Guides: Databases for USC Alumni: Menu

Conditions

Access is for individual, non-commercial use and is not transferable.

Registration

You do not need to register to use the databases. Login using your USC network login (the same one you used as a student).
Access to individual databases is subject to change without notice.

Assistance

For help with your login and password please contact the Student IT Help Desk
For assistance with using the databases to find articles please email LibraryHelp@usc.edu.au

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ABI/Inform (ProQuest)
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Annual Business Inquiry (ABI) is a full text and index database on business, economics and management. Includes journal articles, conference papers and reports.
Accounting,Tax and Banking Collection (ProQuest)
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Full text and index database including journals (all journals from the American Accounting Association), reference reports, proceedings and dissertations related to finance, accounting, trade and law.
Annual Reviews
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Full text and citation database of journal articles, critical reviews and images focused on disciplines within the biomedical, life, physical, and social sciences including economics.
The Arts (ProQuest)
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Specialist arts titles combined with journals from related fields including ethnic studies, women’s studies, sociology, cultural studies, and more. Includes both scholarly peer-reviewed journals and selected trade and consumer titles relevant to applied arts and cultural studies.
Asian & European Business Collection (ProQuest)
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Full text and index database contains information related to economies and markets in Asia from scholarly journals, key newspapers and magazines. Also includes white papers, wire feeds, government documents and legislation.
Australian and New Zealand Database (ProQuest)
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Full-text academic journals that are locally published by scholarly publishing organisations and educational institutions located in Australia and New Zealand. Major subject areas of study are represented, including business, science, technology, engineering, health, social sciences and education.
Australian and New Zealand Newsstream (ProQuest)
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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.

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Biology Database (ProQuest)
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Full text and index database with abstracts, full text, full images and graphics of journal articles on Biology and related disciplines.
Business (ProQuest)
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Collection of multidisciplinary full text and abstract databases including peer reviewed journals, eBooks, conference papers, dissertations and theses, encyclopedias, government and official publications, magazines, newspapers, trade journals, reports, wire feeds and standards.
Business Market Research Collection (ProQuest)
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Full text database contains company, industry, economic and geopolitical market research.

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Canadian Business & Current Affairs (ProQuest)
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Canadian Business & Current Affairs (CBCA) is a full text and indexed databases of newspapers, wire feeds, trade journals, scholarly journals, magazines.
Career and Technical (ProQuest)
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Full text and index database includes trade journals, scholarly journals, magazines, books, wire feeds and reports for vocational education.
Company 360
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Full text database with information about Australian private and public companies. Information includes company structure, shareholder information, board and executive profiles, company overviews and public and company records.
Computing Database (ProQuest)
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Full text and index database of journals on computing related topics. Includes wire feeds, trade journals, scholarly journals and magazines.
Criminal Justice Database (ProQuest)
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Full text and index database for research in crime, its causes and impacts, legal and social implications, as well as litigation and crime trends. Includes correctional and law enforcement trade publications, crime reports and crime blogs.
CSIRO Publishing
Full text access to their research on animal and plant science, environmental, health, physical, life and marine science. Includes journals, books and magazines in online and print format.

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Education Database (ProQuest)
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Abstract and full text database with educational titles covering literature on primary, secondary and higher education and special education, home schooling and adult education. Many titles are indexed in the ERIC database.
ERIC (ProQuest)
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Database provides access to education-related literature including journal articles, conferences, meetings, government documents, theses, dissertations, reports, audiovisual media, bibliographies, directories, books and monographs.

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Family Health Database (ProQuest)
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Full text and indexed database covering 380 journals on health, nutrition and midwifery. Includes journal articles, conference papers, news, reports and guidelines.

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Health & Medical Collection (ProQuest)
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Full text and indexed database contains publications covering all major clinical and healthcare disciplines. The database includes charts, diagrams, graphs, tables, photos, and other graphical elements essential to medical research.
Health & Medicine (ProQuest)
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A collection of full text and abstract databases across the health and medical disciplines. Includes peer reviewed journals, eBooks, conference papers, dissertations and theses, reference materials, magazines, newspapers, case studies, reports, guidelines and standards.
Health Management (ProQuest)
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Full text and abstract database designed for researchers studying in the field of health administration. Includes journals, dissertations and theses, reports, trade publications and magazines.

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Military Database (ProQuest)
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Full text and indexed database of journal articles on topics across all government and military branches. Includes also newspapers, reports, trade journalism, magazines, wire feeds and conference papers. Backfiles for: Marine Corps Gazette (from 1916), Leatherneck (from 1921), Foreign Affairs (from 1923).

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Nursing & Allied Health Database (ProQuest)
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Full text and indexed database on nursing and allied health includes resources such as journals, videos, dissertations, reports, case studies and reference books.

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Project Muse
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An interdisciplinary collection of peer reviewed journals covering the humanities and social science fields.
ProQuest Databases
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Collection of multidisciplinary full text and abstract databases including peer reviewed journals, eBooks, conference papers, dissertations and theses, encyclopaedias, government and official publications, magazines, newspapers, trade journals, reports, wire feeds and standards.
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global
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Full text and index database of doctoral dissertations and master's theses from graduate schools and universities. Limited full text access.
Psychology Database (ProQuest)
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Full text and index database for journal titles. Includes charts, diagrams, graphs, tables, photos, and other graphical elements essential to psychological research. Also provides full text dissertations from 2000 to 2006.

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Religion Database (ProQuest)
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Full text and index database of scholarly journals for religious studies. Includes journal articles, trade journals, magazines, newspapers and multimedia.
Research Library (ProQuest)
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Full text and abstract database includes scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines and newspapers on multiple academic subjects.

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SAGE Journals
Full text and index research database on discipline - specific peer reviewed journals.
Science Database (ProQuest)
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Full text and indexed database provides access to scientific and technical journal titles with charts, diagrams, graphs, tables and photos.
Social Science Database (ProQuest)
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Full text and index database of journals on social science.

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Telecommunications Database (ProQuest)
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Full text and index database of scholarly journals, conference papers and proceedings, magazines, trade journals and wire feeds on telecommunication and related marketing information.

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US Newsstream (ProQuest)
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Full text and indexed database for national and regional news sources from the U.S that includes current U.S. news content and archive material from the 1980s. Includes news, articles, features, correspondence, broadcast transcripts and blogs from top titles including The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post.

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Wiley Online Library
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Full text and index database of peer reviewed journals and books covering science published by Wiley Blackwell.

Freely available resources

Analysis and Policy Observatory
APO is an award-winning, open access knowledge hub and information service providing easy access to policy and practice research and resources.
arXiv.org
Open access to 1,220,298 e-prints in Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Quantitative Biology, Quantitative Finance and Statistics.
AUSTLII (Australasian Legal Information Institute)
Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII) provides access to legislation, journals, law reform, commission materials and unreported judgments in all Australian jurisdictions.
AustLIT
Full text and index database provides access to print and electronic resources on Australian literature (UQ).
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)
Database provides access to all its online statistical services. These includes products such as census data, labour force statistics and Australian social trends.
AIHW
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) provides full text access to authoritive information and statistics related to health and wellbeing in Australia.
Cochrane Library
Primary Evidence-based practice database about medicine and health care. Contains systematic reviews and protocols of medical research, trials, method studies, technology assessments and economic evaluations. Key source of information in evidence-based medicine (EBM).
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
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Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) is a full text and index database providing access to scholarly and scientific journals.
Google Scholar
Search tool for full text and citations of scholarly literature across many disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories and universities.

Highwire Press
Over 60 current periodicals - health, biology and medicine. Many have given access to their archived materials older than one year, and others have free access or free trials.
Ingenta Connect
A multidisciplinary index with good coverage in the social sciences and humanities. Does not offer citation searching or article linking.

National Academies Press
Online access to book titles about scientific, technical and health related issues. Free download or purchase.
Profile.id
Demographic information from over 250 Australia and New Zealand local government areas and suburbs that include community profiles, population forecasts, economic profiles, local industry information, case studies and national indicators.
Trove
Free search service providing resources such as books, conference proceedings, thesis, images, journals, digitised newspapers and web sites on content related to Australia. Includes Australasian Digital Theses and Australian Research Online (ARO). Provided by National Library of Australia.