e-Reference
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Aboriginal
Arts
Australia
Consumer Information
Geography
Government
Health
History & Heritage
Legal Information
Literature
Newspapers
Science & Environment
Sports
Statistics
Translations into other Languages
Transport & Tourism
Women's Issues
- Australians Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Information - facts and figures, indigenous media, organisations and reports
- Aboriginal Australians Internet Links - compiled by the State Library of New South Wales
- ATSIC - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission
- Cadigal & Wangal people - information on Aboriginal people of the local area
- Indigenous Australia - The Australian Museum's indigenous site, includes dream-time stories
- Vibe - Australia's Premier Indigenous Website - A comprehensive site covering music, health, employment, awards, current affairs, schools project resources and events
- Art Gallery of New South Wales Research Library Links - links to art reference pages
- Art History Resources on the web - resources on art throughout history from ancient to contemporary art
- Artcyclopedia - a guide to 'museum quality' art and art exhibitions
- Australian Museums and Galleries On-line - Australian art galleries and museums
- Picture Australia - Australian images from the past and present, themed albums
Australia
- Advance Australia Fair - Prime Minister's homepage with information on Australian national symbols and icons
- Anzac Day Poem/Prayer - Australian War memorial "For the Fallen"
- Australia in Brief - Australia today, Australia and the world, way of life, by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Prime Ministers of Australia – Biographical and historical information
- Australian Dictionary of Biography online - biographies of Australian people
- Australian of the Year - includes Australian of the Year, Young Australian of the Year, Communities of the Year awards
- Climate of Australia - a summary of the Australian climate from the Bureau of Meteorology
Consumer Information
- Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) - Wide range of information on comsumer rights, product safety, labelling requirements and complaint procedures
- Choice Magazine Online - contains a wide range of consumer information, product tests and reports
- Financial Ombudsman Service - provides independent information on banking and finance, insurance, superannuation and dispute resolution
- Money Stuff - a website for young people about buying and renting goods and services, which includes teaching resources
- NSW Office of Fair Trading - produces a wide range of publications providing information for consumers and traders of New South Wales
- Product Recalls Australia - provides current information on notifications provided to the Minister for Competition Policy and Consumer Affairs
Geography
- BBC NEWS | Country Profiles - Country profiles
- National Geographic - Selected news stories and highlights from the magazine
- Portals to the World - resources on countries of the world by the Library of Congress
- Where Is? - UBD maps for metropolitan Australia (covers Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, Brisbane, Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast)
- World Flag Database – Flag and basic information on each country (formal name, capital city, area, population, currency, languages, and religions)
- Australian Commonwealth Government Entry Point - Departments, agencies, parliament and legislature
- Australian Government Gateway - Federal, State, Territory, and Local Government information portal
- Australian Government's Entry Point (National Library of Australia) - links to Australian federal, state and local government websites
- Local Government and Shires Association NSW - Local government resources and information, including OHS manuals, policy and research
- New South Wales Government Gateway - NSW State Government information
- Parliament, Canberra - government directory, members directory, Hansard
- Parliament, New South Wales - Hansard, Bills information, research papers, members
- Prime Ministers of Australia – Biographical and historical information
- Black Dog Institute - high quality information about mood disorders, includes education and research. Contains special section on Depression and Bipolar Disorder and how to get help
- Drug Info @ Your Library - provides information on the health, legal and other impact of illicit drug use in Australia
- Health Insite - an Australian Government web site providing health information resources
- Health links - a list of quality assured health resources maintained by the State Library of NSW
- NSW Health - current NSW Government health information
- Therapeutic Goods Administration - a government web site providing information on medicines and other therapeutic goods, as well as regulations
- Australian Government Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts - wide range of information and web links
- Australian History: Selected Websites - directory and links maintained by the National Library of Australia
- Great Buildings - an encyclopedia of the world's most famous buildings, searchable by architect, place, building or style
- National Library of Australia's Federation Gateway - a wide variety of materials like books, web sites, pictures and manuscripts relating to the Federation of Australia
- NSW Heritage Office - information on New South Wales heritage listings, conservation, research and development
- World Heritage List (UNESCO) - list and describe world heritage listed items
Legal Information
- Australasian Legal Information Institute - provides access to Australian legal materials, contains full-text databases as well as the most comprehensive index to Australian law on the Net
- Australian Law Online - Australian Government website providing legal information
- Lawlink NSW - legal information provided by the NSW Attorney General's Department, including contact details for Justice of the Peace
- Lawstuff - Legal information for young people
- LIAC - Legal Information Access Centre - a service located at State Library of NSW providing access to legal information for the general community
- AustLit - Australian literary information and links
- Australian Literary and Historical Texts - A University of Sydney collection of over 300 full text resources of Australian fiction, poetry, plays and non-fictional works in Australian studies.
- Australian Literature - Australian authors, books, poems and literary prizes
- BUBL Link - links to quality literature sites (UK)
- Complete Works of Shakespeare - Comedy, tragedy, history and poetry by William Shakespeare
- International Children's Digital Library - Extensive collection of e-books for children and teenagers in English and in a wide range of community languages
- Mr William Shakespeare and the Internet - plays, analysis, reviews and literary criticism
- The Perseus Digital Library - includes classical texts in full text
- Plagiarist Poetry - poems, poetry analysis, reviews and literary criticism
- Spark Notes - by Harvard University students, plot summaries and criticism
- Australian Newspapers on the Internet - links to Australian local and national newspapers maintained by the National Library of Australia
- Current Information Service - browse the annual index files of Current Social Issues and Current Environmental Issues from 2001 to date. Printed copies of 2006, 2007 and 2008 issues are held in the Reference Collection at Concord Library and Five Dock Library
- Find Articles - a free journal database provided by Looksmart
- Worldwide Newspapers online - International newspapers
Science and Environment
- Australian astronomy - official site of the Astronomical Society of Australia (ASA)
- Australian scientific achievements - Australian Now information by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Bright Sparcs - A register of people involved in the development of science, technology and engineering in Australia
- CSIRO - web site for Australia's premier scientific organisation
- How stuff works - Learn how everything works
- International Year of Astronomy 2009 - Australian government website with information on the International Year of Astronomy and events calendar for 2009
- NASA – National Aeronautics and Space Administration (US)
- New Scientist - on-line version of the journal
- NOVA - Science topics in the news published by the Australian Academy of Science
- Australian Sports Commission - sports information and resources, including athlete profiles, coaches, and sports organisations
- Beijing 2008 Olympic Games - official website of the Olympic Summer Games held 2008 in Beijing
- International Olympic Committee – official website of the Olympic Movement, includes History of all the Games since 1896
- London 2012 Olympic Games - official website of the Olympic Summer Games to be held in 2012 in London
- NSW Sport and Recreation - government information on sport and recreation provided by the NSW Department of the Arts, Sport and Recreation
- Sydney 2000 Olympic Games – Pandora archive of resources and official sites of the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games by the National Library of Australia
- ABS Key National Indicators - This table contains a summary of Australia's key economic and social indicators. Data contained in this table is updated as soon as it becomes available
- Australian Bureau of Statistics - National population and labour force statistics, Census results, consumer price Index, and regional profiles
- Canada Bay Local Government Area Profile - data about the population in the Canada Bay Local Government Area, with recent updates
- Morgan Polls - Australian demographic, consumer opinion polls
- People of New South Wales – a major compilation of statistics on people's origins, the languages they speak, their English proficiency and the religions they practice
Translations into other Languages
- My Language - provides access to search engines, web directories and news in over sixty community languages
- Translated government information – Australian government documents translated in a range of languages by the City of Sydney Library Service
- Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism - statistics, fact sheets and journal articles on trends and markets in Australian tourism
- Roads and Traffic Authority - NSW roads and traffic information, road user guides, rules and regulations, licensing and drivers' knowledge tests
- Smart Traveller - Australian Government travel advice and information from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Sydney Public Transport - information on public transport in Sydney including links to timetables
- Sydney Transport Infoline - Sydney bus, train and ferry information, trip planners and timetables
- Tourism New South Wales - information for tourists to New South Wales as well as tourism industry trends and statistics
Women's Issues
- Jessie Street National Women's Library - a specialist library which collects, preserves and promotes the awareness of the cultural heritage of Australian women, facilitating learning, research and communication
- International Women’s Day - information and resources provided by the NSW Office for Women
- Office for Women (NSW State Government) - provides access to the Department of Women's database of over 4000 organisations and over 200 web-sites that have been identified as containing information relevant to women in NSW
- Women’s Legal Resources Centre (NSW, Australia) - provision of free legal advice particularly for women who are disadvantaged by their social and economic circumstances.