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Go to  http://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/uhtbin/webcat  and search.  To place holds, you will need a user number and password.

Holds cost 55 cents. 

Resources Online from Webcat    

Click http://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/uhtbin/webcat then Click Online Reference Library

 
Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre
information database
Provides the full text of Australian and international magazines and newspapers. Magazines include Bulletin with Newsweek, PC World, Money, Belle, Woman's Day, Golf, Macworld, Men's Health, Time (Australia), Wheels. International magazines include Economist, History Today, Women in Business, Forbes, Fortune, Internet World, New Scientist, Physics Today, New Internationalist.

World Magazine Bank
information database
Provides access to the full text from over 230 international journals and publications in every subject area of general interest.

Electric Library Australia
information database
Provides the full text of current and back copies of Australian and International newspapers. Titles include, The Courier Mail, The Australian, The Daily Telegraph, Herald Sun, The Advertiser, The Mercury. Major Queensland regional newspapers, The Cairns Post, Caboolture Shire Herald, The Gold Coast Bulletin, Pine Rivers Press, Redcliffe and Bayside Herald, Townsville Bulletin. Local newspapers include The Northside Chronicle, South East Advertiser, Wynnum Herald.

Australian Newspapers Online
http://www.nla.gov.au/npapers/
Australian newspapers on the Internet.

Worldwide Online Newspapers
http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/
Thousands of world newspapers at your fingertips.

Search General Reference Databases

 
MasterFILE Premier
information database
Provides full text for nearly 1,950 reference publications. Covering virtually every subject area of general interest. Also includes 161 full text reference books, 100,000 biographies, 76,000 primary source documents, and an image collection of 116,000 photos, maps and flags. This database is updated daily.

World Magazine Bank
information database
Provides access to the full text from over 230 international journals and publications in all subject areas.

Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre
information database
Search the full text of major Australasian and international magazines and newspapers. This database provides local perspectives on current events, business, health, sports, and many other subjects.

EBSCO All
information database
Search across all EBSCO databases in a single search
- MasterFILE Premier
- World Magazine Bank
- Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre

Encyclopedias

 
AccessScience - The McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia
information database
The McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology on the Web provides full access to 7100+ articles and 115,000 dictionary terms with over 2000 in-depth biographies of leading scientists through history. To access, enter the first three numbers of your library barcode number from the back of your Library Card in the username box and science in the password box.

Britannica Online
information database
The complete Encyclopaedia Britannica Online. The entire Encyclopaedia Britannica database of 72,000 articles, including sound, animation, over 10,000 illustrations.

MacquarieNet
information database
Australian encyclopedias, dictionaries, an atlas, historical material and a news archive.