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Indigenous Studies: Introduction

This page provides links to resources to help new users find materials in Laurier Library, including video tutorials, links to other relevant subject guides, and a list of subject-specific databases. Any available related course guides will appear at the bottom of the page.

Getting Started with Omni, Laurier Library's Academic Research Tool

5 min Video

Omni Help Page

If you want personalized help, contact your Subject Librarian.

Other helpful subject guides:

Data & Statistics, Human Rights, Law & Society

Canadian Studies, North American Studies

Social & Environmental Justice

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Beginning Your Research

This page provides a listing of relevant databases, but you may use any library resources. Use the Start Here list of databases to gather basic information about your topic to help you plan your research strategy. You can also search the library's newspaper collections, or online to help get a feel for your topic.

Watch these short videos for help with the research process: Developing a Research Question, Creating a Search Strategy, How Can I Tell If My Source is Scholarly?

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Developing Information Literacy Skills: A Guide to Finding, Evaluating, and Citing Sources by Janine Carlock

Databases: Start Here

Nexis Uni

Full-text documents for international news, business, legal research, and key people in the news.

CPI.Q

Index for Canadian academic journals and popular magazines

Factiva

A full-text resource with news, business information and journal articles drawn from almost 9000 worldwide sources, including Globe and Mail, Toronto Star and the KW Record.

Databases: Main

FPIC.INFO Resources

FPIC (Free Prior and Informed Consent) is an index and full-text database for resources about free prior and informed consent in Indigenous self-determination in land resource decision making

Databases: Also Useful

UNdata

Large, comprehensive statistical database covering all countries of the world. Pulls together statistics from all the major UN sources.

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