Dictionaries, encyclopedias, handbooks etc.
Australian feminism : a companion, ed. Barbara Caine, 1998.
Reference Collection 305.420994 C135a
Australian encyclopaedia.6th ed. 1996.
Reference Collection 03 A93.6
Encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Australia: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history, society and culture. 2 vols. 1994.
Reference Collection 994.0049915 H823e
Also available online: Encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Australia
Encyclopedia of the Australian people, ed. J. Jupp. 2nd ed. 2001.
Reference Collection 994 J95a.2
International encyclopedia of the social & behavioral sciences
Encyclopedia of women and gender : sex similarities and differences and the
impact of society on gender, ed. Judith Worell, 2001.
Reference Collection 305.403 W926e
Handbook of urban studies, ed. Ronan Paddison, 2001.
Main Collection 307.76 P123h
Catalogue - searching for books
Here is a brief selection of terms relating to this course. These terms yield fruitful results in the library catalogue, seaching by subject heading in the Basic search option, or by subject in Guided Keyword Search :
Youth
Teenagers
Gender identity
Sex role
Sex differences
Social
classes
Marginality,
Social
Equality
Whites Race identity
Racisim Australia
Race discrimination Australia
Family Australia
Work and family Australia
Consumption
(Economics) Social aspects
Mass media Social aspects
Household surveys Australia
Body, Human Australia
Sexual division of labor
Ethnicity Australia
Citizenship Australia
Multiculturalism Australia
National characteristics, Australian
Group identity Australia
Australia Ethnic relations
Australia Social conditions (search this using the subject heading option, then browse through date subdivisions: 1976-1990...1990-2001...2001- )
Cities and towns Australia
Finding Journal Articles
Australia
Australian public affairs - full text: APA-FT.
Citations 1978- , and full text for selected articles 1995-
For earlier journal articles, the following three related sources are useful:
Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre
interdisciplinary database of popular and scholarly publications, including some newspapers, online full text with a strong Australian emphasis.
Mura: the on-line catalogue of AIATSIS, which indexes books, journal articles and other types of materials
MAIS: Multicultural Australia and Immigration Studies, 1990-
FAMILY: Australian Family and Society Abstracts
International
Academic OneFile
Contains more than 12,000 academic journals, the majority peer-reviewed and in full text
Coverage 1980-
Academic Search Premier
Contains indexing and abstracts for more than 8,300 journals, with full text for
more than 4,500 of those titles.
Newspapers
Factiva is an index to Australian and international newspapers, magazines etc and includes full text for many titles.
Statistics
Australian Bureau of Statistics website. Statistics section
Websites
Human Rights & Equal Opportunity Commission
Most Human Rights Commission publications are available in electronic
format on this website. From 'Quick links', choose 'Publications'.
Australian Policy Online
Provides access to Australian social, economic, cultural and political research. Site is maintained
by the Institute for Social Research at
Swinburne University of Technology
Australian Institute of Family Studies
Conducts research and communicates findings
to policy makers, service providers and the broader community.
Australian Sociological Association (TASA)
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