Agricultural and Resource Economics Databases
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| ABARE-BRS : Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics - Bureau of Rural Sciences Provides yearly and monthly statistics and forecasts on Australian commodities including agriculture, minerals, energy, fisheries and forestry.  |
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| CAB Abstracts via ISI Web of Knowledge (1910 - present) Agriculture and veterinary science database. This database covers local and international material on Agriculture, Animal, Veterinary , Plant and Environmental Sciences, Human Health, Food and Nutrition, Leisure and Tourism, Microbiology and Parasitology. |
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| Business Source Premier One of the largest business and economics databases. It also provides profiles for the world's largest companies. |
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| ABI Inform via Proquest (1971 - present) One of the larger databases covering business, industry and economics. |
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| Factiva Factiva searches local and international news publications, commentary, pictures, company information and stock quotes. 15 concurrent users only. Also use Proquest Newsstand databases for international & recent Australian news coverage. |
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| Proquest Newsstand databases Search a wide range of international and Australian newspapers in ANZ Newsstand, Canadian Newsstand, and Proquest Newsstand. ANZ Newsstand covers Australian and New Zealand newspapers published by Fairfax Australia and News Ltd, AAP newswires and ABC transcripts. Key titles included: The Age (1/9/1996 - ), The Australian (2001- ), Canberra Times (21/5/2007 -), Courier Mail (Feb 2001 -), Sun Herald (1/9/1996 - ), Sunday Age (1/9/1996 - ), The Sydney Morning Herald (1/8/1996). Content list. Use Factiva for access to ANZ titles prior to these dates. |
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| Web of Science via ISI Web of Knowledge One of the largest Science databases with good coverage of agriculture, food and natural resources. It also provides citation analysis of authors, journals and subject areas. |
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| ECONLIT via Proquest Provides access to a large range of economics literature including theses, working papers and conference proceedings. |
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| ANR-Index : Agriculture and Natural Resources Index and Archive via Informit Online (1975 - present) Essential for finding Australian agriculture and natural resources industry information and is particularly useful for locating government documents. |
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| AANRO : Australian Agriculture and Natural Resources Online A free database useful for finding Australian agriculture and natural resources industry information; has similar content to the ANR-Index. |
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| AgEcon Search AgEcon Search is a free, open access repository of full-text scholarly literature in agricultural and applied economics, including working papers, conference papers and journal articles |
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| AGRIS/CARIS (1975 - present) Covers all aspects of international agriculture, in particular the developing world, and includes some material not published in journals or books. |
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| AgSpace Provides full text access to research and policy documents written by the US Government on agriculture, food and the natural environment. |
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| APECLIT via Informit Covers all material, including some unpublished items, relating to the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC). |
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| Attorney General's Information Service : AGIS Plus Text via Informit Covers all aspects of law including international law and trade practices with a predominantly Australian focus. |
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| AUSTLII : Australasian Legal Information Institute Australian Federal and State legislation information including secondary material such as royal commission reports. |
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| Australian Bureau of Statistics : ABS Provides state and national statistics covering agriculture, balance of payments, international investment, building and construction, and much more. |
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| APA-FT : Australian Public Affairs Full Text via Informit Online (1978 - present) Australian coverage of the social sciences and humanities with a good selection of economics and trade material. |
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| ASSDA : Australian Social Science Data Archive (1975 - present) Online access to datasets covering economics, demographics, law, and other areas. |
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| Capital Monitor's University Intranet Provides up to the minute reports on Australian legal, political and regulatory information including Federal and State Bills, Acts and proclamations. |
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| Current Contents Connect via ISI Web of Knowledge A quick and easy way of keeping up to date with material published in your subject area. |
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| EVA : Environmental Abstracts via Informit Online (1987 - present) Covers both local and international information on most aspects of environmental protection including economics and legal policy. |
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| Expanded Academic Index ASAP (1980 - present) A large social sciences database with some economics and legal coverage. |
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| FAOSTAT An international database of statistics and time-series on agricultural production, consumption, trade, prices and resources. |
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| FinAnalysis FinAnalysis provides a 12-year history of detailed financial information for all companies listed on the ASX and includes Annual Reports and delisted companies. |
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| Google Scholar An academic version of the famous search engine. |
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| GrantSearch NB: No subscriber search available; free search only Australia's most comprehensive index of grant opportunities. |
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| Hoovers Company Records Find up to date proprietary editorial content covering more than 40,000 public and non-public companies and 225,000 key executives. Hoover's, widely recognized as a leading provider of corporate data, delivers in depth industry analyses, information on a company's location, summary financials, top competitors, top officers, and more. |
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| IFS : International Financial Statistics now IMF eLibrary Data Provides statistics for a wide range of economics and financial indicators and includes national accounts, balance of payments and government finance. Access to International Financial Statistics package only |
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| INIS DB : International Nuclear Information System (1970 - present) Covers the peaceful uses of nuclear science and technology and includes some material on the agricultural and economic applications. |
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| Journal Citation Reports via ISI Web of Knowledge Discover analytical information on journals such as impact factor and citation frequency. |
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| Kompass A global database of company profiles compiled from submissions made by individual companies. |
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| Livestock Library Searches Australian industry and government sites for information on our beef and sheep industry but can be used for finding government publications on all aspects of Australian agriculture. |
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| Mediascan via Informit Online Covers the major stories across a range of Australian newspapers. |
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| National Agricultural Library (Agricola) A North American agriculture, food and natural resources database. |
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| Natural Resources Data Directory Atlases and other information relating to natural resources in NSW and ACT. |
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| OECD iLibrary Provides access to the full text of all OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) publications and includes statistics and global indicators. |
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| Oxford Scholarship Online Full text books online with a large selection of economics, finance, legal and political titles. |
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| PAIS : Public Affairs Information Service via Proquest (1972 - present) Good place to look for local and international resources on economic and political issues. APA-FT also covers government papers and journals. |
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| Prime Notes Comprehensive fact sheets on Australian agriculture from the Australian federal and state government departments. Available on Library workstations from the "Additional Databases" folder on the PC Desktop. |
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| Proquest Central (formerly Proquest 5000) A general database with a good coverage of international agricultural and resource economics. |
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| Scirus A web search engine focussing primarily on the sciences, which filters out non-scholarly material. |
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| Scopus Scopus is a large multidisciplinary database covering published material in the humanities and sciences. It also provides citation analysis of authors and subject areas. |
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| Woolwise Covers all aspects of wool and the Australian wool industry. Available at Badham and Camden Libraries only. |
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| World Bank Open Data (1960 -) Includes World Bank Development Indicators: 900 indicators organised in six sections: World View, People, Environment, Economy, States and Markets, and Global Links. Click Data Catalog > Databank. |
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| World News Connect A large database of news articles, conference proceedings, and television and radio broadcasts from non-U.S. sources. |
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| Worldwide Political Science Abstracts : WPSA via Proquest International political database with coverage of environmental and economic policy, international relations and trade. |
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