Guides: Indigenous Studies: Articles & Databases

Major Databases

The following databases, recommended for Indigenous Studies, contain mostly journal articles but also professional magazines, conference papers, theses, and other documents.

Indigenous Studies Portal
The Indigenous Studies Portal (iPortal) is a database of full-text electronic resources such as articles, e-books, theses, government publications, videos, oral histories, and digitized archival documents and photographs. The iPortal content has a primary focus on Indigenous peoples of Canada with a secondary focus on North American materials and beyond.
Informit Indigenous Collection
This multidisciplinary database has a collection that provides a global view of Indigenous studies.
Scholars Portal Journals
Scholars Portal is a multidisciplinary database with access to academic journals.
Academic Search Premier
A multidisciplinary research database that provides full text to journals and magazines including peer-reviewed titles.
JSTOR
A multidisciplinary database of full text journals published within the last 3-5 years.

News and Current Affairs

These databases primarily contain journal, newspaper, and magazine articles. Additionally, some include materials such as book reviews, ebooks, and conference proceedings.

Lexis Nexis Uni
Provides the full text for news, business, legal, medical and reference publications.
Canadian Newsstand Torstar
Includes all newspapers published by Torstar Media Group that are available digitally.