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home.
You will need your library card number to access these databases,
and in some cases you may need other details. For further
information please contact the library. |
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AustLII
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Provides free Internet access to Australian legal materials. AustLII's is one of the largest sources of legal materials on the net with information that is, primary legal materials including legislation, treaties and decisions of courts and tribunals; and secondary legal materials created by public bodies for purposes of public access, law reform and royal commission reports. | ||
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AustLit |
AustLit is a non-profit collaboration between eleven Australian Universities and the National Library of Australia providing authoritative information on hundreds of thousands of creative and critical Australian literature works relating to more than 94,000 Australian authors and literary organisations. Its coverage spans 1780 to the present day. | ||
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ANZRC Australian and New Zealand Reference Centre |
Includes articles from Australian
newspapers and Australian and International magazines in full text.
Features: 400 full text titles Australian Reference works in full;
35,000 full text biographies; 10,000 images and 1,000 maps
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Access to all articles appearing in Choice magazine is available (Please see Librarian for access) |
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Encyclopaedia Britannica Australia |
Click here to access Encyclopaedia Britannica Australia in the Library |
Click
here to access Encyclopaedia Britannica Australia from Home (Library Card Number Required) |
This will provide access to Encyclopaedia Britannica Australia Online and also has links focused towards the needs younger; upper primary & high school and adult & high school users |
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Hansard is the name given to transcripts of parliamentary proceedings. The Senate and House of Representatives Hansards are available on the Internet each morning following a sitting day. Hansards of Committee hearings are also available online. These transcripts are published shortly after the committee meets. |
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You can use Fiction Connection to find book suggestions based on books you have already read, authors you like, or topics of interest. | ||
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Hansard is the name given to transcripts of parliamentary proceedings. The Legislative Assembly and the Legislative Council Hansards are available on the Internet each morning following a sitting day. Hansards of Committee hearings are also available online. These transcripts are published shortly after the committee meets. |
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This source site for NSW legislation contains the following features:
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MasterFILE Premier |
Designed specifically for public
libraries, MasterFILE™ Premier contains full text for nearly
2,000 periodicals covering general reference, business, health,
education, general science, multicultural issues and much more. This
database also contains full text for more than 360 reference books,
84,074 biographies, 86,135 primary source documents, and an Image
Collection of 107,135 photos, maps & flags.
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Factiva |
Factiva is a powerful web-based service
for researching and monitoring news and business information.
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Libraries Australia (Kinetica) |
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Libraries Australia is an online
subscription service, which enables you to search across the combined
catalogues of Australian libraries - national, state, public university,
TAFE and government - with one search.
Libraries Australia is the "new look" for Kinetica Please see Librarian for access |
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Global Books in Print |
Provides access to over 4 million titles
in print in US, Canada, UK, Australia and New Zealand.
Please see Librarian for access. |
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Health and Wellness Resource Centre |
Information on health issues, medicine,
fitness, nutrition, prescription drugs, occupational health and safety,
drugs and diseases, Includes information on alternative medicine.
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Detailed information on historical issues from around the world. | ||
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Literature Resource Centre |
Includes biographies, bibliographies and
critical analyses of more than 120 000 authors.
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Standards Australia |
Standard Australia’s online document
collection of specifications and procedures.
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OZJAC On-line |
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OZJAC contains comprehensive and
up-to-date information on all accredited courses and the Australian
universities, TAFEs and over 1500 registered training organisations that
offer them.
Please see Librarian for access. |
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Includes information on a wide range of subject areas and current events from over 5000 serials and newspapers. Information is available in either full text, pdf or abstract formats. | |
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Contains legislation of the Commonwealth and non self-governing Territories and related material such as Bills, explanatory memoranda and statements, tables, indices and other finding aids. | ||
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Science Resource Centre
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Science Resource Centre is an in-depth,
curriculum-oriented science database that provides a one-stop resource
for all science-related research needs.
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WebLaw is a cooperative subject gateway to Internet resources for Australian legal researchers. The sites are checked and updated each month. Quality control is assured because participating organisations adhere to common selection criteria and quality guidelines, as well as to the designated metadata and thesaurus schema. | ||
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Click here to access World Book Online From Home (Library Card Number Required) |
World
Book Online: Online reference
source containing every article from the 22-volume print set plus
thousands more. With state-of-the art multimedia, editor-reviewed Web
sites, and more! |
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Last updated 29-Jun-2008