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China: Culture and Society, 1793-1980
Over 1,000 pamphlets from the Wason Collection at Cornell. Spanning three centuries (c1750-1929) they are primarliy in English and include works on the Chinese diaspora, foreign relations and settlers in China, missionaries, opium, civil conflict and rebellion. Search all our Adam Matthew databases
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Royal Society of Medicine journals
Access to the current year and five previous years, for all the journals published by RSM.
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Classical Music in Video
A database of classical music performances in streamed video. Performances range across all genres – symphonic, chamber, oratorio and solo. It also contains masterclasses and interviews with eminent international performers and teachers. The time period covered is from medieval times to the 21st century and the videos stem from the 1950s up to contemporary recordings.
(Search together with our other music resources from Alexander Street via Music Online)
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Lyell Collection (1811 - present)
The Lyell Collection consists of the Geological Society of London’s journals, Special Publications and key book series.
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Literature & Culture Collection via Informit Online (1940 - present)
Offers a number of Australia’s best known literary and art magazines that help define Australia’s literary and cultural heritage. Includes Meanjin and Media International Australia (MIA) backfiles.
Complementary access for 2012. Australian content
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Oxford Index beta
Search across Oxford Scholarship Online, Oxford Handbooks and Journals, with more to come.
 
America’s Historical Newspapers, (Early American Newspapers 1690-1876)
Search, or browse hundreds of hundreds of historical newspapers via a timeline-based interface. Includes the complete contents of every newspaper.
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A companion to Early American Imprints
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Making of Modern Law: trials 1600-1926
Based on holdings of the law libraries of Harvard and Yale, and the Library of the Bar of the City of New York, the product offers online access to these important collections.
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The Making of the Modern World: the Goldsmiths'-Kress Library of Economic Literature Part I ,1450-1850 & Part II, 1851-1914
The Making of the Modern World provides digital facsimile images of unique primary sources that track the development of the modern, western world through the lens of trade and wealth. Full-text searching across millions of pages of works from the period 1450-1850 (and 1851-1914 in Part II) provides researchers unparalleled access to this vast collection of material for research in the areas of history, political science, social conditions, technology and industry, economics, area studies and more.
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ECCO : Eighteenth Century Collections Online Pt II
Use Eighteenth Century Collections Online to access the digital images of every page of books published during the 18th Century. With full-text searching of millions of pages, the product allows researchers new methods of access to critical information in the fields of history, literature, religion, law, fine arts, science and more.
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Indigenous Collection via Informit Online
Offers a variety of content on both historical and topical issues within Indigenous studies.
Australian content
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Eleven new databases of original materials from Adam Matthew Digital
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China: Trade, Politics and Culture, 1793-1980
Confidential Print: Middle East, 1839-1969 & Foreign Office Files for India, Pakistan and Afghanistan, 1947-1980 (Sections I and II) (Foreign Office Files for India, Pakistan and Afghanistan, Section III, 1947-1980 not yet released)
Eighteenth Century Journals Portal I-IV Consists of newspapers and periodicals published between 1860 - 1820, drawn from major Library collections.
Everyday Life and Women in America, c.1800-1920
Literary Manuscripts (Berg)
Manuscripts and personal documents by and about major Victorian authors, from the Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection.
London Low Life A full-text searchable resource, containing colour digital images of rare books, ephemera, maps and other materials relating to 18th, 19th and early 20th century London.
Mass Observation Online Update II Mass Observation was a pioneering social research organisation whose papers provide insights into the cultural and social history of Britain from 1937 to 1965. Mass Observation Online, offers an unparalled insight into everyday life in the 1930s and 1940s
Medieval Family Life
Perdita Manuscripts: Women Writers, 1500-1700
Romanticism: Life, Literature and Landscape
Discover the working methods of Romantic poets and trace the evolution of celebrated verse. Presenting the manuscript collections of the Wordsworth Trust, this digital collection offers students and researchers of the Romantic period unique access to the working notebooks, verse manuscripts and correspondence of William Wordsworth and his fellow writers, including Dorothy Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Thomas De Quincey and Robert Southey.
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BMJ Best Practice
A point of care decision-support tool. Provides access to reliable, up-to-date information structured around the patient consultation assisting students and clinicians with diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment decisions.
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Virginia Company Archives
A key source for the study of the Atlantic World and Early Colonial Period, & London's economic history in the Early Modern era. It documents: the founding and economic development of Virginia as seen through the papers of the Virginia Company of London, 1606-1624; the role of the Ferrar family in the settlement of North America from Jamestown to the Bermudas; trade between Britain and America; the ethnic and gender composition of early Virginia; tensions amongst the colonists; and early relations with Native Americas.
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BNA International Tax Centre - off-campus or on-campus
Provides tax and business regulatory systems of some 40 countries, as well as an overview of the European Union, USA international taxation, and transfer pricing portfolios. Also includes Tax Guides, Tax treaties, News & commentary.
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Financial Times Historical Archive 1888 - 2007
Every item ever printed in the paper, from 1888-2007, can be searched and browsed article by article and page by page.

Cross-search the Financial Times Historical Archive and The Times Digital Archive with NewsVault
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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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Oxford Handbooks Online - Philosophy
The Handbooks discuss the latest thinking in a range of major topics in philosophy. Containing specially-commissioned essays with extensive referencing to further reading, the handbooks offer both thorough introductions to topics in the discipline, and a useful reference resource for scholars and advanced students.
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Percussion Orchestrations
A database of Timpani and Percussion requirements for orchestral repertoire.
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TradeLawGuide
WTO legislation database
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International Tax Law Reports
Provide readers with judgments and decisions of major tax cases from all over the world.
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NSW Archaeology Online
A grey-literature archive which documents archaeological field survey, excavation and heritage assessment projects conducted under the NSW Heritage Act. Australian content
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HerbMedPro
Provides access to the scientific data underlying the medicinal use of herbs. From the American Botanical Council.
 
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
 
VSPO: Veterinary Systemic Pathology Online
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The VSPO is an online series of 800 diagnostic pathology cases developed by the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP) and provides a wide range of high quality pathology training material for veterinary pathology.
 
Tax Analysts Webservices
Provides international and US tax information, updated daily. Includes Worldwide Tax Treaties database.
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WorldTradeLaw.net
WorldTradeLaw.net is made up of 2 parts : the Dispute Settlement Commentary (DSC) which includes summaries, commentary and analysis of WTO reports and arbitration, and other trade law resources from around the web – trade law legal texts, other trade agreement texts (GATT, NAFTA), bilateral trade agreements, other dispute settlement reports.
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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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Maney History and Humanities Collection via Ingenta
58 peer-reviewed, international history and humanities publications.
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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. Australian content
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Proquest Nursing & Allied Health
Includes e-journals, Evidence-Based Resources from the Joanna Briggs Institute, and the Medcom Video Training Programs Collection
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Proquest ANZ Newsstand
ANZ Newsstand includes newspapers published by Fairfax Australia, News Ltd, Fairfax New Zealand, AAP newswires and ABC transcripts. Key titles: 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. Australian content
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Proquest Newsstand databases
Search a wide range of international and Australian newspapers in ANZ Newsstand, Canadian Newsstand, and Proquest Newsstand.
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Criminal Justice Periodicals via Proquest
Search a comprehensive collection of U.S. and international criminal justice journals including information for professionals in law enforcement, corrections administration, drug enforcement, rehabilitation, family law, and industrial security.
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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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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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SnapShot Series
The Snapshot International Group Series of 4,600 reports is designed to provide an instant overview of a market, and the data is supplied in both graphical and tabular format for ease of interpretation and analysis. All data is compiled in house by Snapdata.
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CBCA Complete
CBCA Complete is ideal for anyone interested in Canada. Information is present from all areas including: current events, business, education, science and medicine, arts, law, academia, and lifestyles, all with a Canadian focus. Full text is available within these areas.
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Proquest Central
A very large multidisciplinary service including multiple databases. Over 160 subjects areas are covered extensively including business and economics, social sciences , news and world affairs, technology, health and medical, and more.
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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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Proquest Psychology Journals
Provides abstracts and indexing for more than 650 titles, with over 540 titles available in full text. Can also be searched as part of Proquest Central.
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British Literary Manuscripts Online: : Medieval & Renaissance (1100 - 1660)
Author manuscripts primarily in Middle and Early Modern English, with some Old English materials, from the collections of the British Library, the Folger Shakespeare Library, the National Art Library at the Victoria & Albert Museum, and the National Library of Scotland.
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Kluwer Arbitration
This resource for international arbitration research contains commentary from expert authors and an extensive collection of primary source materials. Also includes ICC cases and awards.
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Max Planck Encyclopedia of International Public Law
A comprehensive work covering the central and essential topics in international law.
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Oxford Reports on International Law
Provides a single point of reference for all international law jurisprudence. Access to all modules: International Courts of General Jurisdiction (ICGJ), International Law in Domestic Courts (ILDC), Criminal Law (ICL), Human Rights Law (IHRL), and International Investment Claims.
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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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United Nations Law Collection via HeinOnline
Includes the United Nations Treaty Series, International Court of Justice, Reports of Judgments, Advisory Opinions and Orders, and Reports of International Arbitral Awards.
 
Westlaw China
Westlaw China's Chinese online legal database contains 35 legal topics, more than 630,000 laws and regulations promulgated by Chinese government agencies at both the central level and the level of province, municipality directly under the Central Government and autonomous region since 1949. The database also contains more than 320,000 cases sourced from the Supreme People’s Court and local courts in 31 provinces, municipalities directly under the Central Government and autonomous regions, as well as special courts such as maritime courts. It is updated daily.
 
CSIRO eBook Collections
CSIRO eBooks cover a wide range of scientific disciplines including agriculture, the plant and animal sciences and environmental management. Australian content
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Oxford History of Western Music Online
Online version of the celebrated 6 volume Oxford History of Western Music: a comprehensive reference tool which includes illustrations and 1,800 musical examples.
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Garland Encyclopedia of World Music
An important information resource for ethnomusicological research providing a comprehensive guide to music of all the world’s peoples. Contributions from over 700 world experts. (Search it via Music Online to capture results from other Alexander St databases)
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Opera in Video
Contains video of many of the most significant opera performances from the world’s best performers, conductors and opera houses around the world. Contains operatic repertoire from the Baroque era through to the twentieth century. (Search it via Music Online to capture results from other Alexander St databases)
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Ethnographic Video Online
An extensive collection of videos for the study of human culture and behaviour including classic and contemporary documentaries, interviews & raw footage from leading anthropologists and ethnographers.
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European Views of the Americas: 1493-1750
A bibliographic index which is a comprehensive guide to printed records about the Americas written in Europe before 1750.
 
ISEAS ebooks
215 ebooks published by the Institute Of Southeast Asian Studies between 2001 and 2009.
 
AHNRC TV Health News Database (2005 - present)
Produced by the Australian Health News Research Collaboration, this database includes all health and medical news, current affairs and infotainment items broadcast on the 5 free-to-air Sydney TV channels. More information
Access arranged by request to the AHNRC. Australian content
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Foreign Office Files for China, 1949-1980
(Section III: 1967-1980) is now published.
 
Synthesis Digital library of Engineering and Computer Science
The Synthesis Digital library of Engineering and Computer Science is composed of electronic lectures authored by an expert in the fields of Engineering and Computing science.
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SAE TechSelect
Technical papers from The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) from 1998 -present.
Note: Technical Papers are available on request from library.sae@sydney.edu.au Your request must be sent from your university email account.
You cannot access current standards from the database, you need to request them via email.
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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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JSTOR Plant Science
This provides access to foundational content vital to plant science – plant type specimens, taxonomic structures, full-text scientific literature, and related materials - botanical drawings, photographs, paintings, correspondence, books, and manuscripts. it aims to be a comprehensive online research tool for aggregating and exploring the world’s botanical resources. It is useful for those researching, teaching or studying botany, biology, ecology, environmental and conservation studies.
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Cambridge Histories Online
Provides access to the complete series of Cambridge Histories from Cambridge University Press, browsable by 15 key subject areas including American, British, Economic History, Histories of science, the book, literature, theatre, religion, music, language, and warfare.
Please click logout button when finished.
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50 lessons
Videos of renowned business leaders and scholars discussing their real-life experiences and the most important lessons they have learned, on issues such as corporate responsibility, leadership, innovation, sales, and change management.
 
Margaret Gee's Australian Media Guide
Contains detailed information on every major Australian media outlet - from television stations and newspapers, to press agencies. Australian content
 
6 Adam Matthews historical databases:
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Slavery, Abolition and Social Justice, 1490-2007

Travel Writing, Spectacle and World History. Brings together hundreds of accounts by women of their travels across the globe from the early 19th century to the late 20th century. Includes manuscripts, diaries and correspondence, drawings, guidebooks,postcards and photographs.

Victorian Popular Culture: Sensation, Spiritualism and Magic & Circuses, Sideshows and Freaks

The Grand Tour . A collection of manuscript, visual and printed works - letters, diaries, printed guidebooks; published travel writing; paintings and sketches; architectural drawings, and maps for the study of travel and architecture, c1550-1850

Foreign Office Files for China, 1949-1980

Mass Observation Online . Mass Observation was a pioneering social research organisation whose papers provide insights into the cultural and social history of Britain from 1937 to 1965. Mass Observation Online, offers an unparalled insight into everyday life in the 1930s and 1940s
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SpringerImages SpringerImages is a collection of scientific images that spans the social sciences and humanities, scientific, technical and medical fields. It includes high-quality clinical images, photos, graphs, histograms, figures, and tables. Jump from the image to the source article if the Library has access to the journal. Users can create personalized image "sets," and can easily export images for use in their own presentations or lectures. Terms & conditions

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Health Collection via Informit
A full-text allied health database. Content includes research articles, reports and case studies of practical support to anyone studying or working in therapeutic, diagnostic and preventative health roles. Australian content
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Apabi Chinese Fine Arts Museum: Red Revolution and Excavated Fine Works Museum
Red Revolution database contains 10272 revolutionary art images in China. It includes paintings, posters, drawings, paper cuts, etc.
Excavated Fine Works Museum contains 8454 images of Chinese cultural relics.
Silverlight may require viewing details or full screen images, but it is not essential.
For further information, please contact East Asian Collection staff on level 7, Fisher Library.
 
 
Anthrosource
AnthroSource is an online resource serving the research, teaching, and professional needs of anthropologists. It provides current content from the American Anthropological Association's portfolio of anthropological publications including peer reviewed journals, monographs, bulletins and newsletters.
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Classical Music Library
Classical Music Library is a large streaming database of Classical music recordings from eminent labels including Hyperion, Sanctuary Classics, Hänssler Classic, and many more. Coverage includes music written from the earliest times (e.g. Gregorian Chant) to the present, including many contemporary composers.
(Search Classical Music Library and Classical Scores Library together via Music Online)
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Music Online cross-search Classical Music Library and Classical Scores Library)
Classical Music Library is a large streaming database of Classical music recordings; Classical Scores Library) includes the major composers and many lesser known composers and works, from the Renaissance to the 21st century.
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Informa Healthcare
Pharmaceutical, life science and medical journal titles.
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ASHP: American Society of Health System Pharmacists ebooks
Books covering all aspects of Pharmacy.
 
 
Early Western Korans 1537-1857
Contains all Arabic Koran editions printed in Europe before 1850, as well as all complete translations directly from the Arabic (until about 1860).
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PEPWeb
Contains many of the major works of psychoanalysis published 1871 - 2006.
 
Palgrave Connect ebooks
Access to all books on Palgrave Connect published from 2000-2009
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Counseling and Therapy in Video Vols I and II
A collection of videos for the study of social work, psychotherapy, psychology, and psychiatric counselling
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Tax Notes
Tax Notes is a weekly online journal that covers major international taxation subjects. The journal provides in-depth news, analysis and commentary on international taxation issues - including legislative, judicial, administrative and policy issues from over 180 countries.
 
Australian Composers Online
A new TIES Grant teaching resource initiative of the University Library making available more than 200 e-scores of works by a selection of leading Australian composers, contemporary and historical, in downloadable PDF format.
Click the Limit/Sort Search button at the top of the screen to search for specific composers or works.
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Emerald Engineering Database
Searches 16 Emerald journals covering advanced automation, computational mathematics, electronics manufacture and packaging, and materials science and engineering.
 
Medical Evidence Matters
Scroll down the initial list of databases to click Medical Evidence Matters.
Allows you to assess therapy options for known medical conditions by comparing outcomes from the peer-reviewed literature. Results are organized into summary tables and graphs.
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AccessScience
AccessScience provides a fully searchable collection of science reference materials online. Access to all the articles and full illustrations from the latest edition of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology are included, along with research updates from the McGraw-Hill Yearbooks, thousands of illustrations, and the latest science news headlines, biographies, and more.
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IBFD
IBFD is a major database of materials on tax and related matters. It includes leading journals on international tax issues and loose-leaf services providing detailed country-specific tax information.
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ACLS Humanities E-book
This is a large digital collection of full-text Humanities titles offered by the ACLS (American Council of Learned Societies) in collaboration with other societies and publishers.
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Nursing Consult
Mosby's Nursing Consult (Elsevier) brings online books, journals, practice guidelines, drugs, news and evidence-based resources together in an integrated online interface to help nurses and students efficiently find answers to clinical questions.
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Nursing Index (Mosby's index)
A Nursing and Allied Health journal abstracts and indexing database, covering over 2600 international titles, including peer-reviewed journals, trade publications, and electronic-only titles. Subject searching is based on the EMTREE thesaurus, enhanced for nursing. Features cover-to-cover indexing.
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CAB eBooks
Books on agriculture, tourism, and the environment published by CABI.
 
DatAnalysis
DatAnalysis provides comprehensive data for all ASX listed companies. These reports are updated daily from relevant ASX announcements. Included are corporate details, company history, extracts from company reports, financial tables, shareholder information, company announcements, and company reviews. Australian content
 
DOE: Dictionary of Old English
Searchable vocabulary of the first six centuries (600 - 1150 A.D.) of the English language, from the letters A to G.
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International Law in Domestic Courts
Contains domestic cases in international law from over 65 jurisdictions.
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Lexicons of Early Modern English (LEME)
An historical database of monolingual, bilingual, and polyglot dictionaries, lexical encyclopedias, hard-word glossaries, spelling lists, and lexically-valuable treatises surviving in print or manuscript from the Tudor, Stuart, Caroline, Commonwealth, and Restoration periods.
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Classical Scores Library
Includes the major composers and many lesser known composers and works, from the Renaissance to the 21st century. Some major contemporary Australian composers are soon to be included. Content includes in-copyright material from Boosey and Hawkes and selected material from the University Music Editions microfilm series.
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JBI COnNECT
An evidence-based health care resource to assist in evaluating evidence for informed clinical decision-making and best practice in health care. It includes evidence summaries in the following areas: Aged Care, Acute Care, Midwifery, Physio, Occupational Therapy, Diagnostic Imaging, with Community Health coming soon. Australian content
 
IPA Source
A large library of International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) transcriptions and literal translations of opera aria, art song, and Latin liturgical texts (with phonetic transcriptions and English translations).
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Oxford Music Online
Useful for quick information on music. Oxford's portal for reference works on music. Includes Grove Music Online, The Oxford Dictionary of Music, and The Oxford Companion to Music Includes illustrations and sound samples.
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Oxford Art Online
Useful for quick information on artists, art movements and the visual arts in general. Also includes links to images in external web sites. Includes Grove Art Online, The Oxford Companion to Western Art, Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms.
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Oxford English Dictionary
Access to the 20 volume Second edition.
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Medieval Travel Writing
The full-text and images of European travel writing manuscripts from the later medieval period, with a focus on journeys to central Asia and the Far East, including accounts of travel to Mongolia, Persia, India, China and South-East Asia.
 
Essential Science Indicators via ISI Web of Knowledge
An analytical tool offering data for ranking scientists, institutions, countries, and journals.
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GreenFILE via Ebsco
Covers all aspects of human impact on the environment.
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Royal Society of Chemistry eBook Collection (1940 - 2008)
Ebooks published by the Royal Society of Chemistry, covering all aspects of chemical science.
 
Sage Journals Online (1999 - present)
Access to all journals published by Sage Publications
 
MacquarieNet: Australia's Online Reference Library
Includes interactive maps of Indigenous Australia and census data. Although primarily aimed at school students, it contains numerous Australian Studies resources. Australian content
 
Maternity and Infant Care via OvidSP (1971 - present)
Indexes journals, books, and grey literature relating to the midwifery profession, pregnancy, labor, birth, postnatal care, and neonatal care and the first year of an infant’s life.
 
TVNews via Informit Online (September 2007 - present)
TVNews indexes Australian television news, current affairs programs, and selected documentaries from the free-to-air networks and links to the video files.
Access problem? Delete your browser cookies and temporary internet files. (For Internet Explorer 7: Tools > Internet Options > Browsing History)
Provided access is restricted to University of Sydney staff and students, the material is used for educational purposes and the Copyright Part VA Warning Notice is displayed, possible uses of TVNews items include:
  • lecturers downloading a news items to a workstation and showing this in a class or tutorial
  • lecturers loading a number of news stories into a Learning Management System such as Blackboard or WebCT and making these available online to students
  • students viewing the items online or saving a copy on their workstation for later viewing
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IEL Labour Law Online
This is online version of the 36 volume looseleaf: International Encyclopaedia of Industrial Labour Law and Industrial Relations. It includes International Monographs, National Monographs, European Works Councils, Legislation, Case Law and Codex.
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University of Chicago Press journals
Access to all the journals published by the University of Chicago Press
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Blackwell Reference Online
Includes the authoritative Blackwell Encyclopedia of Management, plus access to Handbooks and Companions on aspects of management, economics, and econometrics.
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Empire Online
Full text primary sources and images on the art, culture, literature, racism, religion and imperialism of empire from 1492 - 2007.
 
Defining Gender
Full text primary sources and images on Conduct and Politeness, Domesticity & the Family, Consumption & Leisure, Education & Sensibility and The Body from 1450 - 1910
 
The Making of Modern Law Legal Treatises 1800 - 1926
Fully searchable legal treatises comprising over 21,000 works from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries on British Commonwealth and American law. These include casebooks, local practice manuals, books on legal form, works for lay readers, pamphlets, letters, and speeches.
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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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AccessPhamacy
AccessPharmacy is a comprehensive resource for pharmacy education which features searching by core curriculum topic or across leading pharmacy online references; browsing by organ system; and review of textbooks.
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Index Islamicus via Proquest (1906 - present)
References to journal articles, book chapters and reviews on all aspects of Islam
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CAJ : China Academic Journal Full-text Database
Chinese Interface  (please remember to click 退出 after each use)
English Interface  (please remember to click log out after each use)
Search terms must be in simplified Chinese.
Full-text access to Journal articles published in China in all subject areas. The subscription is funded by the China Studies Centre of the University of Sydney.
Note: Some articles have English abstracts. Full-text can be viewed using Adobe Acrobat Reader with simplified Chinese font, or CAJ Viewer which is free to download from the site. Not all fulltext articles are in pdf format.
 
AES On-line Electronic Library (Audio Engineering Society)
Search AES journal articles and conference papers.
 
ResearchNow - Berkeley Electronic Press Journals
Includes access to the Berkeley Electronic Press Journals and to working paper series, preprints, monographs, and other content from institutional and subject-matter repositories hosted by bepress
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ASTM Digital Library
A repository of technical content covering a wide range of materials and industries, including Special Technical Publications, manuals, technical papers and journals from the standards development organization American Society for Testing and Materials.
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