Canadian Government Information: Home
Catalogs
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Aurora: Canadian National Catalogue [Library and Archives Canada]A catalog of citations to materials held by libraries in Canada. More than 30 million records from 1,300 libraries.
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Our Catalogue (Canadian Government)A list of reports and publications of the Canadian federal government.
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Federal Science LibrariesFLS contains the catalogs of seven Canadian government libraries. By selecting Full Text Online you can limit to only material you can see immediately.
Databases
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Canadian Periodicals Index Quarterly [Gale]A database of articles and abstracts for Canadian and Canadian-focused journals, magazines, and newspapers.
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CANLIICanadian Legal Information Institute
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Open Information PortalThe goal of Open Information is to provide easy access to all of the Government of Canada’s information. This provides Canadians with greater transparency of government programs, activities, publications and spending.
Canadian Documents Collections
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Government of Canada PublicationsAn access point for free and priced publications authored by the Government of Canada
Canadian Government Publications
Depository Collections
Western has more than 18,000 Canadian government publications. Most of them were acquired through the Canadian Depository Library System, which the government eliminated in 2013.
Western is also a depository for United States federal and Washington state documents.
Most government documents circulate. They can be checked out by anyone with valid identification, not just Western students.
Subject Guides
Popular Canadian Government Websites
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ToporamaToporama allows you to see a topographic map for any place in Canada.
Librarian
Elizabeth Stephan
Contact:
Wilson Library 271
360-650-2061 (phone)
Subjects: Library Science, Library Services