Canadian literature
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background information | Searching the library
catalogue | Core and additional
databases | Selected Internet sites |
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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 |
Get more catalogue search tips.
Searching Using Subject headings
Often keywords--natural language terms--are too diverse to round up everything in the catalogue on your topic.
To overcome this problem, once you have found some relevant items by searching using your own words, click on the title and examine the full view of each, especially the section called "LC Subject", where you will find the uniform subject heading used for your topic, and then redo your search using the "Subject begins with ..." option.
Core and Additional Databases
- Arts & Humanities Citation Index (Web of Science)
- Humanities International Index
- CBCA Complete (ProQuest)
- CPI.Q (Canadian Periodical Index), 1988-
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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
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League of Canadian Poets
- Canadian Poetry Archive (National Library of Canada)
- Canadian Poetry (University of Toronto)
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CanLit
Criticism
Full-text criticism. -
Saskatchewan
Writes!
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
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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
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Canadian
Poetry: Studies, Documents, Reviews
Full-text 1977-1994.
Other Resources
Library Guides
- Canadian Literature (English): a selective list of reference sources [.pdf]
- Canadian Literature: A Guide to Reference Sources (1982)
Print copy available at the McLennan Reference Desk.
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