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.
Contains education-related scholarly material from the Australasian region that focuses on the region's educational environment.
World Bank resource providing detailed data on 53 African countries containing over 1600 indicators on a range of topics.
Reviews in 40 focused disciplines within the biomedical, life, physical, and social sciences.
Scholarly health and social science material from the United States and Great Britain form the core of this research collection.
The national inventory of archaeological sites in New Zealand, covering over 60,000 sites. Contains information relevant to research, site management and protection.
A username and password is required for access. Please contact us to obtain login details.
Contains detailed information on Asia-related databases and search services accessible from Australia. Lists databases focusing on research, the social sciences and humanities. Asia is defined as the Indian subcontinent, East Asia and South-east Asia.
Scholarly articles in the social sciences and humanities, published in Australia; and selected journal articles, conference papers, books and newspaper articles on Australian economic, social, political and cultural affairs.
A searchable index of Asia-related material, across a wide range of subjects.
Details author, title and source information for scholarly articles in most fields of study.
A cross-disciplinary collection of newspaper, magazine and academic articles published in the UK and other English speaking countries from 1962 to the present.
A searchable multi-disciplinary collection of articles from academic journals published by Cambridge University Press.
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.
Access is restricted to 3 concurrent users. Please log off when you have finished.
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.
Contains material relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the Australian criminal justice system.
A collection of published and unpublished Australian and New Zealand material on criminology and criminal justice in Australasia.
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.
Contains references to articles published in Australia and internationally on consumer economics and related fields.
An international collection of current social science material about women covering political science, psychology, reproductive rights and cultural studies.
Current awareness information resource for journals and books
Directory of publically available New Zealand government data sets.
A historical archive of primary source documents, biographical information, and essays relating to gender, specifically to the role of women in the English speaking world: 1450-1910.
A collection of articles, books, book chapters, conference papers, research reports, government documents, discussion papers, and clinical treatment guidelines, on the psychosocial and treatment aspects of alcohol, drug and tobacco use and misuse.
An annually updated searchable cross-cultural collection containing information on all aspects of cultural and social life. The information is produced by the Human Relations Area Files, Inc. (HRAF) at Yale University and can be searchable and browsable by cultures and ethnic groups.
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.
A searchable collection of rare books, pamphlets, magazines and tracts relating to American home life 1800-1920.
Produced by the Australian Institute of Family Studies, this covers social, economic, legal and policy issues related to the Australian family. Some content from New Zealand, Canada and the U.S.
Produced by the Australian Institute of Family Studies, this focuses on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia.
Produced by the Australian Institute of Family Studies, this covers social, economic, legal and policy issues related to the Australian family. From January 1995 onwards, there is strong coverage of child abuse and child protection issues. Some overseas content from New Zealand, Canada and the U.S.
Derived from citation data, this resource allows users to identify individuals, departments and laboratories that have made important contributions in science and technology from 1981 onwards. Please note that contact information listed on this resource is provided by the researchers themselves and may not be up to date.
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.
Provides access to a range of scholarly works in various fields of the humanities and social sciences. Conference papers, scholarly articles, reports and reference material accessed through this resource focus largely on Australasian content, with ample indigenous content.
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.
This database provides topical and historical issues within Indigenous studies. The multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary framework encompasses anthropology, community development, cultural studies, economics, education, health, history, human geography, law and land rights, literature, politics and policy making, (post)colonial studies, psychology, race studies, sociology and visual and performing arts.
Focuses on the four core subjects of anthropology, economics, politics and sociology; covers additional interdisciplinary research.
A tool that enables the comparison of scholarly journals in a variety of fields in the social sciences and sciences. Statistics collected on the citations of the articles allow evaluation of how authoritative they are.
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.
Produced by Australia's Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, this focuses on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia. Topics include ethnicity, racism, multiculturalism, welfare and social services, access and equity, and settlement issues. Source documents are drawn from books, journal articles, newspapers, government documents, conference papers and research reports. While some international material is included, the focus since August 1996 has been on Australian-produced material only.
Produced by Australia's Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, this covers all aspects of immigration and multiculturalism in Australia. Topics include migrant health and welfare, racism, multicultural education, and settlement issues. Source documents include books, journal articles, newspapers, government documents, conference papers, research reports and theses. While some international material is included, the focus since August 1996 has been on Australian-produced material only.
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 cross-discipline resource covering a wide range of social, political, and economic issues and movements. Sources include journals, books, government publications, statistical directories, conference reports, and material from international agencies and the internet. Newspapers and newsletters are not included. Coverage is international and includes material in languages other than English.
A searchable index of articles and conference proceedings in Indonesia. Most records are in the Indonesian language.
Archive of digitized international scholarly journals in the humanities and social sciences from 1802 to 1995.
This resource contains citations of millions of articles published in over 5,000 periodicals. It covers 37 subject areas in the humanities and social sciences and offers vast variety within these subject areas.
A resource focusing on the arts, humanities and social sciences. Scholarly articles are the focus of the resource, but books and other university- and scholarly society- press publications are also covered.
A cross-discipline collection of scholarly journals, trade publications and news sources. The collection has a social science focus.
SAGE Research Methods Online (SRMO) is a research methods tool created to help researchers, faculty and students with their research projects. SRMO contains content from 600 books, dictionaries, encyclopedias, and handbooks, the entire “Little Green Book,” and Little Blue Book” series, two Major Works collating a selection of journal articles, and newly commissioned videos.
Contains original manuscript and rare printed material on trans-Atlantic slavery and abolition.
Functions both as a searchable index of the articles in social sciences, as well as tool to identify who has cited a particular article.
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.
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.
Full text peer-reviewed ejournals from the Wiley group of publishers (now includes Blackwells journals).
World Development Indicators (WDI) is the primary World Bank database for development data from officially-recognized international sources. Global Development Finance (GDF) provides external debt and financial flows statistics for countries that report public and publicly-guaranteed debt under the World Bank's Debtor Reporting System (DRS).
