Hanks for posting that nick - I was just about to write an email to say the same thing :-) Getting a National Library of Australia card is free and online, and they'll post it to you anywhere in the country. From there you've got access to LOTS of open and closed-access databases which you can access from home. The off-site access part is the really special bit since this is often better than even university-library subscriptions to the same databases. Note also that State Libraries also run their own eResources systems associated with their own library cards.
On Thursday, 6 November 2014, Nick Dowling <nick_dowl...@hotmail.com> wrote: > I'd add that anyone with an Australian postal address can access a pretty > wide range of resources (including JSTOR and various Oxford databases) > through the National Library of Australia's website: > http://www.nla.gov.au/app/eresources/ > > That said, I gained a Questia account through the Wikipedia Library, and > it's an excellent resource. > > Nick > > > Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2014 15:58:20 +1100 > > From: rich...@ames.id.au > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','rich...@ames.id.au');> > > To: wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org');> > > Subject: Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] New Wikipedia Library > Signups: Free Research Accounts! > > > > And if you are a NSW resident see: > > > > http://www2.sl.nsw.gov.au/eresources/ > > > > for lots of 'no charge resources' (supported by your taxes) with lots of > > the big overseas databases and Australian ones. > > > > Regards, Richard. > > > > On 06/11/14 13:48, Charles Gregory wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > If there is anyone who thinks they would be eligible for (and benefit > > > from) access to the research accounts as mentioned below, please get in > > > touch with User:Ocaasi as suggested in the email. Note that although > > > there aren't any accounts for Australian specific services available, a > > > reminder that one of the better local resources - NLA's Trove > > > (http://trove.nla.gov.au/) - is free! > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > Charles > > > > > > > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > > From: *Jake Orlowitz* <jorlow...@gmail.com > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','jorlow...@gmail.com');> <mailto: > jorlow...@gmail.com <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','jorlow...@gmail.com');> > >> > > > Date: Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 10:30 AM > > > Subject: [Wikimedia-l] New Wikipedia Library Signups: Free Research > > > Accounts! > > > To: wikipedia-libr...@lists.wikimedia.org > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','wikipedia-libr...@lists.wikimedia.org');> > > > <mailto:wikipedia-libr...@lists.wikimedia.org > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','wikipedia-libr...@lists.wikimedia.org');>>, > > > wikipedi...@lists.wikimedia.org > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','wikipedi...@lists.wikimedia.org');> > > > <mailto:wikipedi...@lists.wikimedia.org > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','wikipedi...@lists.wikimedia.org');>>, > > > wikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','wikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org');> > > > <mailto:wikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','wikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org');>>, > "Wikimedia & GLAM > > > collaboration [Public]" <g...@lists.wikimedia.org > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','g...@lists.wikimedia.org');> > > > <mailto:g...@lists.wikimedia.org > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','g...@lists.wikimedia.org');>>>, Wikimedia & > Libraries > > > <librar...@lists.wikimedia.org > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','librar...@lists.wikimedia.org');> <mailto: > librar...@lists.wikimedia.org > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','librar...@lists.wikimedia.org');>>>, > > > Open Access discussions <openacc...@lists.wikimedia.org > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','openacc...@lists.wikimedia.org');> > > > <mailto:openacc...@lists.wikimedia.org > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','openacc...@lists.wikimedia.org');>>> > > > > > > > > > Hi! > > > The Wikipedia Library has new, free research donations available: > > > > > > NEW > > > *DeGruyter: 1000 accounts for English and German-language research, > sign up > > > on one of two language Wikipedias: > > > English signup <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:De_Gruyter> > > > German signup <https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:De_Gruyter> > > > *Fold3: 100 accounts for American history and military archives > > > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Fold3> > > > *Scotland's People: 100 accounts for Scottish Genealogy database > > > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:ScotlandsPeople> > > > > > > EXPANDED > > > *British Newspaper Archive: 100+ new accounts for British Newspapers > > > archives > > > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:BNA> > > > > > > OPEN > > > *Highbeam: 100+ accounts for newspapers and magazines > > > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:HighBeam> > > > *Questia: 100+ accounts for various aggregated journals and social > science > > > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Questia> > > > *JSTOR: 100+ accounts for journal archives > > > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:JSTOR> > > > > > > Accounts are available to ALL global editors with a 1 year old account > and > > > 1000 edits. 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