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Databases for Wollongong College Australia Databases provide access to journal and newspaper articles. They may also include other information sources such as electronic books, statistics or company information.
Databases by Faculty - select the faculty appropriate to your assignment, Diploma or Degree for a complete list of databases
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Australian Public Affairs - full text APAFT
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Business, health, current affairs, economics, humanities, law, literature, politics and social sciences.
Australian coverage.
Index 1978 - present Fulltext 1995 - present
Conditions of use
Database search system: Informit
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Emerald Fulltext
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Management, human resource management, economics, marketing, logistics, training and education
International coverage
Indexing 1989 fulltext 1994 - present
Conditions of use
Database search system: Emerald website
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Expanded Academic ASAP
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This database has information in most topic areas.
International coverage.
1980 - present
Conditions of use
Database search system: Gale InfoTrac
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Proquest 5000
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This database has information in most topic areas.
International coverage.
Various dates
Conditions of use
Database search system: Proquest.
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ScienceDirect
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Social sciences, life, physical, medical and technical sciences.
International coverage.
1995 - present, some earlier
Conditions of use
Database search system: ScienceDirect website
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A + Education
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Education and related fields, including curriculum, educational research, information science, librarianship, management, policy administration, psychology, sociology, teaching and training.
Australian coverage.
This is Australian Education Index with selected fulltext added
Fulltext 2000 - present Index 1978 - present
Conditions of use
Database search system: Informit
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AGIS Plus Text
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Law, including administrative law, companies and securities, constitutional law, copyright, criminal law, environmental law, family law.
Australian coverage
Indexing 1975 - present Fulltext 1999 - present
Conditions of use
Database search system: Informit
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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 coverage.
publications 1988 - present, with older time series
This is a free site but there are some conditions of use specified on the ABS website
Database search system: ABS website
Cambridge Journals Online
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Sciences, social sciences, and humanities
International coverage
Conditions of use
Database search system : Cambridge journals website
Computer Database
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Computer related news and product reviews.
International coverage
Current year to date plus previous three years
Conditions of use
Database search system: Gale InfoTrac.
Database on English Language Teaching for Adults in Australasia (DELTAA)
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English as a second language study and teaching.
Australian coverage.
1985 - present
Conditions of use
Database search system: Informit
E-library
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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.
Australian coverage
Conditions of use
Database search system: Informit
Encyclopaedia Britannica Online
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General information, Information in most topic areas
International coverage
Frequent updates
Conditions of use
Database search system: Britannica Online
ERIC
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Education.
International coverage.
Dates vary
Conditions of use
Database search system: Proquest
Factiva
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Newspaper and company information
Dates vary
Database search system: 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.
Australian coverage
Fulltext 2000 - present. Index 1980 - present
This is Family database with selected fulltext added
Conditions of use
Database search system: Informit
Grove Art Online
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Art in all periods and areas. Art forms, styles and movements, civilisations and cultures, subject matters and materials.
International coverage
1998 plus regular updates and additions
Conditions of use
Database search system: Grove
Informaworld
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Over 1000 journals in many disciplines. Strengths in Social Sciences and Humanities.
International.
Conditions of use
OneSource Global Business Browser - Asia Pacific edition
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Very extensive industry and company resource
International, global not just Asia Pacific
More information
Oxford Reference Online
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General reference, arts, history, business, sciences languages. Fulltext of dictionaries and other reference books.
International coverage
Various dates
Conditions of use
Database search system: Oxford.
Safari Tech Books Online
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Computing, networks, web, applications, security. books from several key publishers.
Usually latest editions
Conditions of use
Database search system: Safari
Ulrich's International Periodicals Directory
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Information about journals e.g. whether a journal is academic or popular
Note: this database is not used to find journal articles by topic.
International coverage
Database search system: Bowkers.
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Last reviewed: 4 March, 2008
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= partial fulltext = many articles are fulltext, some are citation and abstract only 
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= CD ROM