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Reference books and encyclopaedias
- Credo Reference This link opens in a new windowCredo Reference provides access to 100 reference books in a range of subjects.
- Oxford Reference Online: Premium This link opens in a new windowOxford Reference Online Premium contains over 250 reference works including key titles in the Oxford Companions series.
- Encyclopedia BritannicaUseful for finding background information about a topic
Databases
- Bond University Library Search This link opens in a new window
Library Search provides one-stop searching across the Library's collection of over 400, 000 titles including ebooks, physical books, DVDs, online journals and more.
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The JSTOR Archival Journals and Primary Sources Collection includes the complete back runs of over 4500 full text titles. This archive does not include current issues.
Key fields covered include: arts; humanities; sociology; language and literature; film studies; philosophy; international relations; economics; mathematics and statistics; law; psychology; public policy and administration; business; and education titles.
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Multidisciplinary database with over 9,000 titles in full-text. Covers many subject areas including business and economic, health and medical, criminology, psychology, military, news and world affairs, technology.
- ProQuest Ebook Central This link opens in a new window
Database of electronic books (eBooks) across a wide range of titles on a lending platform. Includes all titles on former EBL and Ebrary platforms.
- Taylor and Francis Online This link opens in a new window
Full text access to research journals covering the Social sciences and humanities collection, Science and Technology collection, Medical and Fresh collections, Expert Opinion journals and Expert Review journals. Access is available from 1997.
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Full text from journals covering the areas of life, health and physical sciences, social science, and the humanities.
Full text access is from January 1, 1997 to date. - Oxford Journals Online This link opens in a new windowInterdisciplinary database of Oxford University Press (OUP) journals. The subscription includes all issues from January 1 1996.
- Cambridge Core This link opens in a new windowProvides access to Cambridge journals and other subscription content. Bond does not have a subscription to the Books content.
Australian sources
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To request an item located in the national database, but not held by Bond University Library, please use Citation Linker in Library Search.
- Books and journals in Australian libraries
- State Library of QldSearch the SLQ catalogue to find Qld history materials.
- National Archives of AustraliaDefence and war service records
- Australian Public Affairs - Full Text This link opens in a new windowArticles from Australian journals and newspapers covering political, economic, legal, social and cultural affairs.
- Informit This link opens in a new window
Informit provides access to full content from a range of Australian and Asia-Pacific journals, monographs and books, conference proceedings, research papers and reference materials.
Recommended Resources
- Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern World by Peter N. StearnsISBN: 9780195176322Publication Date: 2008-03-28
- The Journal of Modern HistoryTry searching for key events or people within this journal.
- The Oxford Companion to Politics of the World by Joel Krieger (Editor)ISBN: 9780195117394Publication Date: 2001-08-02
- The Oxford Companion to World War II by I. C. B. Dear (Editor); M. R. D. Foot (Editor)ISBN: 9780198604464Publication Date: 2002-01-24
- World History, Volume 2: from 1400Kordas et al. (2023)
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