Builder on-line
http://www.builderonline.com/
This is a key site and one that all educators should be familiar with. It provides daily news stories focused on building as well as a monthly on-line magazine with excellent, interesting articles. Their set of web links is well chosen providing links to good company and information sites. One major feature is a database of house plans, each plan providing images, information and detailed drawings.  This is set up using frames and is one of the better examples of frames in web design.

Building Online
http://www.buildingonline.com/
Fundamentally a site to locate building materials and building experts. It is a commercial site, paid for by advertising and you can get access  to a number of company web sites with their products highlighted. A good research site even though primarily American in content which now includes a free email builders magazine.

Forest Industry Magazine
http://www.forestindustry.com/
A very slick site that gives access to a large number of companies It is the internet home for: Canadian Forest Industry, Canadian Wood Products, the US Loggers World, National Forests and Timber (Australia), and Operations Forestiers among many others.  Mostly the magazines only provide table of contents but a number have "focus" issues where they provide a number of good, recent articles.

Wood Technology Magazine
http://www.woodtechmag.com/
Maintained by Miller-Freeman Publishers one of the major textbook publishers and conference promoters. Excellent material in both book and conference report form.  Provides access to the current magazine including several of the articles. Well done with good photographs. Books can be ordered. A good list of other links and information about wood tech conferences. An excellent site for ongoing student information.

Woodworker's Central
http://www.planrite.com/WC/wcentral.html
This is one of those phenomenal sites that the web has encouraged.  You have to visit this site if only to take at least one try at the Woodworker's maze which allows the user to work through a maze answering woodworking questions along the way.  As well there is an excellent site of articles in the "Woodworkers Gazette" and a large amount of material on design and production planning.   They have recently added an "Information Exchange" section where people can ask questions and others will provide answers.   The Planrite company is the web site's author's business which provides design services as well as a range of very elegant products, also well worth a quick look (http://www.planrite.com/)

The Woodworking Catalog
http://www.woodworking.com/
Their set of links to other sites is quite extensive and most of the sites checked were of good quality and well worth the visit. Sites tend to be focused on the woodworking professional or amateur rather than on large manufacturers. This is one of the best commercial woodworking sites.  It is full of ads and lots of the articles are simply extended ads for specific equipment and jigs but it is all well done and good information. In addition there are extensive links to other good sites. It provides the Woodworking Times, an excellent on line magazine with back issues available. Each issue highlights a specific wood working company.

Woodworking on the Web
http://www.kiva.net/~rjbrown/w5/wood.html
This is an amazing site for woodworkers with lots of information, tips, articles on how to, and sources for material.  Excellent material on wood turning and wood carving. Links to many other sites especially individual craftsmen who provide images of their work which can give students ideas for their own projects. Chock full of information and not commercial.

Wood World
http://www.woodfibre.com/wood/index.html
Basically a commercial exchange location, with companies advertising wood they have for sale or wood that they would like to buy. Not that many listings in any given section. Good graphics, nice and quick, there could be use for it for projects.

The Wood Web
http://www.woodweb.com/
The site claims to be the best site for woodworking on the web and may well come close. Lots of material, several journals with extensive article lists and good links to other sites.  It has a "wood of the month" feature with  excellent details and images.  You have to take at least one look at this site.

Canadian Model Forest Network
http://mf.ncr.forestry.ca/
The site provides access to the model forest projects setup throughout Canada looking at sustainable forestry and longterm health of the forest. Each of the model forest sites provides a wealth of information, for example the Macgregor Forest near Prince George has a great deal of material on industry - environmental connections. A good site to find lots of information on forestry and planning.

McGregor Model Forest
http://www.mcgregor.bc.ca/
One of 10 model forests in BC it is set up to experiment with methods of maintaining a sustainable forest industry. Uses a planning system called the "Brass Ring" which provides a look at all stakeholders positions. Most useful for Forestry students but provides a good overview for wood products information and the "political" climate that the industry will need to work in.