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Track Your Research
Zotero, an open source, browser-based citation manager, is the recommended tool for citations and bibliography.
Citing in APA Style
The Labour Studies Department recommends APA style:
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. Also known as the APA Style Manual. 6th ed. 2010. Print.
An easyguide to APA style. 2014. Print.
Purdue Online Writing Lab. Open access site for learning how to cite in APA style and other styles.
Citing Sources
Properly citing your sources is an extremely valuable and necessary skill when completing your research. See Laurentian's Citation Style Guides for quick reference guides on commonly used citation styles.
Welcome!
The study of labour and working people includes history, law, Canadian studies, sociology, management studies, and politics. This guide list a number of key resources that will help you to find what you need to know.
Please e-mail me if you would like to consult on your research.
Dictionaries and encyclopedias
The Canadian encyclopedia. Online and Print.
Historical dictionary of organized labor. 2012. Online.
The lexicon of labor. Rev. ed. 2010. Print. American emphasis.
Encyclopaedia of occupational health and safety. 1983. Print. International perspectives.
Encyclopedia of U.S. labor and working-class history. 2007. Print. Useful for its coverage of issues like environmentalism, globalization and corporate anti-unionism.
International encyclopedia of revolution and protest. 2012. Online. Includes Canada.
Labour law and industrial relations in Canada. 1981. Print.
Labour and the law
Canadian guide to uniform legal citation. 8th ed. 2014. Also known as The McGill Guide.
Canadian legal research and writing guide. Open access ebook.
Cardiff index to legal abbreviations. Open access international index of short forms.
Labour arbitration cases. 1948-2016. Print.
Labour law terms: a dictionary of Canadian labour law. 1984. Print.
Labour Studies Librarian
Name: Desmond Maley
Position Title: Associate Librarian
Email Address: dmaley@laurentian.ca
Extension: 3323
Office Location: 30-246, J.-N. Desmarais Library
Research and writing in labour studies
More Help
In the library: The Library User Assistance Desk to your immediate left as you enter the library is a good place to start.
By email: Email the librarian responsible for your faculty for a reply during regular working hours.
By telephone: 705-675-4803, or toll free at 1-800-661-1058, ext. 2
By chat: With our "Ask the Library" service. For more information, see About Ask a Librarian.
For Distance Education students: Telephone: 1-800-661-1058, ext. 2 or email: Distance_l@laurentian.ca
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Dissertations and Theses
Call Numbers for Labour Studies
The following call numbers of the Library of Congress classification schedule are the most important for materials on labour studies:
HA Statistics
HD Industry and labour, especially HD 4800-8900 for books on labour, work, and working people
HM Sociology. History. Theory. Culture. Groups and organizations. Social psychology
HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
HX Socialism, Communism, Anarchism
Searching the Catalogue
The catalogue is your primary tool for finding books in the J.N. Desmarais Library. You can also use the catalogue to find other materials, including government publications and journals (the journals themselves--not individual articles).
You can search the catalogue by:
- Keyword
- Title
- Author
- Subject
- Journal Title
When you know the book you are searching for, pick Title or Author; when you are searching for a topic, start with Keyword unless you know the exact Subject heading describing your topic.
More on searching the Catalogue is available in Module 5 of the Research Skills Tutorial in D2L.
E-book collections
We have e-book collections. Not every e-book is listed in the catalogue, so we recommend that you explore these collections as well.
Get articles
National and International Newspapers
Regional Newspapers
The Sudbury Star. Online 1999- The backrun is available on microfilm with an Index of issues from 1910 to 1979.
The Library also receives on microfilm the North Bay Nugget and Sault Star.
Historical and Canadian Studies
Government Publications
The Labour Gazette. 1900-1978. Print. V. 1 (1900-1901) to v. 65 (1965) is also available open-access at Internet Archive.
Related websites
Scholarly associations
Related websites
Working Histories. Canadian labour and working class history, with international links. Published by Ingo Schmidt, Athabasca University.
Online Learning Centre. Includes auto sector history, Winnipeg General Strike, and Canadian labour history. Published at McMaster University.
International Institute of Social History. Includes Canada. Published in the Netherlands.
The International Labor Organization publishes statistics on Labour and Occupational Health and Safety.