Multimedia encyclopedia of Canadian history available in English and French. It is home to more than 40,000 articles, 6,000 interactive maps, graphs, photographs and animations. Includes the Encyclopedia of Music in Canada.
Comprehensive reference work including content from several resources: Encyclopaedia Britannica and Britannica Concise Encyclopedia articles as well as media, web sites, and videos. Magazines and journals are also available. Also includes dictionary and thesaurus as well as notable quotations from Merriam-Webster's Dictionary & Thesaurus. Access Note: Mobile app with limited access available for iOS.
License Information: This is a Saskatchewan Multitype Library Database Licensing Project (MDLP) license. There are no restrictions to the number of simultaneous users. Access is restricted to current students, faculty, and staff of the University of Saskatchewan for educational, research, and non-commercial personal use. Systematic copying or downloading of electronic resource content, including the downloading of a full issue, is not permitted by Canadian and International Copyright law.
A reference work edited by David J. Wishart (2007) covering "the peoples, places, processes, and events that have shaped lives of the Indians of the Great Plains from the beginnings of human habitation to the present."
It includes "not only yesterday’s wars, treaties, and traditions but also today’s tribal colleges, casinos, and legal battles. In addition to entries on familiar names from the past like Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse, new entries on contemporary figures such as American Indian Movement spiritual leader Leonard Crow Dog and activists Russell Means and Leonard Peltier are included in the volume. Influential writer Vine Deloria Sr., Crow medicine woman Pretty Shield, Nakota blues-rock band Indigenous, and the Nebraska Indians baseball team are also among the entries in this comprehensive account."
An Encyclopedia covering "the world’s Indigenous peoples, their societies and cultures, the countries in which they reside, and the issues that affect their ways of life. It also highlights the complex relationships between Native groups and the natural environments in which they live."
It includes historical and contemporary information on nearly 400 specific groups (organized by region), 80 nations, and 50 contemporary issues and institutions. The regions include: Africa, Central and South America, East Asia and Oceania, Europe, North America, and South Asia and Middle East. Sidebars highlight notable individuals, events, sites, and ideas. It also includes "essential primary documents, recommended further readings, a Master Bibliography, a selection of Web links, and a colorful collection of images enhance the coverage." The primary documents are: Indigenous and Tribal Populations Convention (1957), Declaration of Indigenous Peoples of the World (1992), and United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (2007).
A comprehensive gazetteer or encyclopedia of over 170,000 geographical places in the world and features, including names, descriptions, and characteristics.
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The "accepted authority on the English language. It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of 600,000 words past and present from across the English-speaking world. As a historical dictionary, the OED is very different from those of current English, in which the focus is on present-day meanings. You'll still find these in the OED, but you'll also find the history of individual words, and of the language traced through 3 million quotations, from classic literature and specialist periodicals to films scripts and cookery books."
License Information: There are no restrictions to the number of simultaneous users. Access is restricted to current students, faculty, and staff of the University of Saskatchewan, and to "walk-in" users of the University of Saskatchewan Library for educational, research, and non-commercial personal use. It is accessible in the library, on campus, and remotely. Systematic copying or downloading of electronic resource content is not permitted by Canadian and International Copyright law.