Research Aids
At this site you can enter a subject and search through more than 300
print publications to find articles.
http://www.findarticles.com
 
The CIA maintains an excellent, current site with lots of information
on the countries of the world.
www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
 
Yahoo's kidsafe search engine.
http://www.yahooligans.com
 
This site provides the full text of the Canadian Encyclopedia,
containing the efforts of over 3800 contributors from all parts of
Canada.
www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/
 
Great collection of history links.
http://www.historytelevision.ca/archives/

Everything you could want to know about words: meanings, origins,
translations. Also games, stories, and more.
http://www.yourdictionary.com/
 
Wow! This site has loads of links to useful sites on just about
everything. A good place to start.
http://www.refdesk.com/
 
Just what it says. Type in the gizmo you want to have explained, and
you'll be shown how it works.
http://www.howstuffworks.com