UTM195H5: Curiosity and Control: Voyages of Discovery to North America

This guide is designed to help UTM 195 students investigate the voyages of discovery to North America.

The University of Toronto is one of the largest academic libraries in North America, with extensive collections to support the topics in this course.

The resources in this guide will help you access the material relevant to this course.

• Background Information highlights resources to get you started.
• Finding Books show you how to search for material in the collection.
• Finding Primary Sources introduces ways to locate primary sources in the catalogue. A list of digital primary source material is included.
• Finding Articles provides databases to search for your topic
• Writing Resources offers a selection of resources to support the writing of your paper.

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