Eresources

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander visitors are kindly advised that this website includes images, sounds and names of people who have passed.

All users should be aware that some topics or historical content may be culturally sensitive, offensive or distressing, and that some images may contain nudity or are of people not yet identified. Certain words, terms or descriptions may reflect the author's/creator's attitude or that of the period in which they were written, but are now considered inappropriate in today's context.

Key to library resources

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Australian Journals

Use these eresources to find articles:

Published in Australian journals and magazines
Available in full text that you can read online

Informit
Find Australasian scholarly articles on social, cultural and economic issues relevant to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Search across multiple Informit databases in this combined resource.
Australasian Literature: Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands
Find fiction and poetry from Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands from the 1930s to present.
AlterNative: an international journal of Indigenous scholarship
Scholarly research on Indigenous worldviews and experiences of decolonization from Indigenous perspectives around the world.
The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education
Published in association with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit, The University of Queensland.
The Dawn / New Dawn
Dawn and New Dawn 1952-1975: A magazine for the Aboriginal people of New South Wales. Find articles on a wide range of topics including reserves, stations homes and schools in New South Wales
Aboriginal History Journal: Australian National University
An annual journal that contains interdisciplinary historical studies of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ interactions with non-Indigenous peoples.
Ab-Original: Journal of Indigenous Studies and First Nations' and First Peoples' Cultures.
Journal of indigenous studies and first nations' and first peoples' cultures from around the world.

International Journals

Use these eresources to find:

Articles published in mainly US and British journals and magazines, with some Australian content
Articles available in full text that you can read online
Scholarly, peer-reviewed articles

JSTOR
Find scholarly articles on social and cultural issues from an extensive range of international journals. Includes resources relating to First Nations’ peoples from Australia, Canada, United States and other countries. Use the advanced search screen and tick Articles, Books (= book chapters) and Research Reports for best results.
Proquest Research Library
Search over two thousand scholarly journals, professional publications and magazines on a broad range of subjects including social sciences, humanities, sciences, arts and business.
Academic OneFile (Gale)
Locate scholarly articles from international journals on a wide variety of subjects. Includes current newspapers and full-text journals, as well as modern primary sources such as podcasts and transcripts.
Gale in context: Global Issues
Read critical overviews of contemporary global issues relating to indigenous peoples worldwide, including indigenous rights and knowledge systems. Search for resources in academic journals, magazines, encyclopaedias and multimedia formats. International coverage, especially from the United States, with some Australian content.
Gale in Context: Opposing Viewpoints
Find differing points of view on current issues relating to Native American and Native Hawaiian peoples including rights, culture, land, health, income and social justice. Includes academic journals, magazines, encyclopaedias and multimedia.

Search simultaneously in Opposing Viewpoints and Global Issues by choosing "Both" from either database:

What is an eresource?

Eresources = all online resources, which are databases and ebooks:

Databases hold large collections of articles from different publications including academic journals, magazines and newspapers
They may also contain full-text ebooks, reference books like encyclopaedias, or images
The State Library subscribes to them so they are free for you to use!

BlackWords

BlackWords (through AustLit database)
Learn about the works and lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander writers and storytellers, and the literary cultures and traditions that influenced them. Find information on all forms of creative writing, plus film, television, criticism and scholarship, both by and about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander writers. Includes nine full-text essays by Dr Anita Heiss.
Guide to using BlackWords
View this slideshow for tips on how to search for authors or works.

Pearl Gibbs - ca.1915-1981 [Boomerang stand, La Perouse]

Search tips for eresources

Use “quotation marks” for exact phrase searching eg "land rights"
Use ADVANCED search options to combine words using AND, OR, NOT
Use asterisks * for wildcards - alternative endings of words eg. archaeolog* = archaeology and archaeologist/s
Select Full Text search options to find only full text articles
Vary your search terms: try synonyms for your topic words eg. youth = teenagers, adolescents, young adults
Refine your results by limiting to scholarly or peer-reviewed (for academic level journals evaluated by experts)

Watch your spelling – both for accuracy and American spelling variations.

Aboriginal Studies - HSC

Key to library resources

Eresources

Australian Journals

International Journals

What is an eresource?

Trove Digitised Magazines

Australasian Anthropological Journal 1896 – 1897

Australian Aborigines Advocate: a monthly record of work amongst the dark people of Australia 1908 – 1929

Bamaga P-12 School 1999 - 2004

Report of the Board (NSW Aborigines Protection Board)1894-1938

Science of man and journal of the Royal Anthropological Society of Australasia 1898 – 1913

Walkabout 1934 – 1978

Warumpinya ngurrara kuulaku piipa: Papunya School paper 1985 - 1987

BlackWords

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