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10play

10play is a video on demand and catch up TV service on the Australian commercial television network, Channel 10

FILM AND TELEVISION

7plus

7plus is a video on demand and catch up TV service on the Australian commercial television network, Channel 7.

FILM AND TELEVISION

9now

9now is a video on demand and catch up TV service on the Australian commercial television network, Channel 9.

FILM AND TELEVISION

A+ Education (Informit)

Full text database of Australian journals. Subject coverage: adult education, curricula, early childhood, primary, secondary and higher education, special education, educational theory and practice, public policy, school management.

EDUCATION

a+t architecture publishers

a+t architecture publishers is an editorial company on architecture, independent from any institution or professional group. It researches collective housing, land occupation, density, mixed uses and public space. Includes journal a + t, monographs and cards.

DESIGN

ABC iview

ABC iview is a video on demand and catch up TV service run by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC).

FILM AND TELEVISION

ABI/INFORM collection (ProQuest)

Full text database. Subject coverage includes: accounting, business trends, economics, finance, management techniques and management theory. Includes journals, working papers, market research reports, country and industry reports, business cases and case studies.

BUSINESS

Abstracts in social gerontology (EBSCOhost)

Database of articles covering the psychological and social aspects of aging, physical and mental health, hospital and home care, economics and government policy. Includes linked full text.

HEALTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICES

Academic OneFile (Gale)

Full text multidisciplinary database. Subject coverage includes: physical and life sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, arts and humanities, business and management.

ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCESBUSINESSEDUCATIONENGINEERINGHEALTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICESINFORMATION TECHNOLOGYSCIENCEMULTIDISCIPLINARY

Academic search complete (EBSCOhost)

Full text multidisciplinary database. Subject coverage includes: social sciences and humanities, philosophy, psychology, law, astronomy, engineering and technology, life, physical and environmental sciences, mathematics.

ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCESBUSINESSEDUCATIONENGINEERINGHEALTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICESINFORMATION TECHNOLOGYSCIENCEMULTIDISCIPLINARY

Academic Writer

The official and authoritative online guide to APA style, designed to assist students, writers and researchers. The website includes learning and teaching tools, writing and content management technology and full integration of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA). To find examples of APA style, click the green tab learn on the homepage and then click go to sample references. Previously known as APA Style Central.

ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCESBUSINESSEDUCATIONENGINEERINGHEALTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICESINFORMATION TECHNOLOGYSCIENCEMULTIDISCIPLINARY

AccessEngineering

Ebook database. Subject coverage includes: biomedical, chemical, civil, electrical, environmental, mechanical, materials and software engineering. Includes: Marks’ Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers (12th edn.), Perry’s Chemical Engineers Handbook (9th edn.), Standard Handbook for Electrical Engineers (17th edn.). Number of concurrent users: 1.

ENGINEERINGINFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES

AccessScience

Ebook database. Subject coverage includes: astronomy and physics, biological and health sciences, chemistry, computer science, materials science, mathematics and psychology. Number of concurrent users: 2

SCIENCEHEALTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICES

ACM digital library

Full text computer science database. Includes journals, conference proceedings, technical magazines, newsletters and ebooks published by the Association for Computing Machinery.

ENGINEERINGINFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES

ACS publications

Includes more than 30 full text journals published or co-published by the American Chemical Society.

SCIENCE

Acumen : practice advice for architects.

Database for professional architects. Content includes: advisory material, news and advice on managing an architectural practice and architectural projects.

DESIGN

AGIS Plus Text (Informit)

Full text law database. Subject coverage: administrative law, banking, companies and securities, constitutional and copyright law, criminal, environmental and family law, human rights, international law, legal aid and trade practices. Includes Australian, New Zealand and Pacific law journals and selected articles from major US, UK and Canadian law journals.

LAW

AHFS consumer medication information (EBSCOhost)

Full text database of patient drug information published by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. Includes information on dosage, precautions, side effects, storage and disposal of medicines. Updated monthly.

HEALTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICES

AIP publishing

Full text journals and proceedings published by the American Institute of Physics.

SCIENCE

Air and space law

This database covers the multitude of ways humans interact with and explore the earthly skies and distant reaches of outer space. Includes airline deregulation; air traffic control modernization; airline safety concerns in a post-9/11 world; drones; satellites and their essential function in modern life; the Space Shuttle Program; space debris; and the increasing amount of private, commercial companies and their stake in space.

LAW

Alexander Street Press

Streaming video and audio collections of documentaries, interviews, lectures, workshops, counseling sessions and other content. Swinburne library has access to the Counseling and therapy in video, Health and society in video and Australasian video collections.

SCIENCEIMAGES AND VIDEOS

Alloy Phase Diagram Database

Database of 40, 300 binary and ternary alloy phase diagrams, from over 9000 systems with associated crystal and reaction data. Produced by ASM International (American Society of Metals).

An@tomedia

Anatomy database which incorporates detailed images of real, serial dissection and medical images together with interactive, educational text outlining functional and clinical application and quiz questions.

HEALTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICESIMAGES AND VIDEOS

Anatomy.tv

Anatomical 3D models explore the human body, region by region, with specialised resources on various clinical areas and body systems. Includes biomechanical animations, dynamic MRI, and movie clips to supplement 3D models.

HEALTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICESIMAGES AND VIDEOS

Annual reviews

Full text authoritative reviews written by leading scientists. Swinburne library has access to all annual reviews.

ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCESENGINEERINGHEALTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICESINFORMATION TECHNOLOGYSCIENCE

APO Analysis & policy observatory

A platform for public policy and practice research, sourced from organisations and publishers in Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, the United States, Europe, Canada and other countries. APO includes grey literature, journal articles and conference papers, data, audio and video, plus event, course and job listings. Established at Swinburne University of Technology in 2002, APO is updated daily

ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

Art & architecture source (EBSCOhost)

Full text database. Subject coverage: advertising art, antiques, archaeology, architecture and architectural history, art history, contemporary art, costume design, crafts, decorative and folk arts, graphic arts, industrial and interior design, landscape architecture, film, museums, non-western art, painting, photography, pottery, printmaking, sculpture, television and textiles.

DESIGNENGINEERING

Art and architecture in video : Australia

An online streaming film collection, offers documentaries and interviews illustrating the theory and practice of a variety of art forms and providing the context necessary for critical analysis.

DESIGNIMAGES AND VIDEOS

Art index retrospective (EBSCOhost)

Database of material published during the period 1929-1984. Subject coverage: advertising art, antiques, archaeology, architecture and architectural history, art history, crafts, decorative arts, folk art, graphic arts, industrial design, interior design, landscape architecture, film, museums, non-Western art, painting, photography, pottery, sculpture, television and textiles. Includes linked full text.

DESIGN

Artstor

Image database. Subjects include: architecture and city planning, decorative arts and interior design, drawings, film and video art, graphic design and illustration, paintings, prints and photography, sculpture, science and technology.

DESIGN

ASCE library

Full text journals and conference proceedings on all aspects of civil engineering, published by the American Society of Civil Engineers.

ENGINEERING

Asia Collection (Informit)

Full text database. Subject coverage of Asia's political, cultural and social life with research and analysis across Business, Technology, Arts, History, Health and other topics.

ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCESBUSINESS

ASM handbooks online

Full text handbooks published by ASM International, a professional organisation for materials scientists and engineers. Subject coverage: materials selection, processing, testing and performance.

ENGINEERING

ASME digital collection.

Full text journals, conference proceedings and ebooks published by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

ENGINEERINGSCIENCE

ASTM Compass

ASTM Standards that describe the characteristics and performance of materials, systems, products and services across all industry sectors. Includes active specification documents, test methods, classifications, practices and guides. Search by standard number or keywords. Previously known as IHS Engineering Workbench

STANDARDS

AUSTLII databases

Full text legislation, regulations, cases and legal resources for the Commonwealth and most Australian states.

LAW

AUSTLIT : : the Australian literary database.

Comprehensive database of information on Australian authors and Australian literature. Includes entries for more than 94,000 Australian authors and literary organisations. 1780 to the present.

ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

Australasian video online.

Streaming video collection. Subject coverage includes anthropology, environmental studies, business, economics, health, media studies and the arts. Includes content from the National Film and Sound Archive's Film Australia Collection, ABC Commercial, Video Education Australasia, SBS Television, George Andrews Productions, Beamafilms and Electric Pictures. Also includes detailed teaching guides produced by The Australian Teachers of Media Association.

FILM AND TELEVISIONHEALTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICESENVIRONMENTBUSINESSARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCESIMAGES AND VIDEOS

Australia/NZ reference centre plus (EBSCOhost)

Full text news database. Includes major Australian, New Zealand and international newspapers, AAP Australian national news wire and magazines.as well as biographies and reference books

ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

Australian Accounting Standards Board: : AASB.

Searchable official web site of The Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB), which is responsible for setting accounting standards for both the private and public sectors in Australia.

BUSINESSSTANDARDS

Australian Bureau of Statistics

Statistical agency of the Australian Government. Includes economic, population, environmental and social statistics. Includes: the population clock, consumer price index, gross domestic product and average weekly earnings. Also includes Census data, Australian social trends, industry and labour statistics.

REFERENCEBUSINESSARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

Australian Cancer Atlas

The Australian Cancer Atlas is an interactive, online atlas designed to show how the burden of cancer varies across small geographical areas for the whole country, using the latest available data.

HEALTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICES

Australian encyclopaedia of forms & precedents.

Contains over 4,000 non-litigious legal forms and precedent documents in more than 90 legal subject areas, covering all Australian jurisdictions. Within each subject area, the precedents and forms are accompanied by practical legal commentary that provides an overview of the subject area, explains the purpose of individual forms, precedents and clauses, and indicates where and when each legal form or precedent document should be used. The commentary and precedent documents are prepared by experienced expert legal practitioners, and subscribers benefit from a continuing process of development as commentary, precedents and forms are added and refined to keep pace with evolving areas of the law..

Australian public affairs (APAFT) (Informit)

Full text database. Subject coverage: Australian current and social affairs, social sciences and humanities, media, economics, arts, law, politics, culture, literature, institutions and history.

ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCESNEWSBUSINESS

Australian standards.

Australian standards.
Australian standards via the Engineering Workbench database includes the complete collection of Australian standards and a small number of selected ISO, DIN and CSA standards. FileOpen is needed to print AS, DIN, ISO, CSA standards but any standards can be read online without download.

STANDARDSBUSINESSDESIGN

BBC Horizon collection

Horizon reveals the science behind a broad range of topics, including astronomy, physics, maths, the environment, disease, and more, covering programs aired since 2009.

ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCESNEWSBUSINESS

BBC Horizon video collection

Horizon reveals the science behind a broad range of topics, including astronomy, physics, maths, the environment, disease, and more, covering programs aired since 2009.

BBC landmark video collection : : second edition

Streaming video collection. Includes 105 BBC Natural History and Science video including several David Attenborough series such as Life and Blue Planet, Secrets of the Human Body and Civilisations.

FILM AND TELEVISIONARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCESIMAGES AND VIDEOS

BBC literary adaptations in video

Streaming video collection. Includes 200 hours of BBC productions that includes more than 50 famous literary works form the BBC archive. From Dickens to Shakespeare, from Chekhov to Arthur Miller, from Jane Austen to Mary Shelley, it contains a tremendous breadth of works.

FILM AND TELEVISIONARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCESIMAGES AND VIDEOS

BCcampus OpenEd

Open education resources (including open textbooks) with permission granted by their creators to allow other educators to use, distribute, keep, or make changes to them.

OPEN ACCESS

BenchTV

Includes over 600 streamed videos where experts discuss current legal issues and decisions made by the superior courts of Australia. Also useful for non-law students investigating a current legal issue in their area. Covers a large number of key areas including business skills, contracts, criminal law, civil and commercial litigation, professional skills, human rights and ethics. Videos include legal papers and a follow-up quiz.

LAWIMAGES AND VIDEOS

BioLab Collective

Channel showcases the skills and techniques scientists use every day in the lab. It walks through the theory, demonstrates the techniques, and explains how this training can lead to breakthroughs in scientific research.

OPEN ACCESS

BioMed Central

Full text peer-reviewed journals covering life and physical sciences, engineering, psychology, medicine and public health.

BMC, research in progress

Full text peer-reviewed journals covering life and physical sciences, engineering, psychology, medicine and public health.

HEALTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICESSCIENCEENGINEERING

Boardroom

Tracks and analyses takeovers and mergers, capital raisings, auditing and accounting practices, corporate governance and compliance. BoardRoom is a database of Directors and Senior Executives of Australian Stock Exchange listed companies. Information is obtained from company annual reports and ASX company announcements.

BUSINESS

Book index with reviews (EBSCOhost)

Database of reviews for over five million book titles in a range of formats. Sources include Library Journal, School Library Journal, Publishers Weekly and Booklist.

ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

Britannica image quest

Image database of rights-cleared digital images from over 40 collections.

IMAGES AND VIDEOS

Business Collection (Informit)

Full text database. Subject coverage: all business fields, including accounting, career development, commercial law, commodities, corporate governance, e-business, economics, employment, human resources, labour, management, marketing, occupational health, taxation and unions.

BUSINESS

Business databases (ProQuest)

Collection of Business databases including: ABI/INFORM, Accounting, tax & business collections, Asian & European business collection, Business market research collection and Telecommunications database. Subject coverage includes: accounting, business trends, economics, finance, management techniques and management theory. Includes journals, working papers, market research reports, country and industry reports, business cases and case studies.

BUSINESS

Business source ultimate (EBSCOhost)

Full text database with extensive video content from Harvard Business Review and other key business publishers as well as Associated Press. Subject coverage includes all aspects of business including marketing, management, human resources, information systems, operations management, accounting, finance and economics. Includes journal articles, case studies, industry profiles, market research reports, company profiles, country reports and SWOT analyses.

BUSINESSENGINEERINGINFORMATION TECHNOLOGYIMAGES AND VIDEOS

Cambridge core

Full text journals and ebooks published by Cambridge University Press covering a wide range of subject areas.

ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCESBUSINESSEDUCATIONENGINEERINGENVIRONMENTHEALTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICESINFORMATION TECHNOLOGYSCIENCE

Capital Monitor

Provides Federal and State parliamentary, political, legislative, regulatory and judicial news and information almost as soon as it is available. Full coverage of Australian Parliaments, government departments, agencies, courts and key stakeholders in public policy. Includes news transcripts.

Cardiff index to legal abbreviations.

This database allows you to search for the meaning of abbreviations for English language legal publications, from the British Isles, the Commonwealth and the United States, including those covering international and comparative law.

LAW

Cataloger's desktop /

Resource Description Access (RDA), Library of Congress Rule Interpretations, Subject Cataloging Manuals, MARC 21 Formats, and latest editions of all MARC code lists. Concurrent Users : 19.

CCH IntelliConnect

Database of Australian cases, legislation, commentary and news on a diverse and broad range of practice areas including taxation, industrial and corporations law, trade practices and consumer law and human resource management.

LAW

Checkpoint

Database that provides access to Australian tax legislation, commentary, ATO rulings, treaties and the Australian Tax Reports (ATR).

BUSINESS

ChemSpider

A chemical structure database; provides text and structure search access to over 32 million structures. Produced by the Royal Society of Chemistry.

SCIENCE

ChemSpider SyntheticPages

A database of synthetic chemistry, publishes organic, organometallic and inorganic chemical synthesis, reactions and procedures. Produced by the Royal Society of Chemistry.

SCIENCE

CINAHL Complete (EBSCOhost)

Full text nursing and allied health database. Subject coverage: 50 nursing specialties, speech and language pathology, nutrition, general health and medicine. 1937 to the present.

PSYCHOLOGYHEALTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICES

ClickView

A database of streamed video on all subject areas. Includes TV documentaries and movies recorded from free-to-air channels and some Foxtel programs. Also includes documentaries produced by ClickView and other educational video producers. Updated frequently

FILM AND TELEVISIONHEALTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICESENVIRONMENTBUSINESSARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCESIMAGES AND VIDEOSDESIGNEDUCATIONENGINEERINGINFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Cochrane library

Full text database of high-quality, independent evidence designed to inform healthcare decision-making. Includes the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR). Note: under the terms of the licence, this database is only available to people physically located in Australia.

HEALTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICES

Communication and mass media complete (EBSCOhost)

Full text database. Subject coverage: communication, mass media, linguistics, discourse, rhetoric, sociolinguistics, communication theory, language, logic and organisational communication.

ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCESMEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONSFILM AND TELEVISION

Computers & applied sciences complete (EBSCOhost)

Full text database. Subject coverage includes: all aspects of computer science and information technology, web development, information systems, engineering and technology.

ENGINEERINGINFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES

COnnecting REpositories

The world’s largest aggregator of open access research papers, CORE harvests research papers from such as institutional and subject repositories, and open access and hybrid journals.

OPEN ACCESS

Counseling and therapy in video

A streamed video collection that supports the study of social work, psychotherapy, psychology, and psychiatry. Videos include counseling sessions and demonstrations, consultations, lectures, presentations and interviews.

PSYCHOLOGY

Creative Commons (CC) search

CC search provides access to over 300 million openly licensed and public domain images available for reuse.

OPEN ACCESS

Credo reference

Ebook database. Includes over 500 encyclopaedias, dictionaries and biographies.

REFERENCE

Criminal justice (ProQuest)

Full text database. Subject coverage: criminal law, crime and its causes, legal and social implications of crime, litigation, crime trends and law enforcement.

LAW

Current contents connect via Web of Science

Current contents connect is a journal alerting service that provides access to the tables of contents of scholarly journals in all discipline areas.

ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCESENGINEERINGSCIENCE

DatAnalysis

Comprehensive data on all companies listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). Includes annual reports, corporate history and listing details, cross directorships and committee composition, shareholders' trading history, takeover details, industry comparisons, price history and graphs, financial data, key events corporate calendar and ASX announcements.

BUSINESS

Design special collection

The design special collection is located at Hawthorn campus library. It includes historical source material and contemporary design related material. Some content is available online.

DESIGN

Digital Commons Network

Over 3.6 million free, full-text scholarly journal articles, book chapters, dissertations, working papers, conference proceedings, and other original scholarly work from more than 600 universities and colleges worldwide.

OPEN ACCESS

Dispute resolution /

The Dispute Resolution channel of the ICC Digital Library is a searchable online service provided by the ICC International Court of Arbitration. It contains more than 1000 documents from its established publications on arbitration and other forms of dispute resolution.

DLIBTP SAE Technical papers

Full text technical papers and standards published by SAE International, an association of engineers and technical experts in the aerospace, automotive and commercial vehicle industries.

DOAB : directory of open access books

A discovery service for peer reviewed books published under an Open Access license. DOAB provides a searchable index to the information about these books, with links to the full texts of the publications at the publisher's website or repository.

REFERENCEOPEN ACCESS

Ebook Central (ProQuest)

Includes ebooks on most subjects, including science, education, health, business and management, politics, psychology, history, computing and engineering

ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCESBUSINESSEDUCATIONENGINEERINGENVIRONMENTHEALTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICESINFORMATION TECHNOLOGYSCIENCE

eBook Collection (EBSCOhost)

Ebook database. Ebooks on a wide range of subjects from a wide range of publishers.

ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCESBUSINESSDESIGNEDUCATIONENGINEERINGENVIRONMENTHEALTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICESINFORMATION TECHNOLOGYSCIENCE

EBSCO open dissertations

Collection of full text open access dissertations and theses from around the world, across all subjects. Include records for dissertations and theses from 1955 to the present.

THESES

EBSCOhost

A major database platform of over 40 databases. Subject coverage includes: business and industry, management and marketing, social sciences and humanities, communication and mass media, news and current affairs, education, science and health, nursing, engineering, computing and technology, design, film and television. Includes full text.

ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCESBUSINESSEDUCATIONENVIRONMENTENGINEERINGINFORMATION TECHNOLOGYSCIENCEHEALTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICESDESIGN

EconLit (EBSCOhost)

Economics database. Subject coverage: economics, econometrics, forecasting, labour economics and monetary theory. Produced by the American Economic Association. Includes linked full text.

BUSINESS

EdiTLib digital library

Full text database. Subject coverage: research developments and applications on all aspects of educational technology. Includes journals and conference proceedings, theses, reports and presentations. Formerly called EdITLib.

Education database (Proquest)

Full text database. Subject coverage: primary, secondary and higher education, special education, adult education, home schooling and teacher education.

EDUCATION

Education in video

A collection of streaming video developed specifically for training and developing teachers including teaching demonstrations, lectures, documentaries, and primary-source footage of students and teachers in actual classrooms.

EDUCATIONIMAGES AND VIDEOS

Education research complete (EBSCOhost)

Full text database. Subject coverage: all levels of education from early childhood to higher education, all educational specialties, curriculum instruction, administration, policy, funding and social issues.

EDUCATION

Electronic Nutrition Care Process Terminology

The definitive online publication that contains the full collection of standardized terminology (almost 1,700 terms) and a comprehensive explanation of the Nutrition Care Process. Together the NCP and eNCPT support a systematic approach to practice. The platform provides the full collection of all available term Reference sheets, which are the comprehensive profile of a term.

Elgaronline

Ebooks from Edward Elgar Publishing. Subject coverage: Business & Law

LAW

Embase via Ovid

Major biomedical and pharmacological database. Includes over 30 million abstracts and indices from more than 8,500 published, peer-reviewed journals. International biomedical literature from 1947 to the present day. Subject coverage: drug therapy and pharmacovigilance, clinical and experimental human medicine, biotechnology and biomedical engineering/instrumentation, health policy and management, public health, occupational health, environmental health, veterinary science, dentistry, nursing, psychiatry, forensic medicine, alternative and complementary medicine. Embase records are also included in Scopus.

SCIENCEHEALTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICES

Emerald emerging markets case studies.

A collection of peer reviewed case studies focusing on business decision making and management development throughout key global emerging markets. Cases are written primarily by case-writers working in developing economies, offering local perspectives with global appeal. Access to content published prior to 2021.

Emerald insight

Over 100 full text business journals. Subject coverage: accounting and finance, economics, human resources, organisational behaviour, management and operations, marketing, strategy and entrepreneurship.

ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCESBUSINESSENGINEERINGHEALTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICES

eNCPT /

The definitive online publication that contains the full collection of standardized terminology (almost 1,700 terms) and a comprehensive explanation of the Nutrition Care Process. Together the NCP and eNCPT support a systematic approach to practice. The platform provides the full collection of all available term Reference sheets, which are the comprehensive profile of a term.

HEALTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICES

Engineering Collection (Informit)

Full text database covering all engineering disciplines. Includes journal articles and magazines, plus conference proceedings and reports from Engineers Australia and the Institute of Professional Engineers New Zealand.

ENGINEERING

Environment

The Environment Design Guide (EDG) is now incorporated under 'Environment', comprising over 175 peer-reviewed design notes on built-environment sustainability. It provides building design professionals with accurate, accessible, professional literature on how to reduce the environmental impact of the built environment.

DESIGNENGINEERINGENVIRONMENT

ERIC (EBSCOhost) : Education Resource Information Center

Database of the Educational Resources Information Center, sponsored by the United States Department of Education. Subject coverage: early childhood, primary, secondary and higher education, adult, vocational and special education, teacher education, tests, measurement and evaluation, education management and policy, teaching specialties including STEM, visual arts, social sciences, arts and humanities. Includes linked full text.

EDUCATION

Essential Science Indicators.

Leading global metrics database from Incites. Consists of a compilation of performance statistics and trends extrapolated from counts of articles published in scholarly journals and the citations to those articles. Data is derived from journals indexed in Web of Science Core Collection (Science Citation Index Expanded and Social Sciences Citation Index only) over a 10-year period.

Euromonitor Passport

Euromonitor Passport is an online market research tool that monitors industry trends and provides strategic analysis, market size and market share for products in countries worldwide. It includes demographic, economic and marketing statistics for 205 countries, 6-year historic market size data for more than 330 consumer products in 52 countries and 5-year forecasts. Please note: you will need to register to access some of the full reports. Registration is free.

Factiva

Full text news and business database. Includes all major Australian newspapers, international newspapers, magazines, business titles and same-day newswires including AAP, AFP, Reuters and Dow Jones. Also includes substantial company, market and industry information.

BUSINESSNEWSARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

Families and Society Collection (Informit)

Database of articles on health policy, administration and services, economic issues, mental health and illness, pregnancy and birth, mortality, morbidity, health education and promotion, abortion, euthanasia and reproductive technologies in the Australian context. Produced by the Australian Institute of Family Studies. Includes linked full text.

HEALTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICES

Family studies abstracts (EBSCOhost)

Database of articles on family issues including marriage and divorce, family therapy, family dynamics and child development. Includes linked full text.

ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

Federal Register of Legislation

The authorised website for Commonwealth legislation. Includes Acts and Regulations (in force, point-in-time and as made) as well as Bills and Explanatory Memoranda (EMs) (1996-).

LAW

Film & television literature index with full text (EBSCOhost)

Full text database. Subject coverage: film and television theory, preservation and restoration, writing, film production, cinematography, critical analysis of cinema and television. Includes film and television reviews and popular film and television magazines.

FILM AND TELEVISION

Gale databases

Major database platform of nearly 55 databases. Subject coverage includes: business, arts and humanities, literary criticism, nursing and health, law, communications and mass media, education and science. Includes full text.

ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCESBUSINESSEDUCATIONENVIRONMENTENGINEERINGINFORMATION TECHNOLOGYMULTIDISCIPLINARYSCIENCEHEALTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICESDESIGN

Gale literature

Full text database. Includes biographies of more than 100,000 authors plus literary criticism, reviews and author interviews. Contains Gale databases Contemporary Authors, Dictionary of Literary Biography, Litinder and Something about the Author

ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCESMULTIDISCIPLINARY

GALILEO Open Learning Materials

GALILEO Open Learning Materials brings together open educational resources throughout the University System of Georgia, including open textbooks and ancillary materials. Most works hosted in GALILEO Open Learning Materials have a Creative Commons license, allowing the reuse, redistribution, remix, and revision of these materials.

OPEN ACCESS

General OneFile (Gale)

Full text multidisciplinary database. Subject coverage includes: business and economics, computers and technology, education, science and health, arts and humanities, politics and social sciences.

ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCESDESIGNBUSINESSEDUCATIONENGINEERINGENVIRONMENTHEALTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICESINFORMATION TECHNOLOGYSCIENCEMULTIDISCIPLINARY

GoinGlobal

GoinGlobal is a careers database to help job seekers of all nationalities find opportunities both at home and abroad. Created by country experts, GoinGlobal features worldwide job and internship resources for more than 120 locations, including location-specific career guides, key corporate profiles, a proprietary H1B visa search engine and 16 million-plus job and internship postings

MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Google scholar

Google Scholar searches peer-reviewed articles and papers across all areas of research. If you are off campus, you can access Swinburne Library collections through Google Scholar: Go to Settings > Library Links > search for Swinburne, select and save. Your results will now display a Full Text at Swinburne link for articles available to you.

ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCESBUSINESSEDUCATIONENVIRONMENTENGINEERINGINFORMATION TECHNOLOGYSCIENCEHEALTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICESDESIGNFILM AND TELEVISIONMULTIDISCIPLINARY

GreenFILE (EBSCOhost)

Full text database. Subject coverage: human impact on the environment, global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling and environmental law.

SCIENCEENVIRONMENT

Ground vehicles standards database

Ground vehicle engineering standards published by SAE International, an association of engineers and technical experts in the aerospace, automotive and commercial vehicle industries.

ENGINEERING

Health and society in video

Streamed video collection that supports the study of issues in health, including public health and medicine, epidemiology, pathology, geronotology, nutrition and wellness, childhood development, cultural and environmental health issues, mental health and chronic disease. Includes documentaries, profiles, reports and interviews.

HEALTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICESARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCESIMAGES AND VIDEOS

Health business elite (EBSCOhost)

Full text database covering all aspects of health care administration including hospital management and marketing, human resources, computer technology, facilities management and insurance.

HEALTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICESBUSINESS

Health Collection (Informit)

Full text database. Subject coverage: nursing and allied health in the Australasian region, including aging and aged care, child health, indigenous health issues, mental health and rehabilitation.

HEALTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICESSCIENCE

Health databases (Proquest)

Collection of Health database from ProQuest including: Health and medical collection, Nursing & allied health database, Public health database. Subjects cover all aspects of health and medicine.

HEALTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICESSCIENCE

Health source - consumer edition (EBSCOhost)

Full text database of health information aimed at the consumer. Subject coverage includes: general health and medicine, food science and nutrition, childcare, adult health, behavioural health, cardiology, drug information, paediatric health, senior health, women's health, and sports medicine.

HEALTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICES

Health source: nursing/academic edition (EBSCOhost)

Full text nursing and allied health database aimed at the researcher. Subject coverage includes: all nursing specialties, clinical medicine, critical care, palliative care, mental health, nursing management and medical law.

HEALTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICES

Hein Online Air and space law

This database covers the multitude of ways humans interact with and explore the earthly skies and distant reaches of outer space. Includes airline deregulation; air traffic control modernization; airline safety concerns in a post-9/11 world; drones; satellites and their essential function in modern life; the Space Shuttle Program; space debris; and the increasing amount of private, commercial companies and their stake in space.

HeinOnline.

Full-text legal journals and other legal documents predominantly from the United States. Includes major international publications, some Australian law reviews, English Reports, Full Reprint (1220-1865) and US Reports (1754-2007).

LAW

Henry Stewart talks : the biomedical and life sciences collection.

Video lectures and case studies by leading industry, professional and academic experts. Subject areas include biochemistry, cancer, cell biology, diseases, disorders & treatments, drug discovery, genetics, immunology, methods, microbiology & virology, neurobiology as well as pharmaceutical science.

Hospitality & tourism complete (EBSCOhost)

Full text database. Subject coverage: tourism and hospitality including hotel management, food and beverage management, leisure and business travel, market trends, development and investment.

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IBISWorld Australia industry reports

Full text market research reports for over 900 Australian industries. Reports include executive summaries, major players, five year forecasts, detailed financial analysis and recent industry performance. Please note, we do not subscribe to IBISWorld company reports, refer to Orbis, Datanalysis or Factiva. For overseas industry reports, refer to Euromonitor Passport, Marketline or WARC.

ICE virtual library

Full text database. Includes journals and ebooks on all aspects of civil engineering. Produced by the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE).

ICLR

Website of the Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England and Wales (ICLR), established in 1865. The ICLR publishes Law Reports of Judicial Decisions of the Superior and Appellate Courts in England.

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IEEE Xplore

Full text database. Subject coverage: electrical engineering and electronics, communications, computer engineering, computer science, information technology and telecommunications. Produced by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

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InCites

Leading global metrics database enabling institutional productivity analysis and individual benchmarking against international peers. Includes multi-dimensional profiles on leading research institutions and visualisation and reporting tools. Email registration required; users may use their EndNote online login.

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InCites essential science indicators.

Leading global metrics database from Incites. Consists of a compilation of performance statistics and trends extrapolated from counts of articles published in scholarly journals and the citations to those articles. Data is derived from journals indexed in Web of Science Core Collection (Science Citation Index Expanded and Social Sciences Citation Index only) over a 10-year period.

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InCites journal citation reports.

Leading global metrics database that allows you to evaluate and compare journals. Citation reports cover more than 10,800 journals from over 2,550 publishers, in approximately 232 disciplines, from over 80 countries. Includes the most frequently cited and highest impact journals in a field, leading journals in a field and most published articles in a field.

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Indigenous Collection (Informit)

Full text database. Subject coverage: anthropology, community development, cultural studies, economics, education, health, history, law and land rights, literature, politics and policymaking, (post) colonial studies, psychology, race studies, sociology, visual and performing arts.

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Informit

A major database platform of 12 databases on Australian and Australasian topics. Subject coverage includes: politics and economics, legal, social and cultural affairs, mass media, aboriginal issues, health, family, business, engineering, agriculture, flora and fauna and environmental science. Some databases include full text.

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Informit data

72 index only databases on Australian and Australasian topics. Subject coverage includes: politics and economics, legal, social and cultural affairs, mass media, aboriginal issues, health, family, business, engineering, agriculture, flora and fauna and environmental science.

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Intellectual Property Reports

A vital source of precedents for intellectual property cases. The decisions reported are from IP Australia and superior courts and tribunals in Australia, the UK, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, the USA and Canada. Headnoters are specialists practising in Australia and internationally. Includes; copyright. Patents, trademarks, designs, confidential information, passing off, unfair competition and trade practices.

International data base (IDB)

Database of the United States Census Bureau. Includes demographic, economic and social data for countries with a population of 5000 or more. Covers population, health, nutrition, morality, fertility, family planning and contraceptive use, literacy, housing and economic activity.

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IOPscience

Full text journals and ebooks published by the Institute of Physics.

IP Australia

Website of the Australian Government agency responsible for the registration of patents, trademarks, designs and plant breeders’ rights. Provides information on intellectual property protection and infringement, IP strategies for business plus case studies, publications and links.

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JCR

Leading global metrics database that allows you to evaluate and compare journals. Citation reports cover more than 10,800 journals from over 2,550 publishers, in approximately 232 disciplines, from over 80 countries. Includes the most frequently cited and highest impact journals in a field, leading journals in a field and most published articles in a field.

Joanna Briggs Institute EBP database

Full text database of evidence-based health care resources. Includes evidence-based recommended practices, evidence summaries, best practice information sheets, systematic reviews, consumer information sheets, systematic review protocols and technical reports.

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JoVE : Journal of visualized experiments

JoVE publishes peer-reviewed scientific video protocols. Subject coverage: biology, chemistry, neuroscience, medicine, immunology and infection, engineering and bioengineering and behaviour. The website also includes four of the JoVE science education video collections: general laboratory techniques, basic methods in cellular and molecular biology, essentials of neuroscience and essentials of analytical chemistry.

JoVE science education : essentials of biochemistry

Streaming video collection presenting commonly used purification methods, such as affinity chromatography, as well as analytical methods, like MALDI-TOF. In addition, the videos showcase methods for assessing biomolecule interaction and function, such as co-immunoprecipitation and metabolic labeling.

JoVE science education : essentials of biomedical engineering

Streaming video collection introducing central concepts in biomedical engineering with a focus on imaging techniques to visualise and detect medical conditions, methods to quantify biomechanical strains and computational modeling to simulate blood flow.

JoVE science education : essentials of Immunology

Streaming video collection covering many staple techniques of immunology labs, including the labeling and sorting of immune cells, proliferation methods for immune cells and antibodies, common assays for immune activity including ELISA and staining and imaging of immune tissue and cell samples.

JoVE science education : essentials of inorganic chemistry

Streaming video collection covering a range of inorganic chemistry protocols and concepts including air-free techniques, syntheses of transition metal based compounds, core inorganic chemistry concepts like Lewis Acid and Bases, and advanced analysis techniques including EPR spectroscopy.

JoVE science education : essentials of mechanical engineering

Streaming video collection introducing a range of concepts that are essential for understanding and designing mechanical systems. Each video examines a specific topic and describes fundamental analytical methods commonly employed to understand physical behaviours.

JoVE science education : essentials of microbiology

Streaming video collection demonstrating the key tools of microbiological investigation, including proper sterile technique and plating, how to use selective media and enrich samples, and culturing methods for mixed or pure samples. It also covers common methods for identifying microbial isolates, and procedures for the genetic manipulation of bacteria.

JoVE science education : essentials of neuroscience

Streaming video collection introducing the field of neuroscience and covering the five major branches of study: neurophysiology, neuroanatomy, cell and molecular neuroscience, behavioural neuroscience and developmental neuroscience.

JoVE science education : essentials of organic chemistry II

Streaming video collection covering the theory and reactions necessary to carry out syntheses on a more advanced level. In addition, a few videos introduce methods commonly used to analyze the reaction products such as infrared spectroscopy and polarimetry.

JoVE science education : genetics

Streaming video collection which focuses on genetics and incorporates five broad subdisciplines: the genetics of individuals and populations, genetics and disease, gene expression, epigenetics, and genetic engineering.

JSTOR

Full text database of journal back issues (past issues) and selected ebooks. Subject coverage: sciences and humanities, history, language and literature

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Judgments and Decisions Enhanced

Jade is a current awareness service that collects recent decisions of selected Australian Courts and Tribunals into an enhanced database.

Knovel

Ebook database. Subject coverage: chemical, civil, electrical, mechanical, biomedical and general engineering, chemistry, biochemistry, biotechnology, materials science, earth and environmental science, aviation, food science, pharmaceuticals, oil, gas and power.

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LawOne

Includes legislation from seven Australian jurisdictions and amending and subordinate legislation, Bills, Explanatory Memoranda, Second Reading Speeches and detailed legislative histories. Allows the user to download the full text of legislation as passed and set up email alerts covering subject areas or relevant legislation.

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LearnTechLib

Full text database. Subject coverage: research developments and applications on all aspects of educational technology. Includes journals and conference proceedings, theses, reports and presentations. Formerly called EdITLib.

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Legal source (EBSCOhost)

Full text database. Subject coverage: all legal topics including criminal justice, international law, federal law, organised crime, medical law, labour law, ethics and environmental law.

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Lexis advance Pacific

Australian legal materials including key Australian Law reports and unreported judgments. Includes the Practical Guidance database.

LGBTQ+ source (EBSCOhost)

Full text database covering lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues.

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Libraries Australia

A searchable database of items available in Australian libraries.

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Library Science Database

Full text database. Subject coverage includes library and information science, computer science applications, information management, information storage.

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Linguistics Database

Full text database. Subject coverage: language, phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, applied, descriptive and anthropological linguistics, discourse analysis, learning disabilities and nonverbal communication.

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LinkedIn Learning

A database of more than 13,000 training courses in streaming video format covering business, creative and technology. Includes Microsoft Office and topics in business, professional development, statistics, design, software, IT and web development, photography, video, audio and music, CAD, 3D and animation, education and e-learning. Videos include transcripts, captioning and use screenshots, narration, live action, smart boards, charts, graphics and audio. Licensed content can be accessed without the need to create (or connect) LinkedIn accounts. Previously known as Lynda.com.

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Literary reference center Plus (EBSCOhost)

Full text database. Includes plot summaries, synopses and work overviews, literary criticism, author biographies, literary journals, book reviews, classic and contemporary poems, classic and contemporary short stories and author interviews.

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Literature and Culture Collection (Informit)

Full text database of material published in leading Australian literary magazines, including Meanjin, Quadrant, Island, Wet Ink, Griffith Review and Southerly. Includes fiction, poetry, cultural politics, commentaries and debates.

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MarketLine

Full text database. Includes company, industry, financial, and country information for every major marketplace worldwide including Australia. Industry profiles include market size, share (global or regional) and segmentation data, analysis, leading companies and five-year market forecasts.

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Master journal list

A useful tool for researchers wishing to become familiar with some of the top journals in their field or who are in the process of deciding where to submit their paper for publication. Researchers can browse more than 24,000 academic journals indexed in Web of Science across a range of disciplines including sciences, technology, social sciences, arts and humanities. It is updated monthly. Logon with your Clarivate account or create a free one. You can also login with your ORCiD, Facebook, Google or LinkedIn account.

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MasterFILE premier (EBSCOhost)

Full text database. Subject coverage includes: business, education, health, social sciences and humanities.

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Material ConneXion

Database of information about innovative materials intended for design development. Applications include: product, packaging, architectural, interior and apparel. Includes the eight categories of polymers, glass, ceramics, carbon-based and cement-based materials, metals, natural materials and natural material derivatives.

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MEDLINE via Ovid

Leading database from the US National Library of Medicine. Subject coverage: medicine, nursing and allied health, pharmacy, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the preclinical sciences, health administration, public and environmental health, bioengineering, biology, biomedicine, biochemistry and behavioural sciences. Includes linked full text. MEDLINE records are also included in PubMed, Web of Science and Scopus.

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MEDLINE via Web of Science

Leading database from the US National Library of Medicine, searchable within Web of Science. Subject coverage: medicine, nursing and allied health, pharmacy, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the preclinical sciences, health administration, public and environmental health, bioengineering, biology, biomedicine, biochemistry and behavioural sciences. Includes linked full text.

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Mental measurements yearbook with tests in print (EBSCOhost)

Includes full text information about and reviews of all English-language standardised tests covering educational skills, personality, vocational aptitude, psychology, and related areas as included in the printed Mental Measurements Yearbooks. Produced by the Buros Center for Testing, University of Nebraska.

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MERLOT

Multimedia Educational Resources for Learning and Online Teaching (MERLOT) is a free and open online library of over 92,000 free and open educational resources, with over 37,000 with a Creative Commons license.

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MIMs online

Authoritative drug information database. Includes full text and abbreviated information on prescription and non-prescription drugs available in Australia. Includes information on dosage, precautions, adverse effects, interactions and storage of medicines. Updated monthly. Number of concurrent users: 5.

MIT OpenCourseWare

MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW) is a web-based publication of materials from over 2400 MIT courses. It includes video lectures, captions/transcript, lecture notes, assignments, problem sets with solutions, exams and solutions

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MOST Commons

An online space designed to support faculty and staff in discovering materials, collaborating with colleagues, and contributing OER to improve curricula.

NASA Videos

Collection of videos for non-commercial educational use from the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration

OPEN ACCESS

National Construction Code suite /

Formerly called the Building Code of Australia (BCA). NCC volume one includes requirements for multi-residential, commercial, industrial and public buildings and structures. NCC volume two includes requirements for residential and non-habitable buildings and structures. NCC volume three includes requirements for plumbing and drainage for all classes of buildings. (Free) registration is required for access.

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National Science Digital Library

Database created by the National Science Foundation. Includes resources and tools that support innovations in teaching and learning at all levels of science, technology, engineering and mathematics education.

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Nature

Full text access to Nature Online, Scientific American and journals from Nature Publishing.

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NBER working paper series

Full text working papers on economic topics. Produced by the US National Bureau of Economic Research, a nonpartisan research organisation dedicated to promoting a greater understanding of how the economy works.

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NCVER research database

VOCEDplus is the database of the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER). Subject coverage: Australian and international vocational education and training (VET), higher education, adult and community education, informal learning, VET in Schools. Includes some linked full text.

New Zealand Collection (Informit).

Full text database covering all aspects of New Zealand including political, cultural and social life as well as aspects of New Zealand, Maori and Pacific history

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Newspaper source plus (EBSCOhost)

Full text news database. Includes more than 1200 full text newspapers, 150 newswires plus television and radio news transcripts from major networks.

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Nine now

9now is a video on demand and catch up TV service on the Australian commercial television network, Channel 9.

NISO : National Information Standards Organization.

Full text technical standards on information management, including traditional and new technologies, information across the lifecycle, creation, documentation and use, repurposing, storage, metadata and preservation.

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Nursing assessment in video.

A database of streamed video created specifically for the education and training of nurses, nursing assistants, and other healthcare workers. Nursing assessment includes demonstrations and step-by-step instructions on how to perform physical assessments of patients.

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Nursing education in video.

A database of streamed video created specifically for the education and training of nurses, nursing assistants, and other healthcare workers. Subjects include: basic clinical skills, infection control, nursing assistant skills, medication administration, legal aspects of nursing, long term care, paediatrics, physical assessment, anatomy and physiology and gerontology.

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O'Reilly for higher education

Previously Safari O'Reilly - includes ebooks and video. Subject coverage: information technology, software and web development, data analytics, computer networking, computer security, database programming and management, artificial intelligence, engineering, game development, project management, maths and science, business and management. Includes video case studies and tutorials.

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OECD iLibrary

Full text database of ebooks, papers and statistics published by the Organisation for Economic Development (OECD). Subject coverage: food and agriculture, education, economics, employment, energy, enterprise, industry and trade, environment and sustainable development, taxation, finance and investment, governance, international development, nuclear energy, science and information technology, social issues, migration and transport.

OER by Discipline guide

Open Education reference of OERs listed by subject area and disciplines (McMaster University, Canada)

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OER Commons

A public digital library of open educational resources and OER building tools.

OPEN ACCESS

Open culture

1,150 free movies online. The collection includes Comedy, Drama, Film Noir, Horror, Westerns, Hitchcock, Silent films, Documentaries, and Animation.

OPEN ACCESS

Open Professionals Education Network

A range of search tools to discover individual media elements, such as photos, graphics, videos, and audio, that are openly licensed and permit free education use.

OPEN ACCESS

Open Textbook Initiative

Peer reviewed open textbooks and extra materials for Australian Universities (RMIT University).

OPEN ACCESS

OpenDOAR : directory of open access repositories

An authoritative global directory of academic open access repositories which enables the identification, browsing and search for repositories. OpenDOAR collects and provides information solely on open access sites and predominately includes publication repositories but also lists other types, for example of images or data-sets, particularly where these have metadata or documentation sufficient to make the material re-usable.

OpenStax

Open education resources including open textbooks, lecture slides and more. Peer reviewed. Openly licenced (Rice University U.S.).

OPEN ACCESS

Orbis

Now includes Mint Global. Full text database for advanced research on global public and private companies. Content includes: company reports with detailed financial information (when available) or summary information and ownership details. Also includes news, market research, ratings and country reports, scanned reports and M&A data.

OSA Publishing

Full text journals and conference proceedings published by the Optical Society of America.

Oxford journals

Full text journals published by Oxford University Press. Subject coverage: arts and humanities, social sciences, law, medicine and health, science and mathematics.

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Oxford reference

Ebook database. Includes dictionaries, encyclopaedias and companions published by Oxford University Press. Subject coverage includes: art and architecture, literature and history, social sciences and philosophy, life and physical sciences, medicine and health. Also includes usage guides and English language dictionaries.

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ParlInfo search /

Australian Commonwealth Parliamentary information including hansards, bills, senate journals, votes and proceedings, notice papers, committee reports, and the Parliamentary Handbook.

Passport

Euromonitor Passport is an online market research tool that monitors industry trends and provides strategic analysis, market size and market share for products in countries worldwide. It includes demographic, economic and marketing statistics for 205 countries, 6-year historic market size data for more than 330 consumer products in 52 countries and 5-year forecasts. Please note: you will need to register to access some of the full reports. Registration is free.

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PEN : practice-based evidence in nutrition.

Full text database of evidence-based information on dietetics. Information is grouped under four practice categories: population health/lifecycle, health condition/disease, food/nutrients and professional practice. Includes practice guidance toolkits, practice questions and evidence-based answers, consumer fact sheets and handouts.

Plus7

7plus is a video on demand and catch up TV service on the Australian commercial television network, Channel 7.

PQDT open

Collection of full text open access dissertations and theses from around the world. Subject coverage: business and economics, medical sciences, science and technology, agriculture, arts, humanities and social sciences.

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Pressbooks Directory

An index of almost 4000 open-access books published across 125 Pressbooks networks.

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PressReader

Full text access to over 7000 current Australian, US and international newspapers and magazine in full-colour, full-page format. Allows browsing of articles and content such as pictures, advertisements, classifieds and notices. Note: It does not include Australian newspapers from Nine or Newscorp.

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ProQuest central

A major database platform of over 35 databases. Subject coverage includes: humanities, social sciences, education, health and medicine, science and technology, business and management.

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ProQuest dissertations & theses A&I

Full text dissertations and theses from around the world. Subject coverage: business and economics, medical sciences, science and technology, agriculture, arts, humanities and social sciences.

PsycARTICLES (APA)

Journal articles published by the American Psychological Association. Subject coverage: general psychology and specialised basic, applied, clinical and theoretical research in psychology. Also includes references to tests. Includes linked full text.

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PsycBooks (APA)

Full text ebooks on topics in psychology published by the American Psychological Association. Includes recent titles in psychological and behavioural science plus classic and historical works.

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PsychiatryOnline /

Includes the DSM-5: Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th edition), The American Journal of Psychiatry and other journals and ebooks from American Psychiatric Publishing.

Psychology database (ProQuest)

Full text database. Subject coverage: behavioural, clinical, cognitive, developmental, experimental, industrial and social psychology, personality, psychobiology and psychometrics.

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PsycINFO (APA)

Leading database covering psychology and related disciplines, produced by the American Psychological Association. Includes linked full text.

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PsycNET (APA)

Database platform produced by the American Psychological Association. Includes PsycINFO, PsycARTICLES and PsycBooks. Includes linked full text.

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PsycTESTS (APA)

Provides access to psychological tests, measures, scales, surveys and other assessments as well as descriptive information about the test, its development and administration. Produced by the American Psychological Association.

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PubChem

PubChem provides information on the biological activities of small molecules. It includes three linked databases: PubChem Substance, PubChem Compound, and PubChem BioAssay. Produced by the US National Library of Medicine.

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PubMed

Major index of articles from the Medline database. Subject coverage: medicine, nursing and allied health, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the preclinical sciences, health administration, public health and bioengineering. Produced by the US National Library of Medicine. Includes linked full text.

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PubMed Central

Full text database of journal articles in biomedical and life sciences at the US National Institutes of Health's National Library of Medicine (NIH/NLM). Coverage from 2000 onwards.

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Race relations abstracts (EBSCOhost)

Database of articles covering race relations, ethnic studies, discrimination and immigration. Includes linked full text.

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RDA toolkit : resource description & access.

The Resource Description and Access (RDA) toolkit is a collection of resources intended for use by libraries and archives. RDA is the successor to Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, 2nd edition (AACR2), the prevailing standard for English language libraries since 1978. The toolkit provides comprehensive guidelines on resource description and access for all media and content types. Number of concurrent users: 20.

Religion & philosophy collection (EBSCOhost)

Full text database. Subject coverage includes: world religions, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political and moral philosophy, philosophy of language, history of philosophy.

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Research Data Australia

Find, access, and reuse data for research from over one hundred Australian research organisations, government agencies, and cultural institutions. Site provides descriptions of, and links to, data from data publishing partners.

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SAE Mobilus

Full text technical papers and standards published by SAE International, an association of engineers and technical experts in the aerospace, automotive and commercial vehicle industries.

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Sage business and management videos

Includes in-depth interviews with experts from across the globe on topics as varied as innovation management, corporate social responsibility and social media marketing. Insights from marketing practitioners at brands including Kellogg's and McDonald's; watch management professionals, business leaders, entrepreneurs and marketers at work.

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Sage business cases.

Full text business cases published by Sage. Subject coverage includes general business and management, accounting, business ethics and corporate social responsibility, economics, entrepreneurship and finance, human resource management, information and knowledge management, international business and management, leadership, marketing and operations management.

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SAGE journals

Full text journals published by Sage Publications. Strong coverage of social sciences, humanities and health sciences. Also covers life and biomedical sciences, materials science and engineering.

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Sage knowledge

Database of Sage publications including books, business cases, reference and video. Subject coverage includes: social sciences and education, aged care and gerontology, anthropology, communication and media studies, criminology and criminal justice, economics, education, gender and sexuality studies, history, politics, psychology, social issues, social work and social policy, sociology, geography, earth and environmental sciences.

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SAGE research methods

A database of ebooks, journal articles and video that aims to help researchers design and conduct research projects, understand methods, identify new methods and write up results.

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SBS on demand

SBS on demand is an on demand and catch up TV service on Australia’s multicultural and multilingual broadcaster, the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS).

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ScienceDirect (Elsevier)

Full text journals and ebooks published by Elsevier. Subject coverage: life and health sciences, nursing, physical sciences and engineering, computer science, social sciences and humanities, psychology, business and management.

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Scopus

Leading database of peer-reviewed literature in life sciences, physical sciences, health sciences, social sciences and humanities. Features include citation analysis of authors, journals, institutions and subject areas. Includes content from the databases Compendex (engineering), Embase (biomedicine and pharmacology) and 100% Medline coverage. Includes linked full text.

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Serials directory (EBSCOhost)

Database of information about journals and magazines. Includes publisher addresses, publication dates, publication frequency, URLs and subject areas.

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Seven plus

7plus is a video on demand and catch up TV service on the Australian commercial television network, Channel 7.

Skillport

Ebook database. Skillport is a new platform which replaces Books 24x7. Content includes key subject areas of information technology, business, engineering and finance.

Social science database (ProQuest)

Full text database. Subject coverage includes: anthropology, communication, demography, economics, education, political science, policy studies, psychology, social work and sociology.

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Social work abstracts (EBSCOhost)

Database covering all aspects of social work and social issues, including theory and practice. Includes linked full text.

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SocINDEX with full text (EBSCOhost)

Full text sociology database. Subject coverage: social development, social psychology, social structure, social work, socio-cultural anthropology, sociological history and theory, criminology, demography, ethnic and gender studies, marriage and family, political sociology, religion, rural and urban sociology, substance abuse and violence.

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Sociology database (ProQuest)

Full text database. Subject coverage: sociology history and theory, social psychology, community and mental health services, crisis intervention, families and social welfare, gerontology, poverty and homelessness, professional issues in social work, substance abuse and addiction, social work education and practice, violence, abuse and neglect.

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SPIE digital library

Full text journals, conference proceedings and ebooks published by SPIE (International Society for Optics and Photonics). Subject coverage: optics and photonics applied research spanning biomedicine, communications, sensors, defence and security, manufacturing, electronics, energy and imaging.

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SPORTDiscus with Full Text

Full text database. Subject coverage: sport, physical fitness and exercise, sports medicine, sports science, physical education, kinesiology, coaching, training, sport administration, law and legislation, school, college and university sport, disabled persons, facility design and management, doping, health, health education, biomechanics, injury prevention and rehabilitation, physical therapy, nutrition, exercise physiology, and psychology, recreation, leisure studies, tourism, allied health, occupational health and therapy, public health.

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SpringerLink

Full text journals and ebooks published by Springer. Subject coverage: life sciences, chemistry, physics and astronomy, engineering, environmental and geosciences, computing, mathematics, medicine and economics.

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Standardized Terminology to Ensure Optimal Nutrition Care

The definitive online publication that contains the full collection of standardized terminology (almost 1,700 terms) and a comprehensive explanation of the Nutrition Care Process. Together the NCP and eNCPT support a systematic approach to practice. The platform provides the full collection of all available term Reference sheets, which are the comprehensive profile of a term.

Swinburne Commons

Swinburne Commons is a database of digital media produced at Swinburne, primarily video and audio. It includes teaching and research material created by the Swinburne community, graduation videos, archival material and TV recordings. Open access resources are also available via iTunes U and YouTube.

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Swinburne Research Bank

Swinburne Research Bank is an open access database of publications authored by Swinburne researchers. Includes journal articles, conference papers, book chapters, reports, working papers, higher-degree theses and more.

Taylor & Francis ebooks.

Ebook database. Includes all titles formerly included in CRCnetBASE. Subject coverage: engineering and technology, mathematics and statistics, chemistry, food science, computer science and information technology, physical, life, earth, environmental and health sciences, nursing and behavioural sciences.

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Taylor & Francis Online

Full text journals published by Taylor & Francis, Routledge, Psychology Press and Informa Healthcare. Subject coverage includes arts and humanities, psychology, social sciences, business and economics, health sciences, and all science disciplines.

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Ten play

10play is a video on demand and catch up TV service on the Australian commercial television network, Channel 10

The Chicago manual of style.

Has updated guidelines on electronic workflows and publication formats, tools for PDF annotation and citation management, web accessibility standards, and effective use of metadata, abstracts, and keywords. Recognizes the needs of those who are self-publishing or following open access or Creative Commons publishing models. The citation chapters reflect the expanding universe of electronic sources including social media posts and comments, private messages, and app content, and updated guidelines on such issues as DOIs, time stamps, and e-book locators.

The Internet Archive

Non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites, and more.

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The laws of Australia

The Laws of Australia encyclopaedia (TLA) is a complete library of legal principles covering over 320 topics and every Australian jurisdiction on the Westlaw platform

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The Mason OER Metafinder (MOM)

The Mason OER Metafinder is a real-time, federated search of 21 OER content sites. A service of Mason Publishing and University Libraries.

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The philosopher's index (EBSCOhost)

Philosophy database. Subject coverage: ethics, aesthetics, social and political philosophy, epistemology, metaphysics, logic, philosophy of law, religion, science, history, education and language. Includes linked full text.

ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

The SAO/NASA astrophysics data system

The Astrophysics Data System is a NASA-funded project and consists of four databases: astronomy and astrophysics, instrumentation, physics and geophysics, and the ArXiv Preprints archive. Create a personal account to link to Swinburne full text.

SCIENCE

TimeBase

Full text database of legislative material, commentary and case law. Timebase provides point in time searching that allows viewing of the legislation text as it was on any date since the base date. TimeBase Legislation with Case Link includes Commonwealth, NSW, VIC, QLD, WA, SA and ACT legislation with case annotations. TimeBase Federal Cases refer to High Court and Federal Court full text cases from 1901 to date.

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Toxicology data network

Includes the Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB) and TOXLINE: references to literature on biochemical, pharmacological, physiological and toxicological effects of drugs and other chemicals. Produced by the US National Library of Medicine.

TOXNET : toxicology data network /

Includes the Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB) and TOXLINE: references to literature on biochemical, pharmacological, physiological and toxicological effects of drugs and other chemicals. Produced by the US National Library of Medicine.

Trove

Open access database of resources relating to Australia, produced by the National Library of Australia, Australian state and territory libraries and cultural and research institutions. Includes location information for items in more than 1200 Australian libraries, plus digitised newspapers, the Picture Australia image collection, the Australian Research Online Program, the Music Australia program, the Register of Australian Archives and Manuscripts and the People Australia Program as well as some overseas sources.

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Trove : digitised newspapers and more.

Full text Australian newspaper articles from the 1800s to the mid-1950s, which have been scanned from the original microfilm. Produced by the National Library of Australia and state and territory libraries.

Ulrichsweb : global serials directory.

Authoritative source of bibliographic and publisher information for over 300,000 magazines, newspapers and academic journals. Entries include ISSN, publisher, language, subject, abstracting and indexing coverage, full-text database coverage and tables of contents.

Universities Australia Learning and Teaching Repository

Contains a collection of higher education learning and teaching materials flowing from projects funded by the Australian Government from 1994 -2018. The cross discipline and discipline specific resources are open for re-use and adaption with attribution.

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Urban studies abstracts (EBSCOhost)

Database of articles covering urban studies, urban affairs, urban history, community development, town planning and related issues. Includes linked full text.

ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

VicFlora : flora of Victoria.

Database of information about the wild plants of Victoria. Each scientific name is accompanied by its author(s), and reference to its place of original publication is given. The conservation status of those taxa considered to be rare or threatened is provided on profile pages and those plants of exogenous or uncertain origin are indicated. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens in Victoria, Australia.

Violence & abuse abstracts (EBSCOhost)

Database of articles covering violence and abuse, including family violence and sexual assault. Includes linked full text.

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Visible body

Image database. Features a searchable and fully interactive 3D human anatomy model, detailed models of all body systems and more than 1700 anatomical structures, including all major organs and body systems. Recommended browsers: Internet Explorer (Windows) and Firefox (Mac). Two desktop versions are available: Web Player and WebGL. Web Player is faster and requires installation of the Unity Web Player plugin. The player can be installed on Swinburne computers but must be reinstalled each time. Unity Web Player is required to access physiology animations. WebGL is slower, but does not require a plugin, however allow a few minutes for the database to load. It may also be necessary to close other applications. Visible body includes FAQs and a user tutorial.

ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCESHEALTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICESSCIENCEENGINEERING

VOCEDplus : NCVER research database.

VOCEDplus is the database of the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER). Subject coverage: Australian and international vocational education and training (VET), higher education, adult and community education, informal learning, VET in Schools. Includes some linked full text.

WARC

WARC provides access to global advertising and marketing information. It includes case studies, best practice guidelines, marketing intelligence, consumer insight, industry trends and marketing news from around the world. WARC also includes the International Journal of Market Research, Journal of Advertising Research, International Journal of Advertising, Admap and Market Leader.

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Web of science

Leading database of peer-reviewed literature. Includes the Science citation index expanded (1900-present), Social sciences citation index (1900-present) and Arts and humanities citation index (1975-present). Also includes the Science book citation index (2005-2012) and the Social science book citation index (2005-2012), the Science and social sciences conference proceedings citation index (1990-present), the Emerging sources citation index (2005-present), Current chemical reactions (1985-present) and Index chemicus (1993-present). Features include citation analysis of authors, journals and subject areas. Includes linked full text.

ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCESENGINEERINGBUSINESSHEALTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICESINFORMATION TECHNOLOGYSCIENCEMULTIDISCIPLINARY

Westlaw

Full text database of legal information for non-Australian jurisdictions. Provides access to legislation, cases and journal articles from the US and other jurisdictions, including Europe, UK, Canada, Hong Kong and NZ.

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Westlaw Australia

A major Australian legal database that provides access to key authorised law reports (CLR and FCR), the case citator tool KeyCite, plus unreported judgments, commentary and journal articles. Includes the Laws of Australia legal encyclopaedia.

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Westlaw UK

Full text legal database covering EU and UK legislation, case law and selected legal journals. Also includes Legal Journals Index, Financial Journals Index, a case citator and the White Book (civil procedure). Note:: Authorised versions of English law reports are available in full from ICLR.

LAW

Wikibooks

Collection of open-content textbooks.

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WikiEducator

A collection of Open eLearning Content Repositories. The focus of the listing is to provide best practice examples.

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Wiley online library

Full text journals and ebooks published by Wiley. Subject coverage includes: business and economics, psychology, humanities, physical sciences and engineering, computer science, life sciences, medicine and health sciences.

ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCESBUSINESSEDUCATIONENVIRONMENTENGINEERINGINFORMATION TECHNOLOGYSCIENCEHEALTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICESDESIGNFILM AND TELEVISION

World Advertising Research Center advertising and marketing knowledge

WARC provides access to global advertising and marketing information. It includes case studies, best practice guidelines, marketing intelligence, consumer insight, industry trends and marketing news from around the world. WARC also includes the International Journal of Market Research, Journal of Advertising Research, International Journal of Advertising, Admap and Market Leader.

WorldLII

Searchable website which provides free public access to over 1200 worldwide law databases from 100+ jurisdictions via global legal information institutes.

zbMATH

Maths database. Subject coverage: the entire spectrum of mathematics, statistics and the information sciences with special emphasis on areas of application. Includes linked full text. 1868 to the present.

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