Copies of CIHM Microfiche collections and individual titles can be purchased from Canadiana.org. Please refer to our Microfiche: Availability and Order page for information.
Many libraries in Canada and across the world have complete or partial holdings of CIHM Microfiche. You can check the list of libraries holding CIHM Microfiche to see if a nearby institution has CIHM holdings.
To enhance access to the Early Canadiana Research Collection the following printed catalogues or bibliographies are available for purchase to accompany the CIHM Microfiche subject sets.
Contains publications detailing the exploration and history of northern Canada. The set includes observations of the fur traders, missionaries, travellers and explorers giving insights into the social, economic and cultural aspects of life in the North.
Price: $20 ($30 outside Canada)
Compiled by Klay Dyer, Sue Martin and Lucy Sussex. Resulting from a research project on women authors, this bibliography covers Canadian women authors and their works, as well as Canadian publications written about women or "women's issues". The bibliography provides access to the wide range of genres and ideological bearings of early Canadian women, including memoirs, diaries and collected letters, drama, exploration and travelers' accounts, printed ephemera, political pamphlets, and much more.
The bibliography is divided into two sections: women authors and men authors. The work is primarily organized by author, with a supplementary subject index to facilitate interdisciplinary access.
1997/ 84pp. ISBN: 0-665-83488-8.
Price: $20 ($28 outside Canada)
In 2003 a new catalogue was produced to celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions and the fiftieth anniversary of Library and Archives Canada. The titles included are in English and French by Canadian authors at home and abroad. They celebrate the life of children in the 19th century. (642 titles)
2003/ 64 pp. ISBN: 0-659-89857-8. Available online (PDF; 754 KB; 65 pages.)
Price: Free
The third edition of the economics catalogue lists 5,192 titles. Includes a register, title listing, name index and subject index.
Essential resource for business historians, documents the origin of some of Canada's most contemporary debates on issues such as international trade policy, transportation, the role of resources in the Canadian economy, and the state versus the private sector.
1997/ 377pp. ISBN: 0-665-81364-3
Price: $30 ($45 outside Canada)
Listing 2,376 titles in the Register and 8,999 titles in the Supplementary Literature sections, this catalogue provides comprehensive access to early English Canadian literature.
The Register section of the catalogue is organized in three sections - fiction, poetry and drama - each with a title listing, author index and place of publication index. Supplementary Literature includes biographies, works by women authors, sermons, letters and memoirs, music and travel and exploration.
Please note that over 800 titles from this catalogue have been digitized and are in the open section of Early Canadiana Online (ECO)
1997/ 270pp. ISBN: 0665-81365-1
Price: $30 ($45 outside Canada)
Listing 517 titles in the Register and 2,549 titles in the Thematic Literatures sections, this catalogue provides access to early French Canadian literature in the CIHM collections.
The Register section of the catalogue is organized in three sections - fiction, poetry and drama - each with a title listing, author index and date index. Thematic Literatures includes biographies, works by women authors, songs, anthologies, works on language, addresses and conferences, and travel and exploration.
1997/ approx. 90pp. ISBN: 0665-80701-5
Price: $30 ($45 outside Canada)
Compiled by J. Brian Gilchrist and Clifford Duxbury Collier. This bibliography, selected from an examination of the CIHM catalogue, includes publications and resources of use to genealogical, family history, and local history research. An essential companion to the annuals and directories catalogues, Genealogy and Local History was compiled by two researchers who have used the CIHM collections extensively.
The work is divided into four sections: three alphabetical indexes (name, place name, subject) and a catalogue of all index entries.
1995/ 514pp. ISBN: 0-665-94444-6.
Price: $40 ($55 outside Canada)
Compiled by Caron Rollins and Jann Lynn-George. Law to 1900 lists more than 4,000 titles selected from the CIHM database. It includes titles of all legal monographs filmed from the Pre-1900 Canadian Monographs collection and Supplement I, as well as selected titles from the Pre-1900 Annuals and Periodicals collections. Covers all aspects of early Canadian law. Debates, treatises, reports and analyses, from specific questions such as copyright legislation to the civil law tradition of Quebec and the legal interpretation of the Constitution of Canada and the British North America Act of 1867. Access to the title record is provided mainly through the form index, which lists titles under each of 25 publication forms. The more traditional title, name and subject indexes are also included.
1997/ approx. 410pp. ISBN: 0-665-84010-1.
Price: $60 ($80 outside Canada) hardcover binding only
This bibliography lists 1,470 titles from CIHM's pre-1900 monographs collection and 55 periodical titles (3,720 issues) from the Hannah Institute's collection of Canadian medical periodicals, 1826-1910. Alphabetical by title.
Price: $20 ($30 outside Canada)
This bibliography includes a register and three indexes for the 1,900 monographs included in the CIHM Native Studies microfiche collection. The collection contains books, as well as pamphlets, reports and papers, relating to aboriginal peoples living in Canada and the northern United States. Government documents are not included. The indexes are by title, name and subject.
Canadian native culture is documented from the time of exploration to the late nineteenth century, and researchers will find invaluable and comprehensive documentation. Ranges from linguistic guides and comparative studies of North American Native languages to descriptions of Indian legends, traditions, religions and laws, written over a three and a half century period. Included are accounts of habits and customs, major events and battles, and biographies of Native leaders.
Please note that over 900 titles from this catalogue have been digitized and are in the open section of Early Canadiana Online (ECO)
1995 / 156pp. ISBN: 0-665-75750-6
Price: $30 ($45 outside Canada)
The governance of Canada from colonial outpost to Parliamentary democracy. Monographs, lectures, and speeches trace the development of the constitution and of the political parties. See Canada emerge in an international context. This catalogue lists 4,100 titles, and access points include a register, title listing, name and subject indexes.
1997/ 377pp. ISBN: 0-665-81364-3
Price: $30 ($45 outside Canada)
Lists all titles filmed for the Pre-1900 Canadian Annuals microfiche collection. Provides researchers with easy, one-step access to these publications. Includes almanacs, annual reports and directories as well as proceedings, transactions and yearbooks. Listed alphabetically by title with a name index and broad subject index.
1993/ 330pp. ISBN: 0-665-91355-9
Price: $30 ($45 outside Canada)
Lists all directories included in the Pre-1900 Directories microfiche collection (a subset of the annuals collection). The Directories catalogue will be useful as a reference for genealogical or general historical research, and includes Canadian directories and gazetteers from provinces, counties, townships, cities and towns. Titles are in alphabetical order, by region.
1991/ 75pp. ISBN: 0-665-91354-0.
Price: $30 ($45 outside Canada)
Gathering in one publication access to 1,285 pre-1900 periodicals titles (57,500 issues), this catalogue offers bibliographic references to one of the largest sources of documentary evidence available to modern researchers in printed form. The entire subject range of early Canadian periodicals available is present, including: religion and temperance; banking, economy, and finance; manufacturing, mining and agriculture; literature, arts and culture; and much more.
1998/ 117pp. ISBN: 0-665-85647-4
Price: $30 ($45 outside Canada)
