Arts and social sciences

The most reliable resource for economic literature. In addition to extensive full-text coverage, including the American Economic Association journals, the database contains indexing and abstracts for economic journals and other publications from 1886 - present.

Peer-reviewed journal articles which cover engineering, materials science, the major management & business disciplines, logistics, the built environment & environmental management among others. Also includes access to recently published ebooks. To access Emerging Markets Case Studies, use the main search. Once you have requested a search you can filter your results to case studies only using the menu bar on the right-hand side of the search page

International business/management database. Good for all topics including industry, economics, accounting & finance, marketing, human resources, organisational behavior, and coaching psychology.

OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) publications, including documents, periodicals and statistical databases. Tutorials (YouTube) - Introduction, Working with statistics

A wide range of written ethnographies, field notes, seminal texts, memoirs, and contemporary studies, covering human behaviour with a focus on outside the developed world. Combined with Ethnographic Video Online , it provides the complete works of the key practitioners and theorists alike throughout the discipline.

A key resource for the fields of social, cultural and linguistic anthropology, ethnology and related disciplines.

The place to start for coverage of Australia's political, economic, social and cultural affairs. Broad-ranging coverage also includes Australian humanities and social sciences, current affairs, and law.

The renowed Cambridge Ancient History series from Cambridge University Press, also accessible via our catalogue.

This brings together the lastest research for scholars and students of the classics, Greek, linguistics, and of other Indo-European languages, as well as of Biblical literature.

One of the most authoritative sources for the study of ancient Greek historians. Jacoby Online is a collection of the works which have been lost, but for which there are citations, extracts or summaries. Entries are in Greek with English translations. Includes Die Fragmente der griechischen Historiker (Fragments of the Greek Historians, FgRH) I-V, and Brill’s New Jacoby 1st & 2nd editions (new English editions of FgrHist I-IIII). How to decipher an FgRH citation

References to scholarly works on all aspects of ancient Greek and Roman civilizations. Includes antiquities, culture, history, law, language & literature, philosophy, science and society.

AnthroSource is a service of the American Anthropological Association that offers members and subscribing libraries full-text anthropological resources from the breadth and depth of the discipline. A digital searchable database containing more than 250,000 articles from AAA publications.

A wide range of written ethnographies, field notes, seminal texts, memoirs, and contemporary studies, covering human behaviour with a focus on outside the developed world. Combined with Ethnographic Video Online , it provides the complete works of the key practitioners and theorists alike throughout the discipline.

Offers a variety of content on both historical and topical issues within Indigenous studies. Includes material from Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, North America and The Pacific.

References to scholarly works on religion, biblical studies and related fields, particularly in the West.

The place to start for coverage of Australia's political, economic, social and cultural affairs. Broad-ranging coverage also includes Australian humanities and social sciences, current affairs, and law.

Provides Federal and State parliamentary, political, legislative, regulatory and judicial news and information almost as soon as it is available. Full coverage of Australian Parliaments, government departments, agencies, courts and key stakeholders in public policy. Includes news transcripts. Recommended for: legislation - news

Formerly Australian Policy Online - Maintained by the Institute for Social Research at Swinburne University of Technology, APO provides a central website for locating research material on Australian social and cultural policy

This is an index and abstract only database covering policy and practice research, developed in partnership with the Analysis & Policy Observatory.

On Line Opinion is a not-for-profit e-journal that aims to provide a forum for public social and political debate about current Australian issues

Index and full-text databases covering political science and public policy

Provides non-evaluative abstracts of articles in the field of political science published in journals and yearbooks all over the world. Volumes 1-54 (1951-2004) can be requested from Storage. How to request.

Covering all aspects of Australian law, and an authoritative collection for primary legal research in comparative and Commonwealth law. Includes articles, reports, and books from Australia, New Zealand and the Asia Pacific region, plus selected material from the United Kingdom, U.S. and Canada starting from 1999. Recommended for: journal articles Search help

Reports and articles on social, economic, environmental, political and development issues in Asia, Australia/New Zealand, the Americas Pacific Rim countries, and the Pacific islands. Many reports include graphs, tables and statistics.

Brings together an extensive range of influential writings representing the most important trends of sociological thought from the eighteenth century to the present day.

Broad subject coverage ensures relevance to library users of all interests especially Aboriginal and indigenous studies, arts, history, law, literary studies, media, political science and sociology. Provides access to full content from a range of journals and books, conference proceedings, research papers and reference materials.

An archive of primary materials and research which profiles the work and lives of women activists, and reveals how women's social movements have shaped modern attitudes about poverty, child labour, literacy, disease prevention, and global inequality.

Contains human rights documents from 483 non-governmental human rights organizations (NGOs) worldwide, some of which have a universal scope, whilst others focus on the attainment of human rights in a specific area of the world.

The place to start for coverage of Australia's political, economic, social and cultural affairs. Broad-ranging coverage also includes Australian humanities and social sciences, current affairs, and law.

Provides Federal and State parliamentary, political, legislative, regulatory and judicial news and information almost as soon as it is available. Full coverage of Australian Parliaments, government departments, agencies, courts and key stakeholders in public policy. Includes news transcripts. Recommended for: legislation - news

On Line Opinion is a not-for-profit e-journal that aims to provide a forum for public social and political debate about current Australian issues.

Search a wide range of international and Australian newspapers in ANZ Newsstream, Canadian Newsstream, International Newsstream, and U.S. Newsstream.

The major academic encyclopedia on all aspects of the Islamic World.

Major encyclopedia containing dictionary terms and extended essays.

Provides extensive coverage of articles on Malaysia, Singapore and other South-east Asian countries.

Scholarly humanities, arts, and social sciences journals from many of the world's leading university presses and scholarly societies.

A comprehensive overview of the languages of China and the different ways in which they are and have been studied. It provides authoritative treatment of all important aspects of the languages spoken in China, today and in the past.

Online digital library of academic Japanese e-books in a wide variety of disciplines from multiple Japanese publishing houses. Ebooks are limited to 3 concurrent users for 303 selective titles.

Journals covering the arts and social sciences, primarily in French, from major French, Belgian and Swiss academic publishers.

References to scholarly works on linguistics, literature, literary theory, and film in English and other languages.

References to works on German language and literature.

A key resource for Linguistics. References to peer-reviewed journal articles, dissertations, books and book reviews.

The archive’s collection consists of over 4,400 testimonies that record the experiences of over 4,000 survivors, witnesses, bystanders and liberators of the Holocaust. For access to content please go to the main site for Fortunoff Testimony Archive Click on Log In, and then Join Now University email must be used to join. Please check the password help if you have trouble creating a password. Click on the Orange request button to access video content after login and registration.

The 2007 second edition, covering Jewish life, culture, history, and religion, written by Israeli, American and European subject specialists.

The Rediscovering Indigenous Languages project aims to make accessible the rich archival collections of the State Library of New South Wales. The site features historic word lists, records and other documents relating to Indigenous Australian languages.

Wiradjuri is the traditional language spoken from Mudgee to Dubbo, Narromine, Wellington and Gilgandra, by the largest Aboriginal group in central NSW. The workbooks are vital teaching resources designed to help build an understanding of Wiradjuri culture through language and symbols. They include interactive family games and activities to help Aboriginal children and families maintain their connection to culture, community, and Country. The workbooks can be used in homes as a fun family activity, by caseworkers as a tool for developing meaningful cultural activities during family time for Aboriginal children in care, and in schools to share cultural understanding of language and Country.

British Literary Manuscripts Online (1100-1900) includes author manuscripts primarily in Middle and Early Modern English, with some Old English materials, from the collections of the British Library, the Folger Shakespeare Library, the National Art Library at the Victoria & Albert Museum, and the National Library of Scotland.

Access to Cambridge Companions in Literature and Classics, and the Cambridge Companions in Philosophy, Religion and Culture, and Companions in Music.

Available on Oxford’s scholarly editions is annotated primary texts for scholars and students. This includes writers active between 701 to 1901. In addition Roman and Greek authors from Aeschylus, Austen, Bentham, Catullus, Dickens, and Donne through to Plato, Virgil, and Wordsworth.

Over 240 international journals which cover a broad spectrum of the arts and entertainment industries. IIPA and IIMP may be searched together

Full Text available in 2016 A comprehensive database (including Film & Television Literature Index) covering the entire spectrum of television and film. It has been designed for use by film scholars, students and general viewers.

Essential sources for the history of film, broadcasting, popular music and theatre - U.K. and U.S trade and fan publications. Indexing of all ads, reviews, and covers as well as articles.

Contains newspapers, company information, pictures and media transcripts from Australian and overseas media sources. For Australian news sources, the Fairfax publications archive includes The Sydney Morning Herald 1986+, Australian Financial Review 1987+, BRW 1989+, and the News Limited archive includes The Australian 1996+. Please note that the Australian Financial Review via Factiva has a 72-hour embargo on daily articles. You can also use Proquest Newsstands, or Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre for international & recent Australian news coverage. For more information on finding newspaper and magazine articles, please go to https://www.library.sydney.edu.au/support/searching/finding-newspaper-and-magazine-articles

Kanopy is a leading distributor of tertiary educational videos (streaming videos and DVDs). Major subjects covered include: The arts, business and training, health sciences, media and communication, natural sciences, social sciences, and teacher education. To access content, click on the "Visit the Sydney Collection" button within Kanopy.

Due to the impact of the COVID-19 virus, this database contains expanded access to journals and primary sources until 30 June 2023 • List of freely accessible titles and collection information offered by JSTOR JSTOR is a digital library containing digitized back issues of academic journals. It now encompasses books and other primary sources in the humanities and social sciences.

The gateway to Oxford’s art reference works, including the peer-reviewed, regularly updated Grove Dictionary of Art and the Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Includes over 200,000 articles that span ancient to contemporary art and architecture, as well as over 19,000 images of works of art, structures, plans, and artist signatures

Essential for comprehensive research in modern and contemporary art, art history, design and crafts. Sources include articles, books, essays, exhibition catalogues and reviews, PhD dissertations.

AHB provides access to published and unpublished material on Australia's natural and cultural environment.

An essential resource that provides access to information on all aspects of Australian education.

The major database for Psychology. PsycINFO provides access to international literature in psychology and related disciplines, including psychiatry, social sciences, business, health & medicine, law, and linguistics. For help with using this database, please see our video on How to use PsycINFO

Video content includes demonstrations, lectures, documentaries, and primary-source footage of students and teachers in actual classrooms. The collection also contains a wealth of ready-to-use teaching tools, including course, study, and discussion guides, assessment checklists, and themed playlists.

A key resource for Linguistics. References to peer-reviewed journal articles, dissertations, books and book reviews.

Research, policy, and practice literature in a range of social science disciplines including social work, sociology, and psychology.

Informit Online Contains over 100 Australian databases of scholarly research, covering a wide range of subjects. Major databases include: APA-FT (Australian Public Affairs - Full Text) AGIS Plus (all aspects of law). Includes coverage of Medicine & Health, Social Sciences, Information Management and Technology, Business and Management.

A tool created to help researchers, faculty and students with their research projects. It focuses on methodology rather than disciplines, so can be used across the social, behavioural, & health sciences, and more. It helps you design and conduct your own research projects, understand and teach research methods, and write up findings. Includes journal, book, & reference content, quantitative & qualitative tools. Sage Research Methods Video not available. (Filter results by "available to me" for subscribed videos) Guide | Short guide [PDF}

A curated collection of educational videos across key social, behavioural, and health science disciplines.

Australian Education Index - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Subset (AEI-ATSIS) is part of the AEI database. This is an index and abstract only database covering education and training relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, including learning, psychology, social and cultural influences, language, literacy, teaching strategies, schools, teacher training, and professional development. Produced by the Cunningham Library at the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER).

Comprehensive subject coverage of Australian Indigenous Studies. References to both published and unpublished material. Some records are in Australian Indigenous languages.

Covers health and medicine in Australia, in particular the legal, social, economic and ethical aspects of health

Covers Australian Indigenous health.