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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

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 (5-12) (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

eLibrary Elementary (K-6) (ProQuest Learning and Information Company)
The ultimate elementary full-text reference resource - tailors all the media types and search functionality of eLibrary for the young reader and researcher. It's an easy-to-use general reference database. Find answers from more than 390 magazines, newspapers, books, and transcripts-plus thousands of maps, images, educator-approved websites from Homework Central®, and audio/video titles...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

National Geographic Virtual Library (Gale Cengage)
his collection brings together a complete archive of National Geographic magazine - every page of every issue - along with a cross-searchable collection of National Geographic books, maps, images and videos...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

SIRS Discoverer (ProQuest Information and Learning Company)
Is a general reference database for elementary and middle school learners, researchers, and educators covering curriculum areas content sets such as reading, language arts, current events, science, social studies, history, health and technology...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

The World Almanac for Kids (Facts on File)
Best-selling reference content with thousands of key statistics and facts. Search for essential facts and background
information on current events and news topics. Fast, reliable information on a world of subjects, from economics to sports to pop culture... 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