History & Genealogy
Databases
Advanced Placement U.S. History
This collection provides coverage of both current thought and events in U.S. History.
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AncestryLibraryEdition.com
This genealogical collection provides coverage of U.S., U.K. and Canada including census, vital, church, court and immigration records.
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Database of encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.
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U.S. History Collection
This collection includes information on both current thought and events in U.S. history as well as scholarly work being established in the field
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War and Terrorism Collection
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A definitive collection for students of history, social science and current events, providing insight into conflicts and their multiple causes.
World History Collection
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This collection provides balanced coverage of both the current thought and events in World History, as well as scholarly work being established in the field; useful both to the novice historian and to the advanced academic researcher.
WebLinks
Accesses databases of the National Archives, including government departmental and agency files and descriptions of audiovisual resources, photographs, and works of art held by the Archives.
On this Web site you’ll find a selection of radio and television clips from the Archives of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation covering topics such as history, politics, literature and biography as relating to Canada’s past.
Explore the history of Canada through the words of the men and women who shaped the nation. Built around the Government Documents collection of the Early Canadiana Online collection, it integrates narrative text with links to primary source texts.
Includes digitized texts published from the time of the first European settlement of Canada up to the early twentieth century. It comprises several collections including Canadian literature written before 1900, early Canadian history collections, official publications from early colonial times, a native studies collection, and more. Laurier students, faculty, and staff have access to both the freely available and restricted member services.
The Ellis Little Local History Room (at the Main Library)
Access to digital collections of libraries, archives, museums, historical societies, community groups, government agencies, and private collections in Ontario and across Canada.
Waterloo 150 is a project that showcases individuals who have shaped the Waterloo community over the past 150 years.
