Canadian History
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Scope
History involves studying past events, and Canadian History involves studying past events in Canada.
The subject extends into a number of other disciplines, including Art, Economics, Education, Law, Political Science, Psychology, Religion, Science and Technology, Sociology, and Women's Studies.
These resources are generally related to the broad category of Canadian History. For research in specific subjects within Canadian History (e.g., the history of women in Canada), resources used within these subjects should be consulted as well (e.g., Women's Studies resources).
Online Reference Sources
Dictionary of Canadian Biography free
14 volume reference work containing the biographies of over 1400 prominent Canadians who died between 1000 and 1930
Searchable by keyword or by geography and/or by profession/identity
Encyclopedia of Canada’s Peoples free
Entries on ethnocultrual groups within Canada, including origins; migration; arrival and settlement; economic life; community life; family and kinship; culture; education; religion; politics; intergroup relations; group maintenance and ethnic commitment; and bibliography
Encyclopedia of British Columbia: BCIT, CNC, COTR, DC, ECUAD, JIBC, KPU, LC, NIC, NLC, NWCC, OC, SC, SFU, TRU, UBC, UFV, UNBC, UVic, VCC, VIU, YC
Bibliography of Native North Americans: ECUAD, JIBC, NLC, NWCC, OC, RRU, SFU, UBC, UNBC, UVic, YC
Top Databases
America: History & Life - the key index for Canadian History: available at: KPU, OC, SFU, TRU, TWU, UFV, UBC, UNBC, UVic, VIU
Search Strategies
Other Databases
Academic Search Complete: available at: BCIT, CAM, UBC,
Academic Search Premier: available at: CAP, DC, ECUAD, JIBC, KPU, NLC, OC, RRU, TRU, TWU, UFV, UNBC, UVic, VCC
Academic Search Elite: available at: CNC, COTR, LC, NIC, NWCC, SC, SFU, VIU, YC
Canadian Periodical Index (CPI.Q): available at: CAP, COTR, DC, JIBC, KPU, LC, NLC, OC, RRU, SFU, TWU, UBC, UNBC, UVic
CBCA Complete (Canadian Business and Current Affairs): available at: BCIT, CAM, DC, JIBC, KPU, OC, SFU, TRU, UFV, UBC, UVic, VIU
JSTOR: available at:
Arts & Sciences Collections - CAM, KPU, OC, SFU
Unknown Collections- DC, LC, RRU, TRU, UFV, UBC, UNBC, UVic, VIU
Project MUSE: available at: DC, ECUAD, OC, SFU, TRU, UBC, UNBC, UVic, VIU
North American Indian Biographical Database: available at: SFU, UBC
Books
General Reference
Bercuson, D. J., & Granatstein, J.L. (1988). The Collins dictionary of Canadian history, 1867 to the present. Don Mills, ON: Collins Publishers.
Bercuson, D. J., & Granatstein, J.L. (1992). Dictionary of Canadian military history. Toronto: Oxford UP.
Canadian who's who. (1910- ). Toronto: Who's Who Canadian Publications.
Encyclopedia Canadiana. (1977). Toronto: Grolier of Canada.
Gough, B. (1999). Historical dictionary of Canada. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press.
Hallowell, G. (Ed.) (2004). The Oxford companion to Canadian history. Don Mills, ON: Oxford UP.
Bibliographies
Cooke, O. A. (1997). The Canadian military experience 1867-1995: A bibliography. Ottawa: Dept. of National Defence.
Gobbett, B., & Irwin, R. (1998). Introducing Canada: An annotated bibliography of Canadian history in English. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press.
Owram, D., & Taylor, M. B. (Eds.). (1994). Canadian history: A reader’s guide. (Vols. 1-2). Toronto : University of Toronto Press.
Pedersen, D. L. (1996). Changing women, changing history: A bibliography of the history of women in Canada. Ottawa: Carleton University Press.
Smith, D. L. (1983). The history of Canada: An annotated bibliography. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio Information Services.
Primary Sources
Early Canadiana Online free
Includes many books and pamphlets published prior to 1900 and many government publications up to 1920
Contains various sub-collections, including Native Studies, Women's History, English-Canadian Literature, the History of French Canada, and the History of the Hudson's Bay Company
Globe and Mail: Canada's Heritage at least 11 institutions
Coverage ranges from June 1844 to December 2001
Early Encounters in North America UBC
Contains "over 100,000 pages of letters, diaries, memoirs and accounts of early encounters"
Subject Guides
Camosun College: Canadian History Library Guide
Digital Libraries
Open Access Journals
Associations
Find a Thesis
electronic theses available in the LAC collection, many on history.
Government
Websites & Portals
Library and Archives Canada
To find well-researched, reliable websites about Canadian History: just below the search box click "Website", then enter your search terms
From Colony to Country: A Reader's Guide to Canadian Military History
Includes a general overview of Canadian military history, as well as extensive bibliographies for many topics, including the First World War, the Second World War, and the War of 1812.
Multicultural Canada
Intended as "a portal gathering together online searchable multicultural Canadian newspapers, local histories, speeches, photographs, letters and oral histories"
Houses the Encyclopedia of Canada's Peoples
Canadian History on the Web
viHistory
Our web site is principally about the history of Vancouver Island in British Columbia.These records — along with the maps, lithographs, fire insurance plans and other historical documents posted here — offer a remarkably detailed picture of society in this part of Canada in the Victorian era.
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