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11. LicencedThe Illustrated London News Historical Archive 1842-2003

: The Illustrated London News Historical Archive provides complete access to every issue of this illustrated newspaper for a period of 160 years. The contents are fully searchable, and users can browse individual issues, including specials and supplements. Over the course of its history the newspaper reported on all the great events of the day, including wars, royalty, social events, science and exploration. Its distinguished contributors included Rudyard Kipling, Charles Dickens and Agatha Christie. Cross searchable with other Gale products via the Gale NewsVault. Available for document delivery to Australian libraries.

12. LicencedThe Making of the Modern World: The Goldsmiths'-Kress Library of Economic Literature. Part 1: 1450-1850. Part II: 1851-1914.

Thomson Gale: The Making of the Modern World : The Goldsmiths'-Kress Library of Economic Literature (Part 1: 1450-1850 and Part II: 1851-1914) is the most comprehensive collection in existence for the study of early economic, political, business, and social history, and for researching the literature of economics from this period. The Making of the Modern World digital collection presents more than 62,400 titles from the period 1450-1914. It focuses on economics interpreted in the widest sense, including political science, history, sociology, and special collections on banking, finance, transportation and manufacturing. Available for document delivery to Ausralian libraries.

13. FreeThe Manning Index of South Australian History

State Library of South Australia: This index contains many thousands of references to South Australian newspaper and magazine stories for the years 1837 to 1937. It also includes extensive selected text from the indexed publications, other primary and secondary sources and numerous extracts from Mr Manning's own writings. Notable publications (selectively) indexed include Adelaide Times, Advertiser, Chronicle, The Critic, Express & Telegraph, Frearson's Weekly, The Herald, Illustrated Adelaide Post, The Irish Harp, The Lantern, The Mail, The News, Observer, Register, SA Gazette & Mining Journal, and Southern Australian. The index is divided into the four folders: South Australia - includes coverage of a number of state level topics; Adelaide - includes a number of topics which predominately relate to the city and the metropolitan area as a whole; Port Adelaide; and Place Names of South Australia - an alphabetical list of South Australian place names (including suburbs of Adelaide). Biographical references are generally located on pages dealing with the place or activity with which a person is most associated. For example, several references to aviator Jimmy Melrose can be found in the entry for Melrose Park. Many Place Name pages have a list of obituaries of notable residents - generally at the bottom of the page or part of page dealing with the place.

14. OnsiteThe Source a guide by subject to children's literature, poetry and short stories

Magpies Magazine Pty Ltd: The Source is a searchable bibliographic database to children's literature by subject from around the world with an emphasis on Australian and New Zealand books. It includes references to both out of print and current material. It is the work of Kerry White, a significant contributor to the study of Australian children's literature. It includes contributions from Magpies Magazine and others.

15. LicencedThe Sunday Times Digital Archive 1822-2006

Gale Group: Commenced in 1822, providing analysis and commentary on the weeks news and society at large. Early issues contained colourful information on murders, mysteries, theatre, sport and politics. Despite similarities in name, it was an entirely separate paper from The Times until 1967 when they came under common ownership of Times Newspapers Ltd. Today it remains editorially independent from The Times with its own remit and perspective on events. The National Library also provides access to The Times Digital Archive 1785-2007. Available for document delivery to Australian libraries.

16. FreeTHOMAS : Legislative Information on the Internet (USA)

Library of Congress: THOMAS is a comprehensive site containing a large range of US government publications, legislation, committee reports, House and Senate Directories and historical documents. Included are Bill Summary & Status; Bill Text; Public Laws; the Congressional Record; Committee Reports; Appropriations Bills, Presidential Nominations; Treaties; and links to Days in Session Calendar; US Government Historical documents; How Congress Makes Laws; Executive Branch; Judicial Branch; and State Resources.

17. OnsiteThreatened Species in Australia : A Select Bibliography - ENDANGER

Informit: Covers Australian threatened flora and fauna and related topics. A few key references on the general theme of threatened species are also listed, particularly in the general sections covering Mammals, Birds and Plants.

18. LicencedTimes Digital Archive 1785-2007

Gale Group: The Times Digital Archive has millions of articles from the London Times. The entire newspaper is captured, with all articles, advertisements and illustrations/photos divided into categories to facilitate searching. Cross searchable with other Gale products via the Gale NewsVault. The National Library also provides access to The Sunday Times Digital Archive 1822-2006.

19. FreeTokyo Jinken

Tokyo-to Jinken Keihatsu Senta (Tokyo Metropolitan Human Rights Promotion Center): A quarterly magazine published and circulated for free in Tokyo, Japan as well as available online. It contains feature articles on human rights issues as well as information on events and the activities of the Human Rights Promotion Centre. In Japanese.

20. FreeTrove

National Library of Australia: Trove is a free discovery service focused on Australia, Australians, and items found in Australia's collecting institutions. It incorporates the existing discovery services of the National Library of Australia, plus digitised material freely available online. Via a single point of access researchers will find a range of material relating to their search, including books, manuscipts, pictures, music, newspapers and journal articles.

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