Research guides: History Research Guide: History (Business)

Researching Canadian business people

The boxes in the guide lead you to resources relevant to the Biographical Study assignment. Enjoy the hunt!

Advertisement for J.E. Seagram in "The Advocate" via Canadiana Online
Interested in the Waterloo Seagram family business? See UW Library's Special Collections & Archives page.

Background & biographies

These two resources provide authoritative information about many Canadians and their activities. Entries often include bibliographies and suggested readings that can lead to you to additional sources.

Canadian Encyclopedia
Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Coverage: pre-1930.
Search DCB for scholarly articles on influential people who have died. You can search by name, profession,time period, and gender.

Primary sources: documents from the period

Canadiana
Find documents from 1st European contact to recent student activism, including items relating to Indigenous-settler relations, cookbooks, women's writings, and more.
Coverage: Pre-1970

Research databases for scholarly articles

Canadian Business and Current Affairs
Coverage: from settlement - present
Find scholarly and popular articles about Canada and Canadians.
Libris Canadiana
Coverage: 1867 - 1978
This index tracks Canadian periodicals including: Maclean's, Financial Post, Monetary Times of Canada, Massey's Magazine, Canadian Magazine, and Saturday Night.
America: History and Life
Coverage: from settlement - present
Find scholarly articles about Canada and Canadians.
ABI/Inform
Find scholarly and trade articles relating to business from around the world.

Chicago Manual of Style and other writing guides