Databases for Arts

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Bibliography (ATSIhealth) Image Tips

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health. Australian.

1988 - present

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Informit

Academic Onefile     Tips

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

1980 - present

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Gale

AUSTLIT Image Tips

Australian literature. Australian creative writing and Australian writers.

From 1880s, comprehensive from 1988 - present

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Austlit website.

Australian Bureau of Statistics fulltext icon Image Tips

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

publications 1988 - present, with older time series

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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).

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SETIS website

Australian Public Affairs - full text APAFT partial fulltext icon Image Tips

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

Index 1978 - present Fulltext 1995 - present

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Informit

Cambridge Journals Online Image Image

 

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Sciences, social sciences, and humanities

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Cambridge journals website

Columbia International Affairs Online - CIAO Image Image

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International affairs, comparative politics, area studies. International

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CIAO website

Conference Proceedings Citation Index noquota Tips Conference papers and citations. Choose Science or Social Science and Humanities
1991- present
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Thomson Reuters
Dissertations Abstracts Image Tips

Thesis citations with abstracts. International.

1861 to present

Recent years may have 24 page preview. Option to order

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Proquest.

Duke University Press Image Image Tips

Humanities and social sciences journals. International

Dates vary, most from 2000 - present

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Duke website

Econlit Image Tips

Economics. International

1969 - present

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Ovid

Expanded Academic ASAP partial fulltext icon Image Tips

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

1980 - present

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Gale InfoTrac

Factiva Image Image Tips

Newspaper and company information

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Factiva

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

The site uses secure http. The certificate on the Library's EZproxy server can cause an error. If you are warned about a security error and recommended not to proceed it is OK to do so in this instance. It is possible with IE browsers to turn off the warning about certificate mismatches but it can be a valid warning, so take this option with care. 

Family and Society Plus Image Image Tips

Issues about, or of relevance to families. Australia.

Fulltext 2000 - present. Index 1980 - present

This is Family database with selected fulltext added

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Film Indexes Online   Film reviews and film criticism. Film Index International, FIAF International Index to Film Periodicals and AFI Catalog together in one site.

International

Chadwyck-Healey
Humanities and Social Sciences Index - Retrospective  

Indexing for key journals in social sciences and humanities.

International

1907-1984

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Wilson web

Illawarra Index  

Index to local Illawarra newspapers and Illawarra Historical Society Bulletin

1950s - present

Wollongong City Library website

Informaworld Image Image Tips

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

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Informit E-library Image Image

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.

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Informit

International Encyclopedia of Communication ft  noquota   Communication Studies. Extended explorations of major topics, short definitions of key terms. Media, psychology and IT aspects of communication.

International

Blackwell

International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences Image

 

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Social and behavioural sciences and related areas

International

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ScienceDirect

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

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JSTOR

Lexis.com Image Image Tips

Legal resources. International law.

Various dates

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Lexis

MLA International Bibliography Image

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Literature, language, linguistics and folklore. International.

1926 - present

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Cambridge Scientific Abstracts.

New York Review of Books Image Image

 

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

1963 - present

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NYRB website

Oxresearch Image Image Tips

A "first draft of history" as it occurs. Provides succinct analytical articles covering world and regional economic and political developments of major significance

1986 - present

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Proquest

Project Muse fulltext icon  Image Tips

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

Various dates

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Project Muse website

Proquest ANZ Newstand partial fulltext icon Image Tips

Newspapers and newswires from Australia and New Zealand covering regional and international topics

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Proquest.

Proquest Central partial fulltext icon Image Tips

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

Various dates

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Proquest.

Proquest Newspapers partial fulltext icon Image Tips

International fulltext newspapers, not including Proquest ANZ Newsstand

Coverage varies

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Proquest.

Proquest Research Library Image Image Tips

Wide range of popular academic subjects
1971 - present

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Proquest.

ProQuest Social Science Journals partial fulltext icon Image Tips

Periodicals covering the social sciences.

Dates vary

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Proquest

Routledge Encyclopedia Of Philosophy Online Image Image

 

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Philosophy and related disciplines

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Routledge Reference

 SAGE Journals Online    Tips

 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

Sociological Abstracts Image Tips

Sociology and related disciplines. International.

1952 - present Records after 1974 include abstracts

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CSA.

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

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Image Image

 

 

 

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

Metaphysics Research Lab

Stanford University

Sydney Morning Herald Archives     

Full content of the Sydney Morning Herald

1955 - 1990

Fairfax Media

Note: Click on "Access archive"

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Provides access to the digital images of every page of The Times (London). International with British focus.

1785-1985

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Gale InfoTrac

Web of Knowledge Image Tips

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

Dates vary for each database

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ISI Web of Knowledge

Web of Science Image Tips

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

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ISI Web of Knowledge

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 Other relevant databases
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AIATSIS - Indigenous Studies Bibliography Image Tips

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

1990 - present

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Informit

Art Abstracts (Wilson Art Abstracts) Image Tips

Art. International.

1984 - present

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Ovid.

Asian Resources: A Select Directory of Databases (ASIANRES) Image Tips

Information about selected Asia/Pacific related databases and services.

Asian.

Current to 2001

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Informit

Attorney-General's Information Service (AGIS) Plus Text partial fulltext icon Image Tips

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

Australian.

Indexing 1975 - present Fulltext 1999 - present

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Informit

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

Biographical information. Australian.

1879 - present

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Informit

Australian Criminology Database (CINCH) Image Tips

Criminal law and justice. Australian.

1968 - present

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Informit

Australian Heritage Bibliography (AHB) Image Tips

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

1987 - present

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Informit

Australian Historic Records Register (AHRR) Image Tips

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

1788 - 1988.

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Informit

A Chronology of Australian Historic & Current Events (AUSCHRON) Image Tips

Current and historical events. Australian.

1992- plus historical material

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Informit.

Current Contents Connect Image Tips

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

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ISI Web of Knowledge

Infokoori Image  

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 Image  

Indexing of Sydney Morning Herald

Australian

1988 - June 2005

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State Library NSW

Malaysia/Singapore/Brunei/ASEAN Database (BERITA) Image Tips

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

1990 - present

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Informit

Media Scan Image Tips

Current events and news items. Australian focus.

1991 - present

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Informit

Ozlife -Australian biography and book review index Tips

Biography and book reviews. Australian.

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National Library of Australia

Philosopher's Index Image Tips

Philosophy and related fields. International.

1940 - present

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Ovid.

ScienceDirect Image Image Tips

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

1995 - present, some earlier

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ScienceDirect website

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Children's literature by subject. Australian emphasis

Magpies Magazine

Ulrich's International Periodicals Directory Image Tips

Periodicals and serials published throughout the world. International.

Current

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Bowkers.

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