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  • Academic OneFile
    Articles on most subject areas. International. Fulltext. 1980 +
  • Academic Search Complete
    Multidisciplinary, including area studies, astronomy, biology, chemistry, engineering, ethnic & multicultural studies, food science & technology, geography, geology, law, materials science, mathematics, music, physics, psychology, women's studies, zoology. Fulltext. International. Some content from 1887-
  • ACM Digital Library
    Information technology, computing and related fields, including magazine articles, and conference proceedings from the Association for Computing Material (ACM). International. 1985 +
  • AGIS Plus Text
    Australian law and related fields. Compiled by the Commonwealth Attorney-General's Dept. Fulltext. Australian. Fulltext 1999 + index 1975 +
  • AIATSIS - Indigenous Studies Bibliography
    Covers published and unpublished material on Australian Indigenous studies. Compiled by the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Library. Index. 1990 +
  • American Chemical Society
    American Chemical Society journals. Chemistry and related areas. International. Fulltext. Current and archives
  • American Geophysical Union Digital Library
    Archive of Geophysics literature, with rolling file for content older than six years, except where Library has a current subscription to a journal title. International. Fulltext.
  • American Institute of Physics
    American Institute of Physics journals. Fulltext. Current and archives
  • American Physical Society
    American Physical Society journals. Fulltext. Current and archives
  • Annual Reviews
    Critical reviews of primary research literature in physical, biomedical and social sciences disciplines. International. Fulltext. Dates vary
  • Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII)
    Legislation and case law. Australia, Commonwealth and state jurisdictions plus New Zealand and South Pacific
  • Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) | Mobile access
    Australian Bureau of Statistics provides statistical information including reports and census data. Fulltext. 1998 +
  • Australian Criminology Database (CINCH)
    Covers all aspects of crime and criminal justice. Australian. 1968 +
  • Australian Public Affairs Full Text (APA-FT)
    Australian current affairs, law, literature, politics, history, social sciences and culture. Fulltext 1995 +, Index 1978 +
  • Cambridge Journals Online | Mobile access
    Sciences, social sciences, economics and humanities. International. Fulltext. Dates vary
  • Catalysts & Catalyzed Reactions Database
    Graphical abstracts of new developments in catalysis. International. Index. 2002 +
  • Chem Alert
    Chemical hazards, safety and toxicology. Australian. Fulltext. Current
  • CHEMnetBASE
    Chemistry dictionaries and handbooks. International. Dates vary.
  • Cochrane Library  
      
    Evidence based medicine sources, including systematic reviews (Cochrane DSR) and the central register of clinical trials from the Cochrane Collaboration research groups. International. Fulltext. Dates vary
  • Compendex
    Database also known as 'Engineering Village'. Engineering and technological research literature. Includes conference proceedings. International. Index. 1969 +
  • Computers & Applied Sciences Complete
    applied sciences, engineering; the business and social implications of new technology. Fulltext. International. Dates vary
  • CSIRO
    Research by leading scientists covering a broad range of subjects. Includes some international subject matter. Australian. Fulltext. 1997 +
  • Current Chemical Reactions
    single- and multi-step new synthetic methods in Chemistry. International. Index. 1986 +

    Note, this is currently undergoing some changes due to the new version of Web of Science
  • Current Contents Connect
    Tables of contents and citations in sciences, social sciences, business and arts and humanities, technology and medical science. International. Index. 1997 +
  • ENVIROnetBASE
    Environmental science and engineering e-books
  • Environment Complete
    Environmental issues, ecology and conservation. Fulltext. International. Dates vary
  • Factiva
    Newspaper and television news sources, business and company information. International. Fulltext.
  • GeoRef
    Geosciences including geology, petrology, geochemistry, mineralogy. International. Index. 1785 +
  • Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Province Database (REEF)
    Great Barrier Reef and the activities associated with the Marine Park. Australian. Index. 1982 +
  • Health Reference Center
    Covers topics in nursing, public health, nutrition, psychology. International. Fulltext. Previous 4 years to date
  • HighWire Press
    Science, Technology, Medicine, Social Sciences. International. Fulltext.
  • IEEE Xplore | Mobile access
    Electrical and electronic engineering. Quality technical literature including IEEE transactions, journals, magazines, standards, and conference proceedings. International. Fulltext. 1988 +
  • Index Chemicus
    Structures and critical supporting data for novel organic compounds. International. Index. 1993 +
  • InformaWorld
    Please see Taylor & Francis Journals, the new title for this collection.
  • Informit e-Library: Engineering
    Engineering and related fields, including specialist engineering areas. Includes journal articles, conference papers, working papers and other grey literature sourced from the Engineers Australia library collection. Australian. Fulltext. 1973 +
  • INSPEC
    Physics, electrical engineering, electronics, communications, information technology. International. Index. 1969 +
  • IOP Electronic Journals
    Institute of Physics (IOP) journals. International. Fulltext. 1874 +
  • JSTOR Plant Science
    Provides access to plant type specimens, taxonomic structures and scientific literature. International. Dates vary
  • Lexis.com
    Legislation, case law and journal articles from the U.S. and other jurisdictions including Australasia. Fulltext. Dates vary.
  • Malaysia/Singapore/Brunei/ASEAN Database (BERITA)
    Education, business, law, science and technology, politics and information science. Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei. Index. 1990 +
  • MEDLINE
    Medicine, nursing, life sciences, toxicology, nutrition and other health related topics. Produced by the U.S National Library of Medicine. International. Index. 1950 +
  • Multicultural Australia and Immigration Studies (MAIS)
    Covers Immigration, emigration, multiculturalism, ethnicity, racism, multicultural education, migrant health, refugees and aboriginal studies. Australian. 1988 +
  • Nature Journals Online
    Science research. International. Fulltext. Dates vary
  • Philosopher's Index
    Covers all aspects of philosophy including ethics, aesthetics, epistemology, law, religion, science, history and education. International. Index. 1940 +
  • ProQuest Central
    Coverage in a broad range of subject areas. Includes several databases which may be searched either individually or in combinations. International. Fulltext. Dates vary.
  • Royal Society of Chemistry
    Journals published by the Royal Society of Chemistry. International. Fulltext. 1997 +
  • RSC Analytical WebBase
    Analytical chemistry. International. Index. 1980 +
  • Rural and Remote Health Database (RURAL)
    Covers rural and remote area health issues and care, including needs of health providers. Produced by Monash University School of Rural Health. Australian. Fulltext. 1966 - 2006
  • Safari Books Online
    Ebooks in computing/IT, including titles on networks, web, applications, security, multimedia and e-business from key science and technology publishers. Latest editions available.
  • SAGE Journals Online
    Journals published by SAGE Publishing. Covers business, humanities, social sciences, science and technology. International. Fulltext from vol 1 +
  • SAI Global  
      
    Standards provided by Standards Australia and international standards. Fulltext. Current, draft and withdrawn. Click on Subscription Logout after use.
  • Science And Geography Education (SAGE)
    Science, geography and more general information. Australian. Index. 1990+
  • ScienceDirect  
      
    Journals published by Elsevier, with coverage in life and social sciences, science, technology and business. International. Fulltext. 1997 + Also an extensive range of ebooks is available to users.
  • SciFinder Scholar
    Covers most aspects of general and applied chemistry. International. Index. 1907+ Java 6 is required to view reaction or formula graphics.Further system requirements
  • Scopus
    The largest citation and abstract database of peer-reviewed literature and scientific web sources (covers scientific, technical, medical, social sciences literature as well as arts and humanities). Advanced features include tracking and analysis tools for identifying cited references, authors and publications.
  • Sociological Abstracts
    Covers all aspects of sociology and behavioural sciences, includes books, dissertations and conference papers. International. Index. 1952+
  • SpringerLink
    Journals published by Springer Verlag, with a focus on scientific, technical, business and medical subjects. International. Fulltext. 1997 +
  • Taylor & Francis Journals  
      
    Extensive collection of published material from a broad range of disciplines, with a strong focus on humanities, social sciences and business. International. Fultext. 1997 +
  • Web of Knowledge
    Portal for Web of Science, Current Contents Connect, JCR Web. International. Index. Dates vary
  • Web of Science  
      
    Science Citation Index 1965 +, Social Sciences Citation Index 1965+, Arts and Humanities Citation International. Index 1975+, Conference Proceedings Citation Index 1991+ International.
  • Wiley Online Library
    Journals published by Wiley, with coverage in science and technology, life and behavioural sciences, business and finance. International. Dates vary
 

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