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Commercial Diving

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Databases
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Occupational Health and Safety
Organizations
Tools
Tutorials
Video
Web Sites

Databases

Direct Industry Unrestricted Resource

A searchable library of catalogues and brochures.  With 7200 brands in 25 general categories, Direct Industry  provides representation of every industrial sector. 

Vocational Studies Premier ++ Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only Some full text available Resource contains images

Vocational Studies Premier is designed specifically for junior and community colleges.  Subjects include accounting, agricultural sciences, child care services, cosmetology, culinary arts, forestry, food service management, graphic arts, hair dressing, hospitality management, interior design, journalism, plumbing, heating & air conditioning, veterinary technology and welding to name a few.

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Government Information

Canadian Standards Association (CSA) Unrestricted Resource

A not-for-profit membership-based association serving business, industry, government and consumers in Canada.

Tools

Wisc-Online Unrestricted Resource

The Wisconsin Online Resource Center is a digital library of Web-based learning resources called learning objects. These interactive learning objects have been created primarily by instructors from Fox Valley Technical College and other colleges in the Wisconsin Technical College System.  Free registration is required.

Web Sites

Doc's Diving Medicine Homepage Unrestricted Resource

This website is dedicated to undersea medicine.  It includes links to lectures, videos, e-books, organizational websites, and divers' blogs.

H2Ops Magazine Unrestricted Resource

International coverage for the professional subsea industry.

HowStuffWorks Unrestricted Resource

HowStuffWorks, a wholly owned subsiduary of the Discovery Channel, is the source of credible, unbiased and easy-to-understand explanations of how the world works.

Longstreath.com Unrestricted Resource

"This site is for the Commercial Diver involved in offshore and civil engineering diving operations. The aim is to compile a listing of diving companies, equipment suppliers, training facilities and governing bodies world wide."

Underwater Industry Unrestricted Resource

Community news and information for the underwater professional.

Underwater Magazine Unrestricted Resource

The official publication of The Association of Diving Contractors International, Inc.

Blogs

MyBubbleBuddies Unrestricted Resource

A "webspace for those involved in underwater activities to discuss, meet, and network amongst those with common interest and experience - the people who venture below the waterline - anywhere!"

Occupational Health and Safety

Canadian Occupational Safety Unrestricted Resource

Canada's publication for health and safety professionals.

CCOHS : Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety Unrestricted Resource

Canada's national occupational health & safety resource. CCOHS promotes health & safety in the workplace through product information, health reports, training opportunities and much more.
 

WHMIS - Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System Unrestricted Resource

WHMIS is Canada's national hazard communication standard and is implemented through coordinated federal, provincial and territorial legislation. Health Canada's WHMIS Division serves as the national coordinator for the administration of the WHMIS program in Canada.
 

Worker's Compensation Board of PEI, Acts & Regulations Unrestricted Resource

Contains links to the provincial acts and regulations workers and employers on PEI should be aware of, including the Occupational Health & Safety Act and General Regulations, and the Workers Compensation Act.
 

WorkSafe BC Unrestricted Resource

This site from the Workers Compensation Board of BC provides tools, publications, and other resources to help prevent the most common workplace injuries and illnesses; of special interest are the audio slideshows on a variety of topics.

Organizations

Association of Diving Contractors International, Inc (ADCI) Unrestricted Resource

A non-profit organization with membership from more than 40 nations.

Diver Certification Board of Canada Unrestricted Resource

Tutorials

How to Recognize Plagiarism Unrestricted Resource

This tutorial will help you to understand and recognize plagiarism. Avoiding plagiarism is important -- both in writing and speaking. When you properly acknowledge the contributions to knowledge made by other people, you are showing respect for their work, and you are giving credit where credit is due. You are not misleading the reader to believe that your work is solely your own.

This tutorial site was developed by the Instructional Systems Technology Department in the School of Education at Indiana University Bloomington

Khan Academy Unrestricted Resource

With a library of over 2,400 videos covering everything from arithmetic to physics, finance, and history and 125 practice exercises, the Khan Academy is on a mission to help you learn whatever you want, whenever you want, at your own pace.

A not-for-profit with the goal of changing education for the better by providing a free world-class education to anyone anywhere, the Khan Academy's materials and resources are available to you completely free of charge.

Video

Films on Demand Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only Resource contains images Resource contains video Resource contains audio

Films On Demand contains thousands of streaming videos provided by the Films Media Group. The college currently subscribes to the Master Technical Collection which covers the subject areas of  technical education, guidance counseling, careers & job search, family and consumer sciences. Also included in the subscription are the subject areas of Science & Mathematics and Health & Medicine.