Sources for Background Information
Almanacs and Directories
- Canadian Almanac & Directory Database of the following directories: Associations Canada, Canadian Almanac & Directory, Canadian Environmental Directory, Canadian Parliamentary Guide, Directory of Libraries in Canada, Financial Services in Canada, and Governments Canada.
- Scott's Government Index
Guide to Canada's Federal, Provincial and Territorial Governments
Biographies
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
Yearbooks
Article and research databases
Core Databases
- Canadian Research Index (ProQuest)
index to publications by federal, provincial, and territorial governments; scientific and technical reports; policy, social economic and political reports; Statistics Canada monographs and serials
- CBCA Complete (ProQuest)
Articles from Canadian journals, magazines, newspapers and business sources
- CPI.Q (Gale)
Canadian Periodical Index. Includes popular and scholarly articles
- Canadian electronic library: Canadian public policy collection
full text publications from Canadian public policy institutes, government agencies, advocacy groups, think-tanks, university presses, and public interest groups
Additional Article Databases
- Canadian Foreign Relations Index
indexes journals, books, theses, research papers, conferences, unpublished papers and government documents relating to Canada's international relations. Citations only
- America History and Life (EBSCO)
historical coverage of the USA and Canada from prehistory to the present
- International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (ProQuest)
anthropology, economics, politics and sociology
- Année politique au Québec, 1987-1998
political science
- Érudit
multidisciplinary, French language
- Repère
multidisciplinary, French language
- PAIS International and PAIS Archive (1915-1927) (ProQuest)
global public policy and social issues
Indigenous Peoples
Legal Topics
- CanLII
full-text access to Supreme Court of Canada and other courts decisions
- Index to Legal Periodicals (Wilson)
provides references to legal literature from a wide range of jurisdictions including Canada, the United States, Puerto Rico, Great Britain, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand. ILP indexes articles in law journals, law reviews, government publications and monographs and also provides access to tables of cases and statutes and to book reviews.
- LegalTrac (Gale)
index to Canadian and American legal literature
Current Canadian News Sources
Think Tank Publications
Selected Internet Sites
Accessible to anyone with an Internet connection.
Government information
Elections and Public Opinion
Other websites