Online Databases

CityLibraries has a variety of databases for members to access online. These databases can be accessed in a number of ways and the three main indicators are:

Connect to title website - freely available on the internet
Connect to title at home - a purchased database that requires a library membership number to login, but can be accessed at home
Connect to title at library - a purchased database that requires a library membership number to login, and is accessed while at the library

Please note that some databases appear to have the same web address for both home and library links, but by clicking on the 'Connect at library' link the site may automatically identify that access is via the library and an authentication process may be bypassed.

Students and Young Adults
Family History
Reader Resources
Science

Health

Health and Wellness Resource Centre

Connect to Health and Wellness Resource Centre at home | Connect at library | Search tips PDF document (234kB)
Provides up-to-date, authoritative full-text health information from journals and reference titles.

HealthInsite

Connect to HealthInsite website
Australian government website - has a wide range of up-to-date and quality assessed information on important health topics such as diabetes, cancer, mental health and asthma.

MedlinePlus

Connect to MedlinePlus website
US government website - has extensive information about health and medical issues, drugs, an illustrated medical encyclopedia, interactive patient tutorials, and latest health news.

RealTime Health

Connect to RealTime Health at home | Connect at library
RealTime Health is a trusted source of health information in an accessible video format.

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General Reference

Credo Reference

Connect to Credo Reference at home | Connect at library
Credo Reference contains dictionaries, encyclopaedias, thesauri, books of quotations, and atlases. Useful for quick look-ups, definitions and crossword solving.

Encyclopaedia Britannica Online

Connect to Encyclopaedia Britannica Online at home | Connect at library | Guided tour PDF document (1.46mB)
Contains the Encyclopaedia Britannica and Britannica Student Encyclopaedia. A reference site for students, educators, and parents, it includes editorially reviewed websites.

GreenFile

Connect to GreenFILE website
Contains scholarly and general interest titles, as well as government documents and reports. This database offers a unique perspective on the positive and negative ways humans affect the environment. Drawing on the connection between the environment and disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology, GreenFILE serves as an informative resource for anyone concerned about the issues facing our planet. The database contains nearly 300,000 records, full text for selected titles and searchable cited references for more than 200 titles as well.

Biography Resource Centre

Connect at home | Connect at library | Search Tips PDF document (76kB)
A comprehensive database of biographical information on over 320,000 people from around the world, throughout history, and across all disciplines and subject areas. It combines nearly 415,000 biographies from more than 780 volumes of over 130 respected sources.

The Australia/NZ Reference Centre

Connect to The Australia/NZ Reference Centre at home | Connect at library | Search tips MSWord Doc icon (227kB)
Combines Australia and New Zealand specific magazines, newspapers, newswires, and reference books.

The History Reference Centre

Connect to The History Reference Centre at home | Connect at library | Search tips PDF document (227kB)
Features full text for more than 860 historical encyclopaedias and other non-fiction books, 58,000 historical documents, 43,000 biographies of historical figures, more than 12,000 historical photos and maps, and more than 80 hours of historical film and video.

Newsbank

Connect at library
Provides access to full text newspaper articles from more than 230 Queensland, Australian, and international titles, with a particular focus on Australian, American, and English publications.

Opposing Viewpoints

Connect to Opposing Viewpoints at home | Connect at library | Search tips PDF document (217kB)
Brings together all the information that's needed to fully understand an issue: pro and con viewpoint articles, reference articles that provide context, full-text magazines, academic journals, and newspapers, primary source documents, government and organizational statistics, multimedia - including images and podcasts, links to hand-selected web sites, and more.

Grove Art

Connect to Grove Art at home | Connect at library | Search tips PDF document (99kB)
Online contains the full-text of The Dictionary of Art (ed Jane Turner, 1996), The Oxford Companion to Western Art [OCWA] (ed Hugh Brigstocke, 2001) and over 1500 colour images and line drawings, links to the Art Resource searchable image database, and links to over 40,000 images on museum and gallery websites.

Grove Music

Connect at home | Connect to Grove Music at library
The leading online resource for music research since its inception in 2001, a compendium of music scholarship offering the full texts of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2nd Edition (2001), The New Grove Dictionary of Opera (1992), and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, 2nd Edition (2001), as well as all subsequent updates and emendations. Including 50,000 signed articles and 28,000 biographies contributed by over 6,000 scholars from around the world.

World Book

Connect to World Book at home | Connect at library
Online Reference Centre includes more than 26,000 articles as well as more than 12,000 pictures and maps, and 7,000 links to editor-approved Web sites useful in helping students constructively explore topics further. The World Book Online Reference Center is continuously updated to incorporate new and important developments relevant to students and their families.

LibrariesAustralia

Connect to LibrariesAustralia to website
There are over 36 million resources held in Australian institutions available via Libraries Australia including electronic full-text journal articles, pictures, music and many other printed materials which can be ordered using the online interlibrary loan form. Library members, contact the library to obtain access codes to use this service from work/home.

The Times (London) Digital Archive

Connect to The Times (London) Digital Archive at home | Connect at library | Search tips PDF document (722kB)
Full text (and fully searchable) of The Times (London) newspaper from 1785-1985.

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Business/News/Working Life

Small Business Resource Centre

Connect to Small Business Resource Centre at home | Connect at library
A comprehensive database that covers all major areas of starting and operating a business, including accounting, finance, human resources, management, marketing, tax and more.

The Australia/NZ Reference Centre

Connect to The Australia/NZ Reference Centre at home | Connect at library | Search tips MSWork Doc (227kB)
Combines Australia and New Zealand specific magazines, newspapers, newswires, and reference books.

LearningFast

Connect to LearningFast to website
Free online computer training. Designed to help you learn more about computers, technology and Microsoft products such as Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Please contact library staff for login details and password.

Australian Bureau of Statistics

Connect to Australian Bureau of Statistics to website
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is Australia's national statistical agency. The ABS provides statistics on a wide range of economic and social matters, serving government, business and the population in general.

Business Source Premier

Connect to Business Source Premier at home | Connect at library | Search tips MSWord Doc icon (227kB)
Contains more than 2,300 full text magazines and journals covering every area of business.

Australian Public Affairs - Full Text (APA-FT)

Connect to Australian Public Affairs - Full Text (APA-FT) at library
A collection of articles from over 400 Australian journals indexed in the Australian Public Affairs Information Service (APAIS) produced by the National Library of Australia. APA-FT focuses on a variety of subject areas including, social science, education, current affairs, business, economics, humanities, health, and law.

Newsbank

Queensland Office of Economic and Statistical Research

Connect to Queensland Office of Economic and Statistical Research to website
Queensland statistical, economic, demographic and social information. Qld government website.

Australian Standards

Connect to Australian Standards at library **please note - you will need to ask library staff for username and password**
Access to our Standards Online database is available through all CitiLibrary branches. Please ask at the reference desk for further information.

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Junior

Magpies (The Source)

Connect to Magpies (The Source) at library **please note - you may need to ask library staff for username and password**
Information about over 5,000 Australian and NZ picture books, children's and young adult novels, 12,800 poems (3000 full text), plus the winners and shortlisted books for over 40 Australian and international children's literature awards. At The Source website, click the middle icon, and ask library staff for the username and password.

TumbleBooks

Connect to TumbleBooks at home | Connect at library
TumbleBooks provides eBooks for kids. Read or listen to storybooks online, write a book review, and play games.

ZipTales

Connect to ZipTales at home | Connect at library
ZipTales is an online reading scheme of eBooks to help children improve their literacy. Complete with interactive tests of comprehension, and classroom and/or homework exercises to go with each of the stories.

Your Tutor

Connect to Your Tutor
Available between 4pm and 8pm, Monday to Friday
Need help with your homework? Get online real-time tutoring help with your homework via the yourtutor Online Tutoring program. Help is provided by tutors in areas such as English, mathematics, science, assignment research, and study skills.

Encyclopaedia Britannica Online

Oxford English Dictionary

Connect to Oxford English Dictionary at home | Connect at library | Search tips
This unique and powerful resource offers unprecedented access to the definitive record of the meaning, history and evolution of more than 600,000 words over the last 1,500 years.

World Book Kids

Connect to World Book Kids at home | Connect at library
World Book Kids, an online environment for younger students that infuses creativity and wonder in learning. World Book Kids is the newest product edition to the World Book Online Reference Center. The site is designed especially for younger users, English-language learners, and reluctant readers.

Columbia Granger's Poetry Database

Connect to Columbia Granger's Poetry Database at home | Connect at library | Search tips MSWord Doc icon (227kB)
Columbia Granger's Poetry Database, contains works of poetry found in anthologies and volumes of collected works, and selected works for individual poets.

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Law / Legislation

AustLII - Australasian Legal Information Institute

Connect to AustLII - Australasian Legal Information Institute to website
AustLII publishes public legal information -- 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 growing collection of law journals.

Queensland Legislation

Connect to Queensland Legislation website
Queensland legislation - from the Office of the Queensland Parliamentary Counsel website.

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Students and Young Adults

Student Resource Centre

Connect to Student Resource Centre at home | Connect at library | Search tips PDF document (453kB)
Information and references on astronomy, economics, education, literature and art, religion, law, history, psychology, humanities, current events, sociology, political science, communications, the general sciences and more. Thousands of background and topical essays, biographies and critical analyses. Also provides students with access to thousands of fascinating primary source documents. Letters, diaries, government documents, speeches, photographs, maps, audio clips, and video clips provide historical context and a personal connection to noteworthy events and experiences.

Your Tutor

Encyclopaedia Britannica Online

Connect to Encyclopaedia Britannica Online at home | Connect at library | Guided tour (1.46mB)
Contains the Encyclopaedia Britannica and Britannica Student Encyclopaedia. A reference site for students, educators, and parents, it includes editorially reviewed websites.

McGRAW-HILL'S AccessScience

Connect to McGRAW-HILL'S AccessScience at home | Connect at library
Provides science and technology information from the McGraw-Hill Encyclopaedia of Science and Technology and the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms.

Opposing Viewpoints

Connect to Opposing Viewpoints at home | Connect at library | Search tips (217kB)
Brings together all the information that's needed to fully understand an issue: pro and con viewpoint articles, reference articles that provide context, full-text magazines, academic journals, and newspapers, primary source documents, government and organizational statistics, multimedia - including images and podcasts, links to hand-selected web sites, and more.

Oxford English Dictionary

Grove Music

Connect to Grove Music at home | Connect at library
The leading online resource for music research since its inception in 2001, a compendium of music scholarship offering the full texts of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2nd Edition (2001), The New Grove Dictionary of Opera (1992), and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, 2nd Edition (2001), as well as all subsequent updates and emendations. Including 50,000 signed articles and 28,000 biographies contributed by over 6,000 scholars from around the world.

Grove Art

Connect to Grove Art at home | Connect at library | Search tips (99kB)
Online contains the full-text of The Dictionary of Art (ed Jane Turner, 1996), The Oxford Companion to Western Art [OCWA] (ed Hugh Brigstocke, 2001) and over 1500 colour images and line drawings, links to the Art Resource searchable image database, and links to over 40,000 images on museum and gallery websites.

World Book Advanced

Connect to World Book Advanced at home | Connect at library
A site aimed at Grade 8 students upwards, offers primary and secondary source content in one innovative integrated search. Features of World Book Advanced include e-books, personal My Research profiles for users to save content, live RSS news feeds, citation and timeline builders, research Pathfinders, and thousands of articles and multimedia files. World Book Advanced also offers Educator Tools that incorporate lesson plans and a variety of core curriculum subjects that correlate to national standards.

The Australia/NZ Reference Centre

Connect to The Australia/NZ Reference Centre at home | Connect at library | Search tips (227kB)
Combines Australia and New Zealand specific magazines, newspapers, newswires, and reference books.

Columbia Granger's Poetry Database

The History Reference Centre

Credo Reference

Newsbank

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Family History

Ancestry

Connect to Ancestry at library | Help pages
Access to the Ancestry Database is only available through our CityLibraries Aitkenvale and Flinders Street branches. Please ask staff at the reference desk for further information.
Has coverage of the United States and the United Kingdom, including census, vital, church, court, and immigration records, as well as record collections from Canada and other areas.The Ancestry Library Edition collection has approximately 4,000 databases including key collections such as U.S. Federal Census images and indexes from 1790 to 1930; the Map Center containing more than 1,000 historical maps; American Genealogical Biographical Index (over 200 volumes); Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage (over 150 volumes); The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1630; Social Security Death Index (updated monthly); WWI Draft Registration Cards; Federal Slave Narratives; and a strong Civil War collection. Ancestry Library Edition updates continually, with more indexes and original images added all the time.

The Times (London) Digital Archive

Connect to The Times (London) Digital Archive at home | Connect at library | Search tips PDF document (722kB)
Full text (and fully searchable) of The Times (London) newspaper from 1785-1985.

Newsbank

The History Reference Centre

Biography Resource Centre

Connect to Biography Resource Centre at home | Connect at library | Search Tips PDF document (76kB)
A comprehensive database of biographical information on over 320,000 people from around the world, throughout history, and across all disciplines and subject areas. It combines nearly 415,000 biographies from more than 780 volumes of over 130 respected sources.

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Reader Resources

Books and Authors

Connect to Books and Authors at home | Connect at library
Books and Authors offers new ways to explore the endless possibilities and combinations of books, authors, genres and topics. Combining over 140,000 titles, 50,000 authors, and thousands of read-alike, award winner and librarian's favorites lists, Books and Authors helps bring readers and literature together. Books and Authors makes exploration of genre fiction and essential non-fiction fun!

LitFinder

Connect to LitFinder at home | Connect at library
Covering world literature and authors throughout history, LitFinder contains a wealth of literary works including over 150,000 full-text poems and 800,000+ poetry citations, as well as short stories, speeches, and plays. LitFinder also includes secondary materials like biographies, images, and more. From Shakespeare's sonnets to poems by Donald Hall or short stories from Edgar Allan Poe to works by Annie Proulx, LitFinder has you covered.

Columbia Granger's Poetry Database

TumbleBooks

Connect to TumbleBooks at home | Connect at library
TumbleBooks provides eBooks for kids. Read or listen to storybooks online, write a book review, and play games.

Oxford English Dictionary

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Science

McGRAW-HILL'S AccessScience

Science Resource Centre

Connect to Science Resource Centre at home | Connect at library
A one-stop resource for all science-related research needs. Includes Earth Science, Science and Technology, History of Science, Life Science, Space Science, Physical Science and much more.

For more information, please phone 4727 9000 or contact CityLibraries.

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