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internet/web resources

• Academic Info -  An online education resource center with extensive subject guides and distance learning information.

Bible Commentaries

• Annotated Old Testament Bibliography - Denver Journal
  
• Calvin Theological Seminary Recommended Commentaries
  
• Exegesis Bibliography - Denver Journal
• Trinity Lutheran Seminary Recommended NT Commentaries
  

Bible Study Tools

• All-in-One Biblical Resources Search Bible Versions and Translations, Greek New Testament, Biblical Resource Sites, Ancient World, General Academic and Religion, Email List Arichves)
• Bible Study Tools (dictionaries, commentaries, concordances etc.)
  
• Bible Translations
• Internet Resources for the study and teaching of Theology
• NETS: New English Translation of the Septuagint
• Today's New International Version
  

Book Reviews

• ATLA Religion and ATLASerials database (restricted to CBC Library cardholders)
  
• Books & Culture: A Christian Review -Includes searchable archive and links
  
• BookPage - monthly book reviews with a mix of author interviews on the month's noteworthy new releases
• New York Review of Books-features book reviews, essays, and poems covering politics, literary criticism and art. Includes searchable archive and links
• PROQUEST Religion database (restricted to CBC Library cardholders)
• Review of Biblical Literature -includes searchable archive

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Christianity

• The Barna Group
• Biblical Theology Resources (Trinity College in the University of Toronto)
• BC Christian News
  
• Christian Classics Ethereal Library
  
• Canadian Christianity.com
• Christianity Online (includes Christianity Today, Leadership, Books & Culture, Christian History etc.
  
• Cross Canada Search.com
  
• ICL Net (Internet Christian Library) - (Christian Resources, Literature, Early Church documents
  
• Internet Resources for the study and teaching of Theology
• Religion-Online.org
  
• Virtual Religion Index
• Wabash Center guide to Internet Resources for Teaching Theology and Religion

  
  

• CrossCanada
• Camps BC - Camp Ministries of the Mennonite Brethren Church - includes: Camp Bob, Stillwood, Gardom Lake, The Pines, Camp Likely 
• Mennonite Camping Association
  
• Mennonite Camps and Retreat Centres
  
• My Summer Camps.com - Directory of camps in the US and Canada - search by province or state

• A Web of On-line Dictionaries
  
• Acronym Finder - the world's largest and most comprehensive dictionary of acronyms, abbreviations, and initialisms
• Alpha Language dictionary - includes dictionaries of languages all over the world
• Acronym Finder
• ARTFL Project Offers French to English dictionary plus other resources
• Bartleby.com - includes Bartlett's Familiar Quotatations, Gray's Anatomy, World Factbook 
• Cambridge Dictionaries Online
  
• dictionary.com - contains links to a number of dictionaries and includes a translator
• Encarta World English Dictionary - the online dictionary that "speaks to you
• Encyclopedia of Western Signs and Ideograms - an encyclopedia of graphic symbols
• A Glossary of Literary Terms and A Handbook of Rhetorical Devices
• Merriam-Webster Online
• OneLook Dictionaries - search close to 700 online dictionaries simultaneously
• Roget's Thesaurus 
• Social Science Dictionary
• Symbols.com - online encyclopedia of western signs and ideograms
• Whatis.com - dictionary of computing and internet terms
• yourDictionary.com - links to more than 1,800 dictionaries in more than 250 languages
  

  
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• Christian Info Directory - (B.C.'s Christian Info Directory)
• Christian Organizations
• Red Book: Directory of Services for the Lower Mainland - online guide to community, social and government agencies and services across the Lower Mainland
  
• International Organization Web Sites - pointers to over 5,000 International Organizations. Grouped alphabetically and by subject
• Scholarly Societies Project - University of Waterloo (international societies around the world)
  
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• Academic Info -  An online education resource center with extensive subject guides and distance learning information.
• Alberta Transfer Guide Online
• ACTS Seminaries (includes MBBS-BC campus)
  
• Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary
• Association for Biblical Higher Education (ABHE)
  
• Association of Theological Schools
• ACCC - Association of Canadian Community Colleges
  
• AUCC (Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada)
• BC Transfer Guide Online
  
• Canada's Universities (AUCC)
• Canadian Mennonite University - (CMU)
  
• Canadian Program of Studies Database - searchable database from the Association of Universities and Colleges in Canada
• CCCU Student Programs(Council for Christian Colleges and Universities)
• Christian College Directory
  
• College & Universities Home Pages worldwide
• CollegeNET (primarily U.S.)
  
• College Grad Job Hunter resumes, interviews
• Commonwealth of Learning (Open learning/distance education)
  
• Community & Technical Colleges (Canada)
• DistanceEdCanada.ca - searchable database of distance education courses and programs at various Canadian universities
• Distributed Learning Course Directory (BC) An online database of post-secondary credit courses in B.C.
• ERIC: Search the ERIC Database
  
• Financial Aid (FastWEB) (U.S. based)
• Gradschools.com (U.S. schools)
• Maclean's Magazine - College/Universities rankings
• MB Biblical Seminary (Mennonite Brethren Biblical Seminary - Fresno, Winnipeg, Langley, Ministry Quest)
  
• Mennonite Colleges, Schools, Universities
• Opening Doors comparing BC post-secondary programs - Ministry of Education
• Peterson's Education Center
  
• Peterson's Grad Directory
• Peterson's Undergrad Directory
• Post-secondary Application Service (PASBC-BC)
  
• Regent College
• ScholarshipsCanada.com
  
• SchoolFinder.com Canadian post-secondary institutions
• Study Abroad
  
• Trinity Western University
• U101 College Search Directory of college, community college, and university websites in the US and Canada. Links to over 3000 schools, organized by state or province
  
  

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• Christian Classics Ethereal
  
• The Online Books Page
• Project Gutenburg

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• Anglican Journal
• Books and Culture
• Canadian Mennonite
  
• Christian Century
  
• Christian History
• Christianity Today
  
• Direction (published by Mennonite Brethren post-secondary schools)
• Evangelical Mennonite Mission Conference Recorder
• First Things: The Journal of Religion and Public Life
• Journal for Christian Theological Research
  
• The Mennonite
  
• Mennonite Brethren Herald
• Mennonite Life
  
• The Mennonite Quarterly Review
• Mennonite periodicals
• New Jour (Archive of Internet Journals and Newsletters)
• Parenting
• Scholarly Societies Project - University of Waterloo (full-text serials from every society imaginable)
• Sojourners  
• Wabash Center -  resources on teaching and learning for teachers of religion and theology
  
• Weavings

• Alberta Transfer Guide Online
• AUCC - University Affairs (Association of Universities and Colleges in Canada)
• BC Transfer Guide Online
  
• BC Public Service - employment postings with BC Government
• BC WorkInfoNet
• Best Jobs Canada (searches by job category, location, date and keyword)
• Canada's Job Bank (Human Resources Development Canada)
• Canadian Christianity (job postings from BC church, para-church, education, other faith based groups)
• Canadian Universities (AUCC)
• CareerBuilder (CareerBuilder Canada)
• Career Paths Online
  
• CareerClick.com (one-stop Internet resource - postings in Canada's major daily newspapers)
• Christian Faculty Jobs
• ChurchJobs (allows you to search US and Canada Church Jobs, Christian Jobs and other Ministry Jobs and positions)
• Electronic Labour Exchange (Human Resources Development Canada)
• Employment Web Site (Trinity Western University Career Centre)
• Escape Artist (Jobs Overseas)
  
• FastWEB (scholarships, internships, and jobs, match your profile to college - may be U.S. based)
• Globe and Mail (Globe and Mail job postings)
• Graduate Resumes
  
• Manitoba WorkinfoNET
• MinistryEmployment.com (Canada's Christian Job Source)
  
• The Monster Board (30,000 job postings from countries around the world)
• Resume Tutor
• Service Canada (includes job bank by Service Canada on behalf of Human Resources and Social Development Canada (HRSDC)
• Study Abroad
• Summer Job Links (U.S. based)
• Summer Jobs Online (international)
  
• Theological Schools of North America
• WorkFutures (BC) Online
  
• Workopolis (Globe and Mail job postings)
• Youth Employment Information (Government of Canada)

  
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• BC Public Service - employment postings with BC Government
• B.C. Stats
• BC Laws
  
• BC Statutes and Regulations
• Government of British Columbia listing of available government publications
• Union of British Columbia Municipalities
  
  
  Canadian Sites
  
  
  
• ACJNet (Searchable listings of federal and provincial laws, statutes and regulations)
  
• Canadian Government Information On the Internet
• Consolidated Statutes of Canada
• Government of Canada
  
• Parliament of Canada
  
• Statistics Canada
  

• United States Government Information Network
• University of Michigan Documents Center - comprehensive gateway to US and international government information
• U.S. Dept. of Justice
  
• FEDSTATS - over 70 U.S. government agencies, providing free statistics
• U.S. Census
• U.S. State Department

  
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• Atlapedia Online - physical and political maps and country facts and statistics
  
• Biographies.com
• Britannica.com - Britannica's guide to countries
• CanQuotes - over 10,000 Canadian Quotations
• Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments - CIA
• CIA World Factbook- maps, facts, and statistics on countries of the world
• Infonation - United Nations - compare country data compare of statistical data between United Nations countries. Up to seven countries can be selected and combined with variables under the headings: geography, economy, population and social indicators.
• Library of Congress Country Studies
  
• Measurements Converter
• National Geographic's Map Machine
• Universal Currency Converter
• The World Bank Group: Countries and Regions
  
• World Biographical Index
  
• World Statesmen- encyclopedia of nations, colonies, international and religious organizations, and other polities and their rulers from 1700 to the present

• British Medical Journal -includes full-text articles
• Canadian Institute for Health Information
  
• Canadian Health Network
• Canadian Medical Association Journal - includes full-text articles
• ClinicalTrials.gov
  
• Dial-a-Dietician Resources
• Familydoctor.org - American Academy of Family Physicians
• Health Canada 
• HealthLinkBC
• HealthWorld Online
• Human Genome Program- a system of diagnosis, monitoring, and treatment of human diseases that is rooted in the mapping of the human genome. includes ethical, legal, and social issues.
• KidsHealth
  
• Medical Resources Reviews Database - excellent database reviewing medical "world wide web" sites. Covers health speciality sites and can be sorted by quality range, target audience, health specialities.
• Medline Plus Health Information - US National Library of Medicine & National Insitutes of Health. Excellent consumer information
• Mental-Health-Matters.com
  
• Mental Help Net
• Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy
• Merck Manual of Medical Information
• National Institute on Alcohol Abuse
  
• Natural Health and Longevity Resource Center
• PubMed - provides access to over 12 million MEDLINE citations back to the mid-1960's and additional life science journals. PubMed includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other related resources.
• RxList - Prescription Internet Drug List
• World Health Organization

  
  

• Bartleby.com - Great Books Online
  
• Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
• Bibliomania
  
• The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
• Concordances of Great Books
• Christian Classics (Classics in full-text such as works by Madam Guyon, George MacDonald, Calvin, Luther, Therese of Lisieux, Kierkegaard....)
• Project Gutenberg
  
• Pulitzer Prizes
• Quotations page - 19,000 quotations online from over 2400 authors

  
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• Mission Frontiers (the Bulletin of the U.S. Center for World Mission)
• Mission organizations
  
• Power to Change (Campus Crusade for Christ)

  
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• BC Christian News
  
• CanadianChristianity.com
• E&P Directory of Online Newspapers find any newspaper of the world
  
• News and Commentary US: and the World : organized by region and topic by hundreds of online news publications
• Online Newspapers find any newspaper of the world
• Canada.com various Canadian newspapers
  
• Globe and Mail
  
• CANOE various Canadian Online newspapers
  

  
  

• Canadiana - The Canadian Resource Page
• Internet Resources - College & Research Libraries
• IPL - The Internet Public Library
  
• lii.org - Librarians' Index to the Internet
• Refdesk.com - Facts and Reference
• Search Engines Worldwide - search engines sorted by country

  
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• Hartford Institute for Religion Research
  
• Internet Resources for the study and teaching of Theology (includes Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu sites)
• Virtual Religion Index

  
  
  

• Purdue Online Writing Lab - Purdue University writing resources and instructional material
• Columbia Bible College Term Paper Guide - and other resources.  Includes links to citation machines, citation software, and APA, MLA, Chicago citation guides
  
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• B.C. Stats
• B.C. Vital Statistics
• 1996 Community Profiles, 2001 Community Profiles , 2006 Community Profiles - from Statistics Canada
• Census Profiles of B.C. Census Subdivisions (CSDs) - 1991- 2006 census information for each regional district and Census subdivision
• A Guide to Finding 2001 Census Data - data and maps from Statistics Canada, compiled by the Maps, Data and Government Information Centre at Carleton University
• Local Government Statistics - from the Ministry of Community and Rural Development.

• EuroStat – The "Statistical Office of the European Communities" - statistical data of each of the 15 Member States of the European Union. 
• InfoNation (UN) -  compare of statistical data between United Nations countries. Up to seven countries can be selected and combined with variables under the headings: geography, economy, population and social indicators.
• National Statistics Agencies - a UN portal to government statistical pages worldwide.
• OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development) - Statistics portal
• Statistical Agencies (International) - US government portal to statistical websites from countries from around the world.
• World Development Indicators - A publication of the World Bank providing world statistics on population, the environment and the economy

• 411.com (find people, business listings, phone numbers, addresses, area codes, ZIP codes and postal codes)
• B.C. Yellow Pages (Search by type of business, location, company name)
• Canada411 (Phone directory with over 12 million Canadian numbers and postal codes)
• Infobel - International telephone and addresses
  
• Postal Code Lookup - Canada Post
• Switchboard (106 million residential and 11 million business listings in the U.S.)
• Whitepages.com (US and Canada phone numbers)
• YahooCanada (Search for e-mail addresses and phone numbers)

• African Studies WWW (U. Penn) 
• Airlines of the World
  
• Airports - International Airports Guide (world)
  
• Asian Studies WWW VL
  
• B.C. Ferries: Welcome Aboard.
  
• Canadian Geographical Names Canada's official geographical names Website
• CIA Publications The United States' Central Intelligence Agency's publications, including the latest edition of the CIA World Factbook on Intelligence and other Publications
• GORP.com Great Outdoor Recreation Pages
  
• Hostelling International - Canada.
• International Youth Hostel Federation
• Latin American Network Information Center (LANIC)includes South American, Central America, the Caribbean islands, and Mexico.
• MapQuest (excellent for distances between places, maps around the world)
• Middle Eastern Studies Internet Resources - Columbia University Libraries
• PCLMap Collection (political maps, city maps of the world)
• Russian and East European Studies.
• Travel Microsoft Expedia Travel includes travel agent, online magazine, maps, vacation shopping features as well as other resources.
• Travelocity Home Page Contains major resources for the do it yourself travel arranger.
• Tourist Guide U.S. and World general travel, accommodation, transport and shopping information.
• U.S. Census Bureau - American Factfinder.  Just enter the city and state or zip code and the program will return detailed fact sheet information on the locality.
• Vancouver International Airport
  
• Vancouver Webpages' Maps These maps are clickable to zoom in one level, and return approximate Latitude and Longitude positions for subsequent clicks, suitable for simple GPS or GIS application.
• World Time Zones

  
  

• Canadian Holidays
• Ecclesiastical Calendar
• World Time Zones
• World Wide Weather and Travel Information