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WELCOME The OSCVI Library Open Doors. Open Books. Open Minds. breaking news......BOOK FAIR in the library June 7 - 10 cash, cheque or debit                                                        Help me help you!  Please complete a 5 minute survey about our library: click here.....   OSCVI Library Survey Monkey GENERAL REFERENCE                Noodle Tools........................Works Cited, Bilbiography, APA and MLA styles                   EBSCO................................Database -- articles from  journals, magazines, newspapers    Thomson Gale.....................Database -- articles from journals, magazines, newspapers                                   CBC News in Review Archive                                    CBC Digital Archives    Statistics Canada................Statistics  Canadian Encyclopedia........short articles on all things Canadian                                     Ask a Teacher Learning Resources......chat, on-line tutoring, homework help, resources                              Dictionary.com      Dictionary Link................dictionaries, thesauruses, translators         Librarians' Internet Index.......websites you can trust                                                       Newspapers Ted.com....online lectures and links World Digital Library -- cultural treasures from around the world ENGLISH The Tenth Man Project 1. German soldiers in France Oradour-sur-Glane - the story of a village massacred by the Germans 2.  French citizens in Paris Everday Life in Occupied France BBC archive of World War II memories The Guardian -- life in occupied France Conditions in Occupied France 3. Jewish life in Occupied France Holocaust Encyclopedia Drancy Internment Camp Secret Diary of Life in Occupied France (the French Anne Frank) and  here 4. The French Resistance History Learning Site -- The French Resistance The French Resistance -- Spartacus Educational Special Operations Agents in France -- Profiles of Spies Charles de Gaulle's speeches in June 1940 to inspire the French Resistance World War II from the French point of view Charlotte Gray -- movie website on the French Resistance Click  here for sections on the time, real Charlottes, Britain's Special Operations Executive, and the French Resistance. 5. French farmers in the countryside BBC archive of World War II memories Everday Life in Occupied France Oradour-sur-Glane - the story of a village massacred by the Germans  Conditions in Occupied France "And You Were There...Life in Elizabethan England" Project Useful General Information Elizabethan Names First Names Last Names Elizabeth I, Queen of England Elizabeth I and the Elizabethan Period Elizabeth I, the official British Monarchy website The Reign of Elizabeth Queen Elizabeth I Language Proper Elizabethan Language Historical Figures and Events Historical Figures and Events Topic -- the Globe Theatre Design groundling, Richard Burbage The Globe Theatre The First Globe Rebuilding the Globe the New Globe Shakespeare's Stage The Old Globe Theatre History Costumes and Sets in Shakespeare's Theater Richard Burbage more Richard Burbage Globe Theatre Interior Topic -- the King's Men and the Lord Chamberlain's Men (acting company) Elizabethan Theatre the Old Globe Theatre History Globe Theatre Actors Costumes and Sets in Shakespeare's Theater the acting companies more on the acting companies female roles Topic -- Everyday Life, Commoner and Royalty AND Topic -- Everyday Life, Man and Woman Fashion, Food and Cooking, Sports, Games and Leisure Education Religion Occupations Superstitions Wedding Customs The Black Death Food and Daily Meals City Life and  Nobility Crime and Punishment Sports and Entertainment The Theater Experience in Shakespeare's Lifetime Popular Amusements and Entertainment Elizabethan Sports Bear-baiting Hairstyles and Fashion Hairstyles of the Elizabethan Period Men's Fashion Women's Fashions Fashions:  Women and Men Music Songs Of and About Elizabethan Times Elizabethan Music: The Madrigal Elizabethan Stringed Instruments Art and Architecture A History of Elizabethan Architecture St. Paul's Cathedral Decorative Armor Tapestry Painting, Sculpture and Graphic Arts Topic --  Audience members of the Globe Theatre groundling, nobleman The Theater Experience in Shakespeare's Lifetime Nobility Elizabethan Theatre Globe Theatre Interior Topic -- Shakespeare's Life An Outline  Timeline Biography The Seven Ages of Shakespeare's Life Shakespeare in London Shakespeare's Lost Years Shakespeare's Schooling John Shakespeare The Other Side of the Bridge Project  ENG 4C General CBC Digital Archives Paper of Record -- "Building the World's Largest Searchable Archive of Historical Newspapers" -- check the records for The Temiskaming Speaker (free registration required) Monteith Aboriginal Relations A History of Aboriginal Treaties and Relations in Canada Aboriginal Rights Movement Highlights from the Report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples National Aboriginal Veterans Monument and background Aboriginal People's Commission -- role of First Nations soldiers Native Soldiers, Foreign Battlefields Aboriginals and the Canadian Military Indian Act, 1876 Canada's Role in Dieppe See books:  940.5421425 SAU, 940.542 A, 940.54 GOO The Dieppe Raid Dieppe Raid (Juno Beach Museum website) POWs in Canada Prisoner of War camps in Canada Canada's Forgotten PoW Camps (video and check on Did You Know tab) Gravenhurst Prisoner of War Camp 1930s Depression See books:  971.062 BRO, 973.917, 973.916, 330.971 The Great Depression (from Canadian Encyclopedia) The Great Depression of Canada Homepage Photos of the Great Depression            2009 White Pine Readers' Website Jane Austen Project In our library: -- Jane Austen and her world  Call No. 823.7 AUS LAS -- Jane Austen:  in her time  Call No. 823 AUS CRA -- Becoming Jane Austen:  a life  Call No. 823.6 AUS SPE -- Jane Austen  Call No. 823 AUS SHI Web-based Resources: Women Rights of Regency Women Society The Royal Family and Family Values in late eighteenth century England The Madness of King George Religion and Spirituality Everyday Life Regency Meals -- breakfast Family Dinners -- blog Regency Recipes Regency Roads Entertainment Music Fashion Fashion -- Jessamyn's Regency Costume Companion Clothes of the Jane Austen Period To Kill A Mockingbird Webquest  Etymology Dictionary................word origins                  Shakespeare                                        Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet                                        Encyclopedia Britannica's Guide to Shakespeare                                        Shakespeare's Globe                                        Shakespeare's London                                        Shakespeare Resource Center                                        Shakespeare Searched                                        Internet Shakespeare Editions                                        Shakespeare Electronic Text Center                                        Treasures in Full Shakespeare in Quarto                                        The English Renaissance in Context FRANÇAIS              Musée d'Orsay              Musée du Louvre     HISTORY and SOCIAL SCIENCES       General      CBC News in Review Archive -- we have DVDs with short documentaries on a variety of topics -- go to this website to search      History World..........lots and lots of student-friendly articles, tours, timelines, widgets, quizzes, links         HistoryWire                                       HistoryWire.ca......interactive articles, photos, blogs and more about Canadian history          What's past is prologue Twentieth Century Decade Assignment See the cart -- we have lots of books on each decade.  History World.......... type in the year and get a list of events plus links to photos, articles and more about.com 20th Century History Decade by Decade...American info. CBC Digital Archives -- great source for Canadian info. A Century in Review -- project done by American students 20th Century History, Decade by Decade-- from an American high school library       American History Research Paper and Seminar Presentation         Civil Rights Movement        Scopes Monkey Trial;  in our library, non-fiction stacks 343.3 GR         Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire        Great Canadians         CBC Digital Archives          Historica Canadian Reference Encyclopedia         CBC The Greatest Canadian -- website based on the CBC series         Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online         Distinguished Canadians      The 1920s Research Project         Here are some web resources. Don't forget to take a look at the books in our library.        1920s Overview ............lists a variety of websites of varying quality about most major topics of the 1920s;                                                   includes text, articles, photos, art, artifacts      The Roaring '20s -- overview and links Consumerism and Abundance         Flappers - the Roaring Twenties         Fashion and Music         Flapper Fashion History         Flapper Fashion Photos         Flapper Fashion Designs         Flapper Style              Men's Fashions         Men's Fashion and the American Dream         Marketing, Design and Consumerism Entertainment          Brief Timeline American Literature, Music and Movies         Fashion and Music         Daft Punk Charleston Medley         Lionel Conacher - athlete         Percy Williams - athlete         Howie Morenz - hockey player         Foster Hewitt - the voice of hockey and   Foster Hewitt - "He shoots, he scores!"         Angus Walters - skipper of the Bluenose         The Dumbells - vaudeville entertainment troupe         Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians Inventors, Inventions, Entrepreneurs         Science and Technology         Radio Building         Edward Samuel Rogers, Sr. - radio pioneer         Sir Herbert S. Holt - businessman and  Herbert Holt - residence         Joseph-Armand Bombardier         The Life of Henry Ford         Frederick Banting         Kennedy Empire -- Grey Roots         Kennedy -- Owen Sound Marine Rail         Russel Brothers         North American Bent Chair Company         Henry Ford and  Henry Ford biography The Arts          The Group of Seven and  The Group of Seven - McMichael Collection          Stephen Leacock          Emily Carr Social Issues          Prohibiton 1920-30          Prohibition 1900s          Al Capone          St. Valentine's Day Massacre          Aboriginals Women's Rights         Nellie McClung         Agnes Macphail         The Persons Case         Women's Rights - Susan B. Anthony website         History of Women's Suffrage         HerStory Scrapbook -- right to vote Lifestyles         Life on a Western Canadian Farm         Palais Royale - Toronto in the 1920s         Letter from a Flapper Economy, workers and management         Canadian History the Roaring Twenties         Stock Market Crash of the 1929         Kennedy Empire -- Grey Roots         Kennedy -- Owen Sound Marine Rail         Russel Brothers         North American Bent Chair Company Hosts            Radio         Slang                  Old Time Radio Sound Effects         Retro Radio Commercials         Old Time Radio Commercials Parenting Class Parents.com Today's Parent magazine Canadian Parents.com Parenting.com Thomson Gale database -- password is trillium, then click on Student Edition (6th on the list), then use Advanced Search, Browse Publications or Browse Subjects                     MUSIC General     allmusic    YouTube Symphony Orchestra Channel Grade 9 Music History Project Classical Music Pages -- Click on Composer's Name  Essentials of Music -- Composers Music History 102 -- go to the appropriate time period, then look for the composer Classical Music on about.com Classical Works Music History YouTube Symphony Orchestra -- Hector Berlioz Hungarian Symphony Classical Composers Database -- for music clips SCIENCE General  Scitopics (wide range of scientific information)  American government science website Periodic Table of Comic Books SBI 3U Genetic Diseases Poster Project Genetic Disorders Medline Plus (U.S. National Library of Medicine) OMIM -- Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man GARD -- Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center (National Institutes of Health) Species at Risk  Species at Risk - Environment Canada  Invasive Alien Species - Government of Canada  Invasive Alien Species - Hinterland Who's Who  Invasive Alien Species - Plants - Kudzu  Invasive Alien Plants - Kudzu in Canada Green Energy    Aptera Car  Zenn Electric Car  Techology Solutions from the Pew Center on Global Climate Change  Green Energy in Canada  Solar Energy Collectors  Oyster (aquamarine wave power)  Wind Turbines  Nuclear Power in Canada (World Nuclear Association)  Coal and Oil Fired Power (Environment Canada website) Carbon Footprint Estimate your carbon footprint Worldometers world statistics updated in real time OSCVI Roots                      Norman Bethune                                     short biography........................................ biography from The Canadian Encyclopedia                  Biography and photos...............................longer biography and photos from the Bethune Memorial House website                  Bethune Memorial House.........................Bethune Memorial House National Historic Site, Gravenhurst                  Norman Bethune - Greatest Canadian?...article from The Canadian Encyclopedia Agnes Macphail                                                                                              Agnes Macphail website Free Hit Counters

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