AIATSIS: Indigenous Studies Bibliography

Covers various aspects of Australian Indigenous studies in English and in Australian Indigenous languages. Includes information on languages, culture, anthropology, archaeology, customary law, legal and social issues, health, education and the arts. Results include citations to journals, government documents, reports, newspapers, newsletters, and conference papers.

Coverage: 1990
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Licence: 4 users

ALISA: Australian Library & Information Science Abstracts

Compiled by ACHLIS (Australian Clearing House for Library and Information Science) ALISA aims to extensively index and abstract published and unpublished material on Australian library and information science. Subjects include education and training of library staff, information technology, electronic publishing and Australian children's literature.

Coverage: 1982+
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Licence: 4 users

ANZBIP: Australian and New Zealand Books in Print

This database is produced by D W Thorpe. It provides bibliographical information on Australian and New Zealand books, publishers (and agents and distributors).

Coverage: 1958+
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Licence: 4 users

Austlit

Premier resource for research on Australian literature. Provides authoritative information on thousands of creative and critical Australian literary works relating to more than 67 000 Australian authors and organisations.

Coverage: 1780+
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Licence: unlimited

Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre

Contains full text of over 240 periodicals, and abstracts/indexing for nearly 400 periodicals focusing on the Australia/New Zealand region. Includes magazines, newspapers, newswires, reference books and company information from Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, United Kingdom, Asia, North America and Europe.

Coverage: variable
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Licence: unlimited

Columbia Granger's Poetry Database

Granger's Poetry index includes 13,000 poems in full-text and 250,000 poem citations. There are also commentaries, biographies, bibliographies, and a glossary of terms. Where the full text of a poem is not included, the citation includes the details of where a copy can be found. Many anthologies of poetry are indexed.

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Licence: unlimited

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+
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Licence: 4 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.

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Licence: unlimited

Good reading

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

Coverage: July 2004+
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Licence: unlimited

Granger's World of Poetry

- see Columbia Granger's Poetry Database

Humanities International Complete

Provides full text of hundreds of journals, books and other published sources from around the world in the areas of history, language & literature, religion & philosophy, visual arts, performing arts and music. It includes all data from Humanities International Index (more than 2,000 journals and 2 million records).

Coverage: Updated regularly
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Licence: unlimited

JSTOR 

JSTOR is a multidisciplinary archive of high resolution scanned scholarly journals. It is not a current issues database. Because of JSTOR's archival mission, there is a gap, from 1 to 5 years, between the most recently published journal issue and the back issues available. Subject areas covered include economics, law, history, Asian studies, Middle Eastern studies, language, literature, music, film studies, performing arts, religion and visual arts.

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Licence: unlimited

Literature and culture collection (Informit)

The Literature & culture collection offers a number of Australia’s best known literary magazines that help define Australia’s literary and cultural heritage. This collection is useful for academic, school and public libraries and for researchers, teachers and students of literary studies, cultural studies and creative writing courses.

Coverage: Full text publications: 1940- ; Index: 1940-
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Licence:  Index set - 5 users; Full text databases: Unlimited users

Literature Resource Center

Access biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of more than 120,000 authors from every age and literary discipline. Scribner Writer's Series includes 15-20 page signed essays on more than 1,600 authors and literary genres drawn from 13 acclaimed Scribner print series. Twayne World, US, and English Authors each contains the full text of 200 frequently used Twayne Literary Masters books on individual World, US, or English authors, for a total of 600 full-text titles.

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Licence: 5 users

Macquarie Dictionary

Meanjin Backfile Collection: 1940-1995

• Meanjin backfile collection 1940-1946.

• Meanjin backfile collection 1947-1960.

• Meanjin backfile collection 1961-1975.

• Meanjin backfile collection 1976-1995.

MLA International Bibliography

Oxford Companion to the Book

This is the authoritative resource on all aspects of the book from ancient to modern times.  It contains over 5,000 entries written by the world’s best scholars in bibliography and book history & more than forty substantial essays.  These are on subjects ranging from writing systems and the medieval book through to topics such as the electronic book and can be found by searching or browsing on the word “essay”.

Coverage: ancient times to the present
Access: online@slq + offsite access for e-services members and QPL account holders
Licence: unlimited users 

Oxford English Dictionary

The Oxford English Dictionary is widely regarded as the accepted authority on the English language, providing the meaning, history, and pronunciation of 600,000 words from across the English speaking world. This resource provides present day meanings, as well as the history of individual words, and of the language, traced through 3 million quotations, from classic literature to films scripts and cookery books.

Coverage: updated regularly
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Licence: unlimited

Oxford Language Dictionaries Online

Oxford Reference Online Premium Collection

A comprehensive resource that contains over 175 dictionaries and reference titles covering the complete subject spectrum: from general reference and language to science and medicine, and from humanities and social sciences to business and professional.

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Licence: unlimited users

OzeVerse

Index to Australian poetry anthologies held at the State Library of Queensland. Search by author, title, first line or key word. The results will give you details of the anthology in which you can find the poem. Some of these items will be located on the shelves and others can be requested using your e-services card.

Access: onsite@slq + offsite access, available through One Search.
Licence: unlimited

The Source (Magpie Magazines Source Guide)

Online subject guide to children's literature produced by Magpies Magazines, including poetry index (many in full text) and database of winners and shortlisted titles for 42 awards including  the Queensland Premier's Literary Award. Check the 'about' section for more information.

To access, click on 'The Source' icon, then choose the option to 'log in to The Source with an IP address'.

Coverage: 1986+
Access: onsite@slq only
Licence: unlimited

TLS: Times Literary Supplement

Provides access to all articles published in this prestigious English literary journal  back to 1994. Search for book reviews or articles by headline, reviewer or keyword.

To access the database, follow the link for 'existing subscribers'.
Password required. Enquire at Reference desk.

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

TumbleBooks

A database specially for children. Listen and watch ebooks online, read a review, write a book report and play games.

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Licence: unlimited users