Web Reference

Acronyms & Abbreviations

Acronym Finder
Dictionary of Abbreviations 
Text Messaging Abbreviations (Webopedia)
Smiley Faces and Emoticons

Biography

Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online - Canadians deceased from 1000-1930
Biography.com

Bookstores Online

Addall - used and out of print books
AbeBooks - out of print books
Alibris - used books
Amazon.com
Barnes & Noble
Chapters.Indigo.ca
Douglas College Bookstore Textbook BuyBack
Douglas Students' Union Book Exchange - see listings for titles
Publishers' Catalogues - includes bookstores

Bus Schedules

Translink Bus Schedules - Lower mainland, British Columbia

Calculators

Basic Math Calculator
Calculators Online Center - Martindale's
Distance Calculator
Inflation Calculator - Bank of Canada 
3-Way Percent Calculator - calculates different percentage problems

Canada

About Canada - Government of Canada
Canada Year Book, 2010
Canada Year Book (CYB) Historical Collection (covers 1867-1967)
The Canadian Encyclopedia Online
Canadian Heritage - resources on Canadian history, people, places etc.
The Symbols of Canada - symbols and music of Canada
CBC Digital Archives - over 5000 radio and television clips, updated weekly

Citizenship

Citizenship Test - Douglas College
Canadian Citizenship Practice Test  - Richmond Public Library
Citizenship and Immigration Canaa 
Discover Canada: The rights and responsibilities of Citizenship - study guide

Conversion tables

Unit Converter
Currency Converter
Exchange Rates - Bank of Canada

Copyright

Copyright Guide
AV Copyright & Licensing - Douglas College Library
Copyright Act
Fair Dealing Policy (Association of Canadian Community Colleges)

Country Information

Oxford Guide to Countries of the World  - Oxford University Press 
Background Notes - geographic entities and international organizations
Country Insights - country facts and cultural information
Country Profiles - British Broadcasting Corporation
Country Studies - Library of Congress  
World Factbook - CIA country profiles and statistical data.

Dictionaries and Thesauri

American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Canadian Oxford Dictionary
Merriam-Webster Online
The New Oxford American Dictionary
Oxford English Dictionary
Roget's International Thesaurus
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Roget's International Thesaurus
Oxford American Thesaurus of Current English
The Oxford Paperback Thesaurus

Encyclopedias

Canadian Encyclopedia Online
Encyclopedia of British Columbia
Columbia Encyclopedia
Encyclopedia of British Columbia
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
Oxford Reference Online - includes major subject encyclopedias
Wikipedia
World Encyclopedia

Directories

Canada 411
Canada 411: reverse phone; reverse address
Mytelus Phone Book
Canada Post - postal code information
Postal Code Lookup - US and Canadian
Universal Postal Union - worldwide postal code information
Red Book Online - guide to community, social and government agencies and services in the Lower Mainland, British Columbia

Ebooks

Ebooks

eReaders

eReaders - West Vancouver Memorial Library
Choosing an e-book reader - Burnaby Public Library
Need help downloading audiobooks & ebooks? - Coquitlam Public Library

Images

Images Canada - Library and Archives Canada
Image Collection (EBSCO)
NYPL Digital Gallery 
American Memory
Editorial cartoons - Simon Fraser University
Published in Canadian newspapers between 1952 and present.
Encyclopedia of Life  
Fotopedia  - photographs
Image Gallery - Virtual Museum of Canada 
Smithsonian Galaxy of Images
Yale Digital Commons

Maps & Atlases

The Atlas of Canada
Blank and Outline Maps - About.com
Map Quest
Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection - University of Texas 
United Nations Cartographic Section
World Maps - Oxford Reference Online
Google Maps 
CIA World Fact Book

News & Newspapers

Canadian Newsstand - Canadian newspaper database
BBC News
Canada Newswire
CBC Newsworld
CNN
The Globe and Mail
National Post 
The New York Times
The Province
The Tyee
Vancouver Sun
Google News Archive
US News Archive on the Web

Quotations

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations - Columbia University
Simpson's Contemporary Quotations
Quoteworld.org
Oxford Dictionary of Modern Quotations
Oxford Dictionary of Quotations

Textbooks

Douglas College Textbooks
Douglas Students' Union Book Exchange - see listings for titles

Theses

Theses Canada
Use the advanced search feature to search for full text Canadian theses.

Timelines

Google News Timeline
Timeline by Year - InfoPlease
Timeline by Decade - Kingwood Library

Translation

Babel Fish
Dictionary.com Translator

Universities & Colleges

Directory of Canadian Universities
Education Planner - guide to post-secondary education in BC
Schoolfinder.com - Canadian university and college information
BC Transfer Guide - credit transfer information for BC colleges and universities

Weather

Vancouver 5 Day Weather Forecast - Environment Canada
The Weather Network
Weather Office - Canadian Weather
Weather Underground
Yahoo Weather Forecasts