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Who Should Be on the $5-bill? - McNiff

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• • Oakridge Catalogue 

    • 50 Canadians who changed the world (Biography section)

    • Canadian folk : portraits of remarkable lives 

    • Influential and intriguing Canadians 

    • Canada and the Nobel Prize : biographies, portraits and fascinating facts 

    • The Canadian 100 : the 100 most influential Canadians of the 20th century 

    • Working the deadbeat : 50 lives that changed Canada

    • Prime Ministers 

      • Canada's prime ministers, governors general and Fathers of Confederation 

      • Canada's prime ministers, Macdonald to Trudeau : portraits from the Dictionary of Canadian Biography 

    • Science 

      • Canadian scientists and inventors : biographies of people who shaped our world 

      • Inventing Canada : 100 years of innovation 

      • Inventors : profiles in Canadian genius 

      • Canadian women invent! 

    • Women 

      • 100 Canadian heroines : famous and forgotten faces 

      • 100 more Canadian heroines : famous and forgotten faces (Missing)

      • Her story : women from Canada's past 

      • Her story II : women from Canada's past 

      • Her story III : women from Canada's past

      • Leading the way : black women in Canada 

      • Canuck chicks and maple leaf mamas : women of the great white north, a celebration of Canadian women 

      • Northern lights : outstanding Canadian women 

    • Young People 

      • Legends in their time : young heroes and victims of Canada 

      • Canadian girls who rocked the world 

  • Reference 

    • The Canadian Encyclopedia 971.003 CAN

    • Current Biography

    • Dictionary of Canadian Biography 920 DIC

    • Dictionary of World Biography 920.02 DIC

Databases

• • • Canada in Context (Gale) 

Canada In Context offers information on a broad range of Canadian topics, people, places, and events. Focused on a Canadian perspective, this is a portal to full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, images, videos, audio files, and links to vetted websites. Created especially for students and researchers studying Canada, its people, and its history, Canada In Context covers topics including First Nations Government of Canada, Canadian Literature, Gun Control/Gun Registry, and biographies of Canadian figures, as well as information on technology, sports, industry, and more, all delivered from a uniquely Canadian perspective and including encyclopedias, CBC videos, NPR audio selections, global news feeds, and articles from more than 370 Canadian newspapers and magazines. 

• • History Reference Center (EBSCO)

The database includes full-text content from 150 leading history journals, including American Historical Review, Archaeology, British Heritage, Canada’s History, Civil War Times, Military History, Teaching History, African Studies Quarterly, Ancient Egypt Magazine, Australian Historical Studies, Chinese Studies in History, Jewish History, Muslim World, Russian Studies in History and Women’s History Review.

Encyclopedias

• • The Canadian Encyclopedia - People

The Canadian Encyclopedia is a bilingual national encyclopedia in enhanced digital and interactive form which is produced by, for, and about the people of Canada. It charts its events, culture, history and landscape. The number of articles in the Encyclopedia – more than 19,000 bilingual – is roughly 36,000 (about 60 articles are revised or created every month) and the Encyclopedia contains more than 30,000 multimedia items including images, maps, games, audio and video. Multimedia is augmented through acquisition and partnerships with Maclean’s magazine and The Canadian Press. The interactive features include curated content exhibits, interactive timelines, immediate updates of important events, and a user-generated content map that invites Canadians to share their stories.

• • The Dictionary of Canadian Biography - Print up to 1920 available in Oakridge Library

  • Encyclopaedia Britannica High