Explore History
Explore History is your gateway to a world-class collection of primary sources – maps, photos, newspapers, manuscripts, pamphlets, portraits and more.
Learn about the lives and history of Indigenous Peoples, members of the LGBTQ2S+ community, and more. Explore the archives of periodicals such as The Economist and The Times.
All Saskatchewan residents enjoy unrestricted access to these collections thanks to the Dr. John Archer Library, University of Regina with the assistance of the University of Saskatchewan Library and Regina Public Library. This initiative aims to further research, teaching and lifelong learning in Saskatchewan.
You do not need a library card to use Explore History – it’s open to everyone who lives in Saskatchewan. Please note, you must be within Saskatchewan to use this resource. Access from outside of Saskatchewan's geographical boundaries is disabled.
Explore History gives you access to:
- Indigenous Peoples of North America: A diverse, appealing search enables intelligent inquiry into the culture, innovation, politics, and heritage of indigenous people in the United States and Canada.
- Archives of Sexuality and Gender: LGBTQ History and Culture Since 1940 covers topics including LGBTQ activism and the HIV/AIDS crisis.
- Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500–1926: Over 6 million pages from Joseph Sabin's books, pamphlets, serials and other documents.
- Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection: The largest single collection of period English news media.
- Eighteenth Century Collections Online: From bibles to sheet music, here are the critical tools for research and classroom use.
- Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Primary sources from rare collections worldwide provide unique research opportunities.
- The Making of the Modern World: Primary sources track western development through the lens of trade and wealth.
- The Economist Historical Archive: Full-text content with search indexes, topic and area supplements, and surveys.
- The Sunday Times Historical Archive, 1822-2016: Analysis and commentary on murder, theatre, sport and politics: all in glorious narrative detail.
- The Times Digital Archive: The world's newspaper of record is searchable for invaluable historical research.
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Regina Public Library is pleased to provide free access to this third-party service to customers paying taxes to or residing in the City of Regina. Members of other Saskatchewan libraries are not guaranteed access to this service or any other electronic resource to which Regina Public Library subscribes.
Regina Public Library customers are reminded that this is a third-party service over which Regina Public Library has no control so changes may occur without warning and customization is not always possible.