This website covers agriculture, fishing & aquaculture, forests and minerals & petroleum.  The NSW Department of Primary Industries acts in partnership with industry and other public sector organisations to foster profitable and sustainable development of primary industries in New South Wales, the department delivers a wide range of services to primary industries and rural communities.

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Macquarie Dictionary Online
The Macquarie Dictionary is constantly updated with new words as they enter our language. The online service gives you access to the Macquarie Dictionary Fourth Edition which has the following features:

• over 112,000 headwords
• etymologies for some of the more interesting phrases in English.
• thousands of new words and senses.
• regionalisms from around Australia, many gathered from Australian Word Map, a joint online project of Macquarie and the ABC

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History & Reference Library
This database contains major titles adapted for online use and has extensive
searching capability. It is designed for use by schools, parents, seniors – anyone
with an interest in Australian history, as well as ancient and modern history. It is continually expanded
with newer titles. There are currently over 60 different titles, with more added on a continual basis.
Most are richly illustrated and over two hours of video footage is also available.

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 Facts on File - Modern World History Online
This database covers the full scope of world history from mid-15th century to the present.  Thousands of fully hyperlinked suject entries, biographies, images and videos and charts, primary sources, and timeline entries combine to provide a detailed and comparative view of the people, places, events, and ideas that have defined modern world history.

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 Facts on File - Ancient & Medieval World History Online
Ancient and Medieval History Online provides thorough coverage of eight civilizations - ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome, ancient and medieval Africa, medieval Europe, the Americas, and ancient and medieval Asia. 

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The Source (Magpies)
A guide by subject, to children's fiction, poetry and short stories from around the world with an emphasis on Australian literature
(once you've clicked on "In Library" , select the "Login with an IP address" option).

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ANZ Reference Centre
A general database of Australian and international content with articles in health, current affairs, science,
social science, business and literature. Users can select or deselect the type of material they wish to access.

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MasterFILE Premier
Designed specifically for public libraries. The database provides full text for more than 2,100 general
reference publications with full text information dating as far back as 1975. Covering virtually every subject area
of general interest, MasterFILE Premier also includes nearly 650 full text reference books,
84,074 biographies, 86,135 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 107,135 photos, maps and flags.

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Consumer Health Complete
Contains full text articles covering all areas of health and wellness from mainstream medicine to many
perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated medicine. Topics include aging, cancer, diabetes,
drugs and alcohol, fitness, nutrition and dietetics, children's health and men and women's health.

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GreenFILE
Offers well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment.  Its
collection of scholarly, government and general interest titles includes content on the environmental
effects of individuals, corporations and local/national governments, and what can be done at each
level to minimize these effects.  Topics covered include global climate change, green building,
pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling and more.

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NoveList
Looking for a good book? Use NoveList to look for books by author, title, series, plot description
or level of readership (children, young adults, adults etc). Use the Read-Alikes feature to find other
authors who write like your favourite author. Includes plot summaries, genre and theme based lists,
discussion guides for book clubs, book talks and details of awards.

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The ComputerSchool.net
Gain instant access to a powerful database that provides a direct, secure link to hundreds of computer
skills tutorials. 

Standards Australia - only available in the library.
A comprehensive online collection of International and Australian standards, many with full text coverage.
Where copyright of a standard is not held by Standards Australia full text is not available, but instructions on how it might be purchased are normally provided.

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