ALMANACS, CALENDARS, HOLIDAYS & OTHER REFERENCE SOURCES

Check out the print resources in the Penturn Library by searching our OPAC. Then, consult our online databases. For additional information, try the links below. *New links are regularly added to this site, so check back often. The teaching and learning resources listed below have been selected for staff and student use.

Cherchez les ressources sur papier à la bibliothèque Penturn en utilisant notre catalogue "OPAC." Aussi, consultez les bases de données. Pour l'information supplémentaire essayez les liens qui se trouvent ci-dessous. On ajoute régulièrement de nouveaux liens; alors, regardez ce site de temps en temps. Les ressources d'enseignment et d'apprentisage ont été choisies pour les professeurs et les étudiants.

See Also

• Reference Desk
• Information Please Almanac : A compendium of statistics and up-to-date facts and figures, on everything you need to know.

• Calendars through the Ages A site covering the "history of the human endeavor to organize our lives in accordance with the sun and stars." Discover the origins of modern and past calendar systems.
• The Calendar Zone "Celestial Calendars, Cultural & Religious Calendars, Holidays, Millennium Info, Calendar Reform, Today Calendars, Web & Interactive Calendars."
• Earth CalendarThe Earth Calendar is an online calendar of holidays and observances around the world.
• Interfaith Calendar English calendar dates for holidays and holy days for several different world religions. 
• School Year Calendar : Ontario Ministry of Education
• School Year Calendar : Toronto District School Board (TDSB)

Religious Holidays Around the World

Celebrated in the Penturn Library 

• January
• February
• March
• April
• May
• June
• July
• August
• September
• October
• November
• December

MISCELLANEOUS REFERENCES

•   Currency Converter  
•  Earth and Moon Viewer From the Swiss Fourmilab, this interactive server allows views of the Earth & Moon from all angles. 

•  World Statistics : Worldometers is managed by a team of developers and researchers with the goal of making world statistics available in a thought-provoking and time relevant format to a wide audience around the world. Sources are carefully selected to include only data published by the most prestigious institutions in the world, such as the United Nations, the World Health Organization, the Food and Agriculture Organization, its data branch FAOstat, the OECD and others. 
• World Clock The world clock and time zones.

• World Time A service featuring an interactive world atlas and information on local time as well as sunrise and sunset times in several hundred cities worldwide. Developed in Hamburg, Germany using HAB software.

• World Time Server This site provides correct and current time in any world time zone, country or major city. Accurate adjustments for Daylight Saving Time (or Summer Time) are made according to each location's rules and laws.