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Australia/NZ Reference Centre
Australia/NZ Reference Centre™ combines Australasian magazines, newspapers, newswires and reference books to create the largest collection of regional full text content available to libraries in Oceania. This database includes leading Australia/NZ periodicals and international periodicals in full text; full text reference books; full text biographies and an image collection. Australia/NZ Reference Centre also provides full text for leading Australia/NZ newspapers and newswires. Login required.

InfoTrac OneFile
This electronic resource provides instant access to periodical and news content and indexing from a variety of mainstream and specialized sources -- from The New York Times to refereed academic journals. InfoTrac OneFile includes more than 6,000 full-text titles; more than 3,000 refereed journals; five newspaper indexes -- a total of nearly 10,200 titles in all with more than 25 years of backfile coverage from 1980 to present. 50 million database records are at your fingertips with a single search query. It includes:
Newswires -- 89 wire services covering agriculture, general news, broadcast news, government, business press releases, industry topics, sports and current events from all over the world
Newspapers -- Full indexing of The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times and Christian Science Monitor
Periodicals -- General interest magazines; refereed academic journals; business publications; technology periodicals; plus specialty titles in law, health care and computers. Login required.
Instructions: How to search InfoTrac OneFile (PDF document, 756Kb)

Electric Library Australasia currently contains approximately 3.4 million newspaper articles, over 500,000 magazine articles, about 420,000 book chapters, over 1100 maps, over 86,000 television and radio transcripts, and more than 57,000 photos and images. Australian content includes fulltext of News Ltd. newspapers. Login required.

Australian Public Affairs – Full Text is an online collection of articles from the top 200 Australian journals indexed in APAIS, the Australian Public Affairs Information Service produced by the National Library of Australia. Login required.
Instructions: How to search APAFT (PDF document, 1.17Mb)

MasterFILE Premier
This multidisciplinary database provides full text for more than 2,050 general reference publications with full text information dating as far back as 1975. Covering virtually every subject area of general interest, MasterFILE Premier also includes more than 350 full text reference books, 84,074 biographies, 86,132 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 107,135 photos, maps and flags. Login required.

Open Science Directory
Search tool for open access journals in special programs for developing countries. Coverage has strengths in medicine, physical sciences, social sciences, technology, and agriculture. Free to access. Covers Directory of Open Access Journals and Highwire medical journals.


Newspaper database:

Newsstore: fulltext is available of news articles from Fairfax Ltd newspapers and magazines, including Sydney Morning Herald, Australian Financial Review, The Age, Business Review Weekly, Personal Investor, Shares, Sun-Herald, Sunday Age, Illawarra Mercury, Newcastle Herald. Anyone may search the database to locate articles, however to download fulltext of articles, please contact a library staff member.


Reference database:

Oxford Reference Online contains 100 well-known and trusted dictionaries and reference books, plus an Encyclopedia, in a single cross-searchable web database. Login required.


Specialist databases:

Australian Standards Online - search for, read or download the full-text current Australian, IEC and ISO standards. Login required.

Building Code of Australia
- full text of the Building Code of Australia, updated annually. Login required.

Business Source Premier

Business Source Premier is the industry’s most used business research database, providing full text for more than 2,300 journals, including full text for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed titles. Business Source Premier provides full text coverage in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics. This database is updated daily. Login required.

CINAHL with Full Text
CINAHL with Full Text is the world's most comprehensive source of full text for nursing & allied health journals, providing full text for more than 520 journals indexed in CINAHL. This authoritative file contains full text for many of the most used journals in the CINAHL index - with no embargo. With full-text coverage dating back to 1982, CINAHL with Full Text is the definitive research tool for all areas of nursing and allied health literature. Login required.

Computers & Applied Sciences
Complete Computers & Applied Sciences Complete covers the research and development spectrum of the computing and applied sciences disciplines. CASC provides indexing and abstracts for more than 1,300 academic journals, professional publications, and other reference sources from a diverse collection. Full text is also available for more than 500 periodicals. Login required.

Hospitality & Tourism Complete
Hospitality & Tourism Complete covers scholarly research and industry news relating to all areas of hospitality and tourism. This collection contains more than 670,000 records, with coverage dating as far back as 1965. There is full text for more than 200 publications, including periodicals, company & country reports, and books. Login required.


ProQuest Nursing Journals
ProQuest Nursing Journals™ provides abstracting and indexing for more than 500 titles—with over 390 titles in full text. This unique database offers complete information from leading nursing and related publications and covers a wide range of topics including general nursing, obstetrics, geriatric care, oncology, and more. Login required.
Instructions: How to search ProQuest (PDF document, 770Kb)

Medscape - medical database including a medical dictionary, clinical articles, drug information, medical textbooks, and the MEDLINE and AIDSLINE periodical abstracting services. Login available, or free to register yourself


Australian content:

PictureAustralia provides links to images of all forms of Australiana. Images maybe of art, abstract art, fine art, portraits, photographs of people, places and events, posters and three-dimensional art such as sculpture, scrimshaw, bark, and costume. Free to access.



INDEXING DATABASES


Art

AustArt: Australian Art Journals Index has over 39,000 entries covering Australian art. AustArt Index provides listings of articles on Australian art and artists published in journals held by the College of Fine Arts Library at the University of New South Wales. The emphasis of AustArt Index, which is updated regularly, is contemporary art. [view search help and list of journals indexed]

Indigenous issues

Infokoori is an index to Koori Mail, a national fortnightly newspaper for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. It reports on people, issues and events that affect indigenous peoples from all over Australia - from an indigenous perspective. INFOKOORI is also an index to biographical information on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples from the magazines: Dawn (1952-1969), New Dawn (1970-1975) and Identity (1971-1982). Users of this database (INFOKOORI) should be aware that, in some Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, seeing the names and/or images of deceased persons may cause sadness or distress, particularly to the relatives of these people.

Vocational education

VOCED is a database for technical and vocational educational training and research in Australia and New Zealand. Also has some international coverage.


LIBRARY CATALOGUES


The TAFE NSW Library Network catalogue locates items in TAFE NSW libraries across the state. Most items can be borrowed by current TAFE students and staff who call in person, using their TAFEcards. Inter-library loans may also be available - inquire at your campus library.

The library catalogue of the Coffs Harbour Education Campus library is also available online.

Other Library catalogues are available from the Australian Library Gateway.

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