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Descriptive List of the Library's Databases - A

Licensing restrictions require us to restrict access to some databases to University of Tasmania students and staff only.

Acceptable use for online databases and electronic journals

Information for OFF-CAMPUS access to databases.

Short-term trial databases are listed on the Library's Database trials page.

Database descriptions:
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Databases
A - Aus - Av - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J-L - M - N-P - Q-R - S - T - U-Z - Trials

AAR see Arctic and Antarctic Regions

ABS see AUSSTATS

The Age and Good Weekend
Full-text, 1996- (updated quarterly)
The text of The Melbourne Age including news, features, letters, opinion, analysis and supplement sections but no photos or graphics
One disk per year, Good Weekend searched separately
This CD-ROM is available at the Morris Miller Reserve desk only and may be used on the Library's computers
Location: Cent CD-ROM PN 5579.A35 A35

AGRICOLA
Catalogue and index, 1975-
All aspects of agriculture and allied disciplines, plant and animal sciences, forestry, entomology, soil and water resources, agricultural economics, agricultural engineering, agricultural products, alternative farming, food and nutrition
Articles, books, reports, reprints, audiovisuals

AIDSinfo
Central resource for federally and privately funded HIV/AIDS clinical trials information. A service of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Anthropological Index Online
1970 -
Index to the serial holding of the Museum of Mankind Library, London

Arctic and Antarctic Regions (AAR, including COLD)
Index with abstracts, 1800-
All aspects of the Arctic, Antarctic and alpine regions

ASCE Civil Engineering Database
1974-
Index, with abstracts, to all ASCE publications including journals, conference proceedings, books, standards, manuals, magazines and newsletters

ATP TaxPoint
Full-text
Tax rulings and guidelines, tax rates, weekly tax bulletin, tax reports, international agreements, ATP Tax Calculator, legislation, fringe benefits tax, Tax Commentary with Updater, and bills and explanatory memoranda

AUSSTATS
1985-  (some data back to 1960)
Australian Bureau of Statistics data available for downloading into spreadsheets
Agriculture, balance of payments, demography, labour market, manufacturing, tourism, transport, investment etc.
Some Datasets require SuperTable software.  This software is available free from the Space-Time Research Web site.

AustArt Index
1987-
Articles on Australian art & artists published in journals held by the College of Fine Arts, Sydney
Includes overseas artists who have exhibited in Australia
Search by author, artists name, subject
See also, at this site, ARTEX.

AUSTLIT (the AUSTralian LITerary database)
Index and bibliography.  The database contains records from the 1880s to the current day, with comprehensive coverage from 1988.
Includes references to creative works in serials, anthologies and selections, critical material on particular works and authors, biographical material, reviews (including stage and film), awards and prizes

Australian Bureau of Statistics see AUSTATS

Australian Coastal Resources
Full-text
Coastal Zone Inquiry 1992 /93 documents
Accessible through Library computers only

Australian Family Resources
Full-text
Articles, research papers, conference and discussion papers, policy submissions, fact sheets and resource kits
Accessible through Morris Miller Library computers only

Australian Standards Online [Standards Online Premium]
Current Australian Standards and some international standards.

Australian Tax Partner Library see ATP Tax Partner Library

Australian Trade Practices Reporter see Trade Practices and Consumer Law Library

AVAD5
Australian Visual Arts Databases.
Includes access to the following databases:
Artex
Natsivad
Requires Netscape 6 or IE 5 (or above) to display results

Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
The Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals indexes more than 1,000 periodicals published worldwide on archaeology, city planning, interior design, and historic preservation, as well as architecture. Coverage reaches from the 1930s (with selective coverage dating back to the 1860s) to the present. The Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals, with more than 229,000 records, is updated daily.  Architectural design, history & practice of architecture, historic preservation, interior design, city planning.

Database descriptions:
A
| B to D | E to H | I to O | P to Z
Databases:
A - Aus - Av - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J-L - M - N-P - Q-R - S - T - U-Z - Trials