Library Guides @ VIU: History: Canada

LibrarySearch: Find articles, books and more

Canadian History: Finding Articles

These databases of journal and news articles can be searched either through LibrarySearch or directly through the links below.

Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window
Multi-disciplinary database with full text journal articles, including peer-reviewed titles.
America: History & Life with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Historical coverage of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. Index to secondary literature with some full text coverage and linking to external full text sources.
CBCA Complete This link opens in a new window
Canadian periodicals from 1982 to date, including some full text.
Globe and Mail (June 1844 - 3 years ago): ProQuest Historical Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Electronic full-page newspaper archive of The Globe and Mail from June 1844. Coverage includes all the stories, plus thousands of images, advertisements, classifieds, political cartoons, births and deaths from more than 1.4 million pages of Canada's National Newspaper, dating back to the pre-confederation era.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Multidisciplinary, full text, scholarly journal archive with strong retrospective coverage.
Periodicals Archive Online This link opens in a new window
Full text journal articles from 1665-2000, with international coverage.

Canadian History: Selected Primary Documents Online

Canadian Letters & Images Project
"...online archive of the Canadian war experience, from any war, as told through the letters and images of Canadians themselves. It began in August 2000, located in the Department of History at Vancouver Island University."
Canadiana Online
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Monographs collection, spanning three and a half centuries of Canadian documentary history, holds rich primary materials exploring a wide range of subjects and disciplines. With a projected 84,000 titles by completion, this resource is the most comprehensive full-text searchable set of historical monographs currently available for the study of Canada.
Collections Canada | Library & Archives Canada
CBC Digital Archives
Listen to and watch original CBC radio and television coverage of events in Canada's history.
Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions (CIHM) in LibrarySearch
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Pre-1900 Canadian publications. Many are available free online via the Library. The Library also has many of these publications on microfiche.
Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan | University of Regina
National Archives UK's photostream: Canada
NFB Images
High Definition footage and archival treasures from the National Film Board of Canada and partners. "NFB IMAGES features images from around the world: classic and contemporary material on war and conflict, industrialization, rural and urban lifestyles, celebrities, wildlife and a treasure trove of film footage on the Arctic."
Our Roots
Collection of digitized Canadian local histories in French and English, with learning packages for students and teachers.

Primary Documents: Government of Canada

Canadian Parliamentary Historical Resources | Library of Parliament
Senate
Debates
Journals
Committees
Bills
Senate Minutes of Proceedings
Rules of the Senate (28 volumes)
House of Commons
Debates
Journals
Committees
Bills
House of Commons Votes and Proceedings
Standing Orders of the House of Commons (28 volumes)
Sessional Papers
Statistics Canada. InfoGuide: Historical Resources
lists sources of historical statistics produced by Statistics Canada and its predecessor agencies. The guide also lists sources of information about the history of the Canadian census, surveys and statistical programs, and Statistics Canada.
Topics and resources relate to geography, economy, society, and family history.
Politics and Government | Library and Archives Canada
Resources include textual documents, photographs, audio recordings, virtual exhibitions, databases, Orders-in-Council, the Canada Gazette, private archives and colonial records, Royal Commissions reports.
Commissions of Inquiry | Privy Council Office