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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

American History Online (Facts on File)
Spans more than 500 years of political, military, social, and cultural history, highlighting the important people and events of the American experience... More info

Ancient and Medieval History Online (Facts on File)
Explores the pre-modern world with in-depth focus on Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome, Africa, Europe, the Americas, and Asia... 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

Biomes of the Earth (Facts on File)
Provides students with a broad understanding of Earth's biodiversity, the factors that influence it, and the future dangers that face the planet and our species... More info

Biography Reference Centre (Ebsco Publishing)
Offers a comprehensive collection of more than 461,000 full-text biographies, including the complete full-text run of Biography Today and Biography, as well as thousands of narrative biographies that are not available in other databases..... More info

Biography Resource Center (Gale Cengage Learning)
The information contained within Biography Resource Center covers a multitude of subject areas such as, but not limited to, science, multicultural studies, business, politics, government, history, entertainment, sports, the arts, and literature... More info

Culturegrams (ProQuest Information and Learning Company)
Full Text. Concise, reliable, and up-to-date country reports on more than 187 cultures of the world. CultureGrams goes beyond mere facts and figures to deliver an insider's perspective on daily life and culture, including the history, customs, and lifestyles of the world's people... 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

Gale Opposing Viewpoints In Context (Gale Cengage Learning)
Full Text. Contains a dynamic online library of current event topics: the facts as well as the arguments of each topic's proponents and detractors... More info

Gale Student Resources in Context (Gale Cengage Learning)
Full Text. Gale Student Resources in Context (previously Student Resource Center), provides students what they need to attach the context to their learning. Students will have no problem developing critical thinking skills with content from biographies, essays, full-text magazines, glossaries, historical overviews, photographs, audio files and much, much more... More info

Gale World History in Context (previously History Resource Center: World) (Gale Cengage Learning)
Gale World History in Context has extensive coverage of the 20th century. Gale World History in Context broadens this focus both geographically and chronologically, with the addition of new content on the ancient Mediterranean, Near East, Asia, Middle East, Latin America, the Middle Ages and the Renaissance... More info

Global Exploration Online (Facts on File eLearnng module)
Details the wonders, anxieties, and achievements of explorers since the beginning of time with engaging text and videos, vivid photographs and illustrations, and detailed maps... 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

Global Warming Online (Facts on File)
Covers all of the important climatic issues that need to be addressed in order to understand the problem of global warming. Learning Units cover everything from fossil fuels and pollution to changing ecosystems and climate systems.... More info

Great Empires of the Past (Facts on File)
From the Aztecs to ancient Mesopotamia, medieval West Africa to the Mongols, this database narrates the stories of the most important empires in world history and their impact on the present day, exploring their rise and fall, spheres of influence, key events, daily life, and significant personalities. ... More info

Green Technology (Facts on File)
Provides an in-depth look at the Earth's increasing environmental problems and the new and current methods for repairing and restoring the environment. From cleaning up the environment to renewable energy sources, green technologies focus on cleaning up the damage already inflicted on the planet, changing how we use natural resources, and developing new tools to conserve remaining resources... More info

GREENR (Global Reference on the Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources) (Gale Cengage Learning)
GREENR (Global Reference on the Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources) is a new online resource that offers authoritative content on the development of emerging green technologies and discusses issues on the environment, sustainability and more... More info

Grzimek's Animal Life (Gale Cengage Learning)
Grzimek's Animal Life, pronounced "Chimmix," is a resource based on the 17-volume Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia set, the most comprehensive reference on animals today. As an online resource, Grzimek's Animal Life offers in-depth information on more than 4,000 species. A host of engaging, web-friendly features including photos, audio and video clips, illustrations and maps that complement expert-selected encyclopedia and periodical content... More info

History & Reference Library (Dynamic Learning Online)
Dynamic Learning Online is pleased to provide this History and Reference Website containing major titles adapted for online use and extensive searching capability. This online Library is designed for use by schools or anyone with an interest in Australian History, as well as Ancient and Modern History... More info

History Reference Centre (EBSCO Publishing)
History Reference Centre is the world's most comprehensive full text history reference database designed for secondary schools, and undergraduate research. The database features cover-to-cover full text for more than 650 historical encyclopaedias and other non-fiction books, including award winning titles from many top publishers... More info

History Study Centre (ProQuest Information and Learning Company)
History Study Center offers valuable historical reference material that covers 14 centuries of history--from ancient to modern, old world to new world... More info

Informit Humanities & Social Sciences Collection (RMIT Publishing)
Informit Humanities & Social Sciences Collection gives access to high ranking and iconic journals not available elsewhere. The broad subject coverage ensures relevance to library users of all interests especially Aboriginal and indigenous studies, arts, history, law, literary studies, media, political science and sociology... 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

Issues and Controversies (Facts on File)
Helps researchers understand more than 800 hot topics in business, politics, government, education and popular culture. Updated weekly, with links to a 12-year backfile... 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

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

Modern World History Online (Facts on File)
Covers the people, places, and events in the broad expanse of history?from mid-15th century to the present... More info

Oxford Biblical Studies Online (Oxford University Press)
Oxford Biblical Studies Online provides a comprehensive resource for the study of the Bible and biblical history... More info

Oxford Encyclopedia of Greece and Rome Online (Oxford University Press)
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome is an accessible guide and a comprehensive overview of the major cultures of the classical Mediterranean world - Greek, or Hellenistic, and Roman - from the Bronze Age to the fifth century CE. It also covers the legacy of the classical world and its interpretation and influence in subsequent centuries... More info

Oxford Islamic Studies Online (Oxford University Press)
An authoritative, dynamic online resource for students, Oxford Islamic Studies Online brings together the best current scholarship in the field and promotes accurate and informed understanding of the Islamic world... More info

Oxford Scholarship Online (Oxford University Press)
Oxford Scholarship online is a cross-searchable library containing the full text of over 1000 Oxford books in the areas of Economics and Finance, Philosophy, Political Science, and Religion... More info

Points of View Reference Center™ (EBSCO Publishing)
Points of View Reference Center™ is a full-text database designed to provide students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue... More info

Project Muse (John Hopkins University Press)
Project MUSE is a leading provider of digital humanities and social sciences content; since 1995, its electronic journal collections have supported a wide array of research needs at academic, public, special, and school libraries worldwide. MUSE books and journals, from leading university presses and scholarly societies, are fully integrated for search and discovery...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

Religion and Philosophy Collection™ (EBSCO Publishing)
Religion & Philosophy Collection™ is a comprehensive database covering topics such as world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy. With more than 300 full-text journals and unparalleled coverage of the subject areas listed above, the Religion & Philosophy Collection™ is an essential tool for researchers and students of theology and philosophical studies... 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

SAGE (Science and Geography Education) (RMIT Publishing)
Index.Includes mostly Australian popular science journals in a broad range of subject areas including geography and environmental issues... More info

SIRS Issues Researcher (ProQuest Information and Learning Company)
Offers the very best article selections from more than 1,600 sources-exploring social, scientific, health, historic, economic, political, and global issues. Articles and graphics are carefully selected according to strict SIRS criteria for content reliability, relevance, and age-appropriateness. Titles include: American History, The Christian Science Monitor, Foreign Affairs, Global Viewpoint, Maclean's, National Geographic, New Internationalist, Newsweek, Science News, and Time...More info

Statesman's Yearbook Online (Palgrave Macmillan)
Index. Brings together a wealth of concise geo-political and economic data with 450 city profiles, 500 political biographies, information on environment, history, culture, literature, music, cinema, theatre and art plus over 2000 links to other useful and trustworthy sites... More info

The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics Online (Palgrave Macmillan)
The world's most extensive and authoritative economics reference resource, The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2nd edition, contains over 1,850 articles by more than 1,500 of the world's leading economists... More info

The Plant World Online (Facts on File eLearning module)
Explores the most interesting aspects of plant biology, with a focus on the interrelationships between plants and humans, covering everything from forestry to photosynthesis,through engaging text, videos, and images...More info

World Conflicts Today (ProQuest Information and Learning Company)
Index. Insight into the human, political, and physical landscapes that shape our world. World Conflicts Today explores several protracted, unresolved world conflicts, occurring around the world... More info

World Geography and Culture Online (formerly World Atlas) (Facts on File)
Combines detailed, printable, full-color maps of countries, provinces, and states with up-to-date statistical and local information... More info

World News Digest (Facts on File)
Archival records of nearly seven decades of news from the renowned Facts On File World News Digest in print. Updated weekly with more than 1 million internal hyperlinks covering all major political, social and economic events since 1940... More info

World Religions Online (Facts on File)
Informative introductory pages focusing on major religions and featuring links to core essays, fact files, timelines, image and video galleries, and more... More info

World War I & Gallipoli Database (Dynamic Learning Online)
Dynamic Learning Online is pleased to provide this History of World War I website which was developed in Australia and provides in-depth information concerning the Great War. This website is designed for use by schools or anyone with an interest in Australian History... More info