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| APA-FT : Australian Public Affairs Full Text (1978 - present)
The main database for Australian politics, public affairs and economics. Bibliographic index to journal articles, major newspaper articles, conference papers and some books. Includes selected full text articles from 1994. 
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| Worldwide Political Science Abstracts (1975 - present)
Built on the merged backfiles of Political Science Abstracts and ABC Pol Sci, this database provides abstracts of the international serials literature in political science, international relations, law, and public administration and policy. |
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| International Political Science Abstracts (2007 - present)
Compiled by published by the International Political Science Association in co-operation with the International Committee for Social Sciences Documentation. Volumes 1-54 (1951-2004) held in Fisher Reference 320.016 2 |
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| PAIS : Public Affairs Information Service via Proquest (1972 - present) Bibliographic index to journal articles, government documents, reports, books in English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish on contemporary social, economic and political issues and public policy. |
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| Human Rights Documents Online Human Rights Documents Online (HRDO) will ultimately contain all human rights documents collected by the Human Rights Internet (HRI) in Ottawa in Canada since 1980. These documents emanate from 483 non-governmental human rights organizations (NGOs) worldwide, some of which have a universal scope, whilst others focus on the attainment of human rights in a specific area of the world. |
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| Sociological Abstracts (1952 - present)
References articles, conference papers, books and web resources on sociology and other related social science disciplines. Useful for locating peer reviewed journal articles in the Social Sciences. |
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| ProQuest Social Science Journals
Searchable collection of full text journals covering the social sciences and political sciences. |
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| Web of Science
Provides citation and subject searching for articles, books and reviews in the social sciences and related disciplines. Allows the identification of key articles in a discipline and to search by cited reference, that is to trace references that refer to a particular work or author. |
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| Business Source Premier via Ebsco (1922 - present) References research in business & economics journals and journals within the broader social science disciplines that relate to socio-economic research. Includes many full text scholarly journals. |
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| AGIS Plus Text : Attorney General's Information Service (1975 - present)
Bibliographic database with selected full text (from 1999) covering all aspects of law including administrative law, banking, companies and securities, constitutional law, copyright law, environmental law, human rights, international law and trade practices.
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| Proquest Central (formerly Proquest 5000) via Proquest References research in social science and business journals. Includes many full text scholarly journals. |
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| Legal and Parliamentary Databases for Government & International Relations | |
| ParlinfoWeb
Freely available Australian parliamentary documents including debates (Hansard), media releases, legislation, bills, second readings, explanatory memorandum, senate and house committee transcripts, background papers and research notes. The parliamentary website also includes links to Committee websites and Parliamentary papers index
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| AGIS Plus Text : Attorney General's Information Service (1975 - present)
References journal articles, government documents and publications from non profit organizations and law reform commissions. Covers all aspects of the Law in Australia, New Zealand and the Asia-Pacific. Full-text for selected publications from 1999.
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| AustLII: Australasian Legal Information Institute
Freely available primary legal materials: legislation, treaties and decisions of courts and tribunals); and secondary legal publications including law reform and royal commission reports and a substantial collection of law journals. Provides access to the law in other countries via AsianLII, WorldLII, NZLII, BaiLII etc.
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| Agreements, Treaties and Negotiated Settlements Database
Online gateway linking "current information, historical detail and published material relating to agreements made between Indigenous people and others in Australia and overseas"
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| AFPD : Australian Federal Police Digest (1991 - present)
References criminology, law enforcement, law, management and policing issues in the social science.
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Capital Monitor's University Intranet (1990 - present)
Parliamentary and Legal information from federal and selected State Parliaments. Includes extracts from debates, press releases, case information, policy and legislative documents. Full-text available for many publications.
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| CINCH : Australian Criminology Database (1968 - present)
References published and unpublished material on all aspects of crime and criminal justice in Australia. |
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| Halsbury's Laws of Australia via LexisNexisAu
Statements of legal principle covering all jurisdictions in Australia. Browse categories or sub-categories or search by legal principle, keyword, phrase, case or legislation. Updated by Australian Current Law: Reporter. Browser settings
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| New South Wales Parliamentary & Information Resources
Freely available New South Wales parliamentary documents including debates (Hansard), media releases, legislation, bills, second readings & explanatory memorandum, senate and house committee transcripts, background papers and research papers.
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| News databases for Government & International Relations | |
| Factiva
Full-text news, commentary, pictures and media transcripts from over 8,000 overseas and Australian news media sources. 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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| World News Connection
Compiled by the United States Foreign Broadcasting Information Service (FBIS) from non-U.S. media sources including newspaper articles, conference proceedings, television and radio broadcasts, periodicals, and non-classified technical reports. Material is translated and either an extract, or the full publications is available from the database. |
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| Statistical databases useful for Government & International Relations | |
| ABS Census Datapacks Provides access to Census 2006 Community Profile data & digital boundaries "in bulk" See also CData Online .
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| Australian Bureau of Statistics
Australia's official statistical organisation. Freely available data for social, health, economic and demographic research and census data for 1996 - 2006. Links to other statistical agencies via the ABS subject themes page.
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| ASSDA : Australian Social Sciences Data Archive (1977 - present)
Over 2,000 data sets from Australian and non-Australian studies. Data available for research includes census data, opinion polls, electoral studies, education, youth studies, social welfare and social attitudes. Access information is available from the ASSDA website.
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CData Online 2006
Allows you to create your own tables of Census data on a range of topics such as, age, education, housing, income, transport, religion, ethinicity, occupation and more. |
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| ICPSR: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICSPRI) (1977 - present)
ICPSR maintains and provides access to an archive of social science data for research and instruction. Access to data via ASSDA. Information on data sets aviable from ICPSR website. |
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| OECD iLibrary Full-text for all OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) publications, including documents, periodicals and statistical databases. |
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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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| More databases useful for Government & International Relations (A - Z) | |
| Asia-Studies Full-text currently unavailable Full-text reports from many research institutions in the Asia-Pacific region, covering 53 countries on a a wide range of business, government, economic, and social issues. |
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| Australian Bureau of Statistics Australia's official statistical organisation. Freely available data for social, health, economic and demographic research and census data for 1996-2006. Links to other statistical agencies via the ABS subject themes page.
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Capital Monitor
Parliamentary and legal information from federal and selected state sources. Monitors Bills, Acts, High Court and Tax rulings, elections and budgets. Tracks information by selected popular topics.
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| China: Trade, Politics and Culture, 1793-1980 via Adam Matthews (China: Culture and Society not yet released) With manuscripts encompassing events from the earliest English embassy to the birth and early years of the People’s Republic, students are given an incredible insight into the changes wrought upon China during this period. |
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| CIAO : Columbia International Affairs Online (1991 - present)
Full text database including working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, proceedings from conferences, books, journals and policy briefs. |
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| Confidential Print: Middle East, 1839-1969 (Archives Direct) (Foreign Office Files for India, Pakistan and Afghanistan, Section III, 1947-1980 not yet released) British government Confidential Print files, issued by the Foreign and Colonial Offices, cover the Middle East From Egypt to Afghanistan, from 1839 - 1969. |
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| Digital National Security Archive De-classified U.S. government documents organised into collections covering world events and U.S policy from WWII onwards. The Library has full text access to these collections only: China and the US from hostility to engagement, 1960-1998 Terrorism and US policy, 1968-2002 United States and the Two Koreas: 1969 - 2000 CIA Family Jewels Indexed |
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Econlit via Proquest (1969 - present)
Abstracts of journal articles, books, theses, conference proceedings, research papers, book reviews and working papers in economic theory and application. |
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| Expanded Academic Index ASAP via Infotrac
Abstracts journals including the full-text of 520 journals indexed (last 3 years). Topics covered include humanities, communication studies, social science, science and technology, women studies, sociology, environment, and public affairs. |
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| Family - Australian Family & Society Abstracts Database
via Informit Online (1980 - present)
Comprehensive index and abstracts database which covers research, policy and practice issues about, or of relevance to, Australian families. |
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| Families & Society Collection via Informit(1976 - present)
Covers published and unpublished material on research, policy and practice issues about, or of relevance to, Australian families.
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| Foreign Office Files for China, 1949-1980 (Archives Direct) via Adam Matthews The complete British Foreign Office Files dealing with China, Hong Kong and Taiwan in this period. Eye-witness accounts and detailed reports on life in China, 1949-1976. In depth analysis of the Communist Revolution and all the major figures. Material on the Korean War, the Cold War, US relations and the Cultural Revolution. |
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| Foreign Office Files for India, Pakistan and Afghanistan, 1947-1980 (Sections I and II) (Archives Direct) via Adam Matthews (Foreign Office Files for India, Pakistan and Afghanistan, Section III, 1947-1980 not yet released) DO 133, DO 134, FO 371 and FCO 37 files from The National Archives, Kew. Also covers neighbouring South East Asian countries such as Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, and Burma. |
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| HeinOnline You may not download or print more than 200 pages per session Full-text legal journals and other legal documents predominantly US, also includes major international publications, U.S. Presidential Library, Pentagon Papers |
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| House of Commons Parliamentary Papers (1688 - present) The House of Commons Parliamentary Papers are vital to the historical record of Britain, its former Colonies and the wider world. |
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| Humanities & Social Sciences Collection via Informit (1940 - present) Broad subject coverage ensures relevance to users of all interests especially Aboriginal and indigenous studies, arts, history, law, literary studies, media, political science and sociology.
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| IFS : International Financial Statistics now IMF eLibrary Data (1945 - present) Time series database produced by the International Monetary Fund, providing statistics for a wide range of economic and financial indicators. Access to International Financial Statistics package only |
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| JSTOR Full-text of major academic journals and scholarly literature from around the world in the Social and Political Sciences. Latest five years not available in this database. |
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| Legaltrac via Infotrac (1980 - present) indexing legal journals including major law reviews, legal newspapers, bar association journals and international legal journals. |
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| OECD iLibrary Full-text for all OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) publications, including documents, periodicals and statistical databases. |
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| OxResearch A "first draft of history" as it occurs. Provides succinct analytical articles covering world and regional economic and political developments of major significance. Evaluates issues and events within a coherent political, social, and economic framework. Contains objective, multi-disciplinary articles compiled by an extensive international network of over 1,000 faculty members at Oxford and other leading universities around the world, as well as think-tanks and institutes of international standing. |
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| Proquest Military Search a comprehensive collection of material on military subjects such as defense, aeronautics and space flight, civil engineering, political science, and more. |
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| Scopus
Scopus is a large multidisciplinary database covering published material in the Social Sciences and Humanities. It also provides citation analysis of authors and subject areas. |
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| Social Services Abstracts via Proquest (1980 - present)
Bibliographic coverage of current research on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development. |
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| Social Theory Brings together an extensive range of influential writings representing the most important trends of sociological thought from the eighteenth century to the present day. |
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| United Nations Treaty Collection
(Scroll down to access to databases) Website providing full text access to all treaties and international agreements entered into by any Member of the United Nations. |
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