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.
Design & Art Australia Online contains data about Australian artists, designers, craftspeople and curators. The site is a space for people to share and analyse data about Australian art and design history.
The Directory of Open Access Journals provides free peer-reviewed journals. There are over 15,000 journals available with high quality full research articles. The articles are available in a variety of languages and cover a number of subjects.
Gale Literature Criticism looks at history and culture of literature to assist research, providing scholarly and popular commentary from broadsheets, pamphlets, encyclopedias, books and periodicals.
Gale Literature Resource Center provides current, biographical and contextual materials on authors and their works in all genres and disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world.
LitFinder provides access to literary works and authors throughout history and includes more than 150,000 full-text poems and 800,000+ poetry citations, as well as short stories, speeches, and plays. The database also includes secondary materials like biographies, images, and more.
Ibisworld provides access to Australian business information and reports for independent and up to date research on over 500 industries and reports on Australia's top 2000 companies.
IBISWorld's AU & NZ Enterprise Profiles analyse thousands of leading enterprises across Australia and New Zealand, including: ASX and NZX listed companies; public, private and foreign-owned companies; local, state and federal government departments.
Mapping the World: Maps and Travel Literature Archive presents unique insight into the age of cartography and the rise of leisure travel during the nineteenth century, including a myriad of sketch maps created during colonial exploration and expansion.
Meanjin literary journal represent Australia's cultural memory through contemporary Australasian literature, the arts and modern culture itself, exploring subjects as diverse as migration, suburbia, popular music and television.
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.
Planning & Development WA provides a guide to planning and development law and practice in Western Australia, providing guidance on the application of planning laws and principles specific development types and planning processes in the application of WA planning laws.