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This guide provides online phone directories, reference and general interest websites to provide fast answers to commonly asked questions.
Our Most Popular Sites
MyTelus.com Phone Book - Includes People Finder, Business Finder and reverse telephone look up for Canada.
Canada 411 - Find a Person, find a business. Residential listings from published telephone listings. Listings from some independent telephone companies do not appear on Canada411.ca.
Infobel.com's International Telephone Directories - Links to yellow pages, white pages, business directories, email addresses and fax listings from over 170 countries.
Canadian Postal Codes - Find a postal code on the Canada Post web site.
Almanacs, Calendars, Tide Tables & Current Tables
Information Please - Scroll down to topics similar to the printed book.
Learning Network: Fact Monster - Use year-by-year search box for a specific year: obtain highlights including history, entertainment, and books.
Calendarzone - Includes religious calendars.
Tide Tables for the Strait of Juan de Fuca & Strait of Georgia
Current Atlas Tables - To be used in conjunction with the Current Atlas: Juan de Fuca Strait to Strait of Georgia.
Converters & Calculators
Inflation Calculator - Consumer Price Index data, from Bank of Canada back to 1914.
Mortgage Affordability Calculator - Calculates the maximum amount of mortgage you can afford.
Interactive Units Converter - Science, temperature, time.
Online Conversion - Science, clothing sizes, cooking, finance.
FXConverter - Currency conversions.
Dictionaries & Thesauri
See also: Dictionaries & Encyclopedias eResource page
Merriam Webster Online - Enter a word in the Dictionary or Thesaurus box.
Your Dictionary - Select a foreign language from the left column, or use the search boxes for English.
Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Roget's International Thesaurus - select "Roget's Int'l Thesaurus" from the drop-down menu.
Cambridge Dictionaries Online - Includes the Advanced Learner’s Dictionary, International Dictionary of Idioms and the Cambridge Dictionary of American English.
Encyclopedias & General Reference
See also: Dictionaries & Encyclopedias eResource page
Answers.com - Searches 100 resources including The Columbia Encyclopedia, Merriam Webster's Dictionary and Wikipedia and displays the results on one page. A useful resource for fast answers about most topics.
Wikipedia - A free, web-based encyclopedia edited by readers. A good starting point for research, but you may need to verify the information with more reliable sources.
Canadian Encyclopedia - The complete text of the original multi-volume set with additional multimedia. Continuously updated. [How to use]
Robert's Rules of Order - Rules of order intended for use by a deliberative assembly.
Indispensable Links - Basic reference sites from refdesk.com.
Encyclopedia Mythica: an encyclopedia of mythology, folklore and legend
Encyclopedia.com - Encyclopedia.com has more than 100 trusted sources, including encyclopedias, dictionaries, and thesauruses with facts, definitions, biographies, synonyms, pronunciation keys, word origins, and abbreviations.
Internet Public Library - Collections vetted and maintained by professional librarians. One of the finest collections of free information resources on the web.
National Library of Canada: Canadian Information by Subject Select Canadian information by subject.
Holidays
Libraries
Outlook Online - Catalogue of British Columbia’s public and college libraries.
Library and Archives Canada catalogue - Search our national library's collection — or 1,300 Canadian libraries.
Library of Congress Online Catalog - Major U.S. catalogue for current and older material.
LibDex: the Library Index - Lists libraries in Canada with links to their websites.
Local Organizations
Directory of Community Services (VIHA) - Find information about a variety of programs and services available in your community.
Street Survival Guide - Created by the Greater Victoria Coalition to End Homelessness, the Greater Victoria Street Survival Guide is a one-stop resource for those experiencing (or at risk of) homelessness in Victoria. Condensed PDF version
Victoria Community Information Database - Local societies and clubs file.
Telephone Directories & Postal Codes
Canada 411 - Find a Person, find a business. Residential listings from published telephone listings. Listings from some independent telephone companies do not appear on Canada411.ca.
Canadian Postal Codes - Find a postal code on the Canada Post web site.
Infobel.com's International Telephone Directories - Links to yellow pages, white pages, business directories, email addresses and fax listings from over 170 countries.
MyTelus.com Phone Book - Includes People Finder, Business Finder and reverse telephone look up for Canada.
Victoria Business Directory (Canpages) - Listings organized by popular category
