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Frequently Accessed Sites

Canada

• Government of Canada web site
• Early Canadiana Online
• Government of Canada Web Archive
• Federal Acts and Regulations
• Depository Services Program site
  • DSP Catalogue
  • Canadian federal government databases accessible through the Internet, 3rd ed.
• LEGISinfo site, information on current legislation
• PARLinfo site, basic facts about Parliament including addresses for MPs
• Library of Parliament publications (unrestricted access, includes background papers)
• Statistics Canada
  • Census 2001, detailed population and dwelling counts from the Statistics Canada site for UNB/STU authorized users. Note that Dissemination Area and Forward Sortation Area statistics are only available through the DLI program.
  • Census 2006, detailed population and dwelling counts from the Statistics Canada site for UNB/STU authorized users. Note that Dissemination Area and Forward Sortation Area statistics are only available through the DLI program.
  • ESTAT, for academic/educational use on-site or by proxy for authorized UNB Libraries users; includes annual CANSIM II database.
  • CANSIM II through the University of Toronto (for UNB/STU users only). Updated regularly.
  • CANSIM I through the University of Toronto (for UNB/STU users only). TERMINATED.
  • Canadian Census Analyser for creating subsets of the Census microdata files through the University of Toronto (for UNB/STU users only).
• Trade Analyser through the University of Toronto (for UNB/STU users only). Users may wish to refer to Trade Data Online as well.

• Statistics Canada provides an option to download many tables as "Beyond 20/20" files, recognizable by filenames with an ".ivt" extension. These files require the Beyond 20/20 reader to view and manipulate the files.

New Brunswick

• New Brunswick Government Site
• New Brunswick statutes
• E-Document Repository, the Legislative Library's archive of New Brunswick documents in electronic format
• New Brunswick Royal Commissions, 1784-1950
• New Brunswick Municipalities

Specialized Search Tools

Canada

• Catalogue of Canadian Government Publications from 1993 to date
• Canadian Government official search page
• Department and Agency search engines, listed in alphabetical order
• Canadian Federal Government Databases accessible through the web (2005)
• Parliamentary Site, the Canadian parliamentary business and publications search engine
• Canadian Federal Royal Commissions index
• ArchivariaNet, searching the Library and Archives of Canada holdings of the Government of Canada on the web
• Amicus, national catalogue, Library and Archives Canada
• Waves, Fisheries and Oceans catalogue of publications
• Industry Canada's search engine
• Trade Data Online, Industry Canada's site for trade, business, and industry information

United Kingdom

• UK Direct, the website for the United Kingdom Government
• BOPCRIS, the British Official Publications Collaborative Reader Information Service, containing information from British official publications from 1688-1995.

United States

• Thomas, the search engine for U.S. Congress & Legislative Publications
• Portal to US government websites
• Godort's frequently used sites relating to US federal government information
• ERIC, the site of the Education Resources Information Clearinghouse search engine
• PUBMED, Internet access to MedLine, sponsored by the National Library of Medicine
• NTIS, the National Technical Information Service database
• Library of Congress Online Catalog

International

• UN Access, the licensed database allowing users to search for UN publications from 1991 to date
• WHOSIS, the World Health Organization Statistical Information System

Reference Desk

• How to Citing Government Publications is provided by staff of the Government Documents, Data and Maps Department, UNB Libraries as a PDF file as well as in html format
• History of Canadian Departments, 1867 to date
• Search InfoDep, the DSP listserv archive
• GEDS, the Federal Government Telephone Book providing telephone numbers, email, and postal addresses within the federal government
• Postal Code Lookup, to find Canadian postal codes through the Internet
• Canada 411, finding a person or business in Canada

• N.B. Government Phone Directory

• Pathfinders: Government Documents, Data and Maps
  • Working with SPSS for Windows
  • Census 96: Unlocking the Numbers
  • Finding Federal Legislation on the Internet, Part I (when looking for a specific act)
  • Government Sources for International Demographic Statistics
  • New Brunswick Orders In Council

Catalogues & Publishers

• Library of Congress Government Publications Site
• U.S. Government Printing Office
• Renouf Books
• Bernan Publishing Inc.
• Library Catalogs on the World Wide Web

Electronic Publications (Controlled Access Collections)

Note that these are IP controlled sites. You must be an authorized user of UNB Libraries to access these sites. Select all corporate authors, all titles, or link to specific programs, below:

Industry Canada

• Patent Office Record

Library of Parliament

• Library of Parliament publications, including current issue reviews, backgrounders, and legislative summaries

National Research Council

• NRC Press Journals

Natural Resources Canada

• Geological Survey of Canada Current Research series in electronic format

Public Works and Government Services Canada

• Translation Bureau publications, including glossaries and terminology bulletins

Statistics Canada

• Statistics Canada electronic publications available for viewing. Most of the publications that are on this list were priced at one point. Open access to virtually all of Statistics Canada publications are now available free of charge through the Statistics Canada web site.

Maps & Miscellaneous

• Map Quest for driving directions and times
• Geographical Names Search Service (GNSS) Canadian Geographical Names Query
• Mapping ServicesGeographical Names of Canada (includes link to traditional CGNDB query tool)
• Canada Map Office, sources for NRCan maps
• Geographic Nameserver (US)
• How far is it (as the crow flies)?
• Internet Quick Reference (Maps)

• Geobase, access to Canadian geospatial information at no cost and with unrestricted use.
• GeoGratis, NRCan portal to geospatial data
• Geospatial One-Stop, a single gateway to US geospatial data

• Library of Congress Classification
• iTools, tools to find information on the Internet
• Government Information in Canada/Information Gouvernmentale au Canada (ISSN 1198-5291)