PROJ 386 & 387: CVT Capstone Project: Finding External Resources

The City of Calgary website includes information on a range of standards, policies, and planning reports:

• City Planning general collections
• City Development and Building Professionals Hub
• City building policies and standards
• City Transportation Plan
• City Water Guidelines

Additionally, the Open Calgary data repository includes:

• Base Maps
• Business and Economic Activity
• Demographics includes civic census
• Environment
• Government
• Health and Safety
• Recreation and Culture
• Services and Amenities
• Transportation/Transit

• Review the City of Calgary's Heritage Planning site, as well as the How to Research Building History information which lists many of the departments, agencies, and organizations that you can visit for historical information.
• Check Calgary's Inventory of Historic Resources, Alberta's Register of Historic Places, and the Canadian Register of Historic Places
• Search the Calgary Public Library's web page on local history

Google Tips and Tricks

1. Use domain searching, enter site:.ca to search for Canadian content. other examples: .gc.ca for Canadian government or.edu for colleges and universities.

2. Use the minus sign (-) in place of NOT to remove results with a certain word.

3. Like in Library Search, use Quotes (" ") to find phrases, such as "Southern Alberta Institute of Technology" or "Repetitive Strain Injury". 

4. Use the Advanced Search. The Advanced Search will make it easier to break up your concepts and search strategically. 

5. Evaluate critically. Evaluate your information using RADAR.

Need scholarly research, conference proceedings, patents, and more? Try Google Scholar

Need just patents? Try Google Patents 

You can also find demographic, geographic, and economic data from other government agencies:

• Government of Alberta - open data sets
• Statistics Canada - demographic data
• Library's Spatial Data Guide
  • or email the Library's Spatial Data group for assistance.