Databases by subject area

Databases by subject area

Applied Science & Laboratory Technology
	Academic Search Premier - provides full text for nearly 4,650 serials, including full text for more than 3,600 peer-reviewed titles. Australia New Zealand Reference Centre - includes Australia and New Zealand specific magazines, newspapers, newswires and reference books. Computers & Applied Sciences Complete - provides indexing and abstracts for more than 1,800 academic journals, professional publications, and other reference sources.
	Emerald - allows access to 175 management titles published by Emerald plus a further 300 of the world's best management and business journals.
	Oxford Reference Online - over 100 Oxford dictionaries, plus the Oxford companions series and the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations.
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Building & Construction
	Austlii - includes full text of Australian federal and state legal cases and legislation Australasian Legal Information.
	Australian Standards - includes full text Standards for Building, Plumbing and Occupational Health and Safety.
	BCA Illustrated - contains Volumes 1 and 2 of the Building Code of Australia with over 3000 illustrations.
	Design 5 - contains abstracts of journal articles in the fields of Architecture, Building, Interior Decoration, and Furnishings held at the B5 Learning Commons.
	Academic Search Premier - provides full text for nearly 4,650 serials, including full text for more than 3,600 peer-reviewed titles. Australia New Zealand Reference Centre - includes Australia and New Zealand specific magazines, newspapers, newswires and reference books. GreenFILE- offers well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment.
	Ecospecifier - a guide to eco-preferable products and materials for the construction industry.Ecospecifier is only available on campus.
	Emerald - allows access to 175 management titles published by Emerald plus a further 300 of the world's best management and business journals.
	Newsbank - Australia's newpapers.
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Business,Administration & Management Studies
	Age Schools Archive - offers information on current activities, research and other relevant materials provided by The Age newspaper.
	Annual Reports Collection - provides a complete annual report for all companies listed on the Australian Stock Exchange.
	Australian Bureau of Statistics - provides statistics on a broad range of subject areas including government, economy, education, population.
	Academic Search Premier - provides full text for nearly 4,650 serials, including full text for more than 3,600 peer-reviewed titles. Australia New Zealand Reference Centre - includes Australia and New Zealand specific magazines, newspapers, newswires and reference books. Business Searching Interface - Includes Company Profiles,Country Reports, Industry Profiles, Market Research Reports, Product Reviews,SWOT analyses. Business Source Premier - provides full text coverage in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, accounting, finance and economics.
	Eighty 20 - allows profiling of business and market potential within one or more geographic locations to a specified target market.
	Emerald - allows access to 175 management titles published by Emerald plus a further 300 of the world's best management and business journals.
	Ibisworld - provides industry and company data and business environment statistics for a wide range of Australian industries and companies.
	Informit - Australasian scholarly full-text and index databases to the education, research and business sectors.
	Margaret Gee's Australian Media Guide With extensive listings for over 25,000 media contacts and 3,000 media outlets, Margaret Gee's Australian Media Guide is the ideal reference for: identifying the best channel for your next PR or marketing campaign; maximising your access to free press and garnering a better understanding of this expansive industry.
	Newsbank - Australia's newspapers.
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Design, Multimedia & Art
	Ebsco Host - includes magazine and newspaper articles from local and international publishers with broad subject coverage.
	Newsbank - Australia's newpapers.
	Oxford Reference Online - over 100 Oxford dictionaries, plus the Oxford companions series and the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations.
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Engineering & Electrotechnology
	Australian Standards - includes full text Standards for Building, Plumbing and Occupational Health and Safety.
	Academic Search Premier - provides full text for nearly 4,650 serials, including full text for more than 3,600 peer-reviewed titles. Australia New Zealand Reference Centre - includes Australia and New Zealand specific magazines, newspapers, newswires and reference books. Vocational Studies Complete - contains more than 1,700 full-text journals as well as more than 200 full-text books with resources specifically for the research needs of two-year colleges.
	Emerald - allows access to 175 management titles published by Emerald plus a further 300 of the world's best management and business journals.
	Job Guide Provides an in-depth look at a range of occupations, and their education and training pathways. It also gives useful information about how to work out what occupations suit you best, based on your interests and abilities.
	Newsbank - Australia's newpapers.
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Fitness & Recreation
	Australian Bureau of Statistics - provides statistics on a broad range of subject areas including government, economy, education, population.
	Australia New Zealand Reference Centre - includes Australia and New Zealand specific magazines, newspapers, newswires and reference books. Business Source Premier - provides full text coverage in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, accounting, finance and economics. CINAHL plus - comprehensive source of full text articles for nursing & allied health journals. Healthsource - provides nearly 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines.
	Ibisworld - provides industry and company data and business environment statistics for a wide range of Australian industries and companies.
	Newsbank - Australia's newpapers.
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Furnishing & Joinery
	Australian Standards - includes full text Standards for Building, Plumbing and Occupational Health and Safety.
	BCA Illustrated - contains Volumes 1 and 2 of the Building Code of Australia with over 3000 illustrations.
	Design 5 - contains abstracts of journal articles in the fields of Architecture, Building, Interior Decoration, and Furnishings held at the B5 Learning Commons.
	GreenFILE- offers well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment.
	Ecospecifier - a guide to eco-preferable products and materials for the construction industry.Ecospecifier is only available on campus.
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Horticulture, Conservation & Land Management
	Australian Bureau of Statistics - provides statistics on a broad range of subject areas including government, economy, education, population.
	Australian Standards - includes full text Standards for Building, Plumbing and Occupational Health and Safety.
	Australia New Zealand Reference Centre - includes Australia and New Zealand specific magazines, newspapers, newswires and reference books. GreenFILE- offers well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment.
	Ecospecifier - a guide to eco-preferable products and materials for the construction industry.Ecospecifier is only available on campus.
	Infopest & Infopest MSDS - a database of nationally registered agricultural and veterinary (Agvet) chemical products and their uses. Infopest is only available on campus.
	Newsbank - Australia's newpapers.
	Wild Plants of Victoria - includes distribution information and concise descriptions of nearly 4500 plant species, full-colour photographs of over 2500 species & detailed local maps. Please contact Waverley campus for password to access online.
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Hospitality, Bakery, Cookery
	Australia New Zealand Reference Centre - includes Australia and New Zealand specific magazines, newspapers, newswires and reference books. Business Source Premier - provides full text coverage in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, accounting, finance and economics. Hospitality & Tourism Complete - covers scholarly research and industry news with more than 749,000 records, with coverage dating as far back as 1965.
	Ibisworld - provides industry and company data and business environment statistics for a wide range of Australian industries and companies.
	Newsbank - Australia's newpapers.
	Oxford Reference Online - over 100 Oxford dictionaries, plus the Oxford companions series and the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations.
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Human & Community Services
	Australian Bureau of Statistics - provides statistics on a broad range of subject areas including government, economy, education, population.
	Austlii - includes full text of Australian federal and state legal cases and legislation Australasian Legal Information.
	Academic Search Premier - provides full text for nearly 4,650 serials, including full text for more than 3,600 peer-reviewed titles. AgeLine - focuses exclusively on the population aged 50+ and issues of aging. Australia New Zealand Reference Centre - includes Australia and New Zealand specific magazines, newspapers, newswires and reference books. CINAHL Plus - comprehensive source of full text articles for nursing & allied health journals. Vocational Studies Complete - contains more than 1,700 full-text journals as well as more than 200 full-text books designed specifically for the research needs of two-year colleges.
	Family and Society Plus via Informit - Australasian scholarly full-text and index databases to the education, research and business sectors.
	JBI Connect - a collection of evidence-based resources designed to assist in the clinical decision-making process and to support best practice.
	Newsbank - Australia's newpapers.
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Information Technology & Computing
	Australian Bureau of Statistics - provides statistics on a broad range of subject areas including government, economy, education, population.
	Academic Search Premier - provides full text for nearly 4,650 serials, including full text for more than 3,600 peer-reviewed titles. Australia New Zealand Reference Centre - includes Australia and New Zealand specific magazines, newspapers, newswires and reference books. Library, Information Science & Technology abstracts - indexes more than 600 periodicals, plus books, research reports and proceedings for library and IT industries. Computers & Applied Sciences Complete - provides indexing and abstracts for more than 1,800 academic journals, professional publications, and other reference sources.
	Emerald - allows access to 175 management titles published by Emerald plus a further 300 of the world's best management and business journals.
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Interior Design
	Australian Standards - includes full text Standards for Building, Plumbing and Occupational Health and Safety.
	Design 5 - contains abstracts of journal articles in the fields of Architecture, Building, Interior Decoration, and Furnishings held at the B5 Learning Commons.
	GreenFILE- offers well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment.
	Ecospecifier - a guide to eco-preferable products and materials for the construction industry.Ecospecifier is only available on campus.
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Language Programs
	Academic Search Premier - provides full text for nearly 4,650 serials, including full text for more than 3,600 peer-reviewed titles. Australia New Zealand Reference Centre - includes Australia and New Zealand specific magazines, newspapers, newswires and reference books. MAS Ultra - School Edition - Includes full text for more than 285 journals related to communication and mass media. Vocational Studies Complete - contains more than 1,700 full-text journals as well as more than 200 full-text books designed specifically for the research needs of two-year colleges.
	Newsbank - Australia's newpapers.
	Oxford Reference Online - over 100 Oxford dictionaries, plus the Oxford companions series and the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations.
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Naturopathy & Massage
	The Cochrane Library Consist with evidence-based medicine databases, including nearly 3500 Cochrane reviews published in The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.
	Academic Search Premier - provides full text for nearly 4,650 serials, including full text for more than 3,600 peer-reviewed titles. Australia New Zealand Reference Centre - includes Australia and New Zealand specific magazines, newspapers, newswires and reference books. CINAHL Plus - comprehensive source of full text articles for nursing & allied health journals. Healthsource - provides nearly 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines.
	Informit - Australasian scholarly full-text and index databases to the education, research and business sectors.
	JBI Connect - a collection of evidence-based resources designed to assist in the clinical decision-making process and to support best practice.
	Newsbank - Australia's newpapers.
	Oxford Reference Online - over 100 Oxford dictionaries, plus the Oxford companions series and the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations.
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Nursing & Dental
	AgeLine - focuses exclusively on the population aged 50+ and issues of aging. CINAHL Plus - comprehensive source of full text articles for nursing & allied health journals. Healthsource - provides nearly 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Medline - provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more.
	The Cochrane Library Consist with evidence-based medicine databases, including nearly 3500 Cochrane reviews published in The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.
	Emerald - allows access to 175 management titles published by Emerald plus a further 300 of the world's best management and business journals.
	JBI Connect - a collection of evidence-based resources designed to assist in the clinical decision-making process and to support best practice.
	Mims Online [ User Guide] MIMS Online offers convenient access to essential information for prescription and non-prescription medicines.
	Oxford Reference Online - over 100 Oxford dictionaries, plus the Oxford companions series and the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations.
	PubMed -is a service of the US National Library of Medicine that includes over 18 million citations from MEDLINE and other life science journals.
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Screen, Professional Writing & Media
	Academic Search Premier - provides full text for nearly 4,650 serials, including full text for more than 3,600 peer-reviewed titles. Australia New Zealand Reference Centre - includes Australia and New Zealand specific magazines, newspapers, newswires and reference books. Film & Television Literature Index with Full Text - includes film & television theory, preservation & restoration, writing, production, cinematography, technical aspects, and reviews.
	Echo Newspaper Index - Australian newspaper index with a comprehensive list of media issue outlines.
	Informit - Australasian scholarly full-text and index databases to the education, research and business sectors.
	Margaret Gee's Australian Media Guide With extensive listings for over 25,000 media contacts and 3,000 media outlets, Margaret Gee's Australian Media Guide is the ideal reference for: identifying the best channel for your next PR or marketing campaign; maximising your access to free press and garnering a better understanding of this expansive industry.
	Newsbank - Australia's newpapers.
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Tourism & Event Management
	Australian Bureau of Statistics - provides statistics on a broad range of subject areas including government, economy, education, population.
	Australia New Zealand Reference Centre - includes Australia and New Zealand specific magazines, newspapers, newswires and reference books. Business Searching Interface via Ebsco Includes Company Profiles,Country Reports, Industry Profiles, Market Research Reports, Product Reviews,SWOT analyses. Business Source Premier - provides full text coverage in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, accounting, finance and economics. Hospitality & Tourism Complete - covers scholarly research and industry news with more than 749,000 records, with coverage dating as far back as 1965.
	Ibisworld - provides industry and company data and business environment statistics for a wide range of Australian industries and companies.
	Newsbank - Australia's newpapers.
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VCE
	Age Schools Archive - offers information on current activities, issues, research and other relevant materials provided by The Age newspaper.
	Vocational Studies Complete - contains more than 1,700 full-text journals as well as more than 200 full-text books with resources specifically for the research needs of two-year colleges.
	Echo Newspaper Index - Australian newspaper index with a comprehensive list of media issue outlines.
	Job Guide - an in-depth look at a range of occupations, and their education and training pathways.
	Newsbank - Australia's newpapers
	Ozjac [User Guide] Provides information about accredited courses, their providers and jobs to assist you to make informed career decisions. The database allows searching on what training is linked to a particular job, or which jobs are linked to a particular course.
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