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BOOKS & BOOKSTORES
DATABASES
DICTIONARIES & ENCYCLOPAEDIAS
GOVERNMENT: FEDERAL & STATE
INTERNET SUBJECT GUIDES
JOB SEEKING
JOURNALS ONLINE
LIBRARIES
NEWSPAPERS ONLINE
NEWS SERVICES
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
& SAFETY
PHONE BOOKS - STREET DIRECTORIES - MAPS
RADIO AND TELEVISION
SEARCH ENGINES: AUSTRALIAN
SEARCH ENGINES: INTERNATIONAL
STATISTICS
STUDY SKILLS
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BOOKS & BOOKSTORES |
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Australian Libraries Gateway
Australian booksellers and publishers with an online presence.
http://www.nla.gov.au/libraries/resource/bookpub.html |
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Booker
Prize
Now correctly known as the Man Booker Prize, but
referred to colloquially as the "Booker", this literary
prize. It is awarded to the best full-length novel written
in English by a citizen of the UK, the Commonwealth, Eire,
Pakistan or South Africa.
http://www.middlemiss.org/lit/prizes/booker/booker.html |
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Books
at GetOnce
Searches across a number of online bookstores for requested
title. Follow the links to purchase online, for mail delivery.
http://www.getonce.com.au/books.html |
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Co-op
Bookshop
The Co-op Bookshop specializes in the texts required
for TAFE studies. These are also available by mail and orders
may be submitted via their online site. Your campus may have
a branch of the Co-op Bookshop onsite (or an alternative bookshop).
http://www.coop-bookshop.com.au/bookshop |
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eScholarship
Editions.
Project managed by the California Digital Library which contains
full text books over a range of topics. Publicly accessible
titles are marked "Public".
http://content.cdlib.org/escholarship/ |
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Pulitzer Prize
Searchable list of all prize winners since 1917.
http://www.pulitzer.org//index.html |
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| DATABASES |
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Internet Databases (full-text and indexing)
are available for student use. Links
are available from this site. |
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DICTIONARIES & ENCYCLOPAEDIAS |
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Acronyms
http://www.libraryspot.com/acronyms.htm |
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Bartleby Great Reference Books Online
Searches a number of reference books simultaneously.
http://www.bartleby.com/reference/ |
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Encyclopaedia
Britannica
The complete encyclopaedia plus selected articles from
the world's top magazines.
http://www.britannica.com/ |
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Encyclopaedia
Mythica
Collection of data on the gods, goddesses, and monsters
from pre-industrial world cultures.
http://www.pantheon.org/ |
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Information
Please
Search an online almanac, dictionary, encyclopedia and atlas.
http://www.infoplease.com/ |
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Library Spot - Dictionaries
Links to a variety of online dictionaries under the categories
Popular, Special (Subject), and Foreign Language.
http://www.libraryspot.com/dictionaries/ |
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Library Spot - Encyclopedias
Links to a variety of online encyclopaedias under
the categories Popular, Science Health & Nature, Humanities,
Places and Things.
http://www.libraryspot.com/encyclopedias.htm |
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Library
Spot - Thesauri
Links to Roget's Thesaurus (in several forms) to help you
find synonyms.
http://www.libraryspot.com/thesauri.htm |
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One Look Dictionary
Search
Find definitions, translations, search across a number of
dictionaries.
http://www.onelook.com/ |
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Your
Dictionary
English plus 210 other languages; specialty dictionaries (law,
business etc.), thesauri, pronunciation, synonyms.
http://www.yourdictionary.com/ |
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INTERNET SUBJECT GUIDES |
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About.com
Over 700 Guide sites organized into 36 channels. Covers
more than 50,000 subjects with over 1 million links to the
best resources on the Net.
http://www.about.com/ |
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Australian
Subject Gateways to Internet Resources
Extensive list of Australian links produced by the National
Library of Australia.
http://www.nla.gov.au/pathways/pthw_global.html |
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BUBL
Link Catalogue
Selected Internet resources covering all academic subject
areas
http://bubl.ac.uk/ |
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Journalism
- Internet Resource Guide
Net-based sources of Australian factual or background information.
http://www.journoz.com/
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Martindale's
Reference Desk
Links to a large number of sites including health, arts and
the environment.
http://www.martindalecenter.com/ |
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Needle
in a CyberStack
Directories, search engines, encyclopedias maps, etc.
http://home.mchsi.com/~albeej/ |
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Southbank
Institute of TAFE
Internet subject links.
http://www.southbank.tafe.net/site/library/findinginfo/internetsites/index.asp |
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Spinney
Press Internet Links
Links divided by topic.
http://www.spinneypress.com.au/further_links.html |
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Trinity College, W.A. - Duffy Resource Centre
Assignment and project topics in key learning and curriculum areas as well as contemporary issues.
http://www.trinity.wa.edu.au/plduffyrc/subjects/default.htm |
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WWW
Virtual Library
Links to major subject gateways.
http://vlib.org/ |
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JOURNALS ONLINE |
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American Educational Research Association. Special Interest Group
Open access journals in the field of education.
http://aera-cr.asu.edu/ejournals/
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Australian
Journals Online
A listing of over 1,700 Australian electronic journals,
magazines, webzines, newsletters and e-mail fanzines, including
both local and overseas works with Australian content.
http://www.nla.gov.au/ajol/ |
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Digital
Library and Archives
List of 19 academic e-journals over a wide range of subjects.
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/ |
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Directories
of Free E-Journals on the Web
Compiled by Curtin University.
http://library.curtin.edu.au/dblistfree/index.html
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FindArticles
Search over articles collected from 300 journal titles
by journal title or by topics including business, health,
society, entertainment, sports and more. All articles available
free & in full text.
http://www.findarticles.com/ |
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InCite
Australian Library and Information Association monthly
newsletter.
http://alia.org.au/publishing/incite/ |
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Internet
Journal of Advanced Nursing Practice
Free, full text from 1997.
http://www.ispub.com/ostia/index.php?xmlFilePath=journals/ijanp/front.xml |
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Internet
Public Library - Reading Room
Contains over 2300 titles that can be searched or browsed
by subject or by title (contact details or abstracts of articles
only). Newspapers can also be found in the Newspapers section.
http://www.ipl.org/div/serials/ |
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Medical
Journal of Australia
http://www.mja.com.au/ |
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Library Resource Guide
Links to electronic journals, webzines, newsletters etc.
http://www.aph.gov.au/library/intguide/gen/genejrnl.htm |
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LIBRARIES |
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Academic
Info
Comprehensive subject directory.
http://www.academicinfo.net/table.html |
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Australian
Libraries Gateway
http://www.nla.gov.au/libraries/ |
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Commonwealth
Parliament Library
http://www.aph.gov.au/library/index.htm |
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CyberDewey
List of internet sites organised using the Dewey Decimal
Classification System.
http://www.anthus.com/CyberDewey/CyberDewey.html |
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Digital Librarian
Information listed by subject area.
http://www.digital-librarian.com/ |
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Internet
Public Library
http://www.ipl.org/ |
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Librarian's Index
to the Internet
http://lii.org/ |
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National
Library of Australia
http://www.nla.gov.au/ |
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State
Library of NSW
http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/ |
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UNILINC
Shared Catalogue
Combines library catalogue of a number of Australian academic,
special and research libraries.
http://bonza.unilinc.edu.au/F?func=find-b-0&local_base=ulc01 |
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WWW Virtual Library
http://vlib.org/ |
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NEWSPAPERS ONLINE |
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ABYZ
News Links
Worldwide online resources, primarily newspapers but also,
radio,
internet services, magazines and press agencies.
http://www.abyznewslinks.com/ |
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Australian
Financial Review
http://afr.com/ |
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Australian
Newspapers Online (National Library of Australia)
Links to websites of Australian newspapers, including
those which publish newspaper text online, and those with
promotional sites only.
http://www.nla.gov.au/npapers/ |
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Courier
Mail
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/ |
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Daily
Telegraph
http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/
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Infoquick
A comprehensive index to articles about Australia and
Australians, published in the Sydney Morning Herald, Sun Herald,
Eastern Herald, Northern Herald and Good Weekend from 1988
onwards. Note: text not included.
http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/infoquick/about.cfm |
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Koori
Mail Index (Infokoori)
An index to the Koori Mail, a national fortnightly
newspaper published in Lismore, NSW, for Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander peoples from May 1991 onwards. It reports
on people, issues and events that affect indigenous peoples
from all over Australia - from an indigenous perspective.
Note: text not included.
http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/infokoori/about.cfm |
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Sydney
Morning Herald
http://www.smh.com.au/ |
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The
Age
http://www.theage.com.au/ |
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The Australian
http://www.news.com.au/0,,,00.html |
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NEWS SERVICES |
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ABC News Online
Topics include: top stories; breaking stories; world; business;
politics; sport.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/ |
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AAP - Australian Associated
Press
National news agency
http://aap.com.au/
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AP - Associated Press
US global news service.
http://www.ap.org/ |
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British
Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/ |
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Reuters
International multimedia news agency.
http://today.reuters.com/news/home.aspx |
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Special
Broadcasting Service (SBS)
http://www20.sbs.com.au/sbs_front/index.html |
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PHONE BOOKS - STREET DIRECTORIES - MAPS |
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All Nations Telephone
Search Engine
Dialling codes and directories and embassies worldwide
http://www.escapeartist.com/global/telephone.htm |
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Australian Post Codes
http://www1.auspost.com.au/postcodes/ |
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Australian
Rail Map
http://www.railpage.org.au/railmaps/ |
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Australian
White Pages
http://www.whitepages.com.au/wp/index.jsp |
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Australian
Yellow Pages
http://www.yellowpages.com.au/ |
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Local Business Directory -
Australian
http://www.localdirectory.com.au/index2.asp
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NRMA
Travel and Maps
Maps of Australian cities & towns, accommodation,
NRMA road assistance etc.
http://www.mynrma.com.au/travel.asp |
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Telephone
Directories on the Web
Most complete index of online phone books, with over 400 links
to yellow pages, white pages, business directories, email
addresses and fax listings from over 170 countries all around
the world.
http://www.infobel.com/teldir/ |
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Where
is - Australian Street Atlas
Areas currently covered: Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Gold
Coast, Sunshine Coast, Canberra, Perth and Adelaide.
http://www.whereis.com/ |
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| RADIO AND TELEVISION |
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Australian
Communications and Media Authority (ACMA)
Responsible for the regulation of broadcasting, radiocommunications,
telecommunications
and online content.
http://www.acma.gov.au/ACMAINTER.1900810:HOMEPAGE::pc=HOME,tlp=HOME
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Australian
Radio
List of Australian radio station websites.
http://alldownunder.com/oz-k/entertainment/australian-radio-stations.htm |
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Australian
Television Channels
List of television channels
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Australian_television_channels |
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Commercial
Radio Australia
Commercial Radio Australia Ltd is the national industry body
representing the interests of Australia's commercial radio
broadcasters.
http://www.commercialradio.com.au/ |
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Community
Broadcasting Association of Australia
The CBAA is the peak body for community radio and television
stations.
http://www.cbonline.org.au/ |
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EnhanceTV
EnhanceTV helps educators to locate film, television and radio
resources that are
relevant to the areas they teach.
http://www.enhancetv.com.au/ |
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Media
and Communications Resource Guide
Prepared by the Parliamentary Library.
http://www.aph.gov.au/library/intguide/sp/spmedia.htm |
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Media
Internet Resources - Australasia
Prepared by the Parliamentary Library
http://www.aph.gov.au/library/intguide/media/mediaaus.htm |
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Radio
Stations
List of radio stations around the world.
http://www.spraci.com/info/radiostations.htm |
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SEARCH ENGINES: AUSTRALIAN |
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Ansearch Australia
http://www.ansearch.com.au/ |
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NineMSN
http://www.live.com/?searchonly=true&mkt=en-AU |
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Sensis
Australia's Own Information Source
http://www.sensis.com.au/siteEntry.do |
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Webwombat
Australian Search Engine
http://webwombat.com.au/ |
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SEARCH ENGINES: INTERNATIONAL
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AlltheWeb
http://www.alltheweb.com/ |
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Ask
http://www.ask.com/ |
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Dogpile
MetaSearch Engine
http://www.dogpile.com/ |
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Excite
http://www.excite.com/ |
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Google
http://www.google.com.au/ |
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HotBot
http://www.hotbot.com/
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Ixquick
MetaSearch Engine
http://www.ixquick.com/ |
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Mamma
http://www.mamma.com/ |
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MetaCrawler
http://www.metacrawler.com/index.html |
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MSN
Search
http://www.live.com/?searchonly=true
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WebCrawler
http://www.webcrawler.com/info.wbcrwl/
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Yahoo!
http://au.yahoo.com/ |
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STATISTICS |
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Atlapedia
Online
Contains full colour physical and political maps as well as
key facts and statistics on countries of the world.
http://www.atlapedia.com/ |
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Australian
Bureau of Statistics
http://www.abs.gov.au/ |
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Australian
Institute of Health and Welfare
Health and welfare statistics.
http://www.aihw.gov.au/dataonline.cfm |
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Australian
Statistical Internet Sites
Produced by the National Library of Australia.
http://www.nla.gov.au/oz/stats.html |
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Injuries
and Causes of Death
Research Centre for Injury Studies - Flinders University,
Adelaide
http://www.nisu.flinders.edu.au/data/index.php |
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Organisation
for Economic Co-operation and Development Statistics
Promotes and develops international statistical standards
and co-ordinates statistical activities with other international
agencies.
http://www.oecd.org/department/0,2688,en_2649_33715_1_1_1_1_1,00.html |
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Resource Guides
- Statistical Sources (Australian)
From the Parliamentary Library Site.
http://www.aph.gov.au/library/intguide/stats/index.htm |
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Statistical Resources on
the Web
Listed by subject.
http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stats.html |
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Statistical
Sites on the Web
Lists statistical agencies by country.
http://www.bls.gov/bls/other.htm |
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Tourism Statistics - Datacard
Pocket reference guide containing key Australian
tourism statistics.
http://www.tra.australia.com/ |
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United Nations Statistics Division
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/default.htm |
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Web and Internet
Usage Statistics
http://www.webreference.com/internet/statistics.html |
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STUDY SKILLS |
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Assignment
Writing - Holmesglen Institute of TAFE
http://www.ic.holmesglen.vic.edu.au/how_doi/assignment_writing.htm |
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Harvard Style
of Citing Sources
http://www.library.uq.edu.au/training/citation/harvard.html
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HSC Online
Study and examination techniques.
http://hsc.csu.edu.au/study/
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James Cook University. Study Skills Online
Referencing a web page.
http://www.jcu.edu.au/studying/services/studyskills/reference/webpage.html
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Online learning tools [on this site]
Use free Internet resources to complete study tasks.
http://www.ncistudent.net/StudySkills/TechnicalSkills/Online.htm |
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Study skills [on this site]
Help with assignments, presentation, referencing etc.
http://www.ncistudent.net/index.htm |
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Style and Grammar Guide
http://www.libraryspot.com/grammarstyle.htm
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TAFE New South Wales
Study skills.
http://www.tafensw.edu.au/library/studylinks/study/welcome.htm |
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Wodonga TAFE
Essay writing.
http://www.wodonga.tafe.edu.au/02_students/pages/StudySkills/essay_writing.jsp |
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| Last updated 8 February 2008. Feedback to nci.lib@tafensw.edu.au |
