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Home    Accessible Menu    Page Last Updated:  Tuesday, 10 November 2009		Home>Council & Services>Information & Library Service>Help from Librarians>Suggested Websites   Suggested Websites  Printer Friendly Art Australian Dictionary of Biography Book Groups Bookstores & Suppliers Business Computer Skills Current Issues & Affairs Education & Careers Genealogy Government Gulliver Health Homework Help Kingston Law Libraries Literature LOTE Newspapers Reference Statistics Telephone Directories Art National Gallery of Australia - Gateway to the National Gallery's electronic research resources.   Top   Australian Dictionary of Biography ADB Online - Over 10000 biographies of significant Australians who died before 1980.   Top   Book Groups CAE Book Groups Information about starting a new group or joining an existing one.   Top   Bookstores & Suppliers www.amazon.com - Online bookstore www.angusrobertson.com.au - Angus & Robertson booksellers www.collinsbooks.com.au - Collins booksellers www.dymocks.com.au - Dymocks booksellers www.barnesandnoble.com - Barnes and Noble booksellers   Top   Business www.businessaccess.vic.gov.au - Online resources to help start, run and grow a business. Includes Victorian business channel and Victorian export. www.business.gov.au - Federal Government business site. www.standards.com.au - Standards Australia publications – can be searched by subject. www.invest.vic.gov.au - Investors guide to Victoria. www.mpv.vic.gov.au - Department of Infrastructure - Major projects in Victoria.   Top   Computer Skills Mousercise - A computer tutorial to help you improve your mouse skills. Mousercise - Mousing Around Another tutorial for you to practise using the mouse. Typeonline - A free online series of exercises to develop your keyboard skills. Sense-Lang.org An online free touch typing program. Peter's Online Typing Course Lessons and exercises for beginners to competent typists. Rapid Typing Zone Rapid Typing Tutor for Windows is free software you can download to improve your typing skills. Krazy Keyboarding for Kids A series of typing lessons for kids. Customguide Quick References Basic guide to various programs including Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Publisher and Access.   Top   Current Issues & Affairs Victoria’s Virtual Librarys Hot Topics - Current news stories complied by Victorian librarians. The Age: Issues - The Age index to feature articles and indepth reports currently appearing in the media. www.abc.net.au - Australian Broadcasting Corporation online – Includes transcripts, stories and news items as well as links to ABC radio and TV.   Top   Education & Careers www.shortcourses.vic.gov.au - Short Courses Victoria. www.vtac.edu.au - Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre www.tafe.vic.gov.au - TAFE courses directory jobguide.dest.gov.au - Department Education, Science and Training job guide. Victorian education channel - Information on educational resources for students, teachers, parents. Schools Online - Information about Victorian government and non-government schools. Education Network Australia - A directory about education and training and a database of web-based resources. Open learning Australia - University study from home. Kingston University of the 3rd Age - Broad range of educational and learning opportunities for retirees in the City of Kingston. www.cae.edu.au - Council of Adult Education. Australian public service gazette - Includes APS employment opportunities.   Top   Genealogy www.coraweb.com.au - Australian gateway site for tracing your family history. www.cyndislist.com - Index to genealogical resources on the Internet. www.familysearch.org - Records from Church of the Latter Day Saints. www.genuki.org.uk - United Kingdom and Irish records. www.cwgc.org - Commonwealth war graves commission. www.slv.vic.gov.au/collections/genealogy - Genealogy Centre at the State Library of Victoria. www.prov.vic.gov.au - Public Records Office, Victorian state archives. NLA: Family History - Australian family history and geneaology sites compiled by the National Library of Australia. Cornish Association of Victoria - find information about all things Cornish.   Top   Government www.gov.au - Australian, State, Territory and Local Governments. www.vic.gov.au - Victorian State Government. www.aph.gov.au - Parliament of Australia. www.parliament.vic.gov.au - Parliament of Victoria. www.gold.gov.au - Commonwealth Government online directory. www.aec.gov.au - Australian Electoral Commission. www.vec.vic.gov.au - Victorian Electoral Commission. www.justice.vic.gov.au - Victorian Department of Justice. www.gazette.vic.gov.au - Victorian Government Gazette. Australian Citizenship Test - information about the Australian citizenship test, including links to practice questions.   Top   Gulliver Gulliver - The Gulliver collection of online databases.   Top   Health www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au - Victorian Government better health channel. www.vicnet.net.au/health - Health links on Vicnet. medicinenet.com - American doctor produced health and medical information. www.aafp.org/afp - American Family Physician Journal. www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual_home - Merck manual of medical information. Gray’s Anatomy Onlne - Gray’s Anatomy Online Full Text.   Top   Homework Help Victorian Education Channel - Victorian educational reference web site. www.kidsclick.org - Web search for kids by librarians. http://www.edna.edu.au/edna - Education network Australia. www.cdli.ca/CITE - Gander Academy’s theme related resources for primary school students. www.blackstump.com.au - Beyond the Blackstump - Australian homework site. www.howstuffworks.com - Inventions and how everyday appliances work. Victoria’s virtual librarys Hot Topics - Current news stories complied by Victorian librarians. www.atlapedia.com - Key facts and statistics on countries of the world and physical and political maps. The World Factbook - Statistics on countries of the world, includes maps and flags. http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/guides/t_explorers.htm - Australian explorers and scientists. Australian School Library Association (NSW) – Booklists for all school levels arranged by subject, theme and format. Ergo - A practical guide to research, essay writing and studying which shows you how to find resources, write great essays and prepare for exams. VCE Seminars New resource for VCE students formed by a non profit group called VCE Foundation who aim is to help relieve the stress of VCE. They provide low cost support to VCE students in the form of seminars and study notes.   Top   Kingston www.kingston.vic.gov.au - City of Kingston website (you're already on the site, but this link will take you to the main homepage). localhistory.kingston.vic.gov.au - Kingston historical website.   Top   Law www.austlii.edu.au - Australian Legal Information Institute – access to Acts of Parliament (State and Federal), decisions of courts and tribunals, royal commission reports, law reform etc. www.dms.dpc.vic.gov.au - Victorian Acts, Statutory Rules and parliamentary documents. www.vicnet.net.au/government/law - Law and legal issues on Vicnet. www.copyright.org.au - Australian Copyright Council online information centre. www.law4u.com.au - Plain English legal information. www.legalonline.vic.gov.au - Victorian Governments legal information website. www.lawmap.com.au - Free guide to online legal resources in Australia. http://www.lawhandbook.org.au/ - The Fitzroy Legal Service Law Handbook is the most comprehensive plain English guide to the law in Victoria, and is updated annually by more than seventy expert volunteer lawyers.   Top   Libraries www.nla.gov.au/libraries - Australian Libraries gateway. www.slv.vic.gov.au - State Library of Victoria. www.libraries.vic.gov.au - Victoria’s Virtual Library. www.bayside.vic.gov.au - Bayside Library Service. library.frankston.vic.gov.au - Frankston Library Service. www.gleneira.vic.gov.au - Glen Eira Library and Information Service. www.monlib.vic.gov.au - Monash Public Library Service. www.nla.gov.au - National Library of Australia. www.pictureaustralia.org - Images of Australiana.   Top   Literature home.vicnet.net.au/~abr - Australian Book Review. www.nybooks.com - New York Review of Books. www.ipl.org/div/litcrit - Internet Public Library’s literary criticism collection. www.penguin.com.au - Penguin – reading group notes. www.cbc.org.au - Childrens Book Council of Australia. Fantastic Fiction - Search details of over 20,000 authors and 270,000 titles. www.magpies.net.au - Magpies and Literature Base journals and The Source – A subject guide to children's fiction and poetry. www.literatureclassics.com - Essays, electronic texts, links and resources for 100s of literature authors. www.sparknotes.com - Education website from Barnes & Noble - Includes study guides, classic books online and reference tools. www.hbook.com - The Horne Book Magazine - Includes reviews and articles about children’s and young adult literature. www.slv.vic.gov.au/programs/literary/ - Australian and international literary awards.   Top   LOTE www.openroad.vic.gov.au - Containing links to information in many languages.   Top   Newspapers www.theage.com.au - The Age newspaper. www.heraldsun.news.com.au - The Herald Sun newspaper. www.theaustralian.news.com.au - The Australian newspaper. afr.com - The Australian Financial Review. www.nla.gov.au/npapers - Australian Newspapers online. Historic Australian Newspapers 1803 to 1954 - Do you need to find historical images, articles, cartoons or maps printed in Australian newspapers? Out of copyright material from each Australian state and territory is now available. http://leader.newspaperdirect.com - Access Leader local papers from the Greater Melbourne region. www.onlinenewspapers.com - Online newspapers.   Top   Reference www.whereis.com.au - Online street directory of Australia. www.theodora.com/maps - World maps. www.xe.com/ucc - Currency converter. www.worldtimeserver.com/ - World time zones. www.calle.com/world - World Gazetteer. www.allwords.com - Crossword solver. www.timeanddate.com/calendar - Perpetual calendars.   Top   Statistics www.abs.gov.au - Australian Bureau of Statistics. Local Government Area Statistics Summary statistics from the 2006 census for all Victorian local government areas. www.aihw.gov.au - Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. www.land.vic.gov.au - Government information and services about land and property in Victoria. www.doi.vic.gov.au/knowyourarea - Provides data about the people of an area and how they live eg. population, housing and employment.   Top   Telephone Directories www.whitepages.com.au - White pages telephone directory. www.yellowpages.com.au - Yellow pages telephone directory. http://www.infobel.com/teldir/ - International telephone directory.   Top
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