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Australian Content

 
 
ANZ NEWSTAND (PROQUEST) 

- Sydney Morning Herald, Daily Telegraph, Australian plus many other Australian & NZ news sources
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ANZ REFERENCE CENTRE (EBSCO)

- general reference tool to obtain information on a wide range of subject areas & current events

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AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS (ABS)

- population, income, employment & other statistics

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AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

- full text access to Australian Journal of Public Administration & abstracts of other journals

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COMMUNITY SERVICES DIRECTORY (LINCS)

- information on children, education, health, multicultural, recreation, seniors & other community services. LINCS User Guide

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MACQUARIENET

- comprehensive online reference library with a strong Australian emphasis
pdf icon MacquarieNet User Guide (117.94kB)

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AUSTRALIAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT GUIDE

- details of councils, suburbs, ministers and their respective departments

 
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BUILDING CODE OF AUSTRALIA ONLINE

- Building Code of Australia  
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CHOICE ONLINE  

- critical and objective consumer information.
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DIRECTORY OF AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATIONS (DAA)

- contact information on associations, foundations, marketing bodies, institutes etc.

 
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STANDARDS AUSTRALIA ONLINE

- full-text collection of Australian standards

 
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Biography & History

 

 

ACADEMIC RESEARCH LIBRARY (PROQUEST)

- covers a broad range of university level information sources

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ANCESTRY LIBRARY

- Comprehensive local studies resource covering family and house history


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ANZ NEWSTAND (PROQUEST)

- Sydney Morning Herald, Daily Telegraph, Australian plus many other Australian & NZ news sources
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ANZ REFERENCE CENTRE (EBSCO)

- general reference tool to obtain information on a wide range of subject areas & current events

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BRITANNICA ONLINE LIBRARY EDITION

- encyclopaedias for various levels from primary to university students

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HISTORY RESOURCE CENTER (GALE)

- comprehensive world history research tool
pdf icon History Resource Center Guide (112.35kB)

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MACQUARIENET

- comprehensive online reference library with a strong Australian emphasis
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MASTERFILE PREMIER (EBSCO)

- full text reference books, biographies, primary source documents, and photos, maps & flags collections

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INTERNET HISTORY RESOURCES: NEW SOUTH WALES FAMILY HISTORY DOCUMENT SERVICE

- family history research in New South Wales, Australia 
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KEESING'S WORLD NEWS ARCHIVE

- comprehensive, accurate and concise reporting of world events since 1931

 
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Business & Finance

 

 

ABI INFORM GLOBAL (PROQUEST)

- full text database that searches business, economics & human resource periodicals
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ABSTRACTS OF U.S. NATIONAL NEWSPAPERS (PROQUEST)

- abstracts and index to New York Times, USA Today & Wall Street Journal

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ACADEMIC RESEARCH LIBRARY (PROQUEST)

- covers a broad range of university level information sources

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ANZ NEWSTAND (PROQUEST)

- Sydney Morning Herald, Daily Telegraph, Australian plus many other Australian & NZ news sources
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ANZ REFERENCE CENTRE (EBSCO)

- general reference tool to obtain information on a wide range of subject areas & current events

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AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS (ABS)

- population, income, employment & other statistics

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FACTIVA

- Australian Financial Review, BBC, CNN, Dow Jones Interactive, Reuters Business Briefing, Time, The Economist...

 
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CHOICE ONLINE  

- critical and objective consumer information.
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DIRECTORY OF AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATIONS (DAA)

- contact information on associations, foundations, marketing bodies, institutes etc.

 
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Encyclopaedias & Multi-Subject Databases  

 

 

ACADEMIC RESEARCH LIBRARY (PROQUEST)

- covers a broad range of university level information sources

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ANZ NEWSTAND (PROQUEST)

- Sydney Morning Herald, Daily Telegraph, Australian plus many other Australian & NZ news sources
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ANZ REFERENCE CENTRE (EBSCO)

- general reference tool to obtain information on a wide range of subject areas & current events

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BRITANNICA ONLINE LIBRARY EDITION

- encyclopaedias for various levels from primary to university students

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FACTIVA

- Australian Financial Review, BBC, CNN, Dow Jones Interactive, Reuters Business Briefing, Time, The Economist...

 
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MACQUARIENET

- comprehensive online reference library with a strong Australian emphasis
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MASTERFILE PREMIER (EBSCO)

- full text reference books, biographies, primary source documents, and photos, maps & flags collections

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Geography

   
ACADEMIC RESEARCH LIBRARY (PROQUEST)

- covers a broad range of university level information sources

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ANZ NEWSTAND (PROQUEST)

- Sydney Morning Herald, Daily Telegraph, Australian plus many other Australian & NZ news sources
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ANZ REFERENCE CENTRE (EBSCO)

- general reference tool to obtain information on a wide range of subject areas & current events

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BRITANNICA ONLINE LIBRARY EDITION

- encyclopaedias for various levels from primary to university students

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MACQUARIENET

- comprehensive online reference library with a strong Australian emphasis
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MASTERFILE PREMIER (EBSCO)

- full text reference books, biographies, primary source documents, and photos, maps & flags collections

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Health 

 

 

CONSUMER HEALTH COMPLETE (EBSCO)

- easily understandable health and medical information

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SCIENCE JOURNALS (PROQUEST )

- research support for the applied and general sciences

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SCIENCE REFERENCE CENTER (EBSCO)

- a comprehensive science research database
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SCIENCE RESOURCE CENTER (GALE)

- experiments, encyclopaedias, illustrations, latest scientific findings
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Law

 

 

LAW HANDBOOK ONLINE

- plain language legal resource on the laws of New South Wales
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Literature & Books

   
ACADEMIC RESEARCH LIBRARY (PROQUEST)

- covers a broad range of university level information sources

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BLOOM'S LITERARY REFERENCE ONLINE

- Tool for Literary Research

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LIBRARIES AUSTRALIA

- gateway to search the catalogues of over 800 Australian libraries

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LITERARY REFERENCE CENTER (EBSCO)

- comprehensive literary reference database

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LITERATURE RESOURCE CENTER (GALE)

- critical essays, plot summaries, links etc.
pdf icon Literature Resource Center (38.58kB)

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LITFINDER (GALE)

- primary literature content, fultext poems etc.

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LITERATURE + LITFINDER CROSSEARCH (GALE)
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MACQUARIENET

- comprehensive online reference library with a strong Australian emphasis
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MASTERFILE PREMIER (EBSCO)

- reference books, biographies, primary source documents, and photos, maps & flags collections

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NOVELIST (EBSCO)

- a fiction database that provides subject heading access, annotations, reviews... 

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GLOBAL BOOKS IN PRINT (GBIP)

- provides full text reviews and bibliographic information to English language books, videos & audio cassettes
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MAGPIES MAGAZINE - THE SOURCE

- a subject guide to children's literature

 
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News, Media & Statistics

 

 

ABSTRACTS OF U.S. NATIONAL NEWSPAPERS (PROQUEST)

- abstracts and index to New York Times, USA Today & Wall Street Journal

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ANZ NEWSTAND (PROQUEST)

- Sydney Morning Herald, Daily Telegraph, Australian plus many other Australian & NZ news sources
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ANZ REFERENCE CENTRE (EBSCO)

- general reference tool to obtain information on a wide range of subject areas & current events

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AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS (ABS)

- population, income, employment & other statistics

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AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

- full text access to Australian Journal of Public Administration & abstracts of other journals

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FACTIVA

- Australian Financial Review, BBC, CNN, Dow Jones Interactive, Reuters Business Briefing, Time, The Economist ...

 
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OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS RESOURCE CENTER (GALE)

- covers different perspectives of hotly debated current issues

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Philosophy & Points of View

 

 

ACADEMIC RESEARCH LIBRARY (PROQUEST)

- covers a broad range of university level information sources

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BRITANNICA ONLINE LIBRARY EDITION

- encyclopaedias for various levels from primary to university students

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MACQUARIENET

- comprehensive online reference library with a strong Australian emphasis
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OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS RESOURCE CENTER (GALE)

- covers different perspectives of hotly debated current issues

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School Research

 

 

ABI INFORM GLOBAL (PROQUEST)

- full text database that searches business, economics & human resource periodicals
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ACADEMIC RESEARCH LIBRARY (PROQUEST)

- covers a broad range of university level information sources

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ANZ NEWSTAND (PROQUEST)

- Sydney Morning Herald, Daily Telegraph, Australian plus many other Australian & NZ news sources
pdf icon ANZ Newstand Guide (407.21kB)

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ANZ REFERENCE CENTRE (EBSCO)

- general reference tool to obtain information on a wide range of subject areas & current events

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AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS

- population, income, employment & other statistics

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BLOOM'S LITERARY REFERENCE ONLINE

- Tool for Literary Research 

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BRITANNICA ONLINE LIBRARY EDITION

- encyclopaedias for various levels from primary to university students

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CONSUMER HEALTH COMPLETE (EBSCO)

- easily understandable health and medical information

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HISTORY RESOURCE CENTER (GALE)

- comprehensive world history research tool
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LIBRARIES AUSTRALIA

- gateway to search the catalogues of over 800 Australian libraries

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COMMUNITY SERVICES DIRECTORY (LINCS)

- information on children, education, health, multicultural, recreation, seniors & other community services. LINCS User Guide 

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LITERATURE RESOURCE CENTER (GALE)

- critical essays, plot summaries, links etc.
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LITFINDER (GALE)

- primary literature content, full-text poems etc.

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LITERATURE RESOURCE CENTER + LITFINDER CROSSEARCH (GALE)
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MACQUARIENET

- comprehensive online reference library with a strong Australian emphasis
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MASTERFILE PREMIER (EBSCO)

- full text reference books, biographies, primary source documents, and photos, maps & flags collections

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OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS RESOURCE CENTER (GALE)

- covers different perspectives of hotly debated current issues

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SCIENCE JOURNALS (PROQUEST)

- research support for the applied and general sciences

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SCIENCE REFERENCE CENTER (EBSCO)

- a comprehensive science research database 
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SCIENCE RESOURCE CENTER (GALE)

- experiments, encyclopaedias, illustrations, latest scientific findings
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BUILDING CODE OF AUSTRALIA ONLINE

- Building Code of Australia  Password required - please consult duty librarian
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CHOICE ONLINE

- critical and objective consumer information. 
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STANDARDS AUSTRALIA ONLINE

- fulltext collection of Australian standards

 
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Science & Technology

 

 

ACADEMIC RESEARCH LIBRARY (PROQUEST)

- covers a broad range of university level information sources

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MACQUARIENET

- comprehensive online reference library with a strong Australian emphasis
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SCIENCE JOURNALS (PROQUEST)

- research support for the applied and general sciences

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SCIENCE REFERENCE CENTER (EBSCO)

- a comprehensive science research database
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SCIENCE RESOURCE CENTER

- experiments, encyclopaedias, illustrations, latest scientific findings
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BUILDING CODE OF AUSTRALIA ONLINE

- Building Code of Australia 
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STANDARDS AUSTRALIA ONLINE

- full-text collection of Australian standards

 
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Sports and Leisure

 

 

ANZ NEWSTAND (PROQUEST)

- Sydney Morning Herald, Daily Telegraph, Australian plus many other Australian & NZ news sources
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ANZ REFERENCE CENTRE (EBSCO)

- general reference tool to obtain information on a wide range of subject areas & current events

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BRITANNICA ONLINE LIBRARY EDITION

- encyclopaedias for various levels from primary to university students

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COMMUNITY SERVICES DIRECTORY (LINCS)

- information on children, education, health, multicultural, recreation, seniors & other community services
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MACQUARIENET

- comprehensive online reference library with a strong Australian emphasis
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MASTERFILE PREMIER (EBSCO)

- full text reference books, biographies, primary source documents, and photos, maps & flags collections

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CHOICE ONLINE

- critical and objective consumer information.
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