The library provides access to a range of high quality, reliable online resources. These include journals, eBooks, videos, Australian Standards and more.

Visit the A-Z Databases list to filter by your subject.

Your Databases

Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost)

Academic Search Premier

APA-FT - Australian Public Affairs - Full Text (Informit)

Covers library studies, current affairs, economics, humanities, law, literature, politics and social sciences and is produced by the National Library of Australia.

Austlii Australasian legal databases

Federal and State acts and regulations.

Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre Plus (EBSCOhost)

Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre Plus

Australian Bureau of Statistics

Australian statistics.

Australian Dictionary of Biography

Biographical profiles.

Boosey Online Scores

20th and 21st century composers

Building Code of Australia / National Construction Code of Australia

Building and construction regulations. Free access but registration required.

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

Clavier Companion (Journal)

From Frances Clark Center for Keyboard Pedagogy. Also see print copies.

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)

Ebooks on a variety of topics. Read online or download to your device.

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 (Journal)

"Record - Produce - Perform" Carries selections; see print copies for full issues

Emerald (NB: Temporarily on-campus only)

Find articles in the fields of management, information science and engineering.

Note - Emerald recently changed its site to use https and this has caused an error in our off-campus access. While the problem is being fixed, unfortunately we can only provide on-campus access. We apologise for any inconvenience.

ERIC (EBSCOhost)

ERIC - Education Resource Information Center

Fairfax News Store

Australian news from Fairfax print media

The Full English

Manuscripts, notes and letters covering English folk songs, tunes, dances and customs

GreenFILE (EBSCOhost)

GreenFILE

Health Collection (Informit)

Health Collection

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.

Joanna Briggs Institute EBP Database

Evidence based practice database for nursing and healthcare students.

Libraries Australia

Catalogue of holdings at Australian libraries.

Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts with Full Text (EBSCOhost)

LISTA provides coverage on subjects such as librarianship, classification, cataloguing, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more. Delivered via the EBSCOhost platform, LISTA indexes more than 600 periodicals plus books, research reports, and proceedings. With coverage dating back to the mid-1960s, it is the oldest continuously produced database covering the field of information science.

MEDLINE (EBSCOhost)

MEDLINE

Music Treasures Consortium

Online access to the world's most valued music manuscripts and print materials

The New Soundtrack (Journal)

"The New Soundtrack focuses on the aural elements which combine with moving images."

Newswires (EBSCOhost)

Newswires

Nursing Reference Center (EBSCOhost)

Nursing Reference Center

OurAuto Tech-Centre

Comprehensive service and repair information for passenger and light commercial vehicles.

On campus access only; ask at the library for access.

Oxford History of Western Music

by Richard Taruskin.

Oxford Reference Online

Huge range of online dictionaries, encyclopedias and reference books across many subject areas.

Pendlebury Library of Music links

Links to free online scores and manuscripts

Petrucci Music Library

Iconic resource for classical music. Highly recommended. Also known as IMSLP.

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.

Rock’s Backpages

Rock music writing, musician interviews, and reviews.

Safari Tech Books Online

Custom collection of computer technology e-books.

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 Online

Australian and international standards for trades and services. Please log off after use. See Standards Online tutorial for more information

Please note: Electronic copies of Australian Standards may be made under our license for temporary purposes only. Any electronic copies made will expire or should be deleted after five days. Electronic copies may only be made by current Box Hill Institute students and staff and are for individual use only. Electronic copies made under our license may not be distributed. Copies printed from our online subscription may only be distributed to Box Hill Institute students and staff.

Tape Op (Magazine)

Known as "the creative music recording magazine" Carries selections; see print copies for full issues

Trent Codices

Manuscripts of 15th century sacred vocal music (in Italian)

Videos

ClickView Comprehensive collection of streaming videos across many subject areas.

Films on Demand Automotive videos

Kanopy Videos Streaming videos on a number of topics

SafetyHub (Safetycare) (formerly Montie) - Health and Safety videos for all industry areas

Teachers please note: Facilitator's guides are available via StaffWeb (internal link only).

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.

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. See print copies for current issues