E-resources and databases
starting with "I"
- i2i Essentials Standards
i2i Essentials Standards provides online access to the full text of all Australian standards; their international equivalents; withdrawn and superseded standards; document history; and referenced standards. Covers subject areas in the technical and business areas. Full text access is provided for one user at a time, but other users may be conducting a search while full text access is taking place. Users are required to register and authenticate when downloading a document.
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From 07/10/23, i2i are implementing a new digital rights management solution (Vitrium) to comply with publishers’ needs, and to enable you to access Standards easily, securely, and confidently without breaching license requirements. Vitrium will replace the current FileOpen solution. Adobe Reader or PDF Exchange are the only supported readers of the PDF documents you wish to download. Vitrium will apply the required watermarking to the standards and will continue to prevent sharing or storing on another device.
Important Information about your existing content Any documents you have already downloaded in FileOpen will still be accessible via FileOpen until December 2023. After December, that content will be accessible via Vitrium. I2i will contact you prior to December outlining the best way for you to continue to access your existing content using the new solution. Please email electronic.coordinator@anu.edu.au with any questions.
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- IBISWorld
The resource provides access to Australia industry research reports, Australia risk ratings reports, Australia company reports and more.
- ICLR Online
The full text of UK cases from 1865 onwards. The series (Appeal Cases, Chancery, Family, Queens Bench, Weekly Law Reports and Industrial Cases Reports) report cases from the High Court, Court of Appeal, UK Supreme Court, Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.
- ICSD Online
The ICSD contains an almost exhaustive list of known inorganic crystal structures published since 1913, including their atomic coordinates. ICSD provides information on structural data of pure elements, minerals, metals, and intermetallic compounds, structural descriptors (Pearson symbol, ANX formula, Wyckoff sequences), bibliographic data and abstracts, and keywords on methods, properties and applications.
- IDEAL (Now part of ScienceDirect)
This database offers journal articles, book chapters, open access publications and articles on physical sciences and engineering, life sciences, health sciences, social sciences and humanities.
- IEEE Xplore
IEEE Xplore is a resource for discovery and access to scientific and technical content published by the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) and its publishing partners. It provides access to journals, conference proceedings, technical standards and other documents in electrical engineering, computer science, and electronics.
- IET Digital Library
The world’s leading international scientific organisation and thought leader, the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) produces this global repository of science, engineering, and technology-focused content. It comprises technical papers, eBook chapters and all IET journals, magazines, conference publications and seminar digests from 1994 onwards. Also available is the IET Digital Library Journals Archive, which contains over 70,000 articles including the complete collection of research journals published by the IET between the years 1872 and 1993.
Authorised for ANU alumni access - ILRS (Australian Interlibrary Resource Sharing Directory)
This directory lists the Australian libraries willing to make some or all of their collections available on interlibrary loan. Information included is library name, library symbol, address, phone and fax numbers, lending policies and charges. It also lists organisations such as art galleries, museums, historical societies and commercial services.
- IMF eLibrary (Balance of Payments Statistics)
This economics resource provides access to statistics from the International Monetary Fund, concerning international economic transactions data and International Investment Position with history from 1960. Part of the IMF eLibrary Database.
- IMF eLibrary (Direction of trade statistics)
This resource provided by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) allows users to search the value of exports and imports between countries and their trading partners. Monthly and quarterly data are available from 1960 and annual data are available from 1947.
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- IMF eLibrary (International Financial Statistics (IFS))
The IFS is a standard source of international statistics on all aspects of international and domestic finance such as current data needed in the analysis of problems of international payments and of inflation and deflation. Data includes exchange rates, international liquidity, interest rates, prices, production, international transactions, and government accounts. It also features sub-databases for National Account (SNA) and Prices (PPLT) underlying historical series with different base years.
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- Immigrations, migrations and refugees: Global Perspectives, 1941–1996
A searchable digital archive that covers all aspects of 20th-century human migration. The news and analysis comes from reports gathered every day between the early 1940s and 1996 by the Foreign Broadcast Information Service, a U.S. government organization that became part of the CIA. These include translated and English-language radio and television broadcasts (transcripts), newspapers, periodicals and government documents
- InCites
InCites is a customized, web-based research evaluation tool that lets you to analyze institutional productivity and benchmark your output against peers worldwide. With customized citation data, global metrics, and multidimensional profiles on the leading research institutions, InCites gives comprehensive insight into your institution's performance. And with robust visualization and reporting tools, you can create and share reports quickly and easily. First time users must create an individual account by Registering an email address on the InCites website
- Independent Labour Party Records, 1893-1960
The Independent Labour Party (ILP) was a British left-wing political party founded in 1893. The ILP was affiliated with the Labour Party from 1906 to 1932. This collection contains minute books, annual reports, committee reports, conference resolutions, and weekly notes for speakers from the party’s archive. These documents cover a wide range of subjects, from questions of war and peace to housing and trade unionism. They provide an excellent insight into the early years of the Labour movement in Britain.
- Index to Australian Parliamentary documents and papers
Full text access to bills, Hansard (from 1981 onwards), Committee reports, parliamentary papers (from 2002 onwards), and the Parliamentary Handbook with detailed information about Parliament and its services, Senators and Members.
- Index to Laws and Regulations in early Meiji Japan (日本法令索引-明治前期編)
Covers pre-1887 Japanese bills, laws, decrees, treaties and their amendments.
- Index to the Japanese Laws and Regulations (日本法令索引)
Covers post-1886 Japanese bills, laws, decrees, treaties and their amendments.
- India, Raj & Empire
Drawing upon the manuscript collections of the National Library of Scotland this resource documents the history of South Asia between the foundation of the East India Company in 1615 and the granting of independence to India and Pakistan in 1947.
Authorised for ANU alumni access - India, Uprising and Reform 1879 to 1910: in the Records of the Governor-General
Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, the 4th Earl of Minto, was the Viceroy of India between 1905 and 1910. This collection contains a diverse range of documents relating to Minto’s tenure in India. The documents shed light on a tumultuous period in the history of the British Raj, providing an insight into the partition of Bengal and the growth of anti-colonial sentiment.
- Indian and Sri Lankan Records from Colonial Missionaries, 1770-1931
The United Society Partners in Gospel (USPG) is a UK-based Anglican missionary organisation that operates around the world. During the 18th, 19th, and early-20th centuries, the USPG went by the name of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts (SPG). This collection includes letters and supplementary material compiled by its Indian and Sri Lankan branches during the period 1770-1952.
The papers provide an invaluable insight into the spread of Christianity in South Asia, life under the British Raj, and the causes and impact of Partition.
- Informaworld (Taylor & Francis Online Journals)
Taylor & Francis Online provide full text access to online journal titles subscribed by ANU Library. It offers full text access to the complete portfolio of over 1,500 journals covering a wide range of subject areas from the social sciences and humanities, to science and technology.
- Informe Academico
Provides full text access to a solid body of Spanish-language and bilingual publications in both the academic and lifestyle spheres. It offers unique content and an indexing scheme and interface specifically geared toward the Spanish-speaking researcher.
Authorised for ANU alumni access - Informit Business Collection
An essential resource for business studies, covering theoretical and practical aspects of business in multiple contexts. This 100% full text database covers a range of contemporary business issues including business law, economics, employment, finance, management, organisational psychology, taxation, and training.
- Informit Indigenous Collection
This multidisciplinary resource offers both topical and historical issues within Indigenous studies, with material from Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, North America and the Pacific.
- Informit literature & culture collection
Informit Literature & Culture Collection provides access to a range of publications covering Australia’s literary and cultural heritage. The database includes a number of publications relevant to emerging and established writers to develop their craft and to engage with central ideas and debates around Australian literary, culture and social life.