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Real estate
Subject guide
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.
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Associations & organisations
Australian Property Institute
Australian Valuer's Institute (AVI)
A key association for professional property valuers.
Property Council of Australia
The professional body for property developers, facilities managers, shopping centre managers in Australia.
Real Estate Institute of Australia
Real Estate Institute of NSW
Links
Jenman: Ethics in real estate
Consumer advocates and commentators promoting ethics in real estate.
Training.gov.au
Replaces NTIS (National Training Information Service)
for units and assessment guides.
Real estate
TAFE Studylinks - these sites contain comprehensive link collections on this subject.
Directories
Australia Real Estate Directory
Features the Australia real estate market, estate agents, real estate listings.
Australian Real Estate Agents Directory
CommercialRealEstate.com.au
RealEstateguide.com.au
Real estate agents business directory
Property & Business Directory (Real Estate Services & Information)
Related subject guides
Aboriginal studies (Provides links to Native Title legislation and history)
Accounting
Marketing
Small business
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Government information
Australia Competition and Consumer Commission
Aims to educate, inform and assist small business operations, in understanding your rights and responsibilities under the Trade Practices Act.
Australian Taxation Office
Full information about tax for individuals, businesses or professionals. Includes guidelines for buying and selling real estate.
Buying, selling and investing in properties in NSW
Provided by the NSW government
NSW Small Business Commisser (Retail Tenancy Unit)
Provides a timely and cost effective information and alternative dispute resolution service for parties involved in retail leases.
NSW Services, Technology and Administration - Fair Trading
Safeguards consumer rights and advises business and traders on fair and ethical practice.
Land and Property Management Authority NSW Abolished April 2011
Land, property and valuation information and services previously provided by Land Titles Office, Land Information Services and the Valuer General’s Office abolished April 2011.
Lands and Property Management Authority duties are now transferred to a number of different departments
see www.lands.nsw.gov.au for specific details (from April 2011).
The two relevant departments are:
Lands and Property Information
Government Property NSW
Legislation and statistics
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)
Includes statistics and some analysis of information from the National Census and other sources. Catalogue numbers e.g.:
5609.0 - Housing finance, Australia
6416.0 - House price indexes: eight capital cities
ComLaw
Lawlink NSW and NSW legislation
Legal Research - Compiled by the High Court of Australia
Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII)
Property Stock and Business Agents Act 2002
Standards
This subscription service gives TAFE NSW students access to over 6,500 full-text Australian standards. Search for relevant Australian standards by visiting Australian Standards Online.
Full-text access only available in your NSI Library (For downloads USB drive required) - contact your librarian.
Standard Number
HB 50-2004 : Glossary of building terms
HB 141-2004 : Risk financing guidelines
AS 4349.1-2007 : Inspection of buildings - Pre-purchase inspections - Residential buildings.
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eJournals, eBooks & other eResources |
eJournals
EBSCOhost
Click the link of one of the selected journals or databases. Log in using your DEC Username and password.
ANZRC
Business Source Complete
Gale Cengage Learning
Click the link to Gale databases or one of the selected journals. Log in using your DEC Username and password.
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eBooks
eBooks on EBSCOhost
Log in to eBooks on EBSCOhost using your DEC Username and password.
Videos
TVNews
Log in to TVNews via Equella using your DEC Username and password.
TAFE Learning resources including
training toolbox (Australian Flexible Learning Framework)
Virtual realty Code 513
Take on the role of an employee at the Virtual Realty Agency. Click on 'ACCESS ONLINE RESOURCE' at the end of the description to access this training package which contains tutorials, quizzes and resources for your course.
From home log in using your DEC username and password.
You can view or download this resource.
A CD-ROM of the toolbox may be available at your TAFE library.
Real Estate Learning resources
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Databases covering real estate subjects
Here is a selection of subject specific databases provided. For the full list of general databases and regarding instructions go to the eResources Portal.
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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 real estate. |
DEC username and password required. |
BCA Illustrated
Building Code of Australia
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BCA Illustrated is an online version of the Building Code of Australia (BCA), with over 3000 illustrations and 15,000 knowledge base links. It contains both Volumes 1 and 2, and is updated frequently including the most current Building Code of Australia data from the Australian Building Code Board (May of each year). |
Only for NSI students & staff.
Students: use your DEC username and password with @edu at the end of the username (e.g. john.smith@edu).
Staff: use your network username and password with @det at the end of the username (john.smith@det).
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Business Source Complete
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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. |
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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' and the Environmental Studies and Policy Collection. |
DEC username and password required. |
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MarketLine Advantage offers a comprehensive collection of business profile such as:
- 31,000+ company profiles incl. 2,500+ SWOT.
- 6,500+ Industry profiles incl. Porter 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). |
Only for NSI students & staff.
Students: use your DEC username and password with @edu at the end of the username (e.g. john.smith@edu).
Staff: use your network username and password with @det at the end of the username (john.smith@det). |
eBooks on EBSCOhost |
eBooks on EBSCOhost provides full-text access to a wide range of online books, including business and management. This collection offers more than 20 eBooks on real estate and small business management. |
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. |
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TVNews indexes and abstracts Australian news items, current affairs and documentaries from free-to-air networks since 2007. You can download video content straight to your desktop or flash drive. Most programs are available the next working day. Coverage includes: Lateline Business, Inside Business and all the major news broadcasts.
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DEC username and password required.
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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. |
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Library catalogues
The NSW TAFE Library catalogue lists all the resources held in NSW TAFE libraries. You can search by keyword, author, title and subject and also limit searches to specific types of materials and specific college libraries. The catalogue has links to, and the addresses and contact details of, all individual NSW TAFE Libraries.
Subject headings
Catalogue links to some real estate 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.
Macquarie University Library
Macquarie University Library has an extensive collection of resources in the Real Estate area. NSI has a reciprocal borrower's agreement with Macquarie University ($44 per calendar year). Please ask your NSI library staff for details on how to access this service.
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Last updated: 02..05.2013
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