Resources by topic

Acronyms and abbreviations

• AcronymFinder
• Medi lexicon - medical, pharmaceutical, biomedical and health care abbreviations 

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Awards

• Links to Australian and international awards - State Library of NSW

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Bookshops

• UOW UniShop Bookshop
• ABC Shop
• Amazon.com
• Angus & Robertson
• BiblioQuest - out-of-print books
• Dymocks
• Gleebooks

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Conversion tables

• Measuring units conversion tables

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Calendars

• time and date.com

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Conferences

• Finding conferences and their proceedings
• UOW conferences

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Country profiles

• CIAO - UOW staff and students only [login required]
• Europa World - UOW staff and students only [login required]
• BBC News country profiles
• CIA World Factbook
• Country studies - Library of Congress
• Documenting A Democracy: Australia's story - National Archives of Australia
• Economist.com country briefings
• Electronic Australiana - Australian National Library
• Related: Yearbooks

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Dictionaries

• Oxford English Dictionary - UOW staff and students only [login required]
• Oxford Reference Online - UOW staff and students only [login required]
• Aboriginal languages of Australia - WWW Virtual Library
• Cambridge dictionaries
• Merriam-Webster OnLine - dictionary and thesaurus
• OneLook - language and subject-specific dictionaries
• thesaurus.com

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Discussion lists

• CataList - catalogue of listserv lists
• JISCmail

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Embassies

• Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade - foreign embassies and consulates in Australia

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Employment

• UOW Careers Central
• mycareer.com.au
• careerone
• Better Online Jobs

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Encyclopedias

• Encyclopaedia Britannica - UOW staff and students only [login required]
• Oxford Reference Online - UOW staff and students only [login required]
• Columbia Encyclopedia

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Exchange rates

• Exchange rates - Reserve Bank of Australia
• oanda.com - historical currency exchange rates
• xe.com - currency converter and table

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Images and pictures

• Factiva - UOW staff and students only [login required]
• Grove Art - UOW staff and students only [login required]
• Illawarra images - local history pictures
• PictureAustralia
• Google Image Search
• British Pathe Film Archive
• Symbols.com

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Journals

• Search for journals held by UOW
• Directory of open access journals
• Related: Academic journals
• Related: Journal abbreviations

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Journal abbreviations

• All That JAS: Journal Abbreviations Sources - a registry of full title journal abbreviations

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Libraries

• Australian Libraries Gateway
• Australian University Library Web sites
• Libraries outside Australia

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Maps

• Geoscience Australia
• Australian maps from Geoscience Australia
• Australian place name search from Geoscience Australia
• NSW Natural Resource Atlas - environmental data

• Atlapedia
• MapMachine (National Geographic)

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Quotations

• Bartleby.com Quotations
• Quotations page

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Street and postcode directories

• Australia Post Postcode Search
• whereis.com

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Telephone directories

• Telstra White Pages
• Telstra Yellow Pages
• International White and Yellow Pages
• UOW Directory Services

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Trademarks

• IP Australia - Australian patents, trademarks, designs and intellectual property
• US Patent & Trademark Office
• World Intellectual Property Organization

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Translators

• Babel Fish Translation
• Free Translation

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Universities

• World of Learning - UOW staff and students only [login required]
• Australian Universities
• Universities worldwide

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Weather and climate

• Bureau of Meteorology - Australia
• World Weather

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Yearbooks

• Year Book Australia (Australian Bureau of Statistics)
• Europa World - UOW staff and students only [login required]
• CIA World Factbook
• Information Please Almanac
• World Statesmen
• Related: Country profiles

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