Databases for Wollongong College Australia

Databases provide access to journal and newspaper articles. They may also include other information sources such as electronic books, statistics or company information.

Databases to try first - databases that include many topic areas
Other relevant databases - more databases on specific topic areas

Databases by Faculty - select the faculty appropriate to your assignment, Diploma or Degree for a complete list of databases

Databases to try first
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Title	Tips	Notes
Australian Public Affairs - full text APAFT	Tips	Business, health, current affairs, economics, humanities, law, literature, politics and social sciences. Australian coverage. Index 1978 - present Fulltext 1995 - present Conditions of use Database search system: Informit Need help? Try this animated search which uses a sample assignment question
Emerald Fulltext	Tips	Management, human resource management, economics, marketing, logistics, training and education International coverage Indexing 1989 fulltext 1994 - present Conditions of use Database search system: Emerald website Need help? Try this database guide.
Expanded Academic ASAP	Tips	This database has information in most topic areas. International coverage. 1980 - present Conditions of use Database search system: Gale InfoTrac Need help? Try this database guide.
Proquest Central	Tips	This database has information in most topic areas. International coverage. Various dates Conditions of use Database search system: Proquest. Need help?: Try this animated search which uses a sample assignment question
ScienceDirect	Tips	Social sciences, life, physical, medical and technical sciences. International coverage. 1995 - present, some earlier Conditions of use Database search system: ScienceDirect website Need help? Try this animated search using a sample assignment question.

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Other relevant databases
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Title	Tips	Notes
A ⁺ Education	Tips	Education and related fields, including curriculum, educational research, information science, librarianship, management, policy administration, psychology, sociology, teaching and training. Australian coverage. This is Australian Education Index with selected fulltext added Fulltext 2000 - present Index 1978 - present Conditions of use Database search system: Informit Need help? Try this animated search which uses a sample assignment question
AGIS Plus Text	Tips	Law, including administrative law, companies and securities, constitutional law, copyright, criminal law, environmental law, family law. Australian coverage Indexing 1975 - present Fulltext 1999 - present Conditions of use Database search system: Informit Need help? Try this animated search which uses a sample assignment question
Australian Bureau of Statistics	Tips	Statistical data of Australia, the States and smaller regions. ABS' full standard product range on-line. Australian coverage. publications 1988 - present, with older time series This is a free site but there are some conditions of use specified on the ABS website Database search system: ABS website
Cambridge Journals Online	Tips	Sciences, social sciences, and humanities International coverage Conditions of use Database search system : Cambridge journals website
Computer Database	Tips	Computer related news and product reviews. International coverage Current year to date plus previous three years Conditions of use Database search system: Gale InfoTrac.
Database on English Language Teaching for Adults in Australasia (DELTAA)	Tips	English as a second language study and teaching. Australian coverage. 1985 - present Conditions of use Database search system: Informit
E-library	Tips	Informit e-Library provides access to full content from a range of journals, monographs and books, conference proceedings, research papers and reference materials. Australian coverage Conditions of use Database search system: Informit
Encyclopaedia Britannica Online	Tips	General information, Information in most topic areas International coverage Frequent updates Conditions of use Database search system: Britannica Online
ERIC	Tips	Education. International coverage. Dates vary Conditions of use Database search system: Proquest
Factiva	Tips	Newspaper and company information Dates vary Database search system: Factiva Preferred browser Internet Explorer v. 5.5+, Firefox (Windows) and Safari (Macintosh). The site uses secure http. The certificate on the Library's EZproxy server can cause an error. If you are warned about a security error and recommended not to proceed it is OK to do so in this instance. It is possible with IE browsers to turn off the warning about certificate mismatches but it can be a valid warning, so take this option with care.
Family and Society Plus	Tips	Issues about, or of relevance to families. Australian coverage Fulltext 2000 - present. Index 1980 - present This is Family database with selected fulltext added Conditions of use Database search system: Informit
Informaworld	Tips	Over 1000 journals in many disciplines. Strengths in Social Sciences and Humanities. International. Conditions of use
OneSource Global Business Browser - Asia Pacific edition	Tips	Very extensive industry and company resource International, global not just Asia Pacific More information OneSource Information Services
Oxford Art Online	Tips	Art in all periods and areas. Art forms, styles and movements, civilisations and cultures, subject matters and materials. International coverage 1998 plus regular updates and additions Conditions of use Database search system: Grove
Oxford Reference Online	Tips	General reference, arts, history, business, sciences languages. Fulltext of dictionaries and other reference books. International coverage Various dates Conditions of use Database search system: Oxford.
Safari Tech Books Online	Tips	Computing, networks, web, applications, security. books from several key publishers. Usually latest editions Conditions of use Database search system: Safari
Ulrich's International Periodicals Directory	Tips	Information about journals e.g. whether a journal is academic or popular Note: this database is not used to find journal articles by topic. International coverage Database search system: Bowkers. Need help? Try this database guide.

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Content by: Electronic Services Librarian

Last reviewed: 11 November, 2009

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