Databases by Title: M - P

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Title	Tips	Notes
Macquarie Online		Dictionary and Thesaurus
Malaysia/Singapore/Brunei/ASEAN Database (BERITA)	Tips	General reference. Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore, or South-East Asia as a whole and ASEAN. 1990 - present Conditions of use Informit
Materials Business File	Tips	Industry news, international trade data, government regulations and management issues related to the metals and materials industries. International 1985- present Conditions of use CSA
Materials Research Database	Tips	Materials science, metallurgy, ceramics, polymers, and composites used in engineering application. International 1966 - present Conditions of use CSA
MathSciNet	Tips	Mathematics. International. 1940 - present MathsciNet website.
MDConsult	Tips	Medical developments and clinical information Premium on current information MDConsult website
Media Scan	Tips	Current events and news items. Australian focus. 1991 - present Conditions of use Informit
Meditext	Tips	Health and medicine, with an emphasis on clinical medicine and paraprofessional fields. Australian. Fulltext 1996- Indexing 1968- Conditions of use Informit
Medline 1966- Medline 1996- Medline Daily update Premedline - In-process records Old medline 1948-1965	Tips	Medicine. Anatomy, diseases, chemicals and drugs, techniques and equipment, psychiatry and psychology and health care. International. 1950 - present, in several files Conditions of use Ovid
Metadex	Tips	Metals and alloys: their properties, manufacturing, applications, and development. International. 1966 - present Conditions of use Cambridge Scientific Abstracts.
MIMS Online	Tips	Pharmaceutical database with information about prescription and non-prescription drugs. Australian Current Conditions of use Health Communication Network (HCN)
Mineralogical Abstracts (Minabs Online)	Tips	Mineralogy, crystallography, geochemistry, petrology, environmental mineralogy. International. 1982 - present Mineralogical Society
MLA International Bibliography	Tips	Literature, language, linguistics and folklore. International. 1926 - present Conditions of use Cambridge Scientific Abstracts.
Multicultural Australia and Immigration Studies (MAIS)	Tips	Immigration, emigration, multiculturalism, ethnicity, racism, multicultural education, migrant health, refugees and aboriginal studies. Australian. 1988 - present Conditions of use Informit

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Title	Tips	Notes
Natural Product Updates		Developments in natural product chemistry International 1999 - present Royal Society of Chemistry
Nature Journals Online	Tips	Science research. International Nature Publishing Group Please consult the Info link for subscribed titles and their links. Individual titles also listed in the Library catalogue
Naxos Music Library		Streaming music including classical, world music and other genres Naxos
NBER Working Papers	Tips	Economics and economic aspects of industrial relations, education, health and related subjects. International 1994 - present NBER
New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics		Economics including the schools of economic theory, sub-disciplines and related areas Palgrave Macmillan
New York Review of Books	Tips	Reviews of books and the arts, including music, theatre, dance and film and issues arising from them. 1963 - present NYRB website
NRE's Electronic LIbrary eXchange for Information Resources (ELIXIR)	Tips	Agriculture, mineral resources, conservation and land management. Australian 1990 - present Conditions of use Informit
NSW Legislation	Tips	NSW legislation in force, both Acts and statutory instruments Historical versions of NSW legislation, from 1 January 2002, and earlier versions of selected titles An archival collection of NSW legislation as made since 1990-the As Made database
Nursing and Allied Health Source	Tips	Nursing journals, systematic reviews and evidence based summaries, includes the following databases as a search set: Evidence-Based Resources from the Joanna Briggs Institute ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source Conditions of use Proquest.
Nursing Resource Center	Tips	Encyclopedia articles giving disease and drug overviews, care plans, relevant journal results and animated anatomy and physiology diagrams to complement the encyclopedia texts. Cengage (Gale)
NUS Theses Collection (THESES)	Tips	Theses submitted to the University of Singapore (NUS) 1947 - present Conditions of use Informit

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Title	Tips	Notes
OMMBID - Online Metabolic & Molecular Bases of Inherited Disease	Tips	Genetic Research Information International 2007 with updates McGraw Hill
OneSource Global Business Browser	Tips	Very extensive industry and company resource International, global not just Asia Pacific More information OneSource Information Services
Optics Encyclopedia	Tips	Classical optics plus latest applications, including optical sensing and metrology, biomedicine, optical components and systems International Conditions of use Wiley
OTseeker		Occupational therapy - systematic reviews and randomised controlled trials.
Ovid classroom	Tips	Used for instructional purposes only, for classes with Library staff
Ovid databases	Tips	Complete list of Ovid databases subscribed to. Can choose to search more than one databases at same time. Conditions of use Ovid
Oxford Art Online	Tips	Art from all periods and areas. Art forms and cultures, movements artists and materials. International Conditions of use Oxford
Oxford English Dictionary	Tips	Meaning, history, and pronunciation of words in the English language over the last millennium. English speaking world. Based on the print Second Edition, 1989. Updated quarterly Conditions of use Oxford.
Oxford Music Online	Tips	All aspects of music including all regions styles and periods with a strength in classical western music International Conditions of use Oxford
Oxford Online Journals	Tips	Sciences, social sciences and humanities Conditions of use Oxford
Oxford Reference Online	Tips	General reference, arts, history, business, sciences languages. Fulltext of dictionaries and other reference books. International. Various dates Conditions of use Oxford.
Oxford Scholarship Online	Tips	Electronic Books from Oxford University Press. The Library subscribes to the Economics and Finance module. International. Various dates. Conditions of use Oxford
Oxresearch	Tips	A "first draft of history" as it occurs. Provides succinct analytical articles covering world and regional economic and political developments of major significance 1986 - present Conditions of use Proquest
Ozlife -Australian biography and book review index	Tips	Biography and book reviews. Australian. National Library of Australia

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Title	Tips	Notes
Papers Invited	Tips	Lists conferences, seminars etc., with calendar of events and dates of submission for papers with other details. International Conditions of use Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
PEDro - Physiotherapy Evidence Database		Randomised controlled trials, systematic reviews and evidence-based clinical practice guidelines in physiotherapy Centre for Evidence-Based Physiotherapy
Pharmaceutical News Index	Tips	Pharmaceutical, healthcare, biotechnology, and medical device industry. International. 1974 - present Conditions of use Proquest.
Philosopher's Index	Tips	Philosophy and related fields. International. 1940 - present Conditions of use Ovid.
Physical Review Online Archive (PROLA)	Tips	Physics. International Date varies PROLA website
Polymers: A Property Database	Tips	Physical properties of polymers, scientific and trade information. International Conditions of use Chapman and Hall/CRC
POPLINE	Tips	Reproductive health, population, family planning, and related health issues. POPLINE website
Population Index	Tips	Population topics and demographic literature. International. 1986 - 2000 Office of Population Research
Project Muse	Tips	Literature & criticism, cultural studies, history, language, political science, film, theatre & performing arts, philosophy & religion. International. Various dates Conditions of use Project Muse website
Properties of Organic Compounds	Tips	Organic compounds, featuring physical data, spectral data, and structures. International. Conditions of use Chapman and Hall/CRC
Proquest ANZ Newstand	Tips	Newspapers and newswires from Australia and New Zealand covering regional and international topics Conditions of use Proquest.
Proquest Asian Business & Reference	Tips	Detailed information on companies, economies, markets and overall business conditions, news and current awareness, country information, cultural, government and biographical information relating to Asia. A greatly expanded resource Conditions of use Proquest
Proquest Central	Tips	Information in most topic areas. Several databases which may be searched either individually or in combinations. This has everything previously included in Proquest 5000 plus more material. International. Various dates Conditions of use Proquest.
Proquest Computing	Tips	Product reviews, database design and management, software development strategies, web commerce, networks. International. 1986 - present Conditions of use Proquest.
Proquest Dissertations Abstracts	Tips	Thesis citations with abstracts. International. 1861 to present Recent years may have 24 page preview. Option to order Conditions of use Proquest.
Proquest Education Journals	Tips	Leading full-text journals in education and related fields. 1988 - present Conditions of use Proquest.
Proquest European Business	Tips	Regional European business news. 1986 - present Conditions of use Proquest.
Proquest Newspapers	Tips	International fulltext newspapers, not including Proquest ANZ Newsstand Coverage varies Conditions of use Proquest.
Proquest Nursing and Allied Health Source	Tips	Nursing journals and guidelines, includes the following databases as a search set: Evidence-Based Resources from the Joanna Briggs Institute ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source Conditions of use Proquest.
Proquest Psychology Journals	Tips	Provides abstracts and indexing for more than 650 titles, with over 540 titles available in full text. Also includes 4,000 full text dissertations representing a range of psychology disciplines including behavioral, clinical, cognitive, developmental, experimental, industrial, personality, physiological, psychobiology, psychometrics and social psychology. Dissertation content is available for the years spanning 2000 through 2005. Conditions of use Proquest.
Proquest Religion	Tips	Religion, mainly Christianity International 1992 - present Conditions of use Proquest.
Proquest Research Library	Tips	Wide range of popular academic subjects 1971 - present Conditions of use Proquest.
ProQuest Science Journals	Tips	Science and technology. Subject coverage includes computers, engineering, physics, telecommunications, and transportation. 1994 - present Conditions of use Proquest.
ProQuest Social Science Journals	Tips	Periodicals covering the social sciences. Dates vary Conditions of use Proquest
Proquest Telecommunications	Tips	Telecommunications industry information. International. 1986 - present Conditions of use Proquest.
PsycArticles	Tips	Psychology. Journals of American Psychological Association. International Conditions of use Ovid
PsycBOOKS	Tips	Psychology books. International 1806 - present Conditions of use Ovid
PsycCRITIQUES	Tips	Reviews of books and films about psychology an related disciplines. International Ovid
Psycinfo 1806- , 1967- , 1985-	Tips	Psychology and related disciplines. International. 1806 - present Conditions of use Ovid
Psychology: A SAGE Full-Text Collection	Tips	Psychology and related disciplines from the publisher SAGE and participating societies. International 1941 - present Sage
Pubmed	Tips	Medicine. International. Free version of Medline, Premedline plus other content 1966 - present National Center for Biotechnology Information - U.S. National Library of Medicine. Please refer to the help before using this database

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