Selected Australian databases
- APAIS : Australian public affairs
information service (full text) indexes a wide range of scholarly
periodical articles in the humanities and social sciences. APAIS
is produced by the National Library of Australia. Subjects covered
include Australian current affairs, economics, social, cultural and
political affairs, legal literature. Coverage: Journal
articles, book chapters, conference papers. Start date:
1978. Now has some full text articles.
- FAMILY : Australian family & society
abstracts database is produced by the Australian Institute of
Family Studies and is an index to current Australian writing and
research on the legal, sociological, psychological, economic and
demographic situation of Australian children and adults. Contains:
Journal articles, books, conference papers, research reports, statistical
documents, bibliographies, and theses. Start date:
1980.
Note: Some full text articles are available on Australian
family resources on CD-ROM.
- MAIS : multicultural Australia
and immigration studies is Australia's major information source
for multicultural and immigration issues. Produced by the Office
of Multicultural Affairs and the Bureau of Immigration Research. Coverage:
journal articles, books, reports, speeches, ministerial statements,
selective newspaper articles from the English and ethnic press. Start
date: 1988.
- Australia's religious communities
: a multimedia exploration provides an overview of religion in
Australia including census and survey data, a religious timeline,
historical and introductory information about the role of religion.
For each religion in Australia there is historical and current information
about beliefs, worship and practices, statistical data, relevant
video clips, geographic distribution, biographies for further reading
and more.
- ELIXIR an Australian database
indexing journal articles, books, theses, maps and other resources
on conservation and land management issues.
- MEDGE : management and environment
information management database indexes literature on environmental
management and environmental issues from 1985.
- WORKLIT produced by the Department
of Workplace Relations and Small Business indexes and abstracts articles
on industrial relations and related topics.
- AEI : Australian education index indexes
and abstracts journal articles, theses, conference papers, newspaper
articles and other sources on education and related topics from 1978
on.
- CINCH : Australian criminology
database produced by the Australian Institute of Criminology.
It covers all aspects of the administration of criminal justice,
crime and criminals, victims of crime, police and law enforcement,
and corrections. It includes Journals, books, conference papers,
research reports, information from newspapers, government documents,
book reviews, theses. From 1968.
- DRUG : drug database produced
by the Alcohol and other Drugs Council of Australia (ADCA) in Canberra,
is a bibliographic database that indexes articles from published and
unpublished material on the psychosocial aspects of substance abuse
since 1974. The index includes journals, bulletins, newsletters, weeklies
and newspapers. Other sources include monograph chapters, conference
proceedings, conference papers, research reports, discussion and position
papers, theses, government documents, statistics, and unpublished material.
Both Australian and overseas journals are sourced. All major Australian
and international drug and alcohol journals have been comprehensively
indexed into the database since May 1987. Subject coverage includes:
psychosocial aspects of substance abuse, the political, social, economic,
psychological and legal aspects of prevention and treatment of alcohol
and other drug use. Both legal and illegal drugs are included.
- Mura® - the AIATSIS Catalogue the
AIATSIS Audiovisual Archives and Library hold the world's premier collections
relating to Australian indigenous studies and produce AIATSIS
: indigenous studies bibliography which indexes published and unpublished
material on Australian indigenous studies. Source documents include
journal articles, newspapers, pamphlets, published government reports,
published conference papers, book chapters, books, discussion and working
papers, and published statistical documents.
- Indigenous Australia database
represents the collections of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Commission Library. It is a bibliographic database which includes abstracts
for all videos, and some monographs and articles. Articles are indexed
since 1970, books since 1980. The database indexes speeches, conference
papers, pamphlets, booklets, ephemera, book chapters, journal and newspaper
articles, parliamentary information, bills, explanatory memorandum,
parliamentary debates (Hansard) cases, judgements including relevant
overseas ones, internet sources, books, reports, theses, conference
proceedings on Australian indigenous affairs published 1980 onwards.
- AUSPORT : Australian sport database,
produced by the National Sport Information Centre, Australian Sports
Commission, is a bibliographic database that indexes and abstracts
articles from published and unpublished material on all aspects of
Australian sport since 1989. Source documents include journals, monographs,
conference papers, government reports, theses, videotapes and audiocassettes
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