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Digital Kingston

A collection of local history texts and images about Kingston and area (Ontario).

Factiva

Publication coverage: Varies by publication.

More than 28,000 sources from 157 countries in 23 languages, including over 600 continuously updated newswires. Contains same-day and archival coverage of key newspapers, including The Globe and Mail, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post. Default search is Headline plus Lead Paragraph. Expand 'More Options' to change to Full Article or limit to Headline only.

Héritage

Héritage draws from the rich corpus of archival microfilm held by Library and Archives Canada, with a focus on fonds from the individuals and organizations that have shaped Canada's history. Politics, arts and literature, labour, military, Indigenous history, social justice and women's history are particular areas of strength.

Historical Statistics of Canada

Publication coverage: 1867 - 1970's

Contains statistical tables on the social, economic and institutional conditions of Canada from the start of the Confederation in 1867 to the mid-1970s.

Libris Canadiana

Publication coverage: 1867 - 2000

The Libris Canadiana database provides word, title, author and subject access to material published in a number of Canadian periodicals of historical significance.

Maclean's Magazine Archive

Publication coverage: 1905-2015

Provides cover-to-cover online access to the Canadian news and general interest magazine from its first issue in 1905 through 2015.

MLA Directory of Periodicals

The MLA Directory of Periodicals provides detailed information on over 6,000 journals and book series that cover literature, literary theory, dramatic arts, folklore, language, linguistics, pedagogy, rhetoric and composition, and the history of printing and publishing. Articles published in works listed in the directory are indexed in the MLA International Bibliography.

MLA International Bibliography

Publication coverage: 1925 - present

Comprehensive index to scholarly writing on literature, language, linguistics, literary criticism, folklore, drama, literary genres, etc.

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