Web Links
Browse the City of Sydney Library Network’s collection of most requested websites. Please click on a heading…
1. Arts & Culture 2. Australia 3. Books & Literature 4. Business 5. Education & Employment 6. History & Geography 7. Newspapers & Journals 8. Quick Reference 9. Science & Technology 10. Society & Environment
1. Arts and Culture
Art Gallery of New South Wales Research Library Links
Artcyclopedia - a guide to 'museum quality' art on the Internet
Australia Council for the Arts - includes arts statistics, information on funding and grant programs
Australian Museums and Galleries On-line
Australian Visual Arts Links - excellent collection of links to Australian visual arts resources
Architecture
Architecture Australia Magazine On-line
Great Buildings - an encyclopedia of the world's most famous buildings, searchable by architect, place, building or style.
Film
AFI - The Australian Film Institute (AFI) exists to foster engagement between the general public and the film industry
Internet Movie Database - excellent information on movies worldwide. Profile of actors, movie plots, ratings, box office statistics and award winners
Urban Cinefile - Australian site providing movie reviews, interviews and industry news.
2. Australia
Advance Australia Fair - Prime Minister's homepage
Anzac Day Poem/Prayer - For the Fallen
Australia Day
Australian Bank Notes
Australian Coat of Arms and Emblems
Australian Currency
Australian Federal Budget
Australian Flag see also Flying the Flag
Australian Floral Emblems
Australian Honours System and Listing
Australia in Brief (Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade)
Australian of the Year
'Big Things' of Australia - The big banana etc...
Prime Ministers of Australia – Biographical and historical information
Waltzing Matilda
Aboriginal Australians
Aboriginal Australians Internet Links - compiled by the State Librry of NSW
Indigenous Australia - The
Australian
Museum'sindigenous site. Includes dream-time stories
Indigenous Law Resources
Infokoori - Index to the Koori Mail 1991+
The story of Aboriginal Sydney
Aboriginal Sydney
City of Sydney Coat of Arms
Mayors of Sydney
The flag of the City of Sydney
Sydney's official flower
Capitol Theatre
Customs House
Photographs – Early Sydney
Photographs – Sydney today
Queen Victoria Building
Sydney Harbour
Sydney Harbour Bridge
Sydney Opera House
Sydney Town Hall
Sydney Town Hall - The Grand Organ
Sydney in Brief – facts and figures
Tourism
Department of Industry Science and Resources - statistics, fact sheets and journal articles on trends and markets in Australian tourism. Select tourism from the main menu
Tourism New South Wales - Sydney information for tourists. Tourism industry trends and statistics
3. Books & Literature
Awards
Booker Prize
Children's Book of the Year Awards
Miles Franklin Award
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards
Nobel Prize
The Pulitzer Prizes
Books and Reading Guides
Bookbrowser - available are fiction reading lists, book reviews, forthcoming titles, and author information
Book Clubs - links to books clubs prepared by the National Library Book Forager - (now called Whichbook.net) helps you select fiction titles to read that best suit your own interests
CAE Book Groups - a reading group program available to NSW residents operated from
Victoria Children's Literature Web Guide - from the University of Calgary, CanadaContemporary Fiction - links to quality contemporary fiction web sites from BUBL Link in the UK
The Good Book Guide - reviews of latest fiction, reading suggestions by well-known authors
January Magazine - new books and author profiles
Readers Read - a US site devoted to book news, reviews, best sellers lists, new book excerpts, contemporary authors book news etc
The Romance Reader - latest news and reviews of romance novels
Whichbook.net - helps you select fiction titles to read that best suit your own interests
Bookstores and Publishing Houses
Amazon.com - Search for books, music, videos and shop on-line
Australian Bookshops - select 'national' option for major chains and 'Sydney' for individual bookshops in Sydney
Biblioz - Australasian search service for out-of-print and collectible books
Libraries and Archives
Australian Libraries Gateway - search the catalogues/collections of libraries across Australia.
City of Sydney Library
The Internet Public Library - links to full-text newspapers, books, texts, magazines, serials on-line. Also provides reference services
National Archives of Australia
National Library of Australia -
State Library of New South Wales
4. Business
Austrade - importing, exporting, trade statistics, and trading partner country profiles
Australian Securities Commission - Company search
. Information for companies, investors, consumers, small business
Australian Stock Exchange - market news, company information, share prices, guides on how to invest in shares
Business Entry Point - information on government assistance programs, taxation, superannuation, occupational health and safety, customs, intellectual property protection and licences and codes of practice
Financial Market Data - world financial market data from the Economist
NSW Small Business - The New South Wales Government information website for people starting and managing small business. www.smallbiz.nsw.gov.au
Economics
Australian Bureau of Statistics -
This table contains a summary of Australia's key economic and social indicators. Data contained in this table is updated as soon as it becomes available.
Federal budget
Statistics
Australian Bureau of Statistics - official ABS website, Census data.
International Data Base (IDB) - demographic and socio-economic data for 227 countries, by the U.S. Census Bureau
Monthly Economic and Social Statistics
Morgan Polls - Australian demographic, consumer opinion polls.
People of New South Wales – Statistics for Sydney Local Government Areas. Includes information on languages spoken in Sydney
Popnet - demographic and other statistics from around the world
UNESCO Statistics - education, public expenditure, illiteracy…
5. Education & Employment
Community Colleges
Sydney community college
WEA Sydney
Eastern Suburbs Evening College
Continuing Education (University of Sydney)
Education - information and links to government and non-government school directories
My Future – Australia’s career information service
NSW Board of Studies - full text HSC papers, reports, syllabus documents, prescribed readings lists School Certificate and primary school level resources also available
NSW HSC On-Line - Higher School Certificate information for students, teachers, schools
Open Learning Australia
TAFE NSW Handbook - list of courses offered by TAFE NSW
Universities Admissions Centre - applying for courses information with links to university sites
University of New South Wales - courses information, library catalogue
University of Technology Sydney - courses information, library catalogue
University of Sydney - courses information, library catalogue
Employment
Job Guide - provides descriptions of careers and entry/education/personal requirements. Includes contact information
Job Network - Job Network is a national network of around 200 private, community and government organisations dedicated to finding jobs for unemployed people, particularly the long term unemployed
JobWise A new website for mature age people who are looking for work (Australian Government)
My Career - Fairfax newspapers job classifieds, includes the Sydney Morning Herald's job ads
NOOSR - The National Office of Overseas Skills Recognition (NOOSR) provides up-to- date information on what is required for the recognition of overseas qualifications and skills
6. History & Geography
Family History
An Australian Gateway Site for Tracing your Family History
Family History and Related Websites - Australian history resources
FamilySearch - by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Contains database information about our forebears born overseas as well as previous Australian-born generations.
Genuki - The UK and Ireland Genealogical Information Service.
Internet Resources for Family Historians and Genealogists – beginners guide for Internet-based family history research.
NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages – searchable database of historical births deaths and marriage records
Rootsweb - a popular US based family history source
Society of Australian Genealogists – membership information, library catalogue
UK Family History On-line - provides easy access to UK family history sites on the web.
Geography
Map Quest - Detailed maps for the US and UK
CIA World Factbook - country profiles including people, government, economy, communications
Climate of Australia - a summary of the Australian climate from the Bureau of Meteorology
National Geographic - Select news and highlights from the magazine.
Portals to the World - resources on countries of the world by the Where Is It? - UBD maps for metropolitan Australia
Wonders of the World - ancient, modern and natural wonders of the world
Heritage and History
City of Sydney Archives- historical information from the City of Sydney Archives
City of Sydney Archives Image Library - online archive of historic images of the City Of Sydney
Sydney Local History & Heritage Buildings (City of Sydney)
New South Wales Heritage Commission - includes the NSW Heritage Inventory
Australian Heritage Commission - includes the Register of the National Estate
National Library of Australia's Federation Gateway
World Heritage List (UNESCO) - list and description of world heritage listed items.
7. Newspapers & Magazines
Australian Newspapers on the Internet - by the National Library
of Australia
Find Articles - a free journal database provided by Looksmart
National Library Electronic Journals Links
The Internet Public Library - links to full-text newspapers, books, texts, magazines, serials online.
Worldwide Newspapers online- international newspapers
Infoquick - Sydney Morning Herald index from 1988 onwards by the NSW State
Library
Sydney City Community newspapers
City News (by City of Sydney)
City Weekly Courier
Nine to Five
The Precinct - Produced by UTS journalism students - Incorporating The Point and Southside News and covering the Sydney City Council local government area.
8. Quick Reference
Calendars
Calendar Zone - A comprehensive categorised calendar catalogue
10,000 Year Calendar - view a month or year calendar for any year 1 to 10000 A.D. includes leap years and calendar changes
Daylight Savings NSW - Lawlink NSW homepage (includes history of daylight savings)
NSW Government Schools Term dates & School Vacations
NSW Public Holidays
Printable calendars - from 2008 to 2018
United Nations Literacy Decade 2003-2012
Dictionaries and Thesaurus
Ask Oxford.com – access to English dictionary & thesaurus, quotes, first names dictionary.
Latin Dictionary and Grammar Aid - This dictionary defines about 15,600 words
OneLook Dictionaries - specialised subjects including Art and Humanities, Business, Computers, Medical, Religion, Science, Sports, Technology, and Slang
Roget's Internet Thesaurus - Internet edition 1.5.1
Xrefer - access to over 300,000 dictionary definitions from select Bloomsbury, Oxford, Penguin and Macmillan titles. Covers art, music, health, literature, language, quotations and science
Your Dictionary - a collection of on-line dictionaries, including subject and language dictionaries
Driver's Knowledge Test (NSW)
Driver Knowledge Test - RTA
Encyclopedias
Encyclopedia.com - More than 14,000 articles from The Concise Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, Third Edition have been assembled to provide free, quick and useful information on almost any topic.
Flags
World Flag Database – Flag and basic information on each country (formal name, capital city, area, population, currency, languages, and religions).
Postcodes
Australia Post - Postcode Search
Reference
Bartleby - full- text, fiction, poetry and non-fiction, dictionaries
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations - familiar quotations, passages, phrases and proverbs traced to their sources
BookWeb - American Booksellers Association homepage. Information includes book industry research and statistics, organisation and events
BUBL Link - links to quality literature sites (UK )
OzLit - Australian literary information and links
The Perseus Digital Library - includes classical texts in full text.
Spark Notes - by
Harvard University students, plot summaries and criticism
Search Engines and Subject Directories
Anzwers - an Australian search engine
Ask Jeeves
Google - a favourite!
OzGuide: Information sources for Australian journalists and researchers - useful subject guide to Australian information sites
Webwombat - Australian search engine
Yahoo! Australia & NZ - Australian subject directory
Symbols
Symbols Encyclopedia
Telehone Fax Email Directory
Telephone Directories on the Web - world's telephone directories
Yellow Pages Australia
White Pages Australia
Transport
Sydney Public Transport - information on public transport in Sydney
including links to timetables.
9. Science
Australian scientific achievements
CSIRO - web site for Australia
's premier scientific organisation
Nasa – National Aeronautics and Space Administration (US)
New Scientist - the on-line version of the journal
10. Society
Community Directory
Community Database - information about local community organisations, services, groups and events across Sydney.
Crime
Australian Institute of Criminology - crime statistics and full text publications such as "Issues and Trends in Crime and Justice" (an HSC Legal Studies resource).
Environment
Climate Change Australia (federal government)
Environmental Defenders Office - Australian environmental links.
National Pollutant Inventory – Internet database (types, amounts and effects of pollutants)
New South Wales Environment Protection Authority – environmental news, laws and recent EPA publications
Government
Australian embassies/high commissions/consulates overseas
Australian Commonwealth Government Entry Point - Departments, agencies, parliament and legislature.
Australian Governments' Entry Point (National Library of Australia) - Australian federal, state and local information
Australian Government Gateway - State and Federal Government
City of Sydney - Minutes of Council Meetings and Central Sydney Planning Committee Meetings
Foreign consulates in Australia
Foreign Embassies & High Commissions in Australia
Department of Local Government (NSW)
Elections Around the World
Government Gazette, NSW on-line edition
Lgov NSW - Local Government Association of NSW
New South Wales Government Gateway
Parliament, Canberra - government directory, members directory, Hansard
Parliament, New South Wales - Hansard, Bills information, research papers, members
Political Resources on the Net
Rulers - Heads of State and Governments - lists heads of state and heads of government of all countries and territories, usually going back to at least 1900.
Translated government information – Australian government documents translated in a range of languages
World Wide Government Information
Health
Australian Drug Information Online
Centre for Disease Control (CDC) government site providing health information.
Drug Info @ Your Library -
provides information on the health, legal and other impact of illicit drug use in Australia.
Health Insite - an Australian site providing health information resources.
Intelihealth – by U.S.
John
Hopkins
University
Hospital
, full text information on diseases, treatments and medications.
PubMed - an extensive database of citations and abstracts of medical journal articles produced by the United States National Library of Medicine.
Legal Information
Australasian Legal Information Institute - provides access to Australian legal materials. Contains full-text databases as well as the most comprehensive index to Australian law on the Net.
Australian Law Online - Australian legal information provided by the Attorney General's Department.
Foundation Law - the legal links web site compiled by the Law Foundation of New South Wales
Law Access NSW – a free service established by the NSW Attorney General’s Dept to provide a single point of access to legal assistance services in NSW
Law 4 U - a plain speaking legal information resource site.
The Law Report - full text transcripts of Radio National's Law Report program
Lawlink NSW - NSW Attorney General's Department homepage. Providing information on case law, NSW courts and tribunals, lawyers, departmental information, births, deaths & marriages database, and legal aid
Law Society of New South Wales - directory of lawyers in NSW, legal news and information
Legal Aid NSW
LIAC - Legal Information Access Centre - located at the State Library of New South Wales, LIAC is a service providing access to legal information for the general community. Staffed by specially trained librarians, the centre helps you find answers to legal questions.
Parliament of NSW - provides access to the full-text copies of NSW Hansard and gives details about the process of government in NSW as well as links to Hot Topics
SCALEPlus - legal information retrieval system (Australian Attorney-General's Department)
Women’s Legal Resources Centre (NSW, Australia) - provision of free legal advice particularly for women who are disadvantaged by their social and economic circumstances.
Mythology, Philosophy and Religion
Internet encyclopedia of philosophy
Religion resources online - a collection of religious texts and articles
Virtual religion index - an extensive gateway to religion resources on the web
Sports
Australian Sports Commission - Olympics information and links
Australian Sports Commission - athlete profiles, sports organisations
Beijing Olympic Games 2008
International Olympic Committee – History of all the Games since 1896
Olympic Information Centre
Rugby league information and history
Sydney 2000 Olympic Games – archived official sites of the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games (National
Library)
Women
Having a Baby Whether you are pregnant, just planning a pregnancy or have recently had a baby you will find helpful information here.
Jessie Street National Women's Library - a specialist library which collects, preserves and promotes the awareness of the cultural heritage of Australian women, facilitating learning, research and communication.
International Women’s Day
Office for Women (NSW government) - a NSW State Government site that provides access to the Department of Women's database of over 4000 organisations and over 200 web-sites that have been identified as containing information relevant to women in NSW.
Women’s Legal Resources Centre (NSW) - provision of free legal advice particularly for women who are disadvantaged by their social and economic circumstances.
