LibGuides: Research in Education: Primary Sources

U of L Newspaper & Magazines Collections (most are restricted to current students, staff, and faculty - unless indicated as FREE)

The collections featured here are primarily Canadian, to see our full newspaper holdings, visit the Newspapers LibGuide.

Calgary Herald Archive This link opens in a new window
Explore the Calgary Herald Archives from 1883-2010: feature articles and breaking stories, newspaper editorials, advertisements, cartoons, obituaries and classified ads provide valuable primary source information and contextual understanding.

Content: Advertisements, Canadian, Newspapers, Primary Source
Canada NewspaperARCHIVE This link opens in a new window
A selection of Canadian newspapers. Alberta content includes: Lethbridge Herald (1904-2016), Medicine Hat News (1894-2017), Medicine Hat Times (1889-1894), Fort MacLeod Gazette (1883-1902), Drumheller Mail (1917-1998), Edmonton Bulletin (1896-1904).
Canadian Newsstream This link opens in a new window
Provides full-text access to Canadian news sources, covering major newspapers such as The Globe and Mail, National Post, Ottawa Citizen, Toronto Star, Regina Sun, Calgary Herald, Edmonton Journal, Vancouver Sun, Victoria News.
CPI.Q (Canadian Periodical Index Quarterly) This link opens in a new window
Access articles from Canadian and international journals, magazines, and newspapers. Covers a broad range of subjects including current events, health, technology, the arts, history, literature, culture and business. Scholarly articles, magazines, newspapers, biographies, reference material, company profiles, historical documents.
Globe and Mail (1844-2018) This link opens in a new window
Access the full-page newspaper archive of The Globe and Mail from June 1844 to 2018.

Content: Advertisements, Canadian, Newspapers, Photographs, Primary Source
Maclean's Magazine Archive [via EBSCOhost] This link opens in a new window
Canadian news and general interest magazine, provides a unique perspective on both national and international affairs. Coverage from 1905 to 2015 with cover-to-cover processing presents each issue in its entirety as originally published, including ads.
Southern Alberta Newspaper Collection This link opens in a new window
Access locally digitized content from the following historical newspapers: Alberta Star, Barons Enterprise, Barons Globe, Cardston News, Cardston Record, Kainai News, Lethbridge News, Macleod Advertiser, Macleod Chronicle, Macleod Gazette, Macleod News, Macleod Spectator, Magrath Pioneer, Milk River Review & Sun Dance Echo.

U of L Primary Sources Collections (again, most are subscription, unless indicated as FREE)

Archives of Sexuality & Gender : LGBTQ History and Culture Since 1940 This link opens in a new window
A fully searchable archive containing approximately 1.5 million pages of primary sources on the social, political, health and legal issues affecting LGBTQ communities around the world. Materials include periodicals, newsletters, manuscripts, government documents, organizational papers, correspondence, and an international selection of posters.
CanLII (Canadian Legal Information Institute) This link opens in a new window
FREE ACCESS: Access primary sources of Canadian law, including the legislative and judicial texts, as well as legal commentaries, from federal, provincial and territorial jurisdictions. Also includes links to law information in other countries.
Defining Gender This link opens in a new window
Original source materials from British and European archives on the topics of gender, leisure and consumer culture. Covers history, literature, sociology, education and cultural studies from a gendered perspective. Ephemera, pamphlets, college records and exam papers, books, diaries, periodicals, letters, ledgers & account books, government documents, illustrated writings.
Canadiana Online This link opens in a new window
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.

Content: Books, Canadian, Ephemera, Free Access, Government Documents, Maps, Newspapers, Primary Source
Gale Primary Sources This link opens in a new window
An integrated research experience, Gale Primary Sources unifies extensive digital archives covering hundreds of years of human history. Includes books, manuscripts, newspapers, maps, and photographs.
North American Women's Letters and Diaries: Colonial to 1950 This link opens in a new window
North American Women's Letters and Diaries includes the immediate experiences of 1,325 women and 150,000 pages of diaries and letters. Particular care has been taken to index this material so that it can be searched more thoroughly than ever before. The materials have been carefully chosen using leading bibliographies, supplemented by customer requests and more than 7,000 pages of previously unpublished material. The collection also includes biographical sketches of people represented in this database.
Peel's Prairie Provinces This link opens in a new window
Search an online bibliography of books, pamphlets, and other materials related to the development of the Prairies.
Includes books, newspaper issues, postcards, maps.
Transgender Archives This link opens in a new window
Access primary sources and materials relating to the history and activism of trans and gender nonconforming people. Hosted by the University of Victoria.

Additional Primary Sources - freely available on the internet

Internet Archives - Non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites, and more.

National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation Archives - The NCTR is a place of learning and dialogue where the truths of the residential school experience will be honoured and kept safe for future generations.