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Databases for Informatics
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Academic Onefile
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The physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects. International
1980 - present
Conditions of use
Gale
ACM Digital Library
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Computing, information technology, networking, artificial intelligence and human-machine interaction. International.
1985 - present
Conditions of use
ACM Portal
Business & Company ASAP
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Companies, markets and industries; market trends, mergers and acquisitions, management theory and company overviews. International
1980 - present
Conditions of use
Gale
Business Source Premier
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Business research database, providing full text for more than 2,300 journals, including full text for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed business publications.
EBSCOhost
Cambridge Journals Online
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Sciences, social sciences, and humanities
Conditions of use
Cambridge journals website
Compendex
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Engineering and technology. International.
1969 - present
Engineering Village website
Computer Database
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Computer related news and product reviews. International.
Current year to date plus previous three years
Conditions of use
Gale InfoTrac.
Conference Proceedings Citation Index
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Conference papers and citations. Choose Science or Social Science and Humanities 1991- presentConditions of use Thomson Reuters
Current Index to Statistics
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Mathematical statistics. International.
1975 - present. Pre-1975 coverage for some.
CIS website
ENGINE
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All branches of engineering. Australian.
1980 - present
Conditions of use
Informit
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
IEEExplore
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Electrical and electronic engineering. International.
1988 - present
Conditions of use
IEEExplore website
Informaworld
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Over 1000 journals in many disciplines. Strengths in Social Sciences and Humanities. International.
Conditions of use
InfoSECURITYnetBASE
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Information security e-books
Conditions of use
CRCnetBASE
Suggested browser Netscape or Mozilla. The site also suggests IE but problems have been encountered with this browser from campus
Inspec
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Physics, electrical engineering, electronics,communications, information technology. International.
1969 - present
Conditions of use
Ovid
Institute of Physics - Journals
Physics and its subdisciplines, such as quantum physics, superconductors, semiconductors, nanotechnology and astrophysics and nuclear physics.
First volumes to present
IOP website
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
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LNCS covers new developments in computer science and information technology research and teaching.
1997 - present
Conditions of use
SpringerLink
Library, Information Science and Technology Abstracts
Librarianship, Information Science. International
Mid 1960s - present
Free database
Ebsco
MathSciNet
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Mathematics. International.
1940 - present
MathsciNet website.
OneSource Global Business Browser - G4
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Very extensive industry and company resource
International, global not just Asia Pacific
More information OneSource Information Services
Proquest Asian Business & Reference
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Detailed information on companies, economies, markets and overall business conditions, news and current awareness, country information, cultural, government and biographical information relating to Asia.
A greatly expanded resource
Conditions of use
Proquest
Proquest Central
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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 Computing
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Product reviews, database design and management, software development strategies, web commerce, networks. International.
1986 - present
Conditions of use
Proquest.
Safari Tech Books Online
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Computing, networks, web, applications, security. books from several key publishers.
Usually latest editions
Conditions of use
Safari Proquest
Sage Journals Online
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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
ScienceDirect
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Life, physical, medical, technical, and social sciences. International.
1995 - present, some earlier
Conditions of use
ScienceDirect website
Springerlink
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Journal of the publisher Springer-Verlag. International with strengths in Behavioral Sciences, Biomedical & Life Sciences, Business & Economics, Chemistry & Material Science, Computer Science, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Engineering, Humanities, Social Sciences & Law, Mathematics, Medicine, and Physics & Astronomy.
Dates vary
Conditions of use
Springerlink
SpringerLink Reference Works
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Reference titles with fulltext
International
Dates Vary
Conditions of use
SpringerLink
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
Wiley Encyclopedia of Computer Science and Engineering
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Computer science and engineering, including artificial intelligence, software systems, computer architecture, systems, theory and applications
International
Conditions of use
Wiley
Wiley Interscience
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Journals published by Wiley, including sciences, life sciences, technology, business and finance and behavioural sciences. International.
Dates vary according to title
Conditions of use
Wiley
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ABI/Inform Global
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Business, management, including accounting, taxation, banking, labor relations, marketing & advertising, human resources. International.
Dates vary
Also available: ABI/Inform Trade and Industry or ABI/Inform Dateline
Conditions of use
Proquest
AUSTLII
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Law, legislation and case law. Australia. Commonwealth and state jurisdictions plus New Zealand and South Pacific.
Starting dates vary
Conditions of use
AustLII 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 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
Computer Index Australasia (CIA)
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Popular computing. Australian.
1994 - 2001
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
Emerald Fulltext
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Management, economics, marketing, logistics, training and education. International
Indexing 1989 fulltext 1994 - present
Conditions of use
Emerald website
Factiva
Australian Financial Review and BRW are now no longer available on Factiva More information . . .
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Newspaper and company information
Factiva
Preferred browser Internet Explorer v. 5.5+, Firefox (Windows) and Safari (Macintosh).
Optics Encyclopedia
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Classical optics plus latest applications, including optical sensing and metrology, biomedicine, optical components and systems
International
Conditions of use
Wiley
SAI Global
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Standards of Standards Australia plus index to standards of other bodies. Australian.
Current and draft standards.
International standards may be unlocked and made available.
Preferred browser Internet Explorer
Conditions of use
Standards Australia website.
SCANfile
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Science and technology policy, R&D management, social and economic issues of R&D. Australian focus.
1973 - present
Conditions of use
Informit
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
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Content by: Electronic Services Librarian
Last reviewed: 30 July, 2009