Information Databases - Access from Home
If you live in Victoria, the Library has arranged for you to be able to find articles and article references in selected databases from home. To take advantage of this, you will need to register as a Library user.
Many databases are only accessible from the Library building due to licensing restrictions. So if you don't find what you need when you are searching from home, visit us at the Library (328 Swanston Street, Melbourne).
How do I begin searching?
- Choose a database by clicking on the title. A log-in screen will appear.
- Enter your Library card barcode and last name to connect to the database.
Please note When accessing databases from home, you must ensure you abide by the conditions of access.
What databases are available?
The list of databases below is divided into broad subjects. Many of these databases have the full text of articles, which you can usually print, email or save. Some are bibliographic databases, or indexes, which are collections of references to articles. These often include a brief summary of what the article is about, but not the full text. The Library owns many of the journals included in these databases, so once you have all the relevant details, you can look up the title in our new-style Search. Contact us to obtain a copy of the article/s.
Multi-subject databases
These databases cover a wide range of subjects. (See also Encyclopaedias, dictionaries & ebooks, below.)
Full text for over 5000 journals (from 1975 onwards), reference books, photos and maps. Includes some peer-reviewed titles. Wide subject range - international coverage, some Australian material.
Indexes Australian magazines, journals and newspapers on a wide range of topics. Includes some full-text in the following databases: APA-FT - Australian Public Affairs; AGIS Plus Text - Attorney-General's Information Service; A+ Education; Family & Society Plus; Meditext.
Full-text news and journal articles on a wide range of topics across all subjects. Includes selected encyclopaedias and specialised reference e-books from Gale Virtual Reference Library. Broad range with mainly international coverage and some Australian material.
Full-text digitised back issues of important journals covering all subjects from the first issue (some as early as 1700). Currency of the articles varies, with most within 1 to 5 years of the current issue.
Mega! Huge full-text database covering education, science, humanities, social sciences, business and general interest. International coverage, some Australian material.
Indexes humanities and social sciences journals with coverage from the 18th century to 1996. Includes journals in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish.
Full-text and index - business, education, humanities, medicine, social science, science and technology. International coverage, some Australian material.
Arts
Great detail on US films 1893-1971, plus separate listing of AFI top ten films 2000 onwards. Advanced search option with 12 categories including cast, title, subject, year. Coverage beyond 1971 will be added in 2007.
Indexes all aspects of art, design and photography of the 20th century.
Indexes over 100,000 films from 170 countries, with plot summaries, full-cast and crew lists, award details and more.
Index with some full-text for 83 journals, plus more than 420 international music periodicals indexed. Comprehensive coverage of music styles.
Index with some full-text. Wide subject coverage: dance, film, drama, television, the arts and entertainment industry, stagecraft, magic, musical theatre and performance art.
The Naxos jazz library is one of the most comprehensive collections of jazz audio files available online, and contains examples of all the great jazz musicians.
This expansive online classical music library contains the catalogues of over 50 classical, world and jazz labels, including ABC Classics, BIS, Chandos and Naxos.
Includes full text drawn from 'Grove Art Online', 'The Oxford Companion to Western Art', 'Encyclopedia of Aesthetics' and 'The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms'. Covers western and non-western art, architecture, decorative arts and photography.
This music reference resource includes full text drawn from the 'Encyclopedia of Popular Music', 'Oxford Dictionary of Music', 'Grove Music Online' and 'Oxford Companion to Music'. Covers a wide range of musical styles, composers, performers, terminology, and works.
'Spiritualism, Sensation and Magic' includes texts and images dealing with magic, spiritualism, mesmerism and psychical science in America, Britain and Europe. 'Circuses, Sideshows and Freaks' focuses on the world of travelling entertainment in Britain, America and Europe and contains print and visual material, featuring hundreds of posters, postcards, photographs, cabinet cards and illustrations from respected British and American collections.
Information on arts, crafts, architecture, photography, fashion, textiles, film, television studies and more. Index coverage from 1984 and abstract coverage from January 1994.
Indexes journal articles on subjects such as the history and practice of architecture, landscape architecture, city planning, historic preservation, and interior design and decoration. Article dates range from 1934 to current, with selective coverage back to 1741. Compiled by the Getty Research Institute.
Business
Provides the annual reports of all ASX listed and de-listed companies dating back to 1995. It also provides access to the full documentation of ASX-lodged announcements from October 1998 to today, including prospectuses. These announcements are updated continually throughout the day.
Collection of online reference books including encyclopaedias and handbooks covering topics in business and management.
Full text for over 3000 business journals, some dating back to 1922. International, but mostly US focus. Includes some peer-reviewed titles.
Contains corporate information on 40,000 large and medium-sized public and private companies in Australia. Updated every day.
Search Australian business, finance, law and industrial relations databases. Products include law cases and business guides.
Australian company directory. Information for selected public and private companies.
International company directory. Information for selected public and private companies, as well as importers, exporters, distributors and manufacturers.
Selection of Proquest 5000 databases related to international and regional business, finance and economics. Includes ABI/INFORM Global database and also databases for Asian and European coverage. Rich in full-text.
This database provides comprehensive full-text coverage for regional business publications in the US.
Encyclopaedias, dictionaries & ebooks
Extensive collection of online reference books, encyclopaedias and dictionaries covering the arts, business and management, humanities and social sciences.
This edition includes access to the full text of this well-known encyclopaedia, as well as magazine and journal articles, websites and multimedia.
This edition includes access to the full text of articles in the student edition of this well-known encyclopaedia, suitable for school assignments.
Full-text articles from encyclopedias and specialised reference sources, covering a variety of subject areas.
English as it is used in Australia, from the colloquial to the technical. Updated with new words as they enter the language. Includes etymologies for some phrases and regionalisms from around Australia.
Search across and within a range of Oxford dictionaries: Australian, American, New Zealand, thesauri and the second edition of the Oxford English Dictionary.
Extensive collection of online reference books, encyclopaedias and dictionaries covering a vast range of subjects. Includes selected titles from Oxford Digital Reference Shelf, Oxford Reference Literature and Western Civilization collections.
Genealogy & biography
Profiles of more than 18,000 men and women from all walks of American life, from the well-known to the infamous to the obscure.
Information on famous figures from around the world and throughout history.
An illustrated collection of more than 55,000 biographies of the men and women from around the world who shaped the history of the United Kingdom, from earliest times to the year 2002.
Health & medicine
This full-text database focuses on the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness, often from peer-reviewed journals and reports. Includes pamphlets, booklets, special reports, original research and e-books.
Health and medical information from journals, magazines, reference books and more.
A comprehensive subject range for interested consumers and health professionals. Includes journals and reference books, over 750 as full text, and 1000-plus titles indexed.
Access to over 100 full-text articles and books on Australian and Pacific health topics. From January 2010, this collection also incorporates the Meditext database.
Articles on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other mental health consequences of exposure to traumatic events.
History
Annotated bibliography of the history of the world, excluding the United States and Canada from 1450 to the present. Includes abstracts and citations to academic journal articles, books and dissertations written from 1955 to the present. Includes history of education, women's history and military history.
Extensive collection of online encyclopaedias and dictionaries covering various periods of history.
Humanities & social sciences
Extensive collection of online reference books, encyclopaedias and dictionaries covering the arts, business and management, humanities and social sciences.
Indexes Australian magazines, journals and newspapers on a wide range of topics. Includes some full-text in the following databases: APA-FT - Australian Public Affairs; AGIS Plus Text - Attorney-General's Information Service; A+ Education; Family & Society Plus; Meditext.
Index primarily on the English language, covering development, linguistics, literacy and regional differences. Some coverage of indigenous languages.
Indexes humanities and social sciences journals with coverage from the 18th century to 1996. Includes journals in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish.
Designed for professional educators, this database provides a highly specialised collection of over 500 full-text journals, including more than 300 peer-reviewed titles.
Coverage of nearly 550 full-text journals covering topics such as emotional and behavioural characteristics, psychiatry and psychology, mental processes, anthropology and research methods.
Database of full-text articles from 63 American Psychological Association journals and other publications.
More than 300 full-text journals, including more than 250 peer-reviewed titles. Extensive coverage of such topics as world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy.
In print
These directories list publications that are currently available to purchase, either in Australia or on the internet. They include books, magazines, journals, electronic journals, videos, DVDs and CDs. You can search by title, author, subject or ISBN/ISSN number. Please note: these directories are not an index to the content of books or articles in journals.
Information on a book's publication status, availability, awards and reviews as well as agents, publishers, wholesalers and distributors.
Extensive detailed directory of journals and magazines, newspapers and zines currently available worldwide.
Law & government
Search Australian business, finance, law and industrial relations databases. Products include law cases and business guides.
Contains fully searchable, full-text British Parliamentary Papers from 1801 to 2003/04 sessions.
Literature & reviews
Information about Australian writers and writing from the 1780s to the present. Includes biographical and bibliographical information and the full text of critical articles, creative writing and information resources about many aspects of Australia's literary heritage.
Includes book summaries, full-text reviews, review excerpts, citations and more for over 550,000 books.
Contains works of poetry found in anthologies, and volumes of collected works and selected works from individual poets. Full text of 50,000 poems and more than 400,000 poem citations.
An index of journal articles, books and dissertations. Content is international and subjects areas include literature, language and linguistics, literary theory and criticism, folklore, dramatic art and the history of printing and publishing.
Extensive collection of online encyclopaedias and companions to literature from around the world.
Newspapers
Full-text newspapers including The Age, The Herald-Sun and other major Australian newspapers, and other generally popular magazines and journals. Coverage from October 2000.
Full-text of 70 Australian and international newspapers, dating back to 2000 for most papers.
Reproduces the complete content of 500 current newspapers from 70 countries, including advertisements, images and tables. Issues are kept for 60 days from their date of publication.
Complete content of the London Times, fully searchable and viewable as images.
Contains 48 British metropolitan and regional newspapers published between 1800 and 1900. Selected from the British Library's newspaper collection.
Science & technology
The latest information and current trends in high technology, with full text for more than 300 publications, and indexing and abstracts for over 400 publications. Topics covered include computer science, programming, artificial intelligence, cybernetics, information systems, robotics, and software.
One hundred searchable, full-text electronic books from a variety of publishers. The collection covers many areas of computing and information technology.
Indexes popular Australian general science and geography journals covering a broad range of topics including the environment, biology, agriculture and technology, with particular emphasis on the Australian and Asia-Pacific region.
Sport
International bibliographic database compiled by SIRC (Sport Information Resource Centre). Includes diverse topics such as sport and sports medicine, exercise physiology, biomechanics, coaching and training techniques, physical education and physical fitness. The database includes both current literature from 1998 to the present and an archive of material from 1830 to 1997.
Statistics
Established in 1961 and with 30 member countries, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development is one of the world's largest and most reliable sources of comparable statistics, and economic and social data.
Having trouble accessing the databases?
If you are having problems logging in or accessing the Library's databases from home, try some of our troubleshooting tips.
|
