Oxford Art Online: More than 200,000 articles that span ancient to contemporary art and architecture, and more than 19,000 images of works of art, structures, plans, and artist signatures. Type the letters LC in front of your Library card number to log in.
Australian Dictionary of Biography: Australia’s pre-eminent dictionary of national biography provides concise and informative descriptions of the lives of significant and representative persons in Australian history.
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Biography in Context: Provides contextual information on the world's most influential people. Search for people based on name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, gender or keyword.
Home Improvement Collection: Provides access to titles covering topics including architectural techniques, tool and material selection and zoning requirements. Content meets the needs of hobbyists and professionals.
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National Construction Code: This contains all Performance Requirements for constructing buildings. These are the minimum levels that buildings, building elements, and plumbing and drainage systems must meet. The National Construction Code is free, but users must register.
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Standards Australia Public Library Service: Provides access to more than 6800 Australian national standards. This is not available from home; only at Liverpool City Library branches.
Business Source Premier: Provides access to full-text business publications, including more than 2200 journals, company profiles, industry and market research reports and Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats analyses.
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Regional Business News: Provides coverage of more than 80 regional business publications covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.
My Career Match: An online career and resume resource accessible 24/7 from home or library. Log in is required. Enter your library membership barcode number.
The Computer School: Offers more than 6000 easy-to-use online tutorials, fully collated and categorised.
This general reference collection of more than 33,000 titles is chosen specifically for public libraries.
It features fiction titles for both adults and children, as well as best-selling and highly recommended titles.
Encyclopedia Britannica: The Online Library Edition contains content for adults, students and children. There are journal and magazine articles, editor-chosen and approved websites, a world atlas and country comparisons.
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Britannica Image Quest: A database for students of almost three million images.
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InfoBase Ebooks: This collection of digital reference books has topics including, history, science and technology, mathematics, health and biographies.
Oxford Reference: This is a collection of reference encyclopedias and eBooks. To access, click on “Log in with your Library Card”, but add the letters LC before the card number. After you have logged in, click on Show Titles in My Subscription to see the Library’s collection of Ebooks from Oxford.
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World Book Online: Provides access to the full World Book Encyclopedia as well as World Book Online for Kids. Accessible from home and in the Library.
Berg Fashion Library: Offers fully cross-searchable access to an expanding range of online information on all aspects of fashion and dress.
Type the letters ‘LC’ in front of your Library card number to log in.
Culinary Arts Collection: Provides access to academic journals and magazines on all aspects of cooking and nutrition. There are thousands of searchable recipes, restaurant reviews and industry information.
Gardening, Landscape and Horticulture Collection: Gives access to academic journals and magazines focused on scientific theory and practical aspects of horticulture studies. The database offers biotechnologists, farmers, hobbyists and landscape architects, among others, access to important, relevant content.
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Hobbies and Craft Resource Centre: Detailed “how-to” instructions and creative ideas.
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Home improvement: Offers titles covering topics such as architectural techniques, tool and material selection. The content aims to meet the needs of hobbyists and professionals.
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AMES: Online English language courses that are suitable for learners from beginner to advanced level. Login with your Library card number.
Blooms Literature: Explores the most significant figures in literature from ancient times to the present. Examines great writers, important works, memorable characters and influential movements and events in world literature. It also provides strategies for writing essays on the literary figures examined.
Magpies Magazine and The Source: A subject guide to children's literature, poetry and short stories from around the world. There is an emphasis on Australian books. Only available to use in libraries.
Muzzy BBC: An interactive animated language learning program for children. Produced by the BBC, the program offers many languages including Spanish, French, Italian, German, Chinese, Korean and English. Muzzy is available both in Library and at home. Login with your Library card number.
Novelist Plus: Offers information on fiction and nonfiction titles for all ages, read-alikes (similarly themed books) for every title, author, series, thematic book lists and articles. Login with your Library card number.
Salem Press EBooks: A collection of reference eBooks on literature, history, science and health. Also available from home. To log in, you must place the letter L in front of your Library Card number.
Transparent Language Online: This self-paced language learning program supports more than 90 languages, including English as a Second Language (ESL). Learn on your computer or download the app. First-time users sign up with their library card number and then create an account to access your language learning. An app is also available for mobile phone, iPad or tablet.
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Who else writes like?: A reader’s guide to fiction authors. Provides suggestions for authors who write in the same style as your favourite author. Login with your Library card number.
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Who Next…?: A guide to children’s authors is an interactive online tool designed to help parents, teachers and librarians in schools and public libraries to encourage children and young people to read more widely, by suggesting authors they might enjoy. For each of the authors listed, other authors who write in a similar style are suggested. Login with your Library card number.
World religions: A comprehensive guide to the religions and spiritual traditions of the world. It explores them objectively, from the ceremonies of the first practitioners to the elaborate rituals of today.