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ABS: Australian Bureau of Statistics 
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Access all Australian Bureau of Statistics publications in fulltext from 1998.
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GEOBASE
Geobase is a bibliographic database of the global literature in earth science, ecology, geography and marine science. Broad subject coverage and the range of sources abstracted make this an ideal tool for searching multidisciplinary topics such as environmental or geographical studies and other areas that cross traditional subject boundaries.
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Local Government Planning & Environment NSW Full Text
This service contains the Acts, regulations, policies, notes and bulletins for NSW local government and environmental planning.
Volume A: has all the relevant legislation and regulations for running local government.
Volume B: contains legislation and policies for environmental planning, including coastal protection, water, heritage, air, biodiversity and so on.
Volume C: has commentary on the law for local governments, environment and planning, such as the accountability of councils and environmental litigation.
Newsbank Full Text 
Newsbank has the full-text content of more than 100 local, regional, and national newspapers from Australia and overseas.
JSTOR Full Text
JSTOR contains the full-text of hundreds of journals across the disciplines from archaeology to zoology. Many journal backsets begin in the nineteenth or early twentieth century, however most publishers included in JSTOR have negotiated 3-5 year embargoes, so the latest issues are not included.
ProQuest Full Text
ProQuest has 8,000 magazines and newspapers, 30,000 theses and 4,500 market reports in full text. Other content includes Hoover’s Company Records and 25,000 working papers from the Social Science Research Network (SSRN).
Gale Databases Full Text
Provides multidisciplinary subject coverage, including the arts and humanities, social sciences, science and technology. Includes peer-reviewed articles, ebooks and online encyclopedias.
Wiley InterScience Full Text
Search current journals in a wide range of disciplines. 
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ENVIROnetBASE Full Text
ENVIROnetBASE contains the full text of hundreds of books on environmental science, environmental engineering and environmental technology.
APA-FT: Australian Public Affairs Full-Text Full Text
Provides online access to full-text articles from nearly 400 journals in the social sciences and humanities from 1995. |
ATI: Australian Tourism Index
ATI is produced by the Victoria University of Technology and selectively indexes relevant Australian material.
SpringerLink Full Text
Peer-reviewed journals in astronomy, chemistry, computer science, economics, engineering, environmental sciences, geosciences, life sciences, mathematics, medicine and physics.
Taylor & Francis SSH Full Text
Access journals in the humanities, economics, management, geography, environmental sciences and the social sciences.
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AANRO: Australian Agriculture and Natural Resources Online Selected Full Text
A collection of free databases covering topics related to Australian agriculture and natural resource management.
ATRI: Australian Transport Index
Indexes and abstracts published and unpublished Australian material on transport.
CAB Abstracts Selected Full Text
Covers agriculture, forestry, aspects of human health, human nutrition, animal health and the management and conservation of natural resources.
CAB Abstracts tutorial
EVA: Environmental Abstracts
Indexes journal articles on the Australian environment and related fields.
Family & Society PLUS Selected Full Text
Covers research, policy and practice issues about Australian families including child abuse and child protection issues.
HeinOnline Full Text
1200 law journals on aspects of the environment, history, politics, business, public policy, government, international issues and criminal justice. Check the HeinOnline Titles for a full list.
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Sociological Abstracts Selected Full Text
International coverage of sociology and related disciplines, both theoretical and applied.
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ScienceDirect Full Text
Access 227 Elsevier journals through the ScienceDirect platform.
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STATSnetBASE Full Text
STATSnetsBASE contains the full text of more than 120 works on statistics, including biostatistics, statistics for psychology, social science and law, statistical theory, and statistics for the biological sciences.
Web of Knowledge
Search Web of Science, Current Contents Connect, CAB Abstracts and Journal Citation Reports.
Reference
Best of the Web: Geography
Dictionary of Abbreviations and Acronyms in Geographic Information Systems, Cartography and Remote Sensing
Encyclopedia of Human Geography
Geo-Data: The World Geographical Encyclopedia
Oxford Reference Online
Search Oxford dictionaries and encyclopedias listed by subject.
Oxford Reference Online includes the Dictionary of Earth Sciences, Dictionary of Geography, Dictionary of Weather, Encyclopedia of Global Change, Guide to Countries of the World, Oxford Companion to the Earth, World Flags, and World Maps.
SAGE eReference
SAGE eReference is a database of multidisciplinary encyclopedias.
Sage eReference includes the Encyclopedia of Environment and Society, Encyclopedia of Geographic Information Science, and Encyclopedia of Global Warming and Climate Change.
UXL Encyclopedia of Landforms and other Geologic Features
UXL Encyclopedia of Water Science
World of Earth Science
High impact journals
The following Geography and Planning journals are held at UNE and have a high ranking in Journal Citation Reports and ERA's listings for Demography, Human Geography and Urban and Regional Planning:
Annals of the Association of American Geographers 1995- 1911-2002 and in print at Call Number P910/A613
Applied Geography
Demography 1995- 1964-2005
Economic Geography 1994- 1925-2002
'Environment and Planning A' is in print at Call Number P307.12/E61a
'Environment and Planning D: Society and Space' is in print at Call Number P711.13/E617
Environment and Urbanization
Housing Theory and Society
International Migration Review 1994- 1966-2002
Journal of Property Management
Journal of Rural Studies and in print at Call Number P307.72/J86
Journal of the American Planning Association 1979- (Gale databases) 1988-
Journal of Urban Design and in print at Call Number P307.1/J86
Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health
Population and Development Review 1994-2007 (Gale databases) 1975-2005
Population Studies: A Journal of Demography 1989- 1947-2004
Progress in Human Geography and in print at Call Number P910.5/P964
Town Planning Review and in print at Call Number P711.405/T743
Websites & internet resources
American Geographical Society — site, with programs, archives, e-resources
Current Geographical Publications — Bibliographical index of the additions to the research catalogue of the American Geographical Society Collection. Hosted by the University of Wisconsin
Geography — General geographical links and resources about specific countries and educational institutions
Geoscience Australia — All about Australian topographic mapping, geodesy and other essential geographic information
Geosource — A webdirectory for geography and the geosciences, created by Utrecht University in the Netherlands
Map and Geography Library — A large, categorized portal site provided by the library of the University of Wisconsin
National Geographic — The National Geographic online; with feature articles, maps, photographs, and online forums
Planner's Web — An e-journal accompanying the paper Planning Commissioner's Journal, this site contains articles, recommended book lists, and specialized links pages. Perfect for anyone interested in city and regional planning in the US
Planning Institute Australia
Planning Resources —A British site on planning issues and news
Royal Geographical Society — Maps, research, and publications about geography in the UK, in tandem with the Institute of British Geographers
University of Zurich's Links for Geography — Links to journals, maps, statistics, general geography pages, and also to e-dissertations of Zurich University students
World-wide Earthquake Locator — Developed by the Department of Geography at University of Edinburgh
WWW Virtual Library: Demography & Population Studies — Including international census information and electronic journals