GEOGRAPHY

YRDSB Regional 2009-2010 Secondary School Calendars
WCI 2009-2010 Course Selection Guide / Course Calendar
Dept. Head: Mr. N. Orlowsky

Browse:

• United Streaming Videos - Countries & Cultures

• United Streaming Videos - Geography

• 200S - Religions

• 910s - Geography

• 930s-980s - History and Cultures

WCI eBOOKS COLLECTION

Sustainable Development of Natural Resources
Ecozones
Non-government Organizations
Extreme Weather

• most search engines will extrapolate variations of a word if the "main" word is used (eg./ the singular vs. plural form of a word)
• use quote marks " ..." to enclose phrases as necessary

eg/
"boreal cordillera" canada

you may search Google now:

alternately use the Advanced Search option

MAGAZINE, NEWSPAPER & JOURNAL DATABASES

• Select preferred package of databases:
  from YRDSB's Trillium Databases (Home access requires password)

  • including Ebscohost's Canadian Points of View

  or directly from
    - InfoTrac by Thomson / Gale - includes all our Gale ebooks (Home access requires password)
   - or -
              from Vaughan Public Libraries - Online Databases (VPL membership required)

• Select appropriate database(s) within preferred package

• Choose "Advanced Search" tab

• Ensure Fulltext selected

• type keyword(s):

  • combine keywords needed with AND operator

  • search most important keywords in Subject field (or broaden search to default fields if necessary)

  • use truncation as required

  • cluster similar concepts if necessary to optimize on line limitations

  • check assigned subject headings of highly relevant articles for alternate keywords

  • no one perfect strategy -- play around for the one that works best for given search

Infotrac articles may be emailed directly to user

eg./ type name of ecozone or canad* and ecozone* (as keywords)

DLESE Digital Library of Earth Science Education

Geography Basics
Geo-Teacher's Geography Classroom
InfoPlease Geography
Geography Link
Cultural Profiles Project
A+ Country Reports
World Statesmen
Science & Developing Countries

Atlases and Maps Page (includes blank maps)

Cities and Countries Page

Society and Social Issues

United Streaming Videos - Geography

Interactive Games - Geography

Government of Canada - About Canada
Facts on Canada
Canada Geography at About.com
GeoConnections - Canada's Geography
Canada Geography 2000
Statistics Canada - Land Geography
Census of Canada
Historical Geography - Canada
Abstracts on Canadian Geomorphology

AREA SPECIFIC PAGES
Canadian Natural Resources
Canadian Ecozones
Canadian Information Sources
Canadian Identity
Canada's Cultural Food Heritage
Immigration in Canada
Women in Canada

CANADA'S TIME ZONES
- Standard (winter)
- Daylight (summer)

GROUP WORK SUGGESTION
Use a wiki such as Microsoft Office Live for group work from various remote locations

Create and share your work online

Edit anytime, from anywhere

Pick who can access your documents

Share changes in real time

Files are stored securely online

Resave files to open locally on MS Office

It's FREE!

Technology How To's ...

• Google Advanced Image Search

• YouTube

• Download / Convert Streaming Videos (Save streamed videos from YouTube, etc. for  presenting without access to Internet)

• Screen Capture (capturing an image that cannot otherwise be save to file)

• for more complete Tech Help pls see: Technology How To's ...