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★Encyclopedias★

Encyclopedia articles, journals, periodicals, multimedia, and primary sources.
An encyclopedia database offering age-appropriate articles, images, videos, and activities to support learning across all subjects.  

Business

BUSINESS COLLECTION
AGIS PLUS TEXT
AUSTRALIAN PUBLIC AFFAIRS
Political, economical and social texts.

English

Full-texts and comprehensive literary analysis on classic and contemporary works.
Literary works and authors, as well as short stories, speeches, and plays.  
Biographies, overviews, full-text criticisms, audio interviews, and reviews on writers.
LITERATURE & CULTURE COLLECTION
Access Australia's diverse cultural life and identities, through modern and historic lenses. 

Science

Search environmental issues. 
Search science topics through
overviews, journals, news, and
interactive experiments. 

Humanities

Access Winston Churchill’s letters, speeches, manuscripts, and correspondence with world leaders. 
ANCIENT & MEDIEVAL HISTORY 
Resources on world history from prehistory through the 1500s, featuring primary sources, maps, timelines, and articles. 
HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES COLLECTION 
 Australasian scholarly content, with deep coverage across humanities and social sciences.  
FAMILIES AND SOCIETY COLLECTION 
Child development, parenting and family dynamics 
Access the most significant people, events, and topics in world history from a variety of sources.

General Databases

Search narrative biographies. 
Search reputable articles from
global news publications.