Electronic resources beginning with ‘P’

The Pacific Manuscripts Bureau, known as Pambu, was formed in 1968 to copy archives, manuscripts and rare printed material relating to the Pacific Islands. The Bureau is based in the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies at the Australian National University and is sponsored by a number of libraries in Australia, New Zealand and the USA specializing in Pacific research, including the State Library of NSW.

This archive currently consists of over 3,300 rolls of microfilm and related published indexes and now collects recorded audio interviews, oral histories and speeches. Complete sets of the microfilms and audio recordings are held in the major Pacific research libraries which sponsor the Bureau, including the State Library of NSW.

There is an online PMB catalogue to this collection, an online Guide to the microfilmed records of the Catholic Church in islands of the Western Pacific , a Sample Catalogue of South Seas Photograph Collections , the beginnings of an online Pambu digital photograph collection, a Shineberg Database of Indentured Labourers in New Caledonia and the Bureau's newsletter Pambu which began in 1968 and is available online from November 1995.

Guide to South Pacific history edited by the National Institute for Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University.

Pages Jaunes includes residential and business contacts, reverse search, links to other worldwide directories and even images of French towns.

Italian telephone directories, available in Italian language only.

Historical information on artist's pigments and the history of making paint from 100,000BC to the present. Includes definitions that clarify the differences between paint, ink, and other artists materials, and a directory of where artists and conservators can find obsolete and historic materials. Also includes information on how to make paint and related safety data.

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.

A practical online tutorial to assist in reading handwriting found in documents written in English between 1500 and 1800. Provided by the National Archives of the UK.

Background to the Arab-Israeli conflict by the Middle East Research and Information Project, publisher of Middle East Report. MERIP provides news and perspectives about the Middle East not available from mainstream news sources.

A guide to online Papal and other official documents of the Catholic Church maintained by a catholic layman.

This site provides links to more than 2000 newspapers as well as online news services.

An international newspaper digitisation project. Includes Australian newspapers, the Port Phillip Herald (1840-1902) and the Nation Review (1977-79). Also includes the American sports newspaper, Sporting News (1886-2003) and many provincial American and Canadian newspapers. Searching is done on individual newspapers, five years at a time. Access is free, but registration (free) is required.

The papers of Edward Koiki Mabo are held in the National Library of Australia. This site provides a biographical note, series list, series descriptions, box list and selected Mabo images of the papers held.

The papers of Edward Koiki Mabo are held in the National Library of Australia. This site provides a biographical note, series list, series descriptions, box list and selected Mabo images of the papers held.

Online access to digitised newspapers at the National Library of New Zealand. The collection covers the years 1839 to 1920 and includes publications from all regions of New Zealand.The range of periodicals and the number of pages available will increase as the project develops. Examples of some searchable titles: New Zealand Illustrated Magazine (1899-1905), New Zealand Tablet (1873-1909), New Zealander (1845-1852).

Compiled and published by Nick Vine Hall, the CD provides a list of originals, transcripts, microforms, & indexes of 5,524 parish registers from 42 different religions, held at 153 record centres around Australia for the period 1787 to 1990.

It also contains a list of corrections to the hardcopy version published in 1990.(see REF 10/N929.394016/5).

This site provides information about the Australian Federal Parliament. The site contains over 700 000 parliamentary documents including bills, explanatory memoranda, and votes and proceedings.

This site provides links to information about the Australian Federal Parliament. It provides links to current and historical parliamentary information, an index of the library's publications, and links to ‘hot topics’ and an Internet links guide.

This site provides access to a wide range of information about the structure, role and functions of the Parliament of New South Wales as well as full lists of current members, ministers and shadow ministers. The site also provides access to Hansard in PDF format.

Information about New South Wales parliamentary and political facts and access to an index of NSW parliamentary publications. It also provides information about current affairs and briefing papers.

Local news from the Parramatta district of Sydney.

A partial index of ships arriving in NSW (1837-1899), Queensland (1840-1915), Victoria (1837-1899), South Australia (1836-1860), Western Australia (1829-1889)and New Zealand (1839-1905). Includes convict transports (1788-1868). Produced by Margaret Bauer and Nancy Campbell.

Australian Federal Government passport and visa information both for visitors to Australia as well as for Australian citizens.

Over 1 million applications, representing 20 years of the most important technological advances, are now available for free consultation. New technologies are often disclosed for the first time as international patent applications. The patent applications filed under WIPO's Patent Cooperation Treaty system and accessible through the PatentScope service, are typically those that inventors consider to be the most valuable and therefore worth patenting internationally.

This site provides a searchable catalogue for Penguin Australia titles only, or for all books that Penguin market and distribute in Australia. Search by title, author, keyword, subject, imprint and ISBN. The site also provides profiles for each author (where available) which includes a photograph, biographical details, information on awards and a list of titles published by Penguin.

This site provides a periodic table of elements and a list of elements and their symbols.

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.

This site provides more than 5000 images from the Perry-Castañeda Library Map collection. It includes maps of various regions of the world, historical maps and links to other online map resources.

Full texts of ancient, medieval and renaissance writings, as well as photos and articles.

(Federal Department of Health and Ageing, Australia)

Information on how selected medicines are subsidised under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme. Also includes information on safety net thresholds.

A USA database of pharmacological news, research, and regulatory information. Covers specialized publications in the pharmaceutical, health care, biotechnology, and medical device industries.

Search and browse more than 130 000 captions and more than 10 000 images from the National Archives' photographic collection.

The meaning and origins of phrases and sayings

The State Library of NSW contributes pictures and records from PICMAN to PictureAustralia. PictureAustralia is a web service which provides a single point of access to digitised images from many of Australia's leading cultural institutions.

An online archive of images and film footage illustrating more than 200 years of American history. Included in its holdings are the Picture History Collection, the Meserve-Kunhardt Collection, and the Gordon Parks Collection.

The Picture History Collection includes 18th, 19th, and 20th century images. It specializes in American Presidents, the White House, and the iconic people, scenes, and events that tell the story of American history.

The Meserve-Kunhardt Collection includes 19th and early 20th century photography. It is known for its holdings on Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War, including not only scenes but the officers of both the Union and Confederate army and navy. It's holdings include coverage of the theater, the world of PT Barnum, early New York City and Washington DC, Native Americans, African Americans, artists, writers, journalists, clergy, scientists, and a large collection of notable 19th century American women.

The Gordon Parks Collection includes the life work of one of the 20th century's best known photojournalists. His images cover a broad range of subject that serve as distinct markers in American history.

The online catalogue of National Library of Australia's pictorial collection, containing descriptions of paintings, drawings, prints, photographs and three-dimensional objects, and more than 30 000 digitised images.

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.

Searches a database of more than 274 000 geographic names provided to the Committee for Geographical Place Names in Australia by each state and commonwealth authority. Many extra, unofficial homestead names are also added by Geoscience Australia.

Search for all localities and geographic features in Australia. Provides coordinates and map references.

Online encyclopaedia of plant discovery, including biographical articles.'A celebration of plant exploration both past and present, with articles on historical explorers, and pages for their modern counterparts to tell their own tales of discovery.'Includes world botanical garden information,international clubs and associations with active web sites and links to a number of seed sources.

Online encyclopaedia of plant discovery, including biographucal articles.'A celebration of plant exploration both past and present, with articles on historical explorers, and pages for their modern counterparts to tell their own tales of discovery.'Includes world botanical garden information,international clubs and associations with active web sites and links to a number of seed sources.

A web site of poets reading their own work. It is a growing resource and can be browsed by author name, poem title, subject and form.

This site provides links to political parties and other political organisations around the world.

A gateway to political websites around the world. Arranged by country and divided further into governments, political parties and media.

Pompeiana.org is a site devoted to the consideration of all things about Pompeii. Currently and constantly in development, this website is designed to be an online repository for electronic resources on the ancient city.

(Public Health Information Development Unit, Australia)

Each profile includes a number of tables, maps and graphs that cover the following; socio-demographic statistics, number of GPs, immunisation rates, number of premature deaths and estimates of chronic diseases and related risk factors. There are also graphs that compare the profiled area with Sydney, NSW and Australia. The profiles are organised by DGP (Division of General Practice). Each DGP covers a number of adjacent local government areas. For example, Fairfield DGP covers Fairfield, Holroyd, Parramattta and Bankstown.

This site contains statistics and analysis on population and related topics worldwide.

A portal of maritime resources on the Internet, covering a wide range of topics: archaeology, exploration, careers in the shipping industry, environment, fisheries, law, engineering, migration, museums, galleries and aquariums, navigation, safety at sea, shipbuilding, inland waterways, international trade and more.

A portal of maritime resources on the Internet, covering a wide range of topics: archaeology, exploration, careers in the shipping industry, environment, fisheries, law, engineering, migration, museums, galleries and aquariums, navigation, safety at sea, shipbuilding, inland waterways, international trade and more. . Produced by the British National Maritime Museum.

Pre-CINAHL is a companion database to CINAHL. Use this database to find the newest citations to articles in nursing and allied health publications.

This database provides limited bibliographic information, hence no subject searching. Once the bibliographic records are complete, they are added to the CINAHL database and removed from Pre-CINAHL.

Source: Department of Health & Human Services, USA.
Dedicated to prevention of drug and alcohol abuse. Includes publications on a range of drugs as well as publications aimed at specific audiences such as students, health professionals, youth and teens. It also provides access to a range of databases and links to other useful websites.

More than 100 000 full-text transcripts of criminal trials held at London's central criminal court. Many convicts sent to Australia were tried at the Old Bailey. The site includes English social history of the period. Created by the Humanities Research Institute, University of Sheffield.

Contains full-text transcripts of 101,102 criminal trials, from April 1674 to October 1834 held at London's central criminal court. Many convicts sent to Australia were tried at the Old Bailey. The site includes English social history of the period.

Dun and Bradstreet database of companies registered with B2nB searchable by various categories eg product, brand name, personnel, post code, business code , manufacturer, wholesaler, retailer. (Formerly known as Business to any Business)

This site provides a directory of information about the association, events and activities (for members) and for non-members, information on applying for membership, a consultants' register, information on professional activities and a monthly calendar of events.

Project Gutenberg produces books in electronic form which are freely available to the public. This site provides access to over 10,000 texts. Includes books about Australia and by Australian authors and also some first fleet journals.

Project Gutenberg produces books in electronic form which are freely available to the public. This site provides access to over 10,000 texts.

Find the latest business and financial news from the Eastern Hemisphere. Covers Asian business and financial information from key international publications including Far Eastern Economic Review, Asiaweek, and many more.

ProQuest Australia and New Zealand Newsstand is an online news service that includes the full text (not personal notices or advertising) of major Australian, New Zealand (14), Fijian (2) and Papua New Guinea (1) newspapers, transcripts from the ABC and BBC and Australian Associated Press (AAP) News Wires.

Full text Australian newspapers covered up to the current issue include : the Australian and the Weekend Australian (from 2001); the Sydney Morning Herald and the Sun Herald (from 1996); the Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph (from 2001); Wollongong's Illawarra Mercury (from 1997); Newcastle's Herald (from 1997); Newcastle's Central Coast Herald (from 1997 to 2004); Gosford's Central Coast Express Advocate (from 2004); Melbourne's Age and Sunday Age (from 1996); Melbourne's Herald Sun (from 2001); Brisbane's Courier Mail and the Sunday Mail (from 2001); The Gold Coast Bulletin, the Townsville Bulletin and the Cairns Post (from 2004); Adelaide's Advertiser and the Sunday Mail (from 2001); The Canberra Times (from 2007); Perth's Sunday Times (from 2004); Hobart's Mercury and the Sunday Tasmanian (from 2001); Darwin's NT Business Review (from 2005) and its Sunday Territorian (from 2001); and Alice Spring's Northern Centralian Advocate (from 2004).

Search top computing journals in full text for research on subjects such as database design, software development, web commerce, LANs, WANs, Intranets, and the Internet.

ProQuest digital dissertations allows visitors free access to the most current two years of citations and abstracts in the Dissertation Abstracts database.

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

Find the latest European business and financial information. Includes quality resources such as The Economist, Fortune, European Business Journal, and many more. Coverage: 1971 - present

ProQuest Historical Newspapers offers full-text and full-image articles for newspapers dating back to the 18th century. This ongoing project already includes The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Christian Science Monitor, The Los Angeles Times, The Chicago Tribune, The Atlanta Constitution, The Boston Globe, and The Hartford Courant.

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.

Search full text and images for the leading periodicals in science and technology. Subject coverage includes computers, engineering, physics, telecommunications, and transportation.

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.

Search the full text of top telecommunications industry publications. Includes magazines, journals, and newsletters for the latest in this fast changing industry.

Coverage: 1995 - current

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.

Open access to scientific journals via a non-profit organization of scientists and physicians.

Includes Moving Image Collections (MIC) a collaboration of organizations and individuals in moving image archives, information technology, and digital education. MIC is sponsored by the Library of Congress and the Association of Moving Image Archivists.

The Publications Register provides access to a range of resources on Australian Government publications. It is possible to search or browse government agency listings for publication information or follow links to existing online publication resources.

(National Library of Medicine, USA)

Covers over 17 million citations from Medline and other life science journals. Includes biomedical journals as far back as the 1950s. A mixture of full text and abstracts.

You can expect to find thousands of people named with their addresses

Brisbane - by trade

Country Towns - by town and trade

All Queensland by trade

Brisbane and most towns by name

Other sections including names but usually not addresses::

Government and official directory

Courts, barristers, JPs, solicitors and public notaries

Head teachers of government schools

Savings Bank staff

Military officers Consuls, Government pensioners

Medical practitioners, dentists and chemists

Clergy

Lodge masters and temperance society officers

Bankers, insurance officers and company managers

Users should always refer to the display advertisements as they often provide names and addresses.

Biographical information on 700 women who have stood for Parliament in New South Wales. Produced by the Australian Women's Archives Project