Library Guides: Using Archives: Links

Useful sites

This is just a selection of resources that might be useful for your research with Australian archival material:

Australian Data Archive
The Australian Data Archive (ADA) provides a national service for the collection and preservation of digital research data and to make these data available for secondary analysis by academic researchers and other users.
Australian Dictionary of Biography (ADB)
Includes "concise, informative and fascinating descriptions of the lives of over 13,000 significant and representative persons in Australian history".
eMelbourne: The Encyclopedia of Melbourne Online
Online version of the Encyclopedia of Melbourne edited by Andrew Brown-May and Shurlee Swain with extra text and images
Oxford Reference (University of Melbourne only)
Includes Oxford Companion to Australian History, Oxford Companion to Australian Military History and Oxford Companion to Australian Politics.

Australian Society of Archivists
The Australian Society of Archivists Inc. (ASA) is the peak professional body for archivists in Australia. It was formed in 1975.
Society of Archivists (UK)
Society of American Archivists