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Access to Online Databases 

AustLII provides free internet access to Australasian legal materials. Their public policy agenda is to improve access to justice through better access to information. To that end, it has become one of the largest sources of legal materials on the net, with over four million searchable documents.  AustLII is hosted by University of Technology Sydney Faculty of Law.

Encyclopaedia Britannica Online.  Explore the fact-checked online encyclopedia from Encyclopaedia Britannica with hundreds of thousands of objective articles, videos and diagrams.  Select between three levels of difficulty depending on your needs.  Click on Access for Danebank Students and Staff in our catalogue link.

 

 
Infobase eBooks.  This platform offers access to titles spanning a wide range of core subject areas—from history, science, and literature to geography, social issues, the arts, biographies, and more. Infobase eBooks are convenient, simple to use, and great for research. 

 

 
Informit Explore.  Discover thousands of curated articles that are designed to facilitate research projects and classroom activities and which cover a wide range of perspectives on the issues shaping Australia today. 
 

Public Library of Science.  Promoting inclusion in knowledge creation and sharing, and publishing research outputs that enable everyone to learn from, reuse and build upon scientific knowledge.

 
Prime Ministers of Australia.  Australia has had 31 prime ministers since Federation in 1901. Learn more about their lives and the times in which they lived or discover objects related to prime ministers.  Hosted by the National Museum of Australia.

 

 

Semantic Scholar. A free, AI-powered research tool for scientific literature.

Trove. Search for digital copies of newspapers, Government Gazettes, maps, magazines and newsletters. Or books, pictures, photographs, archived websites, music and interviews. Even information about famous Australians, including copies of letters, diaries and personal archives. 

 
World History Encyclopedia is an online resource that publishes articles, images, videos, and other educational materials covering a broad range of historical periods and topics. The encyclopedia is known for its commitment to accuracy, accessibility, and its mission to foster a deeper understanding of our shared human past. 

Choice Magazine.  It's primary purpose is to empower Australian consumers by providing independent and unbiased reviews, testing, and analysis of products and services. It also acts as a consumer advocate, campaigning for fair, safe, and just markets and informing individuals of their consumer rights.  See username and password details in Library Catalogue.

 
Sydney Morning Herald.  Full access to the Sydney Morning Herald digital archives through our Danebank subscription.  Click on FULL ACCESS HERE in the library catalogue.

The Daily Telegraph.  News and Breaking News Headlines Online including Latest News from Australia and the World.  See username and password details in the Library Catalogue.
 
The St George and Sutherland Shire Leader was founded in 1960 and remains the number one news source in the Southern Sydney region.  The masthead's footprint extends from Sydney's international airport to the Royal National Park.  See username and password details in library catalogue.

 

 
The Conversation Australia and New Zealand is a unique collaboration between academics and journalists, and is the world’s leading publisher of research-based news and analysis. The Conversation is committed to informing public debate with knowledge-based journalism that is responsible, ethical and supported by evidence; and providing a fact-based independent forum, free of commercial or political bias.

 

 
The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia.  The ISBE is a classic Bible reference compiled from nearly 10,000 entries written by over 200 different Bible scholars and teachers. In addition to the encyclopedia articles, all of the major words of the Bible are represented and defined.