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º Author
º Academic Background
º Additional Qualifications
º E-mail Address
º Acknowledgement
Author of A Research Guide for Students:
Teacher-Librarian (now retired), St. Francis Xavier Secondary School, Mississauga, ON Canada
Academic Background:
B.A. (English & History) - University of Western Ontario
B.Ed. (Education) - University of Toronto
B.Ed. (Inservice) - York University
B.L.S. (Library Science - now Faculty of Information) - University of Toronto
M.A. (Anthropology) - University of Toronto
M.Ed. (Educational Administration) - Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto.
Unfinished Ph.D. (Anthropology) - University of Toronto
(Thesis Topic: Urbanization of Canadian Indian Women)
Unfinished Ed.D. (Curriculum) - Ontario Insititute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto
(Thesis Topic: Computer Labs in Schools)
Additional Qualifications:
DeVry Institute of Technology - Internet/Web Design.
DeVry Institute of Technology - Local Area Networks.
Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board - German (Secondary School Credit).
Halton District School Board - German (Gary Allan High School Credit).
Sheridan College - Conversational German.
Sheridan College - IBM-PC.
Sheridan College - Litigation - Law Clerks.
University of Toronto - Associate Teacher.
University of Toronto - Computer Science Senior.
University of Toronto - Librarianship Specialist.
University of Toronto - Summer Advanced Placement Institute - Computer Science A & AB.
University of Toronto - Visual Arts, Part II.
York University - Computers in the Classroom Specialist.
York University - English As a Second Language, Part I.
York University - Religious Education, Part I.
E-mail Address:
cybrarian88@hotmail.com
Acknowledgement:
The author gratefully acknowledges contributions of the many individuals in the creation, update and maintenance of this Web site:
Domenic A. for planting the seed for this Web site when he contributed his favorite URLs to the very first print edition of "A Research Guide for Today's High School Students" in 1995.
David B. for suggesting useful educational web sites for inclusion in the Virtual Library.
Ivanna C. for her continued and dedicated assistance in promoting the Research Guide to students.
M.C. a true gentleman from Ottawa, for his suggestion of numerous Canadian educational sites.
Barry D. for pointing out errors, and for suggesting useful educational web sites for inclusion, in the Research Guide.
Brenda D. for suggesting useful URLs in the field of Librarianship.
Jan D. for notifying the author of broken links as well as suggesting an excellent website for inclusion in the Virtual Library.
Patrizia F. for volunteering her time to check for broken links.
Patricia F. for her support of the Web site.
Peter F. for his encouragement, support, and guidance.
Linda G. for her recommendation of educational sites relating to Technology, Libraries, as well as professional development of Librarians.
Sarah G. for kindly notifying the author of broken links and for providing excellent replacement sites.
Henry K. for his kindness, helpfulness, and support for students and colleagues alike, as well as for his suggestions of computer related sites for inclusion in the Virtual Library.
Ivy K. for her suggestion of numerous educational sites for inclusion in the Research Guide, and for taking the time to translate Aging Mother, an essay originally written in Chinese, into English.
Eric L. for designing the logos, headings, and titles for various sections of this Web site, for providing important scripts to improve the execution of the site, as well as for his unwavering technical support through the years.
Eugene L. for recommending this site to his students and for his insistence that all students must document their sources when writing a research paper - absolutely no plagiarism is allowed.
Tania M. for her assistance in checking for broken links.
Anna M. for her assistance in checking for broken links.
Bob M. for suggesting useful educational sites for inclusion in the Virtual Library.
David M. for his suggestion of a number of essential Web sites for inclusion in the Virtual Library.
Ronald M. for kindly notifying the author of an important broken link from Service Canada, which was finally fixed by Service Canada.
Misty N. for suggesting useful educational sites for inclusion in the Virtual Library.
Kathryn P. for her contribution on e-mail and spyware issues.
Keith S. for his patience and detailed explanation of how secured systems work.
John S. for suggesting numerous high quality educational sites for teachers, students, and parents.
Nancy T. for suggesting numerous educational web sites on health and wellness for inclusion in the Virtual Library.
Nadeem V. for providing instruction and guidance on Web design.
All of you from around the world (in descending order by number of visitors to this site): United States, Canada, India, France, Japan, United Kingdom, Australia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Kenya, Philippines, Spain, Hong Kong, China, Singapore, Germany, Ukraine, Brazil, Hungary, Netherlands, Italy, Turkey, Cyprus, South Africa, Poland, Ireland, Belgium, Sweden, Mexico, United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Romania, Pakistan, Mauritius, Thailand, Israel, Switzerland, Austria, Indonesia, Denmark, Portugal, Norway, Chile, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Finland, Morocco, Taiwan, Greece, Nigeria, Kuwait, Czech Republic, Jamaica, Vietnam, Estonia, Barbados, Lithuania, Colombia, Bahamas, Oman, Lebanon, Malta, Ghana, Yugoslavia, Bahrain, Iran, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Sri Lanka, Guam, Panama, Tanzania, Croatia, Jordan, Guatemala, Peru, Virgin Islands, U.S., Latvia, Sudan, Palestinian Territory, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Luxembourg, Dominican Republic, Syria, Fiji, Uganda, Macedonia, Qatar, Nicaragua, Iceland, Belarus, Bermuda, Moldova, Mauritania, Zimbabwe, Brunei Darussalam, El Salvador, Cote d'Ivoire, Bolivia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Kyrgyzstan, Maldives, Namibia, Bhutan, Mongolia, Netherlands Antilles, Senegal, Gambia and other places - who have sent e-mail messages in the past years, have asked citation questions, have sent comments, praises, suggestions, criticisms, requests, have suggested Web sites for inclusion in the Virtual Library, have notified the author of broken links, have recommended and added links to the Research Guide, and have conferred awards, I thank you all. Your encouragement, help and support are greatly appreciated.
