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- Australian Bureau of Statistics Full text ABS publications from 1998+ , historical time series, spreadsheets and Census data.
- Australian Public Affairs Full Text (APAFT) Partial fulltext (index 1978 - present, fulltext 1995 - present) Australian:
Current affairs, humanities, politics and social sciences - Expanded Academic ASAP Partial fulltext (1980 - present) International:
General database in arts, humanities and social sciences - Family and Society Plus Partial fulltext (index 1978 - present, fulltext 2000 - present) Australian:
Issues about, or of relevance to families - Informaworld (Access dates vary), International
Over 1000 journals in many disciplines. Strengths in Social Sciences and Humanities. - ProQuest Social Science Journals Partial fulltext (access dates vary) International:
Broad coverage of social sciences, subset of ProQuest database - Sociological Abstracts (1952 - present, records after 1974 include abstracts) International:
Sociology and related disciplines - More ARTS databases Complete list of UOW databases for Arts
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