Research Databases and Websites by Subject
Arts
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Find a variety of information from major cooking and nutrition magazines as well as key reference titles.
Books, Reading and Literature
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Looking for a good book? Answer the age-old question, 'What do I read next?'.
Search and match reading interests to books, authors, genres, or topics.
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Gale Literature Resource Centre is a comprehensive database that allows users to find up-to-date biographies, overviews, full-text criticisms, audio interviews, and reviews on writers from all eras.
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National Library of Australia's combined catalogue of Australian library collections: books, images, historic newspapers, reports and more.
Encyclopedias
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Updated and reliable information at an age-appropriate level for conducting research, completing homework assignments and working on special projects in the library or at home.
Health
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Find up-to-date information on a range of health care topics. Best for students, researchers, and health care professionals.
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Access full-text medical journals, magazines, reference works, multimedia, and much more. This comprehensive consumer health resource provides authoritative information on the full range of health-related issues, from current disease and disorder information to in-depth coverage of alternative medical practices for researchers of all levels.
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Nursing and Allied Health – Gale Onefile
Research full-text titles cited in CINAHL and other resources to support specialized care, treatment, and patient management.
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Health Resource Directory connects people diagnosed with a health condition with information and resources. The information is developed from the clinical guidelines GPs use in south western Sydney.
History
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The NSW heritage inventory database has listings for more than 20,000 heritage buildings and items on statutory lists in Sydney and NSW.
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Search Sands Sydney Directory (1859–1932) for Sydney householder and business names.
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National Library of Australia's combined catalogue of Australian library collections: books, images, historic newspapers, reports and more.
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Uncover information on hundreds of the most significant people, events, and topics in world history from a variety of sources.
Legal Information
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Free legal information for the Community of NSW.
Choose a pathway to get started with your legal research. It's easy to navigate and it's written in plain English.
Local and Family History
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AIATSIS cares for a growing collection of more than 1 million items encompassing films, photographs, audio recordings, art and objects, printed and other resource materials; to tell the story of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australia and create opportunities for people to encounter, engage and be transformed by that story.
Explore Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australia. Engage with the oldest surviving culture in the world. Cultures that are ancient and living.
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Cyndi's list of major resource with links to information arranged by country and by specific topic area.
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The District Reporter is an independent, locally owned and operated country newspaper distributed weekly. Archived editions from April 2009 to present are available.
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A free online Historical Index to births (1788-1909) and Deaths (1788-1979). To search for a Marriage record (1788-1959), go to the Marriages Search page link at bottom of the page.
Start searching NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages.
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Several searchable databases, including convicts and assisted immigrant indexes, deceased estate files, 19th century child welfare records and naturalisation records.
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Explore the archives of the The Picton Post newspaper (NSW : 1907 - 1954).
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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).
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The Wollondilly Street Name Register allows the public to search all existing road names within the Shire and view the history behind the name. The public can contribute to the Street register by providing/submitting additional or missing historical information, including photos. The public can also suggest new road names for future developments within our Shire so we can continue to preserve our local history within road names for future generations.
Multi-subject Research Databases
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Access general interest magazines and key serials in a single resource. Best for general research.
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Gale In Context: Global Issues can help us to analyze important global issues and events through topic overviews, international viewpoints, news, and multimedia content.
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Access major newspapers online to search articles instantly by title, headline, date, or other fields. Includes Australian News Limited and Fairfax newspapers.
Newspapers
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The District Reporter is an independent, locally owned and operated country newspaper distributed weekly. Archived editions from April 2009 to present are available.
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Access major newspapers online to search articles instantly by title, headline, date, or other fields. Includes Australian News Limited and Fairfax newspapers.
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Explore the archives of the The Picton Post newspaper (NSW : 1907 - 1954).
Sciences and Environment
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Access leading business and technical publications in the computer, telecommunications, and electronics industries.
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Understand environmental issues that affect people globally through topic overviews, journals, news, and multimedia content.
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Find millions of articles on the practical and scientific aspects of horticulture studies. For all horticultural enthusiasts.
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Explore this cross-searchable platform for research insight from journalism's most trusted name in exploration and discovery.
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Understand context for hundreds of science topics through overviews, journals, news, interactive experiments, and more.
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With Gale Interactive Science you can manipulate 3D interactive models to visualize and understand concepts in biology, chemistry, earth, and space science.
Social Science
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Discover the world's most influential people by searching narrative biographies, news, magazine, and multimedia content.
Training video - Using the topic page.
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The Cultural Atlas is an educational resource providing comprehensive information on the cultural background of Australia’s migrant populations. The Atlas is a collaborative project between SBS, International Education Services (IES), and Multicultural NSW. This resource aims to inform and educate the public in cross-cultural attitudes, practices, norms, behaviours and communications.
Statistics
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ID Community Statistics provides demographic and economic statistics for the Wollondilly local government area.