This NSI Libraries online subject guide provides links to information available on the web. Some resources require a DEC username and password. Don’t know your DEC username and password? Contact your Campus Student Administration or your teacher.
Here is a selection of subject specific databases provided. For the full list of general databases and regarding instructions go to the eResources Portal.
| Name |
Description |
Access |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) website. Includes statistics and some analysis of information from the National Census and other sources. Allows for the creation of local area profiles.
http://www.abs.gov.au/ |
Freely available |
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Academic Search Complete is a comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 8,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals.The database is updated daily. |
DEC username and password required. |
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Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre - EBSCO's searchable database provides full text, and index access to many local and international magazines, newspapers and reference books. Most general subjects are covered including business and marketing. |
DEC username and password required. |
Business Source Complete |
Business Source Complete (BSC) is a business research database, providing full text a large number of journals. Coverage is provided in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics. |
DEC username and password required. |
eBooks on EBSCOhost |
eBooks on EBSCOhost provides full-text access to a wide range of online books, including business and management. This collection includes more than 40 eBooks on marketing. |
DEC username and password required. |
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Gale databases provide access to periodical and news information on a diverse set of topics. The sub-collection General OneFile includes over 6,300 full-text titles and 400 newspaper services (a total of more than 11,000 titles). Also included in the subscription are the 'General Reference Centre Gold', the 'Environmental Studies and Policy Collection' and the 'Tourism, Hospitality and Leisure Collection'. |
DEC username and password required. |
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Kompass worldwide contains 2.3M companies in 66 countries referenced by 57.000 product & service keywords 860.000 trade names and 4.6M executive name.This freely available version does not include advanced search features and only provides brief company profiles.
http://www.kompass.com |
Freely available
(Register to get access to the full list of companies) |
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MarketLine Advantage offers a comprehensive collection of business profiles such as:
- 31,000+ company profiles incl. 2,700+ SWOT
- 6,500+ industry profiles incl. Porters Five Forces scorecards
- 100+ country profiles
- 80+ up-to-date case studies
It also gives you access to country statistics, market data analytics, financial deals (monthly) and company financials & top ten industry players guide as well as news and opinions (live feed). |
Students: use your DEC username and password with @edu at the end of the username (e.g. john.smith@edu).
Staff: use your DEC username and password with @det at the end of the username (eg john.smith@det). |
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This multi-disciplinary database provides more than 1,750 general reference publications with full text information. Covering virtually every subject area of general interest. |
DEC username and password required. |
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ProQuest Central provides access to a set of databases containing more than 125 billion digital pages covering arts, literature, social science, general reference, business, science, technology, and medicine. ProQuest includes the world's largest digital newspaper archive including ANZ Newsstand and periodical databases comprising the output of more than 9,000 titles. |
DEC username and password required. |
vLearn via Equella |
160+ vLearn videos are now available via Equella.
Subject areas covered are business, career development, hospitality & food services, anatomy, beauty services, child studies, customer service, English language, health & safety, history, HRM, nursing, nutrition, sport & recreation, tourism and more. |
Only for NSI students & staff.
DEC username and password required. |
Catalogue links to some marketing subjects and availability through NSI Libraries are listed below. Please note: the search results are limited to items available in NSI Libraries. Do a new search if you want to find items held by your local library or to get results for all TAFE NSW Libraries.
