Information databases

Database Name	Description	Access Details	Guides
Applied Science and Technology – Full Text top	Indexes and abstracts articles in a range of subject areas including: Aeronautics, Artificial Intelligence, Automotive Engineering, Chemistry, Civil Engineering, Communication & Information Technology, Computer Databases & Software, Construction, Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Fire & Fire prevention, Food and Food Industry, Marine Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Textile Industry & Fabrics ... Full text coverage for selected periodicals is also included. Full text coverage begins in 1997. Abstracting coverage begins with periodicals published in March 1993.	Access is limited to Ultimo Campus	User Guide
Australian Standards Online top	Provides access to a complete collection of Australia Standards.	Access from all Sydney Institute Campuses. NO remote access available.	User Guide
Austlii (Australasian Legal Information Institute) top	AustLII publishes public legal information -- that is, primary legal materials (legislation, treaties and decisions of courts and tribunals); and secondary legal materials created by public bodies for purposes of public access (law reform and royal commission reports for example) and a substantual collection of law journals.	Freely available at – Australasian Legal Information Institute, or browse legislation: Commonwealth ACT New South Wales Northern Territory Queensland South Australia Tasmania Victoria Western Australia	User Guide
Building Code of Australia top	The Building Code of Australia is an National document containing technical provisions for building work throughout Australia. All States and Territories enforce the code by State Legislation or Regulation. Period covered: July 2001 to date	Access from Ultimo and Design campuses. No remote access.	User Guide
Chem Watch Gold 2 top	Chem Watch Gold 2 (formerly ChemWatch) is a database encompassing detailed information about a vast number of chemicals. This data is commonly presented as Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS), the legal format for providing information about chemicals used internationally. DET/TAFE has negotiated a license with Chemwatch to access ChemGold II, which has a brand new interface to give much greater power and ease of use. The program is user friendly, and has been designed for both the non expert working with chemicals and the occupational health and safety specialist.	Freely available at Chem Watch Gold 2
Design and Applied Arts Index (DAAI) top	Indexes over 300 current design and craft journals. Subjects include: interior design, graphic design, design history, jewellery, metal smithing, fashion, ceramics and advertising. Four international directories relating to design education; organisations/societies; periodicals/magazines and archives/special collections are also included. Period covered: 1987 to present.	This database is available to the Design Centre Library staff and students Design and Applied Art Index Students will be required to get a password and username from the Design Centre Library staff to access the database from home.
DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals) top	This service covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals, aiming to cover all subjects and languages.	Freely available at DOAJ home page	User Guide
EBSCO databases top	Provides access to: ANZRC (Australian/New Zealand Reference Centre MasterFILE Premier Business Source Premier Regional Business News CINAHL Plus (Nursing database) Hospitality & Tourism Complete Computers & Applied Sciences Complete.	You can log into this resource via the eRes: LIBRARY ONLINE DATABASES A password is required for this – it is available from the Library information desk on presentation of your current TAFEcard (Sydney Institute students and staff only).	User Guide
Factiva top	Provides access to: Australian and international newspapers, trade publications, business newswires, investment analyst reports, market research reports, country and regional profiles, company profiles and historical market data.	You can log into this resource via the eRes: LIBRARY ONLINE DATABASES A password is required for this – it is available from the Library information desk on presentation of your current TAFEcard (Sydney Institute students and staff only).	User Guide
Grove Art - Oxford Art Online top	Content of the Grove Art Online and Oxford art reference sources. Precise search and browse capabilities allow users to refine their results by source and subject categories. Users can also choose to view biographies, subject entries, or images when searching or browsing. Thematic timelines and learning resources also provide users with powerful tools for navigating the content, and context-sensitive help pages are available throughout the site to guide users through the features and functionality.	To access Grove Art/Oxford Art Online, type in your DET username and password after you click this link.
Infotrac top	Source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics including business, education, engineering, humanities, science, sports, social science and many general interest topics.	You can log into this resource via the eRes: LIBRARY ONLINE DATABASES A password is required for this – it is available from the Library information desk on presentation of your current TAFEcard (Sydney Institute students and staff only).	User Guide
Lawlink – NSW Caselaw top	An online service providing published judgments and decisions of New South Wales Courts and Tribunals.	Freely available at – Lawlink.
Lexis Nexis – CaseBase top	CaseBase Provides access to over 310,000 case entries covering more than 60 Australian and overseas report series. It also includes the unreported decisions of the High Court, Federal Court and Supreme Courts of ALL Australian states and territories and over 13,000 journal article references covering Australian and overseas legal journals.	Access from all Sydney Institute Campuses. No remote access.	User Guide
Library, Information Science and Technology Abstracts (LISTA) top	This database provides coverage on subjects such as librarianship, classification, cataloguing, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more. LISTA indexes more than 600 periodicals plus books, research reports, and proceedings.	Freely available at – Library search
MagillOnLiterature Plus top	Provides access to information on notable authors as well as critical analysis and brief plot summaries on the most studied works in the history of literature.	You can log into this resource via the eRes: LIBRARY ONLINE DATABASES A password is required for this – it is available from the Library information desk on presentation of your current TAFEcard (Sydney Institute students and staff only).	User Guide
Medline plus top	Good health information from the world's largest medical library, the National Library of Medicine. Provides information that is authoritative and up to date. Extensive information from the National Institutes of Health and other sources on over 600 diseases and conditions. There are also lists of hospitals and physicians, a medical encyclopedia and a medical dictionary, health information in Spanish, extensive information on prescription and nonprescription drugs, health information from the media, and links to thousands of clinical trials. Updated daily.	Freely available at Medline Plus
OZJAC (Australian Jobs and Courses Online) top	Use OZJAC to search for courses and careers on the Internet. OZJAC provides information about accredited courses, their providers (universities, tafes, colleges etc) and jobs. OZJAC's aim is to provide information to assist you to make informed career decisions. OZJAC	You can log into this resource via the eRes: LIBRARY ONLINE DATABASES A password is required for this – it is available from the Library information desk on presentation of your current TAFEcard (Sydney Institute students and staff only).	User Guide
Past TAFE Exam Papers top	Access past TAFE exam papers from 2003 to current. This will be displayed in PDF format.	You can log into this resource via the eRes: LIBRARY ONLINE DATABASES. A password is required for this – it is available from the Library information desk on presentation of your current TAFEcard (Sydney Institute students and staff only).
ProQuest top	Electronic collections of documents originally published in magazines, newspapers, and journals in more than 130 subject areas including: business and economics, literature, geography, consumer education and protection, environmental studies, general interest periodicals, library and information sciences and public administration.	You can log into this resource via the eRes: LIBRARY ONLINE DATABASES. A password is required for this – it is available from the Library information desk on presentation of your current TAFEcard (Sydney Institute students and staff only).	User Guide
PubMed top	Provides access to bibliographic information that includes MEDLINE as well as the out-of-scope citations (eg- articles on plate tectonics or astrophysics) from some MEDLINE journals, primarily general science and chemistry journals, for which the life sciences articles are indexed for MEDLINE.	Freely available at - PubMed.
SPI – St George Periodical Index top	SPI is an electronic index of selected articles from magazines and journals held at St George College Library which are not indexed in the commercial databases for which the library has subscriptions.	Available here. A password (available from the St George Library Circulation desk) is required to access this database.
Sydney Morning Herald "True to Print" top	Use this database to search for newspaper articles from the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. This service provides you with an actual picture of the page. It includes sections such as My Career, and the classifieds. Fairfax "True to Print" Digital Editions is an online archive of the Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) and The Age. Coverage begins from January 2006. NOTE: Sydney Morning Herald Coverage previous to January 2006 can be found on ANZRC and Factiva.	Access from Ultimo College Library only.
TV News & TV Request top	See TV news stories – including last night’s news stories - as video streams. This database of videos covers Australian television news, current affairs and selected documentaries from the free-to-air networks with links to the digitised video content in a compressed format. All individual stories from a particular broadcast are indexed with a detailed synopsis. TVNews is updated daily, with stories appearing on an evening news broadcast generally being available for access the next morning. Coverage begins mid 2007.	You can log into this resource via the eRes: LIBRARY ONLINE DATABASES A password is required for this – it is available from the Library information desk on presentation of your current TAFEcard (Sydney Institute students and staff only).
Workcover top	Contains information about Workcover courses, publications and services. Main subject areas include Occupational Health and Safety and Human Resources.	Access from Randwick College Library only.

Database Name

Description

Access Details

Guides

Applied Science and Technology – Full Text

top

Indexes and abstracts articles in a range of subject areas including: Aeronautics, Artificial Intelligence, Automotive Engineering, Chemistry, Civil Engineering, Communication & Information Technology, Computer Databases & Software, Construction, Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Fire & Fire prevention, Food and Food Industry, Marine Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Textile Industry & Fabrics ...

Full text coverage for selected periodicals is also included. Full text coverage begins in 1997.
Abstracting coverage begins with periodicals published in March 1993.

Access is limited to Ultimo Campus

User Guide

Australian Standards Online

top

Provides access to a complete collection of Australia Standards.

Access from all Sydney Institute Campuses. NO remote access available.

User Guide

Austlii (Australasian Legal Information Institute)

top

AustLII publishes public legal information -- that is, primary legal materials (legislation, treaties and decisions of courts and tribunals); and secondary legal materials created by public bodies for purposes of public access (law reform and royal commission reports for example) and a substantual collection of law journals.

Freely available at – Australasian Legal Information Institute, or browse legislation:

User Guide

Building Code of Australia

top

The Building Code of Australia is an National document containing technical provisions for building work throughout Australia. All States and Territories enforce the code by State Legislation or Regulation. Period covered: July 2001 to date

Access from Ultimo and Design campuses. No remote access.

User Guide

Chem Watch Gold 2

top

Chem Watch Gold 2 (formerly ChemWatch) is a database encompassing detailed information about a vast number of chemicals. This data is commonly presented as Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS), the legal format for providing information about chemicals used internationally. DET/TAFE has negotiated a license with Chemwatch to access ChemGold II, which has a brand new interface to give much greater power and ease of use.

The program is user friendly, and has been designed for both the non expert working with chemicals and the occupational health and safety specialist.

Freely available at Chem Watch Gold 2

Design and Applied Arts Index (DAAI)

top

Indexes over 300 current design and craft journals. Subjects include: interior design, graphic design, design history, jewellery, metal smithing, fashion, ceramics and advertising. Four international directories relating to design education; organisations/societies; periodicals/magazines and archives/special collections are also included.

Period covered: 1987 to present.

This database is available to the Design Centre Library staff and students Design and Applied Art Index

Students will be required to get a password and username from the Design Centre Library staff to access the database from home.

DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals)

top

This service covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals, aiming to cover all subjects and languages.

Freely available at DOAJ home page

User Guide

EBSCO databases

top

Provides access to: ANZRC (Australian/New Zealand Reference Centre

MasterFILE Premier
Business Source Premier
Regional Business News
CINAHL Plus (Nursing database)
Hospitality & Tourism Complete
Computers & Applied Sciences Complete.

You can log into this resource via the eRes: LIBRARY ONLINE DATABASES

A password is required for this – it is available from the Library information desk on presentation of your current TAFEcard (Sydney Institute students and staff only).

User Guide

Factiva

top

Provides access to: Australian and international newspapers, trade publications, business newswires, investment analyst reports, market research reports, country and regional profiles, company profiles and historical market data.

User Guide

Grove Art - Oxford Art Online

top

Content of the Grove Art Online and Oxford art reference sources. Precise search and browse capabilities allow users to refine their results by source and subject categories. Users can also choose to view biographies, subject entries, or images when searching or browsing. Thematic timelines and learning resources also provide users with powerful tools for navigating the content, and context-sensitive help pages are available throughout the site to guide users through the features and functionality.

To access Grove Art/Oxford Art Online, type in your DET username and password after you click this link.

Infotrac

top

Source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics including business, education, engineering, humanities, science, sports, social science and many general interest topics.

User Guide

Lawlink – NSW Caselaw

top

An online service providing published judgments and decisions of New South Wales Courts and Tribunals.

Freely available at – Lawlink.

Lexis Nexis – CaseBase

top

CaseBase Provides access to over 310,000 case entries covering more than 60 Australian and overseas report series. It also includes the unreported decisions of the High Court, Federal Court and Supreme Courts of ALL Australian states and territories and over 13,000 journal article references covering Australian and overseas legal journals.

Access from all Sydney Institute Campuses. No remote access.

User Guide

Library, Information Science and Technology Abstracts (LISTA)

top

This database provides coverage on subjects such as librarianship, classification, cataloguing, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more. LISTA indexes more than 600 periodicals plus books, research reports, and proceedings.

Freely available at – Library search

MagillOnLiterature Plus

top

Provides access to information on notable authors as well as critical analysis and brief plot summaries on the most studied works in the history of literature.

User Guide

Medline plus

top

Good health information from the world's largest medical library, the National Library of Medicine. Provides information that is authoritative and up to date. Extensive information from the National Institutes of Health and other sources on over 600 diseases and conditions. There are also lists of hospitals and physicians, a medical encyclopedia and a medical dictionary, health information in Spanish, extensive information on prescription and nonprescription drugs, health information from the media, and links to thousands of clinical trials. Updated daily.

Freely available at Medline Plus

OZJAC (Australian Jobs and Courses Online)

top

Use OZJAC to search for courses and careers on the Internet. OZJAC provides information about accredited courses, their providers (universities, tafes, colleges etc) and jobs.

OZJAC's aim is to provide information to assist you to make informed career decisions.

OZJAC

User Guide

Past TAFE Exam Papers

top

Access past TAFE exam papers from 2003 to current.
This will be displayed in PDF format.

You can log into this resource via the eRes: LIBRARY ONLINE DATABASES.

A password is required for this – it is available from the Library information desk on presentation of your current TAFEcard (Sydney Institute students and staff only).

ProQuest

top

Electronic collections of documents originally published in magazines, newspapers, and journals in more than 130 subject areas including: business and economics, literature, geography, consumer education and protection, environmental studies, general interest periodicals, library and information sciences and public administration.

User Guide

PubMed

top

Provides access to bibliographic information that includes MEDLINE as well as the out-of-scope citations (eg- articles on plate tectonics or astrophysics) from some MEDLINE journals, primarily general science and chemistry journals, for which the life sciences articles are indexed for MEDLINE.

Freely available at - PubMed.

SPI – St George Periodical Index

top

SPI is an electronic index of selected articles from magazines and journals held at St George College Library which are not indexed in the commercial databases for which the library has subscriptions.

Available here.

A password (available from the St George Library Circulation desk) is required to access this database.

Sydney Morning Herald "True to Print"

top

Use this database to search for newspaper articles from the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. This service provides you with an actual picture of the page. It includes sections such as My Career, and the classifieds.

Fairfax "True to Print" Digital Editions is an online archive of the Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) and The Age. Coverage begins from January 2006.

NOTE: Sydney Morning Herald Coverage previous to January 2006 can be found on ANZRC and Factiva.

Access from Ultimo College Library only.

TV News & TV Request

top

See TV news stories – including last night’s news stories - as video streams. This database of videos covers Australian television news, current affairs and selected documentaries from the free-to-air networks with links to the digitised video content in a compressed format. All individual stories from a particular broadcast are indexed with a detailed synopsis. TVNews is updated daily, with stories appearing on an evening news broadcast generally being available for access the next morning. Coverage begins mid 2007.

Workcover

top

Contains information about Workcover courses, publications and services. Main subject areas include Occupational Health and Safety and Human Resources.

Access from Randwick College Library only.

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