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Canadian Music Periodical Index CMPI is an index of articles from Canadian music periodicals. CMPI is a free service provided by the National Library of Canada. Texts of articles are not available from this site, but can be obtained through interlibrary loan at your local library. The CMPI database includes nearly 30 000 entries on articles dating from the late-19th century to the present day. 500 Canadian music journals, newsletters and magazines are represented here, almost 200 of which are currently active and continue to be indexed. A complete list of the periodical titles that have been included in CMPI is available on this website. The CMPI database focusses on articles and news items touching various aspects of musical activity in Canada. In addition, since 1999, significant articles on international music and musicians, published in Canadian periodicals, have been added to the index. Each entry in the CMPI database has been assigned one or more searchable name or subject headings as appropriate. Browse by name to view a complete list of searchable names in the database. These can be individuals, associations, institutions, ensembles, or other specific names. Browse by subject to view the range of searchable topics, such as cultural policy, jazz, reed organs and Jewish music, included in the database. Entries can be searched using any combination of subject, name, author, title, periodical, geographical area, type of article (obituary, review, interview, etc.) and date. Refer to the searching guide for instructions and further information.

Canadian Periodical Index     1948-current Location: Reference AI 3 .C243

CPI.Q (Canadian Periodicals Index)     1988-current Contains full-text or abstracts from more than 400 Canadian and international publications, and the full-text of selected sections of The Globe and Mail newspaper. Also available in print, Reference AI3.C243. 2 Simultaneous Users.

General Reference Sources

    Catalogs

AMICUS (Canadian National Catalogue) AMICUS is a free catalogue listing the holdings of libraries across Canada. As a national catalogue, AMICUS not only shows the published materials held at Library and Archives Canada (LAC) but also those located in over 1300 libraries across Canada. AMICUS contains over 30 million records for books, magazines, newspapers, government documents, theses, sound recordings, maps, electronic texts as well as items in braille and large print. Search over 30 million records from 1,300 Canadian libraries including Library and Archives Canada Check library holdings, loan policies, homepages, etc. Save and email search results to create bibliographies.

Canadian Depository Services Program Catalogue This is a searchable catalog of Canadian Federal publications and links to government Web sites.

    Directories

Canadian Business Directory This database is part of the Reference USA database. It indexes over 1.3 million Canadian businesses.

    Dissertations and Theses

Theses Canada Portal     1965-current Theses Canada is a comprehensive searchable database of Canadian theses compiled by the National Library of Canada (NLC) and other Canadian university libraries. Indexing goes back to 1965, with free access full text availability from 1998 to 2002 (to be ongoing).

    Research Guides and Bibliographies

Canada, a reader's guide = Canada: introduction bibliographique (CD-ROM) A bibliography of Canadian reference books. Location: Haggard 2 -Reference F 1008 .S45 2000

Internet Resources

    Electronic Texts

Oxford Reference Online Oxford Reference Online is a selection of 100 dictionary and reference titles across the full subject spectrum, which can be searched individually or as a whole. Included is the Canadian Oxford Dictionary edited by Katherine Barber. The dictionary combines information on English as it is used in Canada with coverage of international English.

Statistics and Data

    Statistical Resources

E-Stat Designed by Statistics Canada for the education sector, E-STAT allows users to retrieve and manipulate current statistical information, then display it as maps, graphs or worksheets, or export it to a disc. Contains 300,000 series of current and historical data on Canada, plus results from the 1991 census.

Statistics Canada Statistics Canada is the statistical gathering agency of the federal government of Canada. It publishes the "whole range of statistics on the economic and social activities of the Canadian people". There are daily, weekly, quarterly, annual and irregular publications. StatsCan also publishes the Census of Canada at five year intervals. Many current Statistics Canada publications can only be found on the internet.