Age of Exploration Archive covers five centuries of journeys across the globe, scientific discoveries, the expansion of European colonialism, conflict over territories and trade routes, and decades-long search and rescue attempts in this multi-archive dedicated to the history of exploration.
AIATSIS focuses on the history and heritage of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. The site includes resources, research and publications. It also has a section on Aboriginal family history.
The Biodiversity Heritage Library contains many books and archives on global biodiversity. Full text of rare and early publications relating to Western Australia is available.
Computer Science provides citations and abstracts to 150 periodicals covering the computer, telecommunications and electronics industry includes Full text of articles from 1983, product reviews, industry status reports, and company profiles.
Haynes AllAccess provides access to current and older manuals for Australian and international makes and models of car or motorcycle. The manuals are modified to the online environment with colour pictures, information a printable format, and videos for common DIY jobs specific for each model.
Migration to New Worlds collection provides a wide-ranging and in depth look at the emigration of peoples from Great Britain, mainland Europe and Asia during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries through personal accounts, shipping logs, convict records, and printed literature and papers.
The National Construction Code provides technical design and construction provisions for Australian buildings. The site contains all three volumes of the Code. Free registration is required.
Open Library collects details of published books. It also holds loanable copies of ebooks including some about or from Australia. It makes audiobooks available to print for disabled people.
Science Reference Center contains full text for hundreds of science magazines, journals, encyclopedias, reference books and a vast collection of images from National Geographic, UPI, Getty, NASA and Nature Picture Library.