The Library provides access to a large amount of material via online databases and electronic journals available for free self-service use for Victoria staff and students. Many of these resources contain access to the full text of material as well as image and video content.
A collection of 2,200 books in the Humanities offered by the American Council of Learned Societies.
Descriptions of journal articles covering the history and culture of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. More than 1,700 journals. Also includes the full-text of over 200 journals and nearly 100 books.
A year-by-year record of British and world events. Sections available for PDF download.
The national inventory of archaeological sites in New Zealand, covering over 60,000 sites. Contains information relevant to research, site management and protection.
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List of significant events in Australian history with emphasis on current events. References to source material, including books, journals, newspapers and news reports, are provided for each event.
A searchable collection of information on the life of Australian since the settlement. The source information include letters, diaries, photographs, financial records, posters, sketches, recipe books, catalogues, minute books, registers and other material held in private hands in Australia.
Comprises of 50,000 titles , including all aspects of History, Language and Literature, Philosophy and Theology, Art History, Archaeology, and so forth in the Western, Byzantine and Islamic worlds.
Provides descriptions of historical writing dealing with the British isles and the British empire and commonwealth, from 55 BC to the present. Incorporates books, articles, journals, review articles and essays. Provides links to online text where available.
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Biographical information on more than one million people throughout history and around the world. It combines biographies from 70 Gale Group publications, the complete Marquis Who's who, Merriam-Webster's collegiate and biographical dictionaries, and full-text articles from over 250 periodicals.
An encyclopedia of ancient Greek and Roman world that covers all aspects of Greek and Roman world such as social, political, and economic conditions, art, culture, philosophy and more. The first fifteen volumes are devoted to Greco-Roman antiquity and cover more than two thousand years of history. Five volumes of Classical Tradition cover aftermath of antiquity and the process of continuous reinterpretation and revaluation of the ancient heritage, including the history of classical scholarship.
A cross-disciplinary collection of newspaper, magazine and academic articles published in the UK and other English speaking countries from 1962 to the present.
Searchable full-text of newspapers and news pamphlets mostly published in London during the 17th and 18th centuries. Some papers from provincial England, Ireland, Scotland, Europe, American colonies and India from the same period are included.
A historical archive of British publications from 1700 to 1930, covering popular, scientific and arts related information. Personal documents, epherema, literature and other material of historical interest.
19th century research, providing integrated access to finding aids for books, periodicals, official publications, newspapers and archives. currently containing over 20 million bibliographic records for a full range of 19th century source material.
A collection of over 270 volumes published since 1960 covering over 15 different academic subjects. The volumes are grouped into topics, enabling searching through an array of historical subject areas.
Primary source newspaper content from the 19th Century from a range of urban and rural regions throughout the U.S.
A database of journals published in mainland China, on a wide variety of subjects. This is a Chinese language database. Note: click on IP 登录 on the first page that comes up.
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A database of journals published in mainland China, on a wide variety of subjects. This is a Chinese language database.Note: click on IP Login on the first page that comes up.
Access is restricted to 3 concurrent users. Please log off when you have finished.
A database of dissertations and theses from mainland China. This is a Chinese language database.Note: click on Dissertations on the first page that comes up, and choose either Doctor Dissertations or Master Dissertations.
Original source material from the School of Oriental and African Studies and the British Library, including manuscript and print documents, maps and images, journals and official papers, covering China's interaction with the West, from various perspectives.
A resource designed to assist genealogists, historians and researchers to locate biographical information on as wide a range of Australians as possible.
An index of material published in Latin American journals, on a wide variety of topics. Records are in Spanish, Portuguese, French, and English.
Details information on the published literature of the most significant conferences, symposia, seminars, colloquia, workshops, and conventions in the social science fields from 1990 to the present.
Over 3,000 biographies of notable New Zealanders. Note that it does not include people who are alive.
Declassified US Government documents covering world events, countries, and U.S. policy decisions. Includes glossaries, chronologies, bibliographies, overviews, and photographs.
A collection of over 180,000 books published in the 18th century, covering a wide range of subject areas including history, literature, religion, art, science, and law.
Contains a selection of English 17th and 18th century journals and newspapers, covering a wide range of social, political, and literary topics.
A collection of over 60,000 images of original manuscripts and printed material arranged into five thematic sections containing essays by leading scholars. The focus of the collection is on history, sociology, English literature and art history.
Covers all aspects of Jewish life and knowledge, including history, literature, politics, and the Jewish diaspora.
Covers the whole Islamic world, from religion and history to politics and culture.
Abbreviated name catalogue of works published between 1473 and 1800, mainly in Britain and North America, and primarily in English, from the collections of the British Library and other libraries.
Guide to over 32,000 printed records about the Americas written in Europe before 1750. Covers the history of European exploration. A wide range of subject areas are covered; from portrayals of native American peoples and natural disasters to disease outbreaks and slavery.
A searchable collection of rare books, pamphlets, magazines and tracts relating to American home life 1800-1920.
Contains digital images of a wide range of original documents, including diaries, letters, trench journals, scrapbooks, postcards, photographs, posters and cartoons. Also includes secondary resources such as interactive maps, scholarly essays, slideshow gallery, chronology and glossaries.
Descriptions of journal articles relating to the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present. More than 2,300 journals back to 1955. Also includes the full text of over 330 journals and 119 books.
Quantitative historical information covering such aspects as demographic, work, welfare, economic, governance, and international relations in American history from the earliest times to the present.
A collection of primary sources, images, articles, maps, and reference materials covering events in arts, science, politics, and society from antiquity to the present.
Collection of documents from the British Parliament including Bills, House Papers, Command Papers and Select Committee Reports, plus statistics from the Treasury and census information.
A collection of citations to first person narratives including letters, diaries, memoirs, autobiographies, and oral histories in English from hundreds of published volumes those that are publicly available on the Web and those that are held by repositories and archives around the world.
Provides contact details (current as of 2004) for experts in Medieval and related studies such as Judaism, Byzantine Studies and philology.
Interdisciplinary list of sources on the European Middle Ages, covering Europe, the Middle East and North Africa in the period 400-1500.
Covers a selection of Irish national and regional newspapers.
Over 95,000 articles with details of political, social and economic events summarised from worldwide news sources.
Primary sources about 18th century London, with a particular focus on plebeian Londoners. Includes over 240,000 manuscripts and printed pages from eight London archives and fifteen datasets, giving access to 3.35 million names.
This is a searchable collection of books and journals on the literature of economics. It focuses on economics interpreted in the widest sense, including political science, history, sociology.
A collection providing articles, books, pamphlets, newspapers, biographies and book reviews covering general reference and current events aimed primarily at high school students.
A searchable collection of British social history material from the Mass-Observation organization's archives. The source material includes file reports, surveys, diaries and photographs.
Matapihi is a window onto the online collections of a number of New Zealand cultural organisations.
Books and manuscripts on a variety of historical and political topics, covering the British Isles, Ireland, Spain, Italy, America, the West Indies, and the Middle and Far East.
A collection of original manuscripts and supporting materials from libraries around the world for the study of medieval travel writing in the Holy Land, India and China.
The Australasian Military History source is a searchable index of published material on Australian, New Zealand and Papua-New Guinean military history and related topics.
The Nineteenth Century Index is a growing all-inclusive bibliographic spine for 19th-century research. C19 is a one-stop finding tool covering multiple content types, providing records for millions of documents ranging from books and newspapers to government documents and periodicals at the article level.
A searchable index to a wide variety of material from the United Kingdom and America, including newspapers, books, and government documents. Covers a wide variety of topics.
A centralised register for archives held in many New Zealand repositories, for example, letters, diaries, photographs, oral history recordings, wills, birth, death and marriage certificates, immigration records, financial records. It also includes links to many of the individual repositories.
Provides multi-disciplinary articles analyzing economic and political developments worldwide, and evaluates issues within a coherent political, social, and economic framework.
Latin material relevant to the study of the Christian Church, with writings from Church Fathers from Tertullian in 200 AD to the death of Pope Innocent III in 1216.
More than 160 volumes of Greek material (with Latin translations) relevant to the study of the history of the Christian Church from its beginnings through the Council of Florence in 1439
Contains manuscripts written by women in the British Isles, on a wide variety of subjects, and from a wide variety of sources, including diaries, travel writing, advice writing, and poetry
Archive of digitized international scholarly journals in the humanities and social sciences from 1802 to 1995.
Collection of leading black U.S.newspapers, covering the period 1910 to 2005 - Atlanta Daily World, Chicago Defender, Los Angeles Sentinel and New York Amsterdam News.
Covers topics across all government and military branches, including international relations, political science, criminology, defence, aeronautics and space flight, communications, civil engineering.
Covers a broad range of topics found in scholarly, reference and popular sources, including arts, business, children, education, general interest, health, humanities, international, law, military, multicultural, psychology, sciences, social sciences, and women's interests.
Access to over 80 online encyclopedias (published by Sage) in the humanities, social sciences and business.
Access to over 400 academic journals (published by Sage) in the social sciences, humanities, business, medicine, engineering, technology and physical and life sciences.
A collection of resources in science and social science research.
Contains original manuscript and rare printed material on trans-Atlantic slavery and abolition.
A collection of books, reference works and journals in science and social science research
A collection of English government documents (papers of the Secretaries of State, correspondence, reports, memoranda from civil servants and administrators) revealing information on social, religious and economic affairs, law and order, and foreign policy during this period. Also includes the Calendars which summarise the documents.
Link to information and references on topicssuch as astronomy, economics, education, literature and art, religion,law, history, psychology, humanities, current events, sociology, political science, communications, the general sciences and more.
Provides access to descriptions of the unpublished manuscripts and pictures collections of New Zealand and Pacific material in the Alexander Turnbull Library.
Te Ara: the Encyclopedia of New Zealand aims to build a comprehensive guide to New Zealand's peoples, natural environment, history, culture, economy, institutions and society. Browse different subject categories or search across the entire resource. Te Reo Māori interface available.
Selected New Zealand and Pacific images from the collections of the Alexander Turnbull Library, the research library within the National Library of New Zealand.
The complete edition of The Times (London) 1785 to 1985 with full facsimile images of either a specific article or a complete page.
A database of monographs, proceedings, and journals published by Italian academic publishers, on a wide variety of subjects. Most articles are in the Italian language.
Includes: the text and status of multilateral treaties; United Nations Treaty Series 1946 - 2006; League of Nations Treaty Series 1920 -1944; and associated handbooks and indexes.
Resource for the study of popular entertainment in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Contains primary source material documenting the founding and economic development of Virginia as seen through the papers of the Virginia Company of London, 1606-1624. It also includes the Ferrar papers and prints which provide a source for the state of trade between Britain and America and London's economic history.
Contains citations to articles in newspapers and journals (religious, political, business, professional or scholarly) published in England during this period.
Contains descriptions of scholarly literature in the sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities. The records contain cited references.
Articles from Victorian newspapers and magazines, identifies authors of some anonymous articles.
A Finding Aid to Women’s Studies Resources in The National Archives, Kew combined with Original Documents on the Suffrage Question in Britain, the Empire and Colonial Territories.
Collection of information resources on the transformation of women's horizons, experience and skills during and after World War I.
