Dance in Video

Dance in Video offers more than 500 hours of streaming video which covers ballet, tap, jazz, contemporary, experimental, and improvisational dance, as well as forerunners of the forms and the pioneers of modern concert dance. Included are classic performances from top ballet companies; experimental works from up-and-coming dance troupes; documentaries by and about leading choreographers; videos on dance training; and other items covering a wide range of twentieth-century dance styles.

Coverage: variable
Access: onsite@slq + offsite access for e-services members and Queensland public library (QPL) account holders
Licence: unlimited users

Dat Analysis

Comprehensive data on all companies listed on ASX as well as delisted companies. The database is updated daily from announcements lodged at the ASX and includes corporate details, company histories and profile, shareholdings, full dividend history, operational history, 10 years financial and annual reports in PDF format back to 1995 and company announcements.

Coverage: varies - some historical data dates from 1989. Updated daily
Access: onsite@slq only
Licence: 3 users

DELTAA: The Database on English Teaching for Adults in Australia

Produced by the National Centre for English Language Teaching and Research (NCELTR) Macquarie University, DELTAA provides a comprehensive index to journal articles and electronic resources relating to English as a second language. Also includes citations to teaching, adult migrant learning and literacy.

Coverage: 1985+
Access: onsite@slq + offsite access for e-services members and Queensland public library (QPL) account holders
Licence: 5 users

Design and Applied Arts Index online

An international index to design and craft journals, daai contains annotated references on design and applied arts. Also contains 4 supplementary databases:
Education Directory - an international directory to universities and colleges, which offers courses in design and craft subjects;
Organisation Directory - an international directory of design and craft organisations, societies, associations, and centres;
Archives Directory - an international directory of design and crafts archives and special collections;
Periodicals Directory - an international directory of design and craft journals

Coverage: 1973+ (most articles date from 1987 onwards)
Access: onsite@slq only
Licence: unlimited

Directory of Australian Associations

DRUG

Produced by the Alcohol and other Drugs Council of Australia (ADCA), the DRUG database indexes journals, books, conference papers and proceedings, government documents, statistics, newspapers and discussion papers on substance abuse. The psychosocial aspects of substance abuse as well as the political, social, economic and legal aspects in the prevention and treatment of the abuse of drugs are comprehensively covered.

Coverage: 1974+
Access: onsite@slq + offsite access for e-services members and Queensland public library (QPL) account holders
Licence: 5 users

EDGE

Produced by Information Edge, this database indexes and abstracts Australian and international journals on management, packaging and the packaging industry, the environment and building. Emphasis is also given to recycling of glass, plastics metals, paper and building products.

Coverage: 1985- May 2007
Access: onsite@slq + offsite access for e-services members and Queensland public library (QPL) account holders
Licence: 5 users

Education collection (Informit)

Covers curriculum, educational research, information science, librarianship, management, policy administration, psychology, sociology, teaching and training and is produced by the Cunningham Library at the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER).

Coverage: Full text publications: 2000- ; Index: 1978-
Access: online@slq + offsite access for e-services members and Queensland public library (QPL) account holders
Licence: Index set - 5 users; Full text databases: Unlimited users

ELIXIR: Electronic Library eXchange for Information Resources

Produced by the Victorian Department of Natural Resources and Environment. Contains index and abstracts of books, theses, conference papers, videos, manuscripts and pictorial material held in 18 Victorian specialist collections. These libraries have specialist collections in agriculture, conservation, mineral resources and land management.

Coverage: 1990+
Access: onsite@slq + offsite access for e-services members and Queensland public library (QPL) account holders
Licence: 5 users

E-Music Quest

Online version of the Music-In-Print series, which seeks to index all music currently in print throughout the world. Provides publisher and price details. Searchable by composer, title or keyword. Search online volumes on Sacred Choral, Classical Vocal, Orchestral, String, Classical Guitar, Woodwind, Piano, and Miscellaneous Music In Print.
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Coverage: updated regularly
Access: onsite@slq only
Licence: unlimited

Encyclopedia Britannica 

A reference site for students, educators and parents, including standard, library, student and junior editions of the Encyclopaedia Britannica.

Coverage: variable
Access: onsite@slq + offsite access for e-services members and Queensland public library (QPL) account holders
Licence: unlimited users

Encyclopedia of Popular Music

The online version of Colin Larkin's critically acclaimed 10-volume The Encyclopedia of Popular Music, 4th edition, is available through Oxford Music Online. Featuring a broad musical scope covering popular music of all genres and periods from 1900 to the present day, including jazz, country, folk, rap, reggae, techno, musicals, and world music, the Encyclopedia also offers thousands of additional entries covering popular music genres, trends, styles, record labels, venues, and music festivals.

Coverage: variable
Access: onsite@slq + offsite access for e-services members and Queensland public library (QPL) account holders
Licence: 3 users

ENDANGER: Threatened Species in Australia: A Select Bibliography

Index to journals, book chapters, conference papers, newspaper articles, theses and audiovisual material concerning Australian threatened flora and fauna. Most items are Australian, although some are from overseas where appropriate.

Coverage: 1960+
Access: onsite@slq + offsite access for e-services members and Queensland public library (QPL) account holders
Licence: 5 users

ENGINE: Australian Engineering Database

Compiled by the Institution of Engineers, Australia. Extensive index to the Institution's publications since 1980, as well as journals, conference papers and technical papers on Australian engineering. Coverage includes all branches of engineering, in particular, agricultural, aerospace, biomedical, chemical, civil, coastal, computer, earthquake, education, electrical, electronic, geotechnical, management, materials, mechanical, military, ocean, railway, structural, transport, tunnelling and water.

Coverage: 1980+
Access: onsite@slq + offsite access for e-services members and Queensland public library (QPL) account holders
Licence: 5 users

Engineering collection (Informit)

Covers all broad engineering fields, including civil engineering, engineering of railroads & roads, mining & related operations, and sanitary & municipal engineering as well as specialist engineering areas. The Engineering Collection provides access to full content from a range of journal articles, conference papers, working papers and other grey literature sourced from the Engineers Australia library collection and is produced in collaboration with Engineers Australia.

Coverage: Full text publications: 1973- ; Index: 1973-
Access: onsite@slq + offsite access for e-services members and Queensland public library (QPL) account holders
Licence: Index set - 5 users; Full text databases: Unlimited users

e-reference books

Gale Virtual Reference Library offers encyclopaedias and reference sources for research on many topics. You can access them from home twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, at the State Library or your local public library. We have selected 75 titles from all subject areas, such as Ancient civilisations reference library, Novels for students and customs of Australia. Use them for quick look ups or doing homework assignments.

Coverage: variable
Access: onsite@slq + offsite access for e-services members and Queensland public library (QPL) account holders
Licence: unlimited

Europa World Plus

EVA: Environmental Abstracts

Produced by the EPA Victoria Library, EVA indexes approximately 600 journals from Australia and overseas. It covers air pollution, environmental protection and management, salinity, hazardous waste, recycling, and pollution control.

Coverage: 1987+
Access: onsite@slq + offsite access for e-services members and Queensland public library (QPL) account holders
Licence: 4 users

FAMILY: Australian Family & Society Abstracts

Produced by the Australian Institute of Family Studies, FAMILY is a bibliographic database that indexes and abstracts articles from published and unpublished material on research, policy and practice issues about, or of relevance to, Australian families.

Coverage: 1980+
Access: onsite@slq + offsite access for e-services members and Queensland public library (QPL) account holders
Licence: 5 users

FAMILY-ATSIS: Australian Family and Society Abstracts - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Subset

Provides abstracts to material on family issues which relate specifically to Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders. Subject coverage includes family and customary law, child care, removal of children, social policy and services, social change, family relationships, domestic violence, and housing.

Coverage: 1980+
Access: onsite@slq + offsite access for e-services members and Queensland public library (QPL) account holders
Licence: 5 users

FIAF International Index to Film Periodicals Plus

Film Index International

One of the most important reference sources for film, containing data compiled by the British Film Institute Library over the last 60 years and also catalogue records of the National Film and Television archive. It contains information about more than 90,000 films dating back to the introduction of sound in 1930 (and further back in some cases) and details about more than 38,000 people. Most records include a comprehensive list of references to periodical articles.

Coverage: 1930+
Access: onsite@slq only
Licence: single user

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PAC 2-30

Find my past (Australia)

Find my past (UK)

Find my past (Ireland)

Produced as a joint venture with the award winning Irish research and publishing house Eneclann, this site provides access to a range of Ireland specific resources, some of which have not previously been available online.  They include Irish prison registers, landed estates records, Griffith's valuations, historical national directories, indexes to wills up to 1858, military records of people involved in the 1798 Rebellion and of Irish men who lost their lives during WWI, gravestones and memorials, emigration records for individuals who left America Bound for Great Britain and Ireland, obituaries, and electoral rolls, 1832-1838.

FNQ: The Far North Queensland Collection

Compiled by the Tropical North Queensland Institute of TAFE Library, FNQ is an extensive bibliographic index which covers Far North Queensland including the Torres Strait, Gulf, Cape York Peninsula, and Daintree. Covers ecotourism, travel, local history, Indigenous languages legal issues, anthropology, and the environment.

Coverage: 1994- January 1999
Access: onsite@slq + offsite access for e-services members and Queensland public library (QPL) account holders
Licence: 5 users

Gale Virtual Reference Library

Offers encyclopaedias and reference sources for research on many topics. You can access them from home twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, at the State Library or your local public library. We have selected 75 titles from all subject areas, such as Ancient civilizations reference library, Novels for students and Customs of Australia. Use them for quick look ups or doing homework assignments.

Access: onsite@slq + offsite access for e-services members and Queensland public library (QPL) account holders
Licence: unlimited

Gales Quotations

Over 117,000 literary quotations searchable by keyword and author/speaker. Results include author/speaker's biographical details - dates of birth and death, occupation, nationality and career highlights. Extended search facility allows searching by combination of any of these elements.

Coverage: to 1994
Access: onsite@slq only
Licence: single user

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PAC 2-30

Garland Encyclopedia of World Music

GIBLIN: Giblin working papers database

GIBLIN is compiled by Giblin Economics and Commerce Library, University of Melbourne. Indexes and abstracts working papers and discussion papers generated from research institutes, government bodies, and universities in Australia, Europe and the United States. Subject coverage includes economics, finance, accounting, actuarial science, taxation, management, and trade and taxation.

Coverage: 1990-October 2006
Access: onsite@slq + offsite access for e-services members and Queensland public library (QPL) account holders
Licence: 5 users

Good Reading

An online, monthly magazine helping general readers, library staff and students find exactly what they like to read.

Coverage: July 2004+
Access: onsite@slq + offsite access for e-services members and Queensland public library (QPL) account holders
Licence: unlimited users

Gordon's Print Price Annual

Contains 20 years of international print auction records. Sales records for illustrated books, livres d'artiste and books and periodicals with topographical and Japanese prints; and vintage, fine art and film posters. Also included on the CD-ROM are older print prices dating from the turn-of-the-century to 1985; a trilingual print lexicon in English, French and German; and a worldwide directory of auction houses, print dealers and photography dealers.

Coverage: 1985-2005
Access: onsite@slq only
Licence: single user

Available soon

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Grove Music Online: Now Oxford Music Online

See Oxford Music Online.