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Contents

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

 
BOOKS & BOOKSTORES

Australian Publishers Association
Australian booksellers and publishers with an online presence.
http://www.publishers.asn.au/links.cfm

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

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

Bookseller and Publisher
Australian book trade resources.
http://www.booksellerandpublisher.com.au/links/

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

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/

Pulitzer Prize
Searchable list of all prize winners since 1917.
http://www.pulitzer.org/

DATABASES

Internet Databases (full-text and indexing) are available for student use. Links are available from this site.

 
DICTIONARIES & ENCYCLOPAEDIAS

Acronyms
http://www.libraryspot.com/acronyms.htm

Bartleby Great Reference Books Online
Searches a number of reference books simultaneously.
http://www.bartleby.com/reference/

Encyclopaedia Britannica
The complete encyclopaedia plus selected articles from the world's top magazines.
http://www.britannica.com/

Encyclopaedia Mythica
Collection of data on the gods, goddesses, and monsters from pre-industrial world cultures.
http://www.pantheon.org/

Information Please
Search an online almanac, dictionary, encyclopedia and atlas.
http://www.infoplease.com/

Library Spot - Dictionaries
Links to a variety of online dictionaries under the categories Popular, Special (Subject), and Foreign Language.
http://www.libraryspot.com/dictionaries/

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

Library Spot - Thesauri
Links to Roget's Thesaurus (in several forms) to help you find synonyms.
http://www.libraryspot.com/thesauri.htm

One Look Dictionary Search
Find definitions, translations, search across a number of dictionaries.
http://www.onelook.com/

Your Dictionary
English plus 210 other languages; specialty dictionaries (law, business etc.), thesauri, pronunciation, synonyms.
http://www.yourdictionary.com/

 
INTERNET SUBJECT GUIDES

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/

Academic Info
Comprehensive subject directory.
http://www.academicinfo.net/table.html

Australian Subject Gateways to Internet Resources
Extensive list of Australian links produced by the National Library of Australia.
http://www.nla.gov.au/pathways/subject.html

BUBL Link Catalogue
Selected Internet resources covering all academic subject areas
http://bubl.ac.uk/

Digital Librarian
Information listed by subject area.
http://www.digital-librarian.com/

Librarian's Index to the Internet
List of websites in subject order.
http://lii.org/

Journalism - Internet Resource Guide
Net-based sources of Australian factual or background information.
http://www.journoz.com/

Martindale's Reference Desk
Links to a large number of sites including health, arts and the environment.
http://www.martindalecenter.com/

Southbank Institute of TAFE
Internet subject links.
http://www.southbank.tafe.net/site/library/findinginfo/internetsites/index.asp

Spinney Press Internet Links
Links divided by topic.
http://www.spinneypress.com.au/further_links.html

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

WWW Virtual Library
Links to major subject gateways.
http://vlib.org/

 
JOURNALS ONLINE

American Educational Research Association. Special Interest Group
Open access journals in the field of education.
http://aera-cr.asu.edu/ejournals/

Australian Journals Online
A listing of 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/

Digital Library and Archives
List of 19 academic e-journals over a wide range of subjects.
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/

Directories of Free E-Journals on the Web
Compiled by Curtin University.
http://library.curtin.edu.au/dblistfree/index.html

FindArticles
Search over articles collected from 300 journal titles by journal title or by topics.
All articles available free and in full text.
http://www.findarticles.com/

Global Development Network
listing of collections of free online journals related to the social sciences.
http://www.gdnet.org/middle.php?oid=247#free

HighWire Press
Free online full text articles.
http://highwire.stanford.edu/lists/freeart.dtl

Parliamentary Library Resource Guide
Links to electronic journals, webzines, newsletters etc.
http://www.aph.gov.au/library/intguide/gen/genejrnl.htm

Wikipedia
A list of selected particularly notable journals with at least some free content.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_journals_available_free_online

 
LIBRARIES

Australian Libraries Copyright Committee
Consultative body and policy forum for the discussion of copyright issues affecting Australian libraries and archive.
http://www.digital.org.au/alcc/

Australian Libraries Gateway
http://www.nla.gov.au/libraries/

Australian Library and Information Association
Professional organisation for the Australian library and information services sector.
http://www.alia.org.au/

Australian Universities Library Web Sites
http://www.caul.edu.au/uni-libs.htm

Commonwealth Parliament Library
http://www.aph.gov.au/library/index.htm

Internet Public Library
http://www.ipl.org/

National and State Libraries Australasia
http://www.nsla.org.au/links

National Library of Australia
http://www.nla.gov.au/

Public Libraries Australia
http://www.pla.org.au/links.html

State Library of NSW
http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/

TAFE NSW Library Network
http://tafecat.tafensw.edu.au/AlphalistLib.html

 
NEWSPAPERS ONLINE

ABYZ News Links
Worldwide online resources, primarily newspapers but also, radio,
internet services, magazines and press agencies.
http://www.abyznewslinks.com/

Australian Financial Review
http://afr.com/

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/

Courier Mail
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/

Daily Telegraph
http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/

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

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

Sydney Morning Herald
http://www.smh.com.au/

The Age
http://www.theage.com.au/

The Australian
http://www.news.com.au/0,,,00.html

 
NEWS SERVICES

ABC News Online
Topics include: top stories; breaking stories; world; business; politics; sport.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/

AAP - Australian Associated Press
National news agency
http://aap.com.au/

AP - Associated Press
US global news service.
http://www.ap.org/

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/

Reuters
International multimedia news agency.
http://today.reuters.com/news/home.aspx

Special Broadcasting Service (SBS)
http://www20.sbs.com.au/sbs_front/index.html

 
PHONE BOOKS - STREET DIRECTORIES - MAPS

All Nations Telephone Search Engine
Dialling codes and directories and embassies worldwide
http://www.escapeartist.com/global/telephone.htm

Australian Post Codes
http://www1.auspost.com.au/postcodes/

Australian Rail Map
http://www.railpage.org.au/railmaps/

Australian White Pages
http://www.whitepages.com.au/wp/index.jsp

Australian Yellow Pages
http://www.yellowpages.com.au/

Local Business Directory - Australian
http://www.localdirectory.com.au/index2.asp

NRMA Travel and Maps
Maps of Australian cities & towns, accommodation, NRMA road assistance etc.
http://www.mynrma.com.au/travel.asp

Telephone Directories on the Web
Listings from over 170 countries all around the world.
http://www.infobel.com/teldir/

Where is - Australian Street Atlas
Areas currently covered: Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast, Canberra, Perth and Adelaide.
http://www.whereis.com/

RADIO AND TELEVISION

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

Australian Radio
List of Australian radio station websites.
http://alldownunder.com/oz-k/entertainment/australian-radio-stations.htm

Australian Television Channels
List of television channels
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Australian_television_channels

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/

Community Broadcasting Association of Australia
The CBAA is the peak body for community radio and television stations.
http://www.cbonline.org.au/

EnhanceTV
EnhanceTV helps educators to locate film, television and radio resources that are
relevant to the areas they teach.
http://www.enhancetv.com.au/

Media and Communications Resource Guide
Prepared by the Parliamentary Library.
http://www.aph.gov.au/library/intguide/sp/spmedia.htm

Media Internet Resources - Australasia
Prepared by the Parliamentary Library
http://www.aph.gov.au/library/intguide/media/mediaaus.htm

Radio Stations
List of radio stations around the world.
http://www.spraci.com/info/radiostations.htm

 
SEARCH ENGINES: AUSTRALIAN

Ansearch Australia
http://www.ansearch.com.au/

NineMSN
http://www.live.com/?searchonly=true&mkt=en-AU

Sensis Australia's Own Information Source
http://www.sensis.com.au/siteEntry.do

Webwombat Australian Search Engine
http://webwombat.com.au/

SEARCH ENGINES: INTERNATIONAL

AlltheWeb
http://www.alltheweb.com/

Ask
http://www.ask.com/

Cuil
http://www.cuil.com/

Dogpile MetaSearch Engine
http://www.dogpile.com/

Google
http://www.google.com.au/

HotBot
http://www.hotbot.com/

Mamma
http://www.mamma.com/

MetaCrawler
http://www.metacrawler.com/index.html

MSN Search
http://www.live.com/?searchonly=true

WebCrawler
http://www.webcrawler.com/info.wbcrwl/

Yahoo!
http://au.yahoo.com/

 
STATISTICS

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/

Australian Bureau of Statistics
http://www.abs.gov.au/

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Health and welfare statistics.
http://www.aihw.gov.au/dataonline.cfm

Australian Statistical Internet Sites
Produced by the National Library of Australia.
http://www.nla.gov.au/oz/stats.html

Injuries and Causes of Death
Research Centre for Injury Studies - Flinders University, Adelaide
http://www.nisu.flinders.edu.au/data/index.php

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

Resource Guides - Statistical Sources (Australian)
From the Parliamentary Library Site.
http://www.aph.gov.au/library/intguide/stats/index.htm

Statistical Resources on the Web
Listed by subject.
http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stats.html

Statistical Sites on the Web
Lists statistical agencies by country.
http://www.bls.gov/bls/other.htm

Tourism Statistics - Datacard
Pocket reference guide containing key Australian tourism statistics.
http://www.tra.australia.com/

United Nations Statistics Division
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/default.htm

Web and Internet Usage Statistics
http://www.webreference.com/internet/statistics.html

 
STUDY SKILLS

Assignment Writing - Holmesglen Institute of TAFE
http://www.ic.holmesglen.vic.edu.au/how_doi/assignment_writing.htm

Harvard Style of Citing Sources
http://www.library.uq.edu.au/training/citation/harvard.html

HSC Online
Study and examination techniques.
http://hsc.csu.edu.au/study/

James Cook University. Study Skills Online
Referencing a web page.
http://www.jcu.edu.au/studying/services/studyskills/reference/webpage.html

Online Learning Tools [on this site]
Use free Internet resources to complete study tasks.
http://www.ncistudent.net/StudySkills/TechnicalSkills/Online.htm

Study Skills [on this site]
Help with assignments, presentation, referencing etc.
http://www.ncistudent.net/index.htm

Style and Grammar Guide
http://www.libraryspot.com/grammarstyle.htm

TAFE New South Wales
Study skills.
http://www.tafensw.edu.au/library/studylinks/study/welcome.htm

Wodonga TAFE
Essay writing.
http://www.wodonga.tafe.edu.au/02_students/pages/StudySkills/essay_writing.jsp

Last updated 31 July 2008. Feedback to nci.lib@tafensw.edu.au