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Research Tools for Canadian Studies
Use these research tools to find information related to Canadian Studies from sources such as scholarly articles, books and encyclopedias.
Archival Collections and Primary Sources
Article Databases and Indexes
Atlases, Maps and Gazetteers
Biographical Sources
Chronologies
Country Data Sources
Cultural Resources and Museum Sources
Dictionaries, Thesauri and Quotations
Directories
Dissertation and Thesis Sources
Encyclopedias and Almanacs
Government Information Sources
Image and Sound Databases
Library and Book Catalogs
News Databases, Indexes and Web Sites
Organizations
Statistics and Numeric Data
Web Gateways and Search Engines
Archival Collections and Primary Sources
Resources that list, or provide access to, materials typically found in archives and used for primary source research. Examples include manuscripts, diaries, letters, first-hand accounts or documentary sources on a subject, person, event or issue.
Article Databases and Indexes
Article databases and indexes are used to search for journal and magazine articles on a research topic. Databases may provide citations, abstracts, and/or the full text of articles.
Atlases, Maps and Gazetteers
Resources that provide maps or tools you can use to generate maps. Gazetteers are geographical dictionaries, giving information about cities, mountains, rivers, etc.
Biographical Sources
Information about people, including biographical dictionaries, profiles of people or "Who's Whos", personal narratives, and other resources with significant biographical information.
Chronologies
Resources that arrange events in time.
Country Data Sources
Sources of information about specific countries.
Cultural Resources and Museum Sources
Listings of museums or other subject-related cultural resources.
Dictionaries, Thesauri, and Quotations
General and subject specific dictionaries in any language, dual language dictionaries, thesauri, dictionaries of quotations, and acronym lists.
- Electronic Resource Finder
- Print Resources
- Acrobuster : dictionary of Canadian English acronyms, initialisms, and abbreviations / Vadim Fotinov, Svetlana Fotinov. Ottawa : Fotinov & Fotinov, 2000.
Doe Reference PE3239.F68 2000 Abbreviations
- Canadian Oxford dictionary / edited by Katherine Barber. 2nd ed. Don Mills, Ont. : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Main Stack PE3235.C36 2004
- Dictionary of Canadian French = Dictionnaire du francais canadien / Sinclair Robinson, Donald Smith. Toronto : Stoddart, 1990.
Main Stack PC3637.R59 1990
- Dictionnaires de langue francaise du Canada : lexicographie et société au Québec / Annick Farina ; preface de Claude Poirier. Paris : Champion, 2001.
Main Stack PC3637.F37 2001
- Dictionnaire des canadianismes / Gaston Dulong. Nouv. ed., rev. et aug. Sillery, Quebec : Septentrion, c1999.
Main Stack PC3637.D82 1999
- Dictionnaire des régionalismes du français parlé des iles de La Madeleine / Chantal Naud. L'Etang-du-Nord [Quebec] : Les Editions Vignaud, 1999.
Main Stack PC3645.I43.N38 1999
- Guide to Canadian English usage / Margery Fee and Janice McAlpine. Toronto ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.
Main Stack PE3235.F44 1997
Doe Reference PE3235.F44 1997 Dictionaries
Directories
Alphabetical or subject listings containing names, addresses, and identifying data of persons, organizations, publications, web sites, etc.
Dissertation and Thesis Sources
Sources for locating masters theses and doctoral dissertations.
Encyclopedias and Almanacs
General or subject-specific encyclopedias, almanacs, and other collections of factual information.
Government Information Sources
Listings of publications and other information published by authority of a governmental body, whether federal, state, local, or foreign, and of intergovernmental organizations, such as UNESCO, etc. Many of these sources include the full text of the items.
Image and Sound Databases
Listings of material in audio or video format, photographs, paintings, or other visual materials. Some of these sources include or link to the actual items.
Library and Book Catalogs
Listings of books and other items belonging to a particular library or, as with union catalogs, a group of libraries, and usually containing information on the location and subject classification of each item. This category also includes national bibliographies, or lists of all books published in a particular country.
News Databases, Indexes and Web Sites
Listings (may include abstracts or full text) of articles in newspapers, newsmagazines, broadcast news transcripts or wire services. Also includes web sites of these media, or directories of such sites.
Organizations
Listings of subject-related associations, learned societies, or professional organizations.
Statistics and Numeric Data
Resources that provide tables of numerical information, or listings indicating where such information can be found.
Web Gateways and Search Engines
Broad, subject-related sites and subject-specific search engines available without restriction on the World Wide Web.
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