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Encyclopedias & other reference resourcesGeneral reference resourcesFacts on FileThe Facts on File is a set of online reference databases designed to suit the reference requirements of secondary schools, TAFE colleges and undergraduate research libraries. Each database offers hyperlinked full-text records, images, maps, time lines, citation information and more. Titles include: Ancient and Medieval History, Modern World History, American History, Health Reference Centre, World Atlas, Science & Bloom’s Literary Reference. Students: use your DET username and password with EDU\ in front of the username (e.g. EDU\john.smith). Staff: use your network username and password with NSI\ in front of the username (NSI\jsmith). Facts on File - available to all NSI students and staff Oxford Reference OnlineThis resource includes the World Encyclopedia, Oxford Guide to Countries of the World, the Encyclopedia of Underwater Life, the New Encyclopedia of Birds, the Encyclopedia of Mammals and many more. Students: use your DET username and password with EDU\ in front of the username (e.g. EDU\john.smith). Staff: use your network username and password with NSI\ in front of the username (NSI\jsmith). ORO Premium - available to all NSI students and staff
The English Wikipedia edition contains currently over 2 million article. Wikipedia has been written collaboratively by volunteers around the world using wiki software. Wikipedia is also available in languages other than English - currently over 5 million articles in over 200 languages are available. MSN EncartaOnline Encyclopedia, Dictionary, Atlas and HomeworkMSN Encarta: gateway for interactive learning on the web. Bartleby.comCombines contemporary and classic reference works into a comprehensive public reference library (e.g. Roget's Thesauri, Columbia Encyclopedia, Cambridge History & Gray's Anatomy). It also includes fiction, essays and quotations. Specialised reference resourcesAustralian dictionary of biographyProvides over 10,000 scholarly biographies of persons who were significant in Australian history up to 1980. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/adbonline.htm BBC Country profilesFull profiles provide an instant guide to history, politics and economic background of countries and territories, and background on key institutions.They also include audio and video clips from BBC archives. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/country_profiles/ Dictionary of Australian Artists Online (DAAO)The DAAO is an open access and dynamic scholarly reference work on colonial artists; women artists to 1950; black and white artists; Aboriginal artists of the Western Desert and Sydney Region. It includes 6895 biographies with 463 new biographies currently in progress. You can create, comment or revise those previous. Oxford Art OnlineThis innovative new gateway into art research and access point for Oxford art reference subscriptions and publications includes Grove Art Online, The Oxford Companion to Western Art, Encyclopedia of Aesthetics and The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms. Grove Art Online provides access to 23,000 subject entries, 21,000 biographies, 500,000 bibliographic citations, 40,000 image links and 5,000 images. Students: use your DET username and password with EDU\ in front of the username (e.g. EDU\john.smith). Staff: use your network username and password with NSI\ in front of the username (NSI\jsmith). Oxford Art Online - available to all NSI students and staff World FactbookThe CIA World Factbook published by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of the US compiles statistical data about the countries of the world. It provides maps and summaries of the history, geography, demographics, infrastructure, government, economy, and military of each country. The online Factbook is updated periodically throughout the year. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
Search engine collectionSearch-22Search-22 is a search engine collection which also gives access to general reference resources such as InfoPlease, xrefer, Slider, Bartleby, Britannica, Encyclopedia, Scirus, AllWords, Dictionary.com, Cambridge and many more. Type your search term/s into the search field and click on the name of your preferred site. http://www.search-22.com/general_reference/
Gateways to online reference resourceshttp://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/links/dict.cfm http://www.libraryspot.com/encyclopedias.htm http://www.refdesk.com/factency.html |