Liaison Librarian
- lonnie [dot] weatherby [at] mcgill [dot] ca (Lonnie Weatherby) 514-398-5031 Humanities and Social Sciences Library
Legend
- McGill users only
- In-library-use only
- Catalogue record
Sources for Background Information
Encyclopedias
Searching the Library Catalogue
Use the basic word(s) anywhere or advanced keyword search in the library catalogue. You can search using words like - Canada, Canad?, histor?, etc.
Search tips
| Truncation symbol: | ? | e.g. histor? will retrieve catalogue records containing the words history, histories, historical, etc. |
| Phrase searching: | "___" | e.g. "United Nations" will retrieve catalogue records containing the phrase United Nations |
| Boolean operators: | (), AND, OR, NOT default: AND |
e.g. history AND (Canada OR "United States") will retrieve catalogue records containing the word history AND either Canada OR the phrase United States |
Core and Additional Databases
- Arts & Humanities Citation Index (Web of Science)
- Humanities International Index
- CBCA Complete (ProQuest)
- CPI.Q (Canadian Periodical Index), 1988-
- Canadiana, 1973-
Cf. also Canadiana online. - Index to Pre-1900 English Language Canadian Cultural and Literary Magazines
- MLA Bibliography
Selected Internet Sites
Accessible to anyone with an Internet connection.
- McGill University Department of English
- McGill University Library Rare Books and Special Collections: Canadian Literature
- Canadian Literature Archive (University of Manitoba)
- CanLit Links (Northwest Passages)
- International Council for Canadian Studies
- Online Guide to Writing in Canada
- League of Canadian Poets
- Canadian Poetry Archive (Library and Archives Canada)
- Canadian Poetry (University of Toronto)
- CanLit Criticism
Full-text criticism. - Saskatchewan Writers Guild
Database of Saskatchewan authors. - Writers in Electronic Residence
"Linking Canada's writers with Canada's schools." - Out of This World: Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy
National Library of Canada exhibit. - Made in Canada: The Home Page for Canadian Science Fiction
- Quebec Writers' Federation
Pertaining to English authors in Québec. - Rufus Hathaway Collection of Canadian Literature: Selected Manuscripts
Selected correspondence from Rufus Hathaway, Bliss Carman, Mitchell Kennerley, Nathan Van Patten and Frederic Fairchild Sherman in the University of New Brunswick Libraries' Archives and Special Collections Dept. - Early Canadiana Online
e-Journals
- Canadian Literature
- Canadian Poetry: Studies, Documents, Reviews
Full-text 1977-1994.
Other Resources
Library Guides
- Canadian Literature (English): a selective list of reference sources
- Canadian Literature: A Guide to Reference Sources (1982)
Print copy available at the McLennan Reference Desk.