E-Reference is a selected collection of references resources on the Internet.
Meta Sites
Bartleby.com
Contains various reference sources such as
encyclopaedias, quotations and much more.
Info-please
Searches almanacs,
encyclopaedias and dictionaries.
Google Scholar Search across many disciplines and sources: peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles, from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities and other scholarly organizations.
Dogpile Meta search engine searches Google, Yahoo, LookSmart, Ask.com, MSN search, and more.
Dictionaries and Thesauri
Macquarie Dictionary and Thesaurus (accessible only via intranet - click link to be taken to the logon page)
Websters Dictionary (accessible only via intranet - click link to be taken to the logon page)
Legislation
AustLii (Database of the Australasian Legal Information Institute)
Access to case law as well as Commonwealth and Australian State Law.
Also has access to New Zealand case law and legislation as well as Treaties.
ScalePlus
From the Australian Attorney General's Department and includes Commonwealth, State and Territory Legislation.
Also has case law and historical data.
State Law Publisher
Access to all WA legislation both Acts and Regulations and WA Government Gazette, Progress of Bills and Hansard.
Statistics
PROFILE: of the Western Australian State Government Workforce 2008
ABS: Australian Bureau of Statistics
National Centre for Education and Training Statistics
Education Department of Western Australia School Statistical Reports