Canadian History

Alberta Digitization Project
An ongoing, not-for-profit endeavor to provide all those interested in Alberta's history free, online access to cultural and heritage materials. Browse newspapers from 1885, read entire books about local communities, research legal documents, view historic photographs, and explore much more!

Canadiana.org
Canadian history website with digitized historical documents.

Our Roots
Many local history books about Canadian communities have been digitized and made available online through the Our Roots project.

Canadian Literature

Canadian Literary Centre
The Canadian Literary Centre consists of book and reference content from Essays on Canadian Writing Press (ECW Press). ECW Press also provides several individual monographs and biographies, essays and literary criticism. The database includes book reviews, essays, author biographies, and much more.

Canadian News and Articles

Canadian Newsstand
Full-text articles of many Canadian newspapers from 1985 onward, including Alberta dailies and weeklies.

Canadian Periodical Index Quarterly (CPI.Q)
Citations and full-text articles from Canadian journals and magazines. Includes some sections of the Globe & Mail.

Canadian Points of View Reference Centre
Contains in-depth information on over 100 topics of interest, from human rights to substance abuse. Presents material from a range of views, giving readers a foundation to better understand controversial issues in order to develop persuasive arguments and analytical thinking skills.

Canadian Reference Centre
Combines Canadian magazines, newspapers, newswires and reference books to create the largest collection of regional full text content available to Canadian libraries. Includes leading international periodicals.