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Canadian Federal Elections: Academic Journals

A guide to research regarding Canadian Elections.

Introduction

When researching Canadian elections in these databases it is best to use a variety of limits for focussing your search.

1)  Time period.  If you are researching the 2008 election there is little point in looking at articles from 2007.

2) Search by Keyword rather than fulltext.  By doing this you will have more focussed results.

3) Use Boolean logic.  Eg. New democrat or ndp

4) Use Wildcards.  New democrat* will bring back results for New Democrat, New Democrats, New Democratic etc.

5) Use geographically specific terms as keywords.  Liberal Party and Canad* (keywords) will eliminate many of the articles focussed on the Australian Liberal Party.

Key Databases

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