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Academic Search Complete
Academic Search Complete is the world's most valuable and comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 8,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 12,500 journals and a total of more than 13,200 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc.
Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre
The Australia/NZ Reference Centre combines Australasian magazines, newspapers, newswires and reference books to create the largest collection of regional full text content available to libraries in Oceania. This database includes leading Australia/NZ periodicals and international periodicals in full text; full text reference books; 84,774 full text biographies and an Image Collection of 440,207 photos, maps and flags. Incorporates World Magazine Bank
Australian Design Rules (ADRs)
The Third Edition Australian Design Rules (ADRs) are national standards for vehicle safety, anti-theft and emissions. The standards apply to vehicles newly manufactured in Australia or imported as new or second hand vehicles, and supplied to the Australian market.
Australian Standards
Search for Australian Standards by Standard number or keyword. Full text standards are in PDF format.
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Autodata

Access restrictions: On campus access only Note: Online Subscription database, requiring login and password. Please ask your teacher for username/password. Diagnostic service and repair information, including wiring diagrams, is available for many models from many manufacturers.
Chemwatch

Chemwatch covers information on chemicals of interest, chemical risk assessment, labelling, and updated Safety Data Sheets.
MotorTech
Access restrictions: On campus access only

Note: Online Subscription database, requiring login and password. Please ask library staff/teacher for username/password.

VACC MotorTech brings together the extensive online and physical repair, service and diagnostic information resources available from VACC with the global might of Haynes Publishing group, including HaynesPro® WorkshopData™ and HaynesManuals AllAccess.