Annual Reports Collection  
Offers the complete annual reports of the Top 500 Australian publicly listed companies.

Abbreviations.com   > More Info  
A searchable database for acronyms and abbreviations.

Acronym finder   > More Info  
The Acronym Finder is a database that defines common acronyms, abbreviations and initialisms about all subjects, including information technology, telecommunications, and the military.

Acronyms and initialisms for health information resources   > More Info  
Provides hot links to various health information resources through their acronym or abbreviation.

All that JAS   > More Info  
Lists all subject areas, providing the full title of journal abbreviations, conference proceedings and selected catalogues.

BioABACUS   > More Info  
A searchable database of abbreviations and acronyms in biotechnology that contains terms in such categories as: biochemisty, cell biology, diseases, medicine, professional societies, and US government.

Biomedical acronym/definition database   > More Info  
Site providing access to a catalog of biomedical acronyms and abbreviations. This was achieved using a methodology to identify acronyms, abbreviations and their definitions within MEDLINE records.

Cardiff index to legal abbreviations   > More Info  
Free, web-based service offering search option for the meaning of abbreviations for English language legal publications, from the British Isles, the Commonwealth and the United States, including those covering international and comparative law.

Definitions/acronyms/abbreviations   > More Info  
Web site providing a directory of computer related terms. Each acronym listing has its expansion, a pronunciation guide, and a short description.

Dictionary of abbreviations and acronyms in geographic information systems, cartography, and remote sensing   > More Info  
This site lists abbreviations and acronyms found in various publications including maps and websites. It is not searchable.

Medi-Lexicon   > More Info  
Website providing a dictionary of medical, pharmaceutical, biomedical & healthcare acronyms and abbreviations which is updated daily. Includes other searches for the medical, pharmaceutical or healthcare professional.

Pubmed journal database browser   (from 1966-) > More Info  
Search for a journal indexed in PubMed by entering the journal name, MEDLINE abbreviation or ISSN.

Australian
Australian Dictionary of Biography

The Australian Dictionary of Biography Online website is the Internet version of the ADB's traditional print volumes. There are are over 10,000 scholarly biographies of significant Australians who died before 1980.

Australian War Memorial biographical databases   > More Info  
This site provides access to biographical databases that have been produced from names and associated information based on records in the collections of the Australian War Memorial.

Bright sparcs   > More Info  
Bright Sparcs is a biographical and bibliographical database of Australian scientists with links to related articles and images. Includes scientists who were Australian by birth and those who undertook significant scientific work in Australia.

First families   > More Info  
First Families 2001 is a 'read only' searchable database. It provides access to genealogical information on Australian families. New information cannot be added and existing entries including contact information, cannot be modified.

OzBiogs features 19,000 biographical and bibliographic enteries for Australian artists.  OzBiogs enables an immediate search across the following databases:

International
Biographical dictionary   > More Info  
This dictionary covers more than 28,000 notable men and women who have shaped our world from ancient times to the present day.

Biography.com   > More Info  
Searchable database of biographical information on over 20,000 individuals.

Distinguised women of past and present   > More Info  
This site has biographies of women who contributed to the culture in many different ways.

In the First Person
A new library index that lets users perform in-depth field and keyword searches across all letters, diaries, oral histories, memoirs, and autobiographies within scholarly materials

International Who's Who
Outlines the lives & achievements of famous & influential contemporaries from around the globe.

The Alex Catalogue of Electronic Texts is a collection of public domain documents from American and English literature as well as Western philosophy.

Australian Book Review

Australian Digital Theses Program

BiblioMania - Hundreds of searchable full text works of classic fiction, popular fiction, short stories, drama, poetry, dictionaries, research and religious texts.

Books On-Line

BookWire

Childrens Books Online - "The largest collection of children's books online".

E-books - The University of Adelaide Library's E-Books.

Project Gutenberg - The oldest collection of free electronic books on the Internet.

IPL Online Texts Collection - The IPL Online Texts Collection contains over 13,000 titles that can be browsed by author, by title, or by Dewey Decimal Classification.

London Review of Books

The New York Review of Books

Australian Copyright Council

Copyright Agency Limited (CAL)
CAL is an Australian copyright management company whose role is to provide a bridge between creators and users of copyright material.

Copyright Issues (National Library of Australia)

Oxford English Dictionary Online - Oxford University Press
Covers words from across the English-speaking world. It also offers the best in etymological analysis, listings of variant spellings, and shows pronunciation using the International Phonetic Alphabet.

Oxford Reference Online
Oxford University Press contains 100 language and subject dictionaries and reference works.

Cambridge dictionaries online   > More Info  
This web site offers searchable access to a number of Cambridge University Press dictionaries.

Genomics glossary   > More Info
Initial registration required  
The genomics glossary, compiled by Mary Chitty contains terms about such areas as clinical genomics, drug discovery and development, functional genomics, proteomics, pharmacogenomics, sequencing, and structural genomics.

Lexicool   > More Info  
Comprehensive directory of bilingual and multilingual dictionaries. The site has a fully searchable database with over 2000 titles referenced.

Macquarie Dictionary & Thesaurus Online

This is the online version of the Macquarie Dictionary and Macquarie Thesaurus. Provides definitions and usage of words and phrases.

Merriam-Webster online   > More Info  
Merriam-Webster provides a free, on-line dictionary (with audio pronunciations) and thesaurus.

OneLook   > More Info  
Web site providing easy, quick word searches in a wide range of on-line dictionaries. Options are to search for English definitions only or to choose French, Spanish, Italian or German. The search results also contain links to the home page of the indexed dictionaries themselves. Includes link to reverse dictionary feature which lets you describe a concept and get back a list of words and phrases.

AskOxford.com
Includes a searchable dictionary, thesaurus, quotations database and dictionary of first names.

Reference desk   > More Info  
This resource from American Association for the Acvancement of Science provides links to glossaries, dictionaries and databases in several scientific disciplines.

Roget's international thesaurus of English words and phrases   Via Bartleby (1922) > More Info  
Mawson's modernization of Roget's classic structure with over 85,000 hyperlinked cross-references and 2,900 quotations.

yourDictionary.com
Includes language, multi-lingual, and specialty dictionaries

General
Associations on the net 
IPL Associations on the Net (AON) is a collection of internet sites providing information about a wide variety of professional and trade associations, cultural and art organizations, political parties and advocacy groups, labor unions, academic societies, and research institutions.

International Who's Who
Outlines the lives & achievements of famous & influential contemporaries from around the globe.

National Library of Australia's Internet Resources

Telephone Directories on the Web

Telstra WhitePages Online

World of learning online

Business

Business entry point
The Business Entry Point (BEP) is an online government resource for the Australian business community. It provides business with a wide range of services and information about start-up, taxation, licensing and legislation, as well as significant transactions such as taxation compliance and licence applications.

Business Who's Who of Australia
The Business Who's Who of Australia offers the following full text information: Top Australian Companies, Company decision-makers, Company directors, Branches, Subsidiaries, Company websites, Tradenames & Agencies.

Jobson's Online Click here for the Password
Directory of companies listed on the Australian and New Zealand stock exchange

Kompass.com
Provides free directory information on over one and a half million companies from seventy countries. Additional company information is available on a subscription basis. The database may be searched by product or service, executive names, trade and brand names, and Kompass classification codes.

Encyclopedia Smithsonian

Encyclopedia Britannica

Cambridge history of English and American literature Via Bartleby (from 1917 - 1921) > More Info  
This work of literary history and criticism contains over 303 chapters and 11,000 pages, with essay topics ranging from poetry, fiction, drama and essays to history, theology and political writing.

Columbia encyclopedia   Via Bartleby (2002) > More Info  
The 6th edition of the Columbia Encyclopedia contains nearly 51,000 entries on a vast range of subjects with more than 80,000 hypertext cross-references.

Encyclopedia of world history: Ancient, medieval, and modern   Via Bartleby (2001 ed.) > More Info  
The Encyclopedia of Wold History is a chronology of more than 20,000 entries that span the millennia from prehistoric times to the year 2000.

Webopedia   > More Info  
Webopedia is a free online dictionary for words, phrases and abbreviations that are related to computer and Internet technology.

Wikipedia

Quicklinks
Australia.gov.au
Australian Government Services Portal

Governments on the WWW  
Database of governmental institutions: parliaments, ministries, offices, law courts, embassies, city councils etc

Northern Territory Government
Entry point for Northern Territory Government Departments

States
Access to the information and services of the Australian federal, state, territory and local governments
This is an Australian whole-of-government single point of access (portal). It provides links to the ten entry points for Commonwealth, State, Territory and Local governments.

Australian Capital Territory
This site is the gateway to ACT government information and services.

New South Wales Government
Provides access to New South Wales government resources.

Northern Territory Government website
Provides access to NT government services and information.

Queensland Government
Provides access to Queensland government internet resources.

South Australia central
Homepage which provides a comprehensive directory of South Australian web sites, including online information and services from Government, Business and Community sources.

Tasmania online
This website provides an index to Tasmanian content on the World Wide Web and the official entry point for the State Government of Tasmania.

Victoria online 
The Victorian government home page is the gateway to all online services and information for the State of Victoria, Australia.

Western Australia
This is the official website of the Western Australian government and offers access to government information and services.

National

Access to the information and services of the Australian federal, state, territory and local governments
This is an Australian whole-of-government single point of access (portal). It provides links to the ten entry points for Commonwealth, State, Territory and Local governments.

Australian Democrats 
This site provides access to links to Democrats policies, speeches and media releases.

Australian government information 
This page acts as a gateway to information about Government in Australia which is three-tiered - Commonwealth (or Federal), State and Local.

Australian government information and services 
This web site site provides access to Australian Commonwealth government information.

Australian Greens 
This site offers access information about the Australian Greens, as well as news updates and media releases. Provides links to other green-related sites.

Australian Labor Party 
This site provides access to information about the Australian Labor Party as well as links to platforms and speeches

Country Liberal Party CLP
This is the site for the NT CLP

Government services for Australians 
Federal government portal that provides topical access to Australian government information across all levels of government - federal, state/territory and local.

Liberal Party of Australia 
Official web site of the Liberal Party of Australia provides information about the the Liberal Party as well as links to platforms and speeches.

National Party of Australia 
Official web site of the National Party of Australia provides information about the the Party as well as links to platforms and speeches.

International

Europa - the European Union online 
Europa is the portal site of the European Union. It provides up-to-date coverage of European Union affairs and essential information on European integration.

FirstGov 
FirstGov is the U.S. Government's official Internet Gateway for all government transactions, services, and information. It provides direct online access to federal, state, local and tribal governments.

Governments on the WWW 
Database of governmental institutions on the World Wide Web: parliaments, ministries, offices,law courts, embassies, city councils, public broadcasting corporations, central banks, multi-governmental institutions etc. Also includes political parties. Online since June 1995. Contains more than 17000 entries from more than 220 countries and territories.

Govt.nz   
Web site offering access to information and services provided by New Zealand government organisations, local councils and some community organisations. Includes links to the relevant parts of government and council websites.

International governmental organizations 
A-Z listing of intergovernmental organisations such as development banks, treaties of economic cooperation, groups of nations such as the Commonwealth and the Council of Europe, environmental conventions, international courts and more.

Public bodies 2000  T
This site offers access to government departments and public bodies in Great Britain.

Yahoo! Directory : Government - Countries 
This site provides a gateway to international government sites.

Australian Natural Resources Atlas

AUSLIG
Australia's national mapping agency. Includes Facts about Australia and you can do a place name search

EmbassayWorld.com
All the worlds maps. A Compilation of Each Nation's Maps - IIncluding Cities

Multimap
Zoomable maps of Australia & the rest of the world from whole country down to a single street view

National Geographic MapMachine
Maps, flags, facts and figures, and links to a range of geography and map internet resources

The FactBook
Produced by CIA's Directorate of Intelligence.

Patents

British Standards OnLinePatents Database
IP Australiais the federal government agency responsible for granting rights in patents, trade marks and designs.

United States Patent & Trademark Office

Univentio
Access to patent, trademark and copyright information worldwide

Standards

Standards Australia
Standards Australia Online provides full text access to the complete collection of Australian, Joint Australian/New Zealand standards and most Standards Australia handbooks.

American National Standards Institute   
ANSI administers and coordinates the U.S. voluntary standardization and conformity assessment system. The site provides information about the organization and its activities.

ASTM International standards worldwide 
This site provides information about ASTM and its membership and projects as well as access to ASTM and other standards online.

Australia New Zealand food standards code (current edition only)
This site provides the unofficial consolidated version of the current Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code.

BSI 
This site provides access to British standards as well as information about BSI training, inspection, testing, assessment and certification. The University of Queensland Library does not subscribe to the British Standards online service.

ISO online 
Includes information on International Standards, draft International Standards (DIS), withdrawn ISO Standards, and other ISO publications; order information; search form for searching by keywords or ISO reference number; ISO 9000 forum; information on ISO technical committees, meetings, and member bodies.

World Standards Services Network 
Features a directory of Web sites of standards organizations around the world, compiled by the World Standards Services Network. Provides information on international, regional and national standardization, as well as related activities and services.

Australian Journals Online

DOAJ  - Directory of Open Access Journals

Jake
Provides information about where a particular journal is indexed, lists of all journals indexed by a particular database or lists of journals by subject.

PubList.com
Information comes from definitive sources such as Ulrich's International Periodicals, Academic Book Center, the Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. and The UnCover Company.

Genamics JournalSeek
Journal information includes the aims and scope, journal abbreviations, web links, and ISSNs.

Pandora - (Preserving and Accessing Networked Documentary Resources of Australia)
The National Library collects and maintains free Australian journals and newsletters

Ulrich's Periodicals Directory  
A directory of journals, newspapers and magazines, providing information about current and ceased publications.

Australian

Australia Post postcode search   > More Info  
Site offers search option for matching postcodes with locations.

Government online directory   > More Info  

White pages online   > More Info  
A directory service providing online access to over 8,000,000 residential, business and government listings.

Yellow pages   > More Info  
This online site is an Australian business telephone directory. Includes search, map-based search and browse options.

International

Addresses.com   > More Info  
Provides a searchable interface for United States phone numbers, emails adddresses and street addresses.

Bigfoot   > More Info  
Provides email addresses and white page listings within the United States.

Free email address directory   > More Info  
The Free Email Address Directory carries listings for hundreds of free email providers in 30 languages, reviews of other free services, a guide to for-fee email options, email tips, help on finding email addresses and more..

International white and yellow pages   > More Info  
Information is provided by linking together and coordinating all valid data bases, giving information about telephone numbers, fax numbers, names and addresses.

World time and dialling codes   > More Info  
Converts the time and gives the dialling codes for telephone calls.

Yahoo! people search   > More Info  
This site provides the access to search for individual addresses, telephone numbers and email addresses.

Botanical Society of America online image collection   > More Info  
A collection of approximately 800 images available for instructional use.

Department of the Environment and Heritage's online image database   > More Info  
Database developed to provide the community with access to the Department's pictorial collection. It contains images the Department owns and that are copyright cleared and available free of charge for use by the media, students and industry organisations (but not for use in advertising or other commercial purposes).

Google image search   > More Info  
Provides access through the Web search engine Google to search for images on the Internet.

ImageBank   > More Info  
Web site of the LTSN Bioscience ImageBank is a shared image resource of freely available bioscience images contributed by academics and industry, with rights cleared for educational purposes. It offers reviews of and links to other bioscience image collections.

JSC digital image collection   > More Info  
This site provides to photographs and images produced from NASA space flights.

Medical images on the web   > More Info  
Site of a list of online resources providing access to repositories of medical images.

Picture Australia - National library of Australia

Visoo

Bibliomania   > More Info  
This site includes full text HTML versions of fiction, non-fiction, and reference works. The reference section includes Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, and Grocott's Quotations.

Bloomsbury research centre   > More Info  
The Bloomsbury Research centre is a on-line database of reference books. Search a wide range of subjects including literature, art, myth, human thought, quotations and a thesaurus.

Oxymorons.info   > More Info  
Oxymoron web site which illustrates the use of this literary figure of speech in which opposite or contradictory words, terms, phrases or ideas are combined to create a rhetorical effect by paradoxical means. Includes links to full list, quotes list and subject search option.

Quotations   > More Info  
Combines both contemporary and classic quotations collections into a searchable databases. Quotations are gathered from Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, The Columbia World of Quotations, Simpson's Contemporary Quotations, and Respectfully Quoted.

Quotations from the daily miscellany   > More Info  
Features quotations from an archive from the Daily Miscellany which are updated regularly.

Quotations page   > More Info  
The Quotations Page, originally placed online in 1994, has evolved into a large-scale searchable database of over 15,000 quotations.

AsiaSource - statistics, maps and profiles of Asian countries

AusStats - Australian Bureau of Statistics
THe statistical core of the ABS Web site available to students and staff of all Australia's Universities. It includes full text files (such as spreadsheets) that can be downloaded. A price will be given, but this is just for recording purposes. There is no charge for Charles Darwin University staff or students.

EuroStat
Statistical information on European countries

InfoNation - the most up-to-date statistical data for the Member States of the United Nations.

PopNet
PopNet is a resource for population information, and presents information such as Demographic Statistics, Economics, Education, Environment

United Kingdom National Statistics

United States Bureau of Statistics

How To Cite References Murdoch University Library

Citing and Referencing Monash University Library

Citation Styles for Electronic Information Sources
From Online, a reference guide for using the Internet

UQ Citation Guides

Elements of style   Via Bartleby (1917)
The book by William Strunk, Jr. outlines the principal requirements of plain English style and concentrates attention on the rules of usage and principles of composition most commonly violated.

GrammarNOW   
Website providing a free resource dedicated to answer specific grammar, composition, research, or formatting questions. Includes search engine forms and allows users to e-mail their questions.

Guide for writing research papers based on Modern Language Association (MLA) documentation 
Website providing guidance for gathering, interpreting, and documenting information, developing and organising ideas and conclusions, and communicating them clearly. Includes links to taking notes, using outlines, paper format, citing sources, etc.

King's English   Via Bartleby (1918)
Second edition of the book by H. M Fowler on developing a good writing style that outlines the rules of grammar, syntax and punctuation.

Register of refereed journals   
Site provides access to a list containing the names of journals that have been assessed by DEST as satisfying the refereeing requirements for the Higher Education Research Data Collection (HERDC). Includes a link to form for nominating a journal for inclusion on the register.

Study & exam skills workshops 
Student Support Services web site offering numerous workshops throughout the course of a year to assist students achieve their learning outcomes. Workshops cover exam techniques, time management, taking better notes, studying effectively.

Study guides & strategies 
Web page providing guidance to students for improving study habits and getting the most out of the time spent preparing for examinations. Covers varying topics and aspects of writing, making presentations, reading and test taking. Includes links to other Web resources as sources of further advice.

Style manual for authors, editors and printers   (1994)
The fifth edition of the Commonwealth of Australia's style manual for authors, editors and printers.

Synthesis   
Website providing a tutorial explaining plagiarism and its consequences and describes tech

Time and Date.com

Australian University Handbooks Online

The Good Universities Guide

OZJAC: the Australian Courses and Careers database Click here for the Password
Provides information about accredited courses, their providers and jobs.

Australian embassies, high commissions, consulates, multilateral missions and representative offices 
This site provides a list of contact details including street and postal addresses, phone and fax numbers for Australian Embassies and Commissions around the world.

Country Studies
Standard reference source about different countries produced by the Library of Congress

EmbassyWorld
Directory of the World's Embassies & Consulates

Floral emblems of Australia   > More Info  
This site, maintained by the Australian National Botanic Gardens, provides information about the Commonwealth, State and Territory floral emblems for Australia.

World Flag Database

WorldWide Holiday & Festival Site