Indigenous Resources
Database Resources
The majority of databases can be searched together through the library’s Discovery Search. However, if you are interested in a more limited search you can access the following databases individually.
Please note, when accessing databases from off campus you will need to login using your campus wide login credentials. For the full list of databases the library offers please visit the databases link on the library home page
Databases
- Academic Search Ultimate This link opens in a new windowA database of articles from journals and magazines. Most of the content is available in full text. Covers a wide range of subject areas. DS (Discovery Search)
- BC Historical Newspapers: Local This link opens in a new windowThe BC (British Columbia) Historical Newspapers: Local project features digitized versions of historical papers from around the province.
- BC Historical Newspapers: Major Dailies This link opens in a new window
Historic archives of the The Province (1894-2010), the Vancouver Sun (1912-2010) and the Times-Colonist (1884 -2010). Open access to all B.C. residents.
- Canadian Encyclopedia This link opens in a new windowCanada's national, interactive encyclopedia covering all branches of knowledge. Articles are available in English and French. Multimedia content includes images, maps, games, audio and video.
- Curio.ca This link opens in a new windowStreaming audio and video content from CBC and Radio-Canada. Provides access to thousands of programs and documentaries with English and French-language content.
- Encyclopedia of British Columbia (KnowBC) This link opens in a new windowEBC is the definitive reference work on BC people, places and things. Includes more than 4,000 articles as well as photographs, maps, charts and tables, and sound & video clips. Hosted on KnowBC.
- Frontier Life: Borderlands, Settlement & Colonial Encounters This link opens in a new windowPrimary source materials from 1650-1920 documenting the European settlement of North America (including Canada), Africa, Australia, and New Zealand and the impact upon Indigenous peoples.
- iPortal : Indigenous Studies Portal This link opens in a new windowConnects faculty, students, researchers and members of the community with electronic resources: books, articles, theses, documents, photographs, archival resources, maps, etc.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowJSTOR is a full-text archival collection of core scholarly journals in the arts, humanities and sciences. Collections: Arts & Sciences l / Arts & Sciences II / Language & Literature.
- NFB (National Film Board of Canada) This link opens in a new windowStreaming video collection from the NFB. Films include documentaries, animation and dramas.
- Oxford Companion to Canadian History This link opens in a new windowThis is the essential reference title for all those interested in Canadian History. From the Norse to Nunavut, The Oxford Companion to Canadian History provides an authoritative and comprehensive guide to the significant events, issues, institutions, places, and people that have shaped Canada from earliest times to the present.
- Points to the Past (BC) This link opens in a new windowSearchable primary source material including: maps, photos, newspapers, manuscripts, pamphlets, portraits, sermons, poems and more for research, teaching and learning.
Selkirk College acknowledges the traditional territories of the Sinixt (Lakes), the Syilx (Okanagan), the Ktunaxa and the Secwépemc (Shuswap) Peoples.
