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4 Seasons of Reconciliation This link opens in a new window
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Alternate Name(s): Four seasons of reconciliation; Reconciliation education
From Publisher's website: 4 Seasons of Reconciliation is a series of bilingual online resources which promote a renewed relationship between Indigenous Peoples and Canadians, through transformative and engaging learning towards anti-racism education. This initiative assists the workplace and education organizations to provide diversity and inclusion awareness through self-paced online courses featuring award-winning films, slideshows, videos, quizzes and a completion certificate provided by First Nations University of Canada.
Arca Publishing: Open Journal Systems This link opens in a new window
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Alternate Name(s): British Columbia Electronic Library Network; OJS; BCELN;
Arca Publishing is a collaborative service, offering open journal hosting to partner libraries of the British Columbia Electronic Library Network through Open Journal Systems (OJS). Journals and conferences managed by TRU faculty, staff, and students are hosted through this instance of OJS. The service is coordinated by BC ELN, with software hosting and support provided by the University of Alberta Library.
China: Trade, Politics and Culture, 1793-1980 This link opens in a new window
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Discover over 200 years of Chinese history, charting the monumental social and political upheaval that recreated China as a modern power.

This digital collection answers a need for English-language primary sources relating to China and the West, 1793-1980. With manuscripts encompassing events from the earliest English embassy to the birth and early years of the People’s Republic, students are given an incredible insight into the changes wrought upon China during this period. Key documents relating to the Chinese Maritime Customs service – from Robert Hart to Frederick Maze – are accessible and searchable alongside original reports of the Amherst and Macartney embassies.
Defining Gender, 1450-1910 This link opens in a new window
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Defining Gender provides access to a vast body of original British source material that will enrich the teaching and research experience of those studying history, literature, sociology and education from a gendered perspective
Eighteenth Century Journals This link opens in a new window
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Bringing together rare journals printed between c.1685 and 1835, this resource illuminates all aspects of eighteenth-century social, political and literary life. Topics covered are wide-ranging and include colonial life, provincial and rural affairs, the French and American revolutions, reviews of literature and fashion throughout Europe, political debates, and London coffee house gossip and discussion.
Empire Online This link opens in a new window
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This resource brings together manuscript, printed and visual primary source materials for the study of 'Empire' and its theories, practices and consequences. The materials span across the last five centuries and are accompanied by a host of secondary learning resources including scholarly essays, maps and an interactive chronology.
IBISWorld This link opens in a new window
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Alternate Name(s): IBIS World
IBISWorld provides trusted industry research on thousands of industries worldwide
Kanopy This link opens in a new window
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Kanopy is an on-demand streaming video platform that offers films, TV shows and documentaries.
LGBTQ+ Source This link opens in a new window
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LGBTQ+ Source is the definitive database for LGBTQ+ studies. It provides scholarly and popular LGBTQ+ publications in full text, plus historically important primary sources, including monographs, magazines and newspapers. It also includes a specialized LGBTQ+ thesaurus containing thousands of terms.
Mass Observation Online This link opens in a new window
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This resource offers revolutionary access to one of the most important archives for the study of Social History in the modern era. Explore original manuscript and typescript papers created and collected by the Mass Observation organisation, as well as printed publications, photographs and interactive features.
Medieval Travel Writing This link opens in a new window
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This new collection from Adam Matthew Digital presents manuscripts of some of the most important works of European travel writing from the later medieval period. The chief focus is on journeys to central Asia and the Far East, including accounts of travel to Mongolia, Persia, India, China and South-East Asia.
O'Reilly for Higher Education This link opens in a new window
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O’Reilly for Higher Education covers business and technology resources with more than 46,000 ebooks, 30,000hours of video, learning paths, case studies and playlists.
Proquest Dissertations & Theses This link opens in a new window
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Alternate Name(s): PQDT
A comprehensive curated collection of multi-disciplinary dissertations and theses from around the world, offering over 5 million citations and 3 million full-text works from thousands of universities.
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Alternate Name(s): Slavery Social Justice
Bringing together primary source documents from archives and libraries across the Atlantic world, this resource allows students and researchers to explore and compare unique material relating to the complex subjects of slavery, abolition and social justice.

In addition to the primary source documents there is a wealth of useful secondary sources for research and teaching; including an interactive map, scholarly essays, tutorials, a visual sources gallery, chronology and bibliography.
TRU Borealis Data Repository This link opens in a new window
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Alternate Name(s): Borealis, Canadian Dataverse Repository, Thompson Rivers University Dataverse Collection
The Thompson Rivers University Dataverse Collection (TRU Borealis) is a secure research data repository for Thompson Rivers University faculty, students, and staff.
UpToDate This link opens in a new window
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To help medical professionals make appropriate care decisions and drive better outcomes, UpToDate delivers evidence-based clinical decision support that is clear, actionable, and rich with real-world insights.
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