Canadian History Resources

Databases

https://focusedresources.ca/en/bc-digital-classroom-access

Many of the resources below are available through this landing page.

Username: pcslibrary

Password: the usual one

http://go.galegroup.com/ps/start.do?p=CIC&u=pcslibrary

Canada In Context is an engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information on a broad range of Canadian topics, people, places, and events. The solution merges Gale's authoritative and continuously updated reference content, written from a Canadian perspective, with full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience.

Username: pcslibrary

Password: the usual one - ask your Librarian

Proquest Historial Newspapers in BC

This is a part of the Focussed Ed Resources.

Username: pcslibrary

Password: the usual one

Other Online Resources

Canadian Encyclopedia

http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com

Library and Archives Canada

https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Pages/home.aspx

Search the Collection of Databases

https://library-archives.canada.ca/eng/collection/search-collections/pages/search-the-collection.aspx

Know BC

The Encyclopedia of British Columbia

http://knowbc.com/

BC Laws

http://www.bclaws.ca/index.html

Heritage Minutes

https://www.historicacanada.ca/productions/minutes

Dictionary of Canadian Biography

http://www.biographi.ca/en/

Atlases

Atlas Of Canada

http://atlas.gc.ca/site/english/index.html

Explore these topics: Energy, Forestry, Geology, Mining & Minerals, Population, The North, Water, and various topographic maps.

Canadian Atlas

http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/atlas/intro.aspx?lang=En

Explore by Themes: the Regions, Energy Systems, the People, Natural Resources, Building a Nation, Gazetteer, etc.

The Canadian Atlas Online/L'Atlas Canadien Enligne

http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/atlas/

This site provides an "interactive atlas [that] allows you to explore Canada" and "brings cartography to life with exciting graphics and animation." The site features regional and thematic maps, lesson plans, materials for children, and quizzes and games. Also includes links to related sites. Searchable. In English and French. From the Royal Canadian Geographical Society.

Historical Maps of Canada

Interactive site features maps of Canada from 1700 - 1999, showing boundary changes and a brief history; good for an introductory or review lesson. From Canadian Geographic.

Historical Atlas of Canada Online

The Historical Atlas of Canada was a three-volume collaborative publishing project, finished in 1993, which used maps text and other graphics to explore themes in the history of Canada. The Online Learning Project proposes to make many of the maps and research data created for the Atlas available over the Internet. At present the Online Learning Project is under development and seeking funding; only 15% of the proposed Table of Contents is actively online.

Primary Sources

Canadiana Online

http://online.canadiana.ca.myaccess.library.utoronto.ca/

Full-text online collection of books, periodicals, government publications, newspapers, annual reports, and pamphlets documenting written Canadian history for the past three and a half centuries. Particularly strong in literature, women's history, Indigenous studies, travel and exploration, and French Canada.

https://www.canadiana.ca/search?q0.0=su%3A%22Gold+mines+and+mining+--+British+Columbia.%22

Historic Newspapers

https://www.quesnelmuseum.ca/research/search-newspapers

https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/bcnewspapers

The Canadian Letters and Images Project

https://www.canadianletters.ca/

BC Archives Collection Search

https://search-bcarchives.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/

How to Use the BC Archives Online Collection

https://youtu.be/FirL5UOx47Y

Canada's Memory Project

First-person accounts of military history