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Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre (EBSCO Publishing)
Full Text and Index. Combines Australia and New Zealand specific magazines, newspapers & newswires, reference books, and company information to create a collection of regional full text content... More info

Book Collection: Nonfiction (EBSCO Publishing)
A rich research database for school libraries.It contains informative abstracts and full text for more than 2,000 popular nonfiction books... More info

Britannica Online School Edition (Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc)
Encyclopaedia articles and websites. Britannica Online School Edition gives teachers and students instant access to four complete encyclopedias that ensure consistency with classroom topics and age-appropriate language... 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

eLibrary Australasia (ProQuest Information and Learning Company)
Full Text. eLibrary is an online research and learning tool that brings together news, reference and multimedia to support both teachers and learners. eLibrary features more than 1,200 full-text magazines, 300 international newspapers, plus reference books, transcripts and over 1,000,000 multimedia resources... More info

Infobase eBooks (Warner Books)
Infobase eBooks offers access to more than 2,000 current and backlist Infobase titles through an easy-to-use eBook format. Infobase eBooks span a wide range of core, curriculum-oriented subject areas, both reference and nonfiction from history, science, and literature to geography, social issues, the arts, biographies, and more... More info

Library Webs (Library Webs)
Full Text Internet sites. Library Webs presents an online educational learning tool providing an Internet Library with thousands of carefully selected links. Library Webs Newsletter... More info

Newstext (News Limited)
Full Text. Contains most articles published in News Limited's Australian papers since 1995. The Courier Mail dates back to 1984; some archives of The Australian start in 1995... 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

Primary Search (EBSCO Publishing)
Full Text. Primary Search, designed specifically for primary school libraries, contains full text for more than 60 popular, primary school magazines. All full text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles)... 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

The Source (Magpies Magazine Pty Ltd)
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

Weblinks K-12 Online (Pledger Consulting Pty Ltd)
Full Text Internet sites. WebLinks K-12 Online is a compilation of thousands of safe, curriculum based web sites. WebLinks K-12 Online is designed for Australian schools... More info

WebsterWorld (WebsterWorld)
Full Text. WebsterWorld contains information on nature, history, sport, literature, news, science, Australia and general knowledge... More info