Date Index

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February 2011

  • Subscription Databases - Access to the Library's broad range of subscription databases

    • January 2011


    December 2010


    November 2010


    October 2010

  • Oz Tourism - Provides Australian holiday planners with an overview of what they can expect to find and an introduction to the major attractions and activities throughout all the states.
  • DrugWatch - A comprehensive database featuring extensive information about thousands of different prescription and over-the-counter medications and drugs currently on the market or previously available worldwide.
  • NSW Law Almanacs - The entire collection of all past New South Wales Law Almanacs (from 1886), with the exception of 2002 (the only year it was not published). They have been catalogued by year and are fully searchable.
  • International Business Resource Desk - Thousands of international business resources.
  • Investopedia - An online stock and financial dictionary with a number of other investing links and tips.
  • Cannabis Can Leave You Permanently Out Of It - From the NSW Department of Health.
  • Society and Culture Association - An avenue for teachers and students to share resources and expertise.
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales - Established in 1874, the Art Gallery of NSW is proud to present fine international and Australian art in one of the most beautiful art museums in the world.
  • HSC Critique - Visual Arts - Exam responses and further study links.
  • Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney - Australia’s only museum dedicated to exhibiting, interpreting and collecting contemporary art from across Australia and around the world.
  • The Poetry Tool - Find poems and poets. From the Poetry Foundation.

    • September 2010

  • WIN TV Illawarra
  • Smart Online Safe Offline - A unique, non-profit social initiative bringing together the community and the digital media industry as partners to deliver online campaigns, aimed at educating young internet users about the dangers in their online environment.
  • Smart Online Safe Offline - A unique, non-profit social initiative bringing together the community and the digital media industry as partners to deliver online campaigns, aimed at educating young internet users about the dangers in their online environment.
  • Australasian Digital Theses Program - The aim of the ADTP is to establish a distributed database of digital versions of theses produced by the postgraduate research students at Australian universities.
  • London Lives - London Lives makes available, in a fully digitised and searchable form, a wide range of primary sources about eighteenth-century London (1690-1800), with a particular focus on plebeian Londoners.
  • Australian National Security - Provides a single access point for national security information from the Australian Government.
  • Consumer Credit Legal Centre NSW - A community legal centre specialising in financial services, particularly matters and policy issues related to consumer credit, banking and debt recovery. It has a particular focus on issues that affect low income and disadvantaged consumers.
  • Directory of Important Wetlands in Australia - From the Australian Government - Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities.
  • TeensHealth - A safe, private place for teens who need honest, accurate information and advice about health, emotions, and life.
  • TeensHealth - A safe, private place for teens who need honest, accurate information and advice about health, emotions, and life.
  • The Medieval Bestiary - Deals with any and all aspects of the general topic "animals in the Middle Ages", though there is an emphasis on the manuscript tradition, particularly of the bestiaries, and mostly in western Europe.
  • The National Archives - United Kingdom - The UK government's official archive.
  • Wollongong Climate Action Network - Aims to encourage, enable and involve people to take action both individually and collectively; exert political influence at all levels of government to take action on Climate Change; put Climate Change on business and community group agendas.

    • August 2010

  • Ten Minutes A Day - The Ten Minutes a Day program provides practical ideas on using stories, rhymes, songs and music to help children under two years develop early literacy skills.
  • The Children’s University Of Manchester - The University of Manchester shares the excitement of knowledge with the wider community, particularly primary schools. Resources include online interactive learning materials and educational games.
  • The South Coast-Illawarra CBCA - A regional sub branch of the NSW Branch the of Children's Book Council of Australia.
  • Home Loan Calculator - From Mortgage Choice.

    • July 2010

  • My High School Careers - Careers website for students, parents and careers advisers in NSW and the ACT.
  • Virtual Medical Centre - Virtual Medical Centre is Australia's leading medical information website. It delivers the latest medical information written by medical professionals.

    • June 2010

  • Population and Housing Projections - Population and house and dwelling projections for New South Wales as a whole and 13 regions of the state.
  • New Zealand Births, Deaths & Marriages Online - From the New Zealand government.
  • HistoryWorld - Historyworld’s aim is to make world history more easily accessible through interactive narratives and timelines.
  • Fairfax Library Edition - SMH 2006+ - This new generation digital product delivers an identical replica of The SMH printed edition. It contains every page, article, photo, table, advertisement and cartoon published in the printed edition.
    [ Available only in the library - ask staff for username & password.]

    • May 2010

  • Infocus - Infocus is an innovative service that links students studying for the HSC with information from the State Library of New South Wales.
  • Shellharbour City Library Service - Search the catalogue.
  • The Australian Bushrangers - Contains many useful links.
  • Movie Posters Archive - A collection of movie posters, mainly from 2000 onwards.
  • Travel Math - Provides an online travel calculator to help you find answers quickly. If you're planning a trip you can measure things like travel distance and travel time.

    • April 2010

  • Clusty - Instead of delivering millions of search results in one long list, Clusty groups similar results together into clusters, which help you see your search results by topic so you can zero in on exactly what you’re looking for or discover unexpected relationships between items.
  • Ask a Scientist - Includes answers to questions like what is the difference between polygenic inheritance and multiple alleles
  • Australian Red Cross - How donated blood is used
  • Australia's health 2008 - Australia's premier source of statistics and information on patterns and determinants of health and illness; health across the life stages; the supply and use of health services; expenditure and workforce; and health sector performance
  • DNA interactive
  • History of Malaria
  • Learn about water - Detailed information about every aspect of water use from rain to sewers
  • National drugs campaign
  • National endocrine and metabolic diseases information service
  • People responsible for the discover of DNA
  • Indeed - A search engine for jobs, allowing job seekers to find jobs posted on thousands of company career sites and job boards.
  • Mashpedia - Provides a basic definition, the latest related news, videos, images, twitter messages and relevant links for a topic. As real-time contents are ranked with the most recent coming first, Mashpedia can provide new information each day. Useful for specific topics such as concepts, subjects, personalities, events, places, companies, products, etc., but not for broader, unspecific searches.

    • March 2010

  • Cannabis and mental health - schools resource - A teacher resource for years 9 and 10 - has been developed to assist teachers in discussing issues around cannabis use and mental health.
  • My School - Provides detailed information about almost 10,000 schools in Australia. From the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA).

    • February 2010

  • Gateway to the UN System’s Work on Climate Change - Articles, links and resources.
  • Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - IPCC Assessment reports and links.
  • United States Environmental Protection Agency - Offers comprehensive information on the issue of climate change in a way that is accessible and meaningful to all parts of society.
  • United States Global Change Research Program - Coordinates and integrates federal research on changes in the global environment and their implications for society.
  • (IPAC) Illawarra Performing Arts Centre - Home of Merrigong Theatre Company - Whats On, Venue Info, Artistic Program, News, Contacts
  • Wollongong City Gallery - News, Exhibitions & Events, General Info, The Collection, Submitting Proposals, Education

    • January 2010

  • NSW Government Gazette - All NSW Government Gazettes from 2001 onwards.
  • Sea Cliff Bridge - The Sea Cliff Bridge forms part of the Grand Pacific Drive and is located on scenic Lawrence Hargrave Drive, 60 kms south from central Sydney (or 23 kms north of Wollongong). It was opened on December 11, 2005.
  • Database of Monologues and Scenes - Over 540 monologues and scenes from films, plays, televisions, and books. Out of respect for copyright the full material is not available for all monologues/scenes, but more than enough information is available for you to find the scene elsewhere.
  • Understanding Statistics - A variety of tools and resources to assist you to understand, interpret and evaluate statistical information.
  • Award Winners & Bestsellers - Lists of award winning books and Canadian and U.S. bestsellers.

    • December 2009

  • Illawarra Events Directory from About-Australia.com - Listing an Illawarra Events Directory. Also including Region and Travel Information
  • Oficial National Schoolies Week Site - Official website of Schoolies around Australia.
  • Stop, You’re Killing Me! - A resource for lovers of mystery, crime, thriller, spy, and suspense books.

    • November 2009

  • United Nations Climate Change Conference - Held in Copenhagen, Denmark, Dec 7–18, 2009.
  • LiveGuide - Showcasing over 3500 events weekly, LiveGuide.com.au delivers the most comprehensive "what's on" content for music, arts, theatre, sports and entertainment events.
  • Digital Atlas Of Marine Species And Locations - An interactive database, which catalogues marine life in photographs by geographic location while providing encyclopedic content.
  • The Robert Louis Stevenson Website - The most comprehensive site dedicated to Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894), providing resources for academics, school children, and people interested in learning about the author.
  • The Little Big Book Club - Assists adults in choosing age appropriate books for young children. Each month, the club’s selection committee chooses a book for each age group 0 – 2 years (pre talkers), 2 & 3 years (talkers) and 4 & 5 years (pre readers).
  • Asia-Pacific Emissions Trading Forum - The prime information service and business network dealing with domestic and international developments in greenhouse gas emissions markets in this region.
  • Index to the Colonial Secretary's Papers 1788-1825
  • Monckton Collection - The complete papers of climate change skeptic Christopher Walter Monckton, 3rd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley. From the Science & Public Policy Institute.
  • Optimum Population Trust - The leading environmental charity and think tank in the UK concerned with the impact of population growth on the environment.
  • Skeptical Science - A summary of what the science says on each skeptic argument
  • CityTownInfo - The site's career directory presents information on hundreds of employment categories and thousands of schools, to help people find and pursue careers in the United States.
  • Convict Research - A list of useful websites on the subject. From Janet Reakes Genealogy.

    • October 2009

  • History of Fashion in Slides - A collection of images representing the history of fashion, primarily in the Western World, from the "prehistoric" to the present day.
  • Natural Disasters: Animated Guides - Animations explaining how tsunamis, hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes and volcanoes occur. From the BBC.
  • GrantGuru - Free searchable listing of grants and funding for community based and not-for-profit organisations.

    • September 2009

  • Organisation For Economic Co-operation And Development - OECD brings together the governments of countries committed to democracy and the market economy from around the world.
  • BreastScreen NSW - This government funded service aims to detect breast cancer early before it has a chance to spread.
  • Find My Past - With millions of family history records online, Find My Past makes it easy to research your UK ancestry and create your family tree.
  • National Seniors Australia - Productive Ageing Centre - NSPAC has been established to undertake consumer-oriented research into productive ageing, and to provide education about all aspects of productive ageing through promotion and information.
  • National Archives of Ireland - The National Archives holds a wide variety of records, many of which are relevant to Irish genealogy and local history.
  • Musica Viva - Founded in 1945, Musica Viva is Australia’s oldest independent professional performing arts organisation, and seeks to connect audiences with chamber music, inspiring personal fulfilment and cultural vibrancy.
  • Wollongong City Memorial Gardens & Cemeteries - Information about Wollongong City Council cemeteries.
  • Keyboard tutorial
  • BluePages - Provides information about depression. From the Centre for Mental Health Research at the Australian National University.
  • Read.gov - Online books, suggested booklists, author webcasts, teaching resources. From the Library of Congress.

    • August 2009

  • Find Legal Answers - Find legal answers to everyday questions about the law in NSW
  • Public Library Journal - Published by the Public Libraries Group of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (UK), this is the leading periodical produced specifically for local authority libraries.
  • Acts and Cases - From the Legal Information Access Centre. Find acts, regulations, judgments, court decisions, court rules, practice and procedure and links to finding cases.
  • The World Bank - Climate Change - This site is designed to provide an overview of the Bank's work on this vexing problem in the developing world including information about their current projects, data sets, research papers, and books.
  • Events and Dates - A comprehensive calendar outlining Australian school terms and events, as well as various events and public / religious holidays from around the world, including United Nations designated days and years.
  • Southern Gateway Centre - The complex incorporates a visitor information centre, a restaurant and kiosk, an Aboriginal discovery centre and viewing platforms over the escarpment.
  • New South Wales Electoral Commission - The New South Wales Electoral Commission is an independent statutory authority which conducts state elections, local council elections, NSW Aboriginal Land Council elections and certain statutory elections.

    • July 2009

  • Australian Senior Publications - Australia’s premier newspaper group targeting the over 50’s demographic.
  • Online Multiple Choice - These Test Yourself quizzes can be long or short, taken from just one year's exam papers or from a mix of years stretching right back to 2001 - each user decides the number of questions they want in each test. Also contains School Certificate quizzes.
  • Australian Policy Online - A news service and library specialising in Australian public policy reports and articles from academic research centres, think tanks, government and non-government organisations.
  • The Red Hot Jazz Archive - The Archive is primarily concerned with documenting the world of early jazzmen, so visitors will find ample information on Louis Armstrong, King Oliver, Kid Ory, Bunk Johnson, and many others.
  • cuisine.com.au - Fabulous recipes from Australia's top chefs as featured in The Age, Sydney Morning Herald and NZ Cuisine magazine.
  • Collectors (ABC TV) - The official website of the popular ABC television series.

    • June 2009

  • Convict Transportation Registers Database - Over 123,000 out of the estimated 160,000 convicts transported to Australia are recorded in this database. It covers the period of 1787 to 1867 and mainly includes those convicted in England, Wales and Scotland. Only a small number of Irish convicts appear in this series of records. Indexed by the State Library of Queensland.
  • Live Smart - Multilingual living skills website for young people. The website provides information in 6 languages (Arabic, Amharic, Dinka, Swahili, Karen and English). Covers areas such as health, housing and cooking tips and provides an online budgeting tool.
  • My Language - Provides access to search engines, web directories and news in over sixty languages.
  • Bing - Microsoft's general-purpose search engine.
  • HSC Legal Studies News Watch - This blog will help you find information about recent changes to the law, recent cases, new legislation as well as identify new publications that you will find useful. The authors of this blog work in the Legal Information Access Centre (LIAC) based at the State Library of NSW.
  • Archives Outside - A meeting place for people who have archival collections around New South Wales and researchers who wish to access them.
  • Australian Government - Department of Climate Change - The Department of Climate Change was established on 3 December 2007 as part of the Prime Minister and Cabinet Portfolio.
  • Cultural Gifts Program - List of Approved Valuers - A list of valuers approved by the Australian Government Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts.
  • Flat Chat - Flat Chat is a column that appears every weekend in the Domain section of the Sydney Morning Herald, and is about strata apartment living specifically but not exclusively in NSW, Australia.
  • Wolfram Alpha - A computational search engine designed to answer complex search queries by returning a single result.

    • May 2009

  • The Jean Hailes Foundation for Women's Health - Provides a unique response to the needs of women through excellence in research, community and professional education, and clinical care.
  • Fashion Era - Looks at women's costume and fashion history and analyses the mood of an era.
  • Boomerang Books - A small Adelaide-based business that aims to provide books at discounted prices, with a particular emphasis on Australian books.
  • QBD The Bookshop - A privately owned company comprising of 31 stores within Australia.
  • Rosemary's Romance Books - Specialises in all the sub-genres found within Romance Fiction.
  • Writing Tips - These tips are for genre writers not literary writers, for storytellers not writers of semi-autobiographical memoirs.
  • Stay Smart Online - Stay Smart Online is designed to provide all Australian online users with practical tips and advice on e-security.

    • April 2009

  • Freeze Frame - Historic Polar Images, 1845-1982. From the Scott Polar Research Institute.
  • Gmail - Web based email.
  • How Swiss Bank Accounts Work - This article aims to dispel myths propagated in popular culture about the operation of Swiss bank accounts. From HowStuffWorks.
  • Medpedia - A repository of up-to-date unbiased medical information, contributed and maintained by health experts around the world, and freely available to everyone.
  • Virtual Volcano - Explore a virtual volcano. From the Discovery Channel.
  • Labour market statistics - Monthly labour market and vacancy statistics, plus research on agreement-making and employee share ownership from Dept of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
  • Despatches From Gallipoli - Charles Bean, Keith Murdoch, Phillip Schuler and Charles Smith were four Australians who went to Gallipoli as journalists during World War 1. This website aims to introduce these men and their writing, as well as to highlight their role in the development of an Australian identity.
  • Ancestry Library edition - Ancestry.com access using the Wollongong City Library subscription. Available only in the Library
  • Ancestry Library edition - Ancestry.com access using the Wollongong City Library subscription. Available only in the Library
    [ Available only in the library - ask staff for username & password.]
  • ANZAC Day - From the Australian Government's Culture and Recreation Portal.
  • ANZAC Day - Teaching and Learning about ANZAC Day - From the New South Wales Board of Studies.
  • The Making of Modern Australia - The website where people can share their own stories of living in Australia since 1945. The creators of the documentary TV series "The Making of Modern Australia" will read the stories and may use some of them in the series screening on ABC TV in 2010.
  • The Organic Center - The Center's mission is to generate credible, peer-reviewed scientific information and communicate the verifiable benefits of organic farming and products to society.
  • UserNameCheck - Interested in quickly checking if the username(s) you want are available for nearly 70 web sites and tools? Simply enter the username you’re looking for and within seconds you’ll see (look below the icons) if that username is available. A real timesaver!

    • March 2009

  • Belonging (Infocus) - A list of related texts and resources based on the 2009-2012 Area of Study: Belonging from the State Library
  • Belonging blog - Short reviews or recommendations of specific texts, or links to websites of value to HSC students studying Belonging for the NSW HSC Area of Study
  • Belonging: Resource list for HSC English Area of Study - Link to a resource list of texts that might be relevant to the Area of Study: Belonging for the Standard and Advanced courses and the Language Study within the Area of Study: Belonging, for the English as a Second Language (ESL) course, as prescribed in the new HSC English Prescriptions 2009–2012
  • Children's Book Council of Australia: Early Childhood Category Winners - List of category-winning books.
  • Children's Book Council of Australia: Older Readers Category Winners - List of category-winning books.
  • Children's Book Council of Australia: Picture Book Category Winners - List of category-winning books.
  • Children's Book Council of Australia: Younger Readers Category Winners - List of category-winning books.
  • Lawlink student resources - Resources for use by secondary school students undertaking legal studies in New South Wales
  • Newbie's Guide to Twitter - An introduction to Twitter, a real-time messaging system for groups and friends.
  • Smartraveller - The Australian Government's travel advisory and consular assistance service.
  • Cancer Council New South Wales - The leading cancer charity in NSW.

    • February 2009

  • ComputerBank Illawarra - ComputerBank is a not for profit, non government, volunteer based organisation which provides free basic computer systems to disadvantaged individuals, families, and community groups.
  • Ecosystems at Risk Virtual Fieldtrip - A virtual field trip in the Minnamurra Rainforest.
  • Minnamurra Rainforest Centre - a case study - A case study of the link between National Parks and Tourism.
  • Online Bookstores in Australia - A list of Australian based online bookstores.
  • CAAN: Community Alcohol Action Network - CAAN works to reduce cultural pressures that encourage Australians to drink unsafely.
  • The Afghanistan Analyst - A research portal for those who want to better understand Afghanistan.

    • January 2009


    December 2008

  • Australian Stem Cell Centre - Information about stem cells, FAQs, a glossary, links to other sites and a news and events list
  • Christmas season celebrations in Australia - Learn how Christmas is celebrated in Australia
  • Mapping Our Anzacs - Interactive, searchable database leading to digitised images of war records for individuals throughout Australia
  • Pronounce Names - Dictionary of Name Pronunciation
  • South Asia Terrorism Portal - Terrorism and low intensity warfare in South Asia
  • Belonging (Inside break) - A list of HSC English suggested related texts and resources based on the 2009-2012 Area of Study: Belonging
  • culture.gov.au - Connecting you with Australian culture and recreation online
  • I want that flight - Allows you to compare Qantas, VirginBlue, Jetstar and Tiger Airways flights quickly
  • Remindr - A free service that sends you a reminder by email, telephone and other technical applications.
  • SuperClubs plus Australia - A protected, online social learning community where kids meet friends, have fun and learn really cool stuff

    • November 2008

  • LiteraryAwards.com.au - Covers the Australian Literary Award scene from A-Z
  • Library Elf - Do you have trouble keeping track of all those great books, DVDs and magazines you have borrowed from the Library? Why not get some help from Library Elf?

    • October 2008

  • NetLingo: The Internet Language Dictionary - This online dictionary contains definitions of hundreds of words that are emerging as a new vocabulary surrounding the technology and community of the Internet
  • TechWeb Technology Encyclopedia - Over 20,000 definitions of technology terms and concepts.
  • Asia News Network - A network of national daily newspapers published in Asian cities, organized to optimize coverage of major news events in the region.
  • Sustainable Illawarra - The vision for this project is for the Illawarra councils to balance their social, environmental and economic goals to ensure a sustainable and adaptable future.
  • Individuals superannuation essentials - This Tax Office site provides detailed information on superannuation for individuals.
  • Career FAQs - Career FAQs is the home of quality, fact-filled career resources.
  • Wollongong City Community Atlas - The Community Atlas includes key socio-demographic characteristics for Wollongong City presented as interactive maps.
  • Cemeteries of South Coast & Illawarra Region - Contains transcriptions of cemetery records and tombstone inscriptions
  • facesaerch - An image search engine for faces powered by Google
  • The Real Australian Outback - The guide covers a lot more than the usual tourist attractions in Outback Australia

    • September 2008

  • Secrets of Yoga - Bringing together all the yogic technologies in one web site with love, spirituality, and personal style
  • Geared - The RTA's young driver website. Features tips and information about everything driver related.
  • jobsjobsjobs.com.au - Thousands of new jobs, careers and employment opportunities in Australia.
  • SearchBoth - Search both Google & Yahoo at the same time side by side, and more.
  • Australian Local Government Training (ALGT) - Provides Councils and the Local Government sector with a range of services to assist in addressing the training and professional development needs of the local government workforce
  • Commonwealth Government Notices Gazettes - Contains Gazettes and Indexes to the Gazettes, published by the Attorney-General's Department since July 2002.
  • Local Government procurement - Local Government Procurement (LGP) has been established to provide a fully integrated procurement service to councils and associated organisations in NSW
  • Rail Europe - European rail passes, tickets, maps and schedules. Prices in Australian dollars.
  • UTS Centre for Local Government - Professional development programs for local government personnel and associated professionals
  • Slang Dictionary - Covering over 16,000 English language slang and dialect terms from around the world
  • ICAC - Independent Commission Against Corruption
  • Land and environment court
  • Law Society of New South Wales
  • OECD - Statistics portal

    • August 2008

  • Australian Booksellers - Independent site designed to promote Booksellers from Australia
  • Cuil - A search engine
  • Pipl - Search by first and last name, city, state, and country to obtain links to sites with information about individuals.
  • The Music Lists - Lists of the greatest rock guitar riffs, rock drummers, motown songs, rock songwriters etc
  • Michael Organ Home Page 2011 - Articles on the early history of the Illawarra
  • Capacity toolkit:information for government and community workers, professionals, families and carers in New South Wales - Provides up to date information for government and community workers, professionals, families and carers in New South Wales
  • Caring for country: a guide to environmental law for Aboriginal communities - The purpose of this guide is to assist Aboriginal people to understand their legal rights and obligations under environmental and natural resource management law
  • Andrology Australia - Andrology Australia is a community and professional education programme providing information on male reproductive health.
  • Free tax help now available - Volunteers trained by the Tax Office are now available in your area to help low income earners prepare their tax returns
  • Highlights for Children - Activities that will provide hours of fun for kids
  • Old Aussie Food Recipes - Classic and Traditional Australian Recipes
  • PhoneChoice - PhoneChoice is Australia's most established and comprehensive site for all your Telecommunications needs. You will find independent, unbiased advice and solutions.

    • July 2008

  • Percent calculator
  • AusStage : Gateway to the Australian performing Arts - AusStage provides an accessible research facility for investigating live performance in Australia.
  • ePrintableCalendars.com - An easy to use website which allows you to view or print out calendars by month or year, and in various sizes.
  • OpenAustralia.org - A non-partisan website run by a group of volunteers which aims to make it easy for people to keep tabs on their representatives in Parliament.
  • AlltheWeb - A World-wide Search Engine
  • Alta Vista Australia
  • Anzwers Australia and NZ
  • Ask for Kids - Kids Search Tool
  • Ask.com - A Meta Search Engine (Searches multiple search engines at once)
  • Clusty - the clustering search engine - A Meta Search Engine (Searches multiple search engines at once)
  • Dogpile - A Meta Search Engine (Searches multiple search engines at once)
  • Excite - A World-wide Search Engine
  • Google Australia
  • Hotbot - A World-wide Search Engine
  • Kids' Search Tools
  • kids.net.au - A Kids Search Tool
  • KidsClick! - Kids Search Tool
  • KillerInfo - A Meta Search Engine (Searches multiple search engines at once)
  • MetaCrawler - A Meta Search Engine (Searches multiple search engines at once)
  • ninemsn
  • Search.com - A Meta Search Engine (Searches multiple search engines at once)
  • web wombat - The orginal Australian search engine
  • Yahoo - Australia and New Zealand
  • Yahoo Kids
  • Fasteagle - Easy navigation across hundreds of the most popular and useful websites
  • Animals - Facts, information, photos,sounds, habitats, reports and news about Animals from National Geographic.

    • June 2008

  • Baldwin Library of Children's Literature - Includes over 2500 fully digitized children's books.
  • Life Beyond Google: Some of the Best of the Rest - Google is still the behemoth of search engines, but there is a plethora of alternative search engines that provide features not readily available on Google.
  • Web 2.0 Resources - Access to sites that focus on Web 2.0 technologies and applications.
  • Times Archive - Every issue of The Times published between 1785-1985, digitally scanned and fully searchable
  • How to Digitize an LP - Converting music on a phonograph record to electronic files ready for upload
  • Architecture - Information from Architectural Record
  • Private schools directory - Welcome to the most respected and comprehensive online directory to Australian Private schools

    • May 2008

  • Australia's War 1939-1945 - WW2 site established by the Department of Veteran's Affairs
  • Autosource - An Australian car & automotive website directory which allows you to find car parts, car dealers, car clubs etc
  • Hippo - An online service which helps young people find casual or part-time work.
  • Hippo - An online service which helps young people find casual or part-time work.
  • How to Draw Cartoons - Simple step by step drawing lessons
  • In Pictures - Free, easy-to follow illustrated tutorials for software and computer subjects
  • Part Time Online - A specialist website for part time jobs, flexible work, contract work, temporary positions and casual job employment.Includes jobs in the Wollongong area.
  • The Australians at War Film Archive - A record of the stories of over two thousand war veterans.
  • Water Encyclopedia - Articles about all aspects of water science and its history
  • Web 2.0 News - Up to date news articles about Web 2.0 from Google News
  • Wi Fi Hotspot Directory - Search over 200,000 Wi-Fi hotspots in 135 countries
  • History of the Internet - Discusses the history of computers, the World Wide Web, search engines and more with some pictures and diagrams
  • Australian Newspapers - Includes Sydney Morning Herald from 1842-1954
  • Human Development Report - Population statistics, development trends, climate change and the implications for development
  • Worldmapper - A resource that builds up spatial awareness of production and consumption of the world's resources
  • Australia Post Stamps - About Stamps - Find out why people collect stamps, why some are so valuable, and how to get started with your own collection.
  • Renovate - A one-stop shop for information and services for the home renovator.

    • April 2008

  • Portals to the world from the Library of Congress - These pages link you to the best web pages available for every and any country
  • Virus encyclopedia - All about internet security
  • Visual dictionary - Annotated images that identify each part of a given item, such as an automobile or a musical instrument
  • WorldReference.com - Online French, Italian and Spanish Dictionary

    • March 2008

  • PC World Online - PC World is a widely read computer magazine which includes reviews and rankings of software and new technologies.
  • The Internet Surname Database - Contains a large FREE to access database (almost 50,000 surnames) on the history and meaning of family last names.
  • The Newbie Guide to Blogging - Tips on how to blog and how blogging can help you.
  • YouTube - Article from Wikipedia on YouTube, a video sharing website where users can upload, view and share video clips.
  • Illawarra Business Chamber - The Illawarra Business Chamber (IBC) is a member-based not for profit business support organisation.
  • Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names - Find out the latitude and longitude of named places.
  • How Digital Television Works - Analog, digital, HD, HDTV and lots more.
  • Facebook 101: Ten Things You Need to Know About Facebook - Information about the social networking site, Facebook.
  • Raising Children Network - Offers a range of independent content to assist parents.
  • Zazz - Online shopping site - just one product on sale for 24 hours.
  • National Geographic: Prehistoric Time Line - The events covered in the time-line include the initial formation of the Earth all the way up to the recent Ice Ages and the birth of modern humans.
  • Book Clubs - Wollongong City Library - Book discussion groups are currently running at various Wollongong Libraries. To find out more about joining one of these groups or to get a list of what the groups are reading please speak to staff at the library.
  • LitLovers - An online community dedicated to books and book clubs—because both enrich our lives.

    • February 2008

  • CompletePlanet - There are hundreds of thousands of databases that contain Deep Web content. CompletePlanet is the front door to these Deep Web databases on the Web.
  • Lost For Words - An author is compiling a picture dictionary for adults with Alzheimer's and is calling for contributions to make carers' lives a little more manageable.
  • Australian Schools Directory
  • Remnant bushland database
  • Convertworld - Allows you to convert between currencies, weight, volume, mass, time, distance and more.Includes international shoe size conversions.
  • ecards.ac - Allows you to email free musical, animated eCards - includes birthday, anniversary and valentine's cards.
  • New Launches - New technology and gadgetry.
  • Sacred Destinations Travel Guide - An ecumenical guide to more than 1,100 sacred sites, holy places, pilgrimage destinations, religious architecture and sacred art in 55 countries around the world.
  • Illawarra Fly Treetop Walk - The Illawarra Fly treetop walk is an elevated steel canopy walk through the rainforest on the Illawarra escarpment, offering unique views to Lake Illawarra and the coast.This attraction is due to open in March 2008.
  • World War 1Colour Photos - World War I.... who would have thought there were original colour photos of WWI? This site contains hundreds of photos taken by the French in the last two years of World War One.
  • Daily Telegraph
  • Your Sea Change - Australia's only on-line magazine for people who want to sea change or tree change.
  • OCLC- The world's libraries connected. - More than 60,000 libraries in 112 countries and territories around the world use OCLC services to locate, acquire, catalogue, lend and preserve library materials.
  • Superannuation Calculator - This calculator can help you estimate how much Super you will have when you retire, based on your current situation.
  • time and date.com - Calendars for any year.
  • net.Tutor:E-Mail Basics
  • What's email?

    • January 2008

  • Just Free Books - Searches the content of more than 450 web sites to find public domain texts, open books, free audio books, ad-supported books and more.
  • WIN Sports and Entertainment Centres - The WIN Sports & Entertainment Centres is designed as a multipurpose facility which hosts a variety of concerts, conventions, exhibitions seminars, gala dinners and outdoor and indoor sporting events.
  • First Choice Books - Lists of reading suggestions. Choose the type of books you are interested in and then click on the list or on any of the images.
  • headspace illawarra - The headspace mission is to deliver improvements in the mental health, social wellbeing and economic participation of young Australian’s aged 12-25
  • How to Retire Happy - Your retirement will be as unique as your fingerprint. There is no "one way" to enjoy retirement. It's up to you to design the life you'd love to live.
  • Leukaemia Foundation - Dedicated to the care and cure of patients and families living with leukaemias, lymphomas, myeloma and related blood disorders.
  • World Life Expectancy - Health and longevity details by country.
  • Concise Dictionary of First Names - Search the 6,000 names in the Concise Dictionary of First Names to find out what your name really means or to choose the name for your new baby.
  • Information for retirees, or people who will be retiring soon - Financial tips and safety checks provided by the Australian Securities & Investments Commission.
  • Your Guide to Podcasts - A basic introduction to Podcasts and Podcasting from the weblog MediaShift.

    • December 2007

  • Wollongong City Council Community Profile - Wollongong City Council Community Profile includes results from the 2006, 2001, 1996, and 1991 Censuses of Population and Housing
  • She Buys - The most innovative feature packed automotive website for women. Dedicated to providing information, guidance and tips when it comes to looking to buy, sell or simply maintain your car.
  • Association of Societies for Growing Australian Plants - A site for those interested in the cultivation, propagation, conservation and appreciation of Australia's native flora.
  • Vintage Sewing - Offers free online access to public domain sewing books.
  • Jane Austen's World - Find information about Jane Austen, her world, and the people she knew.
  • The Official Website of the Glycemic Index and GI Database - The glycemic index or GI ranks carbohydrates according to their effect on our blood glucose levels.
  • The Oxford Dictionary of Art - One-volume guide to the art of the Western world.
  • Flashpoints: Guide to World Conflicts - Flashpoints strives to provide the information needed to make informed judgements about the nature of specific violent political conflicts.

    • November 2007

  • Conservation Register: How to Care for ... - Fact sheets giving general advice on the care and conservation of a range of different materials or objects.
  • Quick Guide to Health Literacy and Older Adults - This site provides useful strategies and suggestions to professionals who work with older adults to help bridge the communication gap between professionals and older adults.
  • Australian Mines Atlas - National maps and information on mines and minerals.
  • As the Cocky Flies - As the Cocky Flies will calculate the distance between two places in Australia.
  • Australian Rail Maps - National, regional and city passenger railways and information.
  • First Fleet Online - Consists of information about the convicts who were transported to Australia in 1787.
  • The English Census Website - 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901 census for England and Wales. Free index, fees apply for image viewing.
  • The Playground : the ABC's site for children and their carers. - The Playground has been designed to provide easy access to information about your favourite ABC Kids characters, TV programs and online games.
  • Australian Film Institute
  • Australian Institute of Criminology - Australia's national crime and criminal justice research agency
  • Collections Australia Network - Allows the public to search collection records from libraries, galleries, museums and archives all across Australia through a single search.
  • Encyclopedia Mythica - Encyclopedia of mythology, folklore, and religion. Divided into six geographical regions: Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe, Middle East, and Oceania.
  • It’s an Honour - The latest news on honours, a complete A-Z guide to awards, fact sheets and statistics, and a search facility for the Australian Honours Database.
  • Reserve Bank of Australia - Notes in Circulation - This site provides information and images of our notes, including design elements and biographical details of the Australians portrayed on our notes.
  • Alzheimer's Australia - Alzheimer's Australia is the peak body providing support and advocacy for the 500,000 Australians living with dementia.
  • Kids Help Line - Kids Help Line is Australia's only free, confidential and anonymous, telephone and online counselling service specifically for young people aged between 5 and 25.
  • Book Reporter - Books into Movies - Lists of books which have been made into movies.
  • Do Not Call Register - In response to concerns about the increasing levels of telemarketing calls the Government has introduced a national Do Not Call Register.
  • Mariners and Ships in Australian Waters - Masters, crew, a stowaway or two; passengers, cabin, saloon and steerage; births at sea, deaths at sea - you will find them all here.
  • RateCity - Lets you find,compare and purchase financial products from hundreds of Australian banks and institutions. Covers credit cards,home loans and more.
  • The Grey Nomads - If you are one of the growing army of grey nomads discovering, or hoping to discover, the joys of the open road, then this site is for you.
  • The Scoop on Smoking - what every teen should know about tobacco - Designed to present to teenagers in a highly accessible, interactive manner, detailed facts about the health consequences of tobacco use.
  • Typing Exercise - This web page gives you quick, useful practice in developing your typing skills.
  • All About Dinosaurs - A good overview of the history of dinosaurs including the factors responsible for their extinction.
  • Australian Word Map - Word Map is mapping Australian regionalisms - words, phrases or expressions used by particular language groups.
  • Christmas in Australia - Information about the way Christmas is celebrated in Australia.
  • Lookle Australia - An internet search engine that searches through Australian web sites only.Displays search results with a thumbnail picture of each site.
  • PrivateHealth.gov.au - Contains a database of all policies offered by private health insurance companies in Australia.
  • Directory of Airline Web Sites - Comprehensive list of world airlines with links to their web sites.
  • Australian of the Year Awards - History of the Awards since their inception in 1960.Includes information about nominating candidates.
  • Australian Population Clock - The estimated resident population of Australia at any given time.
  • The Reptiles of Australia - Information on the range of reptiles found in Australia including images, maps and habitats.
  • Offstats: Official Statistics on the Web - Portal for 'official' statistics sites around the world. This includes government agencies, international organisations, NGOs and similar sources.
  • Animal Diversity Web - An online database of animal natural history, distribution, classification, and conservation biology.
  • Sydney's Early Constructions and Heritage Properties - An overview of early building construction methods in Sydney, including heritage properties. Covers time periods 1840-1900 and 1900-1930.
  • The Australian Constitution
  • Australian Recording Industry Association - Details about the Australian recording industry. Includes ARIA Awards and ARIA Charts.
  • eBay Australia - eBay is the world's online marketplace; a place for buyers and sellers to come together and trade almost anything.
  • More than just equipment - A report on the library and information needs of people with a disability, particularly in relation to the internet
  • Theatre Australia - A forum for everyone with an interest in Australian theatre. Includes links to theatre companies and venues throughout Australia.
  • Wollongong City Centre Business Improvement District - Information about Wollongong's major retail centre with links to a vast range of facilities and attractions for the tourist and residents.
  • Beyond the HSC
  • AllPsych Online: The Virtual Psychology Classroom - One of the largest and most comprehensive psychology websites on the Internet
  • Auslan Signbank - Auslan is the language of the deaf community of Australia. Signbank is an interactive dictionary of Auslan (Australian Sign Language).
  • Australian Newspapers Online - Search for Australian online newspapers by title, state or town.
  • How to Write an Essay: 10 Easy Steps - Offers a ten-step process that teaches students how to write an essay.
  • Mind Tools - essential skills for an excellent career - Information to help you develop good communication, management and leadership skills as well as stress and time management skills.
  • The Battle of the Somme - Find out how the Battle was planned and fought, about the experiences of the people who were involved and about the battlefields today.
  • ATM Locator - Locations of automated teller machines (ATMs) in more than 170 countries.
  • Baker's Student Encyclopedia of Music - Offers over 4,500 entries on music, musical instruments and musicians
  • Celebrity Link - Celebrity Link contains a huge directory of links to sites dedicated to celebrities. The links are checked regularly.
  • Children's Storybooks Online - Illustrated children's stories for kids of all ages.
  • Australian Traditional-Medicine Society - Australia's largest professional association of complementary medicine practitioners, representing about 65% of the total complementary medicine profession.
  • Bullying. No way! - Initiated by Australia's educational communities to create learning environments where every student is free from bullying, violence, harassment and discrimination.
  • Distinguished Women of Past and Present - Includes writers, educators, scientists, heads of state, politicians, civil rights crusaders, artists, entertainers, and others.
  • Encyclopedia of the Orient - A one-stop online resource which covers all countries and cultures between Mauritania in the west and Iran in the east, Turkey in the north and Sudan in the south.

    • October 2007

  • Flickr - Website for people to store, search, sort and share photos.
  • Fodor's Travel Guides - Online travel site by the world's most popular travel book company.
  • Forbes Lists - Interesting lists such as the top companies, top celebrities, richest people.
  • Internet country codes - This site provides a list of Internet country codes.
  • Australian Citizenship - Contains information about applying for Australian citizenship, including links to the new Citizenship Test.
  • Bladder and Bowel Website - Information & advice on the prevention & management of bladder control & bowel problems
  • Read Print - An online library offering thousands of free books for students, teachers, and the classic enthusiast.
  • WorkChoices - Information on the workplace relations system.
  • Immunise Australia Program - Provides information about immunisation and Australian immunisation standards.
  • The Cambridge History of English and American Literature - This work was originally published from 1907 to 1921 by G.P. Putnam's Sons in the U.S. and Cambridge University Press in England.
  • Ancestry Public Library` - Genealogy, family trees and family history records online. Includes records from the United States Census; military records; court, land and probate records; vital and church records; directories and passenger lists
  • Getting out: a young persons guide to independent living - Leaving home can be a challenging and stressful time. This website gives lots of good tips and links to useful resources to make the transition easier.
  • Languages of the World - Learn about language families and individual languages and dialects throughout the world.
  • The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - The IPCC has been established to assess scientific, technical and socio- economic information relevant for the understanding of climate change.
  • Seat Guru - See exactly which seats on a specific plane are superior or substandard. Seat Guru's colour-coded plane plans make it really easy to spot the seats that you do or don't want to sit in.
  • Australia Innovates - Includes a selection of the most significant innovations and inventions developed by Australians since Federation.
  • Country Calling Codes - Provides a searchable list of international telephone codes no matter where you are in the world.
  • Gray’s Anatomy of the Human Body - Features 1,247 vibrant engravings,many in colour,from the classic 1918 publication, as well as a subject index with 13,000 entries.
  • World Airport Guide - Information on major world airports,including fast facts for services such as parking, ground transportation, duty-free shops, business centres and lounges.
  • Australian National Shipwrecks Database - A database of all known shipwrecks in Australian waters.
  • Cemeteries of Australia (Interment.Net) - A free online library of burial records from selected cemeteries in Australia. Includes links to thousands of cemeteries across the world.
  • myDr Men’s Health Centre - A comprehensive list of articles on men's health issues, categorised into easy-to-follow topics.
  • Gardening Australia - Website of the popular ABC gardening program. Includes an archive of fact sheets.
  • Australian Army War Diaries - Excerpts of digitised diaries from those who served Australia during the First and Second World Wars, the Korean War,and in the South East Asian conflicts.
  • Songfacts - Song meanings, lyrics and trivia.
  • Australian TV Guide - Online guide to free and pay TV programmes throughout Australia.
  • The Catholic Encyclopedia - Proposes to give its readers full and authoritative information on the entire cycle of Catholic interests, action and doctrine.

    • September 2007

  • The Kyoto Protocol - Home site of the protocol. Includes information about the protocol and links to its text in 6 languages.
  • World Meteorological Organization - Home site of the UN's authoritative voice on the state and behaviour of the Earth's atmosphere, its interaction with the oceans, the climate it produces and the resulting distribution of water resources.
  • Illawarra Church Links - An alphabetical list of Christian Churches in the Illawarra prepared by the Five Islands Christian Ministries.
  • Oceanlinx - Oceanlinx is a leading international developer of wave technology for renewable energy and clean water.
  • Small Luxury Hotels of the World - A collection of over 400 independent hotels in more than 65 countries.
  • Travel Advisories - To help Australians avoid difficulties overseas, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade maintains travel advisories for more than 160 destinations.
  • Australian Taxation Office - Tax information for individuals, Companies and organisations, from the Tax Department of the Australian Federal Government
  • Computer Markets
  • Official Website of the Olympic Movement
  • seniors.gov.au - the online source for all Australians over 50 - A single point of access to Government and non-Government information and services for older Australians.
  • Communities - Sport and Recreation
  • Gayle's Preschool Rainbow - Preschool education activities and early childhood education lesson plans.
  • ABC Health & Wellbeing - The Australian Broadcasting Corporation's award-winning online health gateway.
  • The World Conservation Union - A network which brings together 83 nations, 110 Government agencies, and 10,000 scientists and experts.
  • Disney International
  • National Asthma Council of Australia - An extensive array of resources on asthma and its management.

    • August 2007

  • Children's Story Podcast - Over 75 children’s stories in audio including classic fairy tales such as Cinderella, Snow White, and The Ginger Bread Man
  • Wollongong City Council Community Events Calendar - Upcoming activities and community events in Wollongong
  • Ancestry.com.au - Genealogy, family trees and family history records
  • NSW Ocean Baths - Illawarra Region - Historical information about ocean baths in the Illawarra Region - includes photographs
  • Online memory games - Online games to help you to exercise the brain and stay mentally active
  • eHow - How to do just about everything
  • Australian Composers - Includes biographical information on Australian Composers
  • Gleebooks
  • Stage 6 Aboriginal Studies - Curriculum support from the NSW Dept Education and Training
  • Bladder and bowel health - Information on bladder and bowel health to people with bladder control and bowel problems, their family and friends, carers, health professionals, service providers and researchers
  • Technology Educators Association of NSW - A professional association representing those technology educators who teach Technology, Design & Technology, Textiles and Food Technology, VET Hospitality as well as Community & Family Studies in NSW high schools
  • Business Dictionary - Over 20,000 definitions
  • Needing help after someone has died - View or download this booklet. Provides information about payments and services you may be able to get if you need help after someone has died
  • Telstra connected seniors - Telstra Connected Seniors is a tailored program created to help older Australians learn more about technology.

    • July 2007

  • afr.com - Financial Review - The archives of Fairfax Business Media publications. Includes Financial Review, BRW and Smart Investor
  • Baby Boomers' Life Change - A site for those people in their 50s & 60s who really believe they're in their 30s & 40s.
  • Australian Seniors Computer Clubs Association - ASCCA is the national peak body for seniors and technology.
  • Youth drug support - A website for young people when you're looking for info, wanting to chat with others or need a question answered
  • National NAIDOC - NAIDOC celebrates the survival of Indigenous culture and the Indigenous contribution to modern Australia
  • Google Translate - Translation service which now offers single-word translations in addition to other translation features
  • Scottish Emigration Database - Records of over 21,000 passengers who embarked at Glasgow and Greenock for non-European ports between 1 January and 30 April 1923, and at other Scottish ports between 1890 and 1960.
  • World monument watch - World Monuments Fund 100 most endangered sites, year-by-year
  • Burke & Wills Web - Historical resources relevant to the study of the Burke & Wills expedition across Australia in the 1860’s

    • June 2007

  • Grand Pacific Drive - Just 1 hour south of Sydney, Grand Pacific Drive encompasses some of NSW’s most spectacular scenery and coastline
  • Getting started with Excel - Excel tutorial rounded out by several assignments that will make sure students have mastered some of the basic features of Excel
  • Cartoscope maps and guides
  • Futureworld - The Futureworld Eco-Technology Centre is an exciting facility open to the public that demonstrates innovative environmentally friendly technologies
  • History of Helensburgh - Dedicated to the recording and preservation of the social history of Helensburgh and its environs
  • Science Podcasts - Science podcasts from ABC Science Online and Radio National
  • Poetry International Web - A worldwide forum for poetry on the internet
  • Register of war memorials in New South Wales
  • Queensland Historical Index Search - Birth, deaths & marriages 1829-1914
  • Searching Western Australian online indexes - Births & deaths 1841-1931, Marriages 1841-1907
  • Victoria - Historical Index Searches - Births 1853 to 1924, Marriages 1853 to 1942, Deaths 1853 to 1985, Church baptisms, marriages and burials 1836 to 1853

    • May 2007

  • Computer Fairs Australia
  • Historic government publications from World War II - Digital library of US government documents, and photographs, with links to other WWII history sites
  • Migration Heritage Centre - The Migration Heritage Centre identifies, records, preserves and interprets the heritage of migration and settlement in the State of New South Wales, Australia from 1788 to the present day
  • Google Directory
  • International Polar Year - Runs from March 2007 through to March 2009, during which time a team of thousands of scientists from 60 nations will be examining a wide range of physical, biological, and social research topics that deal with the Arctic and the Antarctic. Special educators’ links.
  • Search Engine Showdown - The user's guide to web searching
  • BibMe! - The quickest way to build a bibliography on the web
  • Council Community Update as advertised in 'The Advertiser' - Council Community update pages available for the current week. See under Related Documents and select Community Update Page One, Page Two
  • Sydney Morning Herald Archives - Search every edition of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Sun-Herald between 1955-1995
    [ Available only in the library - ask staff for username & password.]
  • Rollermache - Provides step-by-step instructions on a range of media production processes such as animations, podcasting, zines and comics
  • Taste.com.au - Australia's largest online recipe collection
  • Google Scholar - A free service for searching specifically scholarly literature including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports from all broad areas of research
  • International Children’s Digital Library - Hundreds of books online with virtually every culture and language represented so that every child can know and appreciate the riches of children’s literature from the world community.
  • Illawarra Coke Company - Company profile of the Illawarra Coke Company
  • Looking back - A collection of short history articles about the Wollongong region of NSW Australia

    • April 2007

  • Abbreviations.com - Search acronyms and abbreviations
  • Geographic Names Search - An online tool to help you find the geographic location of a place name
  • Histpop - The Online Historical Population Reports Website - The Online Historical Population Reports (OHPR) collection provides online access to the complete British population reports for Britain and Ireland from 1801 to 1937
  • Illawarra Historical Society Inc & Illawarra Museum
  • TheHistoryNet - From the world's largest publisher of history magazines
  • Beneath Black Skies - Illawarra coal mining stories beneath the surface
  • HEALTHmap - Global disease alert mapping system
  • Seniors information service - A NSW Government service funded by the NSW Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care which provides information for seniors on a range of topics

    • March 2007

  • Australian Sport Directory - A searchable database containing details of Australian national sporting organisations
  • Historical Records of the Illawarra Region of NSW, Australia - A Chronological Guide to Sources and Events
  • Pregnancy Center - This very nice site is dedicated to providing the web-browsing public with comprehensive and highly readable information about pregnancy

    • February 2007

  • EasyBib - The free automatic bibliography composer
  • Indigenous Justice Clearinghouse - The aim of the clearinghouse is to promote discussion and disseminate relevant Indigenous justice information to government policy makers and those working in the Indigenous justice field
  • Australia Institute - Web papers on climate change from the Australia Institute
  • Dept Immigration & Citizenship - Publications, Research & Statistics - Publications on migration and population-related issues. Many are available free from this website and can be downloaded

    • January 2007

  • Research beyond google - 119 Authoritative, Invisible, and Comprehensive Resources. Topics include search engines, art, online books, business, consumer, finance, government, international, law, health, science, and transportation
  • Australian Technical Colleges
  • List of registered non-government schools in NSW
  • Mouse Tutorial - Welcome to the City of Mesa Library's Computer Mouse and Keyboard Tutorial

    • December 2006

  • artshub Australia - Australia's only comprehensive arts jobs information service, and authoritative and independent arts news outlet
  • Scholarpedia - The free peer reviewed encyclopedia written by scholars from all around the world

    • November 2006

  • In the Beginning: Bibles Before the Year 1000 - The sections of the site tell the stories of the earliest printed Bibles and also how readings from early Bibles brought the Old and New Testaments to life in a very vivid fashion
  • Kidipede - History for kids - Introductory material designed for children about the history and culture of Europe, Asia, and Africa before 1500. Topics include North America, China, India, west Asia, Greece, Egypt, Africa, Rome, Islam, Germany, and the Middle Ages
  • News Map - Click on a country/region to retrieve news about that country
  • Nominal Roll of Vietnam Veterans - The Nominal Roll of Vietnam Veterans honours and commemorates the men and women who served in the Royal Australian Navy, Australian Army and Royal Australian Air Force in Vietnam, or in the waters adjacent to Vietnam, during the conflict between 23 May 1962 and 29 April 1975
  • Shakespeare Searched - This is a search engine "designed to provide quick access to passages from Shakespeare's plays and sonnets." Search results can be viewed by topic (such as love or death), work, and character
  • Domesday Book - Domesday Book is one of our earliest surviving public records. You can now search and download images of Domesday online
  • Encyclopedia of earth - A new electronic reference about the Earth, its natural environments, and their interaction with society
  • Infomine - A Librarian built directory that concentrates on scholarly resources
  • Good Reading - Book reviews and star ratings, suggested titles, discussion notes and useful information for reading groups, first chapters,forums for discussion and more

    • October 2006

  • An inconvenient truth - Information about the film featuring Al Gore as well as simple tips on how you can make a difference
  • Climate change - Bureau of Meteorology - Climate change from an Australian perspective
  • Global warming facts & our future
  • Stern Review on the economics of climate change
  • United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change - Includes links to official documents and text of the Kyoto Protocol

    • September 2006

  • BlueScope Steel - This site includes a history of BlueScope Steel and information about steelmaking for students
  • Geometry - This site is simple to navigate and is divided into subtopics that include coordinate geometry, dissection, distance, line geometry, and several dozen other fields of interest
  • Inside Cancer - A remarkable exploration of the nature of cancer in the human body
  • Learn genetics - Helping people understand our genetics affects their lives and society
  • realestate.com.au - Includes listings of properties sold throughout Australia
  • Tallawarra - Development of the Tallawarra site
  • Community Justice Centre - Community Justice Centres provide free mediation and conflict management services to help people resolve disputes
  • Google News - Search and browse 4,500 news sources updated continuously

    • August 2006

  • Illawarra Familes First Transition to School - This site is dedicated to promoting an optimal transition for children entering formal schooling by providing current research-based information, available avenues of practical support across the Illawarra and links to related resources
  • Nova: Science in the news - Science behind the headlines for secondary school teachers and students
  • Australian Dictionary of Biography - Online edition - Australia's pre-eminent dictionary of national biography. Here are over 10,000 scholarly biographies of significant Australians who died before 1980
  • Dino directory - Basic information on 229 of the most well described dinosaurs. The directory can be searched by scientific name, body shape, or by time period
  • Easter Dating Method - The complete procedure for calculating Easter Sunday dates for all years 326 to 4099 A.D
  • Speaking Volumes - The Speaking Volumes initiative aims to bring the enjoyment of reading and involvement in reading activities to people with a visual impairment
  • Arts NSW - Cultural grants, fellowships, scholarships and awards
  • Healthy Weight website - A new Australian government website that gives advice on maintaining a healthy weight, eating well, weight loss and physical activity. It also includes tools to calculate your Body Mass Index (BMI) and a calorie counter
  • Coomaditchie aboriginal artists - Authentic Australian Aborginal Artworks from the Coomaditchie United Aboriginal Corporation
  • Family Court of Australia
  • Encyclopedia Britannica
  • Cuba Documentation Project - Collection of declassified U.S. government documents related to Cuba, covering the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Bay of Pigs invasion, the death of Che Guevara, relations between Fidel Castro and John F. Kennedy, and U.S. - Cuba "baseball diplomacy"
  • Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy - A dynamic reference work that maintains academic standards while evolving and adapting in response to new research
  • Australian Law Online - Provides access to law and justice related information and services from all levels of government. The objective of this site is to provide Australians with ready access to clear, understandable, user-friendly information about the Australian legal system
  • Trip Advisor - 5,000,000+ traveler reviews & opinions of hotels, vacations & more

    • July 2006

  • Complete works of Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Council on Foreign Relations: Hezbollah (a.k.a. Hizbollah, Hizbu'llah) - Background about Hezbollah, "a Lebanese umbrella organization of radical Islamic Shiite groups and organizations"
  • Yahoo
  • Glossary of business and financial terms - Glossary of more than 2,500 terms related to business and finance
  • Northern Leader - The Northern Leader is locally produced by Southern Independent Publishers. Includes access to old editions
  • Wollongong weather

    • June 2006

  • Diplomatic and Consular Corps - Includes the Consular List, Diplomatic List and List of Representatives of International Organisations, Heads of Mission List and Chargés d'Affaires ad interim List
  • Australian faunal directory - A source of taxonomic and biological information on all animal species known to occur in Australia
  • Victorian Anthology, 1837-1895 - 1,274 works by 343 authors representing the full course of one of the great literary ages of English verse
  • Archaeology - A publication of the Archaeological Institute of America
  • Paperworld - Paper World offers a wide range of original major daily newspapers, magazines and other date related memorabilia from Australia and New Zealand dating back over 100 years
  • MyLanguage.gov.au - MyLanguage provides access to search engines, web directories and news in over sixty languages
  • Genes reunited - Genes Reunited is Australia's largest family tree and genealogy website
  • South Eastern Sydney and Illawarra Area Health Service - Includes demographics, information about local health services and consumer health information

    • May 2006

  • Pitstop workshop manual finder - To find a workshop manual for your vehicle, click on the manufacturer to the left and then choose the relevant model
  • BHP Billiton Illawarra Coal - Includes information on mining and the environment and also a link for School Projects
  • NetAlert - From the Australian internet safety advisory body
  • Port Kembla Port Corporation - Information about the history, development and operations of the port
  • Public Internet Access Guidelines for Public Libraries
  • Electoral systems - From the Parliament of Australia - Parliamentary Library
  • How products are made - How Products Are Made explains and details the manufacturing process of a wide variety of products, from daily household items to complicated electronic equipment and heavy machinery
  • Open J-Gate - 3000 + open access journals
  • Sacred destinations - A growing catalogue and travel guide to more than 1,500 sacred sites, holy places, pilgrimage destinations, historical sites, religious buildings and religious art around the world
  • Harness E-Mail - How email works and how to use it
  • Mapquest - The most highly-rated and popular interactive mapping service on the World Wide Web
  • CompletePlanet - The deep web directory

    • April 2006

  • Australia's War 1939-1945 - Developed by the Office of the Board of Studies for the Commonwealth Department of Veterans' Affairs. This site charts the course of Australians' involvement in World War Two
  • Teaching heritage - Developed by the Board of Studies NSW for the NSW Heritage Office
  • Visit Gallipoli - Developed by the Board of Studies NSW and the Commonwealth Department of Veterans' Affairs especially for students and teachers of Australian history and geography
  • Illawarra Migration Heritage Project - The Migration Heritage Project is a community initiative designed to protect and promote the heritage of Illawarra's diverse cultural communities
  • Ancient History - Excellent resources for students of Ancient History
  • ArtExpress - ArtExpress is an exhibition of bodies of work by secondary school students submitted for the Higher School Certificate examination in Visual Arts in New South Wales, Australia
  • Encore - Read profiles of participating Encore students and listen to excerpts from their performances
  • Making multicultural Australia - This site was established to assist teachers find quality resources on multiculturalism and explore new strategies to promote cultural diversity and tolerance
  • Unanderra Hostel - Unanderra Hostel memories

    • March 2006

  • Managing the border: immigration compliance 2004-05 - Information and statistics on immigration compliance, enforcement and investigations
  • NRMA Petrol Watch - Search for the cheapest fuel in your area
  • bluecollar.com.au - Australia's blue collar job search site
  • Buginfo - Information sheets on insects from the Smithsonian. Includes keeping insects as pets
  • LawAccess Online - Legal information to help you with your legal issues

    • February 2006

  • Flight duration finder - Find out what the shortest flying time is between two cities
  • Web Sites for Genealogists - An Australian Gateway Site for Tracing your Family History
  • WIPO - World Intellectual Property Organisation - Go to the “About” area to learn about the nature of trademarks, industrial designs, and emerging issues in intellectual property
  • BBC Languages - Learn French, German, Spanish, Italian and other languages online
  • Illawarra Index - An index to references to the Illawarra area from newspapers and other publications 1788 to the present (Select Illawarra Index from the left menu bar)
  • iLoveLanguages - Your guide to languages on the web. Links to online language lessons, translating dictionaries, native literature, translation services, software, language schools and more
  • In depth: Israel and the Palestinians - A compilation of articles and opinion pieces about the crisis. From the BBC.
  • Trove - Find resources in Australian collections and worldwide online resources

    • January 2006

  • Poetry Archive - The poetry archive is the world’s premier online collection of recordings of poets reading their poetry
  • Timeline Index - People, Events, Periods and Places in a chronological context
  • Argus Index - The Argus, published in Melbourne from 1846-1957, was the quality newspaper of record in the nineteenth and first part of the twentieth century. This index to the Argus covers the decade 1870-1879

    • December 2005


    November 2005

  • Australian Government Publications Register - This Register has been developed to improve access to government publication information by assisting users to find out what publications are available and how and where they can be sourced
  • Black Dog Institute - A clinical, research and educational body dedicated to improving understanding, diagnosis and treatment of depression and bipolar disorder
  • LISTA - Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts - A world-class bibliographic database covering subjects such as librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval and information management
  • ASIC Australian Securities & Investments Commission - Company and company names information
  • Cooking with kids - Let your kids help you in the kitchen with these great recipes just for kids. Many of these recipes include step-by-step instructions for your children to follow including useful information about kids using microwaves
  • Library success: a best practices wiki - This wiki was created to be a one-stop-shop for great ideas for all types of librarians
  • Pompeii: Stories from an eruption - Companion website to a 2005-2006 exhibition at the Field Museum (Chicago) about the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79 that affected Pompeii, Herculaneum, Oplontis, and other areas
  • Science & Engineering Encyclopaedia - The idea behind the product is to replace the standard data and formula books that should be on every engineer and scientist's bookshelf with an easy to use electronic version
  • Wikipedia - Welcome to Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit

    • October 2005

  • K-6 Education Resources - Board of Studies - Education resources for Australian teachers and students - Kindergarten to Year 6
  • Postgraduate Scholarships Database for Australia - JASON is a search engine that contains information about postgraduate scholarships. The scholarships in the database apply to Australian students wishing to study at home or abroad, and to international students wishing to study in Australia
  • MacquarieNet - By entering a word or phrase, MacquarieNet searches an entire database of encyclopedias, articles, dictionaries, images, atlases, links and news items, and calls up heaps of relevant information. It's that simple! (To access from home use the barcode from your Library card)
  • Philosophy links
  • The Costumer's Manifesto - Links to the history of costume and fashion
  • Prehistoric Life - Educational resources on prehistoric life from the BBC
  • EqWorld - The world of mathematical equations

    • September 2005

  • LIAC Crime Library - A guide to criminal cases for use in school legal studies
  • Global Information Centre Historical and Genealogical Resources - A comprehensive annotated A-Z directory of global online resources for family history researchers.
  • Guardian Special Report: Israel and the Middle East - Collection of news stories focusing on the crisis from The Guardian, UK.
  • History of flight from around the world - Features country profiles for nearly two dozen countries and pioneer profiles for individuals such as Lawrence Hargrave, Amelia Earhart and the Wright brothers. Browse by maps or persons.
  • Mindzone - Offers personal stories and suggests strategies for coping with mental health disorders. Visitors may take part in polls, learn about personal strengths and how to deal with emotions, find facts about anxiety disorders, and question experts.
  • Places in the news - Up-to-date maps that locate areas relating to situations covered by news organizations. Provides descriptions, information and satellite pictures
  • Plain English guide - Provides free plain-language articles, tips and writing tutorials, Web links, news, networking opportunities, professional support, and e-mail discussion group.
  • Terrorism Knowledge Base - Comprehensive research and analysis on global terrorist incidents, terrorism-related court cases, and terrorist groups and leaders.
  • The World Fact Book of International Disputes - Summarizes specific historical and current disputes listed under the countries involved
  • World legal information institute - Free, independent and non-profit access to worldwide law databases from 55 countries including 21 international databases. A collaborative project of several legal information institutes.
  • World meteorological association - The UN system’s authoritative voice on the state and behaviour of the Earth’s atmosphere, its interaction with the oceans, the climate it produces and the resulting distribution of water resources. Includes archived and current information about world weather, news, major issues and hot topics.
  • World meteorological association - Includes archived and current information about world weather, news, major issues and hot topics.
  • Young Carers - Support and information for under 25's who provide care to a family member who has a long-term illness or disability.
  • Wollongong UniShop
  • Board of Studies NSW - HSC
  • Types of Email service - How to choose the right type of email service
  • ComLaw - Commonwealth of Australia Law - ComLaw is the legal information retrieval system owned by the Australian Attorney-General's Department
  • BioMed Central - Over 100 Open Access journals covering all areas of Biology and Medicine
  • Directory of Open Access Journals - This service covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals

    • August 2005

  • Amnesty International Reports - Reports from 1993 to date
  • Australian Government Online Directory - Structure, organisations and key people
  • Parliamentary Handbook - Provides information on on the current Australian Commonwealth Parliament, together with historical information on the Parliament since Federation. The Handbook also provides comprehensive statistics for the November 2001 election, and details of all referendums held since 1901
  • Hostelling International - The most recommended hostels worldwide
  • The Tsunami Page - Tsunami, Earthquakes, Hurricanes, Volcanic Eruptions and other Natural and Man-Made Hazards and Disasters
  • Textiles and Design - Internet Resources for Interior Design - A basic list of resources relating to interior design available via the Internet
  • Literacy Center Education Network - Safe learning activities for parents and teachers to share with young children. All online lessons are free of advertising and free of charge

    • July 2005

  • Careers Online Australia - Career research, resume help, job hunting tips, positions vacant and more
  • Commonwealth Public Service Gazette - Australian Public Service employment opportunities
  • jobs.nsw - Government jobs online
  • Australian Authors and Illustrators for Young People - Websites and web pages with information on authors and illustrators of Australian children's and young adult works and a number of adult works of interest to school students
  • Council on Foreign Relations, Terrorism
  • London Attacks - An in depth report from the BBC
  • World's Healthiest Foods - Information and recipes
  • careerjet.com.au - Careerjet is an employment search engine for Australia. It allows you to search a growing selection of jobsites in one go saving you the trouble of having to go to each site individually
  • Physics.org - The best physics resources all in one place

    • June 2005

  • Athenus - Athenus.com is the search engine of choice for scientists and engineers seeking resources in science and engineering on the web.
  • BookCrossing - Free your books! BookCrossing.com gives you a simple way to share books with the world, and follow their paths forever!
  • Healthopedia - A medical and health consumer information resource containing comprehensive and unbiased information in patient-friendly language from trusted sources on over 1,500 health topics, 70 focussed health centers, and more than 11,000 drugs and
  • Planet Arkive - This site features [animal and plant] species profiles specifically for children aged 7-11, with accompanying wild facts, as well as fun games, quizzes and activities."
  • Symbols.com - An online encyclopedia of graphic symbols
  • Visit Gallipoli - The ANZAC Site commemorating 90 years since the Gallipoli landing. ANZAC Day is April 25th
  • AirSafe.com - Provides air travellers, aviation professionals, and members of the news media with comprehensive and timely information about events that affect airline safety and security
  • Online Conversions - Online conversions for length, weight, temperature, area, volume, speed, frequency, light, cooking, currency and shoes
  • Poverty Rates by Electorate 2004-05
  • ScienceDaily - One of the Internet's leading online magazines and Web portals devoted to science, technology, and medicine

    • May 2005

  • History Explorer - This is an interactive timeline of American history. It features collections, exhibitions and programs from the National Museum of American History including a world map from 1511 and Plymouth Rock.
  • MedlinePlus: Mental Health - This site is devoted to providing high quality material about mental health. It includes information on Alternative therapy, nutrition, specific conditions and provides links to a number of other sources.
  • On This Day - Highlights worldwide historical events using audio and video clips from the archives of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). Browse events by date, year (1950 to present), or themes such as conflicts and wars, disasters, science, and royalty
  • Learning vocabulary can be fun - Vocabulary building for K-12
  • NetsSmartz Kids - An education safety resource designed to teach children how to stay safer on the net
  • OCLC Newsletter - Newsletter of OCLC Online Computer Library Center. A nonprofit, membership, computer library service and research organization dedicated to the public purposes of furthering access to the world's information
  • Search Engine Links
  • Roads Users Handbook (Roads and Traffic Authority NSW) - The Road Users Handbook explains the main rules which apply to all road users and must be read and understood if you want to hold a driver licence in NSW

    • April 2005


    March 2005

  • Australia and the OECD - A one-stop-shop for OECD reports and statistics on Australia.
  • Australian Koala Foundation - The site features facts about koalas (habitat,diet, life cycle, koala sounds, and more), images, and information about AKF projects. Also includes information for children
  • Free patents online - Provides fast, easy-to-use access to millions of patents
  • Marsupial society of Australia - Information about keeping and breeding our native Fauna in captivity
  • musictheory.net - Musictheory.net contains over 30 interactive lessons on such topics as the triad inversion, major scales, key changes, and diatonic seventh chords.
  • Vox FM - A non-profit community radio station servicing the over 50’s market, ethnic and alternate youth in the Illawarra
  • History of Women in Sports Timeline - A chronology of the history of female athletes around the world, beginning in 776 BC and continuing through the present
  • Jean Hersholt: The Complete Andersen - The Complete Andersen is a rather extensive collection of Andersen's tales - and this is the most comprehensive edition of Andersen's fairy tales in English (American) on the internet.
  • Chamber's Book of Days - An electronic reprint of the original Chamber's Book of Days.
  • Drought for kids - Describes what drought is ("not just a lack of rainfall"), and explains how droughts are tracked, the damage they can cause, and how to plan ahead and conserve water
  • Frogs: A Chorus of Colors - This site provides information on frog life cycles and reproduction, environmental concerns, details on various species (including poisonous ones), photographs, and audio files of individual species and of a frog chorus
  • OECD Factbook - "Labour market data, broken down by age, gender, part-time working or self-employment provide just some of the 100 major indicators to be found in this annual digest of economic, environmental and social statistics covering the organisations 30 member nations."

    • February 2005

  • Hazardous Substances Information System - An internet resource that allows you to find information on substances that have been classified in accordance with the Approved Criteria for Classifying Hazardous Substances
  • Jetstar Airways
  • NSW Natural Resource Atlas - The Natural Resource Atlas is the New South Wales portal to maps and data for environmental management, planning, research and education

    • January 2005

  • Abebooks.com - The world's largest online marketplace for books
  • Advent - Includes information about Advent as well as the History of Christmas and Christmas Carols
  • History Teachers Association of NSW
  • Record King Bookshop - Located in Wollongong, NSW Australia, we are dealers in rare and secondhand books and vinyl records
  • Search Engine Watch - Quick guide to how search engines work and latest developments
  • Sustainability Knowledge Network - Quality resources in sustainable systems and engineering
  • World Populations to 2300 - This 2004 report provides human population projections to 2300 for the world, its nations, and its major areas
  • Games from the ABC - All sorts of games and quizzes including ABC TV games
  • physicsweb - Brings together articles about the most exciting areas of modern physics in a single place
  • Postcard & Greeting Card Museum - Enjoy your virtual tour while learning about the history of Postcards and Greeting Cards from Victorian times to the 20th century
  • Yahoo! Image Search - Yahoo's new and improved Image Search resource provides the latest celebrity and news images, photos, illustrations, and more

    • December 2004

  • weather zone - Australia's most comprehensive weather resource
  • Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System - Contains information on over six million soldiers and sailors from 44 states and territories who were involved in the Civil War.
  • National Geographic Explorer - This website contains a host of valuable resources that complement the print magazine (geared for grades three through six), many of which may be used as standalone materials to aid in learning about various topics, such as environmental degradation and wildlife.
  • Volcano Live - Volcano news, information & travel. Produced by Australian Volcanologist John Seach
  • Volcanoes for kids - Volcano education for teachers and students

    • November 2004

  • UAC - Universities Admissions Centre - Admissions information and UAC publications to download
  • Christmas Trees & More - Information about Christmas tree types, selection and care, and traditions. Includes recipes for cookie ornaments, fun facts, and related links
  • KinderArt - Free art lessons for teachers and kids (including preschoolers)
  • Obsolete Technology - Rare, vintage and obsolete computers. Includes a timeline, images of the computers, and links for buying the machines or parts. Also contains tips on researching ancient computer technology

    • October 2004

  • Avibase: The World Bird Database - An extensive database information system about all birds of the world, containing over 1.4 million records about 10,000 species and 22,000 subspecies of birds, including distribution information, taxonomy, synonyms in several languages
  • Chemistry - AUS-e-TUTE - This site has been developed by experienced Science Teachers to provide FREE chemistry tutorials designed for High School Chemistry Students
  • Children's Books Online - The largest collection of illustrated antique children's books on line
  • British History Online - The digital library of text and information about people, places and businesses from the medieval and early modern period, built by the Institute of Historical Research and the History of Parliament Trust
  • Literary Gothic - Web guide to all things concerned with literary Gothicism, which includes ghost stories, 'classic' Gothic novels and Gothic fiction (1764-1820), and related pre- and post-Gothic and supernaturalist literature written prior to the mid-C20.
  • Wollongong City Gallery

    • September 2004

  • ABC Illawarra NSW - The only information based station covering the area from Helensburgh to Ulladulla and across the Highlands
  • ABC Illawarra NSW - The only information based station covering the area from Helensburgh to Ulladulla and across the Highlands
  • Today in literature - Features a new original biographical story each day about the great writers, books, and events in literary history. Also includes links to recommended websites where you will find author biographies, electronic texts, reviews, quotes and other reference materials for book clubs, students, and teachers.
  • List of Institutions/Homes Australia - Information on orphanages, mental hospitals and other institutions
  • eBos Shop Online - Visit the Board of Studies Shop Online for your educational publications
  • Cotton Australia - Education - Facts sheets on the history, growing, processing, manufacturing etc of cotton
  • Encyclopedia Mythica - An encyclopedia of folklore, mythology and legend
  • ERIC - Education Resource Information Centre - The new ERIC online system provides the public with a centralized ERIC Web site for searching the ERIC bibliographic database of more than 1.1 million citations going back to 1966.
  • Family History: Immigrants - Records in the National Archives. Details over 125,000 non-British European migrants who came to Australia between 1951 and 1965
  • Newcastle Cemeteries Listing - Headstone transcriptions of four significant cemeteries in the Newcastle area: Christ Church Cathedral Cemetery, Tarro Cemetery, Old Wallsend Cemetery and traces of North Waratah Cemetery
  • Online Books Page - Listing over 20,000 free books on the We
  • Art History: resources on the web
  • Australian Competition & Consumer Commission - Includes the Mergers and Acquisitions Register
  • Australian Apprenticeships - Information about finding and applying for apprenticeships
  • How volcanoes work - An educational resource that describes the science behind volcanoes and volcanic processes
  • jobjuice - A website for young people looking for work. Provides vital information on career, training and job opportunities
  • jobWise - A website for mature age people who are looking for work. Provides lots of information about jobs, careers and training
  • myfuture - Australia's career information service - Comprehensive career information website
  • Property Council of Australia - Includes CyberStats - a free statistical resource providing up-to-date property and economic data
  • Telecommunications - Information on telecommunications, microwave radio beams and the information superhighway for engineering students

    • August 2004

  • Ancestry.co.uk - UK & Ireland - Genealogical records from the British Isles and Island. Includes fee-based access to 1871, 1891 and 1901 British censuses
  • Australian History on the Internet - An annotated directory of websites relating to Australian history compiled by the National Library of Australia
  • Country, Economy & Regional Information - This site from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trades gives extensive information on a wide array of countries and islands. Updated regularly, it gives pertinent information such as current Heads of State, the flags, currencies, population and travel information
  • Index to the Randwick Asylum for Destitute Children - This index of registers of the Randwick Asylum is compiled from records held at the State Records New South Wales. The index is an ongoing volunteer project
  • Native Title Infobase - Includes selected material commencing from 1839 to the present day and covers all aspects of native title.
  • OmniMedicalSearch.com - A metasearch engine for the Medical Search Engines (for professionals and layman)
  • ScotlandsPeople - Connecting generations - The official online source of parish register, civil registration and census records for Scotland. Provides a fully searchable index of Scottish births from 1553-1903, marriages from 1553 to 1928 and deaths from 1855 to 1953. This is a fee-based site
  • War on Terrorism - Extensive terrorism resources from FindLaw. News, commentary, legal cases, documents (including the report of the 9-11 Commission and related testimony), and discussion boards
  • How to raise silkworms - A tutorial on how to raise silkworms

    • July 2004

  • Living Internet - An elegantly organized tour of the history of the Internet -- both fun and informative -- a rare combination
  • Significant Earthquakes of the World
  • SciFan - Books and links for the Science Fiction Fan
  • Advertising Federation of Australia - Includes information on advertising codes and regulations
  • Food Standards Australia New Zealand
  • Mappy - Offers the Europe-bound traveller information about various destinations and how to get there. On the homepage, visitors can find point-to-point directions from locations throughout the continent and Great Britain. The site also has a mapping function for forty different countries
  • Blue Web'n - A searchable library of 1800+ outstanding Internet learning sites categorised by subject area, audience, and type

    • June 2004

  • Oxford Reference Online - Enter you library barcode and select medicine to search the Concise Medical Dictionary, an A-Z of Medicinal Drugs, a Dictionary of Nursing and a Dictionary of Psychology
  • Multiple Choice Testing Trial - A selection of multiple choice questions and answers from past examination papers
  • poets.org - From the academy of American poets - a collection of over 500 poet biographies, 1400 poems, and 100 audio clips
  • Chemistry - Eric Weisstein's World of Chemistry
  • chemistry.org - The website of the American Chemical Society
  • Children's Literature - One of the key features of the site is the Themed Reviews. You can get a list of best books on almost 60 topics such as Remembering September 11th, 2001, Dinosaurs, Gardening, TV Turn Off Week, or Space Exploration. There is also biographical information about authors and illustrators
  • Disease Database - Cross-referenced index of human disease, medications, symptoms, signs, abnormal investigation findings etc
  • Masters of Cinema - Quality information about foreign films and classics of various cinematic movements. Includes links to information about DVD releases and reviews, directors and online cinema writing
  • Religion and Ethics - BBC - Information and news coverage about religion and ethics. Discussion of various world religions and a number of subjects in the field of ethics, such as the ethics of war, euthanasia, human cloning, and genetic engineering
  • Religion Newswriters Association - Contains a religion news headline update service
  • The Best of PhysicsWeb - The Best of PhysicsWeb brings together articles about the most exciting areas of modern physics in a single place on PhysicsWeb
  • Literature for Children - Literature for Children is a collection of the treasures of children's literature published largely in the United States and Great Britain from before 1850 to beyond 1950
  • NationMaster.com - This Australian site takes material from the CIA World Factbook and other sources to generate material that allows users to compare countries based on many different statistics. Some information is only available by subscription
  • World War I Document Archive - Primary documents of WWI including conventions, treaties, official papers, documents by year, personal reminiscences and a biographical dictionary

    • May 2004

  • Treasures in Full - Gutenberg Bible - On this site you will find the British Library’s two copies of Johann Gutenberg’s Bible, the first real book to be printed using the technique of printing which Gutenberg invented in the 1450s
  • Ecos - The full text of Ecos, Australia's most authoritative magazine on the science of sustainability in the environment and industry
  • IP Australia Home Page - Intellectual Property information including patents, trademarks, designs and copyright
  • IP Australia Home Page - Intellectual Property information including patents, trademarks, designs and copyright
  • AustralianFauna.com - Genuine quality information about ALL types of Australian Fauna
  • Quick Maps of the World - This site is a comprehensive alphabetical listing of detailed maps of the world. There are also links to flags of the world, as well as international facts and figures
  • Directory of Archives in Australia
  • Directory of Archives in Australia

    • April 2004

  • Easter & the Joy of Life - The Easter Collection: Victorian greeting cards and scraps celebrating Eastertide and the arrival of Springtime
  • Easter at Kids' Domain - Includes Easter activities as well as links to Religious Sites for kids, history and online stories
  • National Portrait Gallery - Over 28,000 portraits online. Visitors can look at renderings of Samuel Johnson, Henry VIII, and other luminaries and search the entire collection of 50,167 portraits online
  • Vietnam Project - The Virtual Vietnam Archive "enables scholars, students and all interested in this remarkable period in our world history to conduct research directly from universities, schools, libraries, and homes.
  • Winged Sandals - ABC Arts Online - Winged Sandals is produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The site takes takes visitors through the world of Greek mythology with a number of Flash-enabled movies, intriguing games, quizzes and storytimes
  • Madrid Train Attacks
  • Math Cats - An online archive of fun and informative activities that will help young people learn about a number of math topics, including geometry and arithmetic
  • Terrorism: Selected Internet Resources - Resources selected by Library of Congress subject experts
  • Kompass Online - Product, contact and other information for 1.8 million companies worldwide

    • March 2004

  • Job-Hunt.org - Your Guide to international On-Line Career and Job Hunting Resources
  • Mission Australia - Mission Australia is one of the biggest employment service operators in the nation
  • Citation Style Guides
  • Common Sense Media - Entertainment reviews for kids and families. Reviews of movies, books, video games, TV programs and Websites
  • English Teachers Association - Help for Senior English Students from the English Teachers Association NSW
  • Kid's Planet - This site features fact sheets on over 50 endangered species, as well as classroom resources, games, and environment protection activities for children. From the Defenders of Wildlife, a wildlife conservation organization
  • Physics - Sources of information on the Physics Stage 6 syllabus from the University of Sydney
  • Driving distances round Australia - Driving distances between some of the major towns, cities and areas within and around Australia

    • February 2004

  • ESL - Interesting things for ESL students - A fun study site for students of English as a Second Language
  • What is Scientology?
  • BookBrowse.com - Bookbrowse carefully selects from the most interesting current books and provides you with multiple reviews and a substantial excerpt of each
  • Encyclopedia Titanica - A unique resource for anyone interested in the Titanic
  • The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation - Use this site to find the answers to your questions concerning proper English grammar and punctuation
  • The EPA Global Warming Kids Site - From the United States Environmental Protection Agency
  • War Times Journal Portal - The Portal link list is an on-line military resource for researchers, hobbyists, military professionals and all others with an interest in military history, science and defense
  • Australian Institute of Health and Welfare - Australia's national agency for health and welfare statistics and information
  • Rulers - This site contains lists of heads of state and heads of government of all countries and territories, going back to about 1700
  • MedlinePlus Health Information - Includes drug information, a medical encyclopedia and a medical dictionary
  • Crochet Pattern Central - An online directory of free crochet pattern links
  • Economist.com - Research tools - Includes a searchable dictionary of economics
  • International Children's Digital Library - A project to create a digital library of international children's books in different languages
  • Online newspapers

    • January 2004

  • TheatreHistory.com
  • The Style File - An online showcase for Australian book illustrators - includes biographical information

    • December 2003

  • Cartoon research - Lots of information about cartoons, from a list of cartoon features that spans decades to leader cards of classic cartoon shorts to trailers of current/upcoming cartoons and cartoon trivia
  • Folklore and Mythology - A directory of folklore and mythology electronic texts arranged by theme
  • The Christmas Archives - How Christmas is celebrated in countries round the world
  • Human Rights & Equal Opportunity Commission - Information for students on human rights, disability rights, sex discrimination, racial discrimination etc
  • Human Rights & Equal Opportunity Commission - Information and legislation covering human rights, disability rights, sex discrimination, racial discrimination etc
  • Human Rights & Equal Opportunity Commission - Information on human rights, disability rights, sex discrimination, racial discrimination etc
  • Human Rights & Equal Opportunity Commission - Information for Students - Information for students on human rights, disability rights, sex discrimination, racial discrimination etc
  • Timeline of art history - A chronological, geographical, and thematic exploration of the history of art from around the world, as illustrated especially by the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection
  • Fuel Consumption Guide - Reliable comparative data on the fuel consumption of new passenger cars and four-wheel drives and light commercial vehicles up to 2.7 tonnes gross vehicle mass

    • November 2003

  • Illawarra Legal Centre Inc - A community legal centre based in Warrawong. Free legal advice
  • Quilt Index - An online research and reference tool designed to provide access to contextual information and images of quilts held in private and public collections.

    • October 2003

  • NIDA for teens - This site has been developed by scientists at the US National Institute on Drug Abuse especially for teens
  • Ozebooks.com.au - The Australian eBook Library
  • Convicts to Australia - A guide to researching your convict ancestors
  • Inventors
  • HSC Survival Guide - Examination tips and more - put together by NSW HSC Online and the Sydney Morning Herald
  • Beyond the War in Iraq - This special report from National Public Radio provides ongoing coverage of postwar Iraq

    • September 2003

  • Geography HSC Case Study - A global overview of the steel industry and case study on the Port Kembla Steelworks

    • August 2003

  • Aesop's Fables Online - Thousands of versions of Aesop's fables, in five languages
  • Australian Statistical Internet Sites
  • Literary History.com - Begun in 1998, this index to free Internet articles on English and American literature is convenient and useful for students, scholars, writers, teachers, reading groups, and general readers. All links lead directly to articles meeting academic standards
  • UNESCO Libraries Portal
  • Newstext - Search the last 30 days of the News Corporation newspapers for free
  • Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
  • Google Advanced Search - Some good tips for doing Advanced Searches on Google
  • Portals to the world - Links to electronic resources from around the world
  • ViewFinder - Online image resource for England's history
  • Visual arts - Links for Visual Arts students, teachers and anyone else interested in art

    • July 2003

  • Andrology Australia - Quality information on male reproductive health
  • Geographical Names Board - Click on Name Search to search the Geographical Names Register of New South Wales
  • Human Rights - Amnesty International Reports - Reports from 1993 to date
  • Webopedia - Online dictionary and search engine for computer and Internet technology

    • June 2003

  • BBC History - Includes in-depth articles, timelines and short biographies of historic figures. Covers a broad range of topics from ancient history to wars and conflict
  • BBC History for Kids - Information for Primary and Secondary students
  • Genealogy Learning Centre - How-to articles, genealogy classes and other resources that will help you dig deeper into your family's past.
  • ReefBase - An online information system on coral reefs designed to provide relevant data and information to reef managers, scientists, and the general public.
  • Science Fiction and Fantasy Book List Site - A comprehensive bibliography of science-fiction and fantasy authors and their books. The database also contains links to official and fan sites of various authors.
  • theatrecrafts.com - Provides practical information and advice about technical theatre techniques for theatre folk at any level.
  • Easy Grants - Australia's most comprehensive monthly grants newsletter. A subscription to the Easy Grants newsletter and database is $45 per year
  • IMB Community Foundation - The Foundation supports projects that reflect its objectives, which include enhancing the economic self-sufficiency of communities, as well as generating economic, social, cultural, environmental, tourism and educational benefits for those communities
  • Focus on Fiction - Developed by the West Australian Dept of Education and Training to promote the reading of fiction for enjoyment. Includes section on authors & illustrators and reviews
  • Genome News Network - Stories about human medicine, microbes, biotechnology, and agriculture. Includes a basic overview of the topic in the "What's a Genome" area.
  • Medals of the World - Images and descriptions of thousands of medals from around the world
  • Mostly Medieval - Exploring the Middle Ages
  • Encyclopedia of Television - Includes more than 1,000 original essays from more than 250 contributors and examines specific programs and people, historic moments and topics such as violence, tabloid television and the quiz show scandal. Articles cover Australia, Canada, the United States and Britain
  • Australian War Memorial - A must see site for information about Australians at War. Includes access to the Memorial's biographical and collection databases
  • Commonwalth War Graves Commission - Has Debt of Honour Register for all British & Commonwealth war dead in World War I & II
  • Country profile: Israel and Palestinian autonomous areas
  • Digger History - An unofficial history of the Australian Armed Services
  • Middle East Gateway
  • Middle East Research and Information Project
  • World Heritage List
  • Maps and Geography - A National Geographic site

    • May 2003

  • Whichbook - this site gives readers an enjoyable and interesting way to find books to match their mood. Just choose from a variety of options and see what titles are suggested.
  • Country profile: Iraq - From BBC News
  • Musicals101.com - The Cyber Encyclopedia of Musical Theatre, TV and Film
  • Reference guide to the Geneva Conventions - Includes fulltext of the Conventions
  • Calendar Zone - celestial, daily, historic, religious calendars & lots more
  • Archives Office of Tasmania - Searchable databases for genealogical research
  • Australian National Maritime Museum - Articles on shipping and an index to photographs of ships
  • Decisions of the Superior Courts of NSW 1788-1899
  • Drug Info Clearinghouse - Drug Prevention Network - Free resources and fact sheets to download
  • Hunter Valley Genealogy - Articles on the history of local towns & coalmines, cemetery lists plus Hunter Valley Families - contact details for other families being researched
  • Internet Sacred Text Archive - World religions, traditions, mysteries
  • Macbeth Genealogical Services - Access to free indexes - Divorce Index Victoria, Assisted Immigration to Victoria, and the Immigration Index, Victoria
  • Reader's Refuge Online Bookstore - New books at secondhand prices
  • ReefBase - A global information system on Coral Reefs
  • Richmond River Historical Society - Many Illawarra folk moved to the Richmond river area in the late 1800’s. This site has on-line indexes to many of their resources
  • Ships Logs, Journals, Pictures and Passenger List Links - Australia and New Zealand

    • April 2003

  • Authors YellowPages - AuthorYellowPages.com is a searchable directory of author websites
  • John Donne - This site features the complete works of John Donne,including spoken word versions of many of his poems. The additional resources section contains biographical sketches of Donne and critical essays on his works
  • Ned Kelly: Australian Ironoutlaw
  • Renewal in Iraq - Resources related to the official White House position on Iraq
  • World Heritage List
  • Antibiotic Resistance - Links that offer reliable information on the problem of antibiotic resistance. From the US Food and Drug Administration
  • Genealogy Quest - Select the glossaries link to go to lists of epidemics, occupations and diseases
  • IGI Batch Numbers - British Isles and North America - Search by parish on the Latter-Day Saints (LDS) site
  • RootsWeb.com - The oldest and largest free genealogy site

    • March 2003

  • Poetry Archives - Contains thousands of copyright free poems
  • Etymology Dictionary - A dictionary of word origins
  • Proceedings of the Old Bailey London 1674-1834 - A fully searchable online edition of the largest body of texts detailing the lives of non-elite people ever published, containing accounts of over 100,000 criminal trials held at London's central criminal court

    • February 2003

  • Medline plus - Drug information - Information on thousands of prescription and over-the-counter medications
  • Flags of the World
  • Flags of the World
  • Australian Antarctic Division - Experience Antarctica - this site contains detailed information about Antarctica and Australia's work in the icy continent
  • Those dark hiding places: the invisible web revealed - Tips and links to help you find hidden content on the web

    • January 2003

  • Australia's Prime Ministers
  • Computer Science - Computer science links in a variety of categories
  • Flora for fauna - Attract native birds, butterflies, and other fauna to your garden
  • Medline Plus: Women's Health Topics - A collection of high-quality information resources on women's health issues, from AIDS to vaginal diseases. From the MEDLINE database, National Library of Medicine.
  • World War Two Nominal Roll - Information from the service records of some one million individuals who served during World War Two
  • Babel Fish Translation
  • Country Profiles - An instant guide to history, politics and economic background of countries
  • E-Briefs - Electronic documents which provide background and commentary on current topics, as well as web links. From the Parliamentary Library.
  • Australian Women's Weekly Bookclub
  • First World War.Com
  • National symbols
  • Poets' Corner - The aim of this site is to create the largest, most diverse, and most user-friendly public library of poetic works ever assembled.
  • Society of Australian Genealogists
  • Travelmate.com.au - Use this site to plan travel within Australia
  • UN International Days - The days and weeks officially recognised by the United Nations
  • Web Gallery of Art - Contains over 11,000 digital reproductions of European paintings and sculptures created between the years 1150 and 1800
  • HSC Technology Syllabus Support - Case studies in design, technology and cultural diversity from the Powerhouse Museum
  • NSW HSC online - For parents

    • December 2002

  • ABC Online
  • ABI/Inform: ProQuest - The world's leading database of electronic business and management journals. (Use the barcode from your library card to log in)
  • ABN Lookup - search for an ABN, apply for an ABN, change your details.
  • AddALL Used and Out of Print book search
  • Adelaide Proformat - Adelaide Proformat was established in June 1994 to help Australians with their family history research and presentation and to help people beyond Australia research within Australia
  • AIATSIS Family History Unit - The Unit specifically assists Link-Up caseworkers in the family tracing and reunion for Indigenous people who were removed. We can also assist anyone of Indigenous heritage with their family history research
  • Air quality in the Illawarra - environment and pollution
  • Airlines Of The Web
  • ALIA - Australian Library and Information Association
  • Alibris - Shop for rare, out-of-print or hard to find books - books you thought you'd never find
  • Amazing Rainforest Animals - Animals From aardvark to xenosaurus
  • Amazon Bookshop - buy books, music, videos etc from this US site.
  • American Fact Finder - From the U.S. Census Bureau.
  • American Verse Project - Full text poetry published prior to 1920.
  • Angus & Robertson - buy books from this Australian bookseller.
  • ASIC Australian Securities & Investment Commission - search their databases. Find basic details about current and former companies, business names and other organisations
  • Ask a Librarian - We will help you locate information resources to help with your study
  • Aslib, The Association for Information Management
  • Atlapedia Online
  • AusIndustry - Commonwealth Government's agency for delivering products, services and information that support industry, research and innovation
  • Aussie SchoolHouse - The Aussie SchoolHouse provides participants with opportunities for life-long learning. The Aussie SchoolHouse is a virtual meeting place where people of all ages and backgrounds can build communities, collaborate, interact, develop, publish, and discover resources.
  • Austrade
  • Australasian Legal Information Institute (AUSTLII) - Provides free internet access to Australian legal materials including Commonwealth and State Acts, Regulations and Case Law
  • Australasian Passenger Lists - This site is designed to help family historians locate passenger lists for migrant ships to Australia/New Zealand. It includes a list of other relevant links.
  • Australia Council for the Arts
  • Australia Geography 2000 - brief geographical summary
  • Australia: Geography - Key Facts, geographic landmarks, points of interest , major industries, historical highlights, population and culture.
  • Australian authors and illustrators - Information on authors and illustrators of Australian children's and young adult works
  • Australian Capital Territory
  • Australian Community Legal Centres
  • Australian Copyright Council
  • Australian Drug Information Network - links to information resources on alcohol and other drugs.
  • Australian Electoral Commission - Find out which electorate you are in and who represents you. Plus anything to do with elections.
  • Australian Financial Review - business
  • Australian Geographic Place Names (Gazetteer)
  • Australian Journals - a listing of over 1,700 Australian electronic journals, magazines, webzines, newsletters and e-mail fanzines. It includes both local and overseas works with Australian content, authorship and/or emphasis.
  • Australian Libraries Gateway (ALG) - find a library.
  • Australian Literature on the Internet
  • Australian Local Government Association
  • Australian Periodical Publications 1840-1845
  • Australian Safety and Compensation Council - Includes information on hazardous substances and dangerous goods, national standards and codes of practice and safety alerts
  • Australian Sports Commission - all you need to know from the Australian Sports Commission.
  • Australian Stock Exchange - market news.
  • Australian Stock Exchange - market statistics, company research, markets, shareholder information.
  • Australian Town Index
  • Australian Towns Index
  • Australians at War
  • Australia's Prime Ministers - lists all Prime Ministers of Australia
  • Author Pseudonyms - some authors write under many different names. This site links these names together.
  • Bartleby.com - great books online.
  • BartlebyVerse - American
  • BBC Online
  • Best Flights - discounted air tickets search for low air fares
  • Best of History Web Sites - An anthology of online history resources.
  • Bibliofind - Bibliofind has combined with Amazon.com to provide millions of rare, used, and out-of-print books through the world's No.1 online bookstore.
  • BibliOz.com - search this Australian database to locate out-of-print titles.
  • BillsNet - Federal Bills - current and old
  • Biographical Dictionary
  • Board of Studies - Syllabuses for all subjects from the Board of Studies
  • Board of Studies NSW - School Certificate Page - School Certificate external exam papers (English, Maths, Science), Syllabuses, Performance Descriptors etc
  • Book adventure - a FREE reading motivation program for children in grades K-8. Children create their own book lists from over 6,000 recommended titles, take multiple choice quizzes on the books they've read offline, and earn points and prizes for their literary successes.
  • BookFinder.com - search for out of print and used books.
  • BookHive - your guide to children's literature
  • BookHive - guide to children's literature
  • BRAINTRACK University Index - The world's most complete education index
  • British Library Integrated Catalogue - This catalogue unites a number of previously separate sources to list over twelve million items in the British Library's outstanding collections
  • British Monarchy
  • Business Review Weekly - full-text back copies from 1998 to the current issue.
  • business.gov.au - Simple and convenient access to all the government information, transactions and services you need
  • business.gov.au - Simple and convenient access to all the government information, transactions and services you need
  • career.com.au - Find a job, post your resume online
  • Cars.com - car reviews, buying guides, advice & tips, performance & specifications
  • Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves of Australia - examples of 5 types of rainforest, brief information.
  • Centrelink - career information, services
  • Child Safety on the Information Highway - parents
  • Children's Literature Web Guide
  • Christmas - a multicultural festival - the changing face of Christmas
  • Christmas around the world
  • CityRail Timetables
  • ClassicBookshelf.com - access to the large collection of public domain e-texts available for free over the Internet.Featuring Java TM Powered reading applet, words are presented in customizable sizes and colours to suit you.
  • Climate averages - Wollongong
  • Clinical Pharmacology - world-class drug information FREE
  • Community Information - Contact details for local community groups, organisations, services, programs, courses, facilities and events
  • communitybuilders.nsw - a comprehensive listing of sources of funding in NSW plus advice on writing submissions
  • Consumer Youth Website - for 16-20 year olds. "Check this site before you splash your cash"
  • Consumers Online - the Commonwealth Government's Consumer Protection site
  • Councils on the web
  • Cursor.org - a progressive news magazine focusing on world news and alternative media perspectives. For International news read the mass media
  • Databases - the Library's list of databases - newspaper and magazine articles on all subjects available from home or in the Library
  • de Grummond Children's Literature Collection
  • Dead Persons Society - A self help society of like minded people interested in advancing genealogical and family history research through the use of electronic mediums
  • Department of Family & Community Services - assistance, housing support, youth programs
  • Dept of Environment and Heritage - The environmental themes section of the site links to information on biodiversity, atmosphere, coasts and oceans and inland waters
  • Digital media locator - search a database of thousands of eBooks - includes reviews, excerpts and author biographies
  • Digitised Map Collection - From the National Library of Australia.
  • DINOBASE - a dinosaur site with lots of pictures
  • Dinosaurs - a museum tour of dinosaur fossils with brief descriptions
  • Driver Knowledge Tests - Link to Driver Knowledge Test Questions and Drive Knowlege Test online demonstration
  • Drug info @ Your Local Library - Provides up to date information about alcohol and drugs on this website and through local public libraries in New South Wales
  • DrugDigest - Consumer health information about drugs, herbs and supplements
  • Dymocks Booksellers - buy books in Australia.
  • Earth Impact Database - Impact cratering on earth
  • Earth Science Australia - geology, fossils, earth sciences
  • Earthquake information - earthquakes around the world but mainly in Nevada
  • e-commerce-guide.com - Aim is to provide the single best source of independent, up-to-date information about electronic commerce.
  • EdNA Online - a service that aims to support and promote the benefits of the Internet for learning, education and training in Australia. It is organised around Australian curriculum.
  • Educator's Reference Desk - Includes a link to the ERIC database. ERIC is the world's largest source of education information, with more than 1 million abstracts of documents and journal articles on education research and practice
  • El Nino and Climate Prediction - A publication of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (USA)
  • Environment & Heritage Grants and Funding - A list of the grants available through the Australian Government Department of the Environment and Heritage
  • ePALS - classroom penpals exchange (USA)
  • Epicurious - The world's greatest recipe collection
  • EServer - A growing online community where hundreds of writers, artists, editors and scholars gather to publish and discuss their works
  • European Business Directory
  • Excite travel
  • Fact Monster - Online Dictionary, Encyclopedia, and Homework Help
  • Fairfax Classifieds
  • Fairfax Digital - Sydney Morning Herald,The Age,Sun Herald, Australian Financial Review, Business Review Weekly, BusinessOnlineAsia, Personal Investment, CitySearch, classifieds etc.
  • FamilySearch - from The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints. Includes 35 million names from their Ancestral file as well as 285 million names in the International Genealogical Index.
  • FindArticles.com - magazine articles including full text. Search in this free online article-search service.
  • Finding a public school - school locator
  • Findlaw for the Public
  • FindLaw.com - an easy to use Australian law site with very practical resources including business law, cases, students resources etc
  • First Corporate Pty Ltd - First Corporate Pty Ltd is a specialist corporate adviser/funding facilitator for small to medium enterprises (SME's) seeking to raise equity capital in Australia
  • Fish at the Australian Museum
  • FishBase - 24,000 Species, 41,000 Synonyms, 91,000 Common names, 18,000 Pictures, 18,000 References.
  • Flags of all Countries
  • Franchise Council of Australia - The Franchise Directory plus information and advice on franchising
  • Free Medical journals - free access to over 750 journals on the Web.
  • FreeBooknotes - A comprehensive guide to free book summaries, literature notes and study guides for over 250 books
  • Genealogy Home Page - Contains over 4000 links to genealogy resources
  • Genealogy world
  • GENUKI - UK & Ireland Family History
  • Geography topics - from the "Librarians Index to the Internet", this list links to many topics of interest to geography students.
  • GeoScience Australia - Landforms - Facts about deserts, waterfalls, river and mountains as well as the history of Australian landforms
  • Gifts - wishlist.com.au - gifts for all occasions.
  • Global climate change
  • GoAbroad.com - study abroad, volunteer, teach
  • Google - One of our favourite search engines. Fast and comprehensive. It includes lots of Australian content.
  • GrantsLINK - Your Commonwealth community grants site
  • Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority - all about the GBRMPA, how they manage the Great Barrier Reef, facts about the reef
  • Great Literature Online
  • Greater Union Cinemas
  • Greenhouse Office, Australian - The Australian Greenhouse Office has a range of programs from household and community to industry and government action that are making significant progress in reducing Australia’s greenhouse emissions.
  • Guide to Australia
  • Guide to Australia
  • Guide to Australian Literary Manuscripts
  • HealthInsite - A world class internet gateway designed to provide you with easy access to reliable, high quality health information online
  • HealthWorld Online - if it's health you're interested in, this is a good place to start
  • Help When You Need It - Issues, life and study from Dr Michael Carr-Gregg an adolescent psychologist. Dr Carr-Gregg specialises in the area of parenting adolescents and adolescent mental health.
  • Higher Education - Higher education policy issues, resources and programmes from the Dept Education, Science and Training
  • HighWire Press - free on-line full text journal articles, mainly medical/health.
  • HighWire Press - HighWire Press is one of the largest archives of free full-text science on Earth! They are assisting in the online publication of 140,300 free full-text articles and 636,913 total articles, mainly medical.
  • HomeworkSpot - Years 1-6
  • Hoover's Online- USA
  • Hormone Replacement Therapy
  • Hotmail - very popular - Web based e-mail
  • How did Christmas start? - where did it come from? Where is it going?
  • How far is it
  • Hoyts Cinemas
  • HSC Exam papers - past exam papers and reports from 1995 onwards.
  • HyperHistory Online - HyperHistory presents 3,000 years of world history with an interactive combination of synchronoptic lifelines, timelines, and maps.
  • Illawarra Coal - An unofficial history of coal mining in the Illawarra.
  • Illawarra Images - historical images of the local area, people and events
  • Illawarra Images on the Web - historical image collection from Wollongong City Library
  • Illawarra Images on the Web - A collection of images of people, places and events covering the local area from the mid 1800s
  • Illawarra Images on the Web - historical image collection from Wollongong City Library and the Illawarra Historical Society.
  • Illawarra Mercury - read the daily news, features, classifieds
  • Illawarra Mercury
  • Illawarra Transport - transport in the Illawarra - bus, taxis, trains and bicycle maps.
  • Internet Library for Librarians - A portal designed for librarians to locate internet resources related to their profession
  • Internet Schools Directory - A Directory of non-Government schools in Australia
  • Ireland - Australia Transportation Database
  • IRIS Research - local statistics, regional profiles.
  • Italian Genealogy
  • January Magazine - best of fiction, crime and many other categories of books
  • JobGuide - DEETYA - an Australian site which gives an in-depth look at a range of occupations, and their education and training pathways. It also gives useful information about how to work out what occupations suit you best, based on your interests and abilities.
  • Jobsearch - lists jobs in government Australia wide with a special section for Librarians.
  • JobServe Australia - Search for jobs at JobServe Australia
  • Keeping up page - The Keeping Up Web Page is designed to help library and information science professionals develop and maintain a program of self-guided professional development
  • Kidon Media-Link - Directory of world newspapers and other news sources on the internet.
  • Lake Illawarra Authority - Lake facts, Lake map, life in the Lake. Lots of school project material.
  • Lancet Interactive - articles from the current issue
  • Landforms - our Weblinks list of key sites - mainly Australian
  • Law and Justice Foundation - Plain language legal information resources
  • Law For You (NSW) - plain English legal information from practising lawyers
  • Lawlink NSW
  • Lawstuff - Australia -about legal rights for people under 18
  • Lawstuff - legal information for children
  • Lawstuff - legal information for young people
  • Lemony Snicket - a site which claims to have dreadful images...wretched information... unnerving games .
  • Letters for Job Hunters
  • LexUM - Canadian Legal Web
  • Librarians' Index to the Internet
  • Library of Congress Home Page
  • Library of Congress Home Page
  • LibrarySpot - search for libraries
  • Lighthouses of New South Wales - Wollongong Head Lighthouse
  • Literary Criticism Collection
  • Local Government and Shires Associations - NSW
  • Local Government Jobs Australia - LGJobs is a weekly email service which lists new middle and senior level positions available within the local government sector throughout Australia
  • Local Government Managers Australia
  • Local history and information - find out what resources are available in the Local Studies Section of the Library, come & visit during opening hours for help with local information about Wollongong and the Illawarra area.
  • Local South East Districts Forecast
  • Lonely Planet on-line
  • Lorraine's Family History Resources - A site prepared by Lorraine Stacker, Research Services Librarian for Penrith City Council, to help family researchers in Australia
  • Lycos Mail - Web based e-mail
  • MagPortal.com - search for magazine articles.
  • Mail.com - Web-based email
  • Maporama.com - street-level directional maps for 15 European nations, all of the USA, and most of Canada.
  • Maps - All The Worlds Maps - A compilation of each Nation's maps including cities
  • Maps and Geography from National Geographic
  • Mathematics - History Biographies, classic problems, famous curves through the ages etc.
  • MedExplorer - Health/Medical search engine
  • MedHist - A guide to history of medicine resources on the Internet
  • Medical Reference - Medical Reference for non-medical librarians
  • Medical Sites Info Service - a portal for medical sites
  • Medicine OnLine - offers medical information and education in oncology and HIV/AIDS, Medline literature searches, Daily Medical News, Cancer Forums discussion groups, and reports from medical meetings for health care professionals, patients, and other interested consumers.
  • Medscape - Includes Medline (user name: weblinks password: wollongong)
  • Members of the Parliament of NSW - Includes electoral district search
  • Memorable television - The biggest TV information site on the web featuring dedicated sections for the USA, UK, Australia as well as Canada. Hit shows from around the world plus dedicated game show, talk show and children's tv sections
  • Merck Manual - search the world's most widely used medical text
  • MERCK MANUAL--Home Edition - search the world's most widely used medical text
  • Merry-Christmas.com - Gift ideas, gift baskets, Christmas games and Christmas music
  • Military history - Jensen's Web Sources for Wars & World Military History
  • Money from Ancient Times to the Present Day - A chronology of money from 9000BC to 2002. Select a time period from the Timelines.
  • MyCareer - search for a job in the employment advertisements from Fairfax newspapers. Lists over 20,000 jobs.
  • myDr - Australia's comprehensive health site
  • Myer Foundation - The Foundation will consider support of any activity that furthers our objectives, meets our requirements and addresses our areas of focus
  • National Archives of Australia - Search the Archives for records relating to Australian history, Australian society and the Australian people. The collection’s main strength is material created since Federation in 1901 by Commonwealth government agencies such as departments, royal commissions, statutory authorities, military units, security, intelligence and law enforcement agencies, diplomatic posts and foreign relations
  • National Crime Prevention Council - Directory of resources related to crime and crime prevention
  • National Governments
  • National Library of Australia Home Page
  • NationalGeographic.com - explore and enjoy "the world and all that is in it"
  • New South Wales Government
  • New South Wales Govt Directory
  • New South Wales Parliament
  • New York Times Book Reviews
  • News Store (Fairfax Digital) - Search the Fairfax newspapers. You have to pay for any articles but you could bring your list of dates to the Reference Library & locate the articles on our microfilm.
  • news.com - Australian news network.
  • Newsclassifieds
  • Nine TV Network
  • Nineteenth Century Exploration of Australia
  • Northern Territory
  • Novelguide.com - The premier free source for literary analysis on the web. We provide an educational supplement for better understanding of classic and contemporary literature
  • NSW Department of Local Government
  • NSW Dept of Education & Training - Information about schools, TAFE, adult & higher education & training
  • NSW Dept of Education & Training - Public Schools NSW
  • NSW Dept of Fair Trading - The Department of Fair Trading provides information and assistance for consumer issues, motor vehicles, home building and renovation, credit, property and tenancy issues, plus co-operatives, licensing, associations and business name registration.
  • NSW Dept of State & Regional Development - The New South Wales Department of State and Regional Development (DSRD) is the first point of contact within government for companies wishing to do business in Sydney and regional New South Wales (NSW).
  • NSW Dept of State and Regional Development - Help for Business
  • NSW Government - Click on the Funding & Grants link
  • NSW Govt Gazette - The Government Gazette is available from 2 pm every Friday
  • NSW Health - a-z of common health topics, local health services. NSW Health publishes a wide range of materials that are available to the community. Publications may be in the form of a pamphlet, brochure, report or fact sheet.
  • NSW Heritage Office - including the State Heritage Inventory and guidelines and publications on heritage policy and management
  • NSW HSC online - Syllabus overview, study hints and some resource material for all subjects
  • NSW Legislation in Force - free public access to NSW legislation - Acts, Regulations and Environmental Planning Instruments
  • NSW Local Government Directory
  • NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages - Historical indexes - Online searches are now available for: Births - 1788-1905; Marriages - 1788-1954; Deaths - 1788-1974
  • NSW Small Business Web site - issues, resources, news
  • Office of industrial relations - Awards, pay rates, workplace safety, rights and responsibilities, conditions of employment etc
  • On-line Medical Dictionary - contains terms relating to biochemistry, cell biology, chemistry, medicine, molecular biology, physics, plant biology, radiobiology, science and technology.
  • Online newspapers - Thousands of world newspapers at your fingertips
  • Open Universities Australia - Open Universities Australia (formerly OLA) provides distance education to tertiary students
  • Oz Tourism - Provides Australian holiday planners with an overview of what they can expect to find and an introduction to the major attractions and activities throughout all the states.
  • OZJAC - A database to help you find out about courses: where they are offered, what subjects you can study, how to get in, who to contact, what jobs they lead to.
    [ Available only in the Reference Library. Please ask staff for details.]
  • Ozjac - the Australian courses and careers database.
    [ Available only in the library - ask staff for username & password.]
  • Oznetlaw - Internet, online
  • Page by Page Books - Hundreds of classic books online for free
  • PANDORA Archive - Australian publications of national significance.
  • Parish and Historical Maps - Lands has more than 35,000 parish and historic maps of NSW available online
  • Parliament of NSW - Hansard and House Papers - Hansard and House Papers are available online from 1991
  • Parliamentary Library of Australia
  • PetNet - Select a pet - choose the dog or cat most suited to you
  • Philanthropy Australia - The national membership organisation for grantmaking trusts and foundations
  • Physics HSC Resources from UNSW - Syllabus, faq's and notes on Bohr and the hydrogen sprctrum
  • Physics lessons - These Physics lessons are divided into the following categories: Matter, Mechanics, Fluids, Electricity & Magnetism, Waves, Sound and Optics, and Miscellaneous.
  • Picture Australia - images of people, places and events in the collections of libraries, museums, galleries, archives, universities and other cultural agencies, in Australia and abroad
  • PinkMonkey.com - Literature Notes, Literature Classics, Study Guides, Online Textbooks. All FREE, all the time
  • Place Names Search - this gazetteer gives you the location for over 210,000 geographic names in Australia. It also gives a topographic map reference number. Topographic Maps are held in the Reference Library.
  • PlantCare.com - A database of over 2,000 species and genera of indoor plants
  • Popular Mechanics - whether it's in print or on the Net, Popular Mechanics takes the same approach in both modes of communication–explaining how things work in a way that everyone can understand. Areas covered include science, technology, automotive,
  • Premier's reading challenge - The Challenge is for all students in New South Wales in Years 5 to 8
  • Prime Ministers of Australia Scrapbook
  • Project Gutenberg - Full text books in electronic format.
  • Project Visa - Visa and Embassy information
  • Public Record Office Victoria - Includes immigration records, education records, early Port Phillip records and convict records
  • PubMed - a service of the National Library of Medicine, provides access to over 12 million MEDLINE citations back to the mid-1960's and additional life science journals. Includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other related resources
  • Qantas Airways
  • Queensland
  • Rainforest Animals - taken from the Multimedia Animals Encyclopedia.
  • Rainforests - A school site giving information about tropical and temperate reainforests, tropical plants and animals
  • Register of the National Estate - includes listings for more than 12,000 places of natural, historic and indigenous significance
  • Reuters Business News - International Business news from Wall Street City.
  • Ryerson Index - Index to Contemporary Death Notices and Obituaries in Australian Newspapers including SMH, Kiama Independent, Illawarra Mercury from 1986 onwards.
  • SBS
  • Scholastic Australia - Authors & Illustrators
  • Scholastic Australia - fun things to do, cool books
  • Science Centre and Planetarium - An interesting tourist destination.Very "hands-on".
  • Seek - lists over 29,000 jobs, offers selection by industry/profession, excellent sample resumes.
  • SETIS - a selection of scholarly texts from the University of Sydney Library.
  • Seven Network
  • Shakespeare - The complete works of William Shakespeare online
  • Shakespeare - The Complete Works of Shakespeare
  • Shakespeare Theme Page
  • South Australia
  • SparkNotes - Study guides
  • State Awards (NSW) - This database contains consolidated NSW private sector awards. The awards in this database are as supplied by the NSW Department of Industrial Relations. Currently, awards are simply presented in plain text form.
  • State Library of NSW
  • State Library of NSW - browse their catalogue
  • State Records of NSW - State Records is the New South Wales Government's archives and records management authority
  • Students Resources - List of resources have been designed with the needs of secondary students in mind
  • Study & exam techniques - strategies, exam techniques, study material from Charles Sturt University
  • Study skills - self help - various strategies including time management, priority setting, reading difficult texts & writing papers.
  • TAFE - Information, locations, courses & the latest handbook
  • Tasmania
  • The Age
  • The Australian
  • The Booklist Center - The web's largest selection of booklists
  • The Christian Science Monitor - news articles from 1980 to date.
  • The Coop BookShop - Australia's First Online Academic and General Bookshop.
  • The Easter Page - Traditions, history, dates
  • The Internet Classics Archive - select from a list of 441 works, mainly Greco-Roman with some Chinese
  • The Nobel Prize Internet Archive
  • The Presidents of the United States - potted biographies and images of presidents from 1789 to the present.
  • The Rosenthal Center - alternative medicine
  • The Source - Australia's online guide to children's literature.
    [ Available only in the library - ask staff for username & password.]
  • The Source - a guide to children's literature - includes subject guide, poetry, picture books, novels
    [ Available only in the library - ask staff for username & password.]
  • The Sydney Morning Herald
  • The works of Banjo Paterson
  • The World Factbook
  • Theatre in Wollongong - what's on in Wollongong, Kiama & Shellharbour.
  • Thomas Register of American Manufacturers
  • Ticketek Australia - book your tickets.
  • Ticketmaster - book your tickets on-line.
  • Tourism Wollongong - accommodation, recreation, restaurants, clubs, what's on & lots more
  • Trading Post On-line
  • Travel Health Information Page - from the National Center for Infectious Diseases. Check this site before travelling overseas.
  • Travel Tips for Women Traveling Solo - Tips include packing, health, safety, etiquette
  • TravelASSIST - Bed and Breakfast
  • Travellers Medical And Vaccination Advice
  • U3A Online - Universities of the Third Age, particularly those in Australia and New Zealand.
  • UK Public Libraries on the Web
  • United Nations
  • United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
  • University of Wollongong
  • University of Wollongong - search the catalogue.
  • University of Wollongong - courses, facilities, maps etc
  • University of Wollongong Library
  • Victoria
  • Vietnam War - Australian involvement
  • Village Cinemas
  • Virgin Blue
  • Virtual Tourist
  • Volunteering Vacations - opportunities to work in various worthy fields while on holidays.
  • WageNet - WageNet provides information about wages and conditions of employment in Australia for work that is covered by federal awards and agreements
  • Weather and warnings information - From the Australian Bureau Meteorology
  • WebChron - historical and cross-cultural chronologies including Islam, Christianity, Buddhism, Western Civilization
  • Websites for Fiction Readers - Wollongong City Library's list of links for the avid reader
  • Western Australia
  • WH Smith (UK) - buy books, videos, cds, games.
  • Whereis Street Atlas (Sydney,Brisbane etc) - search for a place
  • Whereis Street Atlas (Sydney,Brisbane etc) - search for a place
  • Who2? Find Famous People Fast
  • Wollongong City Library
  • Wollongong City Library - Search the catalogue, renew and place holds
  • WorkCover NSW Homepage - WorkCover NSW manages the State's workplace safety, injury management, and workers compensation systems.
  • Worksite - for secondary students - the ACTU site for schools with assignment help
  • World Development Reports - Online access to the World Bank's annual World Development Report (WDR)- an invaluable guide to the economic, social and environmental state of the world today
  • World Fact Book - select a country to view details of their government including head of state, political parties and leaders.
  • World Fact Book - countries, statistics, maps, flags, population, environment, economy...
  • World Fact Book - all countries - from the CIA, this is an excellent profile of all countries and includes data on geography, people, economy, government, transport, and military.
  • World Health Organisation - lots of health topics from the World Health Organization
  • World Resources Institute (WRI) - a collection of policies, publications
  • World Trade Organisation
  • World War 1 - Trenches on the Web - These pages contain information on the people, places, and events that comprised one of the worst calamities of modern history
  • World Weather Information Service - From the World Meteorological Society
  • Yahoo Health - provides health research, expert advice, healthy recipes, and more
  • Yahoo! Christmas
  • Yahoo! Christmas carols
  • Yahoo! Easter - History, humour, cards, gifts, eggs, activities, crafts and .......the meaning behind it all.
  • Yahoo! Mail - Web based e-mail
  • Yahoo! News and Events
  • Yahooligans - the Web guide for kids. Sports, news, games, jokes
  • Yahoo's Health portal site - Yahoo's Health portal site
  • Year by Year 1900-2001 - Historic events of the 20th Century
  • Zoom for kids - a great fun site for kids
  • Alternative Resources on the U.S. War - a list of Web resources on the current world situation that represent alternative viewpoints.
  • Anagram Server
  • ausinvent - Innovation Services Online - An Internet service to promote innovation and stimulate the development of new products and business expansion
  • Australian athlete profiles
  • Australian Bureau of Statistics
  • Australian Communications and Media Authority - Responsible for the regulation of broadcasting, radiocommunications, telecommunications and online content
  • Australian Postcode Search
  • Australian School and Public Holidays
  • Australian Universities - A list of Australian Universities with links to their home pages
  • Aviation sites - a directory of web sites with an emphasis on military aviation.
  • Bible Gateway - Search the Bible in 9 languages
  • Birds Australia - RAOU Home (our nest) - about birds, watch birds, help birds, study birds.
  • Birds Australia - RAOU Home (our nest) - about birds, watch birds, help birds, study birds.
  • Black Stump words page - anagrams, cliches, palindromes, proverbs, quotations etc
  • BUBL Link - A catalogue of internet resources covering all academic subject areas
  • BUBL LINK 200 Religion
  • Cnet.com - CNET provides expert and unbiased advice on technology products and services
  • Community Access to Natural Resources Information (CANRI) - key environmental information from NSW government agencies
  • ComputerUser.com
  • Department of Climate Change
  • Department of the Environment and Heritage - Develops and implements national policy, programs and legislation to protect and conserve Australia's natural environment and cultural heritage
  • dictionary.com
  • Domain Names
  • Electronic Zoo - animal resources
  • Encyclopedia.com - (U.S.A.)- search more than 17,000 articles from The Concise Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia
  • Eric Weisstein's World of Astronomy
  • Eric Weisstein's World of Chemistry
  • Eric Weisstein's World of Physics
  • Experts Exchange - the #1 Knowledge Sharing Community on the Web
  • Finding Information on the Internet - a tutorial
  • Glossarist.com - glossaries, dictionaries, topical dictionaries including science, computers, education, entertainment, health, symbol dictionaries and lots more
  • Great Web Sites for Kids - From the American Association for Library Service for Children
  • Greenpeace Australia Pacific - Includes information on ongoing environmental campaigns in biodiversity, genetically engineered food, toxic and nuclear wastes, and pollution prevention.
  • How Stuff Works!
  • IPL Ready Reference Collection - (U.S.A.)- authoritative
  • Islamic studies, Islam, Arabic and religion - scholarly resources on Islam and related subjects from Dr Alan Godlas, professor of religion at the University of Georgia.
  • Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
  • Librarians Index to the Internet - Computers
  • Librarians' Index to the Internet - (U.S.A.)
  • NASA Homepage - see a launch or learn more about the exploration of space
  • National Technical Information Service (NTIS)
  • Nature Conservation Council of NSW - lots of environment topics
  • NSW Agriculture - animals, crops, horticulture, diseases, weeds etc
  • NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics & Research - Crime statistics
  • NSW Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water - The lead NSW Government department with responsibility for protecting and caring for our environment, managing water resources and developing and coordinating programs to address the impacts of climate change.
  • NSW National Parks
  • Oxford Online Dictionaries - the Oxford Paperback Dictionary & Thesaurus, the Little Oxford Dictionary of Quotations and the Oxford Dictionary of First Names, together with word of the day, word games, crosswords, grammar and usage tips.
  • PINAKES (U.K.) - metasites of quality resources
  • Postcode Snapshot - The Home Price Guide Postcode Price Snapshot gives you, for free, the latest and most up to date residential property price information.
  • Refdesk.com - good source for facts.
  • Research-It! - Your one-stop reference desk
  • Robotics alliance project - Developed by NASA to encourage people of all ages to become involved in science and engineering, particularly robotics.
  • SciCentral - gateway to the best science and engineering online resources and research news
  • Scirus - Searches web and journal sources for scientific content
  • Search-22: Reference Searches - Includes dictionaries, almanacs, quotation finders and more
  • Technology in Australia 1788-1988
  • TechWeb: the IT network
  • The Argus Clearinghouse - (U.S.A.) - topical guides with evaluated resources
  • The Bible, King James Version
  • The Info Service - the world's best Reference source
  • The Merck Veterinary Manual - The single most comprehensive electronic reference for animal care information
  • The Physics Classroom - A High School Physics tutorial
  • The Religion Report - From the ABC's Radio National. A guide to religious affairs in Australia and around the world.
  • Threatened species network
  • United Nations Environment Program
  • Uranium Information Centre - Information on uranium and nuclear energy
  • Virtual religion index - A comprehensive, annotated directory of religion on the internet
  • Virus Information Library
  • WEA Illawarra - lots of local courses to attend during the day and after-hours. Enrol on-line.
  • whatis?com - A search engine
  • WHITE PAGES - Telstra - does include Australian information.
  • Wildlife Web Directory
  • World Factbook
  • World Population
  • World Resources Institute (WRI)
  • World Statesmen - A list of the heads of state & government for all countries and territories dating back to 1700. Entries also include historical outlines, flag, anthem & constitutional information.
  • World Time
  • YELLOW PAGES - Telstra
  • yourDictionary.com
  • All Crafts - Your guide to all crafts - patterns, projects, books and kits
  • Facts for Families - Concise and up-to-date information on issues that affect children, teenagers, and their families
  • Planet Ark - World environment news
  • Science for families - science projects, articles to read & lots of fun things to do with science.
  • Stem Cell Research
  • Uni Movies - Find out what movies are on at Wollongong University
  • War on Terrorism Resource Guides - A select list of links to web resources on the United States-Iraq confrontation

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  • Architecture Media - Australia
  • Australian Dance Collection
  • Australian Music
  • Australian Music Centre - The aim of this site is to facilitate and encourage the creation, performance and understanding of music by Australian composers and sound artists
  • Classical.com - The world’s largest online classical music collection
  • Dance Resources, Ballet Resources
  • earlycinema.com - an introduction to the first decade of motion pictures. This site focuses on the early pioneers and the technology which helped shape film history.
  • Great Buildings Online - This gateway to architecture around the world and across history documents a thousand buildings and hundreds of leading architects, with 3D models, photographic images and architectural drawings, commentaries, bibliographies, web links, and more, for famo
  • Hollywood Online
  • Music Australia - The MusicAustralia pilot service includes digitised printed music, digitised sound recordings, 'born digital' music scores and multimedia presentations
  • Singer-songwriter Directory - find links to sites dedicated to singer/songwriters, to official home pages as well as fan sites, to well known artists and starting musicians.
  • The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
  • The Internet Movie Database
  • WebMuseum
  • World Wide Arts Resources