Australian Dictionary of Biography

 
The online version of the Australian Dictionary of Biography is provided by The Australian National University and is an incredibly rich resource for teachers and students, containing over 10,000 scholarly biographical articles on 11,237 individuals who were significant in Australian History; with a few exceptions these persons died before 1981 (all died by 1986). Search using words or phrases, also allows structured searches using categories such as occupation and other criteria useful for historical inquiry.
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Australian Newspapers Beta Service

 

Australian Newspapers online helps you find historical images, articles, cartoons or maps printed in Australian newspapers. Provided by the National Library of Australia. Makes available out-of-copyright digitised Australian newspapers with full-text searching of Newspapers published in each state and territory from the 1800s to the mid-1950s. As of August 2008, contains over 90,000 newspaper pages from 1803 onwards, with more pages being added daily.
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Choice
Choice Extra Online is the online version of the monthly magazine with articles accessed in PDF format. It includes an index of articles going back to 2002. Use the second login box on the right of the screen to login.
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Collections Australia Network
CAN
 
CAN: Search collections for artworks, photographs and artefacts. Powerhouse Museum, Libraries Australia, Picture Australia, NSW State Records, Museum Victoria, National Museum of Australia
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ANZRC
Australian and New Zealand Research Centre

ANZRC combines Australasian magazines, newspapers, newswires and reference books to create the largest collection of regional full text content available to schools in Oceania. ANZRC also includes many international magazines, newspapers and reference books as well as biographies and an image collection. From EBSCO Publishing.

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Newsbank Newspapers Australia

Newsbank Newspapers Australia has complete full-text content of local, regional, and national newspapers, covering community events, schools, politics, government policies, cultural activities, local companies, state industries, and people in the community. Includes the Sydney Morning Herald. See also the Hot Topics, Special Reports and Maps links.

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Expanded Academic

Expanded Academic - From arts and the humanities to social sciences, science and technology, this database meets research needs across all academic disciplines. Access scholarly journals, news magazines and newspapers - many with full text and images. From the Gale Group.

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GreenFILE
 
GreenFILE indexes scholarly and general interest titles, as well as government documents and reports. It offers a unique perspective on the positive and negative ways humans affect the environmnet. Drawing on the connection between the environment and disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology, GreenFILE serves as an informative resource for anyone concerned about the issues facing our planet.
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Dynamic Learning Online

 
Dynamic Learning Online History and Reference Library. Australian and World History. Designed for Schools and contains major book titles adapted for online use with extensive searching capability. Newer titles continually added. Contains rich illustrations and some video clips.

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History Resource Centre (Modern World)

History Resource Centre (Modern World) has full-text articles from more than 100 academic journals, and maps and images. Full-text and facsimile images for over 1,400 primary source documents from Primary Source Microfilm collections are also included in the collection. From the Gale Group.

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Literature Resource Centre

Literature Resource Centre - Access biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of more than 120,000 authors from every age and literary discipline. From the Gale Group.

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Opposing Viewpoints Resource Centre

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Centre - Access viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles. From the Gale Group.

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Grove Music online

Grove Music is the authority on all aspects of music, covering the entire history of music from Bach to the Blues, and includes over 50,000 articles, Sibelius-enabled music examples and extensive links to musical sites on the Internet.
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Grove Art online

Offering unrivalled breadth and depth of content, a wide range of search options and extensive links from galleries and museums around the world, Grove Art covers all aspects of art from pre-history to the present day.
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Global Newsbank

Global Newsbank covers politics, economics, culture, business, science, technology, and the environment from Africa, Asia, Europe, the former Soviet Union, the Pacific Rim, Central and South America, and the Middle East. All articles are in English and are from translated broadcasts, news agency transmissions, wire services, newspapers, magazines, and government documents.See also the Hot Topics, Special Reports and Maps links.

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NSW HSC Online
NSW HSC Online is a large collection of teacher and student resources for HSC subjects.
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Cyberschool

UQL Cyberschool - This gateway site provides free access to a variety of appropriate and reliable electronic information from the University of Queensland.
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EdNA Online

EdNA provides a database of web-based resources organised around subjects in the Australian curriculum.

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Updated: November 9, 2009