This research guide is for anyone researching the culture, geography, and history of Canada, including the First Nations, Inuit, and Métis. Use the menu on the left side of the guide to connect with various types of resources that you may need for your research. The Primary Resources tab is broken into more specific areas in which BU has strong collections.
Selected Reference Works
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- Oxford Companion to Canadian HistoryThis book is an essential guide to the history of Canada with over 500 cross-referenced dictionary entries on important persons, places, events, and institutions, as well as on significant political, economic, social, and cultural aspects.
- Canadian Historical Association BookletsThe Historical Booklets series published by the Canadian Historical Association provides the general reader, the teacher and the historical specialist with concise accounts of specific historical issues in the history of Canada.
- Immigration and Ethnicity in Canada Booklet SeriesBroad, short surveys of Canada's immigrant and ethnic groups written at a level accessible to general readers, historians, and students from high school to graduate school. An excellent place to begin a research project on immigrant groups in Canada. There are over three dozen booklets ranging from the Acadians to West Indians.
Dictionaries
Handbooks
The Oxford Handbook of Canadian Literature by Publication Date: 2015
Oxford Handbook of the Canadian Constitution by Publication Date: 2017
- Oxford Handbook of Canadian Cinema by Marchessault, JaninePublication Date: 2019
Maps & Atlases
The Concise Historical Atlas of Canada by Publication Date: 1998
Historical Atlas of Canada Vol. 1: Beginning to 1800 by Publication Date: 1987
Historical Atlas of Canada Vol. 2: 1800-1891 by Publication Date: 1993
Historical Atlas of Canada Vol. 3: 1891-1961 by Publication Date: 1990
