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Online Databases available at Waverley Library

Some of our online databases are available to use from 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.

Database	Available in the Library	Available From Home	Description
*Academic Search Elite	Click here to access In the Library	Click here to access from home	Searchable articles from hundreds of acedemic journals
Ancestry Library	Click here to access in the Library		This site provides a genealogy research tool
ANZRC Australian and New Zealand Reference Centre	Click here to access in the Library	Click here to access from Home (Library Card Number Required)	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
AustLII Australian Legal Information Institute	Click here to access in the Library	Click here to access from Home	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.
AustLit	Click here to access in the Library		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.
*Australia/NZ Points of View	Click here to access in the Library	Click here to access from home	Australian based database of current events and hot topics
Choice	Click here to access Choice in the Library		Access to all articles appearing in Choice magazine is available (Please see Librarian for access)
*Consumer Health Complete	Click here to access in the Library	Click here to access from home	US database that is designed to support, not replace, the relationship that exists between a patient/site visitor and his/her physician
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Encyclopaedia Britannica Australia	Click here to access in the Library	Click here to access 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
Factiva			Factiva is a powerful web-based service for researching and monitoring news and business information.
Federal Hansard	Click here to access in the Library	Click here to access from Home	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.
Good Reading Online	Click here to access in the Library	Click here to access from home	An Australian resource with information on “Everything About Books” including thousands of easy to read independent book reviews and lots of interesting Australian and International articles, author profiles, stories on writers’ houses, bookshops, short stories, book trivia and more.
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Health and Wellness Resource Centre	Click here to access in the Library	Click here to access from Home (Library Card Number Required)	Information on health issues, medicine, fitness, nutrition, prescription drugs, occupational health and safety, drugs and diseases, Includes information on alternative medicine.
History Resource Centre	Click here to access in the Library	Click here to access from Home (Library Card Number Required)	Detailed information on historical issues from around the world.
Libraries Australia Trove Search	Click here to access i n the Library	Click here to access f rom Home	Trove provides integrated access to over 45 million items from a range of the National Library's collaborative services and from elsewhere.
Literature Resource Centre	Click here to access in the Library	Click here to access from Home (Library Card Number Required)	Includes biographies, bibliographies and critical analyses of more than 120 000 authors.
*Literary Reference Centre	Click here to access In the Library	Click here to access from home	A comprehensive database that provides users with a broad spectrum of information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disceplines and timeframs.
Literature Resource Centre - HSC English Syllabus	Literature Resource Centre - HSC English Syllabus in the Library	Literature Resource Centre - HSC English Syllabus From Home	Includes biographies, bibliographies and critical analyses of HSC English Syllabus authors.
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MasterFILE Premier	Click here to access in the Library	Click here to access from Home (Library Card Number Required)	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.
NSW Hansard	Click here to access in the Library	Click here to access from Home	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.
NSW Legislation	Click here to access in the Library	Click here to access from Home	This source site for NSW legislation contains the following features: NSW legislation in force, both Acts and statutory instruments (regulations etc and environmental planning instruments). Historical versions of legislation, including repealed legislation. An archival collection of NSW legislation as made since 1990. Advanced searching and browsing facilities.
*NovelList Plus	Click here to access in the Library	Click here to access from home	Reading suggestions for all age groups across all fiction ages. Also read-alikes, book discussion guides and award winning titles
*Points of View	Click here to access in the Library	Click here to access from home	US based current events and hot topics.
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ProQuest	Click here to in the Library	Click here to access from Home (Library Card Number Required)	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.
SCALEplus Law Resource	Click here to access in the Library	Click here to access from Home	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.
*Science Reference Centre	Click here to access In the Library	Click here to access from home	Searchable articles from hundreds of journals across all science topics.
Science Resource Centre	Click here to access in the Library	Click here to access from Home (Library Card Number Required)	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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SpineOut Magazine	Click here to access in the Library	Click here to access from Home	“SpineOut Online" is a place where you can express your ideas and thoughts and to share your creativity in words, art, film or music. A fun and interactive site.”
Standards Australia	Clich here to access in the Library		Standard Australia’s online document collection of specifications and procedures.
WebLaw	Click here to access in the Library	Click here to access from Home	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.
World Book Online	Click here to access in the Library	Click here to access 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! World Book Research Libraries: Primary and core source collections; books, documents, selections in major subject areas. Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos: Basic Spanish-language encyclopaedia for elementary and middle grades.
World Book: Early World of Learning	Click here to access in the Library (Library Card Number Required)	Click here to access from Home (Library Card Number Required)	Welcome to the Early World of Learning
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