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Bob Hawke College Library: Databases

Encyclopaedias

Britannica School provides a single consolidated search within any level that can retrieve article, image, and video results, plus dictionary definitions provided by Merriam-Webster, magazine and journal content provided by EBSCO, and hand-picked Web’s Best Sites links. 

News

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The World Factbook provides basic intelligence on the history, people, government, economy, energy, geography, environment, communications, transportation, military, terrorism, and transnational issues for 266 world entities.

The Australian Bureau of Statistics is Australia's national statistical agency providing trusted official statistics on a wide range of economic, social, population and environmental matters.  Information on census data can be found here.

Science

The biology dictionary will help you learn about all sorts of biology terms, principles, and life forms. Search by individual topic using the alphabetized menu, or search by field of study using the menu on the left hand side.