Databases for Arts

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Bibliography (ATSIhealth)

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health. Australian.

1988 - present

Conditions of use

Informit

The physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects. International

1980 - present

Conditions of use

Gale

AUSTLIT

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Australian literature. Australian creative writing and Australian writers.

From 1880s, comprehensive from 1988 - present

Conditions of use

Austlit website.

Australian Bureau of Statistics  

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Statistical data of Australia, the States and smaller regions. ABS' full standard product range on-line. Australian.

publications 1988 - present, with older time series

This is a free site but there are some conditions of use specified on the ABS website

ABS website

Australian Key Journals Periodicals Contents Index

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Indexes articles from a range of older Australian journals (coverage dates range from the early 1900s up to the pre-1990s).

SETIS website

Australian Public Affairs - full text APAFT  

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Business, health, current affairs, economics, humanities, law, literature, politics and social sciences. APAIS with some fulltext. Australian.

Index 1978 - present Fulltext 1995 - present

Conditions of use

Informit

Cambridge Journals Online  

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Sciences, social sciences, and humanities

Conditions of use

Cambridge journals website

Columbia International Affairs Online - CIAO  

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International affairs, comparative politics, area studies. International

Dates vary

Conditions of use

CIAO website

Dissertations Abstracts

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Thesis citations with abstracts. International.

1861 to present

Recent years may have 24 page preview. Option to order

Conditions of use

Proquest.

Duke University Press  

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Humanities and social sciences journals. International

Dates vary, most from 2000 - present

Conditions of use

Duke website

Econlit

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Economics. International

1969 - present

Conditions of use

Ovid

Expanded Academic ASAP  

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General Database with information in arts and the humanities to social sciences, science and technology. International.

1980 - present

Conditions of use

Gale InfoTrac

Factiva  

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Newspaper and company information

Factiva

Preferred browser Internet Explorer v. 5.5+, Firefox (Windows) and Safari (Macintosh).

Family and Society Plus  

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Issues about, or of relevance to families. Australia.

Fulltext 2000 - present. Index 1980 - present

This is Family database with selected fulltext added

Conditions of use

Informit

Index to local Illawarra newspapers and Illawarra Historical Society Bulletin

1950s - present

Wollongong City Library website

Over 1000 journals in many disciplines. Strengths in Social Sciences and Humanities. International.

Conditions of use

Informit E-library  

Now divided into Humanities and Social Sciences Collection and Engineering Collection

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Informit e-Library provides access to full content from a range of journals, monographs and books, conference proceedings, research papers and reference materials.

Conditions of use

Informit

International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences

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Social and behavioural sciences and related areas

International

Conditions of use

ScienceDirect

JSTOR  

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Archives of significant scholarly journals published in the arts and humanities, sciences and social sciences, music, business, mathematics and statistics.

Conditions of use

JSTOR

Lexis.com  

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Legal resources. International law.

Various dates

Lexis

MLA International Bibliography

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Literature, language, linguistics and folklore. International.

1926 - present

Conditions of use

Cambridge Scientific Abstracts.

New York Review of Books  

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Reviews of books and the arts, including music, theatre, dance and film and issues arising from them.

1963 - present

NYRB website

Project Muse  

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Literature & criticism, cultural studies, history, language, political science, film, theatre & performing arts, philosophy & religion. International.

Various dates

Conditions of use

Project Muse website

Proquest 5000  

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Information in most topic areas. Several databases which may be searched either individually or in combinations. International.

Various dates

Conditions of use

Proquest.

ProQuest Social Science Journals  

Periodicals covering the social sciences.

Dates vary

Conditions of use

Proquest

Routledge Encyclopedia Of Philosophy Online  

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Philosophy and related disciplines

Conditions of Use

Routledge Reference

 Virtually all journals published by SAGE. This publisher publishes in Business, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Science, Technology and Medicine.

International

SAGE Note: SAGE Journals Online includes the Nursing and Psychology collections which have been available on the CSA platform. These are still available on the CSA platform as well as on the SAGE platform

Social Sciences and Humanities Proceedings on ISI Proceedings

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Index to significant conferences, symposia, seminars, colloquia, workshops, and conventions in a range of humanities and social science disciplines.

Subset of ISI Proceedings, select when logged on

International

2002- present

Conditions of use

Thomson Scientific (ISI)

Sociological Abstracts

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Sociology and related disciplines. International.

1952 - present Records after 1974 include abstracts

Conditions of use

CSA.

SourceOECD

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OECD documents with emphasis on country comparison, periodicals, working papers, statistics, International Energy Agency statistics

Conditions of use

Source OECD Website

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy  

Philosophy. Each entry is maintained and kept up to date by an expert or group of experts.

Metaphysics Research Lab

Stanford University

Full content of the Sydney Morning Herald

1955 - 1990

Fairfax Media

Note: Click on "Access archive"

Times Digital Archive  

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Web of Knowledge

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Portal for Web of Science, Current Contents Connect, JCR Web

Dates vary for each database

Conditions of use

ISI Web of Knowledge

Web of Science

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Citation indexes, which allow searching by cited references. Science Citation Index, Social Science citation Index 1965 - present, Arts and Humanities Citation Index. 1975 - present

Conditions of use

ISI Web of Knowledge

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AIATSIS - Indigenous Studies Bibliography

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Indigenous languages, cultures, anthropology, archaeology, health, education, arts, oral histories,history, legal issues. Australian.

1990 - present

Conditions of use

Informit

APEC Literature Database (APECLIT)

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Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) and related topics.

Asia and Pacific.

1990 approx. - present

Conditions of use

Informit

Archives and Records Management Literature in Australia and New Zealand (ARLIT)

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Archives, recordkeeping systems, electronic recordkeeping, disposal, user service, arrangement and description, and collection management and access 1940- 2000

Conditions of use

Informit

Art Abstracts (Wilson Art Abstracts)

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Art. International.

1984 - present

Conditions of use

Ovid.

Asian Resources: A Select Directory of Databases (ASIANRES)

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Information about selected Asia/Pacific related databases and services.

Asian.

Current to 2001

Conditions of use

Informit

Attorney-General's Information Service (AGIS) Plus Text  

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Law, including administrative law, companies and securities, constitutional law, copyright, criminal law, environmental law, family law.

Australian.

Indexing 1975 - present Fulltext 1999 - present

Conditions of use

Informit

AUSTGUIDE

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General and educational. Australian focus.

1986 - present

Conditions of use

Informit

The Australasian Military History Database(MIHILIST)

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Pre-1980 Australian, New Zealand and Papua-New Guinean military history and related topics.

1987 - 1999

Conditions of use

Informit

Australian and New Zealand Books in Print (ANZBiP)

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Australian and New Zealand books in print.

Current

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Informit

Australian and New Zealand Books in Print, Publishers (ANZBiP-Publishers)

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Australian and New Zealand publishers.

Current

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Informit

The Australian Chronicles: An Index to Sources of Australian Biography (CHRONICLES)

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Biographical information. Australian.

1879 - present

Conditions of use

Informit

Australian Criminology Database (CINCH)

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Criminal law and justice. Australian.

1968 - present

Conditions of use

Informit

Australian Heritage Bibliography (AHB)

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National parks; endangered species; coasts; forests; wetlands; rivers; geological features; wilderness areas; world heritage sites Australian.

1987 - present

Conditions of use

Informit

Australian Historic Records Register (AHRR)

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A list of paper-based historical records held in private hands in Australia.

1788 - 1988.

Conditions of use

Informit

Australian Industrial Relations Database (IREL)

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Industrial conflict, wages and conditions, labour market economics, equal employment opportunity, labour law, occupational health and safety, workplace reform. Australian.

1983 - 2000

Conditions of use

Informit

Bibliography of Indonesian Politics and the Economy (BIPE)

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Politics, government, economy, political culture and demography. Indonesia.

1965 - October 1998

Conditions of use

Informit .

A Chronology of Australian Historic & Current Events (AUSCHRON)

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Current and historical events. Australian.

1992- plus historical material

Conditions of use

Informit.

Current Contents Connect

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Current information in sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities, technology and medical science. International.

Conditions of use

ISI Web of Knowledge

Far North Queensland Collection (FNQ)

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Indigenous issues, local history, environment, biography. Far North Queensland and Torres Strait.

Records up to 1999.

Conditions of use

Informit

Indian Biography Database (INDBIO)

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Indian members of parliament

1977-96.

Conditions of use

Informit

Indigenous Australia

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Indigenous studies material in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission Library.

1968 - current

Conditions of use

Informit

Infokoori

INFOKOORI is an index to the Koori Mail, a national fortnightly newspaper published for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

Australian

1991 - present

State Library NSW

Infoquick

Indexing of Sydney Morning Herald

Australian

1988 - June 2005

State Library NSW

INTAN MAS

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Eastern Indonesia and Australia's relations with South-East Asia, and with ASEAN.

1989 - present

Conditions of use

Informit

Malaysia/Singapore/Brunei/ASEAN Database (BERITA)

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General reference. Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore, or South-East Asia as a whole and ASEAN.

1990 - present

Conditions of use

Informit

Media Scan

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Current events and news items. Australian focus.

1991 - present

Conditions of use

Informit

Management and Environment Information (MEDGE)

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Major corporations, international economy, Australian economy and government policy. Australian focus.

1985 - present

Conditions of use

Informit

Media Scan

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Current events and news items. Australian focus.

1991 - present

Conditions of use

Informit

Multicultural Australia and Immigration Studies (MAIS)

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Immigration, emigration, multiculturalism, ethnicity, racism, multicultural education, migrant health, refugees and aboriginal studies. Australian.

1988 - present

Conditions of use

Informit

Ozlife -Australian biography and book review index

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Biography and book reviews. Australian.

National Library of Australia

Periodicals Index (PERIND)

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Humanities, social sciences, business, management, building, architecture, city planning, law and medicine. Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei and ASEAN.

1980 - present

Conditions of use

Informit

Philosopher's Index

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Philosophy and related fields. International.

1940 - present

Conditions of use

Ovid.

ScienceDirect  

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Life, physical, medical, technical, and social sciences. International.

1995 - present, some earlier

Conditions of use

ScienceDirect website

Singapore/Malaysia Collection (SMC)

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Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei and ASEAN.

Various dates depending on records

Conditions of use

Informit

The Source

Children's literature by subject. Australian emphasis

Magpies Magazine

Ulrich's International Periodicals Directory

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Periodicals and serials published throughout the world. International.

Current

Bowkers.

ABC Pol Sci

C 016.32/5 1969 - 2000

Book Review Digest

C 016.028105/3 1905 - 2000

Book Review Index

C 016.028105/4 1974 -

British Humanities Index

C 016.00106/1 1965 - 2000

Essay & General Literature Index

C 016.00105/1 1900 - 2000

Historical Abstracts

C 016.905/1-3 1955 - 1970

Humanities Index

C 016.00105/3B 1964 - 2001

Language Teaching & Linguistics Abstracts

C 016.407/4 1968 - 1981

PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service)

C 016.305/2 1915 - 2001

Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature

C 016.0505/3 1900-1998