Online databases
General
Art & Design
Business and Industry
Engineering and Construction
Health & Nursing
Horticulture
Hospitality & Tourism
Information Technology
Law & Legislation
Newspapers
Science
Veterinary Nursing and Animal Science
NOTE: If you do not wish to exit the Brisbane North Institute of TAFE website while viewing any of the following sites, right click on the desired link and select 'Open in New Window'.
BNIT students and staff are able to search online databases for journal articles and other information by logging into MyTAFE and selecting the Learning Hub link.
General
Academic Research Library
"From business and political science to literature and psychology, .. provides one-stop access to a wide range of popular academic subjects. The database includes more than 3,700 titles - over 2,500 in full text -from 1972 forward. It features a highly-respected, diversified mix of scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines, and newspapers." Accessible through the Learning Hub site in MyTAFE.
Academic Search Premier
This is a multi-disciplinary full text database full text database covering over 4,500 journals including subject areas such as computing, engineering, physics, chemistry, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, ethnic studies, and many more. Accessible through the Learning Hub site in MyTAFE.
Australian/New Zealand Reference Centre (ANZRC)
"The Australia/NZ Reference Centre combines Australia and New Zealand specific magazines, newspapers, newswires and reference books to create the largest collection of regional full text content available to schools, public libraries, and academic institutions." Accessible through the Learning Hub site in MyTAFE.
APA-FT Australian Public Affairs (Full-Text)
This is an online database of mostly full-text articles from 200 Australian journals, conferences and newspapers covering politics, economies, law, social and cultural affairs. Accessible through the Learning Hub site in MyTAFE.
Australian Standards Online
Search the Australian Standards Online database to view and print standards to which the BNIT subscribes. Accessible through the Learning Hub site in MyTAFE.
FindArticles.com
This database provides access to full-text articles from more than 900 magazines and journals from 1998 to present.
InfoTrac
Search for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and many general interest topics. Millions of full-text articles, many with images. Accessible through the Learning Hub site in MyTAFE.
Internet Public Library Magazines
Database of online magazines.
MagPortal
Helps you find individual magazine articles on the web.
Pandora Archive (National Library of Australia)
This is a digital archive dedicated to the preservation of Australian online publications of national significance.
Picture Australia
This site provided by the National Library is a single access point for images of Australiana held in many of Australia 's cultural institutions.
State Library of Queensland - Queensland wide databases
This site provides access to databases available to members of Public Libraries in Queensland. Search the databases to find articles in journals, magazines and newspapers.
World Book Online Reference Center
Encyclopedic information from World Book, including a comprehensive section on Australia. Accessible through the Learning Hub site in MyTAFE.
Art & Design
ADAM - Art. Design. Architecture & Media Information Gateway
This is a searchable catalogue of 2546 Internet resources that have been selected and catalogued by librarians.
Business and Industry
ABI/INFORM Trade & Industry
"Search more than 750 business periodicals and newsletters with a trade or industry focus. Provides users with the latest industry news, product and competitive information, marketing trends, and a wide variety of other topics. Contains publications on every major industry, including finance, insurance, transportation, construction, and many more." Accessible through the Learning Hub site in MyTAFE.
Emerald Management Xtra College
This full text database provides access to publications in management, library services and engineering. Accessible through the Learning Hub site in MyTAFE.
Business Source® Premier
"This is the industry's most used business research database, providing the full text for more than 8,800 serials. Business Source Premier provides full text back to 1965 (or the first issue published for that journal) and searchable cited references back as far as 1998. Journal ranking studies reveal that Business Source Premier is superior to the competition in full text coverage in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics. Additional full text, non-journal content includes market research reports, industry reports, country reports, company profiles and SWOT analyses." Accessible through the Learning Hub site in MyTAFE.
Australian Bureau of Statistics
Regional Business News
This database provides access to full text coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. Updated on a daily basis. Accessible through the Learning Hub site in MyTAFE.
Engineering & Construction
Australian Building Code
Accessible through the Learning Hub site in MyTAFE.
Australian Standards Online
Search the Australian Standards Online database to view and print standards to which the BNIT subscribes. Accessible through the Learning Hub site in MyTAFE.
Health & Nursing
CINAHL
CINAHL Plus with Full Text and CINAHL Select are comprehensive databases indexing full text articles in the nursing and allied health journals. Accessible through the Learning Hub site in MyTAFE.
Cochrane Library
Click Logon and then Logon Anonymously for Australian users. Information and research on health care issues.
PubMed
This database provided by the National Library of Medicine, provides access to citations from medical and life science journals back to the 1960's. Some full text articles are available.
Horticulture
Plantlocator
This is a greenstock location system for plant buyers in the Horticulture industry provided for study and research purposes for students and staff at Brisbane North Institute of TAFE. Accessible through the Learning Hub site in MyTAFE.
Hospitality & Tourism
Hospitality & Tourism Index with Full Text
" Hospitality & Tourism Index with Full Text covers scholarly research and industry news relating to all areas of hospitality and tourism. This comprehensive database combines the records of three renowned collections: Cornell University's former Hospitality database, Articles in Hospitality and Tourism (AHT), formerly co-produced by the Universities of Surrey and Oxford Brookes, and the Lodging, Restaurant & Tourism Index (LRTI), formerly produced by Purdue University. Together, this collection contains more than 500,000 records from more than 500 titles, with coverage dating as far back as 1965. In addition, Hospitality & Tourism Index with Full Text contains full text for more than 200 journals." Accessible through the Learning Hub site in MyTAFE.
Information Technology
ProQuest Computing
"Search top computing journals in full text for research on subjects such as database design, software development, web commerce, LANs, WANs, Intranets, and the Internet." Accessible through the Learning Hub site in MyTAFE.
Safari eBooks
From XML, to database to .net and online references to critical business skills. You will find your answers in Safari. Accessible through the Learning Hub site in MyTAFE.
Law & Legislation
Australasian Legal Information Institute (AUSTLII)
A source of Federal and State Acts and legislation.
Office of the Queensland Parliamentary Counsel (OQPC)
Search this site for the full text of Queensland Acts and legislation.
Scaleplus
Database of Commonwealth, State and territory Legislation and caselaw provided by the Australian Attorney General's Department.
Newspapers
Australian Newspapers Online
This site provides access to Australian online newspapers, including metropolitan, regional and suburban newspapers. Newspapers are listed by State and alphabetically by title. A link is also provided to Worldwide Online Newspapers.
onlinenewspapers.com
This site provides online access to newspapers worldwide.
Science
Australian Agriculture and Natural Resources Online
Search the following databases for information on agriculture and natural resources:
ABOA - published information on Australian agriculture
ARRIP - current research on Australian agriculture and natural resources
ARRIP Archive - completed research on Australian agriculture and natural resources
Geosearch - agro-ecological regions and drainage divisions in Australia
Streamline - published information on Australian natural resources
MSDS
This is an Australian online MSDS (Materials Safety Data Sheet) database which provides access to Australian NOHSC compliant MSDSs. Accessible through the Learning Hub site in MyTAFE.
SciCentral
Gateway to scientific research
Veterinary Nursing and Animal Science
ParaSite
Resource on parasites of cats and dogs. Provides information, images and a glossary. Compiled by Brisbane North Institute of TAFE staff. Accessible through the Learning Hub site in MyTAFE.
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