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Databases: English

How to Search English Resources

  1. Use the boxes below to search by clicking the images to access each database.
  2. Additional databases can be accessed through the Subscription Databases and Free Databases tabs. 

Academic OneFile

Click the image below to search Academic OneFile.                                              

A database used in most universities, so is best for Years 11 & 12. Academic OneFile is comprised of more than 3,500 indexed and full-text titles of which 2,100 are peer-reviewed in all disciplines with more than 20 years of backfile coverage and an intuitive interface that expedites successful searches.

Academic OneFile offers balanced coverage on a wide-range of topics including social sciences, history, humanities, education, science and technology.

Gale in Context: High School

Click the image below to search Gale in Context: High School (formerly called Student Resources in Context).                                                  

Gale in Context: High School offers cross-curricular content with more than 150 titles from Gale and its publishing partners, full-text newspapers and periodicals and hundreds of thousands of images, videos, and audio selections. Subject areas covered include biography, business and economics, geography, government, history, literature and the arts, science and health, social issues, sports, world culture and religion.

State Library of NSW eResources

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Browse the State Library of NSW catalogue. If you have not registered previously, please see below.

Click here for registration for using State Library electronic resources.

Search for Wheelers eBooks

Wheeler's eBooks

Click the image below to borrow and read fiction eBooks.

 

 

EBSCO Literary Reference Centre

Click the image below to search EBSCO ANZRC.

 

The ANZRC is the largest collection of regional full-text content available to schools, with a rich mix of both Australian and global titles. Made up of over 680 full-text titles (reference books, newspapers, country reports, newswires, magazines), over 84,000 full-text biographies, and an image collection containing a whopping 202,164 photos, maps and flags, the ANZRC is a multi-disciplinary resource that caters for current affairs, sport, politics, technology, nature and a range of other subjects.

Gale in Context: Global Issues

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Gale in Context: Global Issues supports awareness and provides perspective on global issues, while tying together a wealth of authoritative content: empowering learners to critically analyse and understand the most important issues of the modern world.

Trove: Digitised Media from the National Library of Australia

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Trove brings together Australian content from libraries, museums, archives, repositories and other research and collecting organisations big and small. It is a collaboration between the National Library, Australia's State and Territory libraries and hundreds of cultural and research institutions around Australia, working together to create a legacy of Australia’s knowledge for now and into the future.

 

Search for World Book eBooks

World Book eBooks

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World Book eBooks have over 2,500 titles, including World Book exclusive content and classic literature (novels, plays, poems, and nonfiction). This books are mainly aimed at Primary and lower Secondary students (K-9).  

JSTOR

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JSTOR is a shared digital library created in 1995 to help university and college libraries to free space on their shelves, save costs, and provide greater levels of access to more content than ever before. JSTOR currently includes more than 2,000 academic journals, dating back to the first volume ever published, along with thousands of monographs and other materials relevant for education.

The Source (guide to Australian literature)

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The Source is a subject guide to children's literature: books, short stories, traditional literature and poetry from around the world with an emphasis on Australian and New Zealand literature.

The Source consists of four continuously updated and revised databases including Books & Authors, Poetry, Short Stories and Awards.

World Book

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Tailored for students in primary and high schools, World Book Online includes all the articles from the print versions of the World Book Encyclopedia, plus thousands of additional articles, learning resources, videos, and research tools.

Additional General Resources for English