Australian & World History(Ancient and Modern)
WebsterWorld online encyclopedia
World Book Online
Free databases through NSW.Net

Australian & World History(Ancient and Modern)

The Australian & World History database contains over 60 reference titles covering Australian History, the World Wars and selected topics in Ancient and Modern History, including selected primary source documents

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www.WebsterWorld.com

Webster World is the online equivalent of the Webster's CD-ROM range. There are over 30 titles and include Australia Encyclopaedia, ANZAC Diaries, Science, Animals, Poetry, Film, The Great Barrier Reef, Virtual Zoo, Webster's World Encyclopaedia,  to name a few.

Webster World was created and produced by Webster Publishing, a fully Australian owned and operated multimedia company that began in 1985.

At Enter library card or bar code number prompt: type the word Shire followed by number on membership card: eg ShireV12345

Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre (ANZRC)
Access an online full-text database which contains Australian and New Zealand specific magazines, newspaper and reference books.
ID: number on membership card

Consumer Health Complete
Consumer Health Complete provides access to easily understandable health and medical information such as medical encyclopaedias, popular reference books and magazine articles.

Science Reference Centre
A research database about science. Topis include biology, chemistry, earth and space, environmental and society science; health and medicine; the history of science; physics, scientists, technology and wildlife.

Literary Reference Centre (LRC)
A comprehensive literary reference database, which provides users with a broad spectrum of reference information from antiquity to the present. It contains detailed information on the most studied authors and their works and is an essential resource for public, academic and high school libraries.

NoveList
A fiction database containing more that 135,000 titles. It also boasts other content - such as 'Author Read-alikes'; 'What We're Reading'; 'Book Discussion Guides'; 'Book Talks' and 'Annotated Book Lists' - certain to interest readers of fiction.

Green File
Information about the environment including global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture and recycling.

Standards Australia Online Public Library Service
- Available at Library branches only
- A comprehensive online collection of International and Australian standards,
many with full text coverage.

Legal Information Access Centre
The Legal Information Access Centre is a free legal information service for members of the community in NSW.

drug info @ your library
Information on alcohol and drugs through a joint initiative of NSW Health and the State Library of NSW.

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