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This course guide lists resources for the Canadian history presentation and Face of Montreal cultural development project assigned in Intensive English Advanced B (CEGL 423). For other resources related to courses in English as a second language, visit this Subject Guide.
1. Background information
- Canadian Encyclopedia Online
- Oxford Companion to Canadian History (online)
- Oxford Companion to Canadian History (book)
- Dictionary of Canadian Biography
- Quebec History Encyclopedia
Website maintained by Claude Bélanger, Marianopolis College (Montréal) - Montreal, 500 years of history: Basic history of Montreal from the city archives. Includes images
General Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
2. Films and audio recordings
- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) Archives Online streaming clips of CBC radio and TV broadcasts from the 1930s to the present
- National Film Board Canadian documentaries and other films
- Find DVDs in the library by searching the library catalogue
A few recommended videos and films:
- The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
- Black October
- Death of the Don (crime in Montreal)
- Leonard Cohen interview
- Montreal By Night (1947)
- Night Zoo
- Notman’s Canada: Photographer to the Queen
- Oscar Peterson interview (jazz)
- The Rocket (hockey)
- The Rocket Richard Riots (hockey)
- Show Girls (VHS)
- The Sweater (hockey)
- Zero Tolerance (crime, multiculturalism)
3. Images and other multimedia
- Virtual Museum of Canada: Exhibitions and Image gallery
- McCord Museum
Also: thematic tours (includes two sections related to Montreal and the museum's collection of videos
- Digital collections from the McGill Library
Several collections include images and information about Montreal and McGill University - Digital collections from the Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec
Digitized materials including book pages, magazines, newspapers, manuscripts, photographs, postcards, directories, maps, sound recordings, and more dating back to 17th century - Library and Archives Canada
Also includes videos
4. Newspaper & magazine articles
Find news and magazine articles from these online databases.
- Canadian Reference Centre
Includes leading Canadian periodicals and international (U.S. and U.K.) magazines and newspapers in full text as well as full text reference books and biographies - Canadian Newsstand
Searches full text (no graphics) of recent years of many Canadian newspapers. Date varies by newspaper; a few go back to the 1980s - CBCA Complete
Covers Canadian material of all kinds (scholarly articles, newspapers, etc.). To see non-scholarly articles, perform a search, then once you are on the results page click on the “Magazines” tab. This will show only articles from magazines such as Macleans, etc. Covers recent years - CPI.Q
Similar to CBCA Complete (above) - Quebec Historical Newspapers
Digitized newspapers from the late 1800s and early 1900s. From Bibliothèque et archives nationales du Québec. Most materials are in French - Virtual News Library / Biblio-Branchée
Searches full text (no graphics) of Canadian news sources in English or in French. Some sources go back to the 1980s - Globe and Mail: Canada's Heritage from 1844
Full text (page image) of The Globe and Mail newspaper from 1844 until a few years ago. Browse by date or search for keywords (5 years at a time) - Toronto Star: Pages of the Past
Full text (page image) of The Toronto Star newspaper dating back to 1894
5. Finding Books
To find books, use the basic word(s) anywhere or advanced keyword search in the library catalogue. You can search using words like - Montreal, histor*, and so on
Search tips
| Fill in the blanks symbol: | * | e.g. histor* will retrieve catalogue records containing the words history, histories, historical, etc. |
| Phrase searching: | "___" | e.g. "montreal canadiens" will retrieve catalogue records containing the phrase Montreal Canadiens |
| Boolean operators: | (), AND, OR, NOT | e.g. art AND (Montreal OR "Quebec City") will retrieve catalogue records containing the word history AND either Montreal OR the phrase Quebec City |
Suggested nonfiction about Montreal
Suggested fiction set in Montreal
Other novelists
- Yves Beauchemin
- Robert Majzels
- Émile Ollivier
- Mordecai Richler
- Régine Robin
- Gabrielle Roy
- Michel Tremblay
6. Research Resources
- Connecting to library resources from off-campus
How to set up the Virtual Private Network (VPN) - English Language Resources
Includes dictionaries, thesauri, and other materials for learners of English as a second language - Resources for International Students
An introduction to academic libraries in North America - Tips for internet security and privacy
From McGill IT services - Citation Guides
Style guides for creating bibliographies and citations - Five Steps to a Better Paper
This tool breaks down doing your assignment into five steps, with suggested times to do each one and links to resources and useful information to help you complete each step - Study Skills
Resources for presenting, studying, note-taking, taking exams, writing, and more