This NSI Libraries online subject guide provides links to information available on the web. Some resources require a DET username and password. Don’t know your DET username and password? Contact your College 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.
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Description |
Access |
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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. |
DET username and password required. |
CINAHL Plus with Full Text
Nursing database |
CINAHL Plus with Full Text is the world's most comprehensive source of full text for nursing & allied health journals, providing full text for more than 750 journals. With more than 600,000 full-text articles dating back to 1937, CINAHL Plus is the definitive research tool for all areas of nursing and allied health literature, including sports medicine. |
DET username and password required. |
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The Facts on File is a set of online reference databases. The Health Reference Centre database contains articles, illustrations and videos relating to health issues in sport and the human body. |
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).
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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 'Tourism, Hospitality and Leisure Collection'. |
DET username and password required. |
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Covers mostly overseas trade journals. Some sport and recreation topics covered, including health facilities, leisure and recreation centres. |
DET 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. |
DET username and password required. |
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The Australian Institute of Sport’s SportScan database lists key articles, published since the mid-1980s, found in Australian and overseas sports journals held by the National Sport Information Centre (NSIC). While the AIS charges for copies of articles we may be able to locate some articles within the TAFE NSW system at no cost to current NSI students. |
Freely available to search. From $6 for posted copies of articles |
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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: Australian story, Behind the news, 60 minutes, Four corners, Lateline and all the major news broadcasts including Sports news. |
DET username and password required. |
Catalogue links to some sport and recreation 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.
