From the century of immigration, through to the modern era, Migration to New Worlds charts the emigration experience of millions across 200 years of turbulent history. Explore the rise and fall of the New Zealand Company, discover British, European and Asian migration and investigate unique primary source personal accounts, shipping logs, printed literature and organisational papers supplemented by carefully compiled teaching and research aids.
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For assistance in accessing statistics, contact the Data Librarian at data.library@mcgill.ca. The Data Librarian offers workshops on accessing Canadian census data (and other data sets) every term, find the list of workshops available here.
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Includes census data, birth and death indexes, military service records, for North America and the United Kingdom.
History as a discipline uses the Chicago Manual of Style (18th edition) for citations, and usually the Notes-Bibliography form. This requires creating properly formatted footnotes footnotes and a Bibliography for your assignments. Resources to understand the Chicago style of citations are included below.
Note: Chicago Manual of Style updated to the 18th edition in September 2024.
The Chicago Manual of Style, 18th Edition
A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, Ninth Edition by
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