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Academic Search Premier ++ Academic Search Premier is the world’s largest scholarly, multi-disciplinary full text database containing full text for nearly 4,500 journals, including more than 3,600 peer-reviewed titles. This collection offers information in nearly every area of academic study including: computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, ethnic studies, and many more. ++ This database is included in the Articles Search Box
CPI-Q CPI-Q is the premier database of Canadian magazines and newspapers, biographies, and other reference materials. It indexes 1,200 titles including the Globe and Mail and provides full-text coverage for over 550 journals.
Government of Canada Publications Search this catalogue of over 180,000 Government of Canada publications where you can download from the free E-collection of 70,000 publications. You can use the Advanced Search page to limit your search to free electronic documents.
Vocational Studies Premier ++ 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. ++ This database is included in the Articles Search Box 
Byte Magazine Byte magazine.
Macworld Macworld is the premier source for news, reviews, help and how-to, videos, and podcasts for the Apple market, including the Mac, Mac software, Mac OS X, the iPod and iTunes, and the iPhone. Along with reviews of Mac-compatible hardware such as printers, digital cameras, and displays, Macworld reviews iPod cases, headphones, speakers, and accessories, and iPhone-related products.
PC Magazine PC Magazine defines technology for e-business and is the only magazine with in-depth reviews and accurate, repeatable testing. PC Magazine delivers authoritative, labs-based comparative reviews of computing and Internet products to more than 6.6 million highly engaged technology buyers.
HowStuffWorks 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.
Internet Public Library ipl2 is a public service organization and a learning/teaching environment. To date, thousands of students and volunteer library and information science professionals have been involved in answering reference questions for our Ask an ipl2 Librarian service and in designing, building, creating and maintaining the ipl2\'s collections. It is through the efforts of these students and volunteers that the ipl2 continues to thrive to this day.
Wikipedia Since its creation in 2001, Wikipedia has grown rapidly into one of the largest reference websites, attracting nearly 78 million visitors monthly as of January 2010. There are more than 91,000 active contributors working on more than 17,000,000 articles in more than 270 languages. As of today, there are 3,490,374 articles in English. Every day, hundreds of thousands of visitors from around the world collectively make tens of thousands of edits and create thousands of new articles to augment the knowledge held by the Wikipedia encyclopedia.
CIPS Jobs Canadian Information Processing Society jobs
ITProPortal Addressing fast moving issues such as Security, Storage and Networking, the ITProPortal.com helps its loyal (largely UK based) audience save time by rounding up and commentating on the most important happenings in the web based world.
Virus Encyclopedia All about Internet security.
Webopedia Webopedia is a free online dictionary for words, phrases and abbreviations that are related to computer and Internet technology.
Wired Wired.com is a daily technology news website.
ZDNet ZDNet news & blogs, product reviews, white papers, webcasts and downloads for IT Professionals.
CNet Download.com Software, music, game and video downloads available that are safe, trusted and spy-ware free.
Tucows Tucows has over 40000 freeware and shareware software titles that are tested, rated, reviewed and available for download.
Canadian Information Processing Society (CIPS) Canada’s association of Information Technology Professionals.
The Information Technology Association of Canada (ITAC) The Information Technology Association of Canada (ITAC) is the voice of the Canadian information and communications technologies (ICT) industry in all sectors including telecommunications and internet services, ICT consulting services, hardware, microelectronics, software and electronic content.