Monday, June 05, 2006

List of Research Sources

Print Reference
Located in reference section of SI Ultimo Library

Online Reference
Online encyclopaedias or dictionaries which can be accessed through a directory such as

Librarian's Internet Index http://lii.org

World Wide Web
You can use a search tool of your choice, for example:

Google www.google.com
Yahoo www.yahoo.com

Biography
Print sources in reference section and online sources:

Biography.com www.biography.com/
Who2 www.who2.com/
Infoplease.com www.infoplease.com/people.html

Directories

Australian Government Directory(AGD) www.agd.com.au
Commonwealth Government website www.australia.gov.au
NSW Government Directory www.directory.nsw.gov.au
Local Information Network for Community Services(Lincs)
www.datadiction.com.au/lincs/

Library Catalogues
Choose the most relevant and appropriate for your client.

Statistics
Print sources in reference section such as Yearbook Australia or online sites

Australian Bureau of Statistics www.abs.gov.au
Australian Immigration Statistics www.immi.gov.au/statistics/index.htm
Australian Institute of Criminology www.aic.gov.au/stats/index.html
Nationmaster www.nationmaster.com
CIA World Factbook www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
Statistical Sited on the WWW www.bls.gov/bls/other.htm
GeoHive www.geohive.com
Infoplease www.infoplease.com/index.html

Periodical Indexes / Full Text Databases

AUSTROM
SAGE
NSW.net databases provided by your local public library(Membership number needed)

Infoquick

Infoquick www.sl.nsw.gov.au/infoquick

Invisible Web
Use Google and other search engines to locate searchable databases by searching a subject term and the work "database".

ProFusion www.profusion.com/index.htm
CompletePlanet www.completeplanet.com
IncyWincy www.incywincy.com


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