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AustLit
Authoritative information on creative and critical works by and relating to Australian writers, relevant cultural organisations, and industries.
AustLit is available from the State Library of NSW. To get your State Library card sign up here.
Australian Dictionary of Biography
The Australian Dictionary of Biography is Australia’s pre-eminent dictionary of national biography. In it you will find concise, informative and fascinating descriptions of the lives of significant and representative persons in Australian history.
Australian Poetry Library
The Australian Poetry Library (APL) aims to promote a greater appreciation and understanding of Australian poetry by providing access to a wide range of poetic texts as well as to critical and contextual material relating to them, including interviews, photographs and audio/visual recordings.
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The Columbia Granger’s World of Poetry
The Columbia Granger’s World of Poetry contains 250,000 poems in full text and 450,000 citations, numbers that will continually expand with each update. The poems in full text are the most widely-read in the English language, as well as in Spanish, French, German, and Italian. This database is available from the State Library of NSW. To get your State Library card sign up here.
The Quarry: A Social Justice Poetry Database
The Quarry is a searchable collection of over 300 poems by a diverse array of contemporary socially engaged poets, published by Split This Rock since 2009.
The Shakespeare Collection
Comprehensive, cross-searchable coverage of Shakespeare’s work, critical reception, textual history, performance history and cultural and historical context.
This database is available from the State Library of NSW. To get your State Library card sign up here.