E-Books e-resources and databases
- Oxford Bibliographies Online - International Law
Oxford Bibliographies are exclusive, authoritative research guides, combining features of an annotated bibliography and an encyclopaedia. The International Law guide is a tool that helps to filter through the proliferation of information sources to material that is reliable and relevant.
- Oxford History of Western Music (Taruskin)
An online version of Richard Taruskin’s 5 volume reference work on the evolution of Western classical music. The full text from the 2009 edition has been reproduced including notes, bibliographies, further readings, illustrations and musical examples. Vol I: Earliest Notations to the Sixteenth Century Vol II: Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries Vol III: Nineteenth Century Vol IV: Early Twentieth Century Vol V: Late Twentieth Century.
- Oxford Scholarly Authorities on International Law
Contains full-text, online editions of Oxford University Press’ (OUP) key international law texts, and includes authoritative treatises, black-letter reference works and commentaries; classic works on international law, and flagship publications. Fully searchable by subject matter, title and author, and linked, via the Oxford Law Citator, to relevant case reports and articles within all of OUP online law products.
- Oxford Scholarship Online (Business and Management & Economics and Finance modules only)
Full text access to academic texts by economists, sociologists, psychologists, political scientists and historians as well as business academics.
- Oxford Scholarship Online (Philosophy)
Access to original work across all areas of contemporary philosophy and the history of philosophy. The collection features recent books, accompanied by some classics from the 1960's to the 1980's, and covers areas such as aesthetics, ancient philosophy, feminist philosophy, logic/philosophy of mathematics, and metaphysics/epistemology.
- Proquest Ebook Central
A multidisciplinary collection of ebooks.
- ProQuest One Literature (Formerly Literature Online (LION))
ProQuest One Literature brings together the most comprehensive collection of primary texts, ebooks, reference sources, full-text journals, dissertations, video and more, for unparalleled access to historical and contemporary content by and about celebrated and lesser-known authors from around the world.
- PsycBooks (see APA PsycBooks)
PsycBooks via Ovid is a full-text database that provides electronic access to thousands of scholarly and professional titles published by APA on psychological and behavioural science, plus substantial back files of classic and historic works from 1950 till the present. All volumes of the APA Handbooks in Psychology reference series have recently been added to this collection.
- Royal Society of Chemistry eBooks
This collection contains over 1,500 e-books from critical assessments of the latest advances in a specific research field, to introductions to topics for non-experts, covering the chemical sciences and related areas.
- Safari Online (see O'Reilly)
O’Reilly for Higher Education connects researchers, students, and faculty to essential business and technology resources in a modern digital learning ecosystem. More than 47,000 books, over 30,000 hours of video, and resources such as case studies, and expert playlists make O’Reilly a must-have resource for libraries striving to prepare today’s learners for the future. O’Reilly supports users at all levels with multiple learning styles through rich and varied formats, responsive design, and an intuitive user experience that works on any screen size. Information on the mobile app for off campus use can be found here.
First time users must Register by clicking on the link Institution not listed? and then entering your ANU email. You will then be emailed a link from O’Reilly to create your own password. Once registered, you can click on the link Already a user? And then Sign in with your ANU email and your O’Reilly password.
You can print using Ctrl+P or by copying and pasting sections into a text editor to print.
- Sage Knowledge (Sage Reference Online)
Sage Reference Online provides the full text of selected eBooks and eReference titles from Sage Publishing. Subject areas covered in this collection include business and management; counselling; criminology; education; geography; health and social care; media and communication; politics and international relations; psychology, and sociology.
Authorised for ANU alumni access - Sage Reference Online
Sage Reference Online provides the full text of selected eBooks and eReference titles from Sage Publishing. Subject areas covered in this collection include business and management; counselling; criminology; education; geography; health and social care; media and communication; politics and international relations; psychology, and sociology.
Authorised for ANU alumni access - ScienceDirect eBooks
ScienceDirect e-books provides access to over 17,000 e-books; 59,000 major reference works chapters; 8,100 time-stamped reference module articles, and 200,500 book and handbook series chapters. A number are accessible full text to ANU staff and students. ScienceDirect offers books in the areas of physical sciences and engineering, life sciences, health sciences as well as social sciences and humanities, and many of the titles are published under the renowned Academic Press, Woodhead Publishing, and Gulf Professional Publishing imprints.
- Screen Studies
Screen Studies is a dynamic digital platform taking users from script to screen and beyond – containing books, screenplays, overview articles and learning resources from Bloomsbury, Faber & Faber, the British Film Institute, Focal Press and Auteur (LUP). It comprises an exceptional collection of award-winning screenplays, critical and contextual books on film from the late nineteenth century to the present, and an interactive timeline of cinema history.
- SIAM eBooks
Published by the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM), this resource provides access to SIAM ebooks on the IG publishing platform. These e-books are a very valuable resource for applied mathematicians and computational scientists.
- SPIE Digital Library (Books)
This collection of e-books on optics and photonics provides access to all titles from SPIE Press from 1962 onwards, including monographs, reference works, field guides, tutorial texts, and Spotlight eBooks. SPIE is an international not-for-profit society advancing an interdisciplinary approach to the science and application of light.
- Springer Books
Access many full text reference books published by Springer. Please note, you will be able to search the full collection but you will not be able to access the titles marked with a yellow lock.
- Springer Nature - Synthesis Collection of Technology
Morgan & Claypool publish specially commissioned ebooks covering a range of new and emerging engineering, computer science, and life science sub-disciplines. This digital library has access to:
- Colloquium digital library of life sciences
- Synthesis digital library of engineering and computer science
- Artificial Intelligence and machine learning collection
- Springer Nature Link
Springer Nature Link is an online collection of scientific, technological and medical journals, books, series, protocols, reference works and proceedings from across Springer Nature including Nature Portfolio, Springer, BMC, Palgrave, Discover and Apress.
- Synthesis Digital Library of Engineering and Computer Science
Morgan & Claypool publish specially commissioned ebooks covering a range of new and emerging engineering, computer science, and life science sub-disciplines. This digital library has access to:
- Colloquium digital library of life sciences
- Synthesis digital library of engineering and computer science
- Artificial Intelligence and machine learning collection
- Taruskin (Oxford History of Western Music)
An online version of Richard Taruskin’s 5 volume reference work on the evolution of Western classical music. The full text from the 2009 edition has been reproduced including notes, bibliographies, further readings, illustrations and musical examples. Vol I: Earliest Notations to the Sixteenth Century Vol II: Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries Vol III: Nineteenth Century Vol IV: Early Twentieth Century Vol V: Late Twentieth Century.
- Wiley Online Library (incl. Blackwell journals)
Wiley Online Library hosts a multidisciplinary collection of online resources covering life, health and physical sciences, social science, and the humanities. It delivers integrated access to millions of articles from journals, online books, and hundreds of reference works, laboratory protocols and databases. Included are the online journals and books previously published by Blackwell Publishing Ltd., which merged with John Wiley & Sons, Inc. in 2007.
Authorised for ANU alumni access