Transport and logistics

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.

Subject web links

 

Associations

Australian Freight Councils Network (AFCN)

Australian Institute of Traffic Planning and Management (AITPM)

Australian Logistics Council

Austroads
Association of Australian and New Zealand road transport and traffic authorities

Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport Australia (CILTA)

Logistics Association of Australia (LAA)

Transport and Logistics Centre (TALC)

Transport and Logistics Industry Skills Council

Society for Supply Chain Professionals (APICS)

Supply Chain & Logistics Association of Australia (SCLAA)

 

Links

Logistics & purchasing

International trade

Transport

TAFE Studylinks

Free management library
Comprehensive resources on operations management incl. logistics.

T & L links

Transport and logistics links provided by the Australian Logistics Council.

Australian export online
Links and online tutorials


Related subject guides

Accounting

Business and management

Human resources management

Marketing

Small business

 

Government information

Austrade

Australian Customs and Border Protection Service

Australian Quarantine Inspection Service (AQIS)

Australian Transport Council

Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB)

Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE)

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT)

Department of Infrastructure and Transport

Provides information on Freight logistics, Road safety and

Transport of dangerous goods.

Freight and logistics - provided by Austrade

 

Statistics

Statistics provided by the Research and Innovative Technology Administration (US):

Transport statistics provide by BITRE

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) provides statistics and analysis, for example, overviews such as topics @ a glance e.g. foreign trade and other relevant documents.

 

Legislation

Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII)

Legal research - provided by the High Court of Australia

Standards

Codes provided by the Australian Logistics Council:

   eJournals, eBooks & other eResources

   

eJournals

Freely available journals

The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) provides access to over 100 free online journals on business and economics including transport and logistics.

 

EBSCOhost

Click the link of one of the selected journals or databases. Log in using your DEC username and password.

Business Source Complete


MasterFile

 

Gale Cengage Learning

Click the link to Gale databases or one of the selected journals. Log in using your DEC username and password.

 

ProQuest

Click the link to ProQuest or one of the selected journals. Log in using your DEC username and password.

 

TAFE training resources

510 Maritime operations (Toolbox)

708 CT Express - Road transport (Toolbox)

Site4Skills: Sustainable transport and logistics

These training package contain tutorials, quizzes and resources for your course. Log in using your DEC username and password. You can view or download this resource. CD-ROMs of the package may be available at your TAFE library.

      

eBooks

Log in to eBooks on EBSCOhost or one of the following example using your DEC username and password.

Business Source Complete

eReference

Free eReference

  • Supply chain & logistics glossary - provided by the Supply Chain & Logistics Institute
  • RITA dictionary - access to over 6,000 terms and acronyms related to transportation provided by Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA)

EBSCOhost

Log in using your DEC username and password.

Oxford Reference Online - Premium

Log in using your DEC username and password with @edu at the end of your username. Once you have logged into the database, do a keyword search or click on links to biographies, subject entries, images or links to reference works.

Oxford Reference Online

  • Handbook of international financial terms
  • Dictionary of business and management

Videos

Free video

vLearn

Login to vLearn or the listed videos using your DEC username and password.

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   Databases covering transport and logistics 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.

Name Description Access

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

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.

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.

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.

Student username and password required.

The eBook collection on EBSCOhost provides full-text access to a wide range of online books on business and management, including retail and logistics.

DEC username and password required.

Environment Complete offers deep coverage in applicable areas of agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, renewable energy sources, natural resources, marine & freshwater science, geography, pollution & waste management, environmental technology, environmental law, public policy, social impacts, urban planning, and more. The database contains full text for more than 680 journals and 120 monographs.

DEC username and password required.

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.

MarketLine Advantage (formerly Datamonitor360) offers a comprehensive collection of business profiles such as:

  • 31,000+ company profiles incl. 2,700+ SWOT including on Schenker Australia Pty Ltd, QR Limited and Australian Post
  • 6,500+ industry profiles incl. Porters Five Forces scorecards e.g. Road & rail in Australia, Marine in Asia-Pacific or Road freight in Asia-Pacific
  • 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).

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.

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.

The Sustainability Reference Center is a comprehensive full-text database covering all aspects of sustainability and corporate social responsibility. Offering content from more than 800 publications including journals, monographs, magazines, and trade publications.

DEC username and password required.

TVNews via Equella

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.

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.

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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 campus libraries. The catalogue has links to, and the addresses and contact details of, all individual NSW TAFE Libraries.

Subject headings

Catalogue links to some transport and logistics 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.

 

Business logistics

International trade

 

Cargo handling

Liability (Law)

 

Cargo ships

Lifting and carrying -- Safety measures

Customer services

Materials handling

Exports

Physical distribution of goods

Freight & freightage

Risk management

 

Imports

Taxation and legislation -- Australia

 

Industrial procurement

Warehouses -- Management

Macquarie University Library

Macquarie University Library has an extensive collection of resources in the transport and logistics areas. 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