Online Resources

For access to some of these resources will require your library card barcode or a password from our staff.

Short one on one training sessions are now available for these resources. Ask at any branch or register here to arrange a suitable time.

• Animals
• Antiques
• Biography
• Business
• Careers
• Computers and E-Literacy
• Consumer Information Choice magazine
• E-Books
• Education
• Encyclopaedias
• Government and Community Information
• Health
• History
• Homework help
• Literature and Books
• Local History and Genealogy
• Newspapers and Magazines
• Online Journals
• Oxford Art Online
• Science

Animals

Grzimek's Animal Life

Antiques

Price It this is the most comprehensive antique and collectible pricing tool in the world. It has more than 10 million images to make identification easier and 125 searchable categories.

 

 

 

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Biography

Australian Dictionary of Biography Online Edition: Australia's pre-eminent dictionary of national biography which contains over 10,000 scholarly biographies of significant Australians who died before 1980.

Who's Who in Australia - Search for notable Australians. (For use in the library only)

 

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Business

Safari E - Books online (barcode from home): Management, e-business and professional development titles covering all aspects of information technology, e-business, multimedia, desktop publishing and applied sciences, over 200 books online.

Who's Who in Business in Australia - search for people and companies. (For use in the library only)

 

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Careers

Ozjac (only within library, password required): Australian Courses and Careers Database. This can only be used from within the library - please ask Library staff to log you in.

 

 

 

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Consumer Information  

Choice Magazine (barcode from home) Australian consumer information.

 

 

 

 

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Computers and E-Literacy

Safari E - Books online (barcode from home): Management, e-business and professional development titles covering all aspects of information technology, e-business, multimedia, desktop publishing and applied sciences, over 200 books online.

 

 

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E-Books

Safari E - Books online (barcode from home): Management, e-business and professional development titles covering all aspects of information technology, e-business, multimedia, desktop publishing and applied sciences, over 200 books online.

Gale Virtual Reference Library a range of Electronic Reference Books.

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Education

ERIC - Education Resources Information Centre
ERIC provides free access to more than 1.2 million bibliographic records of journal articles and other education-related materials and, if available, includes links to full text. ERIC is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences (IES).

Encyclopaedias

Britannica Online (barcode): This has over 123,000 articles from Encyclopedia Britannica and various journals, 27,000 photo's and illustrations, 3,300 video and audio clips.

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Government and Community Information

Infoxchange Service Seeker.

Media Guide contains detailed information on every major Australian media outlet - from television stations and newspapers through to press agencies

Legal Resources The Fitzroy Legal Service Law Handbook is the most comprehensive plain English guide to the law in Victoria, and is updated annually by more than seventy expert volunteer lawyers.  From June 2009 it will be available free online. Click here to use.

National Guide to Government - Search parties, departments and members. (For use in the library only)

Local Government Guide - Search Local Government information. (For use in the library only)

Directory of Australian Associations - Search Australian Associations. (For use in the library only)

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Health

Consumer Health Complete  General health information.

Health and Wellness Resource Centre (barcode from home): covers areas of health, medicine and alternative medicine.

 

 

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History

Major History and Reference Website for anyone with an interest in Australian as well as Ancient and Modern History
www.learningonline.com.au.

Homework help

Your Tutor

Literature and Books

Austlit (barcode from home): Provides authoritative information on hundreds of thousands of creative and critical Australian literature works relating to more than 75,000 Australian authors and literary organisations. Its coverage spans 1780 to the present day.

Fiction Connection (barcode from home): discover titles similar to those you already enjoy, or browse titles by topic, genre, setting, character, location, and timeframe. Please note that Fiction Connection includes US titles only.

Global Books In Print (barcode from home): A database of over 4 million titles that are available and over 165,000 publishers, distributors, wholesalers and book agents. Access over 450,000 full text Reviews.

Libraries Australia: Search across Australian public and academic Library catalogues.

Magpies, The Source (only within library, password required): Searchable database about books for Children.

Novelist (barcode from home): a fiction database that provides subject heading access, reviews, annotations, and much more for over 125,000 fiction titles. It also includes other content of interest to fiction readers, such as Author Read-alikes, What We're Reading, Book Discussion Guides, BookTalks, and Annotated Book Lists.

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Local History and Genealogy

Ancestry (Library edition ) Only available in the Library.

Picture Victoria: The primary focus of Picture Victoria is to provide a single portal for access to pictorial and photographic collections held in Victoria's public libraries.

Picture Australia: is a service hosted by the National Library of Australia to provide a single access point to the digitised pictorial collections held in the collections of libraries, museums, galleries, archives, universities and other cultural agencies, in Australia and abroad.

17th and 18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers.
This represents the largest single collection of 17th and 18th century English News media available from the British Library

19th Century British Library Newspapers.
This offers national, regional and local 19th century British newspapers

Burney Collection and 19th Century British Library newspapers as one combined search.

The Times Digital Archive, 1785-1985.
The Times (London) is regarded as the most authoritative medium for political, legal , business and social news. The complete page of every issue is included here.

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Newspapers and Magazines

Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre Provides full text access to a wide range of Australian and New Zealand Newspapers. Major Australian newspapers covered include The Age, The Herald Sun (Melbourne), The Sydney Morning Herald, The Daily Telegraph (Sydney), The Courier Mail and other Regional daily newspapersThis also includes Australian and overseas journals and magazines

InfoTrac OneFile  Articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and many general interest topics. Also includes access to Choice magazine full text. 1999 to present.

Margaret Gee's Media Guide contains detailed information on every major Australian media outlet - from television stations and newspapers through to press agencies. Access from library only see staff for password

MasterFILE Premier Contains full text for nearly 1,730 periodicals covering general reference, business,health,education, general science, multicultural issues and much more. This database also contains full text for nearly 500 reference books, biographies, primary source documents, and an Image Collection of photos, maps & flags.

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Centre This provides instant access to some of the best sources and information available on controversial topics. It has newspaper and magazine articles, statistics, images and websites

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Online Journals

A-Z Journal List: electronic magazines we subscribe to. Check here to see if we have a title you are looking for.

 

 

 

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Oxford Art Online

Oxford Art Online the gateway into art research

Science

Science Resource Centre Provides a one stop shop for all science related research needs- it focuses on key concepts taught in high school classrooms such as earth science, science history, technology, life science and much more.

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Further information

Links

Within this site
Yarra City Council

External sites (Yarra City Council accepts no responsibility for the information or opinions contained within external sites)
Victoria's Virtual Library

Information supplied by: Electronic communications & design officer - 9205 5214 - 20 January 2006

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