Chancellors' Challenge Expand All + Collapse All - Course Number: NO314/PO314 Subject: Interdisciplinary Search tipsUsing AND, OR, NOT Using truncation Using search words effectively See all the Library's help tutorials.Primary SourcesA primary source is generally defined as document or physical object which was written or created during the time under study. These sources were present during an experience or time period and offer an inside view of a particular event.Where do I find primary sources?For this course, while it is not impossible that you could come across a physical primary source in someone's possession, or in a library, archive, or museum, your focus should be on digital reproductions.Library subscriptionsLaurier has many commercial primary source collections, the following of which might be helpful for this course depending on your topic: Canadiana Digitized texts published between the first European settlement of Canada and the early twentieth century. More Info China: Trade, Politics & Culture 1793-1980 Full-text papers, plus maps, paintings, photographs and archival materials. More Info Indigenous Peoples of North America Collection of primary source documents on the Indigenous peoples of North America. More Info ProQuest Historical Annual Reports Full-text company reports. More Info Libraries, Archives, and MuseumsNational Centre for Truth and Reconciliation ArchivesLibrary and Archives Canada (limit to Available Online)Regional CollectionsArca - British Columbia BAnQ Numérique - QuebecMcGill University Digital CollectonsMemorial University Digital Archives - Newfoundland and LabradorOpen Collections - University of British Columbia Digital Collections - Simon Fraser UniversityDigital Archive - Toronto Public Library Digital Collections - University of Manitoba OtherCanadian Letters and Images - Vancouver Island UniversityCanadian Military Oral Histories - University of VictoriaEditorial Cartoons Collection - Simon Fraser University Primary sources - newspapersLibrary subscriptions Canadian News @ ProQuest Searching both Canadian Newsstand Complete and CBCA (access to Canadian journals, magazines and news resources on all topics). More Info Nova Scotia Historical NewspapersOntario Historical NewspapersPeel's Prairie Provinces Historical NewspapersPrince Edward Island NewspapersSFU Digitized Collections - NewspapersSaskatchewan Historic Newspapers Online Primary sources - Government informationFor in-depth and expert assistance in locating government information, contactLHélène LeBlanc - Librarian for Government Information / Political Science For this course, the following sources might be helpful to your Challenge.Custom Google searchUse this custom Google search across federal, provincial and municipal sites; results can be filtered by level of governments.FederalDepartments and agenciesNews | Social MediaGovernment of Canada PublicationsDigitized archivesCanadian Government Publications Portal - Internet Archive Canada Declassified - declassified government records - University of TorontoCanada Gazette - 1841-1997 - Official newspapers of the Government of CanadaCanada Year Book Historical Collection - 1867-1967 - Statistical YearbookCanadian Hansard 1901-2019 - Canadian Parliamentary debatesCanadian Parliamentary Historical ResourcesIndian Affairs Annual Reports - 1864-1990Secondary SourcesWhile there are several ways to effectively search for primary sources, for this course searching Omni should be enough.BooksFinding print books in OmniRequesting print books from other libraries in OmniFinding ebooks in OmniIf you see an interesting title in a bibliography, see how to Search Omni by titleArticlesHow to find and limit to scholarly articles in OmniFinding an article when you only know the titleJSTORSearching JSTOR can be helpful since it searches for your terms across the entire full text of all the journal contents, not just the metadata (author, title, subject, etc.) that Omni searches. Keep in mind:JSTOR has over 2000 journal titles, but the Library subscribes to many more than this, so also search Omni (and then link to the full text in other databases)you can also search JSTOR for primary sources, since all the content is for the very first issue of each titleSubject databasesThe Library subscribes to a large variety of subject-based databases.Images and AttributionSince your Timeline or StoryMap will be openly available online, it is best to use images that are either in the Public Domain, or where the copyright holder has relinquished the rights through a Creative Commons (CC) license. Images with these rights can be located using the following database:Openverse (includes Wikimedia Commons and Flickr, but has additional sources.All content is under a Creative Commons license or is in the public domain.MLA citation examples:"Welcome to Canada's Parliament" by bobsled, 2008 (Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0), https://flic.kr/p/6NJFME"Peace Arch, U.S.-Canada border" by Waqcku, 2007 (Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain), https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Peace_Arch,_U.S.-Canada_border.jpg
Canadiana Digitized texts published between the first European settlement of Canada and the early twentieth century. More Info
China: Trade, Politics & Culture 1793-1980 Full-text papers, plus maps, paintings, photographs and archival materials. More Info
Indigenous Peoples of North America Collection of primary source documents on the Indigenous peoples of North America. More Info
Canadian News @ ProQuest Searching both Canadian Newsstand Complete and CBCA (access to Canadian journals, magazines and news resources on all topics). More Info