Canadian Books and Documents for Special Libraries
 
October 2014
About Canadian Electronic Library

Marking its 10th Anniversary in 2015, CEL is a collection of Canadian books and documents licensed for library use. Over 55,000 titles are made available for licensing under several models, including subscription and perpetual access. CEL is provided on the ebrary platform.

Canadian Publishers Collection, the centrepiece of CEL, offers over 15,000 titles from over 70 publishers on an affordable subscription plan, which makes all titles available to all users all the time, eliminating wait time frustrations. Another 3000 are available for purchase only.

Canadian Public Documents is a collection of monographs of lasting reference value harvested from the sites of thousands of public agencies on a regular basis. All documents are provided under a perpetual access license.  Over 37,000 titles are included currently, with hundreds added each month.

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An alternate platform for CEL content, desLibris is a a public discovery site for Canadian books and documents, which are presented in preview form along with links to publisher sites.  Libraries may subscribe to provide full online access to patrons.


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This monthly newsletter provides a small sampling from the thousands of titles included in CEL and desLibris, featuring both new accessions and perennial favourites. 

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In This Issue
Popular Books
Popular Public Documents
New Public Documents
Popular Books

"A National Crime" : The Canadian Government and the Residential School System, 1879 to 1986
University of Manitoba Press 1999
Cold North Killers : Canadian Serial Murder
Ending Denial : Understanding Aboriginal Issues
University of Toronto Press Higher Education 2008
Indian Horse
Harbour Publishing 2012
Tar Sands : Dirty Oil and the Future of a Continent, Revised and Updated
Heritage House Publishing 2010
The Legacy of School for Aboriginal People : Education, Oppression, and Emancipation
Oxford University Press Canada 2002
The Real World of Technology
House of Anansi Press 1999
The Sacred Balance : Rediscovering Our Place in Nature
Heritage House Publishing 2002
When the Fish are Gone : Ecological Disaster and Fishers in Northwest Newfoundland
Fernwood Publishing 1997
Who We Are : A Citizen's Manifesto
Harbour Publishing 2010
New Books

Air Canada : The History
Brave New Canada : Meeting the Challenge of a Changing World
McGill-Queen's University Press 2014
Disease Interrupted : Tobacco Reduction and Cessation
Les Presses de l'Université Laval 2014
Film and the City : The Urban Imaginary in Canadian Cinema
Athabasca University Press 2014
Fleeing the Hijab : A Jewish Woman's Escape from Iran
General Store Publishing House 2014
Great Walks of the World
Heritage House Publishing 2014
Halifax in Watercolour : The paintings of Alexander Cavalié Mercer, 1838-1842
Nimbus Publishing 2014
Historical GIS Research in Canada
University of Calgary Press 2014
Home Ground and Foreign Territory : Essays on Early Canadian Literature
University of Ottawa Press/Les Presses de l'Université d'Ottawa 2014
Nonfiction Writing Power
Pembroke Publishers 2014
Our Scandalous Senate
Pastoral
Coach House Books 2014
The Essential Earle Birney
The Porcupine's Quill 2014
The Literary History of Saskatchewan : Volume 2 ~ Progressions
Coteau Books 2014
The Patriotic Consensus : Unity, Morale, and the Second World War in Winnipeg
University of Manitoba Press 2014
The Spirit of the Alberta Indian Treaties
University of Alberta Press 2014
Think Like a Commoner : A Short Introduction to the Life of the Commons
New Society Publishers 2014
Thumper : The Memoirs of the Honourable Donald S. Macdonald
McGill-Queen's University Press 2014
To Make a Difference : A Prescription for a Good Life
McGill-Queen's University Press 2014
Twelve Years a Slave: Narrative of Solomon Northup (AD Classic) (Illustrated)
Engage Books 2014
Popular Documents

Aboriginal Education: Strengthening the Foundations
Canadian Policy Research Networks 2009
Are Young Canadians Becoming Political Dropouts?
Institute for Research on Public Policy 2005
Commission of Inquiry into the Investigation of the Bombing of Air India Flight 182: Research Studies - Volume 1: Threat Assessment and RCMP/CSIS Co-operation
Commission of Inquiry into the investigation of the Bombing of Air India Flight 182 2010
Enbridge Pipe Dreams and Nightmares: The Economic Costs and Benefits of the Proposed Northern Gateway Pipeline
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, BC Office 2012
Families Count: Profiling Canada's Families IV
Vanier Institute of the Family 2010
Freedom of Expression and Freedom from Hate in the Internet Age: Special Report to Parliament
Canadian Human Rights Commission 2009
Human Trafficking in Canada
Royal Canadian Mounted Police 2010
Oil Spills and First Nations: Exploring Environmental and Land Issues Surrounding the Northern Gateway Pipeline
Canadian Energy Research Institute 2012
Opening the Door for Oil Sands Expansion: The Hidden Environmental Impacts of the Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline
Pembina Institute for Appropriate Development 2009
Senate Reform: Issues and Recent Developments
Parliamentary Information and Research Service 2008
The Current State of Multiculturalism in Canada and Research Themes on Canadian Multiculturalism, 2008-2010
Citizenship and Immigration Canada 2010
The Indian Act and the Future of Aboriginal Governance in Canada
National Centre for First Nations Governance 2008
The Northern Gateway Pipeline: An Affront to the Public Interest and Long Term Energy Security of Canadians
Forest Ethics Canada 2011
Voting Counts: Electoral Reform for Canada
Law Commission of Canada 2004
New Public Documents

"Water Is a Living Thing": Environmental and Human Health Implications of the Athabasca Oil Sands for the Mikisew Cree First Nation and Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation in Northern Alberta: Phase Two Report
Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation 2014
Failure to Enforce? Time for Transparent and Effective Environmental Enforcement in Nova Scotia
East Coast Environmental Law 2014
Interim Report on Rail Safety Review
Canada. Parliament. House of Commons 2014
Like Wonder Women, Goddesses and Robots: How Immigrant Women Are Impacted by and Respond to Precarious Employment
Access Alliance Multicultural Health and Community Services 2014
Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women: A National Operational Overview
Royal Canadian Mounted Police 2014
My Work Should Not Cost Me My Life: The Case against Criminalizing the Purchase of Sex in Canada
Pivot Legal Society 2014
Realizing Our Potential: Ontario's Poverty Reduction Strategy 2014-2019
Government of Ontario 2014
Report of the Nova Scotia Independent Panel on Hydraulic Fracturing
Nova Scotia Department of Energy 2014
Willful Blindness? Regulatory Failures Behind the Lac-Mégantic Disaster
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives 2014
Young Canadians in a Wired World, Phase III - Cyberbullying: Dealing with Online Meanness, Cruelty and Threats
MediaSmarts 2014
Sincerely,
 
Bob Gibson
desLibris / Canadian Electronic Library  
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