| ArtStor Public Collections |
ArtStor is a collection of images of art across many cultures and times. UPEI does not subscribe to the main database, but a significant portion is freely available to all as the Public Collections.
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| Canadiana Online |
The Canadiana collections are the largest online collections of early textual Canadiana in the world and include valuable national documentary heritage that is used for research, teaching, and personal history. They includes 95,000 titles (19 million pages) of monographs, serials (periodicals, newspapers, and annuals), and government publications. They also include the Early Canadiana Online collection which consists of 5.8 million pages arranged in thematic sub-collections.
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| Gale OneFile: U.S. History |
Search balanced coverage of events in U.S. history. Best for novice historians and academic researchers. Updated daily.
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| Gale OneFile: World History |
Access balanced coverage of events in world history and scholarly work being established in the field.
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| Gale In Context: World History |
Uncover information on hundreds of the most significant people, events, and topics in world history from a variety of sources.
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| Gale In Context: U.S. History |
Uncover information on hundreds of the most significant people, events, and topics in U.S. history from a variety of sources.
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| English Historical Documents |
English Historical Documents Online contains over 5,500 expertly indexed and fully searchable British history primary documents from 500-1914. Type "AND" between keywords.
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| Simon Lloyd (on leave 07/24-06/25) |
*** Please note that I am on sabbatical from July 1, 2024 - June 30, 2025. I will be monitoring my e-mail during this time, but replies may be delayed. Juanita Rossiter will be Acting University Archivist and Special Collections Librarian during my sabbatical -- (e)mjrossiter@upei.ca / (t) 902-894-2802.
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| Gale Primary Sources: Times Digital Archive 1785-2014 [London] |
Contains the digital edition of The Times (London) newspaper from 1785-2014, capturing the complete newspaper with articles, advertisements & illustrations.
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| Slavery, Abolition and Social Justice, 1490-2007 (Adam Matthew Digital) |
Provides access to thousands of original manuscripts, pamphlets, books, paintings, maps and images relating to slavery, abolition and social justice.
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| New York Times |
This link goes to the public version of the New York Times. Robertson Library does not have a paid license to this site.
The Library does have full text access to recent NYT issues via the Gale databases (1985 - present, may be delayed by one business day).
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| Index to Federal Royal Commissions |
Provides bibliographic access to materials associated with more than 200 federal Royal Commissions that have taken place since Confederation.
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| Military & Government Collection |
Provides full text for over 320 military related periodicals and general interest magazines.
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| Medieval Travel Writing (Adam Matthew Digital) |
Collection of medieval manuscripts from libraries around the world, dating from the 13th to the 16th centuries. Augmented by interactive maps.
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| Mass Observation Online (Adam Matthew Digital) |
Original materials created & collected by the Mass-Observation organization regarding the cultural & social history of Britain from 1937-1965.
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| Iter: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance |
Bibliographic database comprised of over 1.1 million citations of secondary source material pertaining to the Middle Ages and Renaissance (400-1700).
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| Historical Abstracts (European and World history) |
Indexes key historical journals, as well as a targeted selection of journals in the social sciences and humanities.
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| Globe & Mail: Canada's Heritage 1844-2019 |
Provides the online digitized full-image version of the complete works of the Globe and Mail newspaper from its inception until 2019. Proquest's guide to using the historical newspapers database, including this one - note the tabs along the top for different sections of the guide Looking for more recent Globe & Mail issues? We have various date ranges in various formats, from plain text to PDFs.
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| Eureka (formerly Newscan) |
Covers over 5,000 news sources, including newspapers & news wires. Full text to PEI newspapers The Guardian (1997-) and The Journal Pioneer (1999-).
Please note that we have a 10-simultaneous user limit, but the library can coordinate with the vendor to open that up for training days, so instructors who want to offer group hands-on training should contact one of the librarians to make those arrangements.
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| Erudit |
Provides access to academic journals, e-books & theses in the humanities, social sciences & natural sciences. Collection is primarily in French.
UPEI does not currently subscribe to this database, so we only have access to the "open access" portions of its content.
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| Empire Online (Adam Matthew Digital) |
Collection of original documents relating to Empire Studies, including exploration journals, correspondence, periodicals, diaries & travel writing.
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| Eighteenth Century Journals I & II (Adam Matthew Digital) |
Contains rare journals printed between 1693 and 1799 illuminating all aspects of eighteenth-century social, political, and literary life.
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| Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO) |
An online library of over 136,000 titles (over 155,000 volumes), published between 1701 and 1800, and printed in English-speaking countries.
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| Early Canadiana Online |
A searchable full text collection of 3,000+ books & pamphlets documenting Canadian history from the first European contact to the late 19th century.
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| Defining Gender, 1450-1910, Online (Adam Matthew Digital) |
A wide range of original sources including ephemera, pamphlets, commonplace books, diaries, periodicals, letters, ledgers, manuscript journals, & poetry.
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| China: Trade, Politics and Culture, 1793-1980 (Adam Matthew Digital) |
Unique manuscript material relating to the activities & observations of British & American diplomats, missionaries, & others in China from 1793-1980.
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| CBCA Complete (Proquest) |
Canadian Business & Current Affairs (CBCA) Complete; despite its name, it encompasses all subject areas, with Canadian focus.
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| Cairn |
Cairn offers access to a comprehensive collection of French language periodicals in the social sciences and humanities disciplines.
The Library does not subscribe to most of this content, so access is just to the citation information and portion of the site that is open access. However, you can place Interlibrary Loan requests for articles you discover on this platform.
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| America: History and Life (Canada and US history) |
The definitive index of literature covering the history & culture of the US & Canada, from prehistory to the present. Indexes 1,700 journals.
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| Academic Search Complete |
A multi-disciplinary database which provides full text for more than 8,500 periodicals, including full text for over 7,300 peer-reviewed journals.
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