Databases
The library provides access to a range of high quality, reliable online resources. These include:
Visit the A-Z Databases list to filter by your subject.
Note for 2025: The links used to access most databases are now different to previous years, due to the login method being updated. The links provided below are up-to-date. Please update any bookmarks you have that are different to those provided below.
Library database logins now use your full Box Hill Institute email address (e.g. sXXXXXXXX@student.bhtafe.edu.au) the same as when logging into your Institute email or MS Teams.
If you have any problems with the links or with logging in, please let the Library know by emailing library@boxhill.edu.au and we'll investigate.
Your Databases
- A+ Education (Informit)
- "Devised in partnership with the Australian Council for Educational Research, A+ Education connects teaching and learning professionals with definitive content on teacher training, policy, curriculum and pedagogical developments." -- Informit website
- Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost)
- Academic Search Premier
- APA-FT - Australian Public Affairs - Full Text (Informit)
- "Explore diverse perspectives on Australia’s political, economic and social affairs with Informit’s Australian Public Affairs Full Text (APAFT) Collection" -- Informit website
- Austlii Australasian legal databases
- Federal and State acts and regulations.
- Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre Plus (EBSCOhost)
- Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre Plus
- Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre Plus eBook Subscription (EBSCOhost)
- Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre Plus eBook Subscription
- Australian Bureau of Statistics
- Australian statistics.
- Australian Dictionary of Biography
- Biographical profiles.
- Bloomsbury Applied Visual Arts
- "Bloomsbury Applied Visual Arts combines visual inspiration with practical advice on everything from idea generation and research techniques to portfolio development – making this the ultimate guide to a visual arts education." Source: database homepage.
- Bloomsbury Fashion Business Cases
- "[T]his digital resource is global in focus and presents real-world cases on challenges facing the business of fashion, tackling important issues such as sustainability, technology, ethics, and leadership." Source: database About page
- Boosey Online Scores
- 20th and 21st century composers
- Building Code of Australia / National Construction Code of Australia
- Building and construction regulations. Free access.
- Business Source Premier (EBSCOhost)
- Business Source Premier
- Cantus Database
- Index of Latin ecclesiastical chants
- Chemwatch GoldFFX
- Chemical information including Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) and emergency procedures
- CINAHL Plus with Full Text (EBSCOhost)
- Nursing & allied health journals
- Cornell Hospitality Quarterly
- Electronic journal
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Freely available electronic journals on many subjects, including music
- Early Music Online
- Digitised copies of early printed music
- Ebook Central (ProQuest) (was EBL eBooks)
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Ebooks on a variety of topics. Read online or download to your device.
Important note re ProQuest Ebook Central: the login method will automatically switch to the new version in term break, and you may lose the contents of your saved bookshelf when this happens. To back up the contents of your current bookshelf, please follow the linked ProQuest instructions to prepare. Thank you.
- eBook Collection (EBSCOhost)
- Individually selected eBooks for particular courses.
- EBSCOhost
- See list of databases for subject coverage. Includes Academic Search, Business Premier, and Australian/New Zealand Reference Centre, and more. See EBSCOhost Tutorial for more information.
- Education Source (EBSCOhost)
- "Education Source is designed to meet the needs of education students, professionals and policy makers."
- Electronic Musician (access to online articles via musicradar)
- "Record - Produce - Perform" Carries selections; print back issues in Library
- ERIC (EBSCOhost)
- ERIC - Education Resource Information Center
- Fairchild Books Library (Bloomsbury)
- "Offering everything a person needs to know to enter—and thrive—in the fashion industry, Fairchild Books Library provides content that covers a full spectrum of topics in fashion including construction, draping, fashion business management, history, illustration, journalism, marketing, promotion, theory, pattern making, styling, product development, sustainable fashion, textiles, and more." Source: database about page.
- GreenFILE (EBSCOhost)
- GreenFILE
- Health Collection (Informit)
- Health Collection
- The Full English
- Manuscripts, notes and letters covering English folk songs, tunes, dances and customs
- Hospitality & Tourism Complete (EBSCOhost)
- Hospitality & Tourism Complete
- Humanities & Social Sciences Collection (Informit)
- Humanities & Social Sciences Collection
- IBISWorld Industry Reports
- Valuable resource for in depth analysis of data trends, market share and forecasts.
- Libraries Australia
- Catalogue of holdings at Australian libraries.
- MEDLINE (EBSCOhost)
- MEDLINE
- Music Treasures Consortium
- Online access to the world's most valued music manuscripts and print materials
- Newswires (EBSCOhost)
- Newswires
- Oxford History of Western Music
- by Richard Taruskin.
- Petrucci Music Library
- Iconic resource for classical music. Highly recommended. Also known as IMSLP.
- Piano Inspires
- Frances Clark Center for Keyboard Pedagogy digital community.
- PlantFile
- "[T]he ultimate guide to plants" -- website
- PubMed
- Medical, life science and biomedical index.
- Regional Business News (EBSCOhost)
- Regional Business News
- Resonate Magazine
- Online music and performing arts periodical.
- ScienceDirect - Health & Life Sciences
- Covers Health & Nursing professions; Agriculture & Biological Sciences; Immunology & Microbiology; Medicine & Mental Health; Environmental Sciences; Pharmacology; Pharmaceutical Science; Food Sciences; Biochemistry; Genetics & Molecular Biology; Neuroscience; and Veterinary Science & Medicine.
Standards (i2i Intertek Inform / SAI Global)
Our subscription contains Australian and selected international standards for trades and services.
Update: From April 2025, our provider is now Intertek Inform. Please update your bookmarks.
Existing trades students (as at 15/4) and selected staff will be pre-registered to the i2i platform and a confirmation email titled "Intertek Inform Password Change Confirmation" will be sent from i2i-helpdesk@saiglobal.com to your BHI email account. Please follow the instructions to set a new password.
Otherwise, click on the "New Registration" button on the i2i login page and register with your BHI email account.
Important: Adobe Reader or PDF Exchange are the only supported readers of the PDF documents if you wish to download Standards.
Quick Guide
Note: Communications Alliance standards e.g. AS/CA S009:2020 Installation requirements for Customer Cabling (Wiring Rules) are available from the Communications Alliance Standards webpage, not via our Standards subscription.
- Tape Op (Magazine)
- Known as "the creative music recording magazine".
Videos
ClickView Comprehensive collection of streaming videos across many subject areas.
Kanopy Videos Streaming videos on a number of topics
SafetyHub (Safetycare) (formerly Montie) - Health and Safety videos for all industry areas
Teachers TV from Education in Video
"...provides access to all 3,530 globally-acclaimed instructional videos produced in 2008 by the United Kingdom's Department of Education to train and develop teachers' skills through demonstrations and commentary by teachers, administrators, and other educational experts." - Alexander Street website.
See the Online Videos page for more videos.
- Vocational Studies Complete (EBSCOhost)
- Vocational Studies Complete
- VOCEDplus (NCVER)
- "VOCEDplus is NCVER's free international research database for tertiary education relating to workforce needs, skills development, and social inclusion." - website
- Wax Poetics (Journal)
- Archive of a magazine on jazz, funk, soul, Latin, hip-hop, reggae, blues and R&B.