Electronic resources beginning with ‘R’

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.

A comprehensive radio station search engine with links to over 10,000 radio station web pages and over 2500 audio streams from radio stations in the U.S. and around the world.

Randwick City Library Local Studies Collection at Bowen Library has an online Local Studies Index to its 13,000 files and includes the local newspaper and Randwick Council business papers. There is also an online Randwick Photo Gallery, with images dating from the 1880's, drawn from collections of the Randwick City Library, the Randwick District Historical Society and the Mitchell Library Small Picture File.

The Local Studies Collection includes Council Rate Books 1859-1926, Council Minute Books 1859 - 1984, Local/State/Commonwealth Electoral Rolls for the area, the Victor Harley Cohen Collection, Building Inspection Books (May 1913 - Dec 1913 & Mar 1918 - Mar 1923); Building Application Books (Mar 1923 - Dec 1959); the 1989 Randwick Council Heritage Inventory; and Maps.

There are also online local guides to Tracing your house history , The Sands Sydney Directory and Resources for tracing a property's history.

The full text of thousands of books free online, including novels, poetry and short stories. The site represents major authors' works which are no longer in copyright.

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.

The library includes significant documents concerning reconciliation and social justice, most of which are not otherwise available via the Internet. This site provides a searchable full-text database of the library's holdings.

This site provides a complete listing of the Library's holdings by title or agency.

The library includes significant documents concerning reconciliation and social justice, most of which are not otherwise available via the Internet. This site provides a searchable full-text database of the library's holdings.

A database produced by the World Conservation Union (IUCN) listing flora and fauna in danger of extinction. Searchable by species, country, nature of threat, year and habitat. Results provide information on taxonomy, distribution and nature of threat for each endangered species.

A resource for journalists and others looking for an easy-to-use guide to the Conventions. The Guide is published by the Society of Professional Journalists.

This news service accompanies Business Source Premier. It provides full text coverage of more than 60 regional business publications from the United States and is updated daily.

The Register of Australian Archives and Manuscripts ( RAAM ) website provides a searchable database of Australian holdings on non-government archives and manuscripts. The site contains more that 20 000 entries representing 100 institutions.

Links to each Australian state and territory registry office and overeas registry offices for NZ and the UK, produced by the NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages.

An information resource for the humanitarian relief community. Covers emergencies and disasters around the world, UN appeals, financial data, and a large collection of maps of cities, towns and regions internationally.

Well researched introductions to the major world religions. Covers customs, philosophy and religious history.

Links to Australian and international organisations, teaching institutions and web resources on religious history.

An online repository of works printed in English between the 1477 and 1799. Although produced with care and attention, the texts are not represented by the publisher as scholarly editions.

A listing of over 5000 websites describing holdings of manuscripts, archives, rare books, historical photographs, and other primary sources for the research scholar.

This is an abridged, online version of a print volume by Diana Hacker.An annotated list of specialized sources for more than 30 disciplines. The resources are organized by type, databases and indexes, Web resources, and reference books under four main categories: Humanities, Social Sciences, History, and Sciences. Includes tips for evaluating sources, guidelines for documenting print and online sources, style manuals and sample papers. Note that many of these databases are available at the State Library of NSW

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is responsible for printing and issuing Australian currency notes and this site provides information about the Australian notes including a counterfeit detection guide. Media releases and recent articles from the RBA Bulletin are also available.

Sponsored by the American Economic Association, this site lists data sources, reference works, resources and organisations dealing with economics on the web.

Type in a word to find its rhymes, synonyms and more.

The Richmond River Historical Society produces indexes to books on the district's history, including Australia's Fighting Sons, Men and a River, and Sword and Lance. There are also indexes to the society's holdings of local cemetery registers and obituaries and death notices.

Practice and Procedure of the NSW Supreme Court of NSW to August 2005. Replaced by Ritchie's Uniform Civil Procedure.

Contains the NSW Uniform Civil Procedure and Rules for conducting civil proceedings in nsw courts - Supreme, District and Local courts.

A library of articles, reviews and interviews from rock music journals and newspapers. features artists and bands from the 1950s onwards. Subscription is required to view full text, however the site is still an excellent index to popular music articles and has a very good links page.

This site provides a searchable version of Roget's Thesaurus. This allows you to find words with similar or opposite meanings.

This site provides access to more than 100 000 message boards and mailing lists on family history. In addition, you can search the surname list to contact other genealogists who are researching the same family.

An archive of 2500 of the approximately 7000 languages on the planet.

This site provides information about the Royal Australian Historical Society (RAHS) and its activities. It also contains information about Australian and New South Wales history, historic Sydney landmarks, and lists of contents of the RAHS journal.

A list of all Royal Commissions and Commissions of Inquiry appointed by the Australian Government from 1902, under the provisions of the Royal Commissions Act 1902. Does not include Royal Commissions appointed by Australian state or territory governments, unless the Australian Government was also involved. Where applicable, provides the location of each report in the Commonwealth Parliamentary Papers Series, which is held at major libraries.

The Royal Institute of British Architects ( RIBA ) is the UK body for architecture and the architectural profession and the RIBA British Architectural Library, established in 1834, is the largest and most comprehensive resource in the UK for research on all aspects of architecture.

The Library's online catalogue is fully searchable by keyword, author, title, subject and series and provides:

(1) an index to articles in over 300 of the world's architectural periodicals and details of books and audio visual materials acquired by the RIBA Library.

(2) the holdings of the RIBA Library Photographs Collection.

(3) drawings, manuscripts and archives acquired by the RIBA Library Drawings and Archives Collection.

(4) a biographical database of architects.

The RIBA British Architectural Library holds a wide spectrum of subjects, ranging from prehistory to the present and is international in scope. In addition to architectural theory, practice and history there is material on allied subjects such as building and construction, civil engineering, structural engineering, landscape architecture, interior design and decoration, the decorative arts, town and country planning, and construction law.

This site provides a search engine to locate any UK postcode. Reverse searching by postcode is also available. Registration required.

This site provides biographical information about members of the current Ministry. It also includes contact details and the full text of their first speech.

An international rugby union site from the f2 network, publishers of the Sydney Morning Herald and the Melbourne Age online.

This site provides information on the origins and history of Rugby League in Sydney, NSW and Australia. Features information on clubs, matches, players, rules, events, hall of fame and theatre, and includes extensive content on history.

Lists of heads of state and heads of government, and, in certain cases, de facto leaders not occupying either of those formal positions, of all countries and territories, going back to about 1700. Also included are the subdivisions of various countries, as well as a selection of international organisations. Recent foreign ministers of all countries are listed separately.

A government body to manage research and development investments in Australian rural industries. The site includes excellent full-text agricultural research reports.

The Ryerson Index is an ongoing project that indexes death, funeral and probate notices and obituaries in current Australian newspapers. The index covers 1,937,847 notices from 142 different Australian newspapers (as of January 2009).

To search the database, enter a full or partial surname, and/or given name(s), and/or location name, plus optional year range. Any search will return a maximum of 200 results. If you get a message indicating there may be more than 200 notices that match your search, then use a more specific search by entering more specific given name(s), location and/or date range. See Search Tips.

Because the Ryerson Index was originally created by the Sydney Dead Persons Society, it concentrates on notices from NSW papers, although some papers from other states are included. Within NSW, the bulk of the entries are from two Sydney papers, the Sydney Morning Herald (929,903 notices) and the Daily Telegraph (88,945 notices). Other major indexing includes the Newcastle Herald (77,345) the Wollongong Illawarra Mercury (25,976), Melbourne's Herald Sun (218,655) and Age (69,419), the Brisbane Courier Mail (106,853), the Adelaide Advertiser (81,355) and the Canberra Times (15,464). Go to Full List for details of other newspapers indexed.

The Ryerson Index is an ongoing project that indexes death, funeral and probate notices and obituaries in current Australian newspapers. The index covers 1,937,847 notices from 142 different Australian newspapers (as of January 2009).