Research Databases List
Find articles from newspapers, magazines and academic journals, as well as essays, encyclopedias and reference books.
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Academic Search Premier is a core source of scholarly information from over 4700 journals, 4000 of
which are peer-reviewed, with content going as far back as 1985.
Subjects include: Multidisciplinary - This database covers all subject areas..
In-library Please visit your nearest library to use this resource.
Get started on your family history research. Access the complete content from the world's largest
online genealogy resource, free to library users.
Subjects include: genealogy, family history.
APA-FT is an online collection of scanned images of articles from more than 560 journals covering
Australia’s political, economic and social affairs.
Subjects include: environment, globalisation, history, industrial relations, immigration,
politics, social policy, public health and national identity.
This resource contains content from Encyclopedia Britannica, the world's premier english language
encyclopedia.
Subjects include: general reference, homework help.
Consumer Health Complete is a collection of health journals, books, encyclopedias and pamphlets
designed to provide information for patients in plain language.
Subjects include: health, medicine, aging, drugs & alcohol, alternative therapies, fitness,
nutrition..
Search GreenFILE for references to scholarly research on all aspects of the environment.
Subjects include: Climate change, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable
energy, recycling.
Literary Reference Center provides users with information on thousands of authors and their works
across literary disciplines and timeframes.
Subjects include: reading and literature.
In-library Please visit your nearest library to use this resource.
Comprising the Building Code & the Plumbing Code, the National Construction Code regulates
building standards throughout Australia.
Subjects include: Building & construction, design, plumbing & drainage.
Designed to meet every student's science research needs, this database contains full text for
hundreds of science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, and other sources.
Subjects include: biology, chemistry, earth & space science, environmental science, health
& medicine, history of science, life science, physics and computers.
In-library Please visit your nearest library to use this resource.
Search full digitised reproductions of every edition of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Sun-Herald
between 1955-1995, including pictures, personal notices, advertisements and more.
Subjects include: Australian history, genealogy.
This database offers students and researchers a broad collection of full-text periodicals, reference
works and primary source documents.
Subjects include: ancient history, modern history, wars, communism & the cold war and British
colonisation.
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