Social Sciences

Australian Public Affairs - Full Text (APA-FT), is an indexing and full text database. Source documents include a wide range of periodicals, newspapers, scholarly journals, conference papers and books. Subject coverage includes business, health, current affairs, economics, humanities, law, literature, politics and social sciences.

Australian Sport Database (AUSPORT), produced by the National Sport Information Centre, Australian Sports Commission, is a bibliographic database that indexes and abstracts articles from published and unpublished material on all aspects of Australian sport.

AUSTGUIDE contains all the GUIDELINES and EDUCATION GUIDELINES data from January 1986 onwards.

GUIDELINES and EDUCATION GUIDELINES give complete subject access to the contents of more than 120 periodicals, of both general and educational interest. The majority of these periodicals are Australian, but there are a considerable number of overseas publications indexed, such as 'Scientific American', 'History Today', 'Far Eastern Economic Review' and 'Unesco Courier'. A complete listing of the periodicals indexed is included in the AUSTGUIDE on-screen guide.

An index to over two thousand periodicals on a broad range of subjects including arts, business, humanities, social sciences, medicine and the sciences. Many of the articles are available in full text. It is produced in the USA.

Academic Search Premier is an academic multi-disciplinary database which provides full text for nearly 4,600 scholarly publications, including full text for more than 3,500 peer-reviewed journals, offering information dating as far back as 1975. This database is updated on a daily basis via EBSCOhost.

An online collection of text and audio of nearly 700 of Aesop's fables.

This service indexes and selectively abstracts literature on the history of the USA and Canada published from 1954 to the present. All historical periods of American history are covered. Like its sister database, Historical Abstracts, the America: History and Life service covers over 2,000 key historical journals and general journals in social sciences and humanities from many countries

The ACCC promotes and enforces competition, fair trading and consumer protection laws. This site contains information and news about consumer rights, industry regulation and price monitoring.

Australian Public Affairs - Full Text (APA-FT), is an indexing and full text database that provides Internet access to the scanned images of journal articles from published material on the social sciences and humanities. Australian Public Affairs - Full Text is based on the journal indexing of the database Australian Public Affairs Information Service (APAIS), which is produced by the National Library of Australia and published by RMIT Publishing.

Of the 320,000+ records indexed from 2,000+ journals in APAIS, approximately half are derived from 223+ comprehensively indexed journals. The scanned images of journal articles in Australian Public Affairs - Full Text are sourced mostly from these comprehensively indexed journals. Images are provided in PDF format.

This site provides information on charitable organisations in Australia. You can search by an organisation's name, by state or by category. The site includes a calendar of events related to charitable organisations.

BHI Plus indexes articles from over 300 humanities journals and British newspapers. Subjects covered include architecture, archaeology, art, antiques, current affairs, education, economics, environment, ethics, film, genealogy, history, linguistics, literature, music, painting, philosophy, poetry, political science, religion and theatre.

Search vocational and technical periodicals covering all aspects of the Vocational/Technical curriculum.

These briefing papers are prepared by the Parliamentary Library of the Australian Parliament to provide background, commentary and web links on current topics.

This database contains full text articles from over 350 journals dated back to 1996, and indexing of more than 600 periodicals dated back to 1983. Search this database by individuals, schools, institutions and educational tests. Coverage of special education also included.

From the Attorney-Generals Australia and includes community information on preparing for and recovering from emergencies. Also includes Tsunami Warning information.

State government website for Emergency NSW. It details all types of emergency information such as: What to do in an emergency and the Sydney CBD evacuation plan. It also has a very comprehensive section describing historic emergencies in NSW. All notable floods, fires, transport accidents etc are listed and described.

An online version of the 1922 edition of the classic manual of etiquette.

An encyclopedia of mythology, folklore and legends, including gods and goddesses, supernatural beings, and legendary creatures and monsters.

Environment Index offers coverage in areas of agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, renewable energy sources, natural resources, marine & freshwater science, geography, pollution & waste management, environmental technology, environmental law, public policy, social impacts, urban planning, and more. It contains records from U.S. and international titles going back to the 1940s.

Previously known as Environmental Issues and Policy Index.

Includes over 19,000 categorized links to philosophy resources on the Internet and has several additional features.

Collection of ethics-related websites covering areas including health, media, professional, public service/government, science and technology and environmental. Includes organisations, topics and issues and publications.

Factiva is a full-text news and financial information database of publications from Australian and international sources in 22 languages from 118 countries including newspapers, magazines, company and industry reports, newswires, pictures, and websites. Searches may be limited by keywords, subject, region, industry, company, language etc. but personal notices and advertising are not included.

This online database, formerly known as Family Studies Database, is a core resource on family and gender related topics. It covers journals, books, conference and working papers, government reports, and websites in the social sciences. It contains the highly respected Australian Family and Society Abstracts from the Australian Institute of Family Studies, as well as all the records of the discontinued print version of Inventory of Marriage and Family Literature. Subjects covered include family violence, family therapy, parenting, sexual attitudes and behaviour, family counselling and education, adolescence and marriage and divorce. You can email search results to your email address.

Provides access to online resources dealing with the situation of forced migrants worldwide. Designed for use by practitioners, policy makers, researchers, students or anyone interested in the field, Forced migration online aims to give comprehensive information in an impartial environment and to promote increased awareness of human displacement issues to an international community of users.

House of Commons Parliamentary Papers (HCPP) contains House of Commons sessional papers from 1715 to present session, with supplementary material back to 1688.

This bibliographic database indexes articles from 400 English language periodicals covering a wide range of disciplines in the humanities. Periodicals covered include some of the best-known scholarly journals and numerous lesser known but important specialized magazines. Sources include interviews, obituaries, bibliographies, reviews, and original works of fiction, drama, and poetry.

Full text coverage from selected journals begins in 1995.

Humanities and Social Sciences Retrospective Index 1907-1984 is an important online resource for research in the humanities and social sciences and complements and extends the coverage provided by the Library’s existing subscriptions to Humanities Full Text and Social Sciences Full Text (from 1984 and 1983 onwards respectively).

Informit is the leading provider of online access to indexes and full text databases of Australasian scholarly research. A product of RMIT Publishing, databases can be divided into the following major subject areas: Agriculture, Arts, Asian, Business, Education, Engineering, Health, History, Indigenous, Law, Media, Reference, Sciences, Social Sciences and Technology.

Interpol is an international police organisation, based in France. It makes available a variety of its documents on terrorism, crimes against children etc.

LGBT Life® with Full Text contains LGBT journals, magazines and regional newspapers, monographs/books including classics in Lesbian Studies and Gay Science, such as The Ethics of Sexual Orientation Research, Handbook of Research with Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Populations, Queer Theory & Social Change, etc.

The database also includes indexing and abstract coverage as well as a specialized LGBT Thesaurus.

Labordoc contains references to a wide range of print and electronic publications, including journal articles, from countries around the world, on all aspects of work and sustainable livelihoods, and the work-related aspects of economic and social development and human rights. Produced by the International Labour Organization.

LexisNexis Statistical contains abstracts of statistical publications from 1980 to the present and the full text of selected publications from 1995 forward. It indexes documents produced by the U.S. government, major international intergovernmental organisations, professional and trade organisations, commercial publishers, independent research organisations, state government agencies, and universities.

Local councils' community services directories. Mainly for Sydney metropolitan areas, but also contains information of regional or state-wide application in NSW.

Multicultural Australia and Immigration Studies (MAIS), produced by the Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs Library, is a bibliographic database that indexes and abstracts a wide range of media from published and unpublished material on all aspects of Australian immigration and multicultural issues.

Making Multicultural Australia website is currently being developed by the Office of the Board of Studies NSW (OBOS) and the Department of Education and Training (DET). The site will include more than 3000 pages of articles, research, teacher guides, lesson plans, audio interviews, video clips and Australian multicultural artworks. Its major purpose is to assist teachers in developing anti-racist materials for use in many subject areas. New research is being added by Dr Andrew Jakubowicz of the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS).

MasterFILE™ Premier contains full text periodicals covering general reference, business, health, education, general science, multicultural issues, etc.

It also contains full text for reference books, biographies, primary source documents, and an Image Collection of photos, maps & flags.

This online dictionary has 1000 entries covering various disciplines of the social sciences.

A multilingual community resource directory providing links to web pages in some of Australia's most widely-spoken languages.

This important indexing service provides global coverage of public affairs and world issues, including references to sources from more than 120 countries in English, French, German, and other languages. The service indexes more than 1,200 journals and 8,000 monographs each year. PAIS also identifies relevant web sites of which there are now around 4,300 included.

The PILOTS bibliographic database is produced at the headquarters of the National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in White River Junction, Vermont. The database includes citations to all literature on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other mental-health sequelae of traumatic events.

Periodicals Archive Online (formerly Periodical Contents Index) is a leading humanities and social sciences indexing service which provides access to bibliographic records of articles from more than 4,000 journals published from 1770 to 1995. Periodical Archives Online at present gives the full text of articles from 228 journals indexed by PCI.

Search the leading full-text journals in education and related fields.

This database encompasses a wide range of topics from leading psychology and psychosomatic publications. In addition to clinical and social psychology, it also provides coverage of related disciplines including genetics, psychology of business and economics, communication, criminology, addiction, neurology, social welfare, and more.

Search a comprehensive collection of journals covering religious issues and perspectives, including religious news and information, commentary on topics of general interest from the perspective of a particular religion, and formal theological studies.

This American online database indexes over 400 international social science journals and provides full text and full image coverage of over 200 of the titles. Subjects covered include gerontology, economics, international relations, minority studies and urban studies.

A database of full-text articles from journals published by the American Psychological Association, the APA Educational Publishing Foundation, the Canadian Psychological Association, and Hogrefe & Huber. The database includes all material from the print journals with the exception of advertisements and editorial board lists. In 2006, the historical backfiles of the journals were added to the database. Subjects include: Applied psychology, developmental psychology, and personality.

This database provides access to international literature in psychology and related disciplines. Unrivaled in its depth of psychological coverage and respected worldwide for its high quality, the database is enriched with literature from an array of disciplines related to psychology such as psychiatry, education, business, medicine, nursing, pharmacology, law, linguistics, and social work. Nearly all records contain nonevaluative summaries, and all records from 1967 to the present are indexed using the Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms.

Designed for Australian schools by the NSW Department of Education and Training, Racism No Way provides strategies, resources and documents for teaching about racism. Especially useful are the Fact Sheets that provide information about the various communities living in Australia.

This database abstracts and indexes the most popular general interest periodicals published in the United States and Canada. It includes the full text of more than 120 selected periodicals such as the New York Times. Types of materials include news stories, cover stories, product evaluations and book reviews. Subjects include such general news areas as current events, business, fashion, politics, crafts, food, education, sports, history, and science.

This database indexes the most popular general interest periodicals published in the United States and Canada. Types of materials include news stories, cover stories, product evaluations and book reviews. Subjects include aeronautics, African-Americans, aging, archeology, astronomy, automobiles, biographies, business, children, education, environment, fashion, film, fine arts, food, foreign affairs, gardening, health, history, hobbies, home, journalism, leisure activities, literature, medicine, music, news, nutrition, photography, politics, popular culture, radio, religion, science, sports, technology, television and travel.

Seniors Information Service is a New South Wales Government initiative which provides online information on a range of issues for seniors. It seems to have a lot of handy information and contacts for seniors. It is well set out and encouraging for older people to use online resources.

This database from Wilson abstracts and indexes over 500 English language periodicals

This database abstracts and indexes over 500 English language periodicals. Topics include anthropology, community health and medical care, criminal justice and criminology, economics, family studies, geography, gerontology, international relations, law, minority studies, political science, psychiatry, psychology, urban studies, women's studies and related subjects.

Full text of selected journals begins in 1995.

SIRC is an independent, non-profit organisation founded to conduct research on social and lifestyle issues, monitor and assess global socio-cultural trends. Free access to their articles and publications online.

A guide to high quality Internet information in the social sciences, business and law.

This site provides a searchable full-text edition of the encyclopedia. An expert or group of experts in the field maintains each entry. The site also contains an archive of earlier editions.

This site provides basic bibliographic references to more than 700 periodicals in the Museum of Mankind.

A searchable list of union songs world wide, including Australian content. The site contains music files, scores and song history.

Emphasising both primary and secondary or theoretical resources, this site links to humanities-related resources on the Internet and points toward the transformation of those disciplines as they interact with the sciences and social sciences and with new digital media.