Books:
Great Canadian Disasters by Frank Rasky.
904 RAS
Great Disasters of the 20th Century by Margot Keam Cleary.
904 CLE
In the face of disaster: true stories of Canadian heroism from the archives of Maclean's edited by Michael Benedict.
904 INT
Miracles and Mysteries: the Halifax Explosion December 6, 1917 by Mary Ann Monnon.
971.6225 MAN
Shattered City: the Halifax Explosion and the Road to Recovery by Janet F. Kitz.
971.622 KIT
Survivors: Children of the Halifax Explosion by Janet Kitz.
971 .6225 KIT
The Halifax Disaster: December 6, 1917 by Ernest Fraser Robinson.
971.6225 ROB
The Halifax Explosion: Surviving the Blast that Shook a Nation by Joyce Glasner.
971.6225 GLA
The Town that Died: The True Story of the Greatest Man-made Explosion before Hiroshima by Michael J. Bird.
971.6225 BIR
Too Many to Mourn: One Family's Tragedy in the Halifax Explosion by James Mahar and Rowena Mahar.
971.6225 MAH
Audio Visual:
City of Ruins: the Halifax Explosion produced by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
AV 971.622 CIT
Just One Big Mess: the Halifax Explosion produced by NFB Canada.
AV 971.603 JUS
Websites:
Canada and the First World War. Library and Archives Canada
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/premiereguerre/index-e.html
Choose the link “Did You Know That.” See “Tragedy on the home front.” Next choose “Halifax Explosion.”
CBC Digital Archives
http://www.cbc.ca/archives/
CBC – The Halifax Explosion
http://www.cbc.ca/halifaxexplosion/
Framing
Canada: A Photographic Memory. Library and Archives Canada
In
the search box type “Halifax explosion”
From
One Moment to the Next: The Halifax Explosion
http://exhibits.hsl.virginia.edu/halifax/Halifax Explosion Dedication
http://www.halifaxexplosion.org/
Halifax Explosion – Fire – SOS! Canadian Disasters. Library and Archives Canada
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/sos/002028-4300-e.html
Halifax Explosion: Historica Minutes – YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oaRr6A-gkA
Historical Collections: From One Moment to the Next: The Halifax Explosion
http://exhibits.hsl.virginia.edu/halifax/
HRM
– Halifax Explosion
http://www.halifax.ca/halifaxexplosion/index.htmlNova Scotia Archives and Records Management – Halifax Explosion 1917 Online Resources
http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/virtual/explosion/explosion.asp
The Canadian Encyclopedia
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/
The Halifax Explosion – Disasters and Tragedies – CBC Archives
http://archives.cbc.ca/300c.asp?id=1-70-971
Internet Archive is a non-profit digital library offering free universal access to books, movies, music, as well as archived web pages.
http://archive.org/details/halifaxcatastrop00hali
Report of the Halifax Relief Expedition December 6 to 15, 1917
http://archive.org/details/reportofhalifaxr00mass
Databases:
EBSCO
http://search.epnet.com/login.asp
See the librarian for a username and password
Examples of articles on EBSCO:
Glasner,
Joyce. "Front Lines Of Disaster." Beaver 87.6 (2007): 16-24. Canadian
Reference Centre. Web. 1 Apr. 2014.
Hind,
Andrew. "Blown Away: The Halifax: Explosion Of 1917." History
Magazine 12.5 (2011):
31-35. History Reference Center.
Web. 1 Apr. 2014.
Patten,
Melanie. "Explosion survivors recall deadly blast that rocked Halifax 90
years ago." Canadian Press, The 5 Dec. 2007: Canadian
Reference Centre. Web. 1 April 2014.
Webb,
Christopher. "Was It Sabotage?" Beaver 87.6 (2007): 23. Canadian
Reference Centre. Web. 1 April 2014.
Vertical File:
The library maintains a vertical file regarding the Halifax Explosion.