Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
The dictionaries, encyclopedias, and other reference documents listed here are either specific to northern, Arctic or Indigenous studies or contain significant content related to these fields. The documents provide access to review papers by specialists. Dictionaries of northern Indigenous languages are also listed here.
Some of the resources are freely available in full-text format, while others are restricted to members of the universities mentioned (restricted access), and are available under institutional licenses only. Reference works only available in print format are also listed.
To consult the various categories and subcategories that this collection contains, use the filter Collection.
Resources
The Eastern Arctic Seas Encyclopedia
Concordia (eBook) | INRS (eBook) | Laval (eBook) | McGill (eBook)
Contains over 1,500 terms related to the physical and human geography, biology, transport communications, history, and protection of the Laptev, East Siberian, and Chukchi Seas.
Collection(s): *** Dictionaries and Encyclopedias ***, Natural Sciences, Engineering and Technology, Humanities and Social Sciences
Reserved Access, Engineering and Technology, Humanities and Social Sciences, Natural Sciences
Subjects: Eastern Arctic, Indigenous peoples, Biology, History, Oceanography, Earth sciences
The Encyclopedia Arctica
The Encyclopedia Arctica is the typescript of a proposed 20-volume reference work on the northern Arctic and sub-Arctic regions. The project was started in 1947 and was never published. Subjects covered include archaeology, anthropology, botany, engineering, geography, geology, history, law (including international relations), language, medicine, meteorology, oceanography, religion, zoology, and biographies.
Collection(s): *** Dictionaries and Encyclopedias ***, Multidisciplinary, Natural Sciences, Engineering and Technology, Health Sciences, Humanities and Social Sciences
Free - Open Access, Engineering and Technology, Health Sciences, Humanities and Social Sciences, Natural Sciences
Subjects: N/A
The Western Arctic Seas Encyclopedia
Concordia (eBook) | INRS (eBook) | Laval (eBook) | McGill (eBook)
An encyclopedia designed to accumulate and systematize knowledge about three unique natural water areas—the Barents, White, and Kara Seas—and their rich features, the events that have taken place on their waters and shores, and the remarkable people whose lives were, and are, closely intertwined with these seas.
Collection(s): *** Dictionaries and Encyclopedias ***, Natural Sciences, Engineering and Technology, Humanities and Social Sciences
Reserved Access, Engineering and Technology, Humanities and Social Sciences, Natural Sciences
Subjects: Western Arctic, Biology, History, Oceanography, Earth sciences
Traditional Animal Foods of Indigenous Peoples of Northern North America
Describes and references the published literature on traditional animal foods known and used by Indigenous Peoples of northern North America; organized by animal, culture, and nutrients.
Collection(s): *** Dictionaries and Encyclopedias ***, Health Sciences, *** First Peoples of the North ***, Dictionaries and Encyclopedias, Others
Free - Open Access, Health Sciences
Subjects: Traditional foods, Indigenous peoples, Nutrition
Treaties with American Indians : an encyclopedia of rights, conflicts, and sovereignty
Concordia (Print book) | Laval (Print Book) | McGill (Print Book)
Présentation des traités réalisés avec plus de 500 peuples ou groupes autochtones concernant le partage des terres, l’autonomie gouvernementale, la protection culturelle et l’aide financière.
Collection(s): *** First Peoples of the North ***, Dictionaries and Encyclopedias, Others, *** Dictionaries and Encyclopedias ***, Humanities and Social Sciences
Print Document, Humanities and Social Sciences
Subjects: Indigenous peoples, Self-government, History, Land sharing, Treaties
Ulirnaisigutiit : an Inuktitut-English dictionary of Northern Quebec, Labrador and Eastern Arctic dialects (with an English-Inuktitut index)
BAnQ (Print Book) | Laval (Print Book) | McGill (Print Book) | UQAM (Print Book)
An English–Inuktitut dictionary of dialects spoken Northern Quebec, Labrador, and the Eastern Arctic.
Collection(s): *** First Peoples of the North ***, Dictionaries and Encyclopedias, Languages, *** Dictionaries and Encyclopedias ***, Humanities and Social Sciences, Languages
Print Document, Humanities and Social Sciences
Subjects: Eastern Arctic, Indigenous peoples, Inuktitut dialects, Inuktitut Dictionary, Inuit, Inuktitut, Labrador, Inuktitut language, Northern Quebec
Yupʼik Eskimo dictionary
Concordia (Print Book) | Laval (Print Book) | McGill (Print Book)
A large-format, two-volume dictionary of the Inuit language of the Yupik of Central Alaska.
Collection(s): *** First Peoples of the North ***, Dictionaries and Encyclopedias, Languages, *** Dictionaries and Encyclopedias ***, Humanities and Social Sciences, Languages
Print Document, Humanities and Social Sciences
Subjects: Alaska, Indigenous peoples, Yup’ik dictionary, Yup’ik language, Yup’ik