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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.

Arctic Environmental Strategy Northwest Territories Water Bibliography (ASTIS)

Contains over 200 citations of research documents published between 1991 and 1997 under the Arctic Environmental Strategy in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.

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.

Canadian Permafrost Conferences (ASTIS)

Contains over 250 conference proceedings records from the six Canadian Permafrost Conferences.

Cold Regions Bibliography Project

References to studies on human activity and scientific operations in cold environments.

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.

GeoRef

Database produced by the American Geosciences Institute, with over 3.6 million references to journal articles and conference proceedings on geoscience, including geology, stratigraphy, petrology, and hydrology. GeoRef boasts a controlled vocabulary accessible via a thesaurus that allows users to search by geographic region of the North and the Arctic.

Hydrocarbon Impacts (ASTIS)

Contains references for 9,000 publications on the environmental impacts, socio-economic effects, and regulation of hydrocarbon exploration, development, and transportation in northern Canada.

Inuvialuit Settlement Region Database (ASTIS)

Contains descriptions of 13,200 research publications about the Inuvialuit Settlement Region in the Northwest Territories and Yukon.

Mining and the Aquatic Environment Bibliography (ASTIS)

Contains 550 citations on the impacts of the mining of metal-bearing ores and diamonds on freshwater and marine ecosystems in Yukon, the Northwest Territories, and Nunavut.

NCP Publications (ASTIS)

Descriptions of over 3,700 publications (books, reports, book chapters, journal articles, conference proceedings and abstracts, and theses) resulting from the Northern Contaminants Program.

Nordicana D

Database of the Centre d’études nordiques gathering raw data from published studies as well as unpublished research data.

Northern Granular Resources Bibliographic Database (ASTIS)

References for 2,200 reports on coastal and offshore granular resources (gravel, sand, and crushed stone) in the Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut.

Nunavik Bibliography (ASTIS)

Contains 8,000 records of publications dealing with various facets of northern Quebec, including geoscience, life sciences, humanities, and social science.

Nunavut Database (ASTIS)

Descriptions of nearly 35,000 grey literature publications (reports by government agencies, Inuit organizations, universities, and industry), journal articles, conference proceedings, theses, and books on Nunavut, the Canadian Arctic, and the circumpolar Arctic.

Photographs: Antarctica and expeditions of various explorers (BAnQ)

These photographs, which range from 1913 to 1941 and each of which is accompanied by a typed card describing the circumstances surrounding its creation, relate to the Antarctic frenzy that swept the world at the turn of the 20th century. Several photographs show the American expedition led by the United States Antarctic Service and coordinated by Admiral Richard E. Byrd during World War II. It includes photographs of Robert Falcon Scott’s 1910-1913 Southern Expedition, which was carried out for the purposes of scientific research and geographic explorations of the South Pole.

Russian Arctic Seas: Navigational conditions and accidents

Bilingual (Russian–English) accounts of activities in the Russian Arctic seas that have resulted in accidents. Specifically, the physical environment and navigation issues in the Kara, Laptev, East Siberian, and Chukchi Seas. Half of the book is devoted to detailed descriptions of nearly 100 accidents caused by heavy ice conditions since 1900. The accidents are categorized according to type and cause, e.g., shipwrecks, forced drift (ice jets in one particular case), overwintering, and various types of vessel damage.

Sahtu Settlement Area Database (ASTIS)

Some 2,100 records describing grey literature (reports by government agencies, Indigenous organizations, universities, and industry), journal articles, conference proceedings, theses, and books resulting from research projects in the Sahtu region in the Northwest Territories’ central MacKenzie Valley.

SPRILIB Ice and Snow

Tous les aspects de la neige et de la glace dans le monde entier. Environ 40 000 notices, listant les travaux publiés de 1661 à 2003.

The Arctic in the Anthropocene : emerging research questions

National Research Council

Reference work addressing the challenges and emerging questions of northern research in earth sciences and environmental studies. (National Research Council (U.S.), Washington, District of Columbia : The National Academies Press, 2014. 224 p.)