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 website:

Domenic A. for planting the seed for this website 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 providing links to valuable resources for student research.

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 websites 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 website.

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.

John H. for suggesting useful and entertaining educational material for inclusion in the Virtual Library.

Paul A. H. for suggesting excellent and useful educational material for inclusion in the Virtual Library.

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 website, 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 websites 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 L. N. for suggesting useful educational sites for inclusion in the Virtual Library.

Kathryn P. for her contribution on e-mail and spyware issues.

Sara P. for her valuable suggestion of an excellent site for inclusion in the Renewable Energy Resources.

Keith S. for his patience and detailed explanation of how secured systems work.

Bob S. for contributing links to funny websites to add a touch of humor to the Research Guide.

John S. for suggesting numerous high quality educational sites for teachers, students, and parents.

Nancy T. for suggesting numerous educational websites on health and wellness for inclusion in the Virtual Library.

Nadeem V. for providing instruction and guidance on web design.

Samuel X. for pointing out a broken link to an important site and providing the correct URL for update. Great help!

Janelle Y. for suggesting a useful career and job search website for inclusion in the Research Guide.

VISITORS FROM AROUND THE WORLD:

To those of you, from the following countries and territories, who have sent e-mail messages in past years, have asked citation questions, have sent comments, praises, suggestions, criticisms, requests, have suggested websites 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 sincerely. Your encouragement, help and support have been greatly appreciated. The best to you all from around the world (in descending order by number of visitors to this site, data from Google Analytics as of 4 July 2011):

1. United States
2. Canada
3. Philippines
4. United Kingdom
5. India
6. Australia
7. Malaysia
8. (not set)
9. Germany
10. Pakistan
11. Netherlands
12. Indonesia
13. New Zealand
14. Italy
15. China
16. Singapore
17. Ireland
18. South Africa
19. Russia
20. France
21. Poland
22. Brazil
23. Spain
24. Hong Kong
25. South Korea
26. Thailand
27. Kenya
28. Ukraine
29. Jamaica
30. Greece
31. United Arab Emirates
32. Nigeria
33. Turkey
34. Iran
35. Romania
36. Japan
37. Egypt
38. Argentina
39. Belgium
40. Saudi Arabia
41. Vietnam
42. Trinidad and Tobago
43. Mexico
44. Israel
45. Sweden
46. Slovenia
47. Austria
48. Czech Republic
49. Sri Lanka
50. Chile
51. Bangladesh
52. Switzerland
53. Bulgaria
54. Puerto Rico
55. Serbia
56. Colombia
57. Portugal
58. Morocco
59. Lithuania
60. Denmark
61. Kuwait
62. Norway
63. Venezuela
64. Panama
65. Hungary
66. Costa Rica
67. Lebanon
68. Taiwan
69. Macedonia [FYROM]
70. Peru
71. Croatia
72. Qatar
73. Dominican Republic
74. Finland
75. Jordan
76. Georgia
77. Ghana
78. Mauritius
79. Algeria
80. Nepal
81. Estonia
82. Armenia
83. Barbados
84. Nicaragua
85. Albania
86. Belize
87. Tanzania
88. Tunisia
89. Ecuador
90. Ethiopia
91. Iceland
92. Latvia
93. Uganda
94. Guinea-Bissau
95. Senegal
96. Malta
97. Sudan
98. Mongolia
99. Slovakia
100. Cambodia
101. Namibia
102. Luxembourg
103. Maldives
104. Honduras
105. Bahrain
106. Palestinian Territories
107. Haiti
108. Yemen
109. Guam
110. Belarus
111. Kazakhstan
112. El Salvador
113. Myanmar [Burma]
114. Montenegro
115. Netherlands Antilles
116. Bosnia and Herzegovina
117. Cyprus
118. Zimbabwe
119. Bahamas
120. Oman
121. Syria
122. Moldova
123. Suriname
124. French Polynesia
125. Bhutan
126. Djibouti
127. Uzbekistan
128. Brunei
129. Isle of Man
130. Dominica
131. Botswana
132. Bermuda
133. Saint Kitts and Nevis
134. Bolivia
135. Guatemala
136. Guyana
137. Kyrgyzstan
138. Eritrea
139. Tajikistan

Visitor Stats by City: One day (July 30, 2011) visitors from following City/Region/Country:

Mississauga Ontario Canada
Sydney New South Wales Australia
New York New York United States
Memphis Tennessee United States
Palembang Sumatera Selatan Indonesia
Carbondale Illinois United States
Nairobi Nairobi Area Kenya
Manila Manila Philippines
Auckland Auckland New Zealand
Bowral New South Wales Australia
Fort Myers Florida United States
Madras Tamil Nadu India
Saint Petersburg Florida United States
Toronto Ontario Canada
San Jose California United States
New Haven Connecticut United States
Tuscaloosa Alabama United States
Thrissur Kerala India
Caloocan Quezon City Philippines
North Las Vegas Nevada United States
Lindon Utah United States
Boynton Beach Florida United States
Hamilton Ontario Canada
Calcutta West Bengal India
Glens Falls New York United States
Pasig Pampanga Philippines
Dallas Texas United States
Vancouver British Columbia Canada
Fresno California United States
Washington District Of Columbia United States
Gilroy California United States
Westminster California United States
Saint Catharines Ontario Canada
Moreno Valley California United States
Boston Massachusetts United States
San Diego California United States
Tuscaloosa Alabama United States
Thrissur Kerala India
Caloocan Quezon City Philippines
North Las Vegas Nevada United States
Catonsville Maryland United States
Cold Lake Alberta Canada
Dhaka Dhaka Bangladesh
Seattle Washington United States
Jerusalem Yerushalayim Israel
Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
Grove City Ohio United States
Ames Iowa United States
Naga Naga Philippines
Painesville Ohio United States
Omemee Ontario Canada
Mumbai Maharashtra India
Konya Konya Turkey
Columbia Tennessee United States
- Unknown Unknown