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Databases
Gathered by the Reverend Charles Burney and now a well-known collection at the British Library, the original Burney volumes are in fragile condition and are restricted from reading-room use except as microfilm.
Index to actual census records (heads & strays only), as compiled by the Ontario Genealogical Society and made searchable via the web by Queen's University Library.
Publication coverage: Pre-1925
Publication coverage: 1800-1900
Provides access to Statistics Canada datasets, datafiles from Gallup Canada and other polling companies, public-domain files such as the Canadian National Election Surveys, and files from the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR).
AATA online: Abstracts of International Conservation Literature
Comprehensive coverage of literature related to the preservation and conservation of cultural heritage.ABELL: Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature
Publication coverage: 1920 - present
Publication coverage: 1971 -
Business database containing the full text of thousands of sources, including essential scholarly journals, trade magazines, company news and reports.Publication coverage: 1971-
Publication coverage: 1980 - present (updated daily)
Multidisciplinary index to scholarly peer-reviewed academic journals, as well as newspaper and audio material, including podcasts and news transcripts.Ask Us
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New / Trial Databases
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Gender: Identity and Social Change
Essential primary sources documenting the changing representations and lived experiences of gender roles and relations from the nineteenth century to the present. The trial runs from October 10 to November 7, 2019.