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Virtual Shelters:

Optimizing Digital Reference Services
To Meet the Information Needs of Abused Women


Site Creator: Shannon Christoffersen

Links:
Digital Resources for Abused Women

Local Help Organizations

Calgary Women's Emergency Shelter

WINHouse: An Ongoing Project of Edmonton's Women's Shelter

Medicine Hat Women's Shelter Society

Alberta Council of Women's Shelters

Shelternet

Hot Peach Pages

CASAC: Canadian Association of Sexual Assault Centres

General Information on Abused Women

National Clearinghouse on Family Violence

National Clearinghouse on Family Violence: Woman Abuse

Education Wife Assault

VIOLET

ROSENet

Centre for Children and Families in the Justice System: Links to Sites About Relationship Abuse

Swatjobs: Links

Open Directory Project (DMOZ): Domestic Violence Links

Canadian Women's Foundation: Violence Prevention Resources and Research

Legal Information

RCMP: Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Government of Canada: Department of Justice, Programs and Services

Queen's Printer: Alberta Laws and Publications

Canadian Legal Portal

Canadian Legislation

Health Information

Canadian Mental Health Association

Health Canada

Free Medical Journals

Healthfinder

PubMed

Specialized Search Tools

Google

Librarian's Index to the Internet

INFOMINE

Financial Planning and Career Advice

Canadian MoneySaver

Monster.ca

Jobs.ca

This document was originally created by Shannon Christoffersen in April 2004 for LIS 536 (Digital Reference and Information Retrieval) at the School of Library and Information Studies, University of Alberta. It was revised in March 2005 for the LIS 600 capping project.
Clip art for the images was supplied by Microsoft Office Online: Clip Art and Media.
Page last updated on: March 15, 2005