Databases by Title: H - L

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Title	Tips	Notes
Handbook of Chemistry and Physics	Tips	Scientific data for chemistry and physics. International. 83rd ed. 2003 Conditions of use Chapman and Hall/CRC
Handbook of Child Psychology	Tips	Child psychology, including theoretical models of human development; cognition, perception and language; social emotional and personality development; child psychology in practice 6th ed. 2006 Conditions of use Wiley
Harrison's Practice		Common medical topics for information at the point of care. Frequently updated McGraw-Hill
Health and Medical Complete	Tips	Healthcare specialties, including nursing. International. 1986 - present Conditions of use Proquest
Health & Society Database (H&S)	Tips	Health policy services and issues. Australian. Subset of Family. 1980 - present Conditions of use Informit
Health Issues in Criminal Justice (CINCH-Health)	Tips	Criminal law and justice relating to health. Australian. 1968 - present Conditions of use Informit
Health Reference Center - Academic	Tips	Health information for nursing, public health, nutrition, psychology. International. Current year plus previous four years Conditions of use Gale InfoTrac
Health Sciences: A SAGE Full-Text Collection	Tips	Nursing and nursing related health issues. International Dates vary Sage
HeinOnline	Tips	Law journals and reports, U.S. focus Archive collection, from first publication date Conditions of use Hein
HighWirePress	Tips	Science, Technology, Medicine, Social Sciences. International Archive site, dates vary, latest issues usually embargoed. Stanford U. P.
HIV/AIDS Database (HIVA)	Tips	Clinical, nutritional, medical and psychological aspects of HIV/AIDS. Australian focus 1980 - present Conditions of use Informit
Hoover's Company Records	Tips	Company data and brief financial data, known as company capsules and profiles. Conditions of use Proquest
Humanities and Social Sciences Index - Retrospective		Indexing for key journals in social sciences and humanities. International 1907-1984 Wilson web

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Title	Tips	Notes
IDP Database of Research on International Education Formerly known as AEI - Database of Research on International Education
IEA Databases		International Energy Agency statistics on SourceOECD Conditions of use Source OECD Website
IEEExplore	Tips	Electrical and electronic engineering. International. 1988 - present Conditions of use IEEExplore website
Illawarra Index		Index to local Illawarra newspapers and Illawarra Historical Society Bulletin 1950s - present Wollongong City Library website
Images MD		Medical images (photos, tables diagrams and graphs) with informative text. Current Medicine Group website
Index to Conference Proceedings Now on Web of Science
Index to Legal Periodicals	Tips	Law journal literature. 1978 - current Included in LexisNexis
Indigenous Studies Bibliography (AIATSIS)	Tips	Australian Indigenous studies. 1990 - present 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 The Sydney Morning Herald Australian 1988 - June 2005 State Library of NSW
Informaworld	Tips	Over 1000 journals in many disciplines. Strengths in Social Sciences and Humanities. International. Conditions of use
Informit Databases	Tips	Informit databases page, choose databases to search Conditions of use Informit
Informit E-library Now divided into Humanities and Social Sciences Collection and Engineering Collection	Tips	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
IngentaConnect	Tips	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 Ingenta.
Inspec	Tips	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
International Encyclopedia of Communication		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	Tips	Social and behavioural sciences and related areas International Conditions of use ScienceDirect
ISI Proceedings see Conference Proceedings Citation Index, on Web of Science	Tips	Index to significant conferences, symposia, seminars, colloquia, workshops, and conventions in a wide range of disciplines. International 1991- present Conditions of use Thomson Scientific (ISI)

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Title	Tips	Notes
JSTOR	Tips	Archives of significant scholarly journals published in the arts and humanities, sciences and social sciences, music, business, mathematics and statistics. Conditions of use JSTOR
Joanna Briggs Institute - Evidence-Based Resources	Tips	Systematic Reviews, Evidence Summaries, and Best Practice Information Sheets for nursing and the allied health professions. Conditions of use Proquest
Journal Citation Reports (JCR Web)	Tips	Ranking of science and social science journals. International. 2000 - present Conditions of use ISI
Journals_at_Ovid	Tips	Medical sciences journals. International. Various dates Conditions of use Ovid

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Title	Tips	Notes
Law Institute Journal		Law Institute web page Password required
Law Society Journal		Law Society of NSW Web Page Password required - password does not provide full member access
LAWLEX	Tips	Law, Hansard, bills explanatory memoranda. Australia. Dates vary Lawlex
Lecture Notes in Computer Science	Tips	LNCS covers new developments in computer science and information technology research and teaching. 1997 - present Conditions of use SpringerLink
Legal Online Formerly Lawbook online	Tips	Case law and commentary. Australian. Availability dates vary Recommended browser: IE LawbookCo.com
Legal Resource Index	Tips	Law. International 1977- present Included in LexisNexis. See notes with Lexis.com relating to access problems
LegalTrac	Tips	Major law reviews, legal newspapers, bar association journals and international legal journals. 1980 - present Conditions of use Gale
Lexis.com Lexis.com From on campus (uses quota)	Tips	Legal resources. International law. Various dates We have problems accessing Lexis.com through our EZproxy server, which provides off-campus access and also is quota free. We have provided another link for on campus users. Off campus users who are using an IE browser will be able to get ready access if they uncheck the option to "Warn about certificate address mismatch". This warning is designed to alert users that the security certificate presented by this website was issued for a different website’s address. In this instance, it is because the University uses generic security certificates so they do not exactly match the servers the traffic is coming from and so cause the error message. Consider using another browser or go into: Tools->Internet Options->Advanced->”Warn about certificate address mismatch” uncheck the box and restart your browser. You might like to revert to having the warning once you have finished using Lexis.com Lexis
LexisNexis AU	Tips	Law including administrative, corporate, family, intellectual property,civil and industrial law. Australian. Current Recommended browser: IE Conditions of use - please see distinction between academic and non-academic use LexisNexis AU
Libraries Australia	Tips	This is the new interface to Kinetica Holdings of resources in Australian Libraries. Links to several catalogues: NBD - Australia British Library catalogue - U.K. Library of Congress catalogue - USA Te Puna - New Zealand
Library, Information Science and Technology Abstracts		Librarianship, Information Science. International Mid 1960s - present Free database Ebsco
Liebert Online		Electronic Journals in Lifesciences, Medicine, Law, Psychology, Engineering, Biotechnology, Informatics Dates vary but most start from 2000, with some earlier Mary Ann Liebert Inc.

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