Anthropology
Databases
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- Academic Search Complete: multidisciplinary; includes peer-reviewed content.
- Informit Indigenous Collection: covers both topical and historical issues within Indigenous studies. Provides access to specialist journals, conference papers, reports, magazines, ebooks, and grey literature unavailable elsewhere online.
- JSTOR: multidisciplinary; includes peer-reviewed content.
- Points to the Past: collection of primary sources, made up of millions of pages of digitized historical content – maps, photos, newspapers, manuscripts, and more.
- Social Sciences Full Text: for topics in the social sciences; includes peer-reviewed content.
For a Canadian perspective
- Canadian Newsstream: for Canadian newspapers; includes Whitehorse Star.
- Canadian Periodicals Index Quarterly (CPI. Q): Canadian magazines, newspapers, and journals.
- CBCA Complete: multidisciplinary; includes peer-reviewed content.
- Curio.ca: video streaming database
- High North: High North Research Documents includes all freely available research documents thematically relevant to the high north. The service covers all subjects and many languages, and is free and open for all.
- NFB Campus: video streaming database
Dissertations and Theses
Other databases
- Bibliography of Native North Americans
- Digital Commons Network
- Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Google Scholar
- Humanities Abstracts
- Lens.org
- Nunavik Bibliography
- OpenDOAR
Help Guides
Learn how to formulate search strategies, find specific types of resources, and cite your sources with these guides.
Call Number Browsing Areas
| Yukon First Nations | E78.Y8+ |
| Physical Anthropology | GN49 - GN296 |
| Ethnology | GN301 - GN673 |
| Prehistoric Archaeology | GN700 - GN875 |
| Folklore | GR72 - GR940 |
Recommended Websites
Anthropology Associations
- American Anthropological Association
- Canadian Anthropology Society
- Alaska Anthropological Association
- Canadian Archaeological Association
Blogs
Digital Collections
Open Educational Resources
Archaeology
Databases
Popular for this topic
- Academic Search Complete: multidisciplinary; includes peer-reviewed content.
- Bibliography of Native North Americans: citation database for indigenous related topics.
- Informit Indigenous Collection: covers both topical and historical issues within Indigenous studies. Provides access to specialist journals, conference papers, reports, magazines, ebooks, and grey literature unavailable elsewhere online.
- JSTOR: multidisciplinary; includes peer-reviewed content.
- Points to the Past: collection of primary sources, made up of millions of pages of digitized historical content – maps, photos, newspapers, manuscripts, and more.
- Social Sciences Full Text: for topics in the social sciences; includes peer-reviewed content.
For a Canadian perspective
- Canadian Newsstream: for Canadian newspapers; includes Whitehorse Star.
- Canadian Periodicals Index Quarterly (CPI. Q): Canadian magazines, newspapers, and journals.
- CBCA Complete: multidisciplinary; includes peer-reviewed content.
- Curio.ca: video streaming database
- NFB Campus: video streaming database
Dissertations and Theses
Other databases
- Digital Commons Network
- Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Google Scholar
- Lens.org
- Humanities Abstracts
- Nunavik Bibliography
- OpenDOAR
Help Guides
Learn how to formulate search strategies, find specific types of resources, and cite your sources with these guides.
Call Number Browsing Areas
| Yukon First Nations | E78.Y8+ |
| Physical Anthropology | GN49 - GN296 |
| Ethnology | GN301 - GN673 |
| Prehistoric Archaeology | GN700 - GN875 |
Recommended Websites
Yukon Archaeological Resources
- ANTH144 - Heritage and Field School Blog
- YESAB - Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Board
- Yukon Government - Heritage Resources
- Yukon Beringia - Interpretative Centre
Archaeology News & Publications
Government Sources & Associations
Biology
Databases
Popular for this topic
- Academic Search Complete: multidisciplinary; includes peer-reviewed content.
- JSTOR: multidisciplinary; includes peer-reviewed content.
- SalemPress: see reference materials related to climate change, natural disasters, and biomes and ecosystems.
For a Canadian perspective
- ASTIS: contains records of publications and research projects about northern Canada.
- Canadian Newsstream: for Canadian newspapers; includes Whitehorse Star.
- Canadian Periodicals Index Quarterly (CPI. Q): Canadian magazines, newspapers, and journals.
- CBCA Complete: multidisciplinary; includes peer-reviewed content.
- Curio.ca: video streaming database
- Yukon Government Northern Science Databases
Biology specific
- Biological and Agricultural Index Plus: includes citations and some full text peer-reviewed content for biology related topics.
- GreenFILE: citation only
Ebooks
- Ebsco Ebook Collection: multidisciplinary ebook database, includes many resources related to biology and wildlife.
Other Databases
Help Guides
Learn how to formulate search strategies, find specific types of resources, and cite your sources with these guides.
Call Number Browsing Areas
| Biology (General | QH301-705.5 |
| Ecology | QH540-549.5 |
| Life | QH501-531 |
| Evolution | QH359-425 |
| Botany | QK1-989 |
| Plant Anatomy | QK640-707 |
| Plant Physiology | QK710-899 |
| Plant Ecology | QK900-989 |
| Zoology | QL1-991 |
| Insects | QL461-599.82 |
| Fish | QL614-639.8 |
| Reptiles & Amphibians | QL640-669.3 |
| Birds | QL671-699 |
| Mammals | QL700-739.8 |
| Wolves | QL737 C22 |
| Bears | QL737 C37 |
| Bats | QL737 C5 |
| Mountain Sheep | QL737 U53 |
| Caribou | QL737 U55 |
Recommended Websites
Biology projects/studies in the Yukon and Canada
- Yukon Government Department of Environment
- Environment Yukon
- Canadian Wildlife Federation
- Yukon Bird Club
- Being Caribou
- Northern Climate Exchange
General Biology related websites
Biology blogs
Species identification (plantes, flowers, trees, etc.)
- The tree book: learning to recognize trees of British Columbia
- Trees, insects and diseases of Canada's forests
- Ontario Trees and Shrubs
- A guide to the identification of Salix (Willows)
- Common Yukon Roadside Flowers
- Wildlife Viewing in the Yukon
Open Educational Resources
Book Reviews
Databases
Popular databases for book reviews
- Academic Search Complete: multidisciplinary; includes peer-reviewed content.
- Canadian Newsstream: for Canadian newspapers; includes Whitehorse Star.
- Canadian Periodicals Index Quarterly (CPI. Q): Canadian magazines, newspapers, and journals.
- CBCA Complete: multidisciplinary; includes peer-reviewed content.
- Google Scholar
- JSTOR: multidisciplinary; includes peer-reviewed content.
- LISTA
- Reader's Guide Abstracts: citation only.
Help guides
Recommended Websites
Business Studies & Marketing
Databases
Popular for this topic
- Academic Search Complete: multidisciplinary; includes peer-reviewed content.
- Business Source Complete: good for any business related topic; includes peer-reviewed articles, SWOT analysis, market reports, and more.
- Ebsco Ebooks Collection: this collection contains many ebooks with a business focus.
- JSTOR: multidisciplinary; includes peer-reviewed content.
- Regional Business News
- Social Sciences Full Text: for topics in the social sciences; includes peer-reviewed content.
For a Canadian perspective
- Canadian Newsstream: for Canadian newspapers; includes Whitehorse Star.
- Canadian Periodicals Index Quarterly (CPI. Q): Canadian magazines, newspapers, and journals.
- CBCA Complete: multidisciplinary; includes peer-reviewed content.
Dissertations and Theses
Other databases
Help Guides
Learn how to formulate search strategies, find specific types of resources, and cite your sources with these guides.
Call Number Browsing Areas
| Economic Theory | HB |
| Economic History | HC |
| Industry, Land Use, Labour | HD |
| Industrial Management | HD28-70 |
| Commerce | HF |
| Marketing | HF5410-5417.5 |
| Advertising | 801-6182 |
| Finance | HG |
| Public Finance | HJ9-9940 |
| Accounting & Bookkeeping | HF5601-5689 |
| Business | HF5001-6182 |
| Office & Personnel Management | HF5546-5549.5 |
| Business Records Management | HF5735-5746 |
Recommended Websites
Government sites
- U.S. Government’s Export Portal
- Canada Business - Government of Canada
- Corporate Affairs - Yukon Government
- Canada Revenue Agency
- Industries and Business - Industry Canada
Commerce & Business general websites
- BizPal - Online Yukon Business Permits and Licenses
- Canadian Company Capabilities
- Buy and Sell Canada
- Canadian Anti-fraud Centre
- The Canadian Chamber of Commerce
- Canadian Council of Better Business Bureaus
Business Case Studies
- Business Resources for Students: Cengage Learning
- BC Innovation Council - Business Case Library
- Acadia Institute of Case Studies
- Stanford Graduate School of Business - Free case studies
- CasePlace.org
Marketing
Open Education Resources
Canadian Studies
Popular Databases
- ASTIS: contains records of publications and research projects about northern Canada.
- Canadian Newsstream: this database contains the fulltext of thousands of Canadian newspapers; includes Whitehorse Star.
- Canadian Periodicals Index Quarterly (CPI. Q): find Canadian magazines, newspapers, and journals.
- CANLII: this is a database provided by the the Canadian Legal Information Institute. It contains court judgments from all Canadian courts, legislation, and commentaries
- CBCA Complete: multidisciplinary; includes peer-reviewed content and also thousands of Canadian magazines, newspapers, journals, and other resources
- Curio.ca: video streaming database produced by the Canada Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)
- NFB Campus: video streaming database by the National Film Board of Canada
- Northern Review > an open access, peer-reviewed journal published by Yukon University in Whitehorse, Canada, on the traditional territories of the Kwanlin Dün First Nation and the Ta’an Kwäch’än Council
- University of Alberta Libraries - The CIHM Monograph Collection: A collection of publications dating back to the early 17th century that are about Canada, or written and published by Canadians, scanned from microfiche.
Dissertations and Theses
Help Guides
Learn how to formulate search strategies, find specific types of resources, and cite your sources with these guides.
Books
Browse for books in the FC section of the library collection. Specific areas:
Canada's North: FC3951-3970
Yukon: FC4001-4050
Recommended websites
- Canadian Encyclopedia: Canada's national encyclopedia covering all branches of knowledge.
- Statistics Canada: Statistics Canada is the national statistical office, with data about Canada's economy, society and environment.
- CBC Archives: CBC's archival collection of news, sports, lifestyle, comedy, arts, kids, music, original series & more.
- Library & Archives Canada: LAC acquires, preserves and provides access to Canadian documentary heritage including the Government of Canada and its institutions.
- Canadiana.ca 60 million pages of Canadian digital documentary heritage forms the largest online collections of early textual Canadiana in the world.
Chemistry
Databases
Popular for this topic
- Academic Search Complete: multidisciplinary; includes peer-reviewed content.
- CBCA Complete: multidisciplinary; includes peer-reviewed content
- ChemSpider: this is a database of chemical structures, also providing access to reference information and articles related to specific molecules.
- Google Scholar
- JSTOR: multidisciplinary; includes peer-reviewed content.
- Journal of Chemical Education: addresses chemical content, activities, laboratory experiments, instructional methods, and pedagogies.
Dissertations and Theses
Other Databases
- Applied Science & Technology Index
- Digital Commons Network
- General Science Abstracts
- Lens.org
- OpenDOAR
Help Guides
Learn how to formulate search strategies, find specific types of resources, and cite your sources with these guides.
Call Number Browsing Areas
| Chemistry (General) | QD1-65 |
| Inorganic Chemistry | QD146-197 |
| Organic Chemistry | QD241-441 |
| Physical and Theoretical Chemistry | QD450-801 |
Recommended Websites
Chemical Societies
Chemistry Portals and Guides
- Chemistry Guide
- MERLOT Chemistry Portal
- NIST Chemistry Webbook
- Organic Chemistry Resources Worldwide
- Resources for Chemistry Educators
- Science Daily - Chemistry
Chemistry Academic Resources
Open Educational Resources
Circumpolar & Northern Studies
Databases
Popular for this topic
- Academic Search Complete: multidisciplinary; includes peer-reviewed content.
- Arctic & Antarctic Regions: bibliographic database focused on research in cold regions.
- Canadian Research Index: focuses on periodicals covering Canada and Canadian issues in general reference arts, business, humanities, health, social sciences, sciences and current affairs.
- JSTOR: multidisciplinary; includes peer-reviewed content.
- Points to the Past: collection of primary sources, made up of millions of pages of digitized historical content – maps, photos, newspapers, manuscripts, and more.
For a Canadian perspective
- Canadian Newsstream: for Canadian newspapers; includes Whitehorse Star.
- Canadian Periodicals Index Quarterly (CPI. Q): Canadian magazines, newspapers, and journals.
- Canadiana.ca 60 million pages of Canadian digital documentary heritage forms the largest online collections of early textual Canadiana in the world.
- CBCA Complete: multidisciplinary; includes peer-reviewed content
- Curio.ca: video streaming database
- High North: High North Research Documents includes all freely available research documents thematically relevant to the high north. The service covers all subjects and many languages, and is free and open for all.
- NFB Campus: video streaming database
- Northern Review > an open access, peer-reviewed journal published by Yukon University in Whitehorse, Canada, on the traditional territories of the Kwanlin Dün First Nation and the Ta’an Kwäch’än Council
- University of Alberta Libraries - The CIHM Monograph Collection: A collection of publications dating back to the early 17th century that are about Canada, or written and published by Canadians, scanned from microfiche.
Dissertations and Theses
Other databases
Help Guides
Learn how to formulate search strategies, find specific types of resources, and cite your sources with these guides.
Call Number Browsing Areas
| History, Northern Europe, Scandinavia | DL1-1180 |
| Sami (European People) | DL42.L36 |
| Indians of North America—Aleuts, Chukchi, Inuit, Thule | E99.E5-E7 |
| Geography—Polar Regions | G575-890 |
| History—Europe | D-DR+ |
| Geography - Ice.Glaciers.Ice sheets. Sea ice. | GB2401-2598 |
| Indigenous Languages | PM 1-7356 |
| Natural history - Arctic | QH84.1 |
Recommended Websites
- Arctic Circle
- Canadian Circumpolar Institute
- National Science Foundation - Arctic and Antarctic Research
- Arctic Council
- Arctic Health Organization
- Arctic Portal
- Arctic Stat
- National Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada - Northern Research
- Northern Research Portal
- UAcrtic Resources
- Resources and Sustainable Development in the Arctic network (ReSDA)
- Weather Forecasts for Canadian Arctic - UBC
- ActicNet
- Canadian Cryospheric Information Network
- Scott Polar Research Institute
- Polar Data Catalogue
- Compendium of Current Research and Monitoring
- The Canadian Arctic Expedition - 80 Degrees North
Computer Studies
Databases
Popular for this topic
- Academic Search Complete: multidisciplinary; includes peer-reviewed content.
- Canadian Periodicals Index Quarterly (CPI. Q): Canadian magazines, newspapers, and journals.
- CBCA Complete: multidisciplinary; includes peer-reviewed content
Dissertations and Theses
Other databases
Help Guides
Learn how to formulate search strategies, find specific types of resources, and cite your sources with these guides.
Call Number Browsing Areas
| Computer Industry | HD+ |
| Accounting | HF5382+ |
| Computers and Finance | HG151.8 |
| Computer Crime | HV6772+ |
| Educational Technology | LB1027 - LB1162 |
| Computer Animation | TR869+ |
| Computer Science | QA75.5 - QA76.95 |
| Technology | Z7911 - Z7916 |
Recommended Websites
- Computer Science form the University of Albany Library
- CNET
- Mashable
- Linux
- PC World
- Mac World
- Droid Life
- Technology Review
- TechCrunch
Open Educational Resources
Criminology
Databases
For a broader search
- Academic Search Complete: multidisciplinary; includes peer-reviewed content.
- Criminal Justice Abstracts with Full Text: this database covers aspects of criminology; criminal justice; criminal law and procedure; corrections and prisons; police and policing, and much more.
- JSTOR: multidisciplinary; includes peer-reviewed content.
- National Justice Reference Service Abstracts: this database covers literature related to research, policy and practice in criminal and juvenile justice and drug control.
For a Canadian Perspective
- Canadian Newsstream: for Canadian newspapers; includes Whitehorse Star.
- Canadian Periodicals Index Quarterly (CPI. Q): Canadian magazines, newspapers, and journals.
- CBCA Complete: multidisciplinary; includes peer-reviewed content
Legal cases and legislation
- CanLII: Canadian database for court judgments from all Canadian courts and decisions from many tribunals nationally.
Dissertations and Theses
Other databases
Help Guides
Learn how to formulate search strategies, find specific types of resources, and cite your sources with these guides.
Call Number Browsing Areas
| Alcohol, Tobacco, Drugs | HV5001 - HV5840 |
| Criminology | HV6001 - HV7220.5 |
| Criminal Justice Administration | HV7231 - HV9920.5 |
| Penology, Prisons, Corrections, Young Offenders | HV8301 - HV9920.7 |
| Federal Law of Canada | KE+ |
| Alberta Provincial Law | KEA1 - 599 |
| British Columbia Provincial Law | KEB1 - 599 |
| Manitoba Provincial Law | KEM1 - 599 |
| New Brunswick Provincial Law | KEN1 - 599 |
| Newfoundland Provincial Law | KEN1201 - 1799 |
| Northwest Territorial Law | KEN5401 - 5999 |
| Nova Scotia Provincial Law | KE7401 - 7999 |
| Ontario Provincial Law | KEO1 - 1199 |
| P.E.I. Provincial Law | KEP1 - 599 |
| Quebec Provincial Law | KEQ1 - 599 |
| Saskatchewan Provincial Law | KES1 - 599 |
| Yukon Territorial Law | KEY1 - 599 |
| Federal Law Relating to Native Peoples | KE7701 - KE7749 |
Recommended Websites
Federal & Provincial websites
- Supreme Court of Canada
- Judgements of the Supreme Court of Canada
- Access to Justice Network
- CanLii
- Statistics Canada - Crime and Justice Statistics
Yukon law websites
Open Educational Resources
Early Learning and Childcare
Databases
Popular for this topic
- Academic Search Complete: multidisciplinary; includes peer-reviewed content.
- ERIC: database for research in education; includes peer-reviewed content, reports, teaching guides, and more.
- JSTOR: multidisciplinary; includes peer-reviewed content.
- Open Library: Open Library offers electronic access to books provided by thousands of libraries around the world, as well as works in public domain. Check this FAQ to learn more about the Open Library project.
- Primary Search: provides access to magazines for elementary school research.
- SPORTDiscus: bibliographic database about sports, fitness, and related disciplines.
- Teacher Reference Centre: provides indexing and abstracts to popular teacher and administrator journals and magazines.
For a Canadian Perspective
- Canadian Newsstream: for Canadian newspapers; includes Whitehorse Star.
- Canadian Periodicals Index Quarterly (CPI. Q): Canadian magazines, newspapers, and journals.
- CBCA Complete: multidisciplinary; includes peer-reviewed content.
Ebooks
- Ebsco Ebook Collection: multidisciplinary ebook database, includes resources related to child care and early learning.
Video streaming
- Curio.ca: video streaming database with documentaries and shows produced by CBC; includes teaching guides.
- NFB Campus: video streaming database produced by the National Film Board; includes teaching guides.
Other Databases
- Digital Commons Network
- Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
- Lens.org
- OpenDOAR
- PQDT Open
- Thesis Canada Portal
Help Guides
Learn how to formulate search strategies, find specific types of resources, and cite your sources with these guides.
Call Number Browsing Areas
| Child Development | HQ767+ |
| Child Care | HV854+ |
| Early Childhood Education | LB1139+ |
| Science Activities | Q163 + |
| Early Childhood Development | RJ131+ |
| Handicrafts | TT + |
Recommended Websites
Government Resources
- Early Childhood Development
- Child Care Subsidy in the Yukon
- Child Care Services - Yukon Government
- Child Care Act and Regulations - Yukon Government
Canadian Associations
- Canadian Child Care Federation
- Childcare Resource & Research Unit
- Canadian Education Association
- National Association for the Education of Young Children
General Early Childhood Education Resources
- Early Childhood Education
- PIKA: Canadian Children’s Literature Database
- Awesome Library
- Child care research, policy & practice documents
- BC Aboriginal ChildCare Society Resource Centre
Children's Books
Education
Databases
Popular for this topic
- Academic Search Complete: multidisciplinary; includes peer-reviewed content.
- ERIC: database for research in education; includes peer-reviewed content, reports, teaching guides, and more.
- JSTOR: multidisciplinary; includes peer-reviewed content.
- Primary Search: provides access to magazines for elementary school research.
- Social Sciences Full Text: for topics in the social sciences; includes peer-reviewed content.
- SPORTDiscus: bibliographic database about sports, fitness, and related disciplines.
- Teacher Reference Centre: provides indexing and abstracts to popular teacher and administrator journals and magazines.
For a Canadian Perspective
- Canadian Newsstream: for Canadian newspapers; includes Whitehorse Star.
- Canadian Periodicals Index Quarterly (CPI. Q): Canadian magazines, newspapers, and journals.
- CBCA Complete: multidisciplinary; includes peer-reviewed content.
Indigenous Knowledge
- Informit Indigenous Collection: covers both topical and historical issues within Indigenous studies. Provides access to specialist journals, conference papers, reports, magazines, ebooks, and grey literature unavailable elsewhere online.
Ebooks
- Ebsco Ebook Collection: multidisciplinary ebook database, includes resources related to child care and early learning.
Video streaming
- Curio.ca: video streaming database with documentaries and shows produced by CBC; includes teaching guides.
- NFB Campus: video streaming database produced by the National Film Board; includes teaching guides.
Other Databases
- Digital Commons Network
- Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
- Google Scholar
- Lens.org
- OpenDOAR
- PQDT Open
- Thesis Canada Portal
Help Guides
Learn how to formulate search strategies, find specific types of resources, and cite your sources with these guides.
Call Number Browsing Areas
| Education (General) | L7 - L991 |
| History of Education | LA5 - LA2396 |
| Theory and Practice of Education | LB5 - LB3640 |
| Special Aspects of Education | LC8 - LC6691 |
Recommended Websites
Curriculum
- B.C./ Yukon Curriculum Guides (IRP’s)
- Resource Services (Teacher’s Prof. Library)
- Curriculum Across Canada (developed by Mount Saint Vincent University Library)
Lesson Plans
- Lesson Plans
- Lesson Plans in Biology
- Canadian Geographic Lesson Plans
- A to Z Teacher Stuff
- HotChalk Lesson Plans (free registration required)
- Teacher.Org
Education Reports
Other Education Resources
English
Start your search
Use the Discovery Search (also available beneath the tab "Search Everything" on the Library home page) to begin exploring academic information in all sorts of of topics, including language and literature.
Expand or refine your search with library databases
Popular databases for English
- Academic Search Complete: multidisciplinary database, includes peer-reviewed articles on English language and literature.
- JSTOR: multidisciplinary database, includes peer-reviewed articles on English language and literature.
- Oxford English Dictionary: widely regarded as the accepted authority on the English language. It is a guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of 600,000 words— past and present—from across the English-speaking world.
Canadian related content
- Canadian Newsstream: database for Canadian newspapers; includes Whitehorse Star.
- Canadian Periodicals Index Quarterly (CPI. Q): includes Canadian magazines, newspapers, and journals.
- CBCA Complete: multidisciplinary database, includes peer-reviewed articles on English language and literature, with a Canadian focus.
- Curio.ca: video streaming database produced by CBC.
- NFB Campus: video streaming database produced by the National Film Board.
Feature films
- Criterion on Demand: video streaming database for feature films from big studios.
Ebooks
- Ebsco Ebook Collection: multidisciplinary ebook database, includes resources about writing in various fields.
Other databases
- Digital Commons Network
- Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Google Scholar
- Humanities Abstracts
- Lens.org
- Nunavik Bibliography
- OpenDOAR
Help Guides
Learn how to formulate search strategies, find specific types of resources, and cite your sources with these guides.
Call Number Browsing Areas
| English Language | PE1-3729 |
| Style, Composition, and Rhetoric | P301-301.5 |
| Modern English | PE(814)-896 |
| Dialects and Provincialisms | PE1700-3602 |
| Slang | PE3701-3729 |
| Literary Composition | PN172-239 |
Recommended Websites
Online Dictionaries
- Cambridge Dictionaries Online
- Dictionary.com
- Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
- Oxford English Dictionary (for YC users only)
English Grammar
English Writing
Open Educational Resources
Environmental Studies
Databases
Start with Discovery Search and find thousands of articles, books, ebooks, and more from one single search.
Improve your search with these popular databases
- Academic Search Complete: multidisciplinary; includes peer-reviewed content.
- JSTOR: multidisciplinary; includes peer-reviewed content.
- SalemPress: see reference materials related to climate change, natural disasters, and biomes and ecosystems.
For a Canadian perspective
- ASTIS: contains records of publications and research projects about northern Canada.
- Canadian Newsstream: for Canadian newspapers; includes Whitehorse Star.
- Canadian Periodicals Index Quarterly (CPI. Q): Canadian magazines, newspapers, and journals.
- CBCA Complete: multidisciplinary; includes peer-reviewed content.
- Curio.ca: video streaming database
- Federal Science Library: a one-stop, self-serve portal where you can access library services and search the print collections and repositories of seven science-based departments and agencies from a single place.
- Northern Review > an open access, peer-reviewed journal published by Yukon University in Whitehorse, Canada, on the traditional territories of the Kwanlin Dün First Nation and the Ta’an Kwäch’än Council
- Yukon Government Northern Science Databases
Biology specific databases
- Biological and Agricultural Index Plus: includes citations and some full text peer-reviewed content for biology related topics.
- GreenFILE: citation only
Yukon related resources
- EMR Library catalogue: The Library is particularly strong in Yukon scientific and research materials; the library also holds over 150,000 aerial photos, 60,000 of which are available online through SkyLine.
- SkyLine: SkyLine is a map viewer which will allow you to find Yukon aerial photographs for a given location. Use to map to find the location of watercourses, roads, aerial photographs of specific places, and more.
Ebooks
Ebsco Ebooks Collection: includes several ebooks related to climate change, climate policies, and environmental impacts.
Other Databases
Help Guides
Learn how to formulate search strategies, find specific types of resources, and cite your sources with these guides.
Call Number Browsing Areas
| Environmental Education & Responsibility | GE+ |
| Human Ecology | GF1 - GF95 |
| Environmental Law (Federal) | KE3611 - KE3635 |
| Biology (General) | QH301 - QH705.5 |
| Botany | QK+ |
| Zoology | QL+ |
| Environmental Technology & Sanitary Engineering | TD+ |
Recommended Websites
Yukon Research Projects & Associations
- Yukon Conservation Society
- Being Caribou
- Wilderness Tourism Association of the Yukon
- Northern Climate Exchange
Yukon Environmental Assessment & Management
- Yukon Land Use Planning Council
- Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Board
- Environment Yukon
- Yukon Environmental Maps
Yukon Mining
- Yukon Chamber of Mines
- Energy, Mines and Resources
- Energy, Mines and Resources Library
- Geomatics Yukon Mining (GIS data for download)
Canada
- Environment Canada
- Centre for Interactive Research in Sustainability
- Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society
- Federal Acts, Regulations, and Agreements
Arctic & Circumpolar Regions
Ethics
Databases
Popular databases for this topic
- Academic Search Complete: multidisciplinary database; includes peer-reviewed content.
- JSTOR: multidisciplinary database; includes peer-reviewed content in the social sciences and humanities.
- Social Sciences Full Text: for topics in the social sciences; includes peer-reviewed content.
For a Canadian perspective
- Canadian Newsstream: for Canadian newspapers; includes Whitehorse Star.
- Canadian Periodicals Index Quarterly (CPI. Q): Canadian magazines, newspapers, and journals.
- CBCA Complete: multidisciplinary; includes peer-reviewed content.
- Curio.ca: video streaming database
- NFB Campus: video streaming database
Ebooks
- Ebsco Ebooks Collection: includes a varied collection, ranging from philosophical theories to contemporary ethical issues.
Dissertations and Theses
Other databases
Help Guides
Learn how to formulate search strategies, find specific types of resources, and cite your sources with these guides.
Call Number Browsing Areas
| Philosophy (General) | B1-5802 |
| Ethics | BJ1-1725 |
| Mediation/Conflict Management | HM134-280 |
| Social and Public Welfare | HV1-9960 |
| Political Theory. Theories of the State. | JC11-605 |
| Negotiated Settlement/Public Law | K2390-3478 |
| Public Aspects of Medicine (includes Euthanasia) | RA1-1270 |
Recommended Websites
Online Articles & General Resources on Ethics
- Ethics by William C Frankena
- United Nations Human Rights
- The Center for Ethics in Science and Technology
- Ethics Updates
- Ethics Resource Centre
Ethics Study Guides
Online Encyclopedias
Film Studies
Databases
Popular databases for this topic
- Academic Search Complete: multidisciplinary database; includes peer-reviewed content.
- Art Index: database for several art forms, from art movements to photography to film; citation only.
- JSTOR: multidisciplinary database; includes peer-reviewed content in the social sciences and humanities.
For a Canadian perspective
- Canadian Newsstream: for Canadian newspapers; includes Whitehorse Star.
- Canadian Periodicals Index Quarterly (CPI. Q): Canadian magazines, newspapers, and journals.
- CBCA Complete: multidisciplinary; includes peer-reviewed content.
- Curio.ca: video streaming database
- NFB Campus: video streaming database
Dissertations and Theses
Other databases
Help Guides
Learn how to formulate search strategies, find specific types of resources, and cite your sources with these guides.
Call Number Browsing Areas
| Ethnology in visual media | GN347 |
| Physical education in motion pictures, television, etc. | GV364 |
| Dancing in motion pictures, television, etc. | GV1779 |
| Motion pictures | PN1993+ |
| Career as an Artist | N8600+ |
| Job stress in the arts | RC963.6.A7 |
| Cinematography | TR850+ |
Recommended Websites
Fine Arts
Databases
Popular databases for this topic
- Academic Search Complete: multidisciplinary database; includes peer-reviewed content.
- Art Index: database for several art forms, from art movements to photography to film; citation only.
- JSTOR: multidisciplinary database; includes peer-reviewed content in the social sciences and humanities.
For a Canadian perspective
- Canadian Newsstream: for Canadian newspapers; includes Whitehorse Star.
- Canadian Online Art Book Project: the Canadian Online Art Book Project is a digital library of books–all original works commissioned by the Art Canada Institute–by the country’s leading art experts on artists who have made a critical contribution to the evolution of the nation’s art history.
- Canadian Periodicals Index Quarterly (CPI. Q): Canadian magazines, newspapers, and journals.
- CBCA Complete: multidisciplinary; includes peer-reviewed content.
- Curio.ca: video streaming database
- NFB Campus: video streaming database
Dissertations and Theses
Other databases
Help Guides
Learn how to formulate search strategies, find specific types of resources, and cite your sources with these guides.
Call Number Browsing Areas
| First Nations Art | E98 .A7 |
| Art for preschoolers | LB1140.5 .A7 |
| Art classes | LB1591+ |
| Fine arts | N+ |
| Yukon Permanent Art Collection | N908 .C3 Y84 |
| Career as an Artist | N8600+ |
| Job stress in the arts | RC963.6 .A7 |
Recommended Websites
Note: See our Digital Collections webpage for further recommended websites.
Online Publications
Yukon
Canada
International Art Institutions & Museums
- The British Academy: The National Academy for the Humanities and Social Sciences
- The Art Institute of Chicago
- The Russian Art Gallery
- Museum of the North, University of Alaska Fairbanks
- Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre
- LookNorth Galleries
- The J. Paul Getty Museum
Online Galleries
Photography
First Nations Studies
Databases
Recommended for this topic
- Academic Search Complete: multidisciplinary; includes peer-reviewed content.
- Arctic & Antarctic Regions: bibliographic database focused on research in cold regions.
- Bibliography of Native North Americans: citation database for indigenous related topics.
- Ebsco Ebook Collection: multidisciplinary ebook database, includes many resources related to indigenous studies.
- Frontier Life - Borderlands, Settlement & Colonial Encounters: this is a digital collection of primary source documents focused on colonial frontier regions of North America, Africa and Australasia; it includes documents that reveal the lives of settlers and indigenous peoples in these areas.
- Informit Indigenous Collection: covers both topical and historical issues within Indigenous studies. Provides access to specialist journals, conference papers, reports, magazines, ebooks, and grey literature unavailable elsewhere online.
- JSTOR: multidisciplinary; includes peer-reviewed content.
- Points to the Past: collection of primary sources, made up of millions of pages of digitized historical content – maps, photos, newspapers, manuscripts, and more.
- Social Sciences Full Text: database exclusive for topics in the social sciences; includes peer-reviewed content.
Recommended for a Canadian perspective
- ASTIS: contains records of publications and research projects about northern Canada.
- Canadian Newsstream: for Canadian newspapers; includes Whitehorse Star.
- Canadian Periodicals Index Quarterly (CPI. Q): Canadian magazines, newspapers, and journals.
- Canadiana.ca 60 million pages of Canadian digital documentary heritage forms the largest online collections of early textual Canadiana in the world.
- CBCA Complete: multidisciplinary; includes peer-reviewed content
- Curio.ca: video streaming database
- NFB Campus: video streaming database
- Northern Review > an open access, peer-reviewed journal published by Yukon University in Whitehorse, Canada, on the traditional territories of the Kwanlin Dün First Nation and the Ta’an Kwäch’än Council
Dissertations and Theses
Other databases
- Digital Commons Network
- Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Google Scholar
- Humanities Abstracts
- Lens.org
- Nunavik Bibliography
- OpenDOAR
Help Guides
Learn how to formulate search strategies, find specific types of resources, and cite your sources with these guides.
Call Number Browsing Areas
| Pre-Columbian America | E51+ |
| Indians of North America | E75+ |
| Yukon First Nations | E78 .Y8+ |
| Indian Tribes and Cultures | E99+ |
| Federal First Nation Laws | KE7701 - KE7749 |
| Prehistoric Archaeology | GN700 - GN875 |
Recommended Websites
Yukon First Nations
- Council of Yukon First Nations
- Carcross/Tagish First Nations
- Champagne and Aishik First Nations
- Kluane First Nations
- Kuanlin Dan First Nations
- Little Salmon/Carmacks
- First Nation of Na-Cho Nyak Dun
- Ta'an Kwäch'än Council
- Teslin Tlingit Council
- Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation
Residential Schools
- Truth and Reconciliation Comission of Canada
- List of Recognized Institutions
- A History of Residential Schools in Canada (CBC)
Self-Governance
- Centre for First Nations Governance
- Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada
- Yukon Self-Government Secretariat
- Indian Acts: National Aboriginal Document Database
- Indian Act: Justice Laws Website
- Aboriginal Self Government
- Treaty Research Reports
- Land Claims
- Forging new relationships: aboriginal governance in Canada
- The Indian Act and the future of aboriginal governance in Canada
Aboriginal Maps
- Map Room - Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada
- Historical Indian Treaties
- Aboriginal Population
- Athabaskan Communities Map
- Language Maps of Canada (Ethnologue)
- Native Languages in the Yukon
- Traditional Territories of Yukon First Nations
- Gwich'n Place Name Atlas
- Native Land
General Resources
- Assembly of First Nations
- Center for World Indigenous Studies
- Aboriginal Heritage
- Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada
- National Aboriginal Health Organization (NAHO)
- Centre for Aboriginal Health Research (CAHR)
- Native Health Database (NHRD)
- Indigenous Studies Portal
- CanLii Law Research
- Genealogy and Family History
- Yukon Native Language Centre
Open Education Resources
Gender Studies & Sexuality
Databases
Recommended for this topic
- Academic Search Complete: multidisciplinary; includes peer-reviewed content.
- JSTOR: multidisciplinary; includes peer-reviewed content.
- Social Sciences Full Text: for topics in the social sciences; includes peer-reviewed content.
For a Canadian perspective
- Canadian Newsstream: for Canadian newspapers; includes Whitehorse Star.
- Canadian Periodicals Index Quarterly (CPI. Q): Canadian magazines, newspapers, and journals.
- CBCA Complete: multidisciplinary; includes peer-reviewed content.
- Curio.ca: video streaming database
- NFB Campus: video streaming database
Dissertations and Theses
Other databases
- Digital Commons Network
- Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Google Scholar
- Humanities Abstracts
- Lens.org
- OpenDOAR
Help Guides
Learn how to formulate search strategies, find specific types of resources, and cite your sources with these guides.
Call Number Browsing Areas
| Psychology of Sex. Sexual Behaviour. | BF692-692.5 |
| Differential psychology. Individuality. Self. | BF697 - 697.5 |
| Social Psychology | HM1001 - 1281 |
| Sexual Life (including Homosexuality) | HQ12 - 449 |
| The Family | HQ503 - 1064 |
| Sex Role | HQ1075 - 1075.5 |
Recommended Websites
Rights and Legislation
- Canadian Human Rights Commission
- Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
- Canadian Civil Marriage Act
- Bill C-250 An Act to Ammend the Criminal Code (hate propoganda)
History
- Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives
- Collection Home: Gay's Peoples Union Collection
- ACTUP Oral History (interviews)
Statistics
- Statistics Canada: Family, Households and Housing
- Canadian Social Trends (StatsCan publication)
- Health Care among Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Canadians
Gender Studies
Geology & Earth Sciences
Databases
Recommended for a general search
- Academic Search Complete: multidisciplinary; includes peer-reviewed content.
- JSTOR: multidisciplinary; includes peer-reviewed content.
For a Canadian perspective
- ASTIS: contains records of publications and research projects about northern Canada.
- Canadian Periodicals Index Quarterly (CPI. Q): Canadian magazines, newspapers, and journals.
- CBCA Complete: multidisciplinary; includes peer-reviewed content
- GEOSCAN: bibliographic database; find references to Earth Sciences articles published in Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) publications, or external publications authored by NRCan experts.
- Yukon Government Northern Science Databases
Yukon related resources
- EMR Library catalogue: The Library is particularly strong in Yukon scientific and research materials; the library also holds over 150,000 aerial photos, 60,000 of which are available online through SkyLine.
- SkyLine: SkyLine is a map viewer which will allow you to find Yukon aerial photographs for a given location. Use to map to find the location of watercourses, roads, aerial photographs of specific places, and more.
Geospatial information
- Scholars GeoPortal: tool to access geospatial datasets licensed by university libraries. The GeoPortal includes land-based vector data (water, cultural features, etc.), census geography, orthophotography, and more! Also includes links to open access content.
Dissertations and Theses
Other Databases
- Applied Science & Technology Index
- Arctic & Antarctic Regions
- Digital Commons Network
- General Science Abstracts
- Lens.org
- OpenDOAR
Help Guides
Learn how to formulate search strategies, find specific types of resources, and cite your sources with these guides.
Call Number Browsing Areas
| Atlases | G1000-3122 |
| Maps | G3180-9980 |
| Cartography | GA101-1776 |
| Geology | QE1-996.5 |
| Geomorphology | GB400-649 |
| Hidrology | GB651-2998 |
| Mineralogy | QE351-399.2 |
| Paleontology | QE701-760 |
| Natural Disasters | GB5000-5030 |
| Stratigraphy | QE640-699 |
Recommended Websites
Yukon Mining
- Mining Yukon
- Energy, Mines and Resources
- Energy, Mines and Resources Library
- Geomatics Yukon Mining
- Yukon Mining Legislation, Regulations & Permits
Yukon Geography & Geology
- Yukon Geological Survey (catalogue search)
- Maps & Data - Energy, Mines and Resources
- Geomatics Yukon
General publications in Geology
Other Resources
History
Databases
Recommended for this topic
- Academic Search Complete: multidisciplinary; includes peer-reviewed content.
- Arctic & Antarctic Regions: bibliographic database focused on research in cold regions.
- Bibliography of Native North Americans: citation database for indigenous related topics.
- Frontier Life - Borderlands, Settlement & Colonial Encounters: this is a digital collection of primary source documents focused on colonial frontier regions of North America, Africa and Australasia; it includes documents that reveal the lives of settlers and indigenous peoples in these areas.
- Informit Indigenous Collection: covers both topical and historical issues within Indigenous studies. Provides access to specialist journals, conference papers, reports, magazines, ebooks, and grey literature unavailable elsewhere online.
- JSTOR: multidisciplinary; includes peer-reviewed content.
- Points to the Past: collection of primary sources, made up of millions of pages of digitized historical content – maps, photos, newspapers, manuscripts, and more.
- Social Sciences Full Text: database exclusive for topics in the social sciences; includes peer-reviewed content
Recommended for a Canadian perspective
- Canadian Newsstream: for Canadian newspapers; includes Whitehorse Star.
- Canadian Periodicals Index Quarterly (CPI. Q): Canadian magazines, newspapers, and journals.
- CBCA Complete: multidisciplinary; includes peer-reviewed content
- Canadiana.ca 60 million pages of Canadian digital documentary heritage forms the largest online collections of early textual Canadiana in the world.
- Curio.ca: video streaming database
- NFB Campus: video streaming database
-
University of Alberta Libraries - The CIHM Monograph Collection: A collection of publications dating back to the early 17th century that are about Canada, or written and published by Canadians, scanned from microfiche.
Dissertations and Theses
Other databases
- Digital Commons Network
- Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Google Scholar
- Humanities Abstracts
- Lens.org
- OpenDOAR
Help Guides
Learn how to formulate search strategies, find specific types of resources, and cite your sources with these guides.
Call Number Browsing Areas
| Yukon First Nations | E78.Y8+ |
| Physical Anthropology | GN49 - GN296 |
| Ethnology | GN301 - GN673 |
| Prehistoric Archaeology | GN700 - GN875 |
| Folklore | GR72 - GR940 |
Recommended Websites
Historical Newspapers
Canada & World History
- Canada Channel
- Archives Canada
- Great Unsolved Mysteries in Canadian History
- Colonial Despatches: The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
- World History Association
- Avalon Project - Documents in Law, History, and Diplomacy
- Center for History and New Media
- European History Primary Sources
- The Canadian Arctic Expedition - 80 Degrees North
Yukon History
- The Klondike Gold Rush: Journey's End
- Hidden History: Black History of the Yukon
- Yukon Historical and Museums Association
Open Educational Resources
Indigenous Governance
Databases
Recommended for this topic
- Academic Search Complete: multidisciplinary; includes peer-reviewed content.
- Arctic & Antarctic Regions: bibliographic database focused on research in cold regions.
- Bibliography of Native North Americans: citation database for indigenous related topics.
- Frontier Life - Borderlands, Settlement & Colonial Encounters: this is a digital collection of primary source documents focused on colonial frontier regions of North America, Africa and Australasia; it includes documents that reveal the lives of settlers and indigenous peoples in these areas.
- Informit Indigenous Collection: covers both topical and historical issues within Indigenous studies. Provides access to specialist journals, conference papers, reports, magazines, ebooks, and grey literature unavailable elsewhere online.
- JSTOR: multidisciplinary; includes peer-reviewed content.
- Points to the Past: collection of primary sources, made up of millions of pages of digitized historical content – maps, photos, newspapers, manuscripts, and more.
- Social Sciences Full Text: database exclusive for topics in the social sciences; includes peer-reviewed content
Recommended for a Canadian perspective
- ASTIS: contains records of publications and research projects about northern Canada.
- Canadian Newsstream: for Canadian newspapers; includes Whitehorse Star.
- Canadian Periodicals Index Quarterly (CPI. Q): Canadian magazines, newspapers, and journals.
- Canadiana.ca 60 million pages of Canadian digital documentary heritage forms the largest online collections of early textual Canadiana in the world.
- CBCA Complete: multidisciplinary; includes peer-reviewed content
- Curio.ca: video streaming database
- NFB Campus: video streaming database
Dissertations and Theses
Other databases
Help Guides
Learn how to formulate search strategies, find specific types of resources, and cite your sources with these guides.
Ebooks
Indigenous Governance Ebooks from Ebsco Ebooks Collection*
Online Reference Books*
- Native peoples A to Z : a reference guide to native peoples of the western hemisphere
- Encyclopedia of the American Indian Movement
- Native American Boarding Schools
- Historical Dictionary of Native American Movements
*must be a YC student or staff member to access remotely
Open Resources
Open Textbooks
- Open Textbooks related to Indigenous topics (BC Campus Collection)
- Native Peoples of North America (textook)
- ECHO: Ethnographic, Cultural and Historical Overview of the Yukon's First Peoples
Open Access Articles & Scholarly Works
- DOAJ
- OpenAIRE (with "indigenous governance canada" as search terms)
- OpenDOAR
- Sage Journals (Check option to search Open Access content only in Advanced Search)
Call Number Browsing Areas
| Federal Law - Canada | KE1-9450 |
| Federal First Nations Law | KE7701 - KE7749 |
| Indians of North American | E75+ |
| Yukon Law | KEY 1-599 |
| Yukon First Nations | E78.Y8+ |
Recommended Websites
Kinesiology & Physical Education
Databases
Use the Discovery Search (also available beneath the tab "Search Everything" on the Library home page) to begin exploring academic information in all sorts of of topics, including sports and physical education.
Recommended for a broader search
- Academic Search Complete: multidisciplinary; includes peer-reviewed content.
- Canadian Periodicals Index Quarterly (CPI. Q): Canadian magazines, newspapers, and journals.
- CBCA Complete: multidisciplinary; includes peer-reviewed content.
- JSTOR: multidisciplinary; includes peer-reviewed content.
Sports specific database
- SportDiscus: bibliographic database covering sport, physical fitness, exercise, sports medicine, and more.
Education & Sports
- ERIC: database for research in education; includes peer-reviewed content, reports, teaching guides, and more.
Health related databases
- CINAHL Complete: full text database for nursing & allied health journals.
- EBMR: EBMR includes the several subsets mainly focused on evidence based clinical studies and medical reviews.
- Medline (Ebsco): this database provides access to full-text and citations of articles in the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, and other health related fields, on a simple interface.
- Medline (OVID): use more search options with the OVID interface. Access articles in the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, and other health related fields, on a simple interface.
Dissertations and Theses
Other databases
Help Guides
Learn how to formulate search strategies, find specific types of resources, and cite your sources with these guides.
Call Number Browsing Areas
| Human Anatomy | QS |
| Sports | GV557-1198.995 |
| Physical Education and Training | GV201-555 |
| Outdoor Life and Outdoor Recreation | GV191.2-200.66 |
Recommended Websites
Lesson Plans
- The Health and Physical Education Website for Teachers
- Physical and Health Education Canada
- About.com Physical Education Lessons Plans
- Physical Education Online
Sport Resources
Literature
Start your search
Use the Discovery Search (also available beneath the tab "Search Everything" on the Library home page) to begin exploring academic information in all sorts of of topics, including language and literature.
Expand or refine your search with library databases
Recommended for a broader search
- Academic Search Complete: multidisciplinary; includes peer-reviewed content on a range of areas, including literature.
- JSTOR: multidisciplinary; includes peer-reviewed content on a range of areas, including literature.
- Masterplots: Masterplots contains reference entries about the most important works in literature.
- Reader's Guide Abstracts: citation only. Covers a wide range of topics, including literature and other topics in the Humanities.
Recommended for a Canadian perspective
- Canadian Newsstream: for Canadian newspapers; includes Whitehorse Star.
- Canadian Periodicals Index Quarterly (CPI. Q): get access to Canadian magazines, newspapers, and journals.
- CBCA Complete: multidisciplinary; includes peer-reviewed content on a range of topics, focused on the Canadian landscape.
Ebooks
- Ebsco Ebooks Collection: multidisciplinary database, includes many classical literary works.
Help Guides
Learn how to formulate search strategies, find specific types of resources, and cite your sources with these guides.
Call Number Browsing Areas
| Folklore | GR72 - GR940 |
| Literary History& Collections | PN+ |
| British Literature | PR+ |
| American Literature | PS1 - 3576 |
| Canadian Literature | PS8000+ |
| Children’s Literature | PZ5+ |
| Aboriginal Literature | Shelved by country, region, date. |
Recommended Websites
- Canlit Guides
- Playwrights Guild of Canada
- Project Gutenberg (E-Texts of books)
- The University of Oxford Text Archive
- Literary Criticism on IPL2
- Open Library (E-books)
Periodicals listed in Library Journals List
Search Journal Finder. Journal Finder is designed to list journals related to a specific area.
Maps
Databases
Databases that contain maps on various topics
- ASTIS: contains records of publications and research projects about northern Canada.
- Frontier Life - Borderlands, Settlement & Colonial Encounters: this is a digital collection of primary source documents focused on colonial frontier regions of North America, Africa and Australasia; it includes documents that reveal the lives of settlers and indigenous peoples in these areas.
- Points to the Past: collection of primary sources, made up of millions of pages of digitized historical content – maps, photos, newspapers, manuscripts, and more.
- Yukon Government Northern Science Databases
Help Guides
Learn how to formulate search strategies, find specific types of resources, and cite your sources with these guides.
Recommended Websites
Canada Maps (Sociopolitical, Economy, and Natural Resources)
- The Atlas of Canada - Natural Resources
- Canadian Area Code Map
- The Canadian Atlas Online
- A Developing World
- Elections Canada Map Corner
Natural Resources Maps
- Earth Science Maps
- Geological Atlas of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin
- Geophysical Atlas of Western Canadian Hydrocarbon Pools
- Statistics Canada Maps and Geography
- USGS National Geologic Map Project
Canadian Historical Maps
- Canadian Geographic - Historical Maps of Canada
- Historical Atlas of Canada
- The W. H. Pugsley Collection of Early Canadian Maps
Yukon Maps (Land Use, Infrastructure, First Nations, Environment, Natural Resources)
Mathematics & Statistics
Databases
Multidisciplinary resources (explore general topics in mathematics)
- Academic Search Complete: multidisciplinary; includes peer-reviewed content.
- Arxiv.org: a pre-print database for topics in fields such as mathematics, physics, engineering, chemistry, and related disciplines.
- Encyclopaedia Britannica: learn about general mathematical concepts with this academic encyclopedia.
- CBCA Complete: multidisciplinary; includes peer-reviewed content.
- JSTOR: multidisciplinary; includes peer-reviewed content.
Resources recommended for statistics
- ArcticStat: this database brings together data on a wide range of socioeconomic realities of Arctic regions.
- Business Source Complete: good for any business related topic; includes peer-reviewed articles, SWOT analysis, market reports, and more.
- BC STATS: explore various statistical reports for the province of British Columbia.
- Canadian Research Index: focuses on periodicals covering Canada and Canadian issues in general reference arts, business, humanities, health, social sciences, sciences and current affairs.
- E-STAT: explore various statistical reports concerning several aspects of Canadian society.
- WolframAlpha: use WolframAlpha to get dynamic computations based on a vast collection of built-in data, algorithms and methods.
Other resources
Help Guides
Learn how to formulate search strategies, find specific types of resources, and cite your sources with these guides.
Call Number Browsing Areas
| Symbolism of Numbers (Numerology) | BF1623 .P9 |
| Statistics | HA+ |
| Commercial Mathematics | HF5691 - 5716 |
| Teaching Math | LB1186 |
| Mathematics Classrooms | LB3325 .M35 |
| Pharmaceutical Arithmetic | RS57 |
| Mathematics for Nurses | RT68 |
| Mathematics | QA+ |
| Surveying | TA556 .M38 |
| Carpentry and Joinery Mathematics | TH5612+ |
| Electronics | TK7864 |
| Chemical Engineering Mathematics | TP155.2 .M36 |
| Hotels, clubs, restaurants, etc. | TX911.3 .M33 |
Recommended Websites
Multimedia & Mass Communication
Databases
Popular databases
- Academic Search Complete: multidisciplinary; includes peer-reviewed content.
- Business Source Complete: good for any business related topic, including use of different media to promote a business; includes peer-reviewed articles, SWOT analysis, market reports, and more.
- JSTOR: multidisciplinary; includes peer-reviewed content.
Newspapers & Magazines
- Canadian Newsstream: this database provides access to thousands of Canadian newspapers; includes Whitehorse Star.
- Canadian Periodicals Index Quarterly (CPI. Q): access Canadian magazines, newspapers, and journals.
- CBCA Complete: multidisciplinary database; includes peer-reviewed content, magazine articles, and newspaper articles from Canadian publishers.
Video Streaming
- Curio.ca: video streaming database provided by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC); watch exclusive TV shows and documentaries produced by CBC.
- NFB Campus: video streaming database provided by the National Film Board of Canada.
Help Guides
Learn how to formulate search strategies, find specific types of resources, and cite your sources with these guides.
Call Number Browsing Areas
| Interactive Multimedia | LB1028.55 |
| Mass Media | P87-96 |
| Media Programs for Education | LB1028.4 |
| Telecommunication (including radio and television) | TK5101-6720 |
Recommended Websites
Nursing & Health
Databases
Start with the Discovery search (Search Everything tab) on the library home page or on http://yukonuniversitylibrary.on.worldcat.org
3-D resources for anatomy studies
- Anatomy.tv: unlimited simultaneous access to the 2020 version of Anatomy.TV and Human Anatomy & Physiology Resources, including 3D Real-time and Perceptual Adaptive Learning Modules (PALMs).
Expand your search with multidisciplinary databases
- Academic Search Complete: multidisciplinary; includes peer-reviewed content.
- Canadian Periodicals Index Quarterly (CPI. Q): Canadian magazines, newspapers, and journals.
- Canadian Research Index: focuses on periodicals covering Canada and Canadian issues in general reference arts, business, humanities, health, social sciences, sciences and current affairs.
- CBCA Complete: multidisciplinary; includes peer-reviewed content.
- Informit Indigenous Collection: covers both topical and historical issues within Indigenous studies. Provides access to specialist journals, conference papers, reports, magazines, ebooks, and grey literature unavailable elsewhere online.
- JSTOR: multidisciplinary; includes peer-reviewed content.
Refine your search with health specific databases
- Biomedical Reference Collection: provides access to full-text journals in all areas of medicine.
- CINAHL Complete: full text database for nursing & allied health journals.
- EBMR: EBMR includes the several subsets mainly focused on evidence based clinical studies and medical reviews.
- Ebsco Ebook Nursing Collection: includes quality e-books that focus on the needs of nursing professionals, including clinical guides, evidence-based practice manuals, and more.
- LWW Total Access Journal Collection: this collection brings you just about several titles from essential core journals in such areas as nursing and bioscience.
- Medline (Ebsco): this database provides access to full-text and citations of articles in the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, and other health related fields, on a simple interface.
- Medline (OVID): use more search options with the OVID interface. Access articles in the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, and other health related fields, on a simple interface.
- Psycarticles: provided by the American Psychological Association, this database is one of the main sources for scholarly literature in psychology.
- PsycInfo: provided by the American Psychological Association, this is a comprehensive, citation-only database for scholarly literature in psychology.
- SportDiscus: bibliographic database covering sport, physical fitness, exercise, sports medicine, and more.
Ebooks
- Ebsco Ebooks Collection: includes several ebooks related to health, medicine, and nursing.
Dissertations and Theses
Other databases
Help Guides
Learn how to formulate search strategies, find specific types of resources, and cite your sources with these guides.
Call Number Browsing Areas
| Human anatomy | QS+ |
| Medicine (General works) | R+ |
| Home Health Care Services | RA645.3+ |
| Diet Therapy | RM214+ |
| Nursing / community nursing | RT+ |
| Nutrition | TX341+ |
Recommended Websites
Articles & Reports
- American Journal of Health Promotion
- American Journal of Nursing
- Canadian Journal of Public Health
- The Canadian Facts
- Health Reports
- Chronic Diseases in Canada
- Faculty of 1000
- Canadian Institute of Health Research
- Pubmed
Student Health
Health Statistics
First Nations Health Information
Health Care in the Yukon
Other Resources
Philosophy
Databases
Popular for this topic
- Academic Search Complete: multidisciplinary; includes peer-reviewed content.
- JSTOR: multidisciplinary; includes peer-reviewed content.
- Social Sciences Full Text: database exclusive for topics in the social sciences; includes peer-reviewed content.
For a Canadian perspective
- Canadian Newsstream: for Canadian newspapers; includes Whitehorse Star.
- Canadian Periodicals Index Quarterly (CPI. Q): Canadian magazines, newspapers, and journals.
- CBCA Complete: multidisciplinary; includes peer-reviewed content
- Curio.ca: video streaming database
- NFB Campus: video streaming database
Dissertations and Theses
Other databases
Help Guides
Learn how to formulate search strategies, find specific types of resources, and cite your sources with these guides.
Call Number Browsing Areas
| History of Philosophy | B+ |
| Logic | BC+ |
| Metaphysics | BD+ |
| Ethics | BJ+ |
| Socialism, Communism | HX+ |
| Feminist Theory | HQ1190+ |
| Environmental Philosophy / Ethics | GE40+ |
| Political Theory | JC+ |
| Philosophy of Religion | BL-BX+ |
| Philosophy of Science | Q175+ |
Recommended Websites
Online Dictionaries
Online Encyclopedias
Phylosophical Associations
Study Guides & Articles
Periodicals listed in Library Journals List
Search Journal Finder. Journal Finder is designed to list journals related to a specific area.
Physics
Databases
Multidisciplinary resources (explore general topics in physics)
- Academic Search Complete: multidisciplinary; includes peer-reviewed content.
- Encyclopaedia Britannica: learn about general mathematical concepts with this academic encyclopedia.
- CBCA Complete: multidisciplinary; includes peer-reviewed content.
- JSTOR: multidisciplinary; includes peer-reviewed content.
Specialized resources
- Arxiv.org: a pre-print database for topics in fields such as mathematics, physics, engineering, chemistry, and related disciplines.
- WolframAlpha: use WolframAlpha to get dynamic computations based on a vast collection of built-in data, algorithms and methods.
Other resources
- Applied Science & Technology Index
- General Science Abstracts
- Google Scholar
- Lens.org
- Digital Commons Network
Help Guides
Learn how to formulate search strategies, find specific types of resources, and cite your sources with these guides.
Call Number Browsing Areas
| Physics (General) | QC1-75 |
| Weights and Measures | QC81-114 |
| Descriptive and Experimental Mechanics | QC120-168.85 |
| Atomic Physics | QC170-197 |
| Acoustics | QC221-246 |
| Heat | QC251-338.5 |
| Optics | QC350-467 |
| Electricity and Magnetism | QC501-766 |
| Nuclear and Particle Physics | QC770-798 |
Recommended Websites
Periodicals listed in Library Journals List
Search Journal Finder. Journal Finder is designed to list journals related to a specific area.
Political Science
Databases
Popular for this topic
- Academic Search Complete: multidisciplinary; includes peer-reviewed content.
- Business Source Complete: good for any business related topic; includes peer-reviewed articles, SWOT analysis, market reports, and more.
- JSTOR: multidisciplinary; includes peer-reviewed content.
- Social Sciences Full Text: database exclusive for topics in the social sciences; includes peer-reviewed content.
For a Canadian perspective
- Canadian Newsstream: for Canadian newspapers; includes Whitehorse Star.
- Canadian Periodicals Index Quarterly (CPI. Q): Canadian magazines, newspapers, and journals.
- Canadian Research Index: focuses on periodicals covering Canada and Canadian issues in general reference arts, business, humanities, health, social sciences, sciences and current affairs.
- Canadiana.ca 60 million pages of Canadian digital documentary heritage forms the largest online collections of early textual Canadiana in the world.
- CBCA Complete: multidisciplinary; includes peer-reviewed content
- Curio.ca: video streaming database
- NFB Campus: video streaming database
Dissertations and Theses
Other databases
Help Guides
Learn how to formulate search strategies, find specific types of resources, and cite your sources with these guides.
Call Number Browsing Areas
| Economic Theory | HB |
| Economic History | HC |
| Industry, Land Use, Labour | HD |
| Industrial Management | HD28-70 |
| Commerce | HF |
| Marketing | HF5410-5417.5 |
| Advertising | 801-6182 |
| Finance | HG |
| Public Finance | HJ9-9940 |
| Accounting & Bookkeeping | HF5601-5689 |
| Business | HF5001-6182 |
| Office & Personnel Management | HF5546-5549.5 |
| Business Records Management | HF5735-5746 |
Recommended Websites
Government sites
- U.S. Government’s Export Portal
- Canada Business - Government of Canada
- Corporate Affairs - Yukon Government
- Canada Revenue Agency
- Industries and Business - Industry Canada
Commerce & Business general websites
- BizPal - Online Yukon Business Permits and Licenses
- Canadian Company Capabilities
- Buy and Sell Canada
- Canadian Anti-fraud Centre
- The Canadian Chamber of Commerce
- Canadian Council of Better Business Bureaus
Business Case Studies
- Business Resources for Students: Cengage Learning
- BC Innovation Council - Business Case Library
- Acadia Institute of Case Studies
- Stanford Graduate School of Business - Free case studies
- CasePlace.org
Marketing
Open Education Resources
Periodicals listed in Library Journals List
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Psychology
Databases
Recommended for this topic
- Academic Search Complete: multidisciplinary; includes peer-reviewed content.
- Criminal Justice Abstracts with Full Text: this database covers aspects of criminology; criminal justice; criminal law and procedure; corrections and prisons; police and policing, and much more.
- National Justice Reference Service Abstracts: this database covers literature related to research, policy and practice in criminal and juvenile justice and drug control.
- JSTOR: multidisciplinary; includes peer-reviewed content.
- Psycarticles: provided by the American Psychological Association, this database is one of the main sources for scholarly literature in psychology.
- PsycInfo: provided by the American Psychological Association, this is a comprehensive, citation-only database for scholarly literature in psychology.
- Social Sciences Full Text: database exclusive for topics in the social sciences; includes peer-reviewed content
Recommended for a Canadian perspective
- Canadian Newsstream: for Canadian newspapers; includes Whitehorse Star.
- Canadian Periodicals Index Quarterly (CPI. Q): Canadian magazines, newspapers, and journals.
- CBCA Complete: multidisciplinary; includes peer-reviewed content
- Curio.ca: video streaming database
Ebooks
- Ebsco Ebook Collection: multidisciplinary ebook database, includes titles related to various aspects of Psychology.
Dissertations and Theses
Other databases
- Digital Commons Network
- Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Google Scholar
- Humanities Abstracts
- Lens.org
- OpenDOAR
Help Guides
Learn how to formulate search strategies, find specific types of resources, and cite your sources with these guides.
Call Number Browsing Areas
| Psychoanalysis | BF173+ |
| Psychological Testing | BF176+ |
| Experimental Psychology | BF180+ |
| Applied Psychology | BF636+ |
| Personality | BF698+ |
| Developmental Psychology | BF712+ |
| Psychological Disorders | RC+ |
Recommended Websites
Psychological Associations
Psychology General Articles
Research in Psychology
- E. Kevin Kelloway - Canada Research Chair in Occupational Health Psychology
- Psych Classics (historical sources)
- Faculty of 1000
- ETS Test Collection
Periodicals listed in Library Journals List
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Social Work
Databases
Recommended for this topic
- Academic Search Complete: multidisciplinary; includes peer-reviewed content.
- Arctic & Antarctic Regions: bibliographic database focused on research in cold regions.
- Bibliography of Native North Americans: citation database for indigenous related topics.
- Canadian Research Index: focuses on periodicals covering Canada and Canadian issues in general reference arts, business, humanities, health, social sciences, sciences and current affairs.
- Criminal Justice Abstracts with Full Text: this database covers aspects of criminology; criminal justice; criminal law and procedure; corrections and prisons; police and policing, and much more.
- Encyclopedia of Social Work: widely considered the cornerstone of reference in its field, including demographic changes from immigration, technology, the implications of managed care, faith-based assistance, evidence-based practice, gerontology, and trauma and disaster.
- Informit Indigenous Collection: covers both topical and historical issues within Indigenous studies. Provides access to specialist journals, conference papers, reports, magazines, ebooks, and grey literature unavailable elsewhere online.
- JSTOR: multidisciplinary; includes peer-reviewed content.
- National Justice Reference Service Abstracts: this database covers literature related to research, policy and practice in criminal and juvenile justice and drug control.
- Psycarticles: provided by the American Psychological Association, this database is one of the main sources for scholarly literature in psychology.
- PsycInfo: provided by the American Psychological Association, this is a comprehensive, citation-only database for scholarly literature in psychology.
- Social Sciences Full Text: database exclusive for topics in the social sciences; includes peer-reviewed content
Recommended for a Canadian perspective
- Canadian Newsstream: for Canadian newspapers; includes Whitehorse Star.
- Canadian Periodicals Index Quarterly (CPI. Q): Canadian magazines, newspapers, and journals.
- CBCA Complete: multidisciplinary; includes peer-reviewed content
- Curio.ca: video streaming database
- NFB Campus: video streaming database
Dissertations and Theses
Other databases
- Digital Commons Network
- Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Google Scholar
- Humanities Abstracts
- Lens.org
- OpenDOAR
Help Guides
Learn how to formulate search strategies, find specific types of resources, and cite your sources with these guides.
Call Number Browsing Areas
| Social Sciences. Theories and Research Methodology | H61 - H62.5 |
| Social Service. Social Work | HV38 - HV69 |
| Protection, Assistance and Relief | HV697 - HV4959 |
Recommended Websites
Social Work Associations
- Canadian Association of Social Workers
- National Association of Social Workers
- The Association of Social Workers in Northern Canada
Government Resources
First Nations
- First Nations Child & Family Caring Society of Canada
- First Nations Profiles
- First Nations Child and Family Program
Child Welfare
- Canadian Child Welfare Research Portal
- Child Welfare League of Canada
- Child Protection - Yukon Health & Social Services
General Resources for Social Work Practice
- Canadian Council on Social Development
- The New Social Worker
- Pat McClendon’s Clinical Social Work
- The Canadian CED Network
Periodicals listed in Library Journals List
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Sociology
Databases
Popular databases for this topic
- Academic Search Complete: multidisciplinary; includes peer-reviewed content.
- Criminal Justice Abstracts with Full Text: this database covers aspects of criminology; criminal justice; criminal law and procedure; corrections and prisons; police and policing, and much more.
- Encyclopedia of Social Work: widely considered the cornerstone of reference in its field, including demographic changes from immigration, technology, the implications of managed care, faith-based assistance, evidence-based practice, gerontology, and trauma and disaster.
- JSTOR: multidisciplinary; includes peer-reviewed content.
- National Justice Reference Service Abstracts: this database covers literature related to research, policy and practice in criminal and juvenile justice and drug control.
- Social Sciences Full Text: database exclusive for topics in the social sciences; includes peer-reviewed content
Recommended for a Canadian perspective
- Canadian Newsstream: for Canadian newspapers; includes Whitehorse Star.
- Canadian Periodicals Index Quarterly (CPI. Q): Canadian magazines, newspapers, and journals.
- Canadiana.ca 60 million pages of Canadian digital documentary heritage forms the largest online collections of early textual Canadiana in the world.
- CBCA Complete: multidisciplinary; includes peer-reviewed content
- Curio.ca: video streaming database
- NFB Campus: video streaming database
Dissertations and Theses
Other databases
- Digital Commons Network
- Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Google Scholar
- Humanities Abstracts
- Lens.org
- OpenDOAR
Help Guides
Learn how to formulate search strategies, find specific types of resources, and cite your sources with these guides.
Call Number Browsing Areas
| Sociology (General) | HM |
| Social History & Conditions, problems | HN |
| The Family, Marriage, Women | HQ |
| Societies | HS |
| Communities, Classes, Races | HT |
| Social Pathology | HV |
Recommended Websites
- Social Psychology Network
- American Sociological Association
- Annual Review of Sociology
- Sociological Research Online
- Social Science Research Network
- Sociology Education Resource Guide
Periodicals listed in Library Journals List
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Trades & Technology
Databases
Multidisciplinary resources
- Academic Search Complete: multidisciplinary; includes peer-reviewed content.
- Applied Science & Technology Index
- Canadian Periodicals Index Quarterly (CPI. Q): Canadian magazines, newspapers, and journals.
- CBCA Complete: multidisciplinary; includes peer-reviewed content
- Digital Commons Network
- Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Google Scholar
- JSTOR: multidisciplinary; includes peer-reviewed content.
- Digital Commons Network
- Google Scholar
- JSTOR
- Lens.org
- OpenDOAR
Fire and Building Codes
Help Guides
Learn how to formulate search strategies, find specific types of resources, and cite your sources with these guides.
Call Number Browsing Areas
| Engineering (General). Civil engineering | TA |
| Surveying | TA501-625 |
| Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering | TD |
| Building construction | TH |
| Plumbing and pipefitting | TH6101-6887 |
| Heating and ventilation | TH7005-7699 |
| Renewable energy resources | TJ807-830 |
| Machine shops and machine shop practice | TJ1125-1345 |
| Electrical engineering. Electronics | TK |
| Motor vehicles | TL |
| Mining engineering. Metallurgy | TN |
| Manufactures | TS1-2301 |
Recommended Websites
- Autoserviceworld
- DIY guides
- Canadian Electricity Association
- Do It Yourself
- Engineer’s Edge
- Fine Homebuilding online
- Fine Woodworking online
- Repair Clinic
- Julian Cassell DIY Guides
- Value + Created Review: Contemporary Furniture Design and Sustainable Manufacturing
- Alan's Factory Outlet information resources
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Yukon Studies
Databases
Recommended resources with a multidisciplinary focus
- Academic Search Complete: multidisciplinary; includes peer-reviewed content.
- Arctic & Antarctic Regions: bibliographic database focused on research in cold regions.
- Canadian Newsstream: for Canadian newspapers; includes Whitehorse Star.
- Canadian Periodicals Index Quarterly (CPI. Q): Canadian magazines, newspapers, and journals.
- CBCA Complete: multidisciplinary; includes peer-reviewed content
- Curio.ca: video streaming database
- NFB Campus: video streaming database
- Social Sciences Full Text: database exclusive for topics in the social sciences; includes peer-reviewed content
Good for historical research
- Canadiana.ca 60 million pages of Canadian digital documentary heritage forms the largest online collections of early textual Canadiana in the world.
- Frontier Life - Borderlands, Settlement & Colonial Encounters: this is a digital collection of primary source documents focused on colonial frontier regions of North America, Africa and Australasia; it includes documents that reveal the lives of settlers and indigenous peoples in these areas.
- Points to the Past: collection of primary sources, made up of millions of pages of digitized historical content – maps, photos, newspapers, manuscripts, and more.
For research projects in the North, including Yukon
- ArcticStat: this database brings together data on a wide range of socioeconomic realities of Arctic regions.
- ASTIS: contains records of publications and research projects about northern Canada.
- Yukon Government Northern Science Databases
- Northern Review > an open access, peer-reviewed journal published by Yukon University in Whitehorse, Canada, on the traditional territories of the Kwanlin Dün First Nation and the Ta’an Kwäch’än Council
- EMR Library catalogue: The Library is particularly strong in Yukon scientific and research materials; the library also holds over 150,000 aerial photos, 60,000 of which are available online through SkyLine.
- SkyLine: SkyLine is a map viewer which will allow you to find Yukon aerial photographs for a given location. Use to map to find the location of watercourses, roads, aerial photographs of specific places, and more.
Other databases
- Digital Commons Network
- Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Google Scholar
- Humanities Abstracts
- Lens.org
- OpenDOAR
Help Guides
Learn how to formulate search strategies, find specific types of resources, and cite your sources with these guides.
Call Number Browsing Areas
| Indians of North America in Yukon | E78.Y8 |
| History of the Yukon | FC4000 - FC4050 |
| Law of the Yukon | KEY+ |
Recommended Websites
- Council of Yukon First Nations
- Yukon Archives Database
- YukonInfo
- Yukon Government
- Yukon Tourism Home Page
- Compedium of Current Research and Monitoring
Check also the First Nations Studies and Environmental Studies guides for more recommended websites
Periodicals listed in Library Journals List
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Yukon Newspapers: Whitehorse Star in print or online, Yukon News in print only