Recommended subjects

These resources are recommended for students studying the following subjects in Queensland classrooms:

  • Year 11 and 12 Legal Studies (QCAA Syllabus)
  • Year 7 to 10 Civics and Citizenship (Australian Curriculum)
Featured databases
Lexis Advance
Lexis Advance

Access legal information including federal and state laws and legislation and case files from legal proceedings in Australia.

AustLII
Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII) database

Access Australian legal materials including Commonwealth and state acts and regulations, treaties and decisions of federal and state courts and tribunals and legal materials such as law reform and royal commission reports.

Oxford Reference
Oxford Reference

Access over 34,000 authorative definitions and specialist encyclopaedic entries on major terms, concepts, processes, and organisation of legal systems in Australia, the UK and the USA. 

Informit Explore Politics
Informit Explore: Politics database

Explore Australian journal articles, books and reports on structures and processes of governance and decision making that underpin our society. 

Informit Explore Law
Informit Explore: Law database

Explore Australian journal articles, reports and books on legal principles, their applications and the structure of our court systems. 

Informit APAFT
Informit Australian Public Affairs - Full Text (APA-FT) database

Access authorative articles from over 550 journals covering Australia's political, economic, and social affairs. 

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NewsBank database
NewsBank

Access local, national and international news sources from all continents of the world, with  coverage from as early as the 1980s through to today.

PressReader database
PressReader

Access over 6000 top newspapers and popular magazines from over 100 countries. 

SMH and The Age Library Edition
SMH and The Age Library Editions

Access every issue of the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age from 2006 onwards. 

Historical news archives
Trove Home Page
Trove

Access historic Australian newspapers from the early 1800s to the mid 1950s.

British Library Newspapers
British Library Newspapers

Access over 240 British and Irish newspapers from 1715 to 1950. 

Sydney Morning Herald archives
Sydney Morning Herald archives

Access almost 13,000 issues of the Sydney Morning Herald and The Sun-Herald, from 1955 to 1995. 

Explore State Library's collections
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Mabo v Queensland

Discover resources to help you study this landmark case for native title.

Politics in QLD

Discover collections from Queensland's political history. 

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