Title: Canada [-History] Provider: Internet History Sourcebook
Subject Heading/s: Canada--History
LC Class: F
Reference Category: Bibliographies
Description: Includes an index to many historical documents and commentary both on the Fordham University server and elsewhere.
Title: Canadian Encyclopedia Provider: Historica
Subject Heading/s: Canada; Canada--History
LC Class: F1001
Reference Category: Encyclopedias
Description: The Canadian Encyclopedia online provides the most comprehensive, objective and accurate source of information on Canada for students, readers and scholars. The text is available in both English and French. It includes numerous interactivities and a quiz in both languages. The Youth Encyclopedia of Canada which can be accessed using a tab is currently available in English only. The contents of both versions can be accessed using the Search Engine or browse article titles in more specific areas of interest using the Subject Index.
Updated 11/07/2008
Title: Canadian Timeline Provider: Micromedia
Subject Heading/s: Canada--History
LC Class: F
Reference Category: Chronologies
Description: "This historical timeline of major Canadian events over the last 100 years has been compiled to complement products offered by Micromedia ProQuest. The information contained in the timeline has been gathered by the Micromedia ProQuest editorial team and is by no means meant to be complete."
Title: Colonial Latin America Provider: Internet History Sourcebook
Subject Heading/s: Latin America--History
LC Class: F
Reference Category: Bibliographies
Description: Includes an index to many historical documents and commentary both on the Fordham University server and elsewhere.
Title: Cyclopædia of Canadian Biography Provider: Our Roots: Canada's Local Histories Online
Subject Heading/s: Canada--Biography.
LC Class: F1001
Reference Category: Encyclopedias
Description: Online version of A Cyclopædia of Canadian biography : brief biographies of persons distinguished in the professional, military and political life and the commerce and industry of Canada, in the twentieth century by Charlesworth, Hector W., 1919.
Title: Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online Provider: Library and Archives Canada
Subject Heading/s: Canada--Biography.
LC Class: F1001
Reference Category: Encyclopedias
Description: "Each biography in the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online reproduces one that was originally commissioned by the Dictionary of Canadian Biography for its print version and was republished, sometimes with minor corrections, in the Dictionary of Canadian Biography, Volumes I-XIV, CD-ROM (2000). The Dictionary of Canadian Biography, whose first volume appeared in 1966, is a joint project of the University of Toronto and the Universi Laval and presents the work of researchers and writers in many fields from across Canada and around the world.
This first phase presents persons who died between the years 1000 and 1920 or whose last known date of activity falls within these years."
Added 6/4/04
Title: Dictionary of Events, Places, People and Times in Canadian History Provider: EduNET Connect
Subject Heading/s: Canada--History.
LC Class: F
Reference Category: Dictionaries
Description: A glossary of Canadian events, places, people and time.
Title: First Among Equals: The Prime Minister in Canadian Life and Politics Provider: National Library of Canada
Subject Heading/s: Prime ministers--Canada
LC Class: F
Reference Category: Encyclopedias
Description: "The status of the prime minister has been described as primus inter pares: Latin for "first among equals." This concept defines not only the prime minister's relationship with Cabinet, but also, in a sense, his or her relationship with the public in our modern democratic society. Drawing on a wide variety of documents and artifacts, this site explores five main themes (see the menu at left) relating to Canada's prime ministers. The site examines our leaders' political careers as well as their private lives. It also sheds light on Canadians' perceptions of our prime ministers."
This site includes speeches as well.
Title: Harlem History Provider: Columbia University Digital Knowledge Ventures
Subject Heading/s: Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
LC Class: F128.68
Reference Category: Histories
Description: This site, which was originally created as an online feature of the 250th anniversery of Columbia University, presents a wealth of archival treasures and scholarship from Columbia about the history of one of the world's most famous and influential neighborhoods." Separate links lead to information on "Arts and Culture", "The Neighborhood" and "Politics".
Added 2/04/06