{"id":396,"date":"2014-07-01T09:30:22","date_gmt":"2014-07-01T09:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/?p=396"},"modified":"2014-06-26T14:38:32","modified_gmt":"2014-06-26T14:38:32","slug":"top-five-canadian-library-resources-for-canada-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/2014\/07\/01\/top-five-canadian-library-resources-for-canada-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Top five Canadian library resources for Canada Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/files\/2014\/06\/flag.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-398\" src=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/files\/2014\/06\/flag-300x154.jpg\" alt=\"flag\" width=\"300\" height=\"154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/files\/2014\/06\/flag-300x154.jpg 300w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/files\/2014\/06\/flag-500x256.jpg 500w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/files\/2014\/06\/flag.jpg 504w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s Canada Day! We thought we&#8217;d give you a taster of Canadian library resources here at the University of Edinburgh. The University of Edinburgh Library has one of the largest Canadian collections in the UK.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1.<\/strong> Have you seen the <strong>America: History and Life <\/strong>database?\u00a0This bibliographic database for US and Canadian history covers\u00a0the history of the United States and Canada comprises almost 400,000 bibliographic entries and covers over 2,000 journals.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/files\/2014\/06\/AmericaHistLife_Masthead_Web.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-397\" src=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/files\/2014\/06\/AmericaHistLife_Masthead_Web-300x73.png\" alt=\"America: History and Life\" width=\"300\" height=\"73\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/files\/2014\/06\/AmericaHistLife_Masthead_Web-300x73.png 300w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/files\/2014\/06\/AmericaHistLife_Masthead_Web-500x122.png 500w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/files\/2014\/06\/AmericaHistLife_Masthead_Web.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>2<\/strong>. The letter <strong>F<\/strong> &#8230; is where you&#8217;ll find books on Canadian history\u00a0in the University of Edinburgh Main Library. That&#8217;s on Floor 2, folks. Canada starts at F1001, up to F1200 where we&#8217;re into Latin America.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/files\/2014\/06\/CanadaBritish.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-401\" src=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/files\/2014\/06\/CanadaBritish.jpg\" alt=\"Canada and the British World\" width=\"133\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>3.\u00a0Find e-journals like the <em><strong>Journal of Canadian Studies<\/strong> <\/em>by searching the <a title=\"Library Catalogue\" href=\"http:\/\/catalogue.lib.ed.ac.uk\/vwebv\/searchBasic?sk=en_US\" target=\"_blank\">online library catalogue<\/a> or <a title=\"E-journals\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ed.ac.uk\/schools-departments\/information-services\/library-museum-gallery\/finding-resources\/find-ejournal\/search-ejourn\" target=\"_blank\">e-journals web pages<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/files\/2014\/06\/Jnlcanadianstudies.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-402\" src=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/files\/2014\/06\/Jnlcanadianstudies.jpg\" alt=\"Journal of Canadian Studies\" width=\"170\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>4. You can read all about it in Canadian\u00a0daily newspapers <strong><em>The Globe and Mail<\/em><\/strong> and <strong><em>National Post<\/em> <\/strong>&#8211; available online via newspaper database <a title=\"Factiva\" href=\"https:\/\/global.factiva.com\/en\/sess\/login.asp?XSID=S00ZWRb1cRyMTZyMTEqMpQtMDMvMXmm5Ff9R9apRsJpWVFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFB\" target=\"_blank\">Factiva<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/files\/2014\/06\/gam-masthead.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-405\" src=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/files\/2014\/06\/gam-masthead.png\" alt=\"gam-masthead\" width=\"306\" height=\"38\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/files\/2014\/06\/gam-masthead.png 306w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/files\/2014\/06\/gam-masthead-300x37.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 306px) 100vw, 306px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>5. You&#8217;ll find e-books for Canadian Studies on the library catalogue &#8211; like this one, the <a title=\"Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature\" href=\"http:\/\/catalogue.lib.ed.ac.uk\/vwebv\/holdingsInfo?searchId=3425&amp;recCount=10&amp;recPointer=0&amp;bibId=2075735\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature. <\/em><\/a><em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/files\/2014\/07\/OHOCanadianLiterature.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-409\" src=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/files\/2014\/07\/OHOCanadianLiterature.jpg\" alt=\"OHOCanadianLiterature\" width=\"133\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Need more? Have a look at the \u00a0<a title=\"Subject Guide for Canadian Studies\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ed.ac.uk\/schools-departments\/information-services\/library-museum-gallery\/finding-resources\/subject-guides\/canadian\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Subject Guide to Canadian Studies<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0&#8211; our very own one-stop shop for Canadian Studies library resources at the University of Edinburgh.<\/p>\n<p><em>Christine Love-Rodgers &#8211; Academic Support Librarian &#8211; Social &amp; Political Science<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Canada Day! We thought we&#8217;d give you a taster of Canadian library resources here at the University of Edinburgh. The University of Edinburgh Library has one of the largest Canadian collections in the UK. 1. 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