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Biographies
- Australian Dictionary of Biography over 10,000 biographies of persons who were significant in Australian History
- Biographical Dictionary includes more than 25,000 notable men and women.
- Biography.com 20,000 great lives of the past and present
- Infoplease Biographies over 30,000+ biographies to search
Dictionaries
- One Look Dictionary list a range of dictionaries
- Dictionary Reference an online English dictionary, thesaurus and reference guide, includes word games, translator and word of the day
Encyclopaedias
- Encyberpedia this provides access to a range of information through fully-linked subject index
- Encyclopedia Britannica Online access this resources, as well as other websites and news stories
- Wikipedia the free online encyclopaedia with over 2.6 million articles.
General
- Australian Bureau of Statistics
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Centrelink Information details of all Centrelink payments and services, information on customer rights and the reviews and appeals process.
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CIA World Factbook factual information about every country in the world
- Internet Subject Resources
- Best Information on the Internet huge compendium of resources, topical issues and important sites.
- BUBL Information Service a catalogue of selected Internet resources covering all academic subject areas.
- Infomine contains useful Internet resources such as databases, electronic journals, electronic books relating to agricultural, medical science, economics, engineering, social science and the arts.
- The Internet Public Library (IPL) features a seachable, subject-categorized directory of authoritative websites; links to online texts, newspapers magazines, reference materials; plus special sections
- Librarians’ Internet Index high-quality websites carefully selected, described, and organized by a team of librarians. Topics include current events and issues, holidays and seasons, helpful tools for information users, human interest, and more.
- Pinakes Subject Gateway internet resource providing links to major subject gateways
- Symbols.com - Online Encyclopedia of Western signs and ideograms. The world’s largest online encyclopaedia of graphic symbols, including signs and ideograms.