Open School BC

INDEX
News
Resources

Journalism Web Links



News Resources

Web Searching

Citing Source

Checking the Facts


Examples of Newspapers
and
Magazines


The Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/

National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/

The Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/

The Vancouver Province
http://www.vancouverprovince.com/newsite/news-c.html

The First Perspective
http://www.firstperspective.ca

Nunatsiaq News
http://www.nunatsiaq.com/

Raven's Eye: The Aboriginal Newspaper of British Columbia
http://www.ammsa.com/raven/

Maclean's Magazine
http://www.macleans.ca/index.stm

BC Report
http://www.axionet.com/bcreport/


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Online News Media
Metalinks


CLN Current Events Theme Page
http://www.cln.org/themes/current.html

Vancouver Public Library - Newspapers & Magazines
http://www.vpl.vancouver.bc.ca/branches/LibrarySquare/n+m/hotsites.html#media

Virtual Newspaper Links
http://www.refdesk.com/paper.html#canada

Ultimate Collection of News Links
http://pppp.net/links/news/

News Resource (various media)
http://newo.com/

Yahoo News and Media Links
http://ca.yahoo.com/News_and_Media/Newspapers

News Directory, B.C. Newspapers
http://www.newsdirectory.com/news/press/na/ca/bc/

Canadian Newspaper Association
http://www.cna-acj.ca/

Canadian Community Newspapers Association
http//www.ccna.ca

Canadian Newspaper Employment Classifieds at canadajobsearch.com
http://www.canadajobsearch.com/

Collection of On-line Newspapers, News & News Commentaries. Online Books.
http://members.tripod.com/~ukulju/links_c1.htm

Canadian/USA/International On-line news services
http://www1.sympatico.ca/Contents/News+Magazines/news_stand.html

Selected Canadian Online News Services
http://www.ryerson.ca/~rrj/links.html

Information about Journals and Magazines Online
http://www.tntech.edu/www/acad/hist/journals.html

Periodical Indexes
http://www.ucfv.bc.ca/library/period.htm

 

Canadian-based Publications Online

Publications canadiennes en ligne
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/Unofficial/Canadiana/CA-zines.html

News and Newspapers Online
http://library.uncg.edu/news/
http://library.uncg.edu/news/nq-state.asp?dbreg=na&dbstate=bc

My Virtual Newspaper / My Virtual Reference Desk
http://www.refdesk.com/paper.html

American Journalism News Link
http://ajr.newslink.org/

Directory Of The World's Online Newspapers
http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/news/lists.html
http://www.newsrack.com/

On Inventing an On-line Newspaper
http://www.sentex.net/~mmcadams/invent.html
http://www.well.com/user/mmcadams/online.newspapers.html

French News and Information Source Online
http://fr.yahoo.com/

Africa News On-line
http://allafrica.com/


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Radio


BBC Digital Radio
http://www.bbc.co.uk/digitalradio/competition/index.shtml

The World Online
http://www.theworld.org/

The MIT List of Radio Stations on the Internet
http://wmbr.mit.edu/stations/list.html

Radio Real World
http://realworld.on.net/

NetRadio World Music Audio Site
http://www.netradio.com/

World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters / Association Mondiale des Radiodiffuseurs Communautaires
http://www.amarc.org/

Amateur Radio WWW Bookmark File
http://www.stack.serpukhov.su/~victor/hamradio/www_list.html


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Television


Knowledge Network
http://www.knowtv.com/index1.html
Note: The Knowledge Network Program Guide is available through Audience Relations, 604-431-3270, or 1-877-I KNOW TV (1-877-456-6988) from outside Greater Vancouver.

CBC British Columbia (Radio and Television)
http://www.vancouver.cbc.ca/

CBC Newsworld
http://www.newsworld.cbc.ca/programs/sites/newslink.html

BCTV
http://www.tvforbc.com/index.html

CHEK TV
http://www.chektv.com/

The History Channel
http://www.historychannel.com/

Index of Educational TV Networks
http://www.sat-address.com/

Canadian Educational Channels
http://www.sat-address.com/Canada.shtml

Discovery Channel Online
http://tlc.com/
http://www.discovery.com/

CBC TV Canadian Gardener
http://www.tv.cbc.ca/canadiangardener/

CRTC Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
http://www.crtc.gc.ca/

UltimateTV-CKVU Vancouver, BC
http://tv.zap2it.com/sitemap/index.html

Wklinger NewsS Links
http://www2.ice.usp.ac.jp/wklinger/news.htm

GoMuzi:Media:Television:Magazines
http://go.muzi.net/Media/Television/Magazines/

TV5 (A French Channel on five continents)
http://www.tv5.org/

CANOE-Canada news, sports, entertainment, finance and business news
http://www.canoe.ca/

PBS Online
http://www.pbs.org/

CBS.com
http://www.cbs.com/

Broadcast.com News Channel
http://www.broadcast.com/news/

Broadcast Employment Services
http://www.tvjobs.com/

Broadcast.com Home
http://www.audionet.com/

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Online News Services


CNN Newsroom Daily
http://www.canoe.ca/

PBS Online Newshour
http://www1.pbs.org/newshour/home.html

The Earth Times
http://earthtimes.org/

One World News Service
http://www.oneworld.org/


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Learning to
Search the
Web


CLN Learning How to Search the Web
http://www.cln.org/themes/search.html

Learning More about Search Engines and Subject Directories
http://www.cln.org/searching_faqs.html

Search Engines and Subject Directories
http://www.cln.org/searching_home.html

Finding Information on the Internet: A Tutorial
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/FindInfo.html

Search Engine Tutorial-Design & Promotion
http://www.northernwebs.com/set/

Netscape Communicator 4.5 Tutorial for New Users
http://home.netscape.com/browsers/using/newusers/

Internet Search Tips and Strategies
http://www.vanguard.edu/rharris/howlook.htm

WWW CyberGuide Ratings for Web Site Design
http://www.cyberbee.com/guide2.html

Yahoo-A Guide to WWW
http://www.yahoo.com/


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Learning to Evaluate Web Resources


The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly: Evaluation Criteria
http://lib.nmsu.edu/instruction/evalcrit.html

Evaluating Internet Resources
http://www.albany.edu/library/internet/evaluate.html

Evaluation of Information Sources Links
http://www.vuw.ac.nz/~agsmith/evaln/evaln.htm

Thinking Critically about World Wide Web Resources
http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/instruct/web/critical.htm

Bias in the News
http://www.media-awareness.ca/eng/issues/minrep/getinvolved/bias.htm

Evaluating Web Resources
http://www2.widener.edu/Wolfgram-Memorial-Library/webevaluation/webeval.htm
http://www.vanguard.edu/rharris/evalu8it.htm

Evaluating Web Sites for Educational Uses: Bibliography and Checklist
http://www.unc.edu/cit/guides/irg-49.html

WebCriteria-Benchmark List
http://www.webcriteria.com/metrics/indices.cfm

Bibliography on Evaluating Internet Resources
http://www.lib.vt.edu/research/libinst/evalbiblio.html

Education Web Site Evaluation: Introduction
http://nsn.bbn.com/webeval/site1.htm


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Citing
Electronic Information


OLA L:ibrary-Citing Electronic Information
http://www.ola.bc.ca/ol/services/library/welcome.html

Bibliographic Formats for Citing Electronic Information
http://www.uvm.edu/~ncrane/estyles/

Style Citations of Electronic Sources
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cup/cgos/idx_basic.html

Guide for Citing Electronic Information
http://www.wilpaterson.edu/wpcpages/library/citing.htm

Citing Electronic Information in History Papers
http://www.people.memphis.edu/~mcrouse/elcite.html

How to Cite Electronic Information
http://wwwlibrary.csustan.edu/lboyer/citation/cit3.htm

MLA (Modern Language Association) Style
http://www.mla.org/style/style_index.htm


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Following Copyright
Laws


Copyright Law FAQ
http://www.okla-law.com/faqs/copyrigh.htm

Canada's Copyright Laws
http://www.cancopy.com/

A brief intro to copyright
http://www.templetons.com/brad/copyright.html

Copyright on the Internet
http://www.fplc.edu/tfield/cOpyNet.htm

CANOE-Copyright and Trademark Notice
http://www.canoe.ca/Canoe/copyright.html

Canadian Copyright Information
http://www.edu.gov.mb.ca/metks4/instruct/iru/pubs/web/c/index.html

Online Paralegal Resources
http://www.paralegal.net/

Copyright/References/Permissions Information
http://www.christiananswers.net/copyrite.html

Fair Public Comment-An Exception to Copyright Laws
http://www.oralchelation.com/methyl/admin/admin1.htm


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Finding and Checking
Statistics


UBC Data Library Home Page
http://www.datalib.ubc.ca/

Statistics Canada
http://www.datalib.ubc.ca/datalib/gen/statscan.html

Canadian Information Processing Society of British Columbia
http://www.islandnet.com/cips-vic/cips_bc.html

Online Databases
http://www.lib.pdx.edu/netwk/databases.html


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Contacting the Government


Index of BC Government Toll Free Phone Numbers
http://www.dir.gov.bc.ca/gtds.cgi?Index=ByTollFree
Note: Alternatively, you can call Enquiry B.C. for assistance (Vancouver, 604-660-2421; Victoria, 250-387-6121; B.C. toll-free 1-800-663-7867).

BC Government Organization Structure and phone numbers/addresses
http://www.dir.gov.bc.ca/gtds.cgi?Index=ByUnitHier

BC Legislative Assembly and Independent Offices/your MLA
http://www.dir.gov.bc.ca/gtds.cgi?Index=ByUnitHier&OrgCode=LASS

BC Public Agencies
http://www.dir.gov.bc.ca/gtds.cgi?showPage=agencies&subPageTitle=Public+Agencies#AGENCIES

Canada Site / Site du Canada
http://canada.gc.ca/

Canadian government directory
http://www.cfcsc.dnd.ca/links/gov/
Note: For assistance in contacting a federal agency, you can call 1-800-O-Canada (1-800-622-6232).

Canadian Government Information
http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/cangov/egovinfo.htm

Government Electronic Directory Services
http://canada.gc.ca/search/direct500/geds_e.html

Federal Organizations-Canada Site
http://canada.gc.ca/depts/major/depind_e.html

Canadian Federal Government in General
http://www.freenet.victoria.bc.ca/government/menu.html"

Canadian Federal Government in British Columbia
http://www.freenet.victoria.bc.ca/government/federal/menu.BC.html

An Annotated Directory of Internet Resources on Canada
http://www.academicinfo.net/can.html

Canadian Provinces and Territories
http://canada.gc.ca/main_e.html


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