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HIS173: History of the French in North America
Dr. Mark Richard

Librarian: Ann de la Chapelle
Phone: 564-5185
Email: adela001@plattsburgh.edu
Office: Feinberg Library 323

About Plagiarism

What is the academic honesty policy at PSU?

Quick quiz
http://www.uwec.edu/markgrjs/plagiarism/Plagiarism.ppt

Citation Help

Chicago Style (for HIS majors), APA Format (for Social Sciences), MLA Format (for Arts & Humanities):
Feinberg Library Citation Guides
 

Canadian Reference Books: Background info & refining topics
FREE photocopying of reference books!

The most comprehensive encyclopedia of Canada we own is:
The Canadian Encyclopedia.  2nd ed.  Edmonton: Hurtig Publishers, 1988.   F1006.C36 1988  (4 volumes--General Collection)

We also have:

The Canadian Encyclopedia (2000)                  Ref. F1006 .C36
The Canadian atlas: our nation, env & people    Ref. G1115 .C65 2004
Encyclopedia of literature in Canada                 Ref. PR9180.2 .E53 2002
Encyclopedia of Canada’s peoples                   Ref. F1006 .E66 1999

 Reference Books Available Online

Online The Canadian Encyclopedia
Online Encyclopedia of Canada’s Peoples

Finding Canadian Books & Government Documents

The Search Feinberg link will lead you to books about Canada.  In the search box at the top of the screen, you can type a specific title or author such as:
Steeples and Smokestacks            Faragher                          

OR by choosing subject from the drop-down menu at the top you can search for a specific subject such as:
Quebec                         Indigenous Peoples                   Acadians

or click the Advanced Search tab and in the Limit by Collection field (the sixth box down), click the drop-down arrow.  You can limit your search to Canadian government documents by choosing Document Coll. - Canada.  Or limit your search to DVDs or videos by choosing Media Coll. - DVD or Media Coll. - Video

If our library doesn't have what you want, you can search SUNYCat OR Search Worldwide.  The Borrow From Other Libraries link lets you borrow almost anything you want.  It's fast & free!

Finding Journal and Magazine Articles

Print Periodicals:
Try the journal Quebec Studies! 
Unlike other print periodicals which are shelved alphabetically by title on the 3rd floor of the library, it is shelved in the General Collection on the first floor of the library at F1051 .Q33

Articles in Databases:
Try these databases to find articles on subjects related to Canadian Studies.  (To see the full list of library databases, go to the By Subject link on the library homepage).

Government of Canada Publications: Covers all types of Canadian federal government documents, some in full-text or French.

Canadian Periodicals Index: Full-text to many articles covering all of Canada, some available in French.

ProQuest Research Library: Information from over 2,600 periodicals and newspapers on a wide range of topics including the arts, business, humanities, health, social sciences, sciences.  You can choose Location from the drop-down menu.

JSTOR: Complete archives of 411 core journals in humanities, social sciences and sciences.

Academic Search Premier: Multidisciplinary, full text database designed especially for colleges & universities with articles from over 4,000 scholarly journals in full-text as far back as 1975

Project Muse: 250 journal titles from 40 scholarly publishers covering many fields in the humanities and social sciences.

Lexis-Nexis Academic: Full-text access to news sources all over the world.

Top HIS173 Web Search Tools

Do you really want to waste your time scrolling through a million web pages found using Google?

Try a metasearch engine like iBoogie.tv!
Not only do you get more comprehensive results, but it also organizes your results for you by topic.
OR
Try an index like Librarians' Internet Index!
It contains over 20,000 high-quality websites carefully selected, described, and organized by librarians!

Helpful Canada/Quebec Websites

BBC World News in 43 Languages!
Portal Quebec: Government of Quebec portal
National Assembly of Québec
Government of Canada site: Official site for the federal government in Canada. Offers information on Canada, its government, and federal programs and services
Dictionary of Canadian Biography online (Thanks to James Duprey for recommending this site!)
National Library and Archive of Quebec (Thanks to Marc-André Gosselin for recommending this page!)
Library and Archives Canada: searches both the National Library and the National Archives of Canada 
Canadian Historical Association