Books & Periodicals
This section provides links to some of the most respected resources for books, magazines, online journals and news media.
Books
Book Search
http://books.google.ca
You can create a personalized library on Google Book Search which allows you to label, review, rate, and of course, search a customized selection of books.
Canadian Literature on the Web
http://www.canlit.ca
Online Books Page - featuring over 35,000 free books on the web.
http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/
New York Times Best Sellers
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/books/bestseller/
Magazines
List of Canadian Magazines by Category
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Canadian_magazines
List of Literary Journals
http://www.newpages.com/litmags/
Science Master Journal List
http://science.thomsonreuters.com/mjl/
Newspapers
Newspapers of the World
http://newslink.org/
Canadian Newspapers
http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/canada.htm
The Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com
News Media
CBC
http://www.cbc.ca/
Associated Press
www.ap.org
Reuters.com
http://www.reuters.com
CNN.com
http://www.cnn.com
BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk
Bilingual Resources
Here are some online translation and job sites that can help to learn more about a new language or ease difficulties with language barriers.
Google Translate
http://translate.google.com/
French Dictionary
http://www.lexilogos.com/english/french_dictionary.htm
Translate 16 languages from English
http://www.freedict.com/onldict/fre.html
Multiple Language Translations
http://translate.reference.com
Spanish to English Dictionary and Translation
http://www.spanishdict.com/
Diccionarios.com (Spanish Language Online Dictionary) http://www.diccionarios.com/
WordReference.com - translate multiple languages
http://wordreference.com/
LearnTheNet.com in Spanish
http://www.learnthenet.com/spanish/index.html
Free English lessons, exercises, quizzes, tests, and games for students and teachers of English as a Second Language (ESL)/English as a Foreign Language (EFL) http://www.englishstudymaterials.com/
Find a Canadian Library
Use this links to locate a U.S. library in your area.
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/gatepasse-bin/libcats?l=0
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