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America: History and Life

Historical coverage of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. The database covers 1700 journals, and in addition to its historical coverage, the database includes citations to related materials for...

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America: History and Life	Historical coverage of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. The database covers 1700 journals, and in addition to its historical coverage, the database includes citations to related materials for...	Connect
Assumption College Purple and White	The Purple And White was the Assumption College (later Assumption University) student newspaper for almost 35 years. It began publication on November 15th, 1924 and continued until early 1959. With the February 26th,...	Connect
Bibliography of Indigenous Peoples in North America	Citations to literature about Indigenous peoples in North America published from the sixteenth century to the present. Populations include Aleuts; Eskimos or Inuit of Greenland, northern Canada, Alaska, and eastern...	Connect
Canadiana	Web access to a digital library of primary sources in Canadian history from the first European contact to the late 19th century. The collection is particularly strong in the subject areas of literature, women's...	Connect
Canadiana Héritage	Chronicling the country and its people from the 1600s to the mid-1900s, this collection will represent a vast and unique resource for Canadian historians, students, and genealogists, once completed. The Héritage project...	Connect
CBCA Complete: History	Focuses on history periodicals covering Canada and Canadian issues. It is a subset of CBCA Complete.	Connect
Dictionary of Canadian Biography	Contains authoritative biographical information about historical Canadian figures. A joint initiative between the University of Toronto and the Université Laval, Dictionary of Canadian Biography provides...	Connect
Early Encounters in North America	Collection of primary sources of early encounters, specifically focused on present-day Canada and the United States. Contains 1,482 authors and over 100,000 pages of letters, diaries, memoirs, images and accounts of...	Connect
National Film Board of Canada	Registration is required for some features in this resource. Click on the title for more info. Full-length films, trailers, and clips online for use in educational institutions. NFB showcases films that take a stand on issues of global importance that matter to Canadians: stories about the environment, human...	Connect
North American Immigrant Letters, Diaries and Oral Histories	Provides a unique and personal view of what it meant to immigrate to America and Canada between 1800 and 1950. Composed of contemporaneous letters and diaries, oral histories, interviews, and other personal narratives,...	Connect
North American Women's Letters and Diaries	This collection includes the immediate experiences of numerous women and contains many pages of diaries and letters. Particular care has been taken to index this material so that it can be searched more thoroughly...	Connect
Our Ontario	Digital collections of resources pertaining to history, business, and scientific heritage in Ontario.Our Ontario is a non-profit organization offering services and platforms that enable digital creation and sharing of...	Connect
Our Ontario Community Newspapers Collection	Searchable historical Ontario newspapers from 1810 onward.This resource brings together over 200 years of newspaper titles throughout South Western Ontario from as early as 1810. This collection contains over 100,000...	Connect
SWODA: Southwestern Ontario Digital Archive	Explore Southwestern Ontario, one of the oldest Caucasian settled areas within the Province, dating to before the 18th century, through diaries, publications, photos, postcards, maps, and other resources, including a...	Connect