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21. FreeAustralian Institute of Marine Science

Australian Institute of Marine Science: Links to government information about marine science, including the full text of a number of electronic books.

22. FreeAustralian Museum: Invertebrate Zoology

Australian Museum: Information about the museum's collections of insects, crustaceans and molluscs. Describes characteristics of each invertebrate and ongoing research.

23. FreeAustralian National Botanic Gardens

Australian National Botanic Gardens: Information about the Gardens, the Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research and the Australian National Herbarium. Site includes a number of free plant databases such as the Australian Plant Name Index (APNI).

24. FreeAustralian National Maritime Museum

Pathfinder subject guides to assist researchers in a variety of ship and shipping topics. ANMM accepts reference enquiries.

25. FreeAustralian Network for Plant Conservation

Australian Network for Plant Conservation: The ANPC works to promote and develop plant conservation in Australia. Its website contains an internet directory of plant conservation resources, and links to relevant federal and state legislation regarding conservation.

26. FreeAustralian Science and Technology Heritage Centre (Austehc)

University of Melbourne, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre: The Centre was formed by the University of Melbourne in 1999. It continues the heritage activities of the Australian Science Archives Project (ASAP). The Centre's aim is to develop programs that foster the preservation, promotion and development of the heritage of Australian science, technology and medicine. ASAP's popular online information resources include Bright Sparcs (biographical database of scientists), the Australian Science at Work Register and the online version of Technology in Australia 1788-1988.

27. FreeAustralian Space Weather Agency

Department of Industry Tourism and Resources: Real time information regarding solar, geophysical and other conditions. Website features maps and images from satellites.

28. OnsiteAustralian Transport Index - ATRI

Informit: Formerly the ARRB Transport Research Database, this bibliographic database indexes and abstracts published and unpublished Australian material on transport, incorporating the catalogue of the M.G. Lay Library at ARRB Transport Research, and other library catalogues. Subject coverage includes road safety, transport economics, transport administration, intelligent transport systems, transport and the environment, public transport, road and airfield pavements, road design and engineering, traffic engineering and control, vehicle design and safety, and soil and rock mechanics

29. FreeBibliographic Databases (UNESCO)

UNESCO: Contains bibliographic databases in the subject areas of education, natural sciences, social sciences, culture and communication.

30. OnsiteBUILD - Australian Building Construction and Engineering Database

Informit: Subject coverage includes all aspects of building, construction and engineering: research, materials, structural engineering, urban and regional planning, fire technology. Also covered are aspects of economics, management and communications technology as they relate to building and construction. Sources indexed include conference publications, journal articles, standards, building regulations, technical papers, reports and books

Our subject guides

"Australian science and technology: selected websites"

These sites provide a starting place for researchers in the field. They lead to a diverse range of information on Australian science and technology resources as well as providing links to other useful sites.

"Ship and passenger records: print resources"

Ship and passenger records are found throughout the National Library in books, journals, newspapers, manuscripts, microform, pictures, maps and electronic media. Material includes information on ships, voyages, shipping companies, shipping and passenger lists and registers, shipwrecks, whaling, shipping arrivals and departures in Australian ports, logs, journals, diaries and voyage narratives, and ships' illustrations.