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America: History & Life

America: History & Life

Main private database (EBSCO) devoted to the history of Canada and the United States, with over 1,700 indexed journals. Significant content on the history of Indigenous Peoples, colonization, and exploration of the North. Features controlled vocabulary, via its index, that includes geographic terms.

Subjects: Colonization, Exploration, History, Indigenous peoples, Northern Canada

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American Indian History Online

American Indian History Online

Encyclopedic-style database retracing some 5,000 years of the history and culture of the indigenous peoples of America. More than 500 indigenous nations are listed, and the search can be done by nation as well as by geographic region. Includes analytical articles, book excerpts, biographies, historical documents, calendars, timelines, slideshows, maps, tables, videos, photographs, images and links to sites Educational Web.

Subjects: History, Indigenous communities, Indigenous peoples, Indigenous studies

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    • Reserved Access
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    • Humanities and Social Sciences
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Anthropology Plus

Anthropology Plus

Main private database (EBSCO) devoted to anthropology, with references to journals from the 19th century to today. Also covers the fields of archeology, ethnology, folklore, material culture, and art history. It boasts rich content in Indigenous studies as well as a controlled vocabulary that allows users to search articles based on region and specific First Peoples.

Subjects: Anthropology, Archeology, Ethnology, Folklore, Indigenous peoples

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Arctic and Antarctic Regions

Arctic and Antarctic Regions

Database containing over 1.3 million references to journal articles and other research documents dealing with the Earth’s polar regions, some of them dating back to the 1800s. The main scientific database on the North and the Arctic produced by a private company (EBSCO). Features a controlled vocabulary in polar studies (available via the index) and offers content in natural sciences, engineering and technology, health, and humanities and social sciences.

  • Type of access
    • Reserved Access
  • Domain
    • Engineering and Technology
    • Health Sciences
    • Humanities and Social Sciences
    • Natural Sciences
Arctic Portal Library

Arctic Portal Library

Collection of a thousand documents (books, articles, images, legal documents, etc.) published by the Arctic Council or the University of the Arctic, or as part of International Polar Year 2007-2008. A significant part of the collection is freely accessible.

  • Type of access
    • Free - Open Access
  • Domain
    • Humanities and Social Sciences
    • Natural Sciences
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Autochtonia

Autochtonia

Articles, books, briefs, theses, and research reports on the Indigenous peoples of Quebec (in French only). Some publications are freely available.

Subjects: Indigenous peoples, Northern Quebec

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    • Free - Reference only
    • Free - Open Access
    • Reserved Access
  • Domain
    • Health Sciences
    • Humanities and Social Sciences
    • Natural Sciences
Bibliography of Native North Americans

Bibliography of Native North Americans

Database containing over 300,000 records of journal articles, books, and government reports on Indigenous issues, including the themes of history, archeology, culture, governance, and intercultural relations. Its controlled vocabulary allows users to search by geographic region or Indigenous nation.

Subjects: Archeology, History, Indigenous peoples

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GEOBASE

GEOBASE

Database featuring over 3 million references to journal articles and geoscience conference proceedings, including those in the fields of geography, earth sciences, ecology, geology, oceanography, and nature conservation. Boasts a rich controlled vocabulary accessible via a thesaurus that allows users to search by geographic region of the North and the Arctic. Also includes significant content on Indigenous studies.

  • Type of access
    • Reserved Access
  • Domain
    • Humanities and Social Sciences
    • Natural Sciences
Google Scholar

Google Scholar

A bibliographic search engine that indexes a considerable proportion of scientific publications made available in digital format by academic publishers, scholarly societies, and universities, including journal articles, reports, theses, e-books, and others. Full text (not just metadata) can be searched. Provides links to free-access content.

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    • Free - Open Access
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    • Engineering and Technology
    • Health Sciences
    • Humanities and Social Sciences
    • Natural Sciences
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High North Research Documents

High North Research Documents

Freely available articles, theses, reports, books, maps, videos, and other documents dealing with the North and the Far North.

Subjects: Caribou, Climate change, Ice, Indigenous peoples, Inuit, Oceanography, Permafrost, Sami, Tundra

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    • Free - Open Access
  • Domain
    • Engineering and Technology
    • Health Sciences
    • Humanities and Social Sciences
    • Natural Sciences
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Indigenous Studies Portal

Indigenous Studies Portal

Books, articles, theses, and visual documents on Canada’s Indigenous Peoples. Allows users to search free-access content.

Subjects: Indigenous peoples, Northern Canada

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    • Free - Reference only
    • Free - Open Access
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    • Humanities and Social Sciences
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PAIS Index

PAIS Index

Base de données qui compte des références d’articles de revues, d’articles de conférences, de livres et de rapports sur les politiques publiques et sociales, les affaires publiques et les relations internationales. Produit pertinent pour différents domaines liés aux études nordiques, dont le développement économique, les questions judiciaires, d’éducation, de ressources naturelles, de droits humaines, etc. La base possède un riche vocabulaire contrôlé accessible par un thésaurus.

Subjects: Economy, Education, Public policy, Natural Resources

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Scopus

Scopus

Database containing citations for over 69 million articles, chapters, and conference proceedings, primarily in natural sciences, but also in the humanities and social sciences. Features significant coverage of northern and Arctic studies. Contains over 12,000 author profiles and significant coverage of publications in languages other than English.

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SPRILIB Russian North

SPRILIB Russian North

Publications concernant le nord de la Russie et la Sibérie. Environ 25 000 notices, listant les travaux publiés de 1671 à 2003. Attention! La base ne peut PAS être cherchée en cyrillique.

Subjects: Ice, Russia, Siberia

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    • Free - Open Access
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    • Engineering and Technology
    • Health Sciences
    • Humanities and Social Sciences
    • Natural Sciences
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The magnetic North : Notes from the Arctic Circle

The magnetic North : Notes from the Arctic Circle

Sara Wheeler

Travelogue of author and explorer Sara Wheeler on her expedition through the territories belonging to Russia, the United States, Canada, Denmark, Norway and Finland, and showing the transformations of this once immutable landscape. (Sara Wheeler, London, Jonathan Cape, 2009, 354 p.)

Subjects: Circumpolar North, Exploration, Navigation, Photographs

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    • Printed document
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    • Humanities and Social Sciences
Web of Science

Web of Science

Database containing over 55 million article and conference proceedings citations, primarily in the sciences, but also in the humanities and social sciences. Features significant coverage of northern and Arctic studies. The database can be searched by citation to find articles cited by other publications.

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  • Type of access
    • Free - BAnQ Subscribers
    • Reserved Access
  • Domain
    • Engineering and Technology
    • Health Sciences
    • Humanities and Social Sciences
    • Natural Sciences