Guides: Cyber Security: Databases

Key technical databases

ACM Digital Library This link opens in a new window Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Digital Library is a collection of citations and full text information including journal articles, newsletter articles and conference proceedings, produced by the Association for Computing Machinery.
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ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window Full text database provides access to journal articles and books covering multiple science disciplines.
SAI Global This link opens in a new window Standards Australia Information (SAI) Global provides access to Australian and international standards (not comprehensive), drafts and amendments such as IEC, ISO, EN, ETSI, IS and JIS. Instructions: Users need to register to download, print or save standards. Once the standard is downloaded, both Adobe Reader and FileOpen plugin are required to view the saved document. Standards are encrypted PDFs that cannot be uploaded to WebPrint or saved for longer than 48 hours. If you are on campus and wish to print the PDF, login into a USC workstation, download and open the PDF then print to the black or colour print queue. Due to the single user license, only one user can access this database at a time.

Newspaper databases

Australia & New Zealand Newsstream (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window Online access to Australian newspapers from both Fairfax News Ltd., ABC and New Zealand newspapers. It also contains transcripts of ABC's news programs of the last 2 years.

Additional databases

ProQuest Databases This link opens in a new window Collection of multidisciplinary full text and abstract databases including peer reviewed journals, eBooks, conference papers, encyclopaedias, government and official publications, magazines, newspapers, trade journals, reports, wire feeds and standards.
HeinOnline This link opens in a new window Full text databases including law journals, US Reports, famous world trials, United Nations and League of Nations Treaty series, historical case law and other materials, Code of Federal Regulations (from inception to 1938), Federal Register (from inception to 1936).
APAFT (Informit) This link opens in a new window Australian Public Affairs - Full Text (APAFT) is an indexed online collection produced by the National Library of Australia. It contains scanned images of articles from Australian journals.
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Kanopy This link opens in a new window Video streaming service covering the Arts, business and training, health sciences, media and communication, natural sciences, social sciences, and teacher education. Note: Access is limited to purchased titles only. Visit the ClickView database for other video titles. App users (iPad) will be required to create an account for access. Content displays best in Chrome web browser.
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Major databases

Academic Search Premier (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Full text database of journal articles, books, conference papers and encyclopaedia related to many areas of academic study.
APAFT (Informit) This link opens in a new window
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Australian Public Affairs - Full Text (APAFT) is an indexed online collection produced by the National Library of Australia. It contains scanned images of articles from Australian journals.
ProQuest Databases This link opens in a new window
Collection of multidisciplinary full text and abstract databases including peer reviewed journals, eBooks, conference papers, encyclopaedias, government and official publications, magazines, newspapers, trade journals, reports, wire feeds and standards.
Scopus This link opens in a new window
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The largest multidisciplinary abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature, books, journals, online tools, bibliographic databases and newsletters relevant to science, technology, medicine, social sciences and arts and humanities. Provides tools to track, analyse and visualise research.
Wiley Online Library This link opens in a new window
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Multidisciplinary full text and index database of peer reviewed journals and books published by Wiley Blackwell.
Current Contents Connect (Web of Science) This link opens in a new window
Multidisciplinary full text and index database covering journals, books and websites evaluated for their scholarly content.