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A+ education  2000 -  via Informit  Fulltext Education. More
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AATD Australian accounting and taxation database  1982 -  via Informit  Accounting, Taxation More
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ABI/INFORM global  Fulltext Business, Financial management More
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander online  via Informit  Aborigines, Torres Strait Islanders More
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ACM digital library  1947 -  Fulltext Computing More
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ACS publications  1879 -  Fulltext Chemistry More
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AEI Australian Education Index.  1978 -  via Informit  Education More
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AFPD Australian Federal Police digest.  1991 -  via Informit  Police, Law enforcement More
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AgEcon search research in agricultural and applied economics.  Fulltext Agriculture. More
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AgeLine  Aging, Middle age, Gerontology More
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AGIS Attorney General's Information Service.  1975 -  via Informit  Law More
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AGIS plus text  Informit  Fulltext Law More
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AGRICOLA  1970 -  Agriculture, Forestry More
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AHRR Australian historic records register.  via Informit  History, Archives More
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AIMMAT AIM Management And Training.  1991 -  via Informit  Management, Training More
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ALISA Australian library and information science abstracts.  1982 -  via Informit  Library science, Information services More
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Alternative press index  Password required. Contact InfoHelp.; via FirstSearch  Radicalism, Social change More
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American Society of Hematology image bank  Fulltext Hematology More
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AMI Australasian medical index.  1968 -  via Informit  Medicine More
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Anatomy.tv  Please logoff after use. There is a limit to number of users.  Anatomy. More
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Annual reviews online  Fulltext Research, Science, Social sciences, Medical sciences, Physics, Biology More
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ANR-index agriculture and natural resources index.  2000 -  via Informit  Fulltext Agriculture, Fisheries, Rural industries More
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ANR-index archive agriculture and natural resources index archive.  1975 - 2000  via Informit  Agriculture, Fisheries, Rural industries More
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ANR-research agriculture and natural resources research.  via Informit  Agriculture, Research More
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ANR-research archive agriculture and natural resources research archive  1984 -  via Informit  Agriculture, Research More
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ANSTI Australian nuclear science &technology information.  1970 -  via Informit  Nuclear physics, Nuclear energy More
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Anthropological index online  1957 -  Anthropology More
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APAIS Australian Public Affairs Information Service.  1978 -  via Informit  Current events, Australia More
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APEC literature database  2002  via Informit  Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (Organization) More
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Aqua KE government documents library  Fulltext Aquaculture More
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Aquatic sciences and fisheries abstracts  1971 -  via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts.  Marine biology, Freshwater biology, Aquaculture More
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ARCH Australian architecture database.  1980 -  via Informit  Architecture More
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ARTbibliographies modern  1974 -  via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts.  Art, Modern More
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ArticleFirst  Password required. Contact InfoHelp.; via FirstSearch  Science, Humanities, Social sciences More
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ASABE technical library  Fulltext Agricultural engineering More
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Asia-studies full-text online  1998 -  Fulltext Asian region, Pacific region, Economics More
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ASM handbooks online  Fulltext Materials, Engineering More
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AUSCHRON a chronology of Australian historic ¤t events.  1992 -  via Informit  Current Events, Australia More
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AusDI : Australian drug information for the health care professional  Fulltext Drugs, Pharmacology More
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AUSPORT  1989 -  via Informit  Sports More
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AusStats  1998 -  Statistics More
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AustArt index  Art, Modern More
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Austguide  1986 -  via Guidelines.  Science, Humanities, Social sciences More
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AUSTLIT the Australian literary database.  Australian literature More
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Australasian education directory  2006 -  via Informit  Education. More
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Australasian Legal Information Institute AustLII.  Fulltext Law reports, digests, etc. More
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Australian and New Zealand books in print  1958 -  via Informit  Books, Publishers and publishing More
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The Australian chronicles an index to sources of Australian biography (CHRONICLES)  via Informit  Biography, History, Australia More
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Australian dictionary of biography  Fulltext Biography, Dictionaries More
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Australian heritage bibliography AHB.  1987 -  via Informit  Cultural property, Natural resources More
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Australian medicines handbook  Fulltext Drugs, Pharmacy More
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Australian public affairs -full text  1995 -  via APAIS.  Fulltext Social sciences, Humanities More
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Australian transport index ATRI.  1976 -  via Informit  Roads, Transport More
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Biological abstracts  1969 - 2001; for 2002+ use BIOSIS  Please logoff after use. There is a limit to number of users.; via OvidSP  Biological sciences, Zoology, Botany More
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BioMed Central gateway  Fulltext Biological sciences, Medicine More
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BioOne abstracts and indexes  1998 -  Fulltext Life sciences, Biology More
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BIOSIS previews  2002 -  Please logoff after use. There is a limit to number of users.; via OvidSP  Biological sciences, Zoology, Botany More
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BIPE bibliography of Indonesian politics and the economy.  1965 -  via Informit  Indonesia More
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Blackwell Publishing journals online  Fulltext Science, Humanities, Social sciences More
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CABDirect  Agriculture, Life sciences More
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Cabell's business directory  Fulltext Business, Accounting, Economics, Finance, Management, Marketing, Publishers and publishing More
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Cambridge journals online  Fulltext Science, Humanities, Social sciences More
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CCH Library  Fulltext Law, Taxation, Legal research More
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Chemical engineering reference user bibliography  1956 -  via Informit  Chemical engineering More
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Chicago journals online  Fulltext Astronomy, Education, Humanities, Science, Medicine, Social sciences More
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CINAHL  1982 -  Please logoff. There is a limit to the number of users.; via OvidSP  Nursing, Allied health More
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CINCH Australian criminology database.  1968 -  via Informit  Criminology, Criminal justice More
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Clinical evidence  Fulltext Clinical competence., Medical protocols., Clinical medicine. More
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The Cochrane library  Fulltext Clinical trials, Medical care More
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Comprehensive analytical chemistry  Vol. 28(1991) -  via ScienceDirect  Fulltext Chemistry More
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Comprehensive clinical psychology  Fulltext Clinical psychology More
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Comprehensive coordination chemistry II : from biology to nanotechnology  Vol. 1 - 9(2004)  via ScienceDirect  Fulltext Chemistry, Coordination compounds More
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Comprehensive medicinal chemistry II  Vol.1-8(2007)  via ScienceDirect  Fulltext Chemistry, Drugs More
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Contemporary women's issues  1992 -  Password required. Contact InfoHelp.; via FirstSearch  Fulltext Women, Feminism More
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Credo  Fulltext Science, Humanities, Social sciences More
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Criminal justice abstracts  1968 -  via CSA Illumina  Criminology, Criminal justice More
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CSA illumina  Science, Social sciences More
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Cudos Commonwealth universities database online service.  2004 -  JCU email account and password required. Contact InfoHelp.  Education, Universities and colleges More
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Current contents connect  1998 -  Science, Humanities, Social sciences More
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Current protocols in immunology  via Current Protocols Online  Fulltext Immunology More
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Current protocols in molecular biology  via Current Protocols Online  Fulltext Molecular biology More
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Current veterinary journals  Veterinary sciences More
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DAAI design and applied arts index.  1973 -  via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts.  Design, Applied arts More
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Data metallogenica  Ore deposits More
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DatAnalysis  Fulltext Corporations More
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DELTAA database on English language teaching for adults in Australia.  1985 -  via Informit  English language, Teaching More
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Digital Library for Information Science Technology dLIST.  1987 -  Fulltext Library science., Digital libraries. More
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Drug database DRUG.  1974 -  via Informit  Drug abuse, Alcoholism More
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DRUGDEX  via MicroMedex  Fulltext Drugs., Drug evaluation. More
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ECAR : EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research  2002 -  Fulltext Educational technology, Information resources management More
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EconLit  1969 -  via EBSCOhost  Economics More
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EconPapers economics at your fingertips.  Fulltext Economics More
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EDGE database management and environment .  1985 -  via Informit  Management More
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Education statistics  via SourceOECD  Education, Statistics More
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Elixir NRE's electronic library exchange for information resources  1990 -  via Informit  Agriculture, Natural resources More
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eMedicine  Fulltext Medicine. More
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emeraldinsight.com  1994 -  Fulltext Management, Technology More
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Encyclopaedia britannica online  Fulltext Sciences, Humanities, Social sciences More
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Encyclopedia of applied plant sciences  via ScienceDirect  Fulltext Biotechnology, Botany More
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Encyclopedia of applied psychology  via ScienceDirect  Fulltext Psychology More
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Encyclopedia of biodiversity  via ScienceDirect  Fulltext Biological diversity. More
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Encyclopedia of biological chemistry  via ScienceDirect  Fulltext Biochemistry. More
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Encyclopedia of forest sciences  via ScienceDirect  Fulltext Forests and forestry, Forest ecology, Forest health, Forest productivity More
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Encyclopedia of genetics  via ScienceDirect  Fulltext Genetics More
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Encyclopedia of geology  via ScienceDirect  Fulltext Geology More
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Encyclopedia of immunology  via ScienceDirect  Fulltext Immunology More
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Encyclopedia of ocean sciences  via ScienceDirect  Fulltext Marine sciences. More
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Encyclopedia of pharmaceutical technology  via Dekker encyclopedias  Fulltext Drugs, Pharmacology More
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Encyclopedia of quaternary science  via ScienceDirect  Fulltext Earth sciences, Geology More
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Encyclopedia of soils in the environment  via ScienceDirect  Fulltext Soils., Soil science. More
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Encyclopedia of virology  via ScienceDirect  Fulltext Virology More
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ENDANGER Threatened species in Australia.  1960 -  via Informit  Endangered species More
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ENGINE Australian engineering database.  1980 -  Engineering More
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ERIC  1966 -  via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts.  Education, Teaching More
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ERIC : Education Resources Information Center  1966 -  Fulltext Education, Teaching More
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eTG complete  3 concurrent users only, remember to logout when you have finished.  Fulltext Clinical medicine, Therapeutics More
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EVA : environmental abstracts:  1987 -  via Informit  Environmental protection, Conservation of natural resources More
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Expanded academic ASAP international  via Infotrac  Fulltext Science, Humanities, Social sciences More
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Faculty of 1000 biology  Biology More
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Family and society plus  Fulltext Family, Child welfare. More
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FAMILY Australian family and society abstracts.  1980 -  via Informit  Family More
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Film and television literature index  Motion pictures, Television More
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Film literature index  1976 - 2001  Motion pictures More
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FIRSTConsult  Fulltext Medicine, Diseases More
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FirstPoint  Access restricted to users at subscribing institutions.  Fulltext Law More
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FirstSearch  Password required. Contact InfoHelp.  Science, Humanities, Social sciences More
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FNQ Far North Queensland collection.  via Informit  North Queensland More
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Geobase  via FirstSearch  Earth sciences, Geology More
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GeoRef  via GeoScienceWorld  Earth sciences, Geology More
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GeoScienceWorld  Fulltext Geology, Earth sciences More
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Giblin Giblin working papers database.  1991 -  via Informit  Economics More
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Gideon  Please logoff after use. There is a limit to number of users.  Fulltext Tropical diseases, Diagnosis More
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Good universities guides  Higher education, Universities More
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Goodman and Gilman's the pharmacological basis of therapeutics  Fulltext Pharmacology, Chemotherapy More
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Google book search  Fulltext Literature, Humanities, Social sciences, Science More
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GPO monthly catalogue  Password required. Contact InfoHelp.; via FirstSearch  United States, Politics and government More
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GreenFILE  Environment, Human impact More
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Grove art online  Fulltext Art, Artists More
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Grove music online  Fulltext Music, Musicians, Opera, Jazz More
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Harrison's online  Fulltext Medicine More
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Health &society database H&S.  1980 -  via Informit  Social medicine, Medical policy More
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Health and medical complete  Fulltext Health, Medicine, Nursing More
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Health reference center -academic  via Infotrac  Fulltext Health, Medical care More
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HIV/AIDS database (HIVA)  1980 -  via Informit  AIDS, HIV More
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Hospitality &tourism complete  1965-  Tourism, Hospitality More
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ICD-10 international statistical classification of diseases and related health problems  Nosology. More
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ICF : International classification of functioning, disability and health  Nosology., Human anatomy., Human physiology., Disability evaluation. More
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IEEE All-Society Periodicals Package (ASPP)  Fulltext Electrical engineering, Computing More
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IMechE proceedings archive, 1847-1996  Fulltext Mechanical engineering. More
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IMEMR current contents.  Health, Medicine More
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IMSEAR : index medicus for the South-East Asia region  Health, Medicine More
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In the first person : an index to letters, diaries, oral histories and personal narratives  Fulltext History More
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Indigenous Australia  1968 -  via Informit  Aborigines, Torres Strait Islanders More
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IndMED  Health, Medicine More
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Informaworld  via Informa plc  Fulltext Electronic journals More
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Informit database  via Informit  Science, Humanities, Social sciences More
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Informit e-Library  via Informit  Fulltext Science, Humanities, Social sciences More
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InfoTrac  via Infotrac  Fulltext Science, Humanities, Social sciences More
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IngentaConnect  Fulltext Science, Humanities, Social sciences More
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INIS : International Nuclear Information System  Fulltext Nuclear energy, Nuclear physics More
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INTAN MAS  1989 -  via Informit  ASEAN, Indonesia More
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INTAX international taxation issues database.  1990 -  via Informit  Taxation More
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Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission  Oceanography. More
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International development  via SourceOECD  International development, Financial aid, Statistics More
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International encyclopedia of the social &behavioral sciences  via ScienceDirect  Fulltext Social sciences More
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International pharmaceutical abstracts  1970 -  Please logoff when you have finished searching. There is a limit to the number of simultaneous users permitted.; via OvidSP  Pharmacy, Pharmacology More
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International plant names index  Botany -- Nomenclature More
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ISI essential science indicators  Citation analysis More
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ISI Journal citation reports  citation analysis More
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Joanna Briggs Institute publications  Fulltext Evidence-based medicine, Nursing More
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Jobson's online  Password required. Contact InfoHelp.  Fulltext Corporations, Mining corporations More
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JSTOR the scholarly journal archive  Fulltext Science, Humanities, Social sciences More
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Karger journals online  Fulltext Medicine, Biology More
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Keesing's world news archive  1931-  Fulltext Politics and government, Modern history, Current events More
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LABORSTA internet  Labour, Statistics More
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LawBookCo  Fulltext Law., Corporation law. More
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Leisure, recreation & tourism abstracts  Outdoor recreation, Tourism More
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LexisNexis  Fulltext Law More
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LexisNexis AU  Fulltext Law More
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Library, information science and technology abstracts  Library science, Information services More
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Liebert online  Fulltext Medicine, Biology More
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Linguistics and language behavior abstracts LLBA.  1973 -  via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts.  Language and languages, Linguistics More
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Literature Resource Center  James Cook University users only.; via Infotrac  Fulltext Literature, Authors More
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MAIS Multicultural Australian and Immigration Studies.  1988 -  via Informit  Multiculturalism, Social sciences More
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Malaysia/Singapore/Brunei/ASEAN database BERITA.  1990 -  via Informit  ASEAN, Asia More
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Martindale : the complete drug reference  via MicroMedex  Fulltext Drugs, Pharmacopoeias More
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MDConsult  Fulltext Medicine More
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MEDGE Management edge.  1985 -  via Informit  Management, Business More
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Media scan  1991 -  via West Australia  Current events, Australian newspapers More
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Meditext  Fulltext Medicine, Health More
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MEDLINE  Medicine, Nursing, Biological sciences More
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MEDLINE  via OvidSP  Medicine, Nursing, Biological sciences More
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Middle English compendium  Fulltext Middle English language, Middle English literature More
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MLA International bibliography  1963 -  via Infotrac  Languages, LIterature, Linguistics More
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The Music index online  1979 -  Music, Musicology More
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National accounts database  via SourceOECD  National income, Economics, Statistics More
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National Science Digital Library  Science, Mathematics, Technology More
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Naxos music library  Music, Sound recordings More
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NetLibrary  Fulltext Science, Humanities, Social sciences More
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NMNH entomology database library  Entomology. More
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OAIster  Literature, Humanties, Social sciences, Science More
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Observatory on borderless higher education  Password required. Contact InfoHelp.  Fulltext Higher education, Distance education More
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Oceanic abstracts  Available to James Cook University users only,; via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts.  Oceanography, Marine biology More
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OECD economic outlook database  via SourceOECD  Economics, Statistics More
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OECD health data  via SourceOECD  Medical care, Health surveys More
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Online geographical bibliography  1985 - 2005  Geography More
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Open Content Alliance  Fulltext Science, Literature, Humanities More
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OTDBASE  Occupational therapy More
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OTseeker occupational therapy systematic evaluation of evidence  Occupational therapy, Evidence-based medicine More
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OvidSP  Fulltext Science, Medicine, Humanities, Social sciences More
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The Oxford English dictionary online  Fulltext English Dictionaries More
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Oxford journals online  Fulltext Science, Humanities, Social sciences More
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Ozlife : Australian biography and book review index.  2000 -  Books, Biography, Australia More
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PapersFirst  1993 -  Password required. Contact InfoHelp.; via FirstSearch  Science, Humanities, Social sciences More
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PEDro the physiotherapy evidence database.  Physical therapy More
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PERIND periodicals index.  1980 -  via Informit  Southeastern Asia, Social sciences More
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ProceedingsFirst  Password required. Contact InfoHelp.; via FirstSearch  Science, Humanities, Social sciences More
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Project Gutenberg  Fulltext Literature, Humanties, Social sciences, Science More
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Project Muse  Fulltext Science, Humanities, Social sciences More
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ProQuest  Fulltext Science, Humanities, Social sciences More
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PsycArticles  Fulltext Psychology, Psychiatry More
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psychBITE  Acquired brain impairment, Evidence based practice More
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PsychiatryOnline  via PsychiatryOnline  Fulltext Psychiatry, Mental illness More
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PsycINFO  1840-  via PsycINFO (Online)  Psychology More
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REEF Great Barrier Reef Marine Park province.  1982 -  via Informit  Great Barrier Reef More
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ReefBase a global information system on coral reefs.  2000 -  Coral reefs. More
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REFWORLD  Fulltext Refugees, Human rights, Emigration and immigration law More
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REHABDATA  Rehabilitation, Disability More
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RSC databases and current awareness services  via Royal Society of Chemistry  Analytical chemistry, Catalysis, Catalysts, Natural products, Hazardous chemicals More
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RURAL rural and remote health database.  1966 -  via Informit  Rural and remote health care, Indigenous medicine More
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SAGE online  via Informit  Geography, Environmental sciences More
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SAGE Premier journals online  Fulltext Science, Humanties, Social sciences, Medicine More
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SCANfile  1978 -  via Informit  Research, Technological innovation More
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Science and technology database  via SourceOECD  Science, Technology, Statistics More
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ScienceDirect  Fulltext Science, Humanities, Social sciences More
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SciFinder scholar  1967 -  Chemistry, Patents More
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Serials in Australian libraries  1972 -  via Informit  Periodicals. More
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Singapore/Malaysia collection SMC.  via Informit  Singapore, Malaysia More
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SNIPER searchable networked intellectual property electronic resource.  2000 -  Intellectual property More
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Social expenditure database  via SourceOECD  Public welfare, Expenditure, Statistics More
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Social services abstracts  via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts.  Social service, Community development More
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Sociological abstracts  via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts.  Sociology, Public welfare More
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Sociology of education abstracts  via IngentaConnect  Educational sociology More
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The Source a guide by subject to children's fiction, poetry and short stories from around the world with an emphasis on Australian books  Continuously updated.  Children's literature More
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SourceOECD  Statistics, Economics More
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speechBITE  Speech pathology, Evidence based practice More
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Spine-health.com  Fulltext Physical therapy. More
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SPIRES HEP literature database  Fulltext Nuclear physics. More
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SPORTdiscus  Please logout when your search is ended. There is a limit on the number of simultaneous users.; via EBSCOhost  Sports, Physical fitness More
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SpringerLink  Fulltext Science, Humanities, Social sciences More
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STAN structural analysis  via SourceOECD  Industry, Statistics More
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Standards Australia  Please logoff after use. There is a limit to the number of users.  Fulltext Standards More
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Stanford encyclopedia of philosophy  Fulltext Philosophy, Philosophers More
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Statistics Queensland  Statistics, Queensland More
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STREAMLINE Australian natural resources database.  1982 -  via Informit  Natural resources, Freshwater ecology More
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Sustainable Tourism CRC research reports  Fulltext Tourism More
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TAXABS Australian taxation abstracts.  1992 -  via Informit  Taxation More
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THESES NUS-Theses collection.  1947 -  via Informit  Singapore, Science, Humanities, Social sciences More
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TNM online  Fulltext Medicine, Oncology More
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Treatise on geochemistry  Fulltext Geochemistry More
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Treatise on geophysics  via ScienceDirect  Fulltext Geophysics More
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Ulrich's international periodicals directory  1974 -  Serial publications, Periodic