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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. 7th ed. 2019. 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.
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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.
CanLII: Canadian Legal Information Institute. Legal cases, legislation, and related commentary.
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.
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Desmond Maley
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dmaley@laurentian.ca
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Research and writing in labour studies
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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
Catalogues
Laurentian Library Catalogue and Worldcat allows you to search for books worldwide. Our books are listed in WorldCat. If we don't have it, you could request it through RACER, our interlibrary loan service.
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National and International Newspapers
Regional Newspapers
The Sudbury Star. Online, text-only from 2016 from Nexis Uni. The backrun is available on microfilm from 1910 with an Index of issues from 1910 to 1979.
The Library has on microfilm the North Bay Nugget (1912-2015) and Sault Star (1901-2015). Online, text-only versions from Eureka (2012 - ) and Nexis Uni (2016- ) are also available.
The Manitoulin Expositor. Microfilm from 1883 to 1982. Microfiche from 1985-2013. There are also print holdings at the University of Sudbury library from 1978-1985 and from 2004 to the present (several issues are missing).
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
International Institute of Social History. Includes Canada. Published in the Netherlands.
The International Labor Organization publishes statistics on Labour and Occupational Health and Safety.