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Australia
Informit History Collection
Search the full text of scholarly research articles about Australian history.
Informit Indexes
Search specialist indexes for references to information about Australian history. The Library owns many of the journals referenced in the indexes, so once you have found relevant details, you can order copies of articles from our online copy ordering service.
World
Ebsco Historical Abstracts
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.
The First World War: Personal Experiences
Drawn from archives from across the globe, this collection of primary sources documents the lives and experiences of men and women during the First World War.
London Low Life
This database is a full-text searchable resource for street culture, social reform and the Victorian era underworld in London. It contains colour digital images of rare books, ephemera, maps and other materials relating to 18th, 19th and early 20th century London. Some secondary resources, including interactive maps, are also included.
Oxford Reference Online Premium – History
Extensive collection of online encyclopaedias and dictionaries covering various periods of history.
More eresources
Multi-subject databases also contain millions of history articles. Many of these can be accessed from home.
Some of the Library's journal article and ebooks databases, and all of the Library's CD-ROMs, are only available from computers within the Library building. You can explore the subject menu which lists these. Many useful free websites are also included in this subject menu.
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