Databases

Database Search

Note: To search across most of the databases below, click on SuperSearch above, often you will get better results by using the Advanced Search option or going into the individual databases below. If you are using this service for the first time please click here to get a PIN number

 

What is a database?

A database is an organised collection of information in electronic format and available on a computer. The Library subscribes to databases of newspaper and magazine articles as well as databases containing information on subjects such as health, science, law, history and literature.

 

Searching our databases

To use the databases in the Library just click on Library next to the database you would like to search. If the database you would like to search in the Library requires a password please ask library staff. If you are accessing the database remotely click on the remote link.

 

Alphabetical Listing of Databases

 

Art

Oxford Art Online When logging in remotely put WARRP before your Library Card number	Library	Remote

 

Business

ABI/Inform (Proquest)	Library	Remote
Academic Research Library	Library	Remote
Business Source Premier	Library	Remote
Business Who's Who	Library

 

Community Information

LINCS Community Information	Library	Remote

 

Computers

Computer Source Elite	Library	Remote

 

Consumer Information

Choice Archives -requires password	Library

 

Current Affairs - Newspaper & Magazine Articles

ANZ Reference Center	Library	Remote
Masterfile Premier	Library	Remote
Academic Research Library	Library	Remote
eLibrary Australasia	Library	Remote
Opposing Viewpoints	Library	Remote

 

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

Oxford Reference Online When logging in remotely put WARRP before your Library Card number	Library	Remote
Encyclopedia Britannica	Library	Remote
World Book Online	Library	Remote
World Atlas	Library	Remote
Webster World	Library	Remote

 

E-Books

Infobase Publishing - Full Text Books	Library	Remote

 

General Reference

Academic Research Library	Library	Remote
Teacher Reference Center	Library	Remote
ANZ Reference Center	Library	Remote
Encyclopedia Britannica	Library	Remote
Standards Australia	Library
Building Code of Australia - requires password	Library
TROVE - NLA	Library	Remote

 

Health

Consumer Health Complete	Library	Remote
Health Reference Center	Library	Remote
Realtime Health	Library	Remote
Drug Information at Your Library	Library	Remote

 

History and Genealogy

Ancestry Library Edition	Library
Modern World History Online	Library	Remote
Ancient & Medieval History Online	Library	Remote
American History Online	Library	Remote
Masterfile Premier	Library	Remote
Australian Newspapers 1803 - 1954 - NLA	Library	Remote

 

Law

AUSTLII - Acts & Legislation Database	Library	Remote
Legal Answers - SLNSW	Library	Remote
Local Government Law & Practice / Regulations - SLNSW	Library

 

Literature & Poetry

Literary Reference Center	Library	Remote
Litfinder	Library	Remote
Blooms Literary Reference Online	Library	Remote
Novelist	Library	Remote

 

Music

Oxford Music Online When logging in remotely put WARRP before your Library Card number	Library	Remote
Classical Music Library	Library	Remote
African American Song	Library	Remote
Smithsonian Global Sound	Library	Remote
Contemporary World Music	Library	Remote
Jazz	Library	Remote

 

Science and Environment

Science Reference Center	Library	Remote
Science Online	Library	Remote
Environment Complete	Library	Remote
Greenfile	Library	Remote