Searching for Encyclopedias or Reference Books?

Canadian Encyclopedia Online: Poverty
 

Searching for Books?

Books on Homeless Youth

Books on Homelessness and Canada

Books on Poverty and Canada

Searching for Audiovisual material?

Videos and DVDs on Homeless and Poverty

 

Searching for Magazine, Journal and Newspaper Articles?

Using Information Databases, you will find articles published in magazines, newspapers and academic journals that you can’t find using the Internet. All our databases are listed on our website but we recommend you try the ones below first.
*If you are using a computer that isn’t in the library, you’ll be asked to type in your library card number.

Canadian Points of View Reference Centre

• You may search by word or phrase
• Click on "View all Topics" tab to see collections of articles on topics such as Homelessness and Youth and Substance Abuse.

CBCA

EBSCO Host
 

See all Information Databases.

What are Information Databases?

Recommended Websites

Canadian Council on Social Development
A non profit organization that provides access to its research and statistics on poverty and social issues.

The Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative
The Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) is a research centre within the University of Oxford. This site is good for a global look at poverty.

Poverty, Social Capital, Parenting and Child outcomes in Canada (2002)
A study on the ameliorative influence of social capital, “degree to which they [the neighbourhood] are socially organized, cohesive and supportive to the enterprise of raising children”, on the effects of poverty.

Hunger and World Poverty
See a brief, simple display about world poverty. Animated maps show how often people die of hunger, AIDS, malaria, and preventable diseases.

Wikipedia Article on Homelessness in Canada
This article provides a good starting point with many external links at the bottom.

CBC Digital Archives
A collection of CBC audio and video material on poverty.

National Film Board
Films on poverty.

National Film Board
Films on homelessness.