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Advanced Research Guide

The Canadian Studies program at the University of Washington focuses on an understanding of Canadian society, culture and communications, historical development, and contemporary problems. This guide is intended to help program participants and others to navigate through Canadian Studies information resources in all formats.

Resources Available through the UW Libraries

Recent Additions to the Canadian Studies Collection

• October 2007
• November 2007
• December 2007

General research

• Biographical Resources
• Directories, Encyclopedias, Handbooks and Statistics
• Journals and Newspapers

Specialized research

• Arts
• Business & Economics
• Environmental Issues and Natural Resources
• First Nations
• Geography
• History including Japanese-Canadian Internment
• Literature
• Politics and Government
• Society and Education

Resources Available through the Internet

Canadian Studies Associations and Organizations

• American Council for Quebec Studies (ACQS)
• Association for Canadian Studies (ACS)
• Association for Canadian Studies in the United States (ACSUS)
• International Council for Canadian Studies
• Pacific Northwest Canadian Studies Consortium

General Gateways

• Canadian Studies: A Guide to the Sources - a scholarly webography maintained by ICCS
• Government of Canada
• Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Information by Subject

Libraries and the Book Trade

• Association of Canadian Publishers
• Canadian Directory of First Nations, Metis and Inuit Library Collections
• Canadian Libraries
• Library and Archives Canada
• New Books Service (formerly Forthcoming Books)
• Northwest Passages, a bookstore devoted to Canadian literature

Other

• ASTIS: Arctic Science and Technology Information System - contains over 52,000 records describing publications and research projects about northern Canada, dating from the 1970s on, and including social as well as biological and physical sciences
• Canadiana.org (formerly: Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions)
• Images Canada - gateway to images of Canadian events, people, places, and things
• Online Resources for Canadian Heritage - archaeology, ethnology, history, and folk culture Internet resources selected by the Canadian Museum of Civilization

Siôn Romaine, Canadian Studies Librarian, welcomes comments, questions, or suggestions about this page or about the Canadian Studies Collection.