A SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY OF REFERENCE SOURCES
Sterling Memorial Library
Yale University Library

Table of Contents

1. Guides, Handbooks, Histories, Dictionaries, Encyclopedias

II. Biographical Sources

III. Universal and National Bibliographies

IV. Bibliographies of Bibliographies

V. General Bibliographies

VI. Periodicals and Newspapers

A. Lists

B. Indexes

VII. Manuscripts and Archives

VIII. Government Publications

IX. Dissertations

YALE LIBRARY WEB RESOURCES:

Canadian Studies: a select bibliography (PDF format):

http://www.library.yale.edu/humanities/canabib.pdf

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Government Documents and Information Center: Foreign/International Information:

http://www.library.yale.edu/govdocs/forgov.html

Newspaper and Microform Reading Room:

http://www.library.yale.edu/rsc/nmrr/news.html

Primary Sources Research:

http://www.yale.edu/collections_collaborative/primarysources/tutorial.html

I. GUIDES, HANDBOOKS, HISTORIES, DICTIONARIES, ENCYCLOPEDIAS

Bond, Mary E., and Caron, Martine M. Canadian reference sources: an annotated bibliography / Ouvrages de reference canadiens: une bibliographie annotée. Vancouver: UBC Press, 1996.

Reference Z1365 B57X 1996 (LC)

Canada year book / Annuaire du Canada. Ottawa: Statistics Canada, 1906- .

Reference HA742 C35 (LC)

Canadian encyclopedia. 2^nd ed. Edmonton: Hurtig, 1988. 4 vols.

Reference F1006 +C35 1988 (LC)

Canadian history: a reader's guide. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1994. 2 vols.

Reference Z1382 C362 1994 (LC)

Encyclopedia Canadiana. Toronto: Grolier of Canada, [1970-1972]. 10 vols.

Reference F1006 E54 1972 (LC)

Encyclopedia of the North American colonies. Editor in chief, Jacob Ernest Cooke. New York: C. Scribner's Sons; Toronto: Maxwell Macmillan Canada ; New York : Maxwell Macmillan International, c1993.

Reference E45 +E539 1993 (LC)

L'Encyclopédie du Canada français. [Ottawa]: Cercle du Livre de France, [1958-66]. 5 vols.

SML, Stacks F1003 E52 (LC)

Historical atlas of Canada. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1987-1993.

Reference G1116 S1 +H56 1987 (LC)

Landry, Louis. Encyclopédie du Québec. Montréal: Editions de l'Homme, 1973.

Reference F1052 L35 (LC)

The USA and Canada. 3rd ed. London: Europa Publications, 1998.

Reference HC101 +U83 (LC)

II. BIOGRAPHICAL SOURCES

Biography and genealogy master index: a consolidated index to more than 3,200,000 biographical sketches in over 350 current and retrospective biographical dictionaries. Ed. Miranda C. Herbert, Barbara McNeil. 2nd ed. Detroit, MI: Gale, 1980. 8 v.

Reference Z5305 U5 +B56 1980 (LC)

Biography and genealogy master index. Detroit, MI: Gale Research Co., 1985-

Reference Z5305 U5 +B562 (LC)

Biography index: a cumulative index to biographical material in books and magazines. New York: H. W. Wilson, 1946/49-

Reference Z5301 B56 (LC)

Contemporary authors: a bio-bibliographical guide to current writers in fiction, general nonfiction, poetry, journalism, drama, motion pictures, television and other fields. Detroit, MI: Gale, 1962-

Reference Z1224 C65 (LC)

Dictionary of Canadian biography. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1966-.

Reference F1005 D53 (LC)

Memorable Canadians. National Library of Canada.

An index of biographies located throughout the National Library of Canada's Web site. (http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/bioindex/)

III. UNIVERSAL AND NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES

Books in print. New York: Bowker, 1948-

SML stacks Z1215 +P97 (LC) [Latest edition SML Reference]

Also: Bass Reference [Latest edition only]

Also available online

British Museum. Dept. of Printed Books. General catalogue of printed books. Photolithographic Edition to 1955. London: Trustees of the British Museum, 1959-1966. 263v.

Reference Z921 +B86 (LC)

      Supplements: 1956/65 (50v.); 1966/70 (26v.); 1971/75 (13v.)

      Supplemented by:

British Library. General catalogue of printed books, 1976-1985. London: British Library, 1986.

Reference Fiche B1221

________. General catalogue of printed books, 1976-1985: Supplement, 1982-1985. London: British Library, 1986.

Canadian books in print. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1967-

Reference Z1365 C35 (LC)

The Canadian catalogue of books published in Canada, about Canada, as well as those written by Canadians. [Toronto: s.n], 1921/22-1949.

Reference Z1365 C358 (LC)

Canadiana [microform]. [Ottawa]: National Library of Canada, 1951- .

Microform Reading Room Fiche S268

1951-1986 also available in print version: Reference Z1365 +C36 (LC)

The English short-title catalogue (formerly The Eighteenth-century stort-title catalogue).
      An online database of works printed in any language in the British Isles, North America, and British territories, and in English throughout the rest of the world, from 1403 to 1800.

Available online through the Yale University Library home page.

European Americana : a chronological guide to works printed in Europe relating to the Americas, 1493-1776. Edited by John Alden with the assistance of Dennis C. Landis. New York : Readex Books, 1980- .

Reference Z1203 E87 (LC)

Les livres disponibles canadiens de langue française. [Outrement, Québec]: Bibliodata, [1981]- .

Reference Z1377 F8 +L57 (LC)

The National union catalog, pre-1956 imprints: a cumulative author list representing Library of Congress printed cards and titles reported by other American libraries. London: Mansell, 1968-81. 754 v.

Reference Z881 A1 +N37 (LC)

A comprehensive catalog of the holdings of over 800 research libraries in the United States and Canada. An author catalog, it contains records, with location information, for books published anywhere in the world before 1956 but now held in the United States or Canada.

Supplemented by:
National union catalog. 1953/57- Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1958- .

Reference Z881 A1 +N373 (LC)

NUC. Books [microform]. Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1983- .

Reference Fiche S122

Reference Fiche B1223

Nineteenth century short-title catalogue. Teaneck, NJ: Distributed by Chadwyck-Healey, 1984- . In progress.

Reference Z2001 +N65 1984 (LC)

 Records extracted from the catalogues of the Bodleian Library, the British Library, the Library of Trinity College, Dublin, the National Library of Scotland, and the University Libraries of Cambridge and Newcastle and designed to provide a bibliographic record of British books published during the nineteenth century. This includes all books published in Britain, all books in English wherever published, and all translations wherever published.

Sabin, Joseph. Bibliotheca Americana: a dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time. New York: Sabin, 1868-1936. 29 v.

Reference Z1201 S22 (LC)

Also: SML stacks X401 868; Franklin 106 Sa2

Wing, Donald Goddard. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700. 2nd ed. New York: Index Committee of the Modern Language Association of America, 1972-1988. 3 v.

Reference Z2002 +W55 1972 (LC)

_____________. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700. 2nd ed., newly rev. and enl. Revised and edited by John J. Morrison and Carolyn W. Nelson, editors, and Matthew Seccombe, assistant editor. New York: Modern Language Association of America, 1994- .

Reference Z2002 +W55 1994 (LC)

_____________. Wing short-title catalogue, 1641-1700. [CD-ROM].

Available online through the Yale University Library home page.

IV. BIBLIOGRAPHIES OF BIBLIOGRAPHIES

Besterman, Theodore. A world bibliography of bibliographies and of bibliographical catalogues, calendars, abstracts, digests, indexes and the like. 4th ed. Lausanne: Societas Bibliographica, 1965-66. 5 v.

Reference Z1002 +B47 1965 (LC)

Bibliographic index: a cumulative bibliography of bibliographies. New York: H. W. Wilson, 1937/42-

Reference Z1002 B53 (LC)

Bibliographische Berichte. Frankfurt am Main: Klostermann, 1959-

SML stacks X353 B425

Bibliography of Canadian bibliographies. Toronto: Published in association with the Bibliographical ociety of Canada, 1960- . (3rd ed. 1994)

Reference Z1365 A1 B53 (LC)

V. GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES

Senécal, André. Canada: a reader's guide. Ottawa: Conseil international d'études canadiennes, 1991.

Reference Z1365 +S464 1991 (LC)

Also 1993 supplement: Reference Z1365 +S464 1991 Suppl

Bibliographie du Québec, 1821-1967. [Québec]: Bibliotheque nationale du Québec, 1980

SML, Stacks Z1392 Q3 B52 1980 (LC)

Thibault, Claude. Bibliographia Canadiana. Don Mills, Ont.: Longman Canada, 1973.

Reference Z1382 T45 (LC)

VI. PERIODICALS AND NEWSPAPERS

A. LISTS

A list of online News Sources is available on the Yale University Library Canadian Studies research guide.

National Library of Canada. Newspaper Section. Union list of Canadian newspapers held by Canadian libraries. Liste collective des journaux canadiens disponibles dans les bibliothèques canadiennes. Ottawa: Newspaper Section, Serials Division, Public Services Branch, National Library of Canada, 1977- .

Reference Z6954 C2 +N35 (LC)

ULCN: union list of Canadian newspapers. Ottawa: National Library of Canada, 1988- .

Law Fiche S30

Beaulieu, André. La presse québécoise, des origines à nos jours. 2. ed. Québec, Presses de l'Université Laval, 1973-1987.

Reference Z6954 C2 B43 1973 (LC)

New serial titles. Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1953-

Reference Z6945 +N48 (LC)

Union list of serials in libraries of the United States and Canada. New York: H. W. Wilson Co., 1965.

SML Reference Desk Z6945 +U53 1965 (LC)

B. INDEXES

America: history and life. Santa Barbara: ABC-Clio.

Reference Z1236 +A434 (LC)

Also available online (1978-present) through the Yale University Library home page.

Arts & humanities citation index. 1976- . Philadelphia Institute for Scientific Information, 1977- . Three times a year, with the last issue the annual cumulation.

Reference Z5937 +A795 (LC)

Also available online (1978-present) through the Yale University Library home page.

Burrows, Sandra. Checklist of indexes to Canadian newspapers. Ottawa : National Library of Canada, 1987.

MUDD, Govt Documents SN3-230/1987

Canadian index. Toronto: Micromedia, 1993- .

Reference AI3 +C24 (LC)

Continues:

Canadian magazine index. Toronto: Micromedia, 1985-1992.

Reference AI3 +C355 (LC)

And:

Canadian news index. Toronto: Micromedia, 1977-1992.

Reference AI3 +C2414 (LC)

Canadian periodical index. Ottawa, Canadian Library Association. v. 17- 1964-

Reference AI3 C363 1988 (LC)

Continues:

Canadian index to periodicals and documentary films. Ottawa, Canadian Library Association. v. [1]-16; 1948-63.

Reference AI3 C363 1988 (LC)

And:

Canadian periodical index. Toronto: [University of Toronto Library, etc.] v. 1-5, 1928-1932; 1938-1947.

Reference AI3 +C36 (LC)

And:

Canadian periodical index, 1920-1937 : an author and subject index. Ottawa : Canadian Library Association, 1988.

Reference AI3 C363 1988 (LC)

Nineteenth century readers’ guide to periodical literature, 1890-1899, with Supplementary Indexing, 1900-1922. New York: H.W. Wilson, 1944. 2v.

Reference AI3 +R43 (LC)

Periodicals Index Online . Alexandria, VA: Chadwyck-Healey, 1993-.

A keyword index to the titles of articles published in several hundred North American, British and Continental journals, covering all subjects from 1818 to the 1960's, with stronger coverage for journals published after 1900. There is no printed equivalent of this database.

Available online from the Yale University Library home page.

Point de repère: index analytique d'articles de périodiques de langue française. Montréal: Services documentaires multimedia, 1984-

Reference AI7 +P6 (LC)

Continues:

RADAR: répertoire analytique d'articles de revues du Québec. Montréal: Bibliothèque nationale du Québec, 1972-1983.

SML Stacks AI7 +R27 (LC)

And:

Périodex. Montréal: Centrale des bibliothèques, 1973-1983.

Reference AI7 +P47 (LC)

Continues:

Index analytique. [Québec: Centre de documentation de la Bibliothèque de l'Université Laval], 1966-1972.

Reference AI7 +I53 (LC)

Poole’s Index to periodical literature. Rev. ed. Boston; New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Co., 1891- . 6v. In 7

Reference AI3 P656 1938 (LC)

Also: SML stacks, Beinecke Reference

v.1: 1802-1880; v.2: 1892-1896; v.3: 1897-1891; v.4: 1892-1896; v.5: 1897-1901; v.6: 1902-1906

Also available online as Poole's Plus

Supplemented by:

Wall, C. Edward. Cumulative author index for Poole’s index to periodical literature, 1802-1906. Ann Arbor: Plerian Press, 1971.

Reference AI3 +P657 (LC)

And:

Poole’s Index: date and volume key. Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries, 1957.

Reference AI3 +P658 (LC)

VII. MANUSCRIPTS AND ARCHIVES

ArchivesUSA.

Available online from the Yale University Library home page.

Integrates three resources: The National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections (NUCMUC), The Directory of Archives and Manuscript Repositories in the US (DARMUS), and The National Inventory of Documentary Sources in the United States (NIDS). Researchers can search descriptions of manuscript collections in the United States, link to information about the repositories, and locate the finding aids in NIDS, a microfiche collection in the Microtext Center of SML.

Directory of Canadian Archives /Annuaire des dépôts d'archives canadiens. Edited by Marcel Caya...<et al.>. [Ottawa]: Bureau of Canadian Archivists ; Association of Canadian Archivists : Association des archivistes du Québec, 1986.

Reference CD3620 D593 1986 (LC)

National inventory of documentary sources in the United States[microform]. Teaneck, NJ: Chadwyck-Healey, 1983-

Microform Reading Room Fiche B1333

National inventory of documentary sources in the United Kingdom & Ireland [microform]. Cambridge, Eng.: Chadwyck-Healey, 1988-.

Microform Reading Room Fiche B2262

Union list of manuscripts in Canadian repositories = Catalogue collectif des manuscrits des archives canadiennes / Robert S. Gordon, director ; E. Grace Maurice, editor. -- Rev. ed. -- Ottawa : Public Archives, 1975. 2 vols.

Reference CD3622 A2 +U54 1975 (LC)

VIII. GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS

A selected list of online government publications is available on the Yale University Library Canadian Studies research guide page.

Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Sessional papers. [London: H.M.S.O.], 1786- .

Mudd O7301 +K6 [to 1921]

Mudd O7301 K6 [1922-1976/77]

SML Microform Reading Room Fiche S84 [1801-1953/54, 1975/76- ]

(Indexes within the microfiche are indicated by a red dot.)

The Sessional Papers contain several subsets of material: (1) bills (2) reports from committees of the House and from secretaries or ministers to Parliament (Command Papers), and (3) reports non-Parliamentary in nature (from committees and commissions, annual reports of government departments and bodies, treaties, diplomatic correspondence, census reports, statistical information, etc.).

Index to House of Commons Parliamentary Papers. Cambridge, England : Chadwyck-Healey, 1992- .

SML Microform Reading Room CD-ROM

Indexes the Sessional Papers from 1801 to the present (more or less).

Cockton, Peter. Subject catalogue of the House of Commons Parliamentary Papers 1801-1900. Cambridge: Chadwyck-Healey, 1988. 5 vol.

Reference Z2019 C63 (LC)

Irish University Press. Index to British Parliamentary papers on Canada and Canadian boundary, 1800-1899. [Dublin, 1974].

Reference Z1385 I73 (LC)

Historical statistics of Canada. 2d ed. [Ottawa]: Published by Statistics Canada in joint sponsorship with the Social Science Federation of Canada, 1983.

SSL, Reference HA746 +U76 1983 (LC)

The Canadian parliamentary guide. Ottawa [etc.], P.G. Normandin [etc.], 1862- .

Reference JL5 A4 (LC)

Government of Canada publications. Ottawa: The Centre, 1979.

Continues: Canadian government publications; monthly catalogue.

Mudd, GDC Reading Room IC6-1

Hardisty, Pamela. Publications of the Canadian Parliament : a detailed guide to the dual-media edition of Canadian Parliamentary proceedings and sessional papers, 1841-1970. Washington, D.C. : United States Historical Documents Institute, 1974.

Mudd, GDC Reading Room Z1373 H3 (LC)

LLMC-Digital

Law Library Microform Consortium is a non-profit cooperative serving member libraries' needs for preservation, space recovery, and collection development on film and on-line and has filmed titles and volumes of interest to researchers in law and history. Its backfile comprises the world's largest collection of legal literature and government documents in microform.

Robertson, Heather. On the hill: a people's guide to Canada's Parliament. Toronto : McClelland & Stewart, 1992.

SML Stacks JL136 R5 1992 (LC)

Statistics Canada publications list. Ottawa, Ontario: Statistics Canada.

Mudd, GDC Reading Room CS11-209

IX. DISSERTATIONS

Dissertation abstracts. Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms International.

Reference Z5055 +U49 +D57 (LC)

Dissertations and Theses - Full Text