(Feb. 23, 2001)
All databases listed were available through the Internet on February 23, 2001.
Pathfinding database (Farm Consultation Service). Ottawa, 2000. HTML. Database. Title in French: Base de données d'orientation (Programme de consultation agricole). Internet (WWW). "Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's (AAFC) Farm Consultation Service (FCS) provides confidential financial management counselling to farmers through a pathfinding/referral service and a direct, one-on-one financial management counselling service.... The Pathfinding Internet Database is a preventative tool which identifies resources and alternatives available to the farmer or lender to assist them in finding the means to improve or change the direction of the farm operation." URL: http://www.agr.ca/fcs-pca/ Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW00-70 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
AgriWeb Canada. Prepared by Julia Goodman et al., Canadian Agricultural Library. Ottawa, 1995--. HTML. Database. Title in French: AgriWeb Canada. Internet (WWW). "AgriWeb Canada is a national directory of Canadian agriculture and agri-food information resources available via the Internet and other electronic means. AgriWeb Canada is produced by a team of librarians and information professionals.... Users can search AgriWeb Canada for resources by keyword, subject, geographic region, combination of subject and geographic region, or by type of organization. They can also browse the complete list of resources, which is in alphabetical order. Descriptions of the contents of the resources are provided." URL: http://www.agr.ca/agriweb/awhome-e.htm Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW97-23 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Inventory of Canadian agri-food research (ICAR). Issued by the Canadian Agri-Food Research Council. Ottawa, 1996--. HTML. Database. Title in French: L'inventaire de la recherche agro-alimentaire du Canada (ICAR). Internet (WWW). "ICAR contains detailed information on research projects in agriculture, food, human nutrition, aquaculture and related areas of biotechnology. Currently, ICAR describes over 3,200 projects from industry, universities, and provincial and federal establishments.... For each project, ICAR provides its title, objectives, the known and anticipated impact of the research, a status report and the names of the researchers and the research establishment. It indicates the research effort in terms of person-years and the focus of the research in terms of commodities or resources and in terms of functions or disciplines. Descriptive keywords and the names and addresses of funding sources and collaborating organizations are also included." URL: http://res2.agr.ca/icar/english/tableofcontents.htm Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW97-25 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Beetles of Canada and Alaska, by Yves Bousquet et al. Issued by the Eastern Cereal and Oilseed Research Centre. Ottawa, 2000. HTML. Database. Title in French: Les Coléoptères du Canada et de l'Alaska, Internet (WWW). "This database provides the current nomenclature of all the beetles known to occur in Canada and Alaska. Distributions are rendered by maps indicating the presence or absence of the taxa by geographic subregions." "Based on Yves Bousquet's Checklist of Beetles of Canada and Alaska [Cat. No. A43-1861/1991E]." URL: http://res.agr.ca/brd/beetles/english/html/bhome_e.html Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW00-19 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Canadian Poisonous Plants Information System, by Derek B. Munro. Issued by the Eastern Cereal and Oilseed Research Centre. Ottawa, 1996. HTML. Database. Internet (WWW). "This information system provides details taken from literature references for over 250 plants that can poison livestock, pets and humans in Canada. Its interactive search engine provides information on plant names, distribution, toxic plant parts, toxic chemicals, and symptoms of poisoning." "Based on Derek Munro's Canadian Poisonous Plants Information System, Information Systems No. 1993-1B [Cat. No. A21-40/1993-1]." URL: http://res.agr.ca/brd/poisonpl/ Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW00-20E Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Microbial genetic resources: Canadian collection of fungal cultures. Issued by the Eastern Cereal and Oilseed Research Centre. Ottawa, 1996. HTML. Database. Title in French: Ressources génétiques microbiennes: collection de cultures fongiques canadiennes. Internet (WWW). "The Canadian Collection of Fungal Cultures(CCFC) currently holds 10,500 strains of fungal cultures representing about 2,500 species. The collection originated as an amalgamation of individual research collections and now serves as the primary repository for fungal cultures in the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada research branch and accepts patent strains. It functions as a gene bank for this microbial resource and provides pure cultures to scientists in agriculture, forestry, medicine, private industry and biotechnology. Many species held in the collection are unique, and a number are new to science." URL: http://res.agr.ca/brd/ccc/ccctitle.html Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW00-21 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Brassicaceae in Canada, by S.I. Warwick, A. Francis and G.A. Mulligan. Issued by the Eastern Cereal and Oilseed Research Centre. Ottawa, 2000. HTML. Database. Title in French: Brassicacées du Canada, Internet (WWW). "The following electronic database provides information on all species of Brassicaceae in Canada, Alaska and Greenland. It includes: taxonomic information: currently correct scientific names, basionyms and other synonyms, and common English names; distributional data: both reference-based distributions and computer-generated maps based on herbarium specimens; additional biological information: chromosome numbers, native or introduced status in Canada, life form and ecology." URL: http://res.agr.ca/brd/brass/intro_e.htm Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW00-22 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). Ottawa, 2000. HTML. Database. Title in French: Système d'Information Taxonomique Intégré (SITI). Internet (WWW). "ITIS is a partnership of U.S. and Canadian agencies, other organizations, and taxonomic specialists cooperating on the development of an on-line, scientifically credible, list of biological names focusing on the biota of North America." URL: http://res.agr.ca/itis/abouten.html Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW00-31 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
National Soil DataBase (NSDB). Ottawa. HTML. Database. Internet (WWW). "The NSDB is the set of computer readable files which contain soil, landscape, and climatic data for all of Canada. It serves as the national archive for land resources information that was collected by federal and provincial field surveys, or created by land data analysis projects. " --A national ecological framework for Canada: a cooperative product. Prepared by I. B. Marshall and P. H. Schut. 1999--. "[An] expanded attribute database [that] includes attribute data for the ecoprovince level of generalization." Data available as file for download. URL: http://sis.agr.gc.ca/cansis/nsdb/ecostrat/intro.html Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW00-32E Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
National Soil DataBase (NSDB). Ottawa. HTML. Database. (Résumé en français) Internet (WWW). "The NSDB is the set of computer readable files which contain soil, landscape, and climatic data for all of Canada. It serves as the national archive for land resources information that was collected by federal and provincial field surveys, or created by land data analysis projects. " --Land Potential Data Base for Canada. 1999. "The Land Potential Data Base (LPDB) is a computerized information base, containing data about soil, climate, physiography, land use, modelled constraint free (potential) crop yields, actual crop yields and soil degradation for all regions of Canada. These data are referenced (keyed) to the map polygons of the Soils of Canada map, at a scale of 1:5,000,000." Data available as file for download. URL: http://sis.agr.gc.ca/cansis/nsdb/lpdb/intro.html Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW00-33E Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
National Soil DataBase (NSDB). Ottawa. HTML. Database. (Résumé en français) Internet (WWW). "The NSDB is the set of computer readable files which contain soil, landscape, and climatic data for all of Canada. It serves as the national archive for land resources information that was collected by federal and provincial field surveys, or created by land data analysis projects. " --Agroecological resource area databases for the prairies. 1993. "The Agroecological Resource Area maps were developed to provide biophysically homogenous units at a scale of 1:2 million which can be used to study agriculture, land use and conservation. These Agroecological Resource Areas (ARAs) represent areas of generally similar agricultural potential, and are based on ecoclimatic zonation, landform and soil characteristics. The ARA boundaries can be seen on the ARA maps for Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba." Data available as file for download. URL: http://sis.agr.gc.ca/cansis/nsdb/ara/intro.html Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW00-34E Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
National Soil DataBase (NSDB). Ottawa. HTML. Database. Internet (WWW). "The NSDB is the set of computer readable files which contain soil, landscape, and climatic data for all of Canada. It serves as the national archive for land resources information that was collected by federal and provincial field surveys, or created by land data analysis projects. " --Canada Land Inventory (CLI). 1998. "The Canada Land Inventory is a comprehensive multi-disciplinary land inventory of rural Canada, covering over 2.5 million square kilometers of land and water. Land capability for agriculture, forestry, wildlife, recreation, wildlife (ungulates and waterfowl) was mapped. Over 1000 mapsheets at the 1:250,000 scale are available on the Geogratis site for on-line map making and download of desktop publishing, or GIS formats." Data available as file for download. URL: http://sis.agr.gc.ca/cansis/nsdb/cli/intro.html Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW00-35E Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
National Soil DataBase (NSDB). Ottawa. HTML. Database. Internet (WWW). "The NSDB is the set of computer readable files which contain soil, landscape, and climatic data for all of Canada. It serves as the national archive for land resources information that was collected by federal and provincial field surveys, or created by land data analysis projects. " --Detailed soil surveys. 1993. "Soil surveys have been published for most of the agricultural areas, and many surrounding areas, across Canada. Data from these surveys comprise the most detailed soil inventory information in the NSDB.... Scale: 1:10,000 up to 1:250,000.... Attributes: For each polygon, the Component Table typically defines up to three soils and an estimate of the proportion of each soil within the map unit. Additional soils may have been identified in the original soil survey, but not included in the digital attribute tables because of historical file structure limitations. Each soil referred to in the Component Table is described further in the Soil Name Table and the Soil Layer Table. " Data available as file for download. URL: http://sis.agr.gc.ca/cansis/nsdb/detailed/intro.html Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW00-36E Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
National Soil DataBase (NSDB). Ottawa. HTML. Database. Internet (WWW). "The NSDB is the set of computer readable files which contain soil, landscape, and climatic data for all of Canada. It serves as the national archive for land resources information that was collected by federal and provincial field surveys, or created by land data analysis projects. " --Soil landscapes of Canada (SLC). 1991--. "CLRN has created a series of GIS coverages that show the major characteristics of soil and land for the whole country. SLCs were compiled at a scale of 1:1 million, and information is organized according to a uniform national set of soil and landscape criteria based on permanent natural attributes. The SLCs are based on existing soil survey maps which have been recompiled at 1:1 million scale. Each area (or polygon) on the map is described by a standard set of attributes. The full array of attributes that describe a distinct type of soil and its associated landscape, such as surface form, slope, water table depth, permafrost and lakes, is called a soil landscape. SLC polygons may contain one or more distinct soil landscape components and may also contain small but highly contrasting inclusion components. The location of these components within the polygon is not defined." "New versions are released as major structural or attribute changes are implemented. The following versions have been released: Version 1.0 starting in 1991, Version 2.0 November 1994, Version 2.1 July 1995, Version 2.2 December 1996" Data available as file for download. URL: http://sis.agr.gc.ca/cansis/nsdb/slc/intro.html Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW00-37E Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
National Soil DataBase (NSDB). Ottawa. HTML. Database. Internet (WWW). "The NSDB is the set of computer readable files which contain soil, landscape, and climatic data for all of Canada. It serves as the national archive for land resources information that was collected by federal and provincial field surveys, or created by land data analysis projects. " --Metadata for the detailed soil surveys. 2000--. "This metadata system allows you to obtain information about the detailed soil surveys in the NSDB." URL: http://sis.agr.gc.ca/cansis/nsdb/meta/query_detailed.html Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW00-49E Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
National Soil DataBase (NSDB). Ottawa. HTML. Database. Internet (WWW). "The NSDB is the set of computer readable files which contain soil, landscape, and climatic data for all of Canada. It serves as the national archive for land resources information that was collected by federal and provincial field surveys, or created by land data analysis projects. " --Metadata for the entire NSDB. 2000--. "This metadata system describes the entire data holdings and current status of the NSDB." URL: http://sis.agr.gc.ca/cansis/nsdb/meta/query_all.html Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW00-50E Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Business Information System (BIS). Ottawa, 1997--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Système d'information des entreprises (SIE) fédéral. Internet (WWW). "The Business Information System (BIS) is a national collection of databases of federal and provincial/territorial information. The BIS contains up-to-date bilingual descriptions of more than 1250 federal business programs, services and selected regulations from the 37 federal departments and agencies. An equivalent collection of provincial/territorial programs and services is added at each centre." URL: http://www.cbsc.org/fedbis/gpsr.cfm Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW98-27 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Parcel rate calculator. Ottawa, 1997--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Calcul des tarifs pour colis. Internet (WWW). "Calculate your parcel rates.... Enter information, submit the query, and the system will return the rates applicable to deliver your parcel within Canada." URL: http://www.canadapost.ca/CPC2/distrserv/rates/calchome.shtml Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW97-30 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Postal outlets near you. Ottawa, 1997--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Comptoirs postaux près de chez vous. Internet (WWW). "After you have entered your postal code... the system will return the postal outlets closest to your location." URL: http://www.canadapost.ca/CPC2/retail/polocation/location.shtml Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW97-31 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
CHEMINFO Database Hamilton, 1998--. HTML. Internet (WWW). "Comprehensive, practical, summarized occupational health and safety information on chemicals. Produced by CCOHS occupational health and safety specialists, each chemical profile uses non-technical language to describe potential workplace hazards and control measures. Each profile provides a detailed evaluation of health, fire and reactivity hazards, as well as recommendations on topics such as handling and storage, personal protective equipment, accidental release, first aid, and hazard classifications, including WHMIS, OSHA and European Union (EU)." "In most cases, you can search the databases for free, but must have a subscription to view the records retrieved by your searches." URL: http://www.ccohs.ca/products/web/cheminfo.html Price varies. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW99-39 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Conservation information. Ottawa, 2000--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Information sur la conservation. Internet (WWW). "Conservation Information is a growing database of information on a variety of conservation topics and questions, written by CCI staff and their research collaborators." URL: http://www.cci-icc.gc.ca/frameset_e.shtml?http%3A//www.cci-icc.gc.ca/document-ma nager/conservation-information_e.cfm Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW00-92 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
National Technical Assistance Registry (NTAR). Developed by the Centre for Cultural Management at the University of Waterloo. Waterloo, Ontario, 2000. HTML. Database. Title in French: Répertoire national d'assistance technique (RNAT). Internet (WWW). "NTAR is a bilingual, multi-purpose information resource -- skills and expertise for arts and heritage organizations seeking change... NTAR... has been developed by the Centre for Cultural Management at the University of Waterloo, with generous assistance from the Samuel and Saidye Bronfman Family Foundation and the Department of Canadian Heritage." URL: http://www.arts.uwaterloo.ca/ccm/programs/ccm_ntar.html Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW00-1 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Find a Canadian-based multimedia company. Ottawa, 1996--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Pour trouver une compagnie multimédia canadienne. Internet (WWW). "Your search will use Industry Canada's Canadian Company Capabilities database [Cat. No. WWW97-27]." URL: http://www.pch.gc.ca/arts/library/medias/find-e.htm Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW98-89 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Artefacts Canada: natural sciences. Ottawa, 1998--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Artefacts Canada: Internet (WWW). "A database of approximately 1 million specimen records representing more than 28,000 different species based on the collections information provided by contributing museums. Images are displayed when available, Have a look and you will find treasures from disciplines including Botany, Earth Sciences, Herpetology, Ichthyology, Invertebrate Zoology, Mammalogy, Ornithology, and Palaeontology." "The Palynology records, previously maintained in a separate database by the Canadian Museum of Nature, have how been added to Artefacts Canada: Natural Sciences. To find all the Palynology records in Artefacts Canada: Natural Sciences, just type "Palynology" in the search box." URL: http://daryl.chin.gc.ca/Artefacts/e_MasterLayout.cgi?db=2 Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW00-148 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Artefacts Canada : archeaological sites. Ottawa, 1998--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Artefacts Canada : Internet (WWW). "A database containing information on more than 70,000 archaeological sites administered by Canadian provincial, territorial, and federal government departments or agencies." URL: http://daryl.chin.gc.ca/Artefacts/e_MasterLayout.cgi?db=3 Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW00-149 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Artefacts Canada: humanities. Ottawa, 1998--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Artefacts Canada: Internet (WWW). "A database of approximately 2.5 million object records and images, where available, based on the collections information provided by contributing museums and galleries. Have a look and you will find treasures from disciplines such as archaeology, decorative arts, fine arts, ethnology, and history." URL: http://daryl.chin.gc.ca/Artefacts/e_MasterLayout.cgi Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW00-150 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Museology bibliography (BMUSE). Ottawa, 1996--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Bibliographie muséologique (BMUSE). Internet (WWW). "Brings together holdings from many international sources, including the UNESCO-ICOM Museum Information Centre, the Library of the Canadian Conservation Institute, and the Library of the Direction des Musées de France. Referenced material includes over 25,000 journals, journal articles, books, and reports published from 1900 to the present. The database will be expanded to include material from other international repositories of museological literature. This database assists museum studies students, museum professionals, curators, researchers, and librarians to keep abreast of current literature in specialized fields. Data are mainly in English and French, but subject key word fields contain data in both languages." URL: http://www.chin.gc.ca/Resources/Research_Ref/Reference_Info/BMUS/e_hp_bmus.html $100 per year. (Canada) $100 U.S. per year. (Other countries) Cat. No. WWW97-42 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
The great Canadian guide: your premier Internet connection to Canada's wonderful museums, galleries and more! Issued in cooperation with the Canadian Museums Association and CultureNet. Ottawa, 1996--. HTML. Database. Title in French: À la découverte du patrimoine: Internet (WWW). "The result of the integration of CHIN's Guide to Canadian Museums and Galleries and the Official Directory of the Canadian Museums Association. Over 2400 cultural institutions and attractions can be found in this unique, comprehensive, on-line gateway to Canadian heritage." "You can find an abundance of information on Canada's cultural institutions and attractions. Discover our natural history museums, fine art galleries, historic forts, zoos, planetariums, aquariums and more! Look up hours of operation, admission fees, and collection descriptions, and learn about the many services and products available. Browse through a Photo Album of objects in a collection and link to museum Web pages directly from our site. Search by location to find what events are happening in a particular museum, town, city or province, and map these locations to plan your walking or driving route." URL: http://daryl.chin.gc.ca/Museums/English/index.html Free. Cat. No. WWW97-43 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Atlantic Canada newspaper survey. Ottawa, 1997--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Relevé des journaux des provinces canadiennes de l'Atlantique. Internet (WWW). "The Atlantic Canada Newspaper Survey is an excellent source of information about goods and services offered for sale in major East Coast newspapers before 1900 and as early as the 1600's. This database documents the region's material culture, providing data on the probable origin and use of the items. The database contains information on such commodities as machinery, transportation and communications equipment, food and beverages, personal household goods, live animals, and crude and fabricated materials." URL: http://www.chin.gc.ca/Resources/Research_Ref/Reference_Info/ACNS/e_hp_acns.html $100 per year. (Canada) $100 U.S. per year. (Other countries) Cat. No. WWW98-66 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Conservation information network [BCin]. Ottawa, 1987--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Base de données bibliographiques [BCIN]. Internet (WWW). "BCIN is one of three conservation databases first released in 1987.... BCIN's contributing partners have brought together over 160,000 bibliographic records on conservation. A great deal of conservation literature is referenced, including the Art and Archaeology Technical Abstracts, technical reports, conference proceedings, journal articles, books and audiovisual and unpublished materials. The database also includes previously unavailable material from private sources, as well as new information gathered by a worldwide network of contributors. Contributors include Canadian Conservation Institute (CCI), Smithsonian Center for Materials Research and Education (SCMRE) (formerly CAL), Getty Conservation Institute (GCI and AATA), International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and the Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM), International Council of Museums (ICOM) and International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS)." URL: http://www.chin.gc.ca/Resources/Research_Ref/Reference_Info/BCIN/e_hp_bcin.html $345 per year. (Canada) $345 U.S. per year. (Other countries) Cat. No. WWW98-71 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Curatorial and Historical Index of publications. Ottawa, 1997--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Index des publications sur l'histoire et la conservation des collections. Internet (WWW). "This database indexes articles, research reports, and book and exhibit reviews found in the following journals: Material History Bulletin/Review (now published by the National Museum of Science & Technology); Museums Quarterly/Annual (published by the Ontario Museum Association); and Ontario History (published by the Ontario Historical Society). Historians and curators find this database of particular benefit, as do others researching heritage and culture. Data are recorded in English, although abstracts in French are included where available." URL: http://www.chin.gc.ca/Resources/Research_Ref/Reference_Info/CHIP/e_hp_chip.html $100 per year. (Canada) $100 U.S. per year. (Other countries) Cat. No. WWW98-74 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Canadian society of zoologists collections. Ottawa, 1997--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Collections de la Société canadienne de zoologie. Internet (WWW). "A compilation of data collected in a survey by the Canadian Society of Zoologists, this database is an inventory of over 150 zoological collections in Canada. The focus is on scientific zoological collections, with the exception of terrestrial arthropods. It includes collections found in museums, government agencies, universities, and some private collections. This information is being collected to identify, safeguard, and ensure a future for the smaller zoological collections in Canada." "Researchers may use the database to determine the location, contact person, and access procedures of collections in their area of expertise." URL: http://www.chin.gc.ca/Resources/Research_Ref/Reference_Info/CSZS/e_hp_cszs.html $100 per year. (Canada) $100 U.S. per year. (Other countries) Cat. No. WWW98-78 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Heritage law bibliography. Compiled by Patrick J. O'Keefe and Lyndel V. Prott. Ottawa, 1997--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Bibliographie des lois sur le patrimoine. Internet (WWW). "The Heritage Law Bibliography is a source of a great deal of bibliographic information pertaining to legal issues surrounding cultural and natural heritage in about 100 countries. Citations are drawn from the international literature and include books, journal articles, conference proceedings, reports of litigation, and government documents." URL: http://www.chin.gc.ca/Resources/Research_Ref/Reference_Info/HERB/e_hp_herb.html $100 per year. (Canada) $100 U.S. per year. (Other countries) Cat. No. WWW98-79 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Humanities data dictionary. Ottawa, 1994--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Dictionnaire de données des sciences humaines. Internet (WWW). "The Canadian Heritage Information Network's Data Dictionaries for the Humanities, Natural Sciences, and Archaeological Sites have proven to be valuable reference tools for the management of museum and gallery collections and archaeological sites.... They promote consistent recording by encouraging standards in database field structure and data format, which are necessary for the exchange of heritage information." URL: http://www.chin.gc.ca/Artefacts/RULH/e_hp_rulh.html Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW98-81 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Ship information database. Ottawa, 1997--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Base de données sur les navires. Internet (WWW). "The database was developed in response to the requirement of cultural resource managers to manage archaeological shipwreck. It contains information about ships that were registered in Canadian ports or sailed in Canadian waters. Although the primary target group for this database is archaeological resource managers, the information will also be of interest to marine curators, archivists, historians and avocationals." URL: http://daryl.chin.gc.ca:8000/basisbwdocs/sid/title1e.html Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW98-82 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Natural sciences data dictionary. Ottawa, 1994--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Dictionnaire de données des sciences naturelles. Internet (WWW). "The Natural Sciences Data Dictionary consists of 594 fields for collections in botany, earth sciences, palaeontology, invertebrate zoology, ichthyology, herpetology, ornithology, and mammalogy. The fields are grouped under entities such as, taxonomy, dating, treatment, description, environment, storage location, and exhibit." URL: http://www.chin.gc.ca/Artefacts/RULS/e_hp_ruls.html Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW99-75 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Archaeological sites data dictionary. Ottawa, 1994--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Dictionnaire de données des sites archéologiques. Internet (WWW). "The Archaeological Sites Data Dictionary consists of 82 fields for use by cultural resource managers and heritage agencies to record archaeological sites." URL: http://www.chin.gc.ca/Artefacts/RULA/e_hp_rula.html Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW99-76 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Research in progress. Ottawa, 2000. HTML. Database. Title in French: Recherche en cours. Internet (WWW). "This keyword index provides access to short news articles about current innovative health research projects, many of them funded by CIHR. They illustrate the exciting frontiers of health science being challenged by researchers in Canada's universities, hospitals and research institutes." URL: http://www.cihr.ca/research_database/researcher_profiles/research_progress/innov ations_e.shtml Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW00-27 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Collections storage. Ottawa, 1997--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Réserve des collections. Internet (WWW). "The Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation, CMCC (composed of the Canadian Museum of Civilization and the Canadian War Museum), is pleased to introduce an evolving searchable catalogue of its collections. Types of artifacts found in our database include: archaeological specimens, Aboriginal art, furniture, artwork, military objects, glass, porcelain, textiles and much more." URL: http://www.civilization.ca/membrs/collect/csintroe.html Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW99-53 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Canadian archaeological radiocarbon database, compiled by Dr. Richard E. Morlan. Ottawa, 1999--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Banque des datations par le radiocarbone en archéologie canadienne, Internet (WWW). "The Canadian Archaeological Radiocarbon Database, CARD, is a compilation of radiocarbon measurements that indicate the ages of archaeological and vertebrate palaeontological sites in Canada." URL: http://www.canadianarchaeology.com/radiocarbon/card/card.htm Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW99-91 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
GESICA: catalogue of the Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation. Ottawa, 1999--. HTML. Database. Title in French: GESICA: Internet (WWW). "The online catalogue of the Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation Library and Archives including records from the Canadian Museum of Civilization and the Canadian War Museum." URL: http://www.civilisations.ca:8001/html/geaclogin.html Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW99-97 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
On-line library search. Issued by the EPC Library. Ottawa, 1999--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Librairie en ligne. Internet (WWW). URL: http://www.epc-pcc.gc.ca/publicinfo/epc_library/search.html Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW00-142 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Compendium of ecosystem health goals, objectives and indicators. Ottawa, 1999--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Compendium des buts, objectifs et indicateurs relatifs à la santé de l'écosystème. Internet (WWW). "This site uses a database that will allow you to register your ecosystem-based initiative and consult other projects (similar or different from yours)." URL: http://www.ec.gc.ca/cehi/en/default.htm Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW00-78 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Environment Canada libraries: Prairie & Northern Region / Pacific Region libraries / Manitoba Environment and CCME union catalog. Ottawa, 1998--. HTML. Database. Internet (WWW). "The Union Catalog consists of over 60,000 records from the Environment Canada libraries in the Prairie and Northern Region (Edmonton, Regina, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, and Yellowknife), and the Pacific Region (Vancouver and North Vancouver), the collections of Manitoba Environment and Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME)." URL: http://www.andornot.com/envcan/ Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW00-88E Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
New substances: DSL/NDSL search engine for animate products of biotechnology. Ottawa, 2000--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Nouvelles substances: Internet (WWW). "Search for a specific Enzym Number or Micro-organisms Number on both the Domestic Substances List (DSL) and the Non-Domestic Substances List (NDSL)." URL: http://www.ec.gc.ca/cceb1/bio_e.html Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW00-93 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
SDinfo: sustainable development information system. Ottawa, 2000--. HTML. Database. Title in French: SDinfo: Internet (WWW). "The Sustainable Development Information System (SDinfo) is a new electronic information system developed by Environment Canada for the World Wide Web. It is designed to provide one-window access to sustainable development knowledge in the Government of Canada." "SDinfo features keyword and free text searching, full text searching, embedded images, input forms, hypertext links, and download capabilities." URL: http://www.sdinfo.gc.ca/SDinfo/Eng/Search/SearchRequest.cfm Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW00-96 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Library catalogue. Issued by Environment Canada Library, Downsview. Ottawa, 2000--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Catalogue de la bibliothèque. Internet (WWW). URL: http://www.msc-smc.ec.gc.ca/library/cat_e.cfm Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW00-144 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Canadian climate station catalogue. Ottawa, 2000--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Catalogue des stations climatologiques canadiennes. Internet (WWW). URL: http://ecgcca1.tor.ec.gc.ca/csc/query.asp Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW00-145 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
National pollutant release inventory. Ottawa, 1996--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Inventaire national des rejets de polluants. Internet (WWW). "The National Pollutant Release Inventory (NPRI) is the only legislated, nation wide, publicly accessible inventory of pollutant releases and transfers in Canada, providing information on a facility-by-facility basis. The inventory is intended to help Canadians develop a better understanding of the nature and quantities of listed substances being released into the environment. The NPRI supports a number of environmental initiatives by identifying priorities for action, encouraging voluntary measures to reduce releases, allowing tracking of progress in achieving reductions and supporting regulatory initiatives." URL: http://www.npri-inrp.com/queryform.cfm Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW98-25 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Municipal Water Use Database (MUD). Ottawa, 1999--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Base de données sur l'utilisation de l'eau par les municipalités (MUD). Internet (WWW). "Registered users can submit information to the municipal water use database." URL: http://www3.ec.gc.ca/MUD/eng/Default.cfm Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW99-122 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Water efficiency experiences database. Issued in cooperation with the Canadian Water and Wastewater Association. Ottawa, 1999--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Base de données sur les expériences en matière d'économie d'eau au Canada. Internet (WWW). "CWWA and Environment Canada have developed this site to encourage the exchange of information in this rapidly growing field. You can search the database and/or enter your own experience. If, for example, you have retrofitted plumbing fixtures, changed the price of water, educated your constituents or simply conducted a water audit - we'd like to hear from you, regardless of the sector you represent." URL: http://www.cwwa.ca/wed.htm Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW99-122 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Canadian Pollution Prevention Information Clearinghouse (CPPIC). Issued by the National Office of Pollution Prevention. Ottawa, 1998--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Centre canadien d'information sur la prévention de la pollution (CCIPP). Internet (WWW). "The Canadian Pollution Prevention Information Clearinghouse (CPPIC) is an Internet-based information tool. Its purpose is to link Canadians to pollution prevention information in order to help them practice it and develop pollution prevention plans." URL: http://www3.ec.gc.ca/CPPIC/index_e.htm Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW99-124 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Map search for species at risk in Canada. Ottawa, 2000--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Recherche avec cartes sur les espèces en péril. Internet (WWW). "find species that occur in a given area in Canada. It is possible to see the range of individual species or to see the range of all species in a particular group (e.g. mammals, birds, fish, plants)." URL: http://www.speciesatrisk.gc.ca/Species/English/enda_english.cfm Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW00-94 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Species at risk in Canada. Ottawa, 2000--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Espèces en péril au Canada. Internet (WWW). "A searchable database that provides information on species at risk as listed by the Committee on the Status of endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC). Descriptions of appearance, biology, habitat and threats, recovery efforts and more." URL: http://www.speciesatrisk.gc.ca/Species/English/SearchRequest.cfm Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW00-95 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
The directory of Canadian ornithologists. Prepared by the Migratory Birds Conservation Division in collaboration with the Society of Canadian Ornithologists. Ottawa, 1996--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Répertoire des ornithologistes canadiens. Internet (WWW). "The purpose of the directory is to foster collaboration among Canadian ornithologists." URL: http://www.cws-scf.ec.gc.ca/dco/dcosearch_e.cfm Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW97-22 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Canadian bird trends database. Ottawa, 1996--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Base de données sur les tendances notées chez les oiseaux du Canada. Internet (WWW). "The Canadian Bird Trends Database is a retrieval system that provides the user with information on Canadian bird species including: population trends, range distribution, and national conservation designations. Population trends are derived from Canadian Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) data and are updated on an annual basis." URL: http://www.cws-scf.ec.gc.ca/Trends/default.cfm Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW97-33 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Brochure database. Prepared by Emergencies Science Division. Ottawa, 1997--. HTML. Database. Internet (WWW). "The brochures database is a listing of companies which sell either equipment or services related to oil or chemical spills." URL: http://www.etcentre.org/cgi-win/Brochure_cgi.exe?Path=\Website\river\ Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW00-155E Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Calculate vehicle pollution. Ottawa, 1997--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Pollution provenant de véhicules. Internet (WWW). "The Emissions Research and Measurement Division - Pollution Calculations pages: Calculate vehicle pollution generated on any given trip. Results display the quantities of various pollutants from your car or truck, including carbon monoxide, NOx and other hydrocarbons." URL: http://www.etcentre.org/main/e/db/db.html Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW99-99 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Pollution generated by your snowblower. Ottawa, 1997--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Calculs de la pollution générée par votre chasse-neige. Internet (WWW). "The Emissions Research and Measurement Division - Pollution Calculations pages: Calculate the amount of pollutants created by your snowblower for a given period of time. Pollutants are displayed in grams of carbon monoxide, NOx + THC and estimated CO2." URL: http://www.etcentre.org/main/e/db/db.html Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW99-101 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Properties of crude oils and oil products. Prepared by Emergencies Science Division. Jointly funded by the United States Minerals Management Service. Ottawa, 1997--. HTML. Database. Internet (WWW). "There are 431 oils in the Oil Properties Database." URL: http://www.etcentre.org/cgi-win/oil_prop_cgi.exe?Path=\Website\river\ Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW99-103E Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Chemical synonyms database. Prepared by Emergencies Science Division. Ottawa, 1997--. HTML. Database. Internet (WWW). "This database is used to find synonyms of a chemical name and to find the standard IUPAC (International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry) name for that chemical." URL: http://www.etcentre.org/cgi-win/chem_syn_cgi.exe?Path=\Website\river\ Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW99-104E Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Person-portable analytical instruments database. Prepared by Emergencies Science Division. Ottawa, 1994--. HTML. Database. Internet (WWW). "This database consists of a survey of commercially available person-portable analytical instruments." URL: http://www.etcentre.org/cgi-win/ppe_cgi.exe?Path=\Website\river\ Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW99-105E Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
SPILLS Worldwide tanker spill database. Prepared by Emergencies Science Division. Ottawa, 1997--. HTML. Database. Internet (WWW). "There are currently 742 Tanker Spills in this database." URL: http://www.etcentre.org/cgi-win/Tanker_cgi.exe?Path=\Website\river\ Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW99-106E Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Waves. Ottawa, 1998--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Vagues. Internet (WWW). "WAVES, the Libraries' catalogue, contains bibliographic information about the published and unpublished literature relating to fisheries, aquatic sciences, and nautical sciences that is currently in the collections in the Fisheries and Oceans Canada Libraries." URL: http://inter01.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/wavesdocs/waves_mainmenu.html Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW99-66 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Online catalogue. Ottawa, 1996--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Catalogue automatisé. Internet (WWW). "Choose one of the following Library Catalogues: Headquarters' Libraries (Ottawa), Canadian Cultural Centre (Paris, France), Canadian Consulate General (New York, U.S.A.), Canadian Embassy (Mexico, Mexico), Canadian Embassy (Washington, U.S.A.), Canadian Embassy (Dublin, Ireland), Canadian Embassy (Tokyo, Japan), Canadian High Commission (London, Great Britain), Bisson Campus, all catalogues." URL: http://lib-bib.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/extlang*eng Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW97-100 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Treatment: Canadian directory of substance abuse services. Ottawa, 1996--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Réadaptation. Internet (WWW). "This is a database of substance abuse treatment services available in Canada. It includes more than 800 records updated in 1997." URL: http://www.ccsa.ca/trtsrch.htm Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW97-37 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Guide to employee assistance programs and services in Canada. Ottawa, 1996--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Guide des programmes et services d'aide aux employés offerts au Canada. Internet (WWW). URL: http://www.ccsa.ca/eapsrch.htm Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW97-38 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Educate. Ottawa, 1996--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Formation. Internet (WWW). "The database of addiction education programs offered by Canadian post-secondary institutions. It includes certificate, diploma and degree programs and addiction-related courses within various faculties and departments. Approximate size: 66 records." URL: http://www.ccsa.ca/educsrch.htm Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW97-39 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Problem gambling database. Ottawa, 1998--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Base de données sur le problème du jeu compulsif. Internet (WWW). "Directory of organizations and activities addressing problem gambling in Canada." URL: http://www.ccsa.ca/gambdir/gambsrch.htm Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW99-41 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Directory of addictions organizations in Canada. Ottawa, 1998--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Répertoire des organismes de lutte contre les dépendances au Canada. Internet (WWW). "This is a database of Canadian substance abuse and addictions organizations. It includes more than 2400 records updated in 1998" URL: http://www.ccsa.ca/dirsrch.htm Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW99-42 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Consortia building database. Issued by the Centres of Excellence for Children's Well-Being, Childhood and Youth Division. Ottawa, 1999--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Base de données pour la formation de consortiums. Internet (WWW). "This database is designed to help individuals and organizations in the formation of consortia to either register their interest as a potential partner or to use the database's search capabilities in finding potential partners." URL: http://ccoe.hc-creative.com/default.asp Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW00-23 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Cancer surveillance on-line. Ottawa, 2000. HTML. Database. Title in French: Surveillance du cancer en direct. Internet (WWW). "...this website will provide you with the most current cancer statistics in Canada. You will be able to look at trends in cancer incidence by province and territory, by age group, over time, and for 39 different cancer sites. Both graphs and tables will be displayed and instructions will be available for downloading the information to your personal computer." URL: http://cythera.ic.gc.ca/dsol/cancer/ Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW00-151 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Cardiovascular disease surveillance on-line. Ottawa, 2000. HTML. Database. Title in French: Surveillance des maladies cardio-vasculaires en direct. Internet (WWW). "...this website will provide you with the most current cardiovascular disease statistics in Canada. You will be able to look at trends for cardiovascular disease mortality and hospital separations by province and territory, by age group, over time. Both graphs and tables will be displayed and instructions will be available for downloading the information to your personal computer." URL: http://cythera.ic.gc.ca/dsol/cvd/index_e.html Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW00-152 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
CHIRPP [Canadian Hospitals Injury Reporting and Prevention Program] injury reports. Issued by the Child Injury Division, Bureau of Reproductive and Child Health. Ottawa, 1999--. HTML. Database. Title in French: SCHIRPT [Système canadien hospitalier d'information et de recherche en prévention des traumatismes] rapports de blessure. Internet (WWW). "CHIRPP is a computerized information system that collects and analyzes data on injuries to people (mainly children) who are seen at the emergency rooms of the 10 pediatric hospitals and of 6 general hospitals in Canada. Data collection began in April 1990 at the pediatric hospitals and between 1991 and 1995 at the general hospitals." URL: http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hpb/lcdc/brch/injury/index.html Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW99-131 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
PRIMO. Ottawa, 1996--. HTML. Database. Title in French: PRIMO. Internet (WWW). "Catalogue of the libraries of Human Resources Development Canada and Citizenship and Immigration Canada." "Includes all of these: Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC) Library catalogue; Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC) publications; HRDC Literacy and Plain Language collections; HRDC Office of Learning Technologies collections; Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) Library catalogue." URL: http://www.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca/primo Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW98-26 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Electronic Labour Exchange. Ottawa, 1998. HTML. Database. Title in French: Service de placement électronique . Internet (WWW). "The Electronic Labour Exchange (ELE) is an electronic employment service that matches work to people and people to work. Using a checklist, employers create a profile of the position they need filled, identifying the skills, education and experience they are looking for. Work seekers create similar profiles, using a skills checklist to describe their skills, education and experience. The Electronic Labour Exchange uses this information to make an exact match." URL: http://ele-spe.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca/ele-html/provResE.html Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW98-36 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Canada WorkInfoNet. Issued in cooperation with Industry Canada, The National Life/Work Centre, The Canadian Labour Force Development Board, the Canadian Career Development Foundation. Ottawa, 1998--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Info-Emploi Canada. Internet (WWW). "Canada WorkInfoNet is a searchable directory on the Internet. It provides links to hundreds of other sites which offer services and information about career planning, job searching, labour market information, education, literacy, training, and other community services. Canada WorkInfoNet is also a community-based partnership of government departments, non profit agencies and private sector organizations which share a common desire to help Canadians achieve their highest goals in their life and in their work." URL: http://www.workinfonet.ca/cwn/english/main.html Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW98-54 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Job bank. Ottawa, 1996--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Guichet emploi. Internet (WWW). "JOB BANK on the Internet" is an electronic listing of jobs, work or business opportunities phoned in to Human Resource Centres of Canada by employers around the country." URL: http://jb-ge.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca/owa_job/owa/intro.show?cLang=E Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW98-67 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Student planner learning opportunities databank. Issued by CanLearn Information Products Group. Ottawa, 2000--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Base de données sur les possibilités d'apprentissage. Internet (WWW). "From this point you will have access to information on learning opportunities available at universities, colleges, and private career colleges in Canada (we've even got distance education possibilities too!)." URL: http://216.208.47.164/canlearn/ci_prog.nsf/frmProgsIntro?OpenForm Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW00-64 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Student planner institutions databank. Issued by CanLearn Information Products Group. Ottawa, 2000--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Base de données sur les institutions. Internet (WWW). "This information resource will provide you with information on a wide range of Canadian learning institutions (including universities, colleges, and private career colleges)." URL: http://216.208.47.164/canlearn/ci_inst.nsf/frmSchsIntro?OpenForm Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW00-65 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Tuition fees. Issued by CanLearn Information Products Group. Ottawa, 2000--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Frais de scolarité. Internet (WWW). "Quick access to general tuition information from Canadian post-secondary institutions." URL: http://www.canlearn.ca/English/find/college&university/tuition.cfm Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW00-66 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Colleges and universities. Issued by CanLearn Information Products Group. Ottawa, 2000--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Cégeps, collèges et universités. Internet (WWW). "A complete listing of colleges and universities, including program and contact information." URL: http://www.canlearn.ca/English/find/college&university/college.cfm Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW00-67 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Academic calendars. Issued by CanLearn Information Products Group. Ottawa, 2000--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Calendriers scolaires. Internet (WWW). "Links to online academic course calendars from institutions from across Canada." URL: http://www.canlearn.ca/English/find/college&university/calendar.cfm Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW00-68 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Newspapers. Issued by CanLearn Information Products Group. Ottawa, 2000--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Journaux. Internet (WWW). Every college and university publishes at least one campus newspaper. We've collected them all here in our virtual newstand." URL: http://www.canlearn.ca/English/find/college&university/newspaper.cfm Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW00-69 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
OLT funded projects database. Issued under the Learning Technologies Library. Ottawa, 1998--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Base de données sur les projets financés par le BTA. Internet (WWW). "This fully searchable database provides details and summaries of projects. Search by province, Call date, sponsor, title, subject, and keyword." "As a partner in building a culture of lifelong learning, the federal government established the Office of Learning Technologies (OLT) within Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC), in 1996. The OLT's job is to raise awareness about the opportunities, challenges and benefits of technology-based learning and act as a catalyst for innovation in the area of learning and skills development enabled by technologies." URL: http://olt-bta.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca/info/index.html Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW99-78 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Literature Database. Issued under the Learning Technologies Library. Ottawa, 1998--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Base de données documentaires. Internet (WWW). "The literature database is a comprehensive database of books, periodicals, research reports, periodical articles, and other such documents on learning technologies." "30,000 references; links to 500 fulltext online documents" URL: http://olt-bta.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca/info/index.html Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW99-79 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Conferences database: conferences on learning technologies. Issued under the Learning Technologies Library. Ottawa, 1998--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Base de données de conférences: Internet (WWW). URL: http://olt-bta.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca/info/index.html Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW99-112 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
International LT initiatives database: OECD and EU countries. Issued under the Learning Technologies Library. Ottawa, 1998--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Base de données d'initiatives internationales: Internet (WWW). URL: http://olt-bta.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca/info/index.html Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW99-114 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Youth Resource Network of Canada: training and education: colleges and universities. Ottawa, 1998--. HTML. Links. Title in French: Réseau d'information jeunesse du Canada: formation et éducation: Internet (WWW). URL: http://www.youth.gc.ca/trainedu/univ_e.shtml Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW99-68 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Youth Resource Network of Canada : training and education : high schools. Ottawa, 1998--. HTML. Links. Title in French: Réseau d'information jeunesse du Canada : formation et éducation : Internet (WWW). URL: http://www.youth.gc.ca/trainedu/high_e.shtml Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW99-77 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
[E] REFINFO: responses to information requests. Ottawa, 2001--. HTML. Database. Title in French: [F] REFINFO: Internet (WWW). "REFINFO: the Refugee Information Request component, provides country-of-origin information in either English or French relating to refugees, migration, and human rights issues. It is a compilation of responses to formal Information Requests submitted to the Documentation, Information and Research Branch during the refugee determination process." URL: http://www.cisr.gc.ca/cgi-bin/foliocgi.exe/refinfo_e? Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW01-03 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
The Internet directory: a compendium of human rights and refugee resources available on the Internet. Compiled by the Research Branch. 3rd edition. Ottawa, 1999--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Répertoire Internet: Internet (WWW). "A compendium of human rights and refugee resources available on the Internet... Each annotated entry includes a link to the WWW site it describes." URL: http://www.irb.gc.ca/research/webdir/index_e.stm Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW99-116 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Aboriginal supplier inventory. Ottawa, 1997--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Répertoire des fournisseurs autochtones. Internet (WWW). "The ASI lists businesses that can provide a wide range of goods and services including construction. The ASI is a valuable tool for government purchasers and other interested parties who are looking for Aboriginal businesses that can supply the goods and services they need." URL: http://www.inac.gc.ca/cgi-bin/hsrun.exe/webasi/ASI_RFA/ASI_RFA.htx;start=HS_ASI_ TABLE_OF_CONTENTS_ASI Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW00-117 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Northern Information Network directory. Ottawa, 1997--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Réseau d'information nordique. Internet (WWW). "The Northern Information Network directory contains close to 500 descriptions of databases pertaining to the Canadian North." URL: http://esd.inac.gc.ca/nin/searchnin.asp Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW00-119 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
NORMIN.DB: the mineral showings database for the Northwest Territories & Nunavut. Ottawa, 2000--. HTML. Database. Title in French: NORMIN.DB: Internet (WWW). "NORMIN.DB is: a database of mineral showings (or commodity occurrences) in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut; and a metadata base of exploration assessment reports and other references to geology and mineral exploration in the NWT and Nunavut." User registration and password required for access to this database. URL: http://www.inacnt.internorth.ca/normin/normin_e.htm Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW00-129 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Housing and infrastructure assets. Ottawa, 2000--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Logement et infrastructure. Internet (WWW). "Housing & Infrastructure Assets data are comprised of several key components: housing counts and conditions; water delivery and sewage disposal services; and finally, information on community services." User registration and password required for access to this database. URL: http://esd.inac.gc.ca/edi/home.asp Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW00-130 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Non-registered on-reserve population. Ottawa, 2000--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Population non inscrite vivant dans les réserves. Internet (WWW). User registration and password required for access to this database. URL: http://esd.inac.gc.ca/edi/home.asp Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW00-131 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Canadian Consumer Information Gateway. Co-chaired by Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC), in partnership with Service Canada. Ottawa, 2000. HTML. Database. Title in French: Passerelle d'information pour le consommateur canadien. Internet (WWW). "The Canadian Consumer Information Gateway is a pilot project that currently involves over 25 federal government departments and agencies that have an interest in consumer issues... The objective of the Canadian Consumer Information Gateway is to be Canada's most extensive source of consumer information available on the Internet. It will empower Canadian consumers by providing a single-source window to information and contacts for virtually any consumer related enquiry." URL: http://ConsumerInformation.ca/cgi-bin/search.cgi?Language=E Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW00-25 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
The recipients of the Order of Canada. Issued under the SchoolNet Digital Collections Program. Ottawa, 1997. HTML. Database. Internet (WWW). "The database currently contains records of 3787 Canadians who have been selected to membership of the Order of Canada between July 1967 and July 1997. Each record may contain the complete Name of each Member, Residence (City, Province, Country), Year Born, Appointed Data, Elevated Date (if applicable), the Level of membership received, the Field of Activity, a short Biography, and the Deceased Date (if applicable)." URL: http://collections.ic.gc.ca/order/ Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW00-103E Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
CanConnect: database of opportunities. Ottawa, 2000--. HTML. Database. Title in French: ConnectAction: la base de données. Internet (WWW). "The CanConnect Database is a key component of CanConnect. It contains Canada's growing inventory of IT skills development opportunities and resources. You have at your finger tips a clearinghouse of information, a place where you can find out who is involved in IT skills development, what activities are taking place across the country, IT resources and a growing network of people and organizations with the same goals and interests as you! We have organized the activities into six categories - defining the "6C's" - Connectivity, Content, Competencies, Coaching Careers and Celebration." URL: http://canconnect.ic.gc.ca/cc/web/website/english/ops.asp Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW00-104 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
[Ontario Black History society archives database]. Issued by the Ontario Black History Society. Toronto, Ontario, 2000--. HTML. Database. Internet (WWW). "This digital collection was produced under contract to the SchoolNet Digital Collections program, Industry Canada." URL: http://collections.ic.gc.ca/obho/ Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW00-109E Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Aboriginal digital collections. Ottawa, 1998--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Collections numérisées autochtones. Internet (WWW). "The Aboriginal Digital Collections program is a partnership within Industry Canada between Canada's Digital Collections and Aboriginal Business Canada." URL: http://aboriginalcollections.ic.gc.ca/e/index.html Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW00-120 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
U.S. importers database. Ottawa, 2000--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Base de données sur les importateurs des États-Unis. Internet (WWW). "Over one million names of U.S. buyers and products they have recently imported from around the world by ship. Includes company name and address, type of product, weight, volume, date of arrival, and country of origin." User registration and password required for access to this database. URL: http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/sc_mrkti/tradebytes/engdoc/ Prices vary. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW00-125 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Performance plus. Ottawa, 2000--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Performance plus. Internet (WWW). "Performance Plus provides detailed financial and employment data on small businesses by industry for Canada, the provinces and territories. The Profiles have been produced every two years since 1985, with 1997 being the most current reference year available. The data provide performance benchmarks for the financial planning of start-up and established small and medium sized businesses." URL: http://sme.ic.gc.ca/ Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW00-132 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Business intelligence express (BIX). Ottawa, 2000--. HTML. Database. Title in French: L'informateur commercial express (ICX). Internet (WWW). "BIX allows you to search across three different databases (Patents, Trade-Marks, and Canadian Company Capabilities) for the information you need." URL: http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/sc_indps/metals/bix/engdoc/search.html Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW00-135 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Assignment and licensing system (ALS) database. Issued by Spectrum Management. Ottawa, 2000--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Base de données du système d'assignation et de licence (SGAL). Internet (WWW). "The Assignment and Licensing System (ALS) database contains technical, administrative, and financial data pertaining to all radio licences in Canada." User registration and password required for access to this database. Data available as file for download. URL: http://apollo.ic.gc.ca/engdoc/help/process_about_spectrum.html Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW00-137 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Business information by sector. Ottawa, 2001--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Information d'affaires par secteur. Internet (WWW). URL: http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/sc_indps/engdoc/homepage.html Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW00-153 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Contact!: the Canadian Management Network. Ottawa, 1997--. Database. Title in French: Contact!: Le réseau canadien de gestion. Internet (WWW). "Canada's most comprehensive source of contacts for business skills advice, business start-up centres, multicultural advisors and management software tools. Share expertise in business chat rooms, or browse the entrepreneur library." URL: http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/sc_mangb/contact/engdoc/homepage.html Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW97-17 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Canadian company capabilities: connecting you to business opportunity. Ottawa, 1996--. Database. Title in French: Réseau des entreprises canadiennes: Internet (WWW). "An online database with over 35,000 Canadian companies and 200,000 products and services." "All of the information in Canadian Company Capabilities has been provided by the companies themselves, or by other sources external to Industry Canada. Industry Canada assumes no responsibility for the accuracy, currency or reliability of the content." URL: http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/sc_coinf/ccc/engdoc/homepage.html Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW97-27 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Trade data online. Data obtained from Statistics Canada and the U.S. Department of Commerce. Ottawa, 1996--. Database. Title in French: Données sur le commerce en direct. Internet (WWW). "Data on Canadian and U.S. trade with over 200 countries, by product and industry groupings." "The international Harmonized System (HS) of Commodity Classification is employed to keep track of imports and exports of products. Trade data by product is also recompiled by industry groupings following the Canadian and U.S. standard industrial classifications (SICs)." "The data presented herein concerns only products (i.e. commodities, hard goods or other tangible merchandise). No information on trade in 'services' is available here." URL: http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/sc_mrkti/tdst/engdoc/tr_homep.html Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW97-29 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
National Technology Index (NTI): a virtual registry of Canadian universities and government technologies. Ottawa, 1997--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Index national de technologie (INT): Internet (WWW). "The NTI is a listing of more than 1,200 licensable technologies from the public sector." Search the NTI for technology and joint research opportunities. URL: http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/sc_innov/nti/engdoc/search.html Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW97-56 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
National Expertise Index (NEI). Ottawa, 1997--. HTML. Database. Title in French: L'Index national des compétences (INC). Internet (WWW). "The NEI contains more than 13,500 expertise pages of researchers from public research centres." URL: http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/sc_innov/cite/engdoc/search.html Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW97-57 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Year 2000 Canadian service providers. Ottawa, 1999--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Prestataires de services de l'an 2000. Internet (WWW). "A list of private sector suppliers ready to help your firm with services or products that address the Year 2000 computer problem." URL: http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/SSG/yk04024e.html Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW99-58 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Credit card costs calculator: as of May 1, 1999, Office of Consumer Affairs. Ottawa, 1999--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Calcul des frais de cartes de crédit: Internet (WWW). URL: http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/SSG/ca00458e.html Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW99-108 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
SME financial service charges calculator, Entrepreneurship and Small Business Office. Ottawa, 1999--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Calculatrice des frais bancaires pour les petites et moyennes entreprises PME, Internet (WWW). "The Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SME) Financial Service Charges Calculator compares the services charges of 52 small business accounts offered by 11 Canadian financial institutions." URL: https://strategis.ic.gc.ca/cgi-bin/sc_mangb/sources/calculBank/calcul.pl?lang=e Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW99-109 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Financial service charges calculator, Office of Consumer Affairs. Ottawa, 1998--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Outil de calcul des frais bancaires, Internet (WWW). "If you have a chequing or savings account at a Canadian financial institution, the calculator will allow you to compare your monthly service charges with those you would pay at other institutions." URL: http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/SSG/ca00669e.html Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW99-110 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Canadian women inventors. Ottawa, 1998--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Inventrices Canadiennes. Internet (WWW). "Search our database of over 60 Canadian women inventors." URL: http://napoleon.ic.gc.ca/cipo/cdn_inv.nsf/Home+Page+View/EnglishHome?OpenDocumen t Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW98-52 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Technology index. Ottawa, 1999--. HTML. Database. Title in French: L'index de technologie. Internet (WWW). "The Technology Index is a source of Canadian and International technology related information on various aspects of manufacturing. Search for publications, commercial and international research labs as well as technology development and collaborative research opportunities from Canadian universities." URL: http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/SSG/mm01381e.html Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW99-62 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
BIBLIO: The IDRC library catalogue. Ottawa, 1998--. HTML. Database. Title in French: BIBLIO : Internet (WWW). BIBLIO is a database describing items in the IDRC Library collection. Content: books, journals, videos, microfiches, electronic documents, information about development assistance agencies, IDRC publications, products of IDRC's activities and other research information. Size: 57 676 records. Languages: English, French and Spanish. Database updated daily. URL: http://www.idrc.ca/library/ddbs/index.html Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW98-40 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Nayudamma information bank. Ottawa, 1998--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Banque d'information Nayudamma. Internet (WWW). "The Nayudamma Information Bank contains information about and easy access to technologies supported by IDRC - technologies from the South for the South. Providing contact names for all the technologies described, it is a way of sharing and updating information on technological advancements for international development." URL: http://www.idrc.ca/nayudamma/index_e.html Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW98-92 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
ArchiviaNet: general inventory. Ottawa, 1995--. HTML. Database. Title in French: ArchiviaNet: inventaire général. Internet (WWW). "This version of the General Inventory offers a developing view of the National Archives of Canada holdings. Its content will progressively expand to include a more comprehensive view of government and private holdings on all media. In the case of government records, descriptions will be made available in both official languages." URL: http://www.archives.ca/exec/naweb.dll?fs&020123&e&top&0 Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW00-52 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
ArchiviaNet: home children. Ottawa, 1995--. HTML. Database. Title in French: ArchiviaNet: petits immigrés anglais. Internet (WWW). "Between 1869 and the early 1930s, over 100,000 children were sent to Canada from Great Britain during the child emigration movement. Members of the British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa are locating and indexing the names of these Home Children found in passenger lists in the custody of the National Archives of Canada." URL: http://www.archives.ca/exec/naweb.dll?fs&020110&e&top&0 Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW00-53 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
ArchiviaNet: immigration records (1925-1935). Ottawa, 1995--. HTML. Database. Title in French: ArchiviaNet: les dossiers d'immigration (1925-1935). Internet (WWW). "The National Archives of Canada holds immigration records from 1865 to 1935. The names of immigrants arriving from overseas are recorded in passenger lists. Those arriving from or via the United States are recorded in border entry lists. A series of old nominal indexes exist for the 1925 to 1935 records. In cooperation with the National Archives of Canada, the Pier 21 Society in Halifax, Nova Scotia, has input the information from the passenger list indexes into this database." URL: http://www.archives.ca/exec/naweb.dll?fs&020118&e&top&0 Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW00-54 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
ArchiviaNet: photographic holdings. Ottawa, 1995--. HTML. Database. Title in French: ArchiviaNet: photographies. Internet (WWW). "The National Archives has acquired through bequests, donations, and planned acquisition, over twenty-two million photographs illustrating Canadian reality, and certain aspects of the world in general. This search tool allows you to consult almost 400,000 descriptions of photographs, modern and old, as well as have access to some 100 digitized images on-line. This number will gradually increase. Descriptions are written mainly in the language of the creator-donor, with most descriptions in English." URL: http://www.archives.ca/exec/naweb.dll?fs&020115&e&top&0 Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW00-55 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
ArchiviaNet: records created by departments and agencies of the federal government. Ottawa, 1995--. HTML. Database. Title in French: ArchiviaNet: dossiers créés par les ministères et les organismes du gouvernement fédéral. Internet (WWW). "The database contains about 1,2 million descriptions of files created by departments and agencies of the Federal Government of Canada. These lists are useful for anyone interested in the federal government records held by the National Archives of Canada. Descriptions are written mainly in the language of the creator, with most descriptions in English." URL: http://www.archives.ca/exec/naweb.dll?fs&020105&e&top&0 Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW00-56 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
ArchiviaNet: works of art and caricatures. Ottawa, 1995--. HTML. Database. Title in French: ArchiviaNet: oeuvres d'art et caricatures. Internet (WWW). "The National Archives has acquired through bequests, donations, and planned acquisition, over 275,000 works of art relating mostly to Canada. This search tool allows you to consult almost 160,000 entries that correspond to a lesser number of works of art, given that some works have more than one description. About 5,000 digitized images of artworks are in the public domain and may be consulted on-line. This number will gradually increase. Descriptions are written mainly in the language of the creator-donor, with most descriptions in English." URL: http://www.archives.ca/exec/naweb.dll?fs&020116&e&top&0 Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW00-57 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
ArchiviaNet: Soldiers of the First World War: Canadian Expeditionary Force. Ottawa, 1995--. HTML. Database. Title in French: ArchiviaNet: Soldats de la Première Guerre mondiale: Corps expéditionnaire canadien. Internet (WWW). "Over 600,000 Canadians enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) during the First World War (1914-1918). The CEF database is an index to those personnel files, which are held by the National Archives. In addition, over 173,849 pages of Attestation papers have been scanned and made accessible through the database." URL: http://www.archives.ca/exec/naweb.dll?fs&020106&e&top&0 Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW99-57 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
ArchiviaNet: index to the 1871 census of Ontario. Issued in cooperation with the Ontario Genealogical Society. Ottawa, 1996--. HTML. Database. Title in French: ArchiviaNet: index du recensement de 1871 pour l'Ontario. Internet (WWW). "The index lists only the names of the heads-of-household and any individual living in a household who bears a different surname. Use the search program to locate names of interest in the database. The references you find will provide the exact page on which that name appears in the original census returns on microfilm. There you will find the names of any other family members living in the household." URL: http://www.archives.ca/exec/naweb.dll?fs&020108&e&top&0 Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW99-71 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
ArchiviaNet: Post Offices. Ottawa, 1999--. HTML. Database. Title in French: ArchiviaNet: Bureaux de poste. Internet (WWW). "The Post Offices database documents changes of postmasters at individual post offices located across Canada. The data relate to open and closed post offices located in the ten provinces and territories." URL: http://www.archives.ca/exec/naweb.dll?fs&020109&e&top&0 Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW99-81 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
ArchiviaNet: Dominion land grants. Ottawa, 1999--. HTML. Database. Title in French: ArchiviaNet: concessions de terres fédérales. Internet (WWW). "This specialty database relates exclusively to Letters Patent issued by the Lands Patent Branch of the Department of the Interior. The records refer to grants issued in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and the railway belt of British Columbia, c. 1870-1930." URL: http://www.archives.ca/exec/naweb.dll?fs&020111&e&top&0 Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW99-82 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
National gallery of Canada library catalogue. Ottawa, 1997--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Catalogue de la Bibliothèque du Musée des beaux-arts du Canada. Internet (WWW). "The Library of the National Gallery of Canada houses the most extensive collection of visual arts literature in Canada. Its particular strengths are in the Canadiana collections, the history of the Western tradition from the late Middle Ages to the present (with particular emphasis on painting, sculpture, and the graphic arts), and the history and technology of photography." URL: http://www.chin.gc.ca/Resources/Research_Ref/Reference_Info/NGCL/e_hp_ngcl.html Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW98-80 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Symbols and interlibrary loan policies in Canada. Ottawa, 1998--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Sigles et politiques de prêt entre bibliothèques au Canada. Internet (WWW). "The ILL Directory on the Web provides a current and alternate access to the print edition of the Symbols and Interlibrary Loan Policies in Canada." URL: http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/ill/eabtdrty.htm Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW00-39 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Canadian music periodical index (CMPI). Ottawa, 1996--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Index des périodiques de musique canadiens (IPMC). Internet (WWW). "CMPI is an index to Canadian music periodical literature which provides bibliographic sources for information on all aspects of musical activity in Canada. Updated monthly, the database currently includes more than 25,000 entries indexed from 475 Canadian music journals, newsletters and magazines from the late nineteenth century to the present day." URL: http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/wapp/cmpi/index_e.htm Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW00-40 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Canadian ISBN publishers' directory. Ottawa, 2000--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Répertoire ISBN des éditeurs canadiens. Internet (WWW). "The Canadian ISBN Publishers' Directory contains name and contact information for most Canadian publishers, past and present, who use the ISBN system. It currently lists some 20 000 publishers who use ISBNs for their Canadian publications." URL: http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/isbndir-bin/search/l=0 Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW00-41 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Canadian information by subject. Ottawa, 2000--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Information sur le Canada par matière. Internet (WWW). "An information service developed by the National Library of Canada to provide links to information about Canada from Internet resources around the world. The subject arrangement is in the form of a "SubjectTree", based on the structure of the Dewey Decimal Classification system" URL: http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/caninfo/ecaninfo.htm Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW00-42 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Canadian poetry archive. Ottawa, 2000--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Archives de poésie canadienne. Internet (WWW). "Features selected poems from over 100 early English- and French-language Canadian poets. Digitized from public domain anthologies found in the National Library of Canada's rich literature collection, the poems represent some of Canada's most notable poetry from the 19th and early 20th centuries." URL: http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/canvers/ehome.htm Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW00-43 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Disc-O-Logue. Ottawa, 2000--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Disc-O-Logue. Internet (WWW). "Disc-O-Logue was a catalogue of French-language popular music recordings available in Canada published between 1962 and 1979. This site was developed by the National Library of Canada using the archive acquired from the creator of Disc-O-Logue, Louise Lamothe. Part of the archive, a card catalogue of 90,000 song titles maintained by Madame Lamothe until 1985, has been automated. The resulting database is the heart of this Web site." URL: http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/discologue/english.htm Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW00-44 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
University of New Brunswick gateway to the CIHM [Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions] database. Ottawa, 1995--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Passerelle de l'Université du Nouveau-Brunswick à la base de données de l'ICMH [Institut canadien de microreproductions historiques]. Internet (WWW). "This is an experimental service accessing the UNICORN server at UNB." "CIHM was established in 1978 to locate early printed Canadian materials (books, annuals, and periodicals), to preserve their content on microfilm, and to make the resulting collections available to libraries and archives in Canada and abroad." URL: http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/cihm/cihmfm.htm Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW00-45 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Early Canadiana Online (ECO). Issued in cooperation with the Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions (CIHM), Université Laval Library, University of Toronto Library and Bibliothèque nationale du Québec. Ottawa, 2000--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Notre mémoire en ligne. Internet (WWW). "Early Canadiana Online (ECO) is a full text online collection of more than 3,000 books and pamphlets documenting Canadian history from the first European contact to the late 19th century. The collection is particularly strong in literature, women's history, native studies, travel and exploration, and the history of French Canada." URL: http://www.canadiana.org/ Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW00-46 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Inventory of Canadian digital initiatives. Ottawa, 2000--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Répertoire des projets canadiens de numérisation. Internet (WWW). "The Canadian Inventory of Digital Initiatives provides descriptions of Canadian information resources created for the Web, including general digital collections, resources centred around a particular theme, and reference sources and databases." URL: http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/initiatives/erella.htm Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW00-47 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Index to federal Royal Commissions. Ottawa, 2000--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Index des commissions royales fédérales. Internet (WWW). "This index provides author and keyword access to materials associated with more than 200 federal Royal Commissions that have taken place since Confederation. There are approximately 6800 items in the index that includes commission reports, briefs, submissions, evidence, working papers and other documents." URL: http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/indexcommissions/index_e.htm Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW00-48 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Access AMICUS on the web. Ottawa, 2000--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Accès AMICUS sur le web. Internet (WWW). "AMICUS is the bilingual information system of the National Library of Canada. The Library's fee-based search service, Access AMICUS, provides access to the AMICUS database." URL: http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/amicus/access/ Prices vary. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW00-123 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Répertoire de vedettes-matière (RVM). Ottawa, 2000--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Répertoire de vedettes-matière (RVM). Internet (WWW). "This Web version of the Répertoire de vedettes-matière (RVM) provides access to more than 160 000 French subject headings and to their English equivalents, as well as access to some 30 lists of subdivisions applicable to these headings. The Bibliothèque de l'Université Laval charges user fees and manages the subscription." User registration and password required for access to this database. URL: http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/rvmweb/index-e.htm Prices vary. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW00-126 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
resAnet. Ottawa, 1997--. HTML. Database. Title in French: resAnet. Internet (WWW). "resAnet is a Web-based interface to the National Library Catalogue. A subset of the AMICUS database, resAnet provides access without charge to brief records describing the National Library's rich collections. The ability to request materials by interlibrary loan is not provided." URL: http://amicus.nlc-bnc.ca/resanet/reslogine.htm Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW98-42 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
National library's electronic collection. Ottawa, 1998--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Collection électronique de la Bibliothèque nationale du Canada. Internet (WWW). "The NLC electronic collection incorporates formally published Canadian online books and journals. These publications are being acquired, catalogued, and permanently stored at the NLC. Public access is provided on the Internet through the World Wide Web. Catalogue records for Electronic Collection titles, including the Uniform Resource Locators (URLs), are available on NLC's AMICUS system and on resAnet." URL: http://collection.nlc-bnc.ca/e-coll-e/index-e.htm Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW98-43 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Databases of Gould's papers and recordings. Ottawa, 1998--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Bases de données des documents et des enregistrements de Gould. Internet (WWW). "Archival textual and iconographic documents...archival audiovisual documents." URL: http://www.gould.nlc-bnc.ca/ Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW98-55 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
The virtual gramophone database: Canadian historical sound recordings. Ottawa, 1998--. HTML. Database. HTML. Title in French: Gramophone virtuel: Internet (WWW). "The Virtual Gramophone: Canadian Historical Sound Recordings is a database which, when completed, will provide a detailed picture of the 78-rpm era in Canada. The Virtual Gramophone is being undertaken as a multiphase project, of which two phases have been completed. Phase one focused on the earliest commercial discs produced in Canada: approximately 2,100 7-inch 78-rpm recordings released by the Berliner Company of Montreal between 1899 and 1908. Phase two covered about 1,200 early 10-inch acoustic recordings made in Canada by the Berliner Company between 1901-1915." URL: http://www2.nlc-bnc.ca/gramophone/src/dbindx.htm Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW99-40 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Directory of special collections of research value in Canadian libraries. Ottawa, 1998--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Répertoire des collections spécialisées utiles à la recherche dans les bibliothèques canadiennes. Internet (WWW). "Originally published in 1992, the Directory was encoded by the University of Saskatchewan Library in 1995 in order to be mounted on the WWW as part of Industry Canada's SchoolNet Digital Collections program. Subsequently, Canadian research libraries agreed that the Directory should be updated and expanded. The National Library has therefore transformed the Directory into an electronic database application for the WWW. It is fully searchable and can be easily updated and expanded." URL: http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/collectionsp/ Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW99-73 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
National Capital Region library directory. Ottawa, 1998--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Répertoire des bibliothèques de la Région de la capitale nationale. Internet (WWW). "This electronic directory describes the reference and referral information services available in the National Capital Region (NCR) and provides librarians and researchers with practical information about collections, subject strengths and service policies. The information was initially compiled by means of a questionnaire which was distributed to NCR libraries and information centres in the summer of 1998." URL: http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/ncr-rcn/encrintr.htm Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW99-125 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
NRC expertise database. Ottawa, 1997--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Base de données de compétences du CNRC. Internet (WWW). "The NRC Expertise Database contains information about the expertise available at the National Research Council of Canada. NRC has over 1000 experts in a variety of fields including: biotechnology, construction technology, information and telecommunications technology, infrastructural technology, manufacturing technology." URL: http://www.nrc.ca/expertise/index.html Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW98-64 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
CISTI's Catalogue. Ottawa, 1996--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Catalogue de l'ICIST. Internet (WWW). "The catalogue allows you to search the collection and easily order documents. CISTI's collection of over 50,000 serial titles and over 600,000 books, reports and conference proceedings in science, technology, engineering and medicine is one of the largest of its kind in the world." URL: http://cat.cisti.nrc.ca/extlang*eng Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW99-74 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Federal digital geographic data in Canada. Issued by Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure and The Inter-Agency Committee on Geomatics. Ottawa, 1996--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Les jeux de données géographiques numériques au Canada. Internet (WWW). URL: http://cgdi.gc.ca/iacg/report/report/db_fdgd.htm Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW00-138 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Canadian Spatial Reference System data base. Issued by the Geodetic Survey Division. Ottawa, 2000--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Base de données du Système canadien de référence spatiale. Internet (WWW). "The Canadian Spatial Reference System (CSRS_DB) allows users direct access to the Canadian Spatial Reference System (CSRS) via the Canadian Active Control System Products (CACS) produced by the Active Control Section ACS and to the primary horizontal and vertical control networks maintained by the Geodetic Network Section GNS and archived on the National Geodetic Data Base NGDB." User registration and password required for access to this database. URL: http://cgis.geod.nrcan.gc.ca/products/html-public/GSDinfo/English/factsheets/csr s_db.html Price varies ($200 minimum) Cat. No. WWW00-146 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
National Forestry Database Program. Issued by the Canadian Council of Forest Ministers. Ottawa, 1997--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Programme national de données sur les forêts. Internet (WWW). "The Canadian Council of Forest Ministers (CCFM) founded the National Forestry Database Program (NFDP) in 1990 to establish a comprehensive national forestry database, to develop a public information program, and to provide forestry information to the federal, provincial and territorial policy processes." Contents: Compendium of Canadian forestry statistics, 1997.--National Forestry Database: summary, 1997.--Forest regeneration in Canada, 1975-1992. Updates at the national level are published in the NFDP website- section 6 - Silviculture." N.B.: This year, the Compendium of Canadian forestry statistics is only available on the Internet in the NFDP Website. URL: http://nfdp.ccfm.org/compendium/index_e.php Free. Cat. No. WWW97-46 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Canadian forestry researchers directory. Developed at the Pacific Forestry Centre. Ottawa, 1997--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Répertoire des chercheurs canadiens en foresterie. Internet (WWW). "Objective: to facilitate communications between and among forestry researchers and clients. Scope: the Canadian Forest Researchers Directory is an information tool that links forestry researchers in Canada as well as providing the forestry community with the capability to locate and contact experts working in forestry research. Searches can be carried out by discipline, location, activities as well as scientific name searches on species. The directory is open to all Canadian forestry researchers including graduate students." URL: http://www.pfc.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/cfrd/index.html Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW98-45 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Open file database. Issued by Geological Survey of Canada (Atlantic). Ottawa, 2000--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Base de données sur les dossiers publics. Internet (WWW). "Use this form to search the open file database. Define your search by entering a keyword, author or open file number in the fill-in form. All matching open files will then be displayed. Order a file by clicking its adjacent checkbox. You may also search the open file database by latitude and longitude." URL: http://agcwww.bio.ns.ca/pubprod/openfiles/openfile_search.html Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW00-98 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
GEOSCAN Issued by the Canadian National Earthquake Hazards Program. Ottawa, 1997--. HTML. Database. Title in French: GEOSCAN Internet (WWW). "GEOSCAN is a bibliographic database containing more than 40 000 records covering all the publications of the Geological Survey of Canada. Contributions by GSC staff to external publications have been included since 1986. Clients can perform their own searches on-line or enlist the assistance of the ESIC Reference Service. Custom-formatted outputs are available upon request. Fees may apply. Interfaces allow for searching of subsets of GSC publications..." URL: http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/ess/esic/geoscan_e.html Free. Cat. No. WWW97-48 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Canadian National Earthquake Database. Issued by the Canadian National Earthquake Hazards Program. Ottawa, 1997--. Database. Title in French: Banque de données séismologiques nationale canadienne. Internet (WWW). "This form makes available a subset of the Canadian National Earthquake Database. The subset contains epicentre information for recorded Canadian earthquakes." URL: http://www.seismo.nrcan.gc.ca/database/eq_db_e.html Free. Cat. No. WWW97-49 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
DINOFLAJ: Dinoflagellate classification database. Rob Fensome, Andrew MacRae, and Graham Williams Dartmouth, 1998--. HTML. Database. Internet (WWW). "DINOFLAJ is a database system containing a current classification of fossil and living dinoflagellates down to generic rank, and an index of fossil dinoflagellates at generic, specific, and infraspecific ranks. Dinoflagellates are single-celled organisms that have two distinctive flagella during at least part of their life cycle and/or a special type of nucleus called a dinokaryon. They are probably best known as a principal cause of "red tides" and paralytic shellfish poisoning. A glossary and an extensive list of references for modern and fossil dinoflagellate taxonomic references are included, and all information is hyperlinked for convenient browsing. The system is available in two forms: a web site and a CD-ROM version." Available from: Susan Merchant, Geological Survey of Canada (Atlantic), Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia B2Y 4A2. Telephone: (902) 426-3410; Fax: (902) 426-4465; E-mail: merchant@agc.bio.ns.ca URL: http://agcwww.bio.ns.ca/pubprod/dinoflaj/dinoflaj/index.html $70 per year. (CD-ROM) $70 per year. (Internet) $105 per year. (Both) Cat. No. WWW98-91E Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
CMARGIN: Canadian MARine Geoscience Information Network. Ottawa, 1999--. HTML. Database. Title in French: CMARGIN: Internet (WWW). "CMARGIN is an exciting new project that is creating a searchable collection of sea floor and coastal information from Canada and beyond. It features: Images - Photographs and Posters, Scientific Data Collected From Research Expeditions, Educational Resources For Teachers and Students." URL: http://agc.bio.ns.ca/CMARGIN/intro.html Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW99-80 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Canadian chronological databases Ottawa, 1999--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Base de données historiques. Internet (WWW). "National web-repository for geochronilogical information within the Canadian landmass on the Archean and Paleoproterozoic Shield areas, and Quaternary materials." URL: http://sts.gsc.nrcan.gc.ca/ressources/tsd.htm Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW99-83 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Map image rendering database for geoscience (mirAgE) project. Ottawa, 1999--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Le projet MirAgE (acronyme anglais pour : Map image rendering database for geoscience. Internet (WWW). "The Map Image Rendering Database for Geoscience (MIRAGE) project started in July 1998 with a grant from the ESS ResSources GSC initiative (RGSC). The goal of the RGSC is to provide Internet access to interoperable, multi-dimensional geoscience information in a client-focused manner through a network of linked sources. The RGSC will initially focus on digitally linking national, regional and project-scale information and databases within the GSC. This will be accomplished by coordinating the existing management and dissemination of digital geoscience information across the science divisions and the Geoscience Information Division." URL: http://www.rgsc.nrcan.gc.ca/mirage/ Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW99-84 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
EXTECH II 2d Geoscience database. Ottawa, 1999--. HTML. Database. Title in French: La base de données géoscientifiques EXTECH II 2D. Internet (WWW). "The EXTECH II program is a multidisciplinary, integrated and collaborative project on the development and testing of exploration methods and technology in the Bathurst Mining Camp, New Brunswick, Canada." URL: http://wwwims1.gsc.nrcan.gc.ca/projects/bathurst/index_e.html Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW99-86 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Geophysical atlas of Canada. Ottawa, 1999--. HTML. Database. Title in French: L'Atlas géophysique du Canada. Internet (WWW). "This web-edition of the Geophysical Map of Canada provides, for the first time, an opportunity to browse through a series of national digital databases that portray the regional geological and geophysical characteristics of the Canadian landmass and offshore. Included are not only the magnetic and gravity fields, but also the regional topography and the generalized bedrock geology, from recent digital compilations. Moreover, the user is able to display earthquake seismicity in relation to major geological features and query the date and magnitude of individual earthquakes." URL: http://wwwims1.gsc.nrcan.gc.ca/projects/geoatlas/geomap.html Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW99-87 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Interactive map query system. Ottawa, 1999--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Système interactif d'interrogation des cartes. Internet (WWW). "The databases available for you to search on this site include regional till geochemistry surveys, surficial geology maps, mineral deposits and lake and stream sediment geochemical surveys....The information will allow you to purchase the data from the GSC Bookstore. Provincial databases or maps are not available through the GSC Bookstore but through their respective provincial centers." URL: http://sts.gsc.nrcan.gc.ca/mabasyquad/intro.html Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW99-89 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
National topographic data base. Ottawa, 1998--. HTML. Title in French: Base nationale de données topographiques. Internet (WWW). "The National Topographic Data Base (NTDB) is a digital data base developed by Geomatics Canada. It covers the entire Canadian landmass and contains the features normally found on topographic maps at the scales of 1:50 000 and 1:250 000: hydrography, hypsography (contours), vegetation, the road network, roads, the rail network, the electric power network, designated area, land form, wetlands, and manmade features. In addition to allowing map production, the NTDB is highly useful to users of geographic information systems (GIS). For NTDB topographic coverage at the 1:50 000 and 1:250 000 scales, see the index maps." "Price depend on the quantity of digital topographic vector data in the file or theme, and is established by counting the number of kilometres of lines and the number of points delivered per order. A line is defined as being a linear entity or the delineation of an area measured in kilometres. A point is defined as being a punctual entity." URL: http://www.ccg.nrcan.gc.ca/ext/html/english/products/ntdb/ntdb.html Price varies according to format desired. Cat. No. WWW98-51 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
CCRS remote sensing glossary. Issued by the Canada Centre for Remote Sensing. Ottawa, 1998--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Glossaire de télédétection du CCT. Internet (WWW). "Our glossary database contains comprehensive listings for radar, optical and airborne remote sensing terms and related acronyms." URL: http://www.ccrs.nrcan.gc.ca/ccrs/eduref/ref/glosndxe.html Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW98-93 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Canadian remote sensing companies. Issued by the Canada Centre for Remote Sensing. Ottawa, 1998--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Les entreprises canadiennes de télédétection. Internet (WWW). "CCRS works closely with over 200 Canadian remote sensing companies to facilitate the development of remote sensing products and services for the domestic and export markets. You can browse through the database by province or search it directly using the form." URL: http://www.ccrs.nrcan.gc.ca/ccrs/comvnts/comp/rscompe.html Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW98-94 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Querying Canadian geographical names. Issued by the Secretariat of the Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical Names (CPCGN). Ottawa, 1998--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Recherche de noms géographiques au Canada. Internet (WWW). "The Canadian Geographical Names Data Base (CGNDB) contains some 500 000 records, over two-thirds of which are currently official names, as approved by the Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical Names (CPCGN). The remainder are unofficial; these may include other locally-used names for features, or formerly approved names that have been changed or rescinded." URL: http://GeoNames.NRCan.gc.ca/english/query.html Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW98-95 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
The Canadian communities atlas. Ottawa, 1999--. HTML. Database. Title in French: L'atlas des communautés canadiennes. Internet (WWW). "You can use this service to search the contents of all the on-line Community Atlas sites and the National Atlas of Canada and related geographical resources." URL: http://cgdi.gc.ca/ccatlas/atlas.htm Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW99-65 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Aerial Photography Information System (SIPA). Issued by the National Air Photo Library, Centre for Topographic Information. Ottawa, 1999--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Système d'information de photographie aérienne (SIPA). Internet (WWW). "The Aerial Photography Information System (SIPA) is a computerized database system created to search and purchase, via Internet, aerial photography of the National Air Photo Library of Canada (Photo Library)." URL: http://airphotos.nrcan.gc.ca/SIPA_coverage.html Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW99-128 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Refuelling sites. Ottawa, 1998--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Postes de ravitaillement. Internet (WWW). "Looking for natural gas, methanol or ethanol refuelling stations across Canada? Let this database be your guide. Input the city or province and select either natural gas or methanol and you will find their location!" URL: http://alt-fuels.nrcan.gc.ca/atfsearch.cfm Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW98-47 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Fuel consumption guide. Ottawa, 1998--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Guide de consommation de carburant. Internet (WWW). "Allows you to search for the fuel consumption ratings of new and late-model vehicles, starting with 1995 models. You can customize your search by selecting specific criteria such as make, model, engine size, transmission type, number of cylinders and fuel type." URL: http://autosmart.nrcan.gc.ca/pubs/fcg2_e.cfm Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW98-48 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Energy efficiency indicators database. Ottawa, 1998. Excel. Database. Title in French: La base de données sur les indicateurs d'efficacité énergétique. Internet (WWW). "The Energy efficiency Indicators Database contains all of the data used in the preparation of the report "Energy efficiency trends in Canada, an update"." URL: http://oee1.nrcan.gc.ca/dpa/data_e/database_e.cfm Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW99-45 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Unclaimed dividends search system. Ottawa, 1998--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Système de recherche de dividendes non réclamés. Internet (WWW). "This is a new service offered by the Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy. It allows you to quickly and easily search our records for unclaimed dividends." "There are currently 23,295 records in the database with the total amount of unclaimed dividends of $4,706,873. The largest single amount of an unclaimed dividend is $31,786." URL: https://strategis.ic.gc.ca/sc_mrksv/bankruptcy/ud/engdoc/intro.html Price varies. ($8 minimum) Cat. No. WWW99-48 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
National historic sites. Ottawa, 1996--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Lieux historiques nationaux. Internet (WWW). Contents: Introduction.--National historic sites administered by Parks Canada: Search by keyword; Search by geographic area; Search by alphabetical list across Canada or by province.--National historic sites outside Canada.--Policy: National historic sites; Historic canals; Cultural resource management. URL: http://parkscanada.pch.gc.ca/nhs/nhs_e.htm Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW97-40 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
National parks. Ottawa, 1996--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Parcs nationaux. Internet (WWW). Contents: National parks: Search by keyword; Search by geographic area; Search by alphabetical list across Canada or by province. URL: http://parkscanada.pch.gc.ca/np/np_e.htm Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW97-41 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Jobs open to the public. Ottawa, 1999--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Postes ouverts au public. Internet (WWW). "A listing of currently available openings in every region of Canada and in a wide variety of specializations." URL: http://jobs.gc.ca/menu/alljobs_e.htm Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW99-129 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Quebec region material managers database. Ottawa, 1999--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Base de données des gestionnaires du matériel de la région du Québec. Internet (WWW). Data available as file for download. URL: http://www.tpsgc.gc.ca/darq/base/mm-e.htm Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW00-134 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
MERX. Cebra Inc. and Bank of Montreal. Ottawa, 1997--. HTML. Database. Title in French: MERX. Internet (WWW). "MERX is Canada's electronic tendering service which means no matter where you are in the country you have access to thousands of procurement opportunities from the federal, provincial, municipal governments, not to mention hundreds of universities, hospitals and school boards across Canada." URL: http://www.merx.cebra.com/ Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW98-90 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Telecommunications Government information locator service. Ottawa, 1998--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Service de localisation de l'information du gouvernement. Internet (WWW). "The Government Information Locator Service (GILS) is a mechanism for identifying and describing government information resources and assists the public in accessing government information. GILS records identify a variety of publicly available federal information resources including servers on the Internet, printed publications, collections, phone-based services, and similar resources." URL: http://gils.gc.ca/gils/info_e.html Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW98-86 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Accreditation programs. Ottawa, 1998--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Programmes d'accréditation. Internet (WWW). "Contain information on Standards Council-accredited laboratories and certification organizations, including names, locations, contact information and scopes of accreditation." URL: http://www.scc.ca/programs/index.html Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW98-59 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Online catalogue of products and services. Ottawa, 2000--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Catalogue en ligne des produits et services. Internet (WWW). "The online catalogue is a catalogue of current publications and research papers (print and electronic), custom tabulations and services available from Statistics Canada. Product and service descriptions, prices (if applicable), and downloading or ordering options are provided." URL: http://www.statcan.ca/english/search/ips.htm Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW00-72 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Canadian international merchandise trade. Ottawa, 2000--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Le commerce international canadien de marchandises. Internet (WWW). "Search for Commodities in the Canadian international merchandise trade database, at the 8- and 10-digit Harmonized System levels. Select and download commodity trade data in "txt, dif, cdf, slk, html" formats. Pay for your retrievals by credit card." User registration and password required for access to this database. URL: http://www.statcan.ca/trade/scripts/trade_search.cgi Prices vary. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW00-127 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Thematic search tool for research in social statistics. Ottawa, 2000--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Outil thématique pour la recherche en statistique sociale. Internet (WWW). "The Thematic Search is intended to assist persons who want to know whether Statistics Canada has information on a given subject, and if so which survey(s) collected it (since 1985)." URL: http://www.statcan.ca/english/Tst/ssint.htm Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW00-133 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
CANSIM: the key socio-economic database profiling Canada's people, economy and industries. Ottawa, 1997--. HTML. Database. Title in French: CANSIM: Internet (WWW). "The largest computerized Statistics Canada's Time Series database where the information is arranged by successive dates and formatted into structures known as matrices." URL: http://www.statcan.ca/english/CANSIM/index.html Price varies. Cat. No. WWW98-60 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
[SCC case information.] Ottawa, 2000--. HTML. Database. Title in French: [Renseignements sur un dossier de la CSC.] Internet (WWW). URL: http://www.scc-csc.gc.ca/hscripts/hsrun.hse/internet/SCC_CASE/SCC_CASE.htx;start =HS_scc_case?lang=0 Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW00-80 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Canada-Asia creative directory. Ottawa, 2000--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Répertoire Canada-Asie des créateurs de l'audiovisuel. Internet (WWW). "This directory is an indispensable reference tool that will help bring together Canadian and Asian audiovisual production and creative professionals. It includes close to 150 film and television industry professionals in Canada who are familiar with an Asian language or culture, or who have had experience working with an Asian production partner. The directory provides their names, addresses, fax and telephone numbers, e-mail addresses as well as filmographies. It will be updated monthly." URL: http://www.telefilm.gc.ca/cgi-bin/asie.asp Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW00-60 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
International festivals: festivals directory. Ottawa, 2000--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Festivals internationaux: Internet (WWW). URL: http://www.telefilm.gc.ca/en/fest/intern/rech.asp Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW00-61 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Civil aviation terminology system (CATS). Ottawa, 2000--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Système de terminologie de l'Aviation civile (STAC). Internet (WWW). "a query tool for the Civil Aviation Terminology System. It contains French and English terms as well a definitions which can be queried." URL: http://www.tc.gc.ca/aviation/regserv/term/cats_e.htm Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW00-82 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Cylinder requalifiers. Issued by Transport Dangerous Goods Directorate. Ottawa, 1999--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Installations de requalification des bouteilles à gaz. Internet (WWW). "Transport Canada (TC) registered cylinder requalifier marks." URL: http://www.tc.gc.ca/tdg/en/containers/cylinder/requalifier.asp Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW00-83 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Community based traffic safety: best practices database. Prepared in cooperation with the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police, the Canada Safety Council and the National Police Award for Traffic Safety. Ottawa, 2000--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Base de données sur les pratiques exemplaires liées à la sécurité routière de la collectivité. Internet (WWW). URL: http://www.tc.gc.ca/roadsafety/NPA/search_e.asp Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW00-107 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Civil Aviation publications. Ottawa, 2000--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Publications de l'Aviation civile. Internet (WWW). "online publications ordering for over 500 publications." URL: http://www.tc.gc.ca/aviation/pubs/avreg_e.htm Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW00-79 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Type certificates. Ottawa, 2000--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Certificats de type. Internet (WWW). "Index of Canadian Type Certificates, Supplemental Type Certificates (STCs), Familiarized or Accepted Foreign STCs, and Foreign STCs based on Canadian STCs." URL: http://www.tc.gc.ca/aviation/stc/intro_e.html Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW00-85 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Civil aviation medical examiners. Issued by the Civil Aviation Medicine Division. Ottawa, 2000--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Examineurs médicale de l'Aviation civile. Internet (WWW). "This search form will allow you to locate a medical examiner by city, province or country." URL: http://www.tc.gc.ca/aviation/cam/CamSearch.asp Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW00-108 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Airworthiness directives. Ottawa, 1998--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Les consignes de navigabilité. Internet (WWW). "Search AD Index database by product make and model or aircraft registration." URL: http://www.tc.gc.ca/aviation/aircert/continaw/ad.htm Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW99-37 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Air operator search. Issued by Commercial and Business Aviation. Ottawa, 1999--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Recherche d'exploitant aérien. Internet (WWW). "Air Operator Search allows for easy access to air carrier information." URL: http://www.tc.gc.ca/aviation/ActivePages/AirOp/default.asp Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW99-136 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Approved organizations. Issued by Aircraft Maintenance and Manufacturing. Ottawa, 1999--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Organismes agréés. Internet (WWW). Contents: Maintenance (AMO).--Manufacturing.--Distribution.--JAR 145.--Foreign approved maintenance organizations (FAMO).--Bilateral arrangement. URL: http://www.tc.gc.ca/aviation/ActivePages/AO/default.asp?x_Lang=E Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW99-137 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Info Source: sources of federal employee information, 1999-2000. Ottawa, 1999. HTML. Database. Title in French: Info Source: sources de renseignements sur les employés fédéraux, 1999-2000. Internet (WWW). "Will help you, as a current or former federal employee, to locate your personal information held by the government. It will also help you to exercise your rights under the Privacy Act." URL: http://infosource.gc.ca/Info_2/index-e.html Free. (Internet) ISBN 0-660-60172-9 Cat. No. BT51-3/12-2000-IN Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Info Source: federal government databases, 1996-1997. Ottawa, 1997--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Info Source: répertoire des bases de données du gouvernement fédéral, 1996-1997. Internet (WWW). "Info Source - Directory of Federal Government Databases is an inventory of federal information held in electronic formats. Entries are listed under the name of the originating department or agency." URL: http://infosource.gc.ca/Info_3/index-e.html Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW98-84 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Info Source: directory of federal government enquiry points. Ottawa, 1997--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Info Source: répertoire des centres fédéraux de demande de renseignements. Internet (WWW). "Info Source: Directory of Federal Government Enquiry Points is intended for use by the public and by public service employees who respond to reference enquiries. It contains two sections entitled "Federal Government Enquiry Points" and "Titles of Federal Organizations"." URL: http://infosource.gc.ca/Info_6/Enq-Pnts_e.html Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW98-85 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
Canadian merchant navy war dead database. Ottawa, 1998--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Base de données des marins marchands canadiens morts à la guerre. Internet (WWW). "The Canadian Merchant Navy War Dead Database is an index that can be used to search for the names of Canadian Merchant sailors who were killed while serving in Canada's Merchant Marine. It can also be used to search for the names of Canadian Merchant Navy vessels." URL: http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/general/sub.cfm?source=history/secondwar/atlantic/merch ant_search Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW98-68 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
The Canadian Virtual War Memorial. Ottawa, 1999--. HTML. Database. Title in French: Monument virtuel canadien à la guerre. Internet (WWW). "Over 110,000 Canadians and Newfoundlanders made the ultimate sacrifice in World Wars One and Two. Thanks to the generosity of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, you can now search the Canadian and Newfoundland database to find the final resting places or memorials in which these brave souls are honoured." URL: http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/general/sub.cfm?source=collections/virtualmem Free. (Internet) Cat. No. WWW99-118 Distributed to non-depositories by the issuing agency.
