Virtual Library
Free research databases. Access to newspaper and journal articles.
The Virtual Library provides access to a range of online subscription databases, plus a selection of useful and authoritative web sites. Choose your subject heading, then click on the appropriate icon to access the database or web site.
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The following key is provided to assist users in selecting the correct option:
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Access the database from your home computer - use your Library card number at the password prompt. (Only available on selected databases). Please use a capital C at the beginning of the card number, and omit any spaces. |
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Access the database within a Library, using a Library computer. |
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Denotes a freely available web site. |
General Reference
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| Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre (ANZRC) Australia and New Zealand specific magazines, newspapers, newswires and reference books. Log in from home using your card number - start with a capital C and omit any spaces. |
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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. Log in from home using your card number - start with a capital C and omit any spaces. |
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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. Log in from home using your card number - start with a capital C and omit any spaces. |
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Australian Standards
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| 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. Please see staff for a password. |
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Books and Literature
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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. Please see staff for a password. |
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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. Log in from home using your card number - start with a capital C and omit any spaces. |
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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! Log in from home using your card number - start with a capital C and omit any spaces. |
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Business
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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. |
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Community Directory
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| 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. |
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Consumer Information
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| 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. |
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Environment
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| 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. |
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| 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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Geography
Health
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| 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 Log in from home using your card number - start with a capital C and omit any spaces. |
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| Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Information and statistics on Australia's health. |
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Legal Information
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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). |
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| ComLaw Commonwealth of Australia Law. |
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| NSW Legislation NSW Acts and Regulations. |
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| Find Legal Answers Provides links to a range of free legal material on the web, as well as a guide to plain English information available in public libraries across NSW. |
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| Independent Social Security Handbook Access the full text of this handbook, which covers the essential features of all the main Social Security payments, including Special Benefit, as well as all the other key issues such as Family Tax Benefit, income and assets tests, debts, compensation, residence, waiting periods and activity tests. Please see staff for a password. |
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| Mental Health Rights Manual A guide to the NSW Mental Health system, available in full text. |
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Libraries
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| Libraries Australia Libraries Australia is a vast catalogue containing more than 40 million books, journals, newspapers, pictures, maps and much more located in over 800 Australian libraries. |
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Newspapers
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| Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre (ANZRC) Australia and New Zealand specific magazines, newspapers, newswires and reference books. Log in from home using your card number - start with a capital C and omit any spaces. |
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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. |
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Pictures and digital images
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| Picman Pictures and manuscripts from the State Library of NSW |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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Science
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| Science Reference Center Access to full text journal & magazine articles, encyclopedia entries, science experiments and more. Log in from home using your card number - start with a capital C and omit any spaces. |
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Search Engines
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| Google The world's biggest search engine! |
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Statistics
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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. |
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| 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. |
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| Central Coast Regional Profile and Social Atlas Gosford and Wyong Councils, Central Coast Health and the University of Newcastle, Ourimbah Campus have compiled this data to provide a better understanding of population and demographic change within the Central Coast region. |
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| Gosford City Community Profile The Gosford City Community Profile provides population and demographic information for 20 small areas across Gosford. |
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