Indigenous Resources

A 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)

The BC (British Columbia) Historical Newspapers: Local project features digitized versions of historical papers from around the province.

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.

Canada'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.

The Canadian Business & Current Affairs™ Database combines full text and indexed content from all four subsets (Business, Current Events, Education, and Reference). The content comes from a broad range of Canadian sources, with the majority of content in English and hundreds of thousands of full-text articles in French. The resource includes millions of full-text articles and records from 1933 to current, providing an ideal research environment for those interested in Canadian current events, business, science and technology, medical, humanities and the arts, and hundreds of topics.

Streaming audio and video content from CBC and Radio-Canada. Provides access to thousands of programs and documentaries with English and French-language content.

EBC 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.

Primary 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.

Connects faculty, students, researchers and members of the community with electronic resources: books, articles, theses, documents, photographs, archival resources, maps, etc.

JSTOR 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.

Streaming video collection from the NFB. CAMPUS films can be streamed for free. Films include documentaries, animation and dramas.

This 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.

Searchable primary source material including: maps, photos, newspapers, manuscripts, pamphlets, portraits, sermons, poems and more for research, teaching and learning.