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Access the Library's collection of ebooks which are available for loan. The collection includes over 7000 titles covering fiction and non-fiction, Australian and international material.

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Search the leading full-text journals in education and related fields. Document supply available.

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Based on The English Short Title Catalogue. Nearly 150,000 English-language titles and editions published between 1701 and 1800 will be made available online over the course of the next two years. When complete, the product will allow full-text searching of more than 33 million pages of material, in essence, every significant English-language and foreign-language title printed in the United Kingdom, along with thousands of important works from the Americas. Document supply available.

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This database covers journals journals printed between c1685 and 1835, illuminating all aspects of eighteenth-century social, political and literary life. Topics covered: colonial life; provincial and rural affairs; the French and American revolutions; reviews of literature and fashion throughout Europe; political debates; and London coffee house gossip and discussion. It also contains some Australian content.

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Spanning five centuries, charting the story of the rise and fall of empires; from the explorations of Columbus, Captain Cook, and others, right through to de-colonisation in the second half of the twentieth century and debates over American Imperialism. Empire Online enables the exploration of colonial history, politics, culture and society.

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Hosted on the EBSCO platform, this database cites more than 249,000 essays in collections back to 1900, published in Canada, Great Britain and the U.S. Subject coverage: humanities, social sciences, including literary works, art history, drama, and film. Document supply available.

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This provides streaming access to over 450 videos representing the work of indigenous filmmakers around the world. Local material covered includes Australia, New Zealand, Papua Niu Gini (also known as Papua New Guinea), Solomon Islands and other regions. Content has been sourced from several collections including National Film & Sound Archive of Australia, SBS, Mexican Film Board, and National Film Board of Canada.

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Collections of monographs, manuscripts, and newspaper accounts covering key issues of economics, world politics, and international strategy. Some key topics such as: Partition of Africa and British Imperial Policy, the Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902, the Fashoda Incident, the Witwatersrand Gold Mining Industry, African response to Imperialism, the "Scramble for Africa", Chinese emigration, etc. Document supply available. Part of Nineteenth Century Collections Online.

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Factiva is a full-text news and financial information database of publications from Australian and international sources in 22 languages from 118 countries including newspapers, magazines, company and industry reports, newswires, pictures, and websites. Searches may be limited by keywords, subject, region, industry, company, language etc. but personal notices and advertising are not included. Document supply NOT available.

 

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Complete searchable archive of a major international business newspaper. Document supply available.

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The UK Foreign Office files for South East Asia provides insight into challenges faced by political leaders. It documenting guerrilla activity, coups and financial struggles in a time of conflict. It covers the move to industrialisation and the emergence of modern South East Asia. By Adam Matthew Digital.

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This collection from Adam Matthew Digital captures the lives, experiences and colonial encounters of people living at the edges of the Anglophone world from 1650-1920. It ranges across the various colonial frontiers of North America before touching on the settlers and indigenous peoples of Southern Africa, Australia and New Zealand.

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This resource provides authoritative content organised around countries and global data sets covering international business topics. The platform includes analytical tools and statistical data, providing opportunities to compare global economies, companies and industries.

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Gale published eBooks include the imprints of Gale, St.JamesPress, U.X.L, Charles Scribner’s and Son’s and MacMillan Reference USA.

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Gale Historical Newspapers (previously Gale NewsVault) allows you to search across all the following newspapers / periodical databases:

  • 17th-18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers collection
  • 17th-18th Century Nichols Newspapers collection
  • 19th Century UK Periodicals
  • British Library Newspapers
  • Daily Mail Historical Archive
  • The Economist Historical Archive, 1843-2015
  • Financial Times Historical Archive
  • Illustrated London News Historical Archive, 1842-2003
  • Picture Post Historical Archive, 1938-1957
  • The Sunday Times Historical Archive
  • The Telegraph Historical Archive
  • Times Digital Archive
  • Times Literary Supplement Historical Archive

Useful for HSC History and Family History.

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An online tool to search for influential and important people from history through to the present day. Search for a person or browse a comprehensive list of people. There are hundreds of different people to browse from 50 cent to Markus Zusak. Information on people includes images, audio, news, featured content from academic journals and experts, and links to related subjects. Readers can build a history of their searches by creating a login.

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Analyse and understand key topics related to the environment and sustainability. Search an area of interest, or explore topics by selecting from issues. Including relevant information from business, economics, geography, law, science and technology subjects.

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Covers contemporary global issues and encourages critical analysis relating to society, politics, gender, health, technology and the environment. Includes articles from academic journals, magazines, newspapers and multimedia formats.

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Designed for high school students, this resource provides context for literary classics and a range of contemporary texts with a multi-media collection that includes articles, videos, infographics and ebooks.
 

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Find differing points of view on a wide range of current issues from subjects such as politics, business, health and society. Search for a topic or browse through featured issues to explore supporting information such as fulltext articles, videos and reference material.

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