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| If you need help to access library on-line digital resources, ask the librarian for training. Resources include : | |||
| Libby | Libby is a major digital database of books and journals, many closely associated with the activities of Men’s Shed.
Journals held, for example are Fine Woodworking magazine, Popular Woodworking, and Model Engineer. These journals are particularly relevant to
Men’s Shed activity. They focus on woodwork, metalwork, engineering and similar manual arts. There are also other magazines in this repository,
of interest to men, in areas like yachting, marine modelling, aviation, power boating, whisky and wine. Libby is a resource funded by your local municipal library, so you must
have a library card from Moreton Regional Council Libby database |
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| TROVE |
TROVE is a database of digital publications, specific to Australia. It is a major repository of newspaper and historical
Australian material. Trove is a result of the collaborative effort of numerous organisations, communities and individuals who work with the National
Library of Australia, to help make Australian content easier to find, share and use. TROVE database |
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| Digital Public Library of America |
The Digital Public Library of America has a strong American bias in it’s holdings. It adds to the value of libraries and cultural organisations
as one of America's major sources of shared knowledge. Digital Public library of America database | ||
| PUBMED |
PubMed is a very large digital collection on mainly medical topics. It is especially focused on physical and mental health, with a
large collection of material on subjects relating to men’s physical and mental health. PubMed is a major digital database on medical and health issues.
It has over one million publications in its repository. PUBMED | ||
| Directory of Open Access Books |
Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) is a free service that indexes and provides access to open access
books and helps users to find trusted open access book publishers. All DOAB services are free of charge and all data is freely available. Directory of Open Access Books | ||
| Directory of Open Access Journals |
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) DOAJ is a unique and extensive index of diverse open access journals from around the world,
driven by a growing community. It is committed to ensuring quality content is openly available online for everyone. OPEN - DOAJ is a vital part of the global open access infrastructure.
GLOBAL – DOAJ is a global community, with teams in 45 countries around the world, speaking 36 languages.. Directory of Open Access Journals | ||
| CORE |
CORE is a British database of open access acticles. It provides a comprehensive bibliographic database of the world’s scholarly literature. The dataset is huge, global, and widely used. CORE | ||
| BASE |
BASE is one of the world's most voluminous search engines, but not all of it's content is free. The index contains more than 400 million records
from more than 11,000 content providers. You can access the full texts of about 60% of the indexed records for free (Open Access). BASE is operated by Bielefeld University Library. BASE |
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| OpenLibrary |
OpenLibrary is a major repository e-book library. It has over 1 million e-books available, on almost every topic that could be imagined.
as one of Americas’ most major sources of shared knowledge. OpenLibrary | ||
| Digital Book Index |
Digital Book Index provides links to more than 165,000 full-text digital books from publishers, universities, and various private sites.
More than 140,000 of these books, texts, and documents are available for free. That means that only a relatively small number of it’s holdings
are fee-paying. Digital Book Index | ||
| Project Gutenberg |
Project Gutenberg is a major digital e-book collection, however the collection is very large. We limit it’s search to
the Australian content only. Project Gutenberg | ||
| Gazetteer |
A Gazetteer is a reference source of place names and place location. Gazetteer of Australia list a great number of places across Australia. Gazetteer of Australia |