Databases A-Z

Title: A+ education (Informit)

Description: A+ Education is an online collection of scanned images of articles from more than 200 Australian journals indexed in AEI, the Australian Education Index, produced by the Cunningham Library at ACER.

Access Policy: Available to Curtin staff and students on all campuses and through remote access.

Subject(s):

• Complete Humanities
• Education
• Languages and Intercultural Education

Title: ABI-Inform Global (ProQuest)

Description: Business and Management including areas such as: Accounting and auditing; economics; law and taxation; advertising and sales management; electronic data processing systems; information systems.

Access Policy: Available to Curtin staff, students and alumni on all campuses and also through remote access.

Subject(s):

• Accounting
• Complete Science and Engineering

Title: ABI/INFORM Complete (ProQuest)

Description: Includes full-text business periodicals and news sources from ABI/INFORM Global, ABI/INFORM Dateline, and ABI/INFORM Trade & Industry.

Access Policy: Available to Curtin staff, students and alumni on all campuses, and also through remote access. Also available for onsite use within Curtin Libraries to community and reciprocal borrowers.

Subject(s):

• Accounting
• Agribusiness
• Business Law and Taxation
• Complete Business
• Complete Science and Engineering
• Economics and Finance
• Information Systems
• Management
• Marketing
• WA School of Mines

Title: ABS Online - see Australian Bureau of Statistics (Online)

Description: Provides historical statistics for a large number of ABS bulletins. Topics include agriculture, balance of payments, consumer price indexes, demography, finance, foreign trade, international investment, labour markets, manufacturing, national accounts, tourism and transport.

Access Policy: Freely available to the public.

Subject(s):

• Complete Business
• Complete Health
• Complete Humanities
• Complete Science and Engineering
• Multidisciplinary Databases

Title: ACCOUNT (Informit)

Description: Covers accounting, auditing, taxation, insolvency, corporations law, superannuation, retirement planning, financial planning, practice management and human resources and is produced by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia.

Access Policy: Available to Curtin staff and students on all campuses and also through remote access.

Subject(s):

• Accounting
• Business Law and Taxation
• Complete Business
• Economics and Finance

Title: Accounting and Tax (ProQuest)

Description: Accounting, auditing and financial management.

Access Policy: Available to Curtin staff, students and alumni on all campuses, and also through remote access. Also available for onsite use within Curtin Libraries to community and reciprocal borrowers.

Subject(s):

• Accounting
• Complete Business
• Economics and Finance

Title: ACM Digital Library

Description: Bibliographic information, abstracts, reviews, and the full-text for articles published in ACM periodicals and proceedings since 1985 are available in the library together with works published by affiliated organizations.

Access Policy: Available to Curtin staff and students on all campuses, and also through remote access. Users of the ACM Digital Library are asked to abide by the ACM Copyright Policy, paying particular attention to the permissions statement.

Subject(s):

• Civil Engineering
• Complete Business
• Complete Science and Engineering
• Computing
• Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Information Systems

Title: ACS publications

Description: Covers chemistry, public health, environment and economy.

Access Policy: Available to Curtin staff and students on all campuses, and also through remote access. Also available to alumni, community and reciprocal borrowers for use within Curtin Libraries.

Subject(s):

• Applied Chemistry
• Applied Physics
• Chemical Engineering
• Complete Health
• Complete Science and Engineering

Title: Acumen

Description: Provides relevant and up-to-date advisory material and news about managing an architectural practice and managing architectural projects.

Access Policy: Available to Curtin staff and students on all campuses, and also through remote access.

Subject(s):

• Architecture and Interior Architecture
• Complete Humanities

Title: Advanced Polymers Abstracts (CSA)

Description: Advanced Polymers Abstracts captures technical information about the uses, manufacturing, and properties of thermoset and thermoplastic resins -- materials that compete heavily with metals for structural applications. This database, centralizing information on advanced plastics, is a subset of the Engineered Materials Abstracts database. Based on the former print journal of the same name, the EMA database is specifically designed for libraries that serve materials sciences researchers, engineers and scientists.

Access Policy: Available to Curtin staff and students on all campuses, and also through remote access. Also available to alumni, community and reciprocal borrowers for use within Curtin Libraries.

Subject(s):

• Complete Science and Engineering

Title: AED - Australasian education directory (Informit)

Description: Australasian Education Directory (AED), produced by the Australian Council of Education Research (ACER), is a concise accurate guide to educational institutions and related organisations, listing over 970 organisations. AED covers organisations in Australia and New Zealand and includes a Subject Index for Associations. Entries include full addresses, telephone and facsimile numbers, email addresses, homepage addresses, regional information where applicable, names and position titles of key personnel.

Access Policy: Available to Curtin staff and students on all campuses, and also through remote access.

Subject(s):

• Complete Humanities
• Education

Title: AEI - Australian education index (Informit)

Description: AEI indexes literature on education and related fields. Specific subjects covered include education curriculum, educational research, information science, librarianship, management, policy administration, educational psychology, sociology, teaching and training. Some fulltext articles from AEI are available through EdResearch Online. Formerly part of AustROM Available via Informit.

Access Policy: Available to Curtin staff and students on all campuses and also through remote access.

Subject(s):

• Complete Humanities
• Education
• Languages and Intercultural Education
• Media and Information
• Science and Mathematics Education

Title: AEI-ATSIS - Australian education index - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander subset (Informit)

Description: Australian Education Index - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Subset (AEI-ATSIS is a subset of the AEI database. AEI-ATSIS is a bibliographic database that provides access to the Australian literature in education and training relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Formerly part of ATSIROM. Available via Informit.

Access Policy: Available to Curtin staff and students on all campuses and also through remote access.

Subject(s):

• Aboriginal Studies
• Complete Humanities
• Education
• Languages and Intercultural Education
• Media and Information

Title: AEM - Arts and entertainment management database (Informit)

Description: Arts + Entertainment Management Database (AEM), produced by the Faculty of Management, Deakin University, is a bibliographic database that indexes articles from published and unpublished material on arts and entertainment management. Formerly part of Business Australia On Disc. Available via Informit.

Access Policy: Available to Curtin staff and students on all campuses and also through remote access.

Subject(s):

• Art
• Communication and Cultural Studies
• Complete Business
• Complete Humanities
• Design
• Management
• Media and Information

Title: AFPD - Australian Federal Police digest (Informit)

Description: AFPD indexes published and unpublished material on policing, criminology, law enforcement and related fields. Specific subjects covered include policing, criminology, law enforcement, law, management, occupational health and safety, and social sciences. Formerly part of AustROM.

Access Policy: AFPD is available to Curtin staff and students on all campuses and also through remote access.

Subject(s):

• Social Work and Social Policy

Title: AGIS - Attorney-General's information service (Informit)

Description: AGIS indexes published articles of relevance to Australian law. Specific subjects covered include banking, companies and securities, constitutional law, criminal law, environmental law, copyright law, family law, legal aid and human rights. Formerly part of AustROM. Available via Informit.

Access Policy: Available to Curtin staff and students on all campuses and also through remote access.

Subject(s):

• Complete Health
• Complete Humanities
• Occupational Therapy and Social Work

Title: AGIS plus text (Informit)

Description: AGIS Plus Text provides access to articles from over 100 legal journals from Australia, New Zealand and the Asia-Pacific region indexed in the Commonwealth Attorney-General's Information Service (AGIS) database. Subject coverage includes all aspects of law including administrative law, banking, companies and securities, constitutional law, copyright law, criminal law, environmental law, family law, human rights, international law, legal aid, and trade practices. Available via Informit.

Access Policy: Available to Curtin staff and students on all campuses, and also through remote access.

Subject(s):

• Accounting
• Business Law and Taxation
• Complete Business
• Complete Health
• Complete Humanities
• Economics and Finance
• Occupational Therapy and Social Work

Title: AGIS-ATSIS - Attorney General's Information Service - Aboriginal and Torres Straits Islander subset (Informit)

Description: Warning: There is the possibility that some records contained in this database may contain references to deceased people, sacred or secret material, inappropriate terminology or offensive language, which, though unintentional, may cause distress to some people.

Access Policy: Available to Curtin staff and students on all campuses and also through remote access.

Subject(s):

• Aboriginal Studies
• Business Law and Taxation
• Complete Business
• Complete Health
• Complete Humanities
• Occupational Therapy and Social Work

Title: Agricola (Ovid)

Description: Provides bibliographic records of materials acquired by the National Agricultural Library and cooperating institutions in agricultural and related sciences.

Access Policy: Available to Curtin staff and students on all campuses, and also through remote access.

Subject(s):

• Agribusiness
• Applied Biosciences
• Complete Science and Engineering

Title: AGRIS (Ovid)

Description: Includes all technical, economic and sociological aspects of agriculture, including forestry, animal husbandry, the aquatic sciences and fisheries, and human nutrition.

Access Policy: Available to Curtin staff and students on all campuses, and also through remote access.

Subject(s):

• Agribusiness
• Applied Biosciences
• Complete Science and Engineering

Title: AHB - Australian heritage bibliography (Informit)

Description: AHB indexes published and unpublished material on Australia's natural and cultural environment. Specific subjects covered include national parks, endangered species, geological features and areas, world heritage sites, significant Aboriginal sites, important historial and archaeological sites, and historic buildings, towns and precincts. Formerly part of Heritage and Environment.Available via Informit.

Access Policy: Available to Curtin staff and students on all campuses and also through remote access.

Subject(s):

• Aboriginal Studies
• Architecture and Interior Architecture
• Communication and Cultural Studies
• Complete Humanities
• Complete Science and Engineering
• Environmental Biology
• Social Sciences
• Urban and Regional planning
• WA School of Mines

Title: AHB-ATSIS - Australian heritage bibliography - Aboriginal and Torres Straits Islander subset (Informit)

Description: AHB-ATSIS is a subset of the AHB database. AHB is a bibliographic database that indexes and abstracts articles from published and unpublished material on Australia's natural and cultural environment. ##The AHB-ATSIS subset contains records that specifically relate to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples including aboriginal rock art sites, ceremonial grounds and sacred sites; important historical and archaeological sites; historic buildings and structures; historic towns and precincts; coasts; forests; national parks; endangered species; wetlands; rivers; geological features; wilderness areas; and world heritage sites. Formerly part of ATSIROM. Available via Informit.

Access Policy: Available to Curtin staff and students on all campuses and also through remote access.

Subject(s):

• Aboriginal Studies
• Architecture and Interior Architecture
• Communication and Cultural Studies
• Complete Humanities
• Complete Science and Engineering
• Social Sciences
• Urban and Regional Planning

Title: AIATSIS - Indigenous studies bibliography (Informit)

Description: All records relate to Australian Indigenous studies, and are in English with some in Australian Indigenous languages. The broad topic areas cover languages, cultures, anthropology, archaeology, health, education, arts, oral histories, history, legal issues such as native title, criminal justice, land rights, customary law and its recognition, women's issues, youth issues, government policies and programs. The records provided are not exhaustive. Formerly part of ATSIROM. Available via Informit.

Access Policy: Available to Curtin staff and students on all campuses, and also through remote access.

Subject(s):

• Aboriginal Studies
• Complete Health
• Complete Humanities
• Languages and Intercultural Education
• Social Sciences

Title: AIDS and cancer research abstracts (ProQuest)

Description: This comprehensive database provides bibliographic data from the worldwide scientific literature as related to AIDS, immunology, virology and cancer genetics. Information featured in the database concentrates on both basic science research and clinical applications. Available via ProQuest.

Access Policy: Available to Curtin staff and students on all campuses, and also through remote access. Also available to alumni, community and reciprocal borrowers for use within Curtin Libraries.

Subject(s):

• Complete Health

Title: AIMMAT - AIM management & training database (Informit)

Description: AIM Management + Training (AIMMAT), produced by the Library of the Australian Institute of Management NSW Training Centre Limited, is a bibliographic database that indexes articles on management, training and related fields. Formerly part of Business Australian On Disc. Available via Informit.

Access Policy: Available to Curtin staff and students on all campuses, and also through remote access.

Subject(s):

• Complete Business
• Management

Title: AIS electronic library (AISeL)

Description: The AIS eLibrary is a central repository for research papers and journal articles relevant to the information systems academic community. Created and maintained for AIS members and AIS eLibrary subscribers, you can browse and download conference papers for AIS-sponsored and affiliated conferences, content from AIS SIGs and Chapters and the most prominent academic journals, both sponsored by the AIS and other top journals in the field.

Access Policy: Available to Curtin staff and students on all campuses.

Subject(s):

• Complete Humanities
• Complete Science and Engineering

Title: Algology Mycology and Protozoology Abstracts (Microbiology C) (CSA)

Description: For the benefit of researchers working with algae, fungi, protozoa, or lichens, this journal separates out all the relevant studies in the literature and organizes them in one source for easy reference. The scope of coverage includes reproduction, growth, life cycles, biochemistry, genetics, and infection and immunity in man, other animals, and plants. With subsection abstracts arranged taxonomically or easy location of articles relevant to specific microorganisms, Algology, Mycology and Protozoology is a convenient and time- saving resource for microbiologists as well as research professionals in immunology, pathology, environmental research, toxicology, and other related fields.

Access Policy: Available to Curtin staff and students on all campuses, and also through remote access. Also available to alumni, community and reciprocal borrowers for use within Curtin Libraries.

Subject(s):

• Complete Health

Title: ALISA - Australian library & information science abstracts (Informit)

Description: Australian Library & Information Science Abstracts (ALISA), produced by ACHLIS (Australian Clearing House for Library and Information Science), is a bibliographic database that indexes and abstracts articles from published and unpublished material on library and information science. Formerly part of Computing and Communications & AustROM. Available via Informit.

Access Policy: Available to Curtin staff and students on all campuses, and also through remote access.

Subject(s):

• Complete Humanities
• Media and Information

Title: Alternative press index

Description: The Alternative Press Index is a subject index to over 300 alternative, radical and left periodicals, newspapers and magazines. It is international and interdisciplinary, spanning the social sciences and humanities, with its central focus on the practice and theory of socialism, national liberation, labor, indigenous peoples, gays/lesbians, feminism, ecology, democracy, and anarchism.

Access Policy: Available to Curtin staff and students on all campuses, and also through remote access.

Subject(s):

• Complete Humanities

Title: Alternative press index archive

Description:

Access Policy: Available to Curtin staff and students on all campuses, and also through remote access. Also available for onsite use within Curtin Libraries to alumni, community and reciprocal borrowers.

Subject(s):

• Complete Humanities

Title: Aluminum Industry Abstracts (CSA)

Description: Provides coverage of the world's technical literature on aluminum, ranging from ore processing through applications.

Access Policy: Available to Curtin staff and students on all campuses, and also through remote access. Also available to alumni, community and reciprocal borrowers for use within Curtin Libraries.

Subject(s):

• Complete Science and Engineering

Title: AMED (Ovid)

Description: AMED is a unique bibliographic database produced by the Health Care Information Service of the British Library. It covers a selection of journals in complementary medicine, palliative care, and allied professions.

Access Policy: Available to Curtin staff and students on all campuses, and also through remote access.

Subject(s):

• Complete Health
• Nursing and Midwifery
• Occupational Therapy and Social Work
• Physiotherapy
• Psychology and Speech Pathology
• Public Health

Title: American Chemical Society publications - see ACS publications

Description: Covers chemistry, public health, environment and economy.

Access Policy: Available to Curtin staff and students on all campuses, and also through remote access. Also available to alumni, community and reciprocal borrowers for use within Curtin Libraries.

Subject(s):

• Applied Chemistry
• Applied Physics
• Chemical Engineering
• Complete Health
• Complete Science and Engineering

Title: American Institute of Physics Scitation - see Scitation

Description: Scitation is the relaunch of the Online Journal Publishing Service (OJPS), a leader in online sci tech publishing and journal hosting since 1996. The name "Scitation" was chosen because it more accurately describes the platform's services to the scholarly community. Scitation includes links to many rich sources of information, including ISI's Web of Science, MEDLINE, Chemport/Chemical Abstracts Service, SPIN database, INSPEC, EDP Sciences, X ArkiV, SLAC SPIRES, and other Scitation journals, among others.

Access Policy: Available to Curtin staff and students on all campuses, and also through remote access.

Subject(s):

• Complete Humanities
• Complete Science and Engineering

Title: American Society for Testing and Materials - see ASTM standards and engineering digital library

Description: The American Society for Testing and Materials Digital library.

Access Policy: Available to Curtin staff and students on all campuses, and also through remote access.

Subject(s):

• Complete Science and Engineering

Title: AMI - Australasian Medical Index (Informit)

Description: Includes all aspects of health and medicine, with an emphasis on clinical medicine and paraprofessional fields. Formerly part of AustHealth. Available via Informit.

Access Policy: Available to Curtin staff and students on all campuses, and also through remote access.

Subject(s):

• Biomedical Sciences
• Complete Health
• Complete Science and Engineering
• Medical Imaging Sciences
• Nursing and Midwifery
• Occupational Therapy and Social Work
• Pharmacy
• Physiotherapy
• Psychology and Speech Pathology
• Public Health

Title: Analytical abstracts

Description: ANALYTICAL ABSTRACTS is the world's most comprehensive abstracts service dealing solely with analytical chemistry. ANALYTICAL ABSTRACTS includes such topics as: General analytical chemistry; Chromatography and electrophoresis; Spectroscopy and radiochemical methods; Inorganic, organic and organometallic analysis; Applied and industrial analysis; Clinical and biochemical analysis; Pharmaceutical analysis; Food analysis; Agricultural analysis; Environmental analysis; Apparatus and techniques.

Access Policy: Available to Curtin staff and students on all campuses, and also through remote access.

Subject(s):

• Applied Chemistry
• Complete Science and Engineering

Title: Anatomy and physiology online - see Primal Pictures anatomy & physiology

Description:

Access Policy: Available to Curtin staff and students on all campuses, and also through remote access.

Subject(s):

• Complete Health
• Nursing and Midwifery
• Occupational Therapy and Social Work
• Physiotherapy

Title: Anatomy.tv

Description: Anatomy tv is the world's most detailed model of 3D anatomy online. The anatomy is accompanied by 3D animations showing function, biomechanics, and surgical procedures. Supplementing the core 3D anatomy are clinical videos and text written by some of the leading medical specialists in the world.

Access Policy: Available to Curtin staff and students on all campuses, and also through remote access.

Subject(s):

• Complete Health
• Nursing and Midwifery
• Occupational Therapy and Social Work
• Physiotherapy

Title: Animal Behavior Abstracts (CSA)

Description: Database include references covering all aspects of animal behaviour including aggression, learning, foraging and ingestion.

Access Policy: Available to Curtin staff and students on all campuses, and also through remote access. Also available to alumni, community and reciprocal borrowers for use within Curtin Libraries.

Subject(s):

• Complete Science and Engineering

Title: Annual reports online

Description: Annual Reports On-line from Aspect Huntley is a research tool offering immediate access to Australian companys' annual reports dating back to 1995. It also provides access to the full documentation of ASX-lodged announcements from October 1998 to today, including prospectuses. These announcements are updated continually throughout the day. Key features: Annual reports dating back to 1995 for all ASX listed/de-listed companies. All ASX-lodged announcements from October 1998, including prospectuses. Updated continually throughout the day. Convenient PDF format. Search for a specific annual report by company name, code or industry sector. Search for a specific ASX announcement by type/sub-type, GICS industry sector and date range

Access Policy: Available to Curtin staff and students on all campuses, and also through remote access.

Subject(s):

• Complete Business

Title: ANR-index - agriculture and natural resources index (Informit)

Description: Agriculture and Natural Resources Index (ANR index), an Australian government initiative produced by Infoscan, is a bibliographic database with informative abstracts and links to full text for agriculture and natural resources including sustainable Australian agriculture, food, forestry and fisheries industries and the promotion of conservation and sustainable use of Australia's environment, water and natural resources.Formerly called ABOA. Availble via Informit.

Access Policy: Available to Curtin staff and students on all campuses, and also through remote access.

Subject(s):

• Agribusiness
• Applied Biosciences
• Complete Science and Engineering

Title: ANR-index archive - agriculture and natural resources index archive (Informit)

Description: Agriculture and Natural Resources Index Archive (ANR index Archive), (formerly ABOA and Streamline), produced by Infoscan, is a bibliographic database of older publications on agriculture and natural resources including sustainable Australian agriculture, food, forestry and fisheries industries and the promotion of conservation and sustainable use of Australia's environment, water and natural resources.Formerly part of ABOA. Available via Informit.

Access Policy: Available to Curtin staff and students on all campuses, and also through remote access.

Subject(s):

• Agribusiness
• Applied Biosciences
• Complete Science and Engineering

Title: ANR-research (Informit) - see ANR-research - agriculture and natural resources research (Informit)

Description: ANR-Research - Agriculture and Natural Resources Research an Australian government initiative produced by Infoscan, is a research in progress database that describes current and recently completed research projects across the agriculture and natural resources areas including sustainable Australian agriculture, food, forestry and fisheries industries and the promotion of conservation and sustainable use of Australia's environment, water and natural resources. Formerly called ARRIP. Available via Informit.

Access Policy: Available to Curtin staff and students on all campuses, and also through remote access.

Subject(s):

• Agribusiness
• Applied Biosciences
• Complete Science and Engineering

Title: ANR-research - agriculture and natural resources research (Informit)

Description: ANR-Research - Agriculture and Natural Resources Research an Australian government initiative produced by Infoscan, is a research in progress database that describes current and recently completed research projects across the agriculture and natural resources areas including sustainable Australian agriculture, food, forestry and fisheries industries and the promotion of conservation and sustainable use of Australia's environment, water and natural resources. Formerly called ARRIP. Available via Informit.

Access Policy: Available to Curtin staff and students on all campuses, and also through remote access.

Subject(s):

• Agribusiness
• Applied Biosciences
• Complete Science and Engineering

Title: ANR-research archive (Informit) - see ANR-research archive - agriculture and natural resources research archive (Informit)

Description: ANR-Research Archive (formerly known as CARRP), an Australian government initiative produced by Infoscan, is a research in progress database that contains completed research projects from the ANR-Research database) across the agriculture and natural resources areas including sustainable Australian agriculture, food, forestry and fisheries industries and the promotion of conservation and sustainable use of Australia's environment, water and natural resources. Note: Research projects on the ANR-Research Archive are not updated. This means that the contact details for researchers and organisations may be out of date.Available via Informit.

Access Policy: Available to Curtin staff and students on all campuses, and also through remote access.

Subject(s):

• Agribusiness
• Applied biosciences
• Complete science and engineering

Title: ANR-research archive - agriculture and natural resources research archive (Informit)

Description: ANR-Research Archive (formerly known as CARRP), an Australian government initiative produced by Infoscan, is a research in progress database that contains completed research projects from the ANR-Research database) across the agriculture and natural resources areas including sustainable Australian agriculture, food, forestry and fisheries industries and the promotion of conservation and sustainable use of Australia's environment, water and natural resources. Note: Research projects on the ANR-Research Archive are not updated. This means that the contact details for researchers and organisations may be out of date.Available via Informit.

Access Policy: Available to Curtin staff and students on all campuses, and also through remote access.

Subject(s):

• Agribusiness
• Applied biosciences
• Complete science and engineering

Title: ANSTI - Australian nuclear science & technology information (Informit)

Description: The Australian Nuclear Science + Technology Information (ANSTI) database, compiled by the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), contains bibliographical references to the Australian scientific and technical literature covering the broad spectrum of nuclear science research and development, with special emphasis on its peaceful applications. ANSTI is a subset of the INIS Database, produced by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Formerly part of Engineering and Applied Science. Available via Informit.

Access Policy: Available to Curtin staff and students on all campuses, and also through remote access.

Subject(s):

• Applied physics
• Complete science and engineering
• Medical imaging sciences

Title: ANZ Newsstand (ProQuest) - see ProQuest ANZ Newsstand

Description: An online newspaper service providing access to key national titles from Fairfax, News Ltd and ABC, with leading regional and local sources from Australia and New Zealand.

Access Policy: Available to Curtin staff, students and alumni on all campuses, and also through remote access. Also available for onsite use within Curtin Libraries to community and reciprocal borrowers.

Subject(s):

• Complete Business
• Complete Health
• Complete Humanities
• Complete Science and Engineering
• Media and Information

Title: ANZBiP - Australian and New Zealand books in print (Informit)

Description: Australian and New Zealand Books in Print (ANZBiP)is a bibliographic database that provides information about Australian and New Zealand books, series of books, imprints and publishers. Information about Australian and New Zealand Publishers are listed in a separate database titled ANZBiP-Publishers. Available via Informit.

Access Policy: Available to Curtin staff and students on all campuses, and also through remote access.

Subject(s):

• Complete health
• Complete humanities
• Complete science and engineering
• Media and information
• Reference resources

Title: ANZBiP-Publishers - Australian and New Zealand books in print, publishers (Informit)

Description: Australian and New Zealand Books in Print, Publishers (ANZBiP-Publishers) provides booksellers and librarians with directory information about Australian and New Zealand publishers. Information about books, series of books, and imprints are listed in a separate database titled ANZBiP-Books in Print. Available via Informit.

Access Policy: Available to Curtin staff and students on all campuses, and also through remote access.

Subject(s):

• Complete humanities
• Complete science and engineering
• Media and information
• Reference resources

Title: APA books

Description: Selected collections of books from the American Psychological Association.

Access Policy: Available to Curtin staff and students on all campuses, and also through remote access.

Subject(s):

• Complete Health
• Nursing and Midwifery
• Occupational Therapy and Social Work
• Psychology and Speech Pathology

Title: APA PsycNET - see APA books

Description: Selected collections of books from the American Psychological Association.

Access Policy: Available to Curtin staff and students on all campuses, and also through remote access.

Subject(s):

• Complete Health
• Nursing and Midwifery
• Occupational Therapy and Social Work
• Psychology and Speech Pathology

Title: APA-FT - Australian public affairs - full text (Informit)

Description: Australian Public Affairs - Full Text is an online collection of full content from selected key Australian journals indexed in APAIS. Subjects covered include the political and social sciences as well as business, law and health. Australian Public Affairs - Full Text is the result of a collaborative project between National Library of Australia, RMIT Publishing and the Copyright Agency Ltd. Available via Informit.

Access Policy: Available to Curtin staff and students on all campuses, and also through remote access.

Subject(s):

• Business Law and Taxation
• Communication and Cultural Studies
• Complete Business
• Complete Health
• Complete Humanities
• Complete Science and Engineering
• Economics and Finance
• Education
• Media and Information

Title: APAIS-ATSIS - Australian Public Affairs Information Service - Aboriginal and Torres Straits Islander Subset (informit)

Description: Australian Public Affairs Information Service - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Subset (APAIS-ATSIS) is a subset of the APAIS database. APAIS is a bibliographic database that indexes articles from published material on the social sciences and humanities. The APAIS-ATSIS subset contains records that specifically relate to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and includes articles covering history, economics, politics, current affairs and culture. Formerly part of ATSIROM. Available via Informit.

Access Policy: Available to Curtin staff and students on all campuses, and also through remote access.

Subject(s):

• Aboriginal Studies
• Communication and Cultural Studies
• Complete Health
• Complete Humanities
• Education
• Media and Information
• Occupational Therapy and Social Work
• Social Sciences
• Urban and Regional Planning

Title: APAIS-Health - Australian Public Affairs Information Service - Health (Informit)

Description: Australian Public Affairs Information Service - Health (APAIS-Health) is a bibliographic database that indexes articles from published material. APAIS-Health covers health and medicine in Australia and in particular the legal, social, economic and ethical aspects of health. Clinical articles are not indexed for APAIS-Health. APAIS-Health is a subset of the APAIS database. Formerly part of AustHealth. Available via Informit.

Access Policy: Available to Curtin staff and students on all campuses, and also through remote access.

Subject(s):

• Complete Health
• Occupational Therapy and Social Work
• Social Sciences

Title: APECLIT - APEC literature database (Informit)

Description: The APEC Literature Database (APECLIT), produced by the Australian APEC Study Centre (a consortium of Monash University and the University of New South Wales), is a bibliographic database that indexes published and unpublished items dealing with Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) and related topics. Source documents include reference to monographs, journal articles, working papers, reports, conference proceedings and conference papers, with an emphasis on Australian material. Available via Informit.

Access Policy: Available to Curtin staff and students on all campuses, and also through remote access.

Subject(s):

• Accounting
• Business Law and Taxation
• Complete Business
• Complete Humanities
• Economics and Finance
• Marketing
• Social Sciences

Title: Aquatic sciences and fisheries abstracts - see ASFA: aquatic sciences and fisheries abstracts (ProQuest)

Description: The ASFA series is a premier reference in the field of aquatic resources. Input to ASFA is provided by a growing international network of information centers monitoring over 5,000 serial publications, books, reports, conference proceedings, translations and limited distribution literature. ASFA is a component of the Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Information System (ASFIS), formed by four United Nations agency sponsors of ASFA and two international partners.

Access Policy: Available to Curtin staff and students on all campuses, and also through remote access. Also available to alumni, community and reciprocal borrowers for use within Curtin Libraries.

Subject(s):

• Applied Biosciences
• Complete Science and Engineering

Title: ARCH - Australian architecture database (Online)

Description: ARCH indexes articles held by the Stanton Library, North Sydney Council. Specific subjects covered include architects, architecture, building and construction, interior design and landscape architecture. Available via Informit.

Access Policy: Available to Curtin staff and students on all campuses, and also through remote access.

Subject(s):

• Architecture and Interior Architecture
• Complete Humanities
• Construction Management
• Design
• Urban and Regional Planning

Title: ARLIT - Archives and Records Management Literature in Australia and New Zealand (Informit)

Description: Archives and Records Management Literature in Australia and New Zealand (ARLIT), produced by the RMIT School of Business Information Technology, is a bibliographic database that indexes articles from published material on archives administration and records management in Australia and New Zealand. It includes materials about Australian and New Zealand professional associations, institutions and organisations in the field. Also, the database contains published material written by Australian and New Zealand professionals on the theory and practice of archives and records management. Formerly part of Computing and Communcations. Available via Informit.

Access Policy: Available to Curtin staff and students on all campuses, and also through remote access.

Subject(s):

• Complete Humanities
• Media and Information

Title: Art full text (H.W. Wilson)

Description:

Access Policy: Available to Curtin staff and students on all campuses, and also through remote access. Also available for onsite use within Curtin Libraries to alumni, community and reciprocal borrowers.

Subject(s):

• Aboriginal Studies
• Architecture and Interior Architecture
• Art
• Communication and Cultural Studies
• Complete Humanities
• Design

Title: arXiv.org

Description: Open access to more than 700,000 e-prints in Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Quantitative Biology, Quantitative Finance and Statistics.

Access Policy: Freely available to the public.

Subject(s):

• Applied Physics
• Astronomy
• Complete Science and Engineering
• Computing
• Mathematics and Statistics

Title: ASFA: aquatic sciences and fisheries abstracts (ProQuest)

Description: The ASFA series is a premier reference in the field of aquatic resources. Input to ASFA is provided by a growing international network of information centers monitoring over 5,000 serial publications, books, reports, conference proceedings, translations and limited distribution literature. ASFA is a component of the Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Information System (ASFIS), formed by four United Nations agency sponsors of ASFA and two international partners.

Access Policy: Available to Curtin staff and students on all campuses, and also through remote access. Also available to alumni, community and reciprocal borrowers for use within Curtin Libraries.

Subject(s):

• Applied Biosciences
• Complete Science and Engineering

Title: ASIANRES - ASIAN Resources:a select directory of databases (Informit)

Description: Asian Resources: A Select Directory of Databases (ASIANRES), contains information on selected Asia/Pacific related databases and services. Some services can be accessed free on the Internet, while others require a subscription, and/or payment for online connect time. Databases are available in various formats such as online, CD-ROM or floppy disk. The primary focus here is research, the social sciences and humanities, and smaller, less commercial, databases that are being developed in the Asia/Pacific region.

Access Policy: Available to Curtin staff and students on all campuses, and also through remote access.

Subject(s):

• Complete Humanities
• Reference Resources
• Social Sciences

Title: Aspect Huntley fin analysis

Description: Fin Analysis provides a history of detailed financial information for all companies listed on ASX.

Access Policy: Available to Curtin staff and students on all campuses, and also through remote access.

Subject(s):

• Accounting
• Complete Business
• Economics and Finance

Title: ASTM standards and engineering digital library

Description: The American Society for Testing and Materials Digital library.

Access Policy: Available to Curtin staff and students on all campuses, and also through remote access.

Subject(s):

• Complete Science and Engineering

Title: ATI - Australian tourism index (Informit)

Description: ATI indexes published and unpublished material on sport, recreation and tourism from 1982 to 1988, tourism only from 1989, and tourism and hospitality from 1996. Specific subjects covered include hospitality, leisure, marketing, recreation, sport, tourism and travel. Formerly part of AustROM. Available via Informit.

Access Policy: Available to Curtin staff and students on all campuses, and also through remote access.

Subject(s):

• Complete Business
• Complete Humanities
• Economics and Finance
• Management
• Marketing
• Social Sciences

Title: ATRI - Australian transport index (Informit)

Description: The Australian Transport Index (ATRI), produced by ARRB Transport Research Ltd, is a bibliographic database that indexes and abstracts published and unpublished Australian material on transport, incorporating the catalogue of the M G Lay Library at ARRB Transport Research. Formerly part of Engineering and Applied Science. Available via Informit.

Access Policy: Available to Curtin staff and students on all campuses, and also through remote access.

Subject(s):

• Complete Humanities
• Complete Science and Engineering
• Urban and Regional Planning

Title: ATSIhealth - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health bibliography (Informit)

Description: ATSI-Health is a bibliographic database that indexes published and unpublished material on Australian Indigenous health. The records provided are not exhaustive and relate generally to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health status rather than the social, historical, political or monetary aspects. Formerly part of ATSIROM. Available via Informit.

Access Policy: Available to Curtin staff and students on all campuses, and also through remote access.

Subject(s):

• Aboriginal Studies
• Complete Health
• Public Health

Title: AUSCHRON - a chronology of Australian historic & current events (Informit)

Description: AUSCHRON provides a listing of significant events in Australian history with an emphasis on current happenings. Topics covered range from politics to law to the arts and sport. Formerly part of Heritage and Environment.

Access Policy: Available to Curtin staff and students on all campuses, and also through remote access.

Subject(s):

• Aboriginal Studies
• Communication and Cultural Studies
• Complete Humanities
• Media and Information
• Social Sciences

Title: AUSPORT - Australian sport database (Informit)

Description: Ausport indexes and abstracts articles on all aspects of Australian sport. Specific subjects covered include sports administration, coaching, physical education, sports medicine, nutrition and psychology. Prior to 1989 Australian sport information was included in AustROM: ATI. Formerly part of AustROM. Available via Informit.

Access Policy: Available to Curtin staff and students on all campuses, and also through remote access.

Subject(s):

• Complete Health
• Physiotherapy
• Public Health
• Social Sciences

Title: AusportMed (Informit)

Description: AusportMed is a bibliographic database that indexes and abstracts articles from published and unpublished material on all aspects of medical and health issues in Australian sport. AusportMed is a subset of the Australian Sport Database (AUSPORT), which covers material on all aspects of Australian sport. Subject coverage includes medicine, health, biomechanics, psychology, diagnosis, treatment, nutrition diet, physiology, physical fitness and drugs in sport. Formerly part of AustHealth. Available via Informit.

Access Policy: Available to Curtin staff and students on all campuses, and also through remote access.

Subject(s):

• Complete Health
• Physiotherapy
• Public Health

Title: AustArt

Description: AustArt is an index of Australian art journals held in the College of Fine Arts Library, the University of New South Wales. This version of AustArt is temporary. The aim is to provide interim access to the AustArt data whilst a more user friendly version is under development.

Access Policy: Freely available to the public.

Subject(s):

• Art
• Complete Humanities
• Design

Title: Austguide (Informit)

Description: AUSTGUIDE contains all the GUIDELINES and EDUCATION GUIDELINES data from January 1986 onwards. GUIDELINES and EDUCATION GUIDELINES give complete subject access to the contents of more than 120 periodicals, of both general and educational interest. The majority of these periodicals are Australian, but there are a considerable number of overseas publications indexed, such as 'Scientific American', 'History Today', 'Far Eastern Economic Review' and 'Unesco Courier'. Available via Informit.

Access Policy: Available to Curtin staff and students on all campuses, and also through remote access.

Subject(s):

• Complete Humanities
• Education

Title: AustLII - see Australasian Legal Information Institute

Description: Contains Australian Commonwealth and State cases and legislation. Also has links to some New Zealand and other international legal material.

Access Policy: Freely available to the public.

Subject(s):

• Accounting
• Business Law and Taxation
• Complete Business
• Complete Science and Engineering
• Economics and Finance
• Information Systems
• Management
• Marketing

Title: AustLit

Description: AustLit: Australian Literature Gateway provides authoritative information on hundreds of thousands of creative and critical Australian literature works - published in a range of print and electronic sources - and on more than 60 000 Australian authors and literary organisations, from 1780 to the present day.

Access Policy: Available to Curtin staff, students and alumni on all campuses, and also through remote access. Also available for onsite use within Curtin Libraries to community and reciprocal borrowers.

Subject(s):

• Communication and Cultural Studies
• Complete Humanities
• Social Sciences

Title: Australasian Legal Information Institute

Description: Contains Australian Commonwealth and State cases and legislation. Also has links to some New Zealand and other international legal material.

Access Policy: Freely available to the public.

Subject(s):

• Accounting
• Business Law and Taxation
• Complete Business
• Complete Science and Engineering
• Economics and Finance
• Information Systems
• Management
• Marketing

Title: Australian accounting and taxation database (Informit) - see ACCOUNT (Informit)

Description: Covers accounting, auditing, taxation, insolvency, corporations law, superannuation, retirement planning, financial planning, practice management and human resources and is produced by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia.

Access Policy: Available to Curtin staff and students on all campuses and also through remote access.

Subject(s):

• Accounting
• Business Law and Taxation
• Complete Business
• Economics and Finance

Title: Australian Bureau of Statistics (Online)

Description: Provides historical statistics for a large number of ABS bulletins. Topics include agriculture, balance of payments, consumer price indexes, demography, finance, foreign trade, international investment, labour markets, manufacturing, national accounts, tourism and transport.

Access Policy: Freely available to the public.

Subject(s):

• Complete Business
• Complete Health
• Complete Humanities
• Complete Science and Engineering
• Multidisciplinary Databases

Title: Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet

Description: The Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet aims to inform practice and policy in Indigenous health by making research and other knowledge readily accessible. It makes published, unpublished and specially developed material about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health freely accessible to people involved in the area of Indigenous health with the aim of enhancing their knowledge and skills, and improving their practice and/or policy work.

Access Policy: Freely available to the public.

Subject(s):

• Aboriginal Studies
• Complete Health
• Complete Humanities
• Occupational Therapy and Social Work

Title: Australian Standards Online - see Standards on-line premium

Description: Australian and International Standards.

Access Policy: Available to Curtin staff and students on all campuses and also through remote access. Maximum 4 simultaneous users.

Subject(s):

• Architecture and Interior Architecture
• Business Law and Taxation
• Complete Business
• Complete Health
• Complete Humanities
• Complete Science and Engineering
• Construction Management
• Information Systems
• Multidisciplinary Databases
• Public Health

Title: Avery index to architectural periodicals (ProQuest)

Description: The Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals database offers a comprehensive listing of journal articles on architecture and design, including bibliographic descriptions on subjects such as the history and practice of architecture, landscape architecture, city planning, historic preservation, and interior design and decoration.

Access Policy: Available to Curtin staff and students on all campuses, and also through remote access. Also available to alumni, community and reciprocal borrowers for use within Curtin Libraries.

Subject(s):

• Architecture and Interior Architecture
• Complete Humanities
• Construction Management
• Urban and Regional Planning