Fur+Trade

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 * ===Learn more about the fur trade and exploration in Canada from the links to resources on this pathfinder.=== || [[image:taiga.jpg]] ||

=Print Resources, Books and Magazines= Look on L4U, our school's online catalogue or [|Regina Public Library's] online catalogue with these keywords and phrases:

Subject Headings:
Explorers biography Frontier and Pioneer Life Canada Fur Trade Fur Trade Canada History Fur Trade North America Hudson's Bay Company History

Keywords & Phrases:
Go by the last name of the explorer when searching print resources.

Dewey Decimal Numbers:
971 971.2 971.201

=Encyclopedias & Databases= When searching in a print encyclopedia, go by the last name of the explorer. When searching in online encyclopedias, put the first and last name in quotation marks.

[|Canadian Encyclopedia] - Articles about explorers and the furtrade. Search by typing keywords and names of explorers into the search bar. Encyclopedia Britannica - You must be at school to have access to this or use the Regina Public Library with your library card number and PIN [|Wikipedia] Canadian Junior Encyclopedia - Our library has print copies of this encyclopedia. It is older but for historical information is is a good resource.

=Websites= When searching for your explorer in a search engine, try putting the first and last names in quotation marks as a phrase eg. "Henry Hudson". Adding other terms will help to narrow your search eg. biography, exploration, explore. [|All About Explorers] - Everything you ever wanted to know about explorers [|Canada Hall: Fur Trade] - Articles and pictures rom the Canadian Museum of Civilization. [|Enchanted Learning - Explorers] - A great site that gives basic information about many explorers - a good place to start. [|Pathfinders & Pathways: The Exploration of Canada] - Articles from the Library and Archives of Canada. Click on the Explorers Index and choose the explorer you would like to learn about. [|Explorers Pathfinder] - from 42explore - links to sites, webquests and lessons about exploration created by library professionals [|Canadian Heritage Gallery] - Historical pictures from the fur trade era. [|Discoverers Web] - An alphabetical list of discoverers and explorers of North America [|Age of Discovery] - from Ohio State Education Dept [|European Explorer Resource]s - a hotlist of explorers by a teacher from Gander Academy [|Exploration and Settlement]- background information about Exploration at the Memorial University of Newfoundland [|Passages: A Treasure Trove of North American Explorers]- an alphabetical list or chronological (by date) hotlist of links about explorers in Canada compiled by the National Library of Canada.