OkanaganCollege Library - Penticton
History 122 (Canada since Confederation)
Voyager Online Catalogue
Where?
- Located on the OC Library web page
What?
- List of OC Library books, videos and other materials
How?
- Search by keyword relevance, subject browse, alsoauthor and title
- Request titles held in other OkanaganCollege campus libraries
- Check UBCO catalogue link on OC Library webpage. Library staff can help request
Reference Materials
Canadian Encyclopedia [online] Lib WebPage > Research > Online Reference Sources
Encyclopedia of British Columbia [online] Lib WebPage > Research > Online Reference Sources
Encyclopedia of Canadian Peoples [print] Ref FC104.E56 1999
Historical Atlas of Canada [print]Ref G1116.S1 K4 1975
Indexing and Abstracting Databases
Library Webpage > Find Articles > Humanities Online Resources
Tip! For off-campus access to Library’s Databases & Online Reference Sources, at prompt enter current OC student id number and your last/family name.
American History and Life combined search with Historical Abstracts
AHL: USA and Canadian History (prehistory to the present). 1964-
HA: World History (1450 AD to present, excluding United States and Canada) 1954-
Citations & abstracts for over 2,000 scholarly journals, many dissertations and book reviews.
Where available will link to full-text in other databases such as EBSCO, JSTOR…. Select PDF format
Humanities Index
Literature, philosophy, history and other scholarly articles. 400 journals; 1983-
Academic Search Premier(EBSCO) All subjects, 4500+ scholarly and popular journals, over 3,600 in full-text; 1965- Select PDF format
Canadian Databases:
CPI.Q Canadian Periodical Index400 popular & scholarly journals including 165 full-text; 1980-
CBCA Complete (ProQuest) Largest range of Canadian sources & subjects covered; full-text for over 475 journals; 1982-
Canadian Reference Centre (EBSCO) Full-text access to over 650 Canadian & international popular magazines, newspapers and reference books; 1975-
Canada’s Heritage from 1844(Globe & Mail newspaper full text & image archives 1844-1999)
Okanagan History Index(Online index to print reports of Okanagan Historical Society 1929-)
Full Text Databases
JSTOR ]
Project MUSE ]All Subjects. Full-text access to back issues journal articles. PDF format.
Tip! Use American History-Historical Abstracts and Humanities Index to locate articles in JSTORProject MUSE.
Citation Style Guide
University of Chicago Documentation Style. OkanaganCollege Library Lib web page &
Print copies in Library… to be released mid-January
For a full source for this style, with examples see:
A Pocket Guide to Writing in History. Rampolla[also circulating collection] Ref D 13 .R295
MWard January 2007