
Earth and Moon Viewer -- John Walker
Earth Day -- The Wilderness Society
Earth Day Canada
Environment Canada
GSC Pacific - Sidney - Pacific Geoscience Centre
GeoEye
The Green Pages
International Space Station - Orbital Tracking -- NASA
Mars Images -- Malin Space Science Systems
The Meteorological Service of Canada
National Space Science Data Center (NSSDC) Photo Gallery - USA
Northern Lights
Our Science -- Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center
Recent Earthquakes -- United States Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
Sky and Telescope - astronomy ezine
Solar System -- National Geographic Society
Solar System Simulator -- NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, CalTech
Space
Sprol - worst places in the world
Sunrise Sunset Computer
terraserver
TerraServer -- Micro$oft
TopoZone - topographic maps
Visible Earth -- NASA

The Time of Day

Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
Official US Time
Time and Date
US Naval Observatory Master Clock
World Time Server

Weather

AccuWeather
Intellicast - weather forecasts
Weather -- CNN
The Weather Channel
Weather for You
The Weather Network
WeatherOffice -- Environment Canada
The Weather Underground
WorldClimate