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See also: APAIS Thesaurus ScopeAPAIS is a subject index to scholarly articles in the social sciences and humanities published in Australia, and to selected periodical articles, conference papers, book and newspaper articles on Australian economic, social, political and cultural affairs. APAIS has been compiled by the National Library since 1945. Print volumes were produced from 1945 to 2000. Online coverage is 1978+ and consists of over 360,000 records, with about 12,000 new articles being indexed annually. APAIS is available via subscription as part of the Informit Online service from RMIT Publishing An enhanced version of the APAIS database, Australian Public Affairs Full Text (APAFT), is also available via subscription as part of the Informit Online service from RMIT Publishing. Researchers in the National Library's Reading Rooms can access APAFT through the NLA's E-Resources page. Comments and suggestions are welcome and should be emailed to apais@nla.gov.au. Subject scopeAustralian economic, social, political and cultural affairs. Within this broad statement of scope the following subject areas are recognised in APAIS:
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Scope of Australian Public Affairs-Full Text, APAIS-Health, APAIS-ATSIS, APAIS on ATSI ROM, AUSTROM and AUSThealthAPAIS citations are available in a variety of subject specific subsets and compilations. The subject scope for these are as follows: Australian Public Affairs-Full Text - same subject scope as APAIS. APAIS-Health and APAIS-ATSIS are literature subsets derived from the APAIS database. APAIS-Health covers literature on the legal, social, economic and ethical aspects health and medicine in Australia. Clinical articles are not indexed in APAIS-Health. APAIS-ATSIS covers literature on the historical, social, cultural, economic and political aspects of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. APAIS on ATSI ROM covers literature in the social sciences, law and education in Australia. APAIS on AUSTROM covers literature on the historical, social, cultural, economic and political aspects of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. APAIS on AUSThealth covers literature on the legal, social, economic and ethical aspects of health and medicine in Australia. Materials included and excluded in Australian Public Affairs-Full Text, APAIS-Health, APAIS-ATSIS, APAIS on ATSI ROM, AUSTROM and AUSThealth are identical to those items indexed in the APAIS database. Locating indexed articlesAll articles indexed in APAIS are held by the National Library. Individual researchers can order copies through the National Librarys Copies Direct service. Libraries can send requests to the Library's Document Supply Service. Many APAIS records contain links to full text articles on journal websites. The Australian Public Affairs - Full Text version of APAIS contains scanned images of articles from over 200 journals. APAIS ThesaurusArticles in APAIS are indexed using subject headings in the APAIS Thesaurus which is available online. The Thesaurus is also available in printed form and on diskette. Orders for the diskette version should be emailed to apais@nla.gov.au. Orders for the print version can be placed with the National Library. Sample recordSample record from Informit Online's Australian Public Affairs - Full Text database
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