A bibliographic archive of Australian and New Zealand Books in Print, covering the years 1958 to December 2003. Also includes a database of publishers for the same time period. Document supply available.
Australian Library & Information Science Abstracts (ALISA) aims to comprehensively cover all current Australian literature on library and information services and the library workforce, including education and training, information technology, networking, electronic publishing, and telecommunications.
There are also records relating to Australian children's literature and archives.
Hosted on the EBSCO platform, Book Review Digest Retrospective provides excerpts from and citations to reviews of adult and juvenile fiction and non-fiction. Document supply available.
An online readers advisory. Browse by genre or search by author or title to find overviews and reviews of your favourite books. Includes a Read-a-likes suggestion list for each book result as well as linking to other related subjects, time periods and location settings. New and updated book overviews appear on the front of the homepage regularly.
Global Books in Print Plus (Online) contains bibliographic information on publications from Australia, New Zealand, Europe and North America. Subjects covered include Books in Print, Subject Guide to Books in Print and Children's Books in Print. Document supply available.
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Hosted on the EBSCO platform, Library Literature & Information Science Retrospective Index (1905-1983) covers full text content from 69 years of the Wilson Library Bulletin, indexing from Library Work (1905-1911), as well as citations to book reviews, books, and library school theses. Document supply available.
The Pacific Manuscripts Bureau (PMB | Pambu) copies archives, manuscripts and rare printed material relating to the Pacific Islands and the material provides the most extensive collection of non-government primary documentation on the Pacific Islands available to researchers on microfilm held by member libraries. The aim of the Bureau is to help with long-term preservation of the documentary heritage of the Pacific Islands and to make it accessible. The full version of this catalogue – including access to digitised materials – is available for Member libraries such as the State Library of New South Wales. NSW residents can access Pambu’s full catalogue by clicking on Log in with a Library card below.
The Rare Book Hub is a resource for information on rare, antiquarian, and collectible books and related ephemeral material – manuscripts, letters, maps, posters, broadsides, photographs, and prints (works on paper). It has over 11 million records of rare book transactions and 122 searchable upcoming auctions.
Readers’ Guide Retrospective: 1890-1982 provides indexing of over three million articles from more than 550 leading magazines including full coverage of the original print volumes of Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature.
tool to help users find short stories from among more than 150,000 published in the U.S., England, and Canada dating from the 1830s to the 1980s. The index provides access by author, title, and publication, as well as topics, themes, locales, genre, and people (individuals, ethnicities, or professions).
Includes four collections from the Smithsonian: Air & Space and Smithsonian Magazine Archive, Evolution of Flight 1784-1991, Trade Literature and the Merchandizing of Industry, and World’s Fairs and Expositions: Visions of Tomorrow.
Ulrichsweb is an easy to search source of detailed information on more than 300,000 periodicals (also called serials) of all types: academic and scholarly journals, ejournals, peer-reviewed titles, popular magazines, newspapers, newsletters, and more.
This online database provides access to the holdings of over 850 Australian libraries. Supported by the National Library of Australia, the database contains information about the location of over 29 million books, journal titles and other items held in Australian library collections.
Access a list of valuers approved to participate in the Commonwealth's Cultural Gifts Program. The Program encourages gifts of significant cultural items to public institutions by offering donors a tax deduction.
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Archives New Zealand, Te Rua Mahara o te Kawanatanga is the official guardian of New Zealands public archives. We gather, store and protect an extremely wide range of material. Our holdings include the originals of the Treaty of Waitangi, government documents, maps, paintings, photographs and film.
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The Australian Copyright Council is an independent, not-for-profit Community Legal Service dedicated to promoting understanding of copyright law and its application. It was established in 1968, the same year as the enactment of the Australian Copyright Act 1968.
The ACC provides easily accessible and affordable practical, user-friendly information, legal advice, education and forums on Australian copyright law for content creators and consumers. See the Resources page for Fact Sheets and books about Copyright in Australia.
The Australian Libraries Gateway is a directory of Australian libraries. Entries include library contact details, information about services and online catalogues. Use this site to find libraries in a geographical area, libraries of a particular type (for example public, university, health), and cultural heritage via on-line exhibitions, events and image collections.
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The Australian Library and Information Association is the national professional organisation for the Australian library and information services sector.
