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ACM Digital Library fulltext icon Image

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Computing, information technology, networking, artificial intelligence and human-machine interaction. International.

1985 - present

more information

Conditions of use

ACM Portal

American Chemical Society Publications fulltext icon Image

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Chemistry and related areas, such as toxicology and chemical engineering. International.

First issues - present

more information

Terms and Conditions (pdf)

ACS website

American Institute of Physics Journals    

 Current and archive content on this site

AIP website. AIP is a society of several societies in the physical sciences area

American Physical Society Journals     

Current and archive content to journals of this publisher

APS Website

Analytical Abstracts online (Analytical WebBase) Image

 

Analytical chemistry

1980 - present

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RSC website

Annual Reviews Image Image

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Sciences and social sciences

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Conditions of use

Annual reviews

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

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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

more information

Conditions of use

Informit

AUSTLII fulltext icon Image

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Law, legislation and case law. Australia. Commonwealth and state jurisdictions plus New Zealand and South Pacific.

Starting dates vary

more information

Conditions of use

AustLII website.

Australian Bureau of Statistics fulltext icon Image

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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

more information

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

ABS website

Australian Heritage Bibliography (AHB) Image

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

1987 - present

more information

Conditions of use

Informit

Australian Public Affairs - full text APAFT partial fulltext icon Image

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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

more information

Conditions of use

Informit

Biological Abstracts Image

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Biological and medical research. Clinical studies, new organisms. agriculture biochemistry, biomedicine, biotechnology, genetics, botany, ecology, microbiology, pharmacology, and zoology. International.

1969- 2003

Access to later material is available through Biosis Previews

more information

Conditions of use

Ovid

Biosis Previews Image

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Biological and medical research. Clinical studies, new organisms. agriculture biochemistry, biomedicine, biotechnology, genetics, botany, ecology, microbiology, pharmacology, and zoology. International.

2002 -

Access to earlier material is through Biological Abstracts

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Conditions of use

Ovid

Cambridge Journals Online Image Image

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Sciences, social sciences, and humanities

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Conditions of use

Cambridge journals website

Catalysts & Catalysed Reactions Image

 

Graphical abstracts of new developments in catalysis.

International

2002 - present

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Royal Society of Chemistry

Chem Alert Image Image

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Chemical hazards, safety, toxicology

Current

 

CHEMnetBASE fulltext icon Image

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Chemistry dictionaries and handbooks International.

Dates vary

more information

Conditions of use

Chapman and Hall/CRC

CLIB2001, CLIB96 & CLIB91 Image

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Statistics from Australian Bureau of Statistics. Stand alone CD ROM ask at Research Help.

Combined Chemical Dictionary fulltext icon Image

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Chemical substances, properties of compounds. International.

Dates vary

more information

Conditions of use

Chapman and Hall/CRC

Comprehensive Organic Functional Group Transformations Image Image

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Chemical transformations, organic synthesis, functional groups

Up to 1995

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ScienceDirect

Comprehensive Organic Functional Group Transformations II Image Image

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Chemical transformations, organic synthesis, functional groups

1995 - 2005

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ScienceDirect

CSIRO Online fulltext icon Image

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Scientific research. Fulltext access to UOW subscriptions only. Australian.

1997 - present

more information

CSIRO website.

Current Contents Connect Image

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

more information

Conditions of use

ISI Web of Knowledge

Dictionary of Commonly Cited Compounds fulltext icon Image

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25,000 most commonly cited compounds in Chemical Abstracts. International.

Dates vary

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Conditions of use

Chapman and Hall/CRC

Dictionary of Drugs fulltext icon Image

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Drugs and pharmacological agents. International.

Dates vary

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Conditions of use

Chapman and Hall/CRC

EBM Reviews - ACP Journal Club fulltext icon Image

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Evidence- based medicine. International.

1991 - present

more information

Conditions of use

Ovid

EBM Reviews - Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials fulltext icon Image

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Clinical medicine, trials. International.

Not date limited

more information

Conditions of use

Ovid

EBM Reviews - Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews fulltext icon Image

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Clinical medicine, systematic reviews. International.

1991 - present

more information

Conditions of use

Ovid.

EBM Reviews - Dare fulltext icon Image

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Clinical medicine, systematic reviews. International.

Date is latest update for whole database

more information

Conditions of use

Ovid

Ecodisc Image

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Ecology and the ecosystem, conservation. International.

1990 - present

more information

Silverplatter Webspirs

Encyclopedia of Archaeology    Tips

The nature and diversity of archaeology as a scientific discipline, the practice of archaeology, archaeology in the everyday world, and the future of the discipline.

International

Conditions of use

ScienceDirect

Encyclopedia of Life Sciences fulltext icon Image

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Biochemistry, biology, ecology, evolution, genetics, immunology, history of life sciences. International.

Published 2001 with continual updates

more information

Wiley

Encyclopedia of Materials fulltext icon Image

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Material science. International.

Published 2001 with continual updates

more information

ScienceDirect

Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Image Image

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All aspects of nanoscale science and technology dealing.

Published 2004

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American Scientific Publishers, accessed on IngentaSelect

ENVIROnetBASE Image Image

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Environmental science and engineering e-books

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Conditions of use

CRCnetBASE

Suggested browser Netscape or Mozilla. The site also suggests IE but problems have been encountered with this browser from campus

Expanded Academic ASAP partial fulltext icon Image

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

1980 - present

more information

Conditions of use

Gale InfoTrac

Georef 1785 -

Georef 2002 - Image

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Geosciences. North American until 1933 then international.

1785 - present

more information

Ovid.

Handbook of Chemistry and Physics fulltext icon Image

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Scientific data for chemistry and physics. International.

83rd ed. 2003

more information

Conditions of use

Chapman and Hall/CRC

HighWirePress partial fulltext icon Image

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Science, Technology, Medicine, Social Sciences. International

Archive site, dates vary, latest issues usually embargoed.

more information

Stanford U. P.

IEEExplore fulltext icon Image

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Electrical and electronic engineering. International.

1988 - present

more information

Conditions of use

IEEExplore website

Informaworld Image Image Tips

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

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Conditions of use

Institute of Physics - Journals  Image

 

Physics and its subdisciplines, such as quantum physics, superconductors, semiconductors, nanotechnology and astrophysics and nuclear physics.

First volumes to present

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IOP website

Lexis.com Image Image

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Legal resources. International law.

Various dates

more information

Lexis

Medline 1966-

Medline 1996-

Medline Daily update

Premedline - In-process records

Old medline 1950-1965

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Medicine. Anatomy, diseases, chemicals and drugs, techniques and equipment, psychiatry and psychology and health care. International.

1950 - present, in several files

more information

Conditions of use

Ovid

Mineralogical Abstracts (Minabs Online) Image

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Mineralogy, crystallography, geochemistry, petrology, environmental mineralogy. International.

1982 - present

Mineralogical Society

NANOnetBASE Image Image

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Nanoscience and nanotechnology e-books

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Conditions of use

CRCnetBASE

Suggested browser Netscape or Mozilla. The site also suggests IE but problems have been encountered with this browser from campus

Natural Product Updates Image

 

Developments in natural product chemistry

International

1999 - present

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Royal Society of Chemistry

Nature Journals Online Image Image

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Science research. International

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Nature Publishing Group

Please consult the Info link for subscribed titles and their links. Individual titles also listed in the Library catalogue

Optics Encyclopedia     Tips

Classical optics plus latest applications, including optical sensing and metrology, biomedicine, optical components and systems

International

Conditions of use

Wiley

Polymers: A Property Database fulltext icon  Image

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Physical properties of polymers, scientific and trade information. International

more information

Conditions of use

Chapman and Hall/CRC

Properties of Organic Compounds fulltext icon  Image

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Organic compounds, featuring physical data, spectral data, and structures. International.

more information

Conditions of use

Chapman and Hall/CRC

Proquest 5000 partial fulltext icon Image

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

Various dates

more information

Conditions of use

Proquest.

Royal Society of Chemistry fulltext quota free

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Chemistry. International

All issues of the available titles

Possible to restrict to the archive or later years

information

Conditions of use

Royal Society of Chemistry

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

SAI Global fulltext icon quota free

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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

more information

Conditions of use

Standards Australia website.

Science & Technology Proceedings on ISI Proceedings Image

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

Subset of ISI Proceedings, select when logged on

International

2002- present

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Conditions of use

Thomson Scientific (ISI)

ScienceDirect Image Image

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

1995 - present, some earlier

more information

Conditions of use

ScienceDirect website

SciFinder Scholar / Chemical Abstracts

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Chemistry and many other science and technology applications. Requires SciFinder Scholar 2006 client software:

Existing users: replace older versions by installing in the existing directory. The install wizard should do this for you.
First time users: The SciFinder Scholar client will not run without a specific file. If installing the client for the first time, please contact Neil Grant (02-4221 3547) to obtain the required file.

Access from on campus only. Requires border authentication

International.

1907 - present

more information

Details on website

Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater     

All aspects of water and wastewater analysis techniques.

Latest edition

Standard Methods website

Springerlink Image Image

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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

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Conditions of use

Springerlink

SpringerLink Reference Works Image Image

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Reference titles with fulltext

International

Dates Vary

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Conditions of use

SpringerLink

Treatise on Geochemistry Image Image

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Geochemistry

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Conditions of use

ScienceDirect website

Web of Knowledge Image

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

Dates vary for each database

more information

Conditions of use

ISI Web of Knowledge

Web of Science Image

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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

more information

Conditions of use

ISI Web of Knowledge

Wiley Interscience fulltext icon Image

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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

more information

Conditions of use

Wiley

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 Other relevant databases

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Agriculture and Natural Resources Index (ANR-Index) Image

 

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Agriculture and natural resources including sustainable agriculture, food, forestry and fisheries industries, water and natural resources. Australian

2000 - present

Conditions of use

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Informit

[formerly ABOA and STREAMLINE]

Agriculture and Natural Resources Index - Archive Image

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Agriculture and natural resources including sustainable agriculture, food, forestry and fisheries industries, water and natural resources. Australian

1975 - 2000

Conditions of use

Image

Informit

[formerly ABOA and STREAMLINE]

Agriculture and Natural Resources Research (ANR-Research) Image

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Current and recently completed research projects across the agriculture and natural resources areas including sustainable agriculture, food, forestry and fisheries industries, water and natural resources. Australian

Research in progress

Conditions of use

Image

Informit

[formerly ARRIP]

Agriculture and Natural Resources Research - Archive Image

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Completed research projects across the agriculture and natural resources areas including sustainable agriculture, food, forestry and fisheries industries, water and natural resources. Australian

1984 - present, updated twice per year

Conditions of use

Image

Informit

[formerly CARRP]

APEC Literature Database (APECLIT) Image

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Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) and related topics. Asia and Pacific.

1990 approx. - present

more information

Conditions of use

Informit

AUSTGUIDE Image

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General and educational. Australian focus.

1986 - present

more information

Conditions of use

Informit

Australian Architecture Database (ARCH) Image

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Architects, architecture, building, interior design and landscape architecture. Australian.

1980 - present

more information

Conditions of use

Informit

Australian Criminology Database (CINCH) Image

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Criminal law and justice. Australian.

1968 - present

more information

Conditions of use

Informit

Australian Historic Records Register (AHRR) Image

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

1788 - 1988.

more information

Conditions of use

Informit

Australian Nuclear Science & Technology Information (ANSTI) Image

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Nuclear science research and development, with special emphasis on its peaceful applications. Australian.

1970 - present

more information

Conditions of use

Informit

Australian Tourism Index (ATI) Image

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Leisure, recreation, sport, tourism and travel. Australian.

1982 - 2000

more information

Conditions of use

Informit

Bibliography of Indonesian Politics and the Economy (BIPE) Image

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

1965 - October 1998

more information

Conditions of use

Informit .

CHemical Engineering Reference User Bibliography (CHERUB) Image

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Chemical engineering. Australian.

1956 - present

more information

Conditions of use

Informit.

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

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Current and historical events. Australian.

1992- plus historical material

more information

Conditions of use

Informit.

Compendex no quota

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Engineering and technology. International.

1969 - present

more information

Engineering Village website

Consumer Sciences Index (CSI) Image

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Consumer economics. Australian.

1988 - 2001

more information

Conditions of use

Informit

Dictionary of Natural Products fulltext icon Image

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Naturally occuring chemicals. International.

Dates vary

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Conditions of use

Chapman and Hall/CRC

EDGE Image

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Management, environmental, packaging and building. Australian.

1985 - present

more information

Conditions of use

Informit

Elixir Image

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Agriculture, mineral resources, conservation and land management. Australian

1990 - present

more information

Conditions of use

Informit

Endanger Image

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Threatened flora and fauna. Australian.

1960 - present

more information

Conditions of use

Informit

ENGINE Image

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All branches of engineering. Australian.

1980 - present

more information

Conditions of use

Informit

EVA - Environmental Abstracts Image

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Environment

Informit

Factiva Image Image

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Newspaper and company information

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Factiva

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

Family and Society Plus partial fulltext quota free

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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

information

Conditions of use

Informit

Far North Queensland Collection (FNQ) Image

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

Records up to 1999.

more information

Conditions of use

Informit

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Province Database (REEF) Image

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Great Barrier Reef and the activities associated with the Marine Park.

1982 - present

more information

Conditions of use

Informit

Health & Society Database (H&S) Image

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Health policy services and issues. Australian. Subset of Family.

1980 - present

more information

Conditions of use

Informit

Health Reference Center - Academic partial fulltext icon Image

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Health information for nursing, public health, nutrition, psychology. International.

Current year plus previous four years

more information

Conditions of use

Gale InfoTrac

Indigenous Studies Bibliography (AIATSIS) Image

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Australian Indigenous studies.

1990 - present

more information

Conditions of use

Informit

IngentaConnect partial fulltext icon Image

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A comprehensive collection of academic and professional research articles online. Fulltext is available to titles subscribed to by the Library. Other fulltext may be purchased

International

Various dates

more information

Ingenta.

Inspec Image

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Physics, electrical engineering, electronics,communications, information technology. International.

1969 - present

more information

Conditions of use

Ovid

IREL Image

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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

more information

Conditions of use

Informit

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

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

1990 - present

more information

Conditions of use

Informit

Management and Environment Information (MEDGE) Image

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

1985 - present

more information

Conditions of use

Informit

Media Scan Image

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Current events and news items. Australian focus.

1991 - present

more information

Conditions of use

Informit

Multicultural Australia and Immigration Studies (MAIS) Image

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

1988 - present

more information

Conditions of use

Informit

Philosopher's Index Image

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Philosophy and related fields. International.

1940 - present

more information

Conditions of use

Ovid.

Rural and Remote Health Database (RURAL) Image

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Rural and remote area health issues and care, and the practice and educational needs of health providers Australian

1966 - present

more information

Conditions of use

Informit

Sage - Science and geography education Image

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Science and more general information. Australian focus

Mid 1980s - present

Image

Conditions of use

Informit

Safari Tech Books Online Image Image

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Computing, networks, web, applications, security. books from several key publishers.

Usually latest editions

more information

Conditions of use

Safari Proquest

SCANfile Image

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Science and technology policy, R&D management, social and economic issues of R&D. Australian focus.

1973 - present

more information

Conditions of use

Informit

Sociological Abstracts Image

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Sociology and related disciplines. International.

1963 - present Records after 1974 include abstracts

more information

Conditions of use

CSA.

Springerlink Image Image

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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

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Conditions of use

Springerlink

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 Print indexes

Title

Call Number - Library has

Analytical Abstracts

R 016.54306/1 1954-1998

Current Geographical Publications

R 016.9105/1 1997+

Geographical Abstracts - Human Geography

R 016.910105/1

R 016.91/9 1966-1988

1989+

Geographical Abstracts - Physical Geography

R 016.910105/1

R 016.551/3 1966 - 1989

1989+

It's New / What's New

R 016.0505/8 1973+

Mineralogical Abstracts

R 016.54905/1 1959+

PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service)

C 016.305/2 1915 - 2001

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