Community access to journal articles and news

This page provides links to publicly available journal articles and news items. Some links will provide access to the whole article (fulltext) while others only provide a summary (abstract).

Your public library can help you with locating journal articles and newspapers that are abstracted. The Wollongong City Library, the State Library of New South Wales and the National Library of Australia also provide access to some journals and newspapers.

Check the Library Catalogue for articles with an abstract to determine if the Library holds that journal in print. Use the link 'Title' and type the journal or newspaper title.

Extended services are available to Alumni Library members.

• Arts and Humanities
• Education
• Health
• Law
• News
• Science and Technology

 Arts and Humanities

Key: =" abstract" =" some" or all fulltext

Title	Key	Notes
AusStage Australian Performing Arts		An index to the performing arts events in Australia and a directory of research resources for the performing arts.
AustArt Australian art journals index		Indexes the contents of art journals held at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) College of Fine Arts Library (COFA).
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS website)		Statistical data of Australia, the States and smaller regions.
Australian Federation Fulltext Database		The digitisation of the key texts that record the making of the Australian Commonwealth.
Australian Key Journals		Indexes articles and book reviews from a range of older Australian journals (pre-1990)
Directory of Open Access Journals		Quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals.
Infokoori		An index to the Koori Mail from 1991 onwards.
Infoquick		A selective index to the Sydney Morning Herald and its supplements (including the Sun Herald, Good Weekend, Eastern Herald, Northern Herald) from 1 January 1988.
MagPortal		Search for articles in popular journals by topic or keywords.
The Online Book Page		Lists over 20,000 free books on the Web.
Resource Library		Articles on a range of topics, including business, health, society, entertainment, sports and more.
Setis		Australian Literary and Historical Texts University of Sydney.

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 Education

Key: =" abstract" =" some" or all fulltext

Title	Key	Notes
BEI British Education Index		Contains over 300 UK education and training journals which supports educational research. It includes aspects of educational policy and administration, evaluation and assessment, technology and special educational needs.
Directory of Open Access Journals		Quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals.
EdNA Education Network of Australia		Web based resources useful for teaching and learning including curriculum materials and teaching aids.
EdResearch Online		Online subset of Australian Education Index (AEI). Contents include journal articles, research reports, government reports, theses, conference proceedings and papers. Recommended browser: IE
Education-line		Educational research, policy and practice including conference papers, working papers and electronic literature.
ERIC		Free online version on the ERIC database. Contains/ documents and journal articles on education research and practice.
MagPortal		Search for articles in popular journals by topic or keywords.
Resource Library		Articles on a range of topics, including business, health, society, entertainment, sports and more.
VOCED		A/research database for technical and vocational education and training including policy, practise, training systems and statistics produced by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER).

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 Health

Key: =" abstract" =" some" or all fulltext

Title	Key	Notes
Directory of Open Access Journals		Quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals.
MagPortal		Search for articles in popular journals by topic or keywords.
OT Seeker		Abstracts of systematic reviews and randomised controlled trials relevant to occupational therapy.
Pedro Physiotherapy Evidence Database.		Abstracts of randomised controlled trials, systematic reviews and evidence-based clinical practice guidelines in physiotherapy.
Pubmed		Medicine. International. Publicly available version of Medline, Premedline plus other content. /1966 - present. Note: To limit to free full text: type your search adding AND full text [sb] Example: insulin AND diabetes AND free full text [sb]
Resource Library		Articles on a range of topics, including business, health, society, entertainment, sports and more.

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 Law

Key: =" abstract" =" some" or all fulltext

Title	Key	Notes
AustLII		Legislation and case law. Australia -/ Federal, State and Territories. /Links also to New Zealand, South Pacific and others.
ComLaw		Primary legal materials. Australia. Federal and territories legislation, including bills and regulations.
Directory of Open Access Journals		Quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals.
MagPortal		Search for articles in popular journals by topic or keywords. Includes society, politics and culture.
Resource Library		Articles on a range of topics, including business, health, society, entertainment, society, sports and more.
WebLaw		Annotated links to internet resources by topic.

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 News

Key: =" abstract" =" some" or all fulltext

Title	Keys	Notes
ABC News Online		Provides latest headlines and search facility.
Parlinfo Web		Selected newspaper stories for Federal Parliamentarians.

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 Science and Technology

Key: =" abstract" =" some" or all fulltext

Title	Keys	Notes
Directory of Open Access Journals		Quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals.
MagPortal		Search for articles in popular journals by topic or keywords.
KLI Theory Lab		Scientific literature in evolution and cognition research.
Office of Scientific and Technical Information		Energy, science and technology resources. USA.
Resource Library		Articles on a range of topics, including business, health, society, entertainment, sports and more.
Scirus		Search journal content but also scientists' homepages, courseware, pre-print server material, patents and institutional repository and website information.
Trade Environment Database		An inventory of case studies concerned with trade and environment issues.
TRID		Published transportation research.

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Content by: Electronic Services Librarian