Academic OneFile (Gale Cengage Learning)
Academic OneFile is an up-to-date and easy-to-use database for serious academic research. Home to nearly 13,000 indexed journals, Academic OneFile delivers quality content for students. With extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects, Academic OneFile is both authoritative and comprehensive... More info

AustLit: The Resource for Australian Literature (AustLit)
Provides authoritative information on over 400,000 works of creative and critical Australian literature - published in a range of print and electronic sources - relating to more than 65,000 Australian authors and literary organisations, from 1780 to the present day... More info

Australia/New Zealand Points of View Reference Centre™ (EBSCO) is a full-text database designed to provide students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue... More Info

Bloom's Literary Reference Online (Facts on File)
Examines great writers, important works, memorable characters, and influential movements and events in world literature... More info

Discovering Collection (Gale Cengage Learning)
Full Text and Indexing. Discovering Collection offers easy access to award-winning content based on national curriculum standards. Covering the core curriculum areas, including history, literature, science, social studies, and more, DC provides a premium selection of reference, primary sources, creative works, and multimedia, including hours of video and audio clips. New to the database are popular topic pick lists and an integrated national and site curriculum standards search with content correlated to the standards... More info

Echo Contemporary Issues (Echo Education Services)
Full Text. Echo: Contemporary Issues looks at media issues and produces outlines setting out arguments for and against, as well as background and further implications... More info

Grammaticus (Digital Education Services)
Ages 10-16. Reach your teenage patrons with the English game Grammatikus. Accessible from the library or from home, the game is set in a fantasy world and features customisable avatars, access to explanation videos, games, interactive activities and tests. Levels adjust automatically to individual skills (both grammar and gaming). Suits ESL learners...More info

Global Issues in Context (Gale Cengage Learning)
Full Text. Offers global perspectives on issues of international importance and current world events and topics in the news related to these issues... More info

Informit Indigenous Collection (RMIT Publishing)
The Informit Indigenous Collection (IIC) offers both topical and historical issues within Indigenous studies. Readily available, the multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary framework encompasses anthropology, community development, cultural studies, economics, education, health, history, human geography, law and land rights, literature, politics and policy making, (post) colonial studies, psychology, race studies, sociology and visual and performing arts... More info

Informit Literature & Culture Collection (RMIT Publishing)
Created in partnership with the Australia Council for the Arts, the Informit Literature & Culture Collection is an essential reference database for academic, school and public libraries and for teachers and students of literary studies, cultural studies and creative writing courses... More info

The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism (The Johns Hopkins University Press)
Compiled by 275 specialists from around the world, the Online Guide presents a comprehensive historical survey of the field's most important figures, schools, and movements. It includes more than 240 alphabetically arranged entries on critics and theorists, critical schools and movements, and the critical and theoretical innovations of specific countries and historical periods... More info

JSTOR (JSTOR)
JSTOR is a database established to convert back issues of paper journals into electronic format in core fields. The JSTOR archive of digitised full text journals does not include current issues... More info

Literary Reference Center Plus (EBSCO Publishing)
This comprehensive, full-text database provides the most relevant information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and timeframes-to give students, professors and researchers a complete foundation of literary reference works to meet any and all of their research needs. Content includes more than 35, 700 plot summaries, synopses and overviews, more than 92,000 articles/essays of literary criticism as well as more than 250,000 author biographies.... More info

Literature Resource Center (Gale Cengage Learning)
Full Text. Access biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of more than 120,000 authors from every age and literary discipline... More info

LitFinder (Gale Cengage Learning)
Full Text. LitFinder is international in scope, covers all time periods, and contains a wealth of primary literature content, including more than 125,000 full-text poems, 850,000 poem citations and excerpts... More info

Meanjin Back Files (RMIT Publishing)
An iconic literary journal with a deep archive of influential and prestigious writing, Meanjin has come to represent Australia's cultural memory. The Meanjin backfiles cover the commencement of the journal, in 1940, up to 1995... More info

NoveList (EBSCO Publishing)
If you are looking for ways to introduce both teachers and students to new books, and if you want to encourage independent reading and help students think more about why a particular story appeals to them -- you should look at NoveList... More info

NoveList K-8 (EBSCO Publishing)
If you are looking for ways to introduce both teachers and students to new books, and if you want to encourage independent reading and help students think more about why a particular story appeals to them -- you should look at NoveList K-8! NoveList K-8 contains enhanced subject access for over 50,000 fiction titles aimed at the K-8 population... More info

Oxford English Dictionary Online (Oxford University Press)
The OED covers words from across the English-speaking world, from North America to South Africa, from Australia and New Zealand to the Caribbean. It also offers etymological analysis, listings of variant spellings, and shows pronunciation using the International ... More info

Poetry & Short Story Reference Centre (EBSCO Publishing)
The database comprises of over 500 eBooks focussing on drama, poetry and short stories. There are also over 680,000 full text contemporary and classic poems, nearly 50,000 full text short stories and a whole lot more. The database also has lesson plans and learning guides, perfect for teaching staff to get some creative new ideas...More info

ReadPlus (Pledger Consulting Pty Ltd)
ReadPlus is a collection of selected books and films arranged under themes. This web site provides lists, reviews and resources for librarians, teachers and parents about books for young people aged 5 to 18... More info

RequestTV (RMIT Publishing)
RequestTV is a fully searchable and browsable program guide of all television content from the free-to-air networks... More info

The Shakespeare Collection (Gale Cengage Learning)
Full Text. Use The Shakespeare Collection to access and study an extensive collection of authoritative materials supporting literary, textual, historical, and performance studies... More info

The Source (Magpies Magazine Pty. Ltd.)
Index and some Full Text. Contains several databases which index literature for children: picture books, poetry (including full text of many poems), award-winning books, and, under preparation, indexes to short stories and drama. Includes literature from Australia, New Zealand, the UK and the US, as well as some biographical material... More info

Visual Thesaurus (Digital Education Services)
The Visual Thesaurus is both a dictionary and a thesaurus, its interactive display lets you explore and understand language in a new way...More info

Writer's Reference Center (Facts on File)
Writer's Reference Center provides users with a convenient one-stop location for all of the tools necessary to write and research effectively. From the mechanics of writing and grammar to style and research, this indispensable online resource... More info