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American Antiquarian Society Historical Periodicals Collection

Subject
Description

Subject: History.
Description: Provides digital access to the most comprehensive collection of American Periodicals published between 1684 and 1912. Over seven million pages from more than 7,600 periodicals are available full text.

Permitted uses Allows ILL? Yes
Allows e-reserves? Yes
Allows coursepacks? Yes
Upload to BlackBoard? Yes

Bibliography of Indigenous Peoples in North America

Description

Subject: First Nations, Anthropology, History.
Description: A bibliographic database covering all aspects of native North American culture, history, and life. This resource covers a wide range of topics including archaeology, multicultural relations, governance, legend, and literacy.

Permitted uses Allows ILL? Yes
Allows e-reserves? Yes
Allows coursepacks? No
Upload to Blackboard? Yes

Early Canadiana Online

Subject
Description

Subject: History  Open access database
Description: Early Canadiana Online (ECO) is a full text, searchable, online collection of more than 3,000 books and pamphlets documenting Canadian history from the first European contact to the late 19th century.

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Encyclopedia of British Columbia

Subject
Description

Subject: British Columbia History.
Description: Encyclopedia of British Columbia (a.k.a. KnowBC) was launched as the online edition of Harbour Publishing's Encyclopedia of British Columbia.

Permitted uses Allows ILL? Yes
Allows e-reserves? Yes
Allows coursepacks? Yes, with citation
Upload to BlackBoard? No, link to content

Films on Demand Archival Films & Newsreels Collection

Subject
Description

Subject: History
Description: This collection is a treasure trove of archival and historical films from multiple sources.

Permitted usesUpload to BlackBoard? Yes
Showing live in BlackBoard class? Yes
Recording in BB for asynchronous viewing? Yes

JSTOR

Description

Subject: All subject areas.
Description: Provides access to scholarly journals mainly in the arts, humanities and social sciences. Subject coverage includes: Anthropology, Education, Finance, History, Literature, Philosophy, Political Science, and Sociology
Access: JSTOR includes many publications that delay access to current issues.  Most of these access delays are in the 3 - 5 year range.  If a recent issue is not available check the journal's moving wall field to see when it will become available.  Note: the article may be available in another Douglas College Database.

Permitted uses Allows ILL? Print copies only- digital copies may not be made for the purpose of ILL
Allows e-reserves? Link to content only
Allows coursepacks? No
Upload to BlackBoard? No - Link to content only

KnowBC

Description

Subject: British Columbia History.
Description: KnowBC is the online edition of the Encyclopedia of British Columbia. 

Permitted uses Allows ILL? Yes
Allows e-reserves? Yes
Allows coursepacks? Yes
Upload to Blackboard? Link to content; no downloads

Points to the Past

Subject
Description

Subject: History,  Open access database
Description: Historical databases with primary source material including maps, photos, newspapers, manuscripts, pamphlets, portraits and more.

Project MUSE

Description

Subject: All subject areas.
Description: Provides online access to a comprehensive selection of humanities and social sciences journals. Subject coverage includes: Anthropology, Education, Finance, History, Literature, Philosophy, Political Science, and Sociology

Permitted uses Allows ILL? Yes
Allows e-reserves? Yes
Allows coursepacks? No
Upload to Blackboard? Yes

Province (1894-2010)

Description

Subject: History, Political Science.
Description: Full-text coverage of The Province newspaper from 1894 to 2010. Contains full-page images of each issue.

Vancouver Sun (1912-2010)

Description

Subject: History, Political Science.
Description: Full-text coverage of the Vancouver Sun newspaper from its inception in 1912 to 2010. Contains full-page images of each issue.