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Finding information on the Internet for personal
or school
use can be difficult. To assist you we have listed useful websites
alphabetically
by subject below. Links to items on current issues and social concerns
can
also be found via our Databases and Hot
Topics. You can also access one-on-one assistance with our
new service - Your
Tutor!
Websites on the Beijing 2008 Olympic
Games, the Modern Olympic Games
and the Ancient Olympic Games.
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Aborigines
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Agriculture
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- Grain Zone -
information and links to
grains
industry organisations and research
- InFarmation -
agricultural business information including commodity prices, news and
weather
- Livestock
Library - an online database of links to over 22,000 journal
articles and conference papers about livestock production
- National Farmers Federation
- representative organisation for Australia's agricultural community
- Notes
Information Series -
formerly Agnotes, information sheets on a range of topics from
the Department of Primary Industry
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Animals
- A-Z
of dog breeds - extensive information about dog breeds
- Australian
Museum Fish Site - images and facts about fish, including details
on specific types
- Australian
Pet Net - promoting responsible pet ownership
- Big cats
online - find out about the evolution, behaviour & different
species of big cats
- Birdlife
International - hosts the World Bird Database with
information on over 10,000 species of birds, including endangered
species
- Birds n Way -
guide to parrots & exotic birds
- ButterflySite.com
- biology, gardening, rearing, facts, links and pictures
- Electronic Zoo
- links to animal and insect websites
- Equine Info -
searchable collection of articles on anything to do with horses
- Ferals -
comprehensive information about feral species in Australia, including
related social issues
- Invasive
species - information on the major Australian feral animals,
control methods and effects on the land
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Architecture and Buildings
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Armed Forces
see also Emergency Services and
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Art and Artists
see also Architecture, Biography and Crafts and Hobbies
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Authors and Books
Also check out our subscription e-newsletter service -
Next Reads - for the latest in your favourite reading genre,
delivered straight to your email inbox..
- Anthologies of
Poetry - thousands of poems from hundreds of poets
- Australian
Authors and Illustrators - links to websites of Australian
children's authors
- Australian
children's books - history of children's literature in Australia
- Australasian
Crime Fiction - information about authors, their books, pseudonyms,
reviews and more
- Australian
Literature - history of storytelling in Australia
- Based
on the book - a compilation of over 1200 books, stories and plays
that have been made into movies
- Book Crossing -
join the world's biggest book club
- Books
into film and television - alphabetical list of books of the film,
of current movies and telemovies
- Book Lust Wiki
- Nancy Pearl's community for book lovers
- Books to
movies - reports on forthcoming movie releases and the books from
which they originated
- BookSpoke - social
network for readers and writers
- Book Tagger -
share your books and thoughts on them with family and friends
- Children's Book Council of
Australia - infomration about children's literature and CBC awards
- Children's Literature
- reviews, features,interviews, themes and links
- Complete
works of William Shakespeare - full text of all his plays and poetry
- Fantastic
Fiction - A huge collection of authors and their books and to their
websites where available.
- Grand Comic Book Database
- building to be a definitive database on comic books
- Internet Speculative
Fiction Database - community effort to catalog works of fiction
- Junior
Series and Sequels - Database of over 20,000 books in series for
young adults and children
- Librarian's
Book Revoogle - search for online book reviews
- Literature Map -
find new authors to read using a map based on one you enjoy
- LitMinds -
community of readers sharing book endeavours, connecting with authors
and booksellers and participating in literary activities
- Love Reading -
extracts of new books and an author recommedations search facility
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- Monster Librarian
- a source on new books, reading lists, reviews and more for all age
readers of horror fiction
- Mystery Ink
- book reviews, author interviews, recommendations and awards
- Nom de Guerra -
database of psuedonyms used by the famous
- Nursery Rhymes -
check the lyrics and discover the origins of 100s of nursery rhymes
- Online Literary
Criticism Collection - links to critical and biographical websites
about authors and their works
- OzLit Writers
Database
- comprehensive database of Australian authors
- Penguin
Books
Australian authors - biographical profiles of Penguin's published
Australian authors and illustrators
- Poetry
tool - find a poem by title, poet, category, occasion or first line
- Prehistoric
Fiction - genre information, authors, reviews and links
- Pulizter Prize -
official website of the literary prize, including winners, nominees and
history of this award
- ReadALike
- suggestions of alternative authors who write in a similar style or
genre
- Reader 2 reader
- site for readers to share opinions about books
- Readerville -
online book discussions
- Reading
Group
Guides - resource materials to start and maintain a reading group
- Romance Reader
- news, reviews, author interviews and features
- Science
Fiction and Fantasy Research database - online, searchable
compilation of indexes to sci-fi and fantasy fiction
- Shakespeare
Searched - search engine designed to provide quick access to
passages from Shakespeare
- Storycode.com -
book recommendations to find and make
- What's
Next - helps you search adult fiction series
- What
should I read next - enter a book you like and the database of
readers' recommendations will suggest something
- Whichbook.net -
find a new book to read by feeling, character, plot and more
- Writers's
Business Directory - directory of businesses providing Victorian
literary services and more
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Biography
See also Art and Artists, Authors and Books, Explorers, Science and Sport.
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Business
- Local
- Business
in Cardinia - business development and opportunities in Cardinia
Shire.
- City
of Casey Business - business development and opportunities in the
City of
Casey
- Community profile information (compiled from census data)
for Casey and Cardinia
- Victoria
- Business Victoria
- export and trade, investment, innovation, infrastructure, business
start-up and expansion in Victoria
- Commonwealth
- Business Entry Point
- Commonwealth Government site assisting in the setup, management,
expansion, finance and other matter relating to business
- Selected sites
- ABRpublic -
searchable database of the publicly available information provided by
businesses when they register for an ABN
- Australian Retailers
Association - profiles, policies, issues, codes of practice and
statistics
- Australian Securities
& Investments Commission - running a business, financial
services, markets and corporate finance
- Australian Stock Exchange
- investigate the investments available for trading and find out how to
trade
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- Australian Taxation Office
- all you need to know taxation in Australia
- Australian Trade
Commission - all about importing, exporting
and doing business in and from Australia
- Home
Business Manual - a wealth of information, advice and links to
valuable resources for home-based business.
- Kompass - directory
of companies worldwide, accessed by name, industry and region
- Land Channel -
government information about land and property in Victoria
- Reserve Bank of Australia
- statistics on government finance, financial institutions, prices,
exchange rates and related issues
- Venues.com.au -
browse venues and service suppliers to organise that important event
- Vic Export -
evaluate the potential for success in the export market
- WageNet
- provides information about wages and conditions of employment in
Victoria.
- World
Economic Outlook Reports - twice yearly reports from the IMF
examining economic developments and future prospects
- Yahoo Finance -
Australian & New Zealand - compnay profiles, news, forecasts,
share prices, charts and more
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Computers
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Consumer Information
- Auto Repair Guide
- from America's About.com website
- Choice Magazine - access it
free via our InfoTrac Onefile database
- Consumer.gov.au -
rights of consumers, legal requirements of businesses, agencies
assisting and news
- Consumers
Online - resources and assistance available on consumer issues
- Disputeinfo
- Justice Department site to help you work through a dispute with
another
party
- FIDO -
Australian Securities and Investment Commission's financial tips and
safety checks
- Looks too
good to be true - US guide to Internet scams
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- NRMA
Crash test program - results of crash tests on new vehicles and
research on real-life accidents
- Product Recalls
Australia -
searchable database of product recalls in Australia
- productreview.com.au
- consumer reports and reviews on products available in Australia
- Right
a wrong - Victorian Legal Aid site explaning how to make a
complaint about goods or services in Victoria
- Scam Watch -
database of financial and investment scams discovered in Australia
- Understanding
money - Australian government website aiming to change attitudes to
money and equip people to make better financial choices
- Used car
prices - values of Australian used cars, from Red Book
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Countries
- Aneki - rankings of
countries by a variety of statistical data
- Atlapedia Online -
full colour physical and political maps, statistics and facts
- BBC
News Country Profiles - full profiles including history, politics
and economics
- Country, economic and
regional information - from the Foreign Affairs Department
- Cultural Profiles
Project - overviews of
life and culture in many countries
- Country
Studies - history and social, economic, political, and national
security of countries throughout the worl from the Library of Congress
- Economist
Country Briefings - news, country profiles, forecasts, statistics
and more
- Fabulous
Facts about Australia - detailed geographic information from
Geoscience Australia
- Geography IQ -
world atlas with geographic, economic, political, historical and
cultural information on countries of the world
- Historical
country names - listing of current and "formerly used" names
of countries
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- Interactive world
fact book - combined data from the UN, Library of Congress and more
- Nation Master -
comparison data on varying criteria for countries of the world
- Portals
to the World - links to electronic resources of each country of the
world, covering media, law, government, culture and more
- Quick Maps -
small maps of all the countries of the world
- Time zones
- find out what time it is around the world
- US State
Department Country Background Notes - information on the
land, people, history, government, politics, economy, and foreign
relations of countries around the world
- World -
comprehensive tool for world statistics, sport, history, weather,
science, biographies, travel and religion.
- World
Atlas - mpas and geographical information for regions of the world
- World
Clock - find out the time zone for every part of the world
- World
Development Report - analysis of the world as seen by the World Bank
- World
Factbook - data from the widely renowned CIA handbook
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Crafts and Hobbies
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- Scrapbooking 101
- beginners how to with materials, techniques and uses
- Stitch Guide -
complete online stitch reference
- Textile Links -
articles and links on textile crafts
- ToysNfo -
vintage toy encyclopedia comprising articles on different types of toys
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Currency
See also Business
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Dinosaurs
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- Dinosauria
- dinosaur biology, life history, fossils and links
- Walking with
dinosaurs - ABC Online site based on the TV series, with
information, links and fun activities
- ZoomDinosaurs
- online textbook of dinosaur history, anatomy, behaviour and fossils
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Disasters
See also Emergency Services, Hot Topics and International Organisations
Do-it-yourself - DIY
- eHow - large tutorial
website covering a large range of topics, with a growing collection of
videos
- Expert Village
- world's largest video tutorial site with over 49,000 videos from
experts
- How do ya - links to a
range of resources on how to do things from weddings to gardens,
finances and much more
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- Instructables -
guides on topics ranging from art and craft to food, technology and the
home
- SuTree - links to
video tutorials from over 250 sources
- TrickLife - user
generated video tutorial site with a strong computer section
- VideoJug - general
purpose video tutorial site, with over 15,000 videos on almost every
topic imaginable
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Education
see also Community
Information - Education, Employment
and Careers,
Encyclopedias and Ready Reference, Library
Catalogues and Study Guides
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Emergency Services
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Employment and Careers
- Australian JobSearch
- all jobs advertised with the Governments Job Search, in some national
papers and in Government Gazettes
- Bojob - free
searchable Australian database of better online jobs
- Career One -
all jobs advertised with News Limited publications in Australia,
including the Herald-Sun
- Careers
- links to sites on careers, employment, interview techniques, hints
and resumes
- Careers with the
Victorian Government - discover and apply online for jobs with the
Victorian Government
- Centrelink -
government supplied employment services and payments
- Job Guide -
information on prerequisites and training required for 1000s of jobs
and careers
- Job Interview Net
- interview preparation resources
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- JobNet - largest IT
job site in Australia
- LinkMe - free
personalised career management services
- My Career - all
jobs advertised in Fairfax publications in Australia, including the Age
- Myfuture
- guides you through activities that help you explore your career
interests
- Public Service Gazette
- Australian public service employment opportunities
- Resume Express
- resume distribution, matching job-seekers to recruiters
- Seek: Employment -
Australia's leading employment website
- VTAC
Guide - the courses and the scores required for them
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Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
- AbbreviationZ - A to
Z of acronyms and abbreviations on the Internet
- Acronym Finder
- acronym and abbreviation dictionary
- Australian
Gazetteer - find the location of places in Australia
- Australian
Postcodes - search for a postcode
- Australian
Slang - dictionary of uniquely Australian slang
- Bartleby's - quotes,
biographies, literature, quotations and more
- Bartlett's
Quotations - historic quotes by author, quote or time
period
- Bi-Lingual
Dictionaries - French, Spanish, German, Irish, Italian, Latin and
Welsh dictionaries (library card required to access)
- Book Rags -
literature summaries,
biographies,
literary criticism,
essays,
encyclopedias,
and eBooks from over 100 respected education databases
- Britannica Online - access
the full content of these encyclopedic series' through our database
access
- ChemRefer - open
access chemistry literature database
- Citizendium
- an open wiki project aimed at creating an enormous, free, and
reliable encyclopedia
- Dictionary.com -
onine dictonaries and thesauri, including specialist subjects
- Encyclopedia.com -
over 57,000 free articles from the Columbia Encyclopedia
- Encyclopedia of
death and dying - comprehensive, authoritative articles relating to
death and dying at all stages of life
- Encyclopedia of Earth
- envrionmental articles reviewed by an international community of
experts
- Free dictionary
- search free dictionary, thesauri, medical, computing, financial
dictionaries and more
- Geology.com - news,
dictionary, maps and more on geology
- Howjsay - an english
pronouncing dictionary with instant sound
- How stuff works
- clear explanation of how everyday items work
- How to do things - over
15,000 how to solutions
- How to study -
frees tudy skills, strategies and tips
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- Internet
Acronym Server - meanings of 1000s of acronyms
- Its an Honour
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information on and recipients of Australian honours
since 1901
- Language
Dictionaries - online dictionaries for 300 languages
- Math2.org
- maths reference tables
- Merriam-Webster's
Open Dictionary - submit and share your own new words
- MSN Encarta - Online
encyclopedia, dictionary, atlas and homework centre
- Omniglot - writing
systems and languages of the world
- OneLook Dictionaries
- meta search for the meaning of a word or a translation across over
900 dictionaries
- Online Etymology
Dictionary - origin of everyday words
- Online
Conversions
- convert just about anything to anything else
- Open
Directories Dictionaries - links to over 1600 dictionaries,
including ones on 37+ languages
- Oxford Premium Online -
access Oxford's dictionaries, companions and encyclopedias through our
database access
- Oxymorons -
growing lists of oxymorons organised alphabetically or by subject
- Quotiki - discover
quotes and get involved with them, by tagging, collecting and
submitting quotes
- Refdesk - index and
review of quality, current reference sites
- Simpson's
Contemporary Quotations - over 9000 modern quotations by author and
subject
- Time and Date.Com
- time zones, date mneu, world clock and more
- Time Zone
Converter - check local times overseas compared to ours
- Visual
dictionary online - connect words with images
- Wikipedia - a free
content encyclopedia with over 180,000 articles
- Wiktionary - free
multilingual dictionary created by its users
- Word Source - online
dictionary and thesaurus with social features
- Your Dictionary
- 2500 dictionaries and grammars in 300 languages
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Endangered Species
see also Animals, Dinosaurs
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Environment
see also Animals,
International
Organisations and Natural
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Explorers
see also Biographies
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Film, Television and Theatre
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and News
and Weather.
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Flags and Emblems
see also Countries
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Food and Cooking
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- Epicurious -
recipes with
ratings, instructional videos, cookbook reviews, a wine section and more
- Extra Tasty -
share and search for drink recipes, and more
- Food
labels - what to look for on processed food labels for healthy
eating
- Kidshealth
Recipes - recipes for healthy foods that kids can prepare
- Nutrition
Source - latest science on healthy eating for adults
- Recipe Link -
archive of 1000s of recipes shared in the Recipe Link newsgroup
- Recipe Source -
home of SOAR : searchable online archive of recipes, with over 70,000
available
- Top Secret
Recipes - recipes from top restaurant kitchens, courtesy of Todd
Wilbur's Top Secret Recipes
- Webtender -
database of 1000's of drink recipes
- World's
healthiest foods - profiles of foods on the basis of their
nutrient density, availability, affordability and taste.
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Gardening
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- Green Web
Gardening - concepts, ideas and products to improve the environment
- Home
Gardening - Cornell University site presenting ecologically sound,
science-based practices for use in the home garden
- Kids Gardening
- activities and info to get kids interested and involveed in gardening
- KinderGarden
- where children learn about plants and the outdoors
- Organic Down
Under - how to garden organically in Australia
- Weeds
Australia - database of weeds in Australia with a weed
identification feature, colour pictures and more
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Genealogy
Ancestry - CCLC
subscribes to this international database of records.
In-library use only.
Casey
Cardinia links to our past - Our local history blog
Genealogical Societies
Government sites - Australian
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Convicts
Shipping
- Ancestors on
Board
Outbound passenger lists, leaving UK ports from 1890-1960. A fee
applies for downloading records.
- Scottish
Emigration Database Database of over 21,000 passengers who
embarked in Scotland between 1890 and 1960 for foreign shores
Links to genealogical resources
Government sites - Overseas
Other
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Government
Local Government
Other Local Government
Victorian State Government
Australian Political Parties
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Commonwealth Government
Other State Governments
Other Government Sources
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Biography, Business
and Finance, International
Organisations, Law
and Natural
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Health and Medicine
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- Health
Translations - Victorian government website linking to multilingual
health information in many different languages
- Household Products
Database - Materials Safety Data Sheets with health effects, for
over 4000 products used in the home
- MedHist: Medical
History on the Web - catalogue
of internet sites & resources covering the history of medicine
- Medical
Breakthroughs - news gathering site covering medical, family and
womens issues
- Medpix
- free database of diagnostic images of various medical
conditions and diseases
- Medicine Net -
doctor produced medical & health information
written in lay terms
- Medicine.org -
discover the current healthcare information you need
- Medline Plus
- comprehensive
- Merck
Manual: Home edition - comprehensive medical information, written
in laymen's terms
- National Center for
Infectious Diseases - Fact sheets with Q & A, vaccinations,
news, guidance and more
- National
Chemical Information Gateway - information on chemicals of
different uses and health, the environment, safety and more
- National
Injury Surveillance Unit - statistics & information about
injuries in the community
- Nutrition
Country Profiles: summaries of countries food and nutrition
situation,
including food production
- Nutrition Data
- searchable database of food composition and nutrition information
- Quackwatch - a
guide to health fraud and other misinformation, particularly in
alternative medicines
- Quit -
information about the Quit campaign & how smoking affects
you
- Search
Medica - GP's search engine
- Virology Down Under
- information about viruses
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Heritage
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Olympic Games
Links