Resources by topic - Reference
Topic guides are compiled by librarians to link you to useful resources and information on specific topics
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Abbreviations and acronyms
- Abbreviations.com (opens in new window) for acronyms and abbreviations
- AcronymFinder (opens in new window) from Mountain Data Systems, USA
- Internet Acronym Server (opens in new window) from Silmaril Consultants, Ireland
- All That JAS: Journal Abbreviation Sources (opens in new window) from Abbreviations.com, originally compiled by Gerry McKiernan
- mediLexicon (opens in new window) for medical abbreviations
Atlases and maps
- Live Search Maps (opens in new window) from the Microsoft Corporation
- MapMachine (opens in new window) from National Geographic
- National Atlas of the United States of America (opens in new window) from the United States Department of the Interior
- Online Mapping & Databases (opens in new window) from Geoscience Australia, Australian Government
- Whereis.com (opens in new window) online street directory of Australia's major cities based on UBD maps, from the Telstra Corporation
- World Atlas (opens in new window) from MSN Encarta
Awards
- Awards (opens in new window) from the State Library of New South Wales
- Awards & Prizes (opens in new window) from the University of Sydney Library
- It's an Honour (opens in new window) Australia celebrating Australians from the Australian Federal Government
Biographies
- CHRONICLES Australian Chronicles: An Index to Sources of Australian Biography [access for UniSA staff and students only]
- OzBiogs collection of databases about Australian art and artists [access for UniSA staff and students only]
- Australian dictionary of biography (opens in new window) from the Australian National University
- Dictionary of Australian Biography (opens in new window) from Project Gutenberg of Australia
- Biography.com (opens in new window) from A&E Television Networks
Calendars and time
- Time and date.com (opens in new window) by Steffen Thorsen
- Time Zone Converter (opens in new window) from RS Marketing
- Virtual Perpetual Calendars (opens in new window) from Mark J Smith
- World Time Server (opens in new window) from Chaos Software Group
Country profiles
- Country Profiles UniSA Library databases
- Country, Economy and Regional information (opens in new window) Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Country Profiles (opens in new window) from BBC News
- The World Factbook (opens in new window) from the Central Intelligence Agency
Dictionaries and translators
Dictionaries In English
- Ask Oxford (opens in new window) search the Compact Oxford English Dictionary
- Merriam-Webster OnLine (opens in new window) dictionary and thesaurus
- OneLook Dictionary Search (opens in new window) search many online dictionaries
- Roget's thesauri (opens in new window) from Bartleby.com
Dictionaries In other languages
- Language Dictionaries (opens in new window) from YourDictionary.com
- Language Dictionaries and Translators (opens in new window) for many languages, provided by Word2Word Bigben
- OneLook Dictionary Search (opens in new window) searches many multilingual dictionaries
- Babel Fish Translation (opens in new window) from altavista, translate text and webpages
- Google Translate (opens in new window) text and webpages
Encyclopedias
- Columbia Encyclopedia (opens in new window) from Bartleby.com
- HighBeam encyclopedia (opens in new window) searches the Columbia Encyclopedia, newspaper, pictures and maps
- MSN encarta (opens in new window) contains an encyclopaedia, dictionary and world atlas
- Wikipedia (opens in new window) is a free, open, community encyclopedia. Note! This resource can be edited by anyone
Exchange rates
- Exchange rates (opens in new window) from the Reserve Bank of Australia
- FXConverter (opens in new window) currency converter from OANDA Corporation
- RatesFX (opens in new window) exchange rates by Matti Tukiainen, Finland
Flags
- Flags of the World (opens in new window) from Rob Raeside
- Flags of the world (opens in new window) from NationMaster.com
Government
- Australian, State, Territory and Local Governments (opens in new window) information and services
- Government On-Line Directory (GOLD) (opens in new window) to the structure, organisations and key people of the Australian Government
- Parliament of Australia (opens in new window) including Hansard, (opens in new window) the transcripts of parliamentary proceedings of the House of Representatives, the Senate and Committees
- Government of South Australia (opens in new window) and the Parliament of South Australian (opens in new window)
- Government, law & politics (opens in new window) web reference library from the State Library of South Australia
- World-wide Government Information (opens in new window) from the National Library of Australia
Libraries and library catalogues
- Library catalogues from UniSA Library
Newspapers and news services
- Newspapers UniSA Library databases
- Newspapers and news services from UniSA Library
- International News Resources including RSS feeds from UniSA Library
Patents
- Patents online workshop from the UniSA Library
- Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) (opens in new window)
- European Patent Office (EPO) (opens in new window)
- IP Australia (opens in new window)
- Japan Patent Office (JPO) (opens in new window)
- UK Intellectual Property Office (opens in new window)
- United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) (opens in new window)
- World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) (opens in new window)
Publishers
- Publishers' catalogues (opens in new window) from Northern Lights Internet Solutions Ltd
- Australian publishers & booksellers (opens in new window) from the Australian Libraries Gateway, National Library of Australia
Quotations
- The Quotations Page (opens in new window) by Michael Moncur
- Quotations (opens in new window) from the Bartleby.com
Standards
- Standards UniSA Library databases
- Standards guide from UniSA Library
- Standards Australia (opens in new window) peak non-government standards development body in Australia
- Standards Australia online database [access for UniSA staff and students only]
- Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) (opens in new window)
- International Standardizing Bodies (opens in new window) from the World Standards Services Network
- International Organization for Standardization (ISO) (opens in new window) is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies covering international standards for business, government and society
- Standards Internet Resources Overview (opens in new window) from ANSI, American National Standards Institute
- National Standards Bodies (opens in new window) from ANSI, includes organisations that develop standards and national standard bodies
- World Standards Services Network WSSN (opens in new window) links to international, regional and national standards information and organizations around the world
Statistics
- Statistics UniSA Library databases
- Australian Bureau of Statistics (opens in new window) official statistical organisation for Commonwealth and State Governments includes a Statistics (opens in new window) section
- NationMaster.com (opens in new window) collection of statistics from worldwide nations that allows users to build charts that measure and compare countries on a wide range of information, for example, library books, forested land, internet users, airports
- OECD Statistics (opens in new window) Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development includes economic statistics and statistics on agriculture, energy, development co-operation, public management, education labour and social affairs, science, technology and industry, health, transport
- Reserve Bank of Australia statistics (opens in new window)
- Statistical Resources (opens in new window) guide from Parliamentary Library, Parliament of Australia
- OFFSTATS (opens in new window) Official Statistics on the Web, maintained by the University of Auckland Library
Subject gateways
- UniSA Topic guides provide key online and print resources in specific subject area
- Guides (opens in new window) from Adelaide University, Flinders University and UniSA
- BUBL Information Service (opens in new window) from the Andersonian Library, Strathclyde University, Scotland, provides links to internet resources in academic subject areas
- INFOMINE (opens in new window) Scholarly Internet Resource Collections from the Library of the University of California
- Intute (opens in new window) for web resources for education and research created by a network of UK universities and partners
- Librarians' Index to the Internet (opens in new window) arranged by subject and are selected and evaluated by librarians
- PINAKES: A Subject Launchpad (opens in new window) to subject gateways, from Heriot-Watt University Library, UK
- The WWW Virtual Library (opens in new window) covers many subjects and is run by a loose confederation of volunteers world wide
Tables
- The Visual Elements Periodic Table (opens in new window) from the Royal Society of Chemistry
- WebElements™ periodic table (opens in new window) from Mark Winter, University of Sheffield
- Metric System & Metric Conversion (opens in new window) from French Property, Services and Information Ltd
- Unit of measure conversions equivalences (opens in new window) from THEmeter.net
Telephone directories
- Australian White Pages (opens in new window) telephone directory from Telstra Corporation
- Australian Yellow Pages (opens in new window) business telephone directory from Telstra Corporation
- Telephone directories links (opens in new window) from the State Library of New South Wales
- University of South Australia Staff Directories and Staff Search
Universities
- The world of learning (opens in new window) [access for UniSA staff and students only]
- Universities Worldwide (opens in new window) from Klaus Förster
- Australian universities (opens in new window) from Universities Australia
- South Australian Universities
- Flinders University (opens in new window)
- University of Adelaide (opens in new window)
- University of South Australia
Weather and climate
- Bureau of Meteorology (opens in new window) Australian Commonwealth Government
- Australian Weather Watch Radar Network (opens in new window) Australian Bureau of Meteorology
- World Meteorological Organization (WMO) (opens in new window) is a specialized agency of the United Nations with the World Weather Information Service (opens in new window)
- Climate (opens in new window) information from the Bureau of Meteorology, Australian Commonwealth Government