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WhitePages
Online, realtime public access directory service, providing
access to over 8,000,000 residential, business and government
listings
YellowPages
National listing of business and service contact details
Postcodes
The Australia Post site lists all postcodes in Australia
Translator
Babelfish will translate phrases and sentences form English
to French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and Russian
and vice versa
Conversion Calculator
Many different converters are available at this site: measurement,
weights, even paper sizes!
International times
Time zone and international dialing codes for over 220 countries
around the World
Cyclone Updates
Get the latestweather forecasts and details from the Australian
Bureau of Meteorology. Includes weather charts and satellite
photos
Merriam-WebsterDictionary
A free, on-line dictionary and thesaurus
yourDictionary.com
A comprehensive index of on-line dictionaries with over 1,000
dictionaries in more than 190 different languages
TheDICT Online Dictionary
Access many dictionaries, thesauri andother word resources
simultaneously with just one search. Includes foreign language
and technical dictionaries, guides and resources
Roget's Thesaurus
The classic thesaurus of English Words and Phrases
Acronyms and Abbreviations
This gateway from Google lists many common, industry, technology,
government and military acronym sites
Biography.com
An international database covering thousands of biographies
Australia
Provided by the Australian Government
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Provided by the State Library of Queensland- covers Organisations,
Cultures, Issues, Art, History
The
Nobel Prize Internet Archive
Information on Nobel Prize winners
Great Writers and Poets
Contemporary and past authors - provides bibliographies, biographies,
reviews, quotes, texts and images
Good Reading Online
Book reviews, profiles of Australian authors, extracts from new books, book events, competitions
Rolling Stone Magazine
Rock and alternative music news, reviews, interviews and features.
Artist biographies and discographies, samples, videos, downloadable
music and webcasts
Project
Gutenberg
Free electronic books - this site is a project to digitise
the full-text of classic books and currently includes works
by Shakespeare, Poe, Dante and thousands of others
Quotations
Searchable collection of quotes, passages, phrases and proverbs
from ancient to modern literature
Geoscience
Australia
Excellent site - "Spatial information for the nation" - Facts on geography and geology
The CIA World Factbook
Includes maps, politics, flags, weather, major cities and
economics and covers all countries
Ausrtralian Institute of Sport
The Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) is Australia’s national centre of sports excellence for the training and development of elite athletes and teams
Wide World of Sports
From ninemsn network
7Sport
Up to the minute information on Australian and international
sports
Education
Network Australia
EdNA (Education Network Australia) online gateway to the Australian
education community covering government and non-government
schooling systems, vocational education and training, adult
community educationand higher learning
TAFE
Tropical North Institute
TAFE Short Courses
Short courses to upgrade skills, and cultivate creative talents
- on a part-time basis in a relaxed, non-competitive learning
environment
Education Queensland
All about schools, higher education, information for parents,
annual reports etc.
State Library of Queensland
Comprehensive site giving links to wide variety of resources
National Archives of Australia
Australian Bureau of Statistics
Australian Culture and Recreation
Environment and Climate Change
Bureau of Meteorology's website on Climate Change
Environment and Climate Change
CSIRO's website on Climate Change
Internet Sites for Common Questions
Qualtiy sites sourced by librarians and other information
professionals
Indigenous Library Service
Useful for librarians providing services to Indigenous communities
Newspapers:
Local, national and international
International Newspapers
Local, national and international
Search Engines & Subject Directories
Google
Search Engines & Subject Directories
Yahoo
Search Engines & Subject Directories
Anzwers
Search Engines & Subject Directories
Searchenginewatch
The Librarian's
Internet Index
Current and simple to use gateway to international sites
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