Business & SOSE
GENERAL Social Sciences
- Seriously Social: The podcast and video content feature Australia’s top social scientists: educators and economists, lawyers and linguists, psychologists and philosophers, historians, geographers and more, making the resources thought-provoking and evidence-based.
Business, Economics & Accounting
- Business Textbooks – Seven freely available.
- East Asia Forum – East Asia Forum is a platform for analysis and research on politics, economics, business, law, security, international relations and society relevant to public policy, centred on the Asia Pacific region.
- Economics & Finance Textbook – Principles of Macroeconomics.
- Economics for Everyone – Reference for economics.
- Khan Academy – Free online courses about business, economics, and finance.
- Open Textbook Library – 60+ about accounting, business, finance, marketing and more freely available.
- Open Textbook Library – 15+ about economics freely available.
- Oxford Academic Open Access Journals – thousands of free, full text articles.
- Roy Morgan – Australian market research company.
Global Studies
- The Australian Institute – Research on a range of issues including environmental, social and economical.
- Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade – Information on travelling overseas, international relations and trade and investment.
- Australian Journal of International Affairs – Political, social, economic and legal issues, especially (but not exclusively) within the Asian-Pacific region.
- Australian National University Press – Focus on Australian and international policy, Indigenous studies and the Asia-Pacific region.
- Australian Outlook – Analysis and commentary from the Australian Institute for International Affairs.
- Australian Strategic Policy Institute – Independent site that provides expert advice to strategic and defence leaders.
- Centre for the Study of Intelligence (formerly CIA Library) – Unclassified publications including references, reports and maps.
- The Conversation – Independent source of news and views from the academic and research community.
- East Asia Forum – East Asia Forum is a platform for analysis and research on politics, economics, business, law, security, international relations and society relevant to public policy, centred on the Asia Pacific region.
- Institute of Public Affairs – Public policy think tank, dedicated to strengthening economic and political freedom.
- Libraries ACT eResources – The Global Issues in Context database under “General Research” [Library card needed].
- Narragunnawali: Reconciliation in education – Supports schools and early learning services in Australia to develop environments that foster a high level of knowledge and pride in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories, cultures and contributions. Includes sections on reconciliation action plans, curriculum resources, and professional learning material.
- Oxford Academic Open Access Journals – thousands of free, full text articles.
- The Lowy Institute – Provides research on international trends.
Ancient History
History – General
- The Atlantic – Covers a range of global issues.
- Australian Dictionary of Biography – Australian significant in history.
- Australian War Memorial – About Australians and war.
- The Conversation – Range of issues discussed from an Australian viewpoint.
- Europeana – Maps, artworks, photos from European museums and galleries.
- First Nations (Australian Museum) – An extensive collection of First Nations realia, information and cultural material. Writers from First Nations offer their interpretations on a number of subjects.
- Google Cultural Institute – Wonders of the world, historic buildings and sites.
- History Skills – Covers Ancient and Modern History, and provides resources for essay writing and referencing specific to History as a subject.
- History Today – Covers all eras and geographical regions including traditional narratives and current research.
- Khan Academy – Free online courses about U.S. and world history.
- National Archives of Australia – Documents and some posters, films, sound recordings, photos and more.
- Online Etymology Dictionary – What words meant and how they sounded in the past.
- Open Textbook Library – Six texts: Canadian, U.S. and world history.
- Trove – Australian newspapers (1803-1950), photographs, artworks and much more from National Library.
- U.S. History Textbooks – Two freely available.
- Vatican Digital Library – Manuscripts and incunabula.
- Winston Churchill Archive – Primary source material produced from 1874-1965.
Legal
- ACT Legislation Register – Electronic statute book
- Australian National University Press – Do Advanced Search to filter for Disicpline: ‘Law’ and Region: ‘Australia’.
- Intellectual Property – Legal textbook.
- Narragunnawali: Reconciliation in education – Supports schools and early learning services in Australia to develop environments that foster a high level of knowledge and pride in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories, cultures and contributions. Includes sections on reconciliation action plans, curriculum resources, and professional learning material.
- Parliamentary Library -Access to parliamentary documents and reports.
- East Asia Forum – East Asia Forum is a platform for analysis and research on politics, economics, business, law, security, international relations and society relevant to public policy, centred on the Asia Pacific region.
- Open Textbook Library – Law textbooks that may be useful
- Oxford Academic Open Access Journals – thousands of free, full text articles.
Philosophy
Sociology
- Centre for Future Work – Australian, economic research on work, employment, and labour markets.
- East Asia Forum – East Asia Forum is a platform for analysis and research on politics, economics, business, law, security, international relations and society relevant to public policy, centred on the Asia Pacific region.
- The Atlantic – Covers a range of global issues.
- The Conversation – Range of issues discussed from an Australian viewpoint.
- Open Textbook Library – Seven freely available.
- Oxford Academic Open Access Journals – thousands of free, full text articles.
- Sociology Textbooks – Two freely available.