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Databases
Publication coverage: 1954 - present
America: History and Life contains citations, with abstracts to social science and humanities literature on all aspects of U.S. and Canadian history, culture and current affairs from prehistoric times to the present.
Bibliography of Indigenous Peoples in North America is a bibliographic database covering all aspects of Indigenous Peoples in North American culture, history, and life.
Information about women authors who lived in Canada, or wrote about Canada, prior to 1940.
Canadian magazines, scholarly journals, news and wire feeds and Canada focused articles spanning business, education, current affairs; also agriculture, economics, government and politics, health sciences, history, literature, medical sciences, social sciences, and many more subject areas.
This collection focuses on Canadian public policy and contains publications from government and non-government organizations. The library's subscription includes materials through 2019 and is available via the Scholars Portal Books platform. It is also discoverable through Omni. It is a multidisciplinary collection of electronic books from Canadian publishers. Dates of publications vary by publisher - for more recent publications from Canadian publishers, please search Omni.
CORA contains hundreds of surveys including thousands of discrete items collected by major commercial Canadian firms dating back to the 1970s. In addition to providing open access to text searches for questions, the CORA site also provides access to trends and papers/reports.
Publication coverage: Indexed articles: 1980 - present ; Full-text articles: 1983 - present
Covers current events, history, culture, business, the arts, health, and technology. Includes The Globe and Mail, Maclean's, Canadian News Facts and a selection of reference sources and other publications in full-text.Publication coverage: 16th - early 20th century
This collection of books, serials, pamphlets and government publications is strong in literature, women's history, native studies, travel and exploration, and the history of French Canada.Publication coverage: 1606-1822
Manuscript materials of the Colonial Office files held at The National Archives in London; contains original correspondence of the North American and Caribbean colonial governments with the British government, covering the period 1606 to 1822.
Documents persons who died between the years 1000 and 1930 (covering volumes 1-XV of the ongoing print version) or whose last known date of activity falls within these years. From 1930 to 2000, there are limited biographical coverage.
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New / Trial E-resources
- Informit Indigenous Collection offers broad scope for critical international engagement with topical and historical issues paramount to understanding Indigenous studies across the world.
Trial runs through December 16, 2023. Please submit your feedback using the Trial E-resource Feedback Form. - Canada Commons is an updated version of the Canadian Electronic Library. It features Canadian ebooks, public policy papers, and a directory of Canadian research and government organizations.
This trial runs through Nov. 22, 2023. Please submit feedback using the Trial E-resource Feedback Form. - Scite.ai is a discovery and evaluation platform which analyzes how and where a citation was used within a publication.
Trial runs through November 30, 2023. Please submit feedback using the Trial E-resource Feedback Form.