Academic Search Elite
Full text access to more than 2,100 academic journals
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Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre (ANZRC)
Australia and New Zealand specific magazines, newspapers, newswires and reference books.
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Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopædia Britannica Online offers an integrated search on the full Encyclopædia Britannica database, plus Britannica Student Encyclopedia and Britannica Elementary Encyclopedia, which have an easier comprehension level.
The search results also show over 150 Journals and Magazines plus the Britannica Internet Guide, with links to over 200,000 sites that have been reviewed by Britannica.
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MasterFile Premier
Provides full text for 2,005 general reference publications with full text information dating as far back as 1975. Covering virtually every subject area of general interest, MasterFILE Premier also includes more than 320 full text reference books, 84,074 biographies, 86,135 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 107,135 photos, maps and flags.
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Trove provides integrated access to over 45 million items from a range of the National Library's collaborative services and from elsewhere.

Carters Price Guide to Antiques in Australasia
Value antiques and collectables online.  You can search by category/subcategory, keyword or by dealer, with the facility to further refine your search by manufacturer, date of manufacture, material, shape etc. making it easy to drill down to the item you're seeking.

Australian Standards
Please note: Copyright restrictions apply to this service. Library customers are permitted to print a reasonable portion of any Australian Standards, but not to exceed 10% of the number of words in each Standard.
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The Source - Magpies Magazine
Online subject guide to children's fiction, poetry and short stories from around the world, with an emphasis on Australian works.
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Literary Reference Center
LRC contains detailed information on the most studied authors and their works. It is a completely full-text database that combines information from over 1,000 books and monographs, major literary encyclopedias and reference works and hundreds of literary journals, and unique sources not available anywhere else.
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Novelist
A database of books and authors. You can search for new books to read based on your preferences, find an author similar to your favourites, read book reviews and much more!
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Factiva
News and business information. Full text access to 1500 global newspapers including Sydney Morning Herald, Daily Telegraph, Central Coast Express. Over 6,000 magazines and journals.

Community Directory
The Central Coast Community Directory is a comprehensive directory of community organisations and facilities in the Gosford City Council and Wyong Shire areas as well as throughout Sydney. These include government agencies, clubs, community services, sporting bodies, hobby and special interest groups, schools, childcare centres and aged services.

Choice magazine
Member access to full text, premium articles from Choice - the consumer magazine.  To access the premium articles, please see staff for username and password.

State of the Environment 2006
A report on all aspects of the Australian environment.  Includes sections on atmosphere, biodiversity, coasts and oceans, human settlements, inland waters, land, and natural and cultural heritage.

GreenFILE
GreenFILE indexes scholarly and general interest titles, as well as government documents and reports, on environmental concerns. The database contains nearly 300,000 records, full text for selected titles and searchable cited references for more than 200 titles as well.

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Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Country fact sheets. Includes trade statistics between Australia and other countries

Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopædia Britannica Online offers an integrated search on the full Encyclopædia Britannica database, plus Britannica Student Encyclopedia and Britannica Elementary Encyclopedia, which have an easier comprehension level. The search results also show over 150 Journals and Magazines plus the Britannica Internet Guide, with links to over 200,000 sites that have been reviewed by Britannica.
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Atlas of NSW
"Discover all there is to know about New South Wales".  Topics include economy, elections, environment, history and people.  Topics are supported by a range of maps.

Consumer Health Complete
Information, journal articles, fact sheets and news on all medical topics including diseases and conditions, alternative treatment, medication, food & nutrition, substance abuse, surgeries and procedures. Lots of information is available in plain English for the lay person. Also includes diagrams, photographs and multimedia
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Magill’s Medical Guide
An up-to-date and easy-to-use compendium of medical information suitable for student research as well as use by general readers, including patients and caregivers. The Guide covers diseases, disorders, treatments, procedures, specialties, anatomy and biology.

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Information and statistics on Australia's health.

Healthy Eating : A guide to nutrition (series)

• Basic Nutrition
• Nutrition and Disease Prevention
• Nutrition and Eating Disorders
• Nutrition and Food Safety
• Nutrition for Sports and Exercise
• Nutrition and Weight Management

Points of View Reference Center
Points of View Reference Center is a full-text database designed to provide students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue. The database provides more than 280 topics, each with an overview (objective background/description), point (argument), counterpoint (opposing argument), and Critical Thinking Guide.
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AUSTLII
The Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII) provides free internet access to Australasian legal materials including primary legal materials (legislation, treaties and decisions of courts and tribunals) and secondary legal materials created by public bodies for purposes of public access (law reform and royal commission reports for example).

ComLaw
Commonwealth of Australia Law.

NSW Legislation
NSW Acts and Regulations.

Law Handbook Online
A practical guide to the law in NSW. 

Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre (ANZRC)
Australia and New Zealand specific magazines, newspapers, newswires and reference books.
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Factiva
News and business information. Full text access to 1500 global newspapers including Sydney Morning Herald, Daily Telegraph, Central Coast Express. Over 6,000 magazines and journals.

Australian Newspapers from the National Library
An archive of the major Australian and State newspapers from 1803 - 1954

Picman
Pictures and manuscripts from the State Library of NSW

Picture Australia
Search for people, places and events in the collections of libraries, museums, galleries, archives, universities and other cultural agencies, in Australia and abroad - all at the same time.

Gosford and District in Pictures
Thousands of historic photographs from the Local Studies Collection of Gosford City Library. Search by locality, subject or theme. A great resource for students, local and family historians.

Science Reference Center
Access to full text journal & magazine articles, encyclopedia entries, science experiments and more.
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Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)
Census information and other selected materials are available free of charge to the public via the ABS web site.

Electronic Library Extension Program (eLEP)
The eLEP allows Library patrons to access a huge range of publications and reports from the ABS web catalogue free of charge.

Gosford City Community Profile
The Gosford City Community Profile provides population and demographic information for 20 small areas across Gosford.