ProQuest Telecommunications Database includes top telecommunications industry publications. Includes magazines, journals, and newsletters for the latest in this fast changing industry. Document supply available.
From the Eiffel Tower and the Space Needle to the invention of television, chewing gum and hotdogs, world fairs have shaped our world. This eresource digitizes primary source material from over 200 world fairs and exhibitions. Coverage includes the world fairs held in Sydney (1879) and Melbourne (1881), and Australian material for fairs around the world. Key exhibits: aeronautics, art and architecture, chemistry and chemicals, entertainment, fashion and beauty, food and drink, lifestyle and domestic living, light and electricity, manufacturing and machines, nature and natural resources, technology and communications, transportation and visual culture. By Adam Matthew Digital.
This site provides links to agricultural sites relating to Australia and New South Wales. It also contains a searchable index to other material published by NSW Agriculture.
AGRIS is an international information system to bring together world literature dealing with all aspects of agricultural sciences and technology. AGRIS is a cooperative system in which participating countries input references to the literature produced within their boundaries and, in return, draw on the information provided by the other participants. To date, 240 national, international and intergovernmental centres participate.
Free access to contemporary research reports, articles and statistics on issues of public policy, including ageing, child protection, families, climate change, digital inclusion, religion, migration and many more issues from Australia and New Zealand. You can search within each topic collection. (Formerly Australian Policy Online)
Laws and standards for all aspects of construction in Australia. Contains the National Construction Code (previously Building Code of Australia). Register for free access.
From the Science Department of Arizona State University this interactive site includes a documentary on human evolution, news and feature articles and lines of descent in the human family tree.
Full text of almost 4000 historical books and periodicals relating to Australian biology, biodiversity, taxonomy, science and anthropology. It also contains over 100,000 international works.
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Contains 50,000 searchable text pages and 40,000 images of both publications and handwritten manuscripts by Charles Darwin. Includes audio and image files, a bibliography and a catalogue of Darwin-related manuscripts. From the University of Cambridge (UK). Full-text resource.
This site provides information about the Australian environment and the Environment Program. It includes information about the Natural Heritage Trust and the State of the Environment.
An online science news service, sponsored by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. It features health, science and technology news from leading research institutes.
The European Space Agency portal features the latest news in space science exploration, human spaceflight and the International Space Station, launchers, telecommunications and navigation.
This portal links to state, territory and federal government geoscience agencies. It includes links to online databases, maps, exploration information, legislation, atlases and includes information for students through to geoscience professionals. Produced by the Australian Chief Government Geologists Committee.
This site provides information about Australian patents. It also provides access to two databases for patents and patent applications filed since January 1979.
