National Library Databases

National Library Databases – using a NLA Library Card
National Library registration is available to anyone residing in Australia. Library cards are valid for two years. Having a National Library library card allows you to access a selection of licensed databases over the Internet, via the Library's eResources homepage [nla.gov.au/app/eresources/list/licenced].

Apply for a library card online here. It will be posted to you.

GENERAL REFERENCE RESOURCES
American National Biography - portraits of more than 18,000 men and women, from all eras and walks of life, who have made an impact on the American nation.
Biography Resource Center - biographies from over 880 volumes of more than 135 Gale Group sources
Encyclopaedia Britannica Online - full text of Encyclopaedia Britannica plus links to related web sites.
Factiva [Australian and Overseas Newspapers] - full text coverage of Australian and overseas newspapers and journals.
Gale Virtual Reference Library - encyclopedias, almanacs and specialised reference sources for multidisciplinary research.
JSTOR - important scholarly journals. There is a gap, typically from 1 to 5 years, between the most recently published journal issue and the back issues available in JSTOR.
MacquarieNet - a blend of Australian and international reference works: encyclopedias; dictionaries; and atlases. It also includes articles; images; links; and news items.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - 50,000 specially written biographies of the men and women who shaped all aspects of Britain's past, from the fourth century BC to the year 2000.
Oxford Reference Online - covers many subjects in a single cross-searchable resource
Project Muse - 300 high quality humanities, arts, and social sciences journals from 60 scholarly publishers.
World of Learning - 30,000 universities, colleges, schools of art and music, libraries, learned societies, research institutes, museums and art galleries.

ART
Art Index - indexes articles from periodicals published throughout the world and indexes reproductions of works of art that appear in indexed periodicals.

ECONOMICS
Annual Reports Online - Australian companies' annual reports dating back to 1995
Business Who's Who of Australia - Directory of Australian public and private companies, and details of company directors.
Economist historical archive 1843-2003 - 8,000 issues since first publication in 1843
eiu.com: Economist Intelligence Unit - country analysis and forecasts, risk assessments, economic and market data
Emerald Management Xtra (EMX125) - 123 full text journals and reviews from the world's top 300 management journals.
Jobson's Online - information on over a thousand companies (industrial & mining) listed on the Australian & New Zealand Stock Exchanges.
Making of the Modern World - Economic Literature 1450-1850
ProQuest Asian Business and Reference - detailed information on companies, economies, markets, and overall business conditions throughout the Eastern Hemisphere.
St. James Encyclopedia of Labor History Worldwide: Major Events in Labor History and Their Impact

HEALTH
Health & Wellness Resource Center - magazines, journals, newspapers, definitions, directories, and information on health

HISTORY
19th Century British Library newspapers - full runs of 48 newspapers specially selected by the British Library to best represent nineteenth century Britain.
British periodicals online collections I and II - 500 periodical runs published from the 1680s to the 1930s, comprising six million keyword-searchable pages
Early English Books Online - digital facsimile page images of virtually every work printed in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and British North America and works in English printed elsewhere from 1473-1700
Eighteenth Century Collections Online - 150,000 English-language titles and editions published between 1701-1800
Eighteenth Century Journals I & II : Newspapers and Periodicals 1685 – 1815 - one of the finest surviving collections of eighteenth-century periodicals.
Times Digital Archive [1785-1985] - millions of articles from the London Times. The entire newspaper is captured, with all articles, advertisements and illustrations/photos divided into categories to facilitate searching.
MEMSO : Medieval and early modern sources online - collection of digitized editions of texts concerning economic, political, legal, and ecclesiastical history
Nineteenth Century UK Periodicals - digitised versions of key 19th Century UK Periodicals.
17th-18th Century Burney collection newspapers - newspapers, pamphlets, and books gathered by the Reverend Charles Burney (1757-1817) represent the largest and most comprehensive collection of early English news media.

LAW
Index to Legal Periodicals & Books - International coverage of scholarly articles, symposia, jurisdictional surveys, court decisions, legislation, books, book reviews, and more.

LIBRARIES
Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science - overview of the library and information science field.
Library Literature & Information Science Full Text - periodicals, selected state journals, conference proceedings, pamphlets, books, and library school theses, plus hundreds of books per year.

LITERATURE
AustLit: The Resource for Australian Literature - a combination of enhanced biographical and bibliographical information and the full text of critical articles, creative writing and information resources about many aspects of Australia's literary heritage.
Book Review Digest - excerpts of reviews of current English-language fiction and nonfiction books for children and adults.
Essay and General Literature Index - essays and articles contained in collections of essays and miscellaneous works published in the United States, Great Britain, and Canada.
Fiction Catalog - selective annotated list of fiction for adults
Literature Resource Center – includes Contemporary Authors Online, Contemporary Literary Criticism Select, and Dictionary of Literary Biography Online,
Oxford English Dictionary Online - a guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past. It traces the usage of words through millions of quotations.

MUSIC
Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Popular Musicians Since 1990 - more than 550 entries focusing on artists active from 1990-2003.
Music Index Online - journal articles appearing in over 875 music periodicals from over 40 countries. Covers all aspects of classical and popular music.
Oxford Music Online - Grove Music Online, Encyclopedia of Popular Music, The Oxford Dictionary of Music and The Oxford Companion to Music.

SCIENCE
Applied Science & Technology Encyclopedia
Encyclopedia of Bioethics
Encyclopedia of Communication and Information - from careers to information technologies
Endangered Species - completely updated to reflect the changes in endangered and threatened status. Color photographs and maps provide further illustrate the many species threatened by extinction.
Gale Encyclopedia of Science - major areas of science, and provides readers with a wide range of up-to-date, relevant, and accurate information.
Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia - incorporates recent developments in the animal world as noted by prominent advisors and contributors from the scientific community.
Water: Science and Issues - fresh water, marine waters, and policy and management.

SOCIETY
Countries and Their Cultures - cultures and countries around the world, specifically what is and is not shared culturally by the people who live in a particular country.
Encyclopedia of Buddhism - describes the Buddhist world view, basic teachings and practices of Buddhism
Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood in History and Society - social and cultural history of childhood from antiquity to the present.
Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World - Islam's role in the modern world, doing so in context of the religion's history and development over the last 13 centuries.
Encyclopedia of Science and Religion - interactions, contradictions, and tensions between science and religion, both historically and in contemporary life.
Gerritsen Collection : Women's History Online, 1543-1945 - the greatest source for the study of women's history in the world
SourceOECD - beginning 1997, the online library of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, comprises monographs, periodicals, and statistical databases.