Key databases

MLA international bibliography

Indexes critical materials on modern language, literature, linguistics and folklore

AustLit : the Australian literature resource

Creative literature, poems, plays, novels and short stories, criticism, reviews of Australian literature and of literary aspects of stage, film and sound productions, and awards

Arts and humanities citation index

A multidisciplinary index covering the journal literature of the arts and humanities. It fully covers a large number of the world's leading arts and humanities journals, and it indexes individually selected, relevant items from major science and social science journals

Humanities index

Humanities Index provides information in the following areas: art, archaeology and classical studies, dance, drama, film, folklore, history, journalism and communications, language and literature, music, performing arts, philosophy, religion and theology

APA FT

An online collection of scanned images of the top 200 Australian journals indexed in APAIS, the Australian Public Affairs Information Service

Browse all databases on English language and Literature

Key databases

MLA international bibliography

Indexes materials on modern language, literature, linguistics, and folklore

Literature online (LION)

Literature Online is a fully searchable library of over 300,000 works of English and American poetry, drama and prose plus biographies, bibliographies and key secondary sources

Early American fiction 1789-1895

This is a collection of full texts of the first editions of American novels and short stories written before 1875

Early American imprints. Series 1, Evans (1639-1800)

Covering American history and literature through the colonial period up to the eighteenth century

Early American imprints. Series II, Shaw-Shoemaker (1801-1819)

Provides full-text access to the 36,000 American imprints published in the first nineteen years of the nineteenth century

Other databases

Book review index plus

A comprehensive online guide to book reviews that includes review citations from thousands of publications, with linking to full-text reviews

Key resources

AUSTLIT

Creative literature, poems, plays, novels and short stories, criticism, reviews of Australian literature and of literary aspects of stage, film and sound productions, and awards

MLA International Bibliography

Critical materials on modern language, literature, linguistics, and folklore

APAIS

Australian Public Affairs Information Service - covers humanities and social sciences (Australia)

ProQuest Research Library

Includes journals, magazines and newspapers on a broad range of general reference subjects including arts, business, humanities, social sciences, and the sciences. Includes two subsets: Academic research newspapers (including the New York Times and the Wall Street journal) and Academic research periodicals

APA full text

Australian Public Affairs Information Service - covers humanities and social sciences (Australia)

Key databases

MLA International Bibliography

Bibliography Indexes critical materials on modern language, literature, linguistics and folklore

The Shakespeare Collection

Use The Shakespeare Collection to access and study an extensive collection of authoritative materials supporting literary, textual, historical, and performance studies. Resources include the most recent Arden Shakespeare editions of the complete works, as well as editions and adaptations of Shakespeare's works, other works published during Shakespeare's time, prompt books, the Gordon Crosse Theatrical Diaries, criticism, reviews, images, and reference.

Annual bibliography of English language and literature

Worldwide articles, editions, literary works, collections and reviews

Early English books online

Among the thousands of titles featured in EEBO are works by Malory, Bacon, More, Erasmus, Boyle, Newton, Galileo; musical exercises by Henry Purcell and novels by Aphra Behn; prayer books, pamphlets, and proclamations; almanacs, calendars, and many other primary sources

Literature online (LION)

Fully searchable library of over 300,000 works of English and American poetry, drama, and prose, plus biographies, bibliographies and key secondary sources

Other databases

Eighteenth century collections online (ECCO)

A comprehensive digital edition of The Eighteenth Century microfilm set, which has aimed to include every significant English-language and foreign-language title printed in the United Kingdom, and other works from the Americas, between 1701 and 1800. The library has access to both ECCO and ECCO 2.

Book review index plus

A comprehensive online guide to book reviews that includes review citations from thousands of publications, with linking to full-text reviews

Victorian studies bibliography

This database lists noteworthy publications (including articles, books, and reviews) that have a bearing on the Victorian period. The Bibliography annually indexes over 400 journals, representing scholarship in a range of disciplines

19th century British Library newspapers

19th Century British Library Newspapers Parts I and II contain full runs of influential national and regional newspapers representing different political and cultural segments of 19th century British society

Key databases

APA-FT

Indexing and full text database providing access to journal articles from published material on the social sciences and humanities. APA-Full Text includes all the journal indexing from the Australian Public Affairs Information Service (APAIS) database.

Humanities index

Indexes publications in all areas of the Humanities, including archaeology, from 1984

Australian heritage bibliography (formerly HERA)

Indexes and abstracts articles from material on Australia's natural and cultural environment

Sociological abstracts

Provides access to international research in theoretical and applied sociology, social science, and policy science

Anthropology plus

Provides indexing of journal articles, reports, commentaries, edited works, and obituaries in the fields of social, cultural, physical, biological, and linguistic anthropology, ethnology, archaeology, folklore, material culture, and interdisciplinary studies.

Other databases

Mura

Catalogue of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) library which contains comprehensive collections of print materials on Australian Indigenous studies

ProQuest Research Library

Includes journals, magazines and newspapers on a broad range of general reference subjects including arts, business, humanities, social sciences, and the sciences.

AIATSIS

Indexes published and unpublished material on Australian indigenous studies. All records relate to Australian indigenous studies and are in English with some in Australian indigenous languages.

eHRAF World Cultures

This is a cross-cultural database organised into cultures and ethnic groups. Although it only contains limited Australian material, it is a useful starting point for finding papers about a particular ethnic group.

Browse all databases for Anthropology

Key databases

APA-FT

Indexing and full text database providing access to journal articles from published material on the social sciences and humanities. APA-Full Text includes all the journal indexing from the Australian Public Affairs Information Service (APAIS) database.

Humanities index

Indexes publications in all areas of the Humanities, including archaeology, from 1984

Australian heritage bibliography (formerly HERA)

Indexes and abstracts articles from material on Australia's natural and cultural environment

Mura

Catalogue of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) library which contains comprehensive collections of print materials on Australian Indigenous studies

Other databases

Anthropology Plus

Provides indexing of journal articles, reports, commentaries, edited works, and obituaries in the fields of social, cultural, physical, biological, and linguistic anthropology, ethnology, archaeology, folklore, material culture, and interdisciplinary studies

JSTOR

A database established in August 1995 to convert back issues of paper journals into electronic format. Subject collections include arts and sciences, general science and language and literature

Humanities retrospective

Indexes publications (1907-1984) in the areas of: art, archaeology and classical studies, dance, drama, film, folklore, history, journalism and communications, language and literature, music, performing arts, philosophy, religion and theology.

Browse all databases for Archaelology

Summon (Library homepage) provides access to the UQ Library collection of print and online books, journals, theses, newspapers, conference proceedings and more.

ArXiv

ArXiv is an archive and distribution server for research papers in the areas of physics and related disciplines, mathematics, nonlinear sciences, computational linguistics, and neuroscience.

MathSciNet

A searchable database covering the world's mathematical literature since 1940. It provides online access to the bibliographic data and reviews of mathematical research literature published in Mathematical reviews and Current mathematical publications.

Scopus

Scopus is a multidisciplinary abstract and citation database of research literature and quality web sources. Subject coverage includes chemistry, physics, mathematics, engineering, life and health sciences, psychology, economics, social sciences, and biological and agricultural sciences

Web of Science (via the Web of Knowledge)

Provides access to current and retrospective multidisciplinary information from high impact research journals. Web of Science also provides a unique search method, cited reference searching.

Zentralblatt Math Database

The online version of Zentralblatt fur Mathematik / Mathematics Abstracts is provided by the European Mathematical Society. Includes the digitized Jahrbuch über die Fortschritte der Mathematik (JFM)

Access to all databases is via the Library's Database site.

1. IEEE Xplore digital library
   Provides full-text access to IEEE and IEE transactions, journals, magazines, books and conference proceedings published since 1988 and current IEEE Standards.
   
2. Inspec
   Provides access to the world's scientific literature in electrical engineering, electronics, physics, control engineering, information technology, communications, computers, computing, and manufacturing and production engineering.
   
3. Scopus
   Multidisciplinary abstract and citation database of research literature and quality web sources
   
4. Web of Science
   Access to current and retrospective multidisciplinary information from high impact research journals. Web of Science also provides a unique search method, cited reference searching.

Key databases

Scopus

Scopus is a multidisciplinary abstract and citation database of research literature and quality web sources.

Compendex

Citations with abstracts to worldwide literature in engineering and technology.

ICE Virtual Library

Full archive of the Institution of Civil Engineers back to 1836, including journals and books.

ASCE

Full-text access to papers from published ASCE Journals and Proceedings.

CE database

Designed to provide easy bibliographic access to all ASCE publications, this database covers ASCE documents published since 1973.

ATRI

ATRI is produced by the Australian Road Research Board and provides information on roads and road related material. It includes all ARRB publications, and relevant Australian journal articles, reports, monographs, theses and conference papers.

Web of Science

Provides access to current and retrospective multidisciplinary information from high impact research journals. Web of Science also provides a unique search method, cited reference searching.

speechBITE

Linguistics and language behavior abstracts

PsycINFO

Cochrane Library

Eric

Scopus

Web of Science