National Library of Singapore
The National Library has a vast range of online resources available to Singaporeans and Permanent Residents. Registration is FREE, and many of these eResources are available from anywhere in Singapore. Listed below are selected databases of interest to TP staff and students.
Go to http://www.nl.sg
- select E-RESOURCES OR try the new NLB SearchPlus button
- register (if this is your first visit) or login
Click here for a guide to using these eResources.
Note: if you need help with these eResources, please contact the National Library staff.
eBooks
- NetLibrary - access NLB's eBook collection of over 8,5000 titles.
- CAMIO - Catalog of Art Museum Images Online, highlighting the creative output of cultures around the world.
- Credo Reference: Art - for all kinds of art-related reference works from dictionaries to theatre guides.
- Credo Reference: Music - for all the interesting stuff on 20th century popular music.
- Humanities Full Text - for journal and magazine articles on archaeology, art, communication, dance, film, journalism, music, and more.
- National Palace Museum (NPM) Online - for articles and images of ancient Chinese artifacts and art works.
- Naxos Music Library - billed as the most comprehensive collection of classical music online, from chamber music and opera through jazz and the blues to Chinese music.
- OnAsia - for stock photography on Asia that can be used in class work and presentations by teachers and students.
- Oxford Art Online - for articles and images on the subject of visual arts. Also useful for information on art techniques and art historical movements.
- Screen Digest - for subjects covering film, television, broadband, mobile, cinema, home entertainment and gaming.
- i-Financial.com - for good general reading by on accounting, taxes, trusts and estates.
- i-Law.com - for general reading on the subjects of arbitration law, copyright, Lloyd's Law Reports and Building Law Reports.
- IHS Global Insight: China Regional - for a comprehensive analysis of the business climate in China's 31 regional economies.
- IHS Global Insight: Country Intelligence - for information from over 200 countries on same-day risk analysis, country reports, country risk ratings, global data and more.
- IHS Global Insight: World Industry - helping to to evaluate markets globally using powerful, comprehensive forecast databases.
- Library Press Display - hundreds of newspapers from around the globe, with full content in full color.
- OneSource - for profiles of public and private companies worldwide, including key executives' profiles and basic financials.
- ProQuest: ABI/INFORM Complete - for authoritative news and business information.
- ProQuest: Accounting & Tax - for comprehensive information on accounting, taxation, financial management and more.
- ProQuest: Asian Business & Reference - for information on companies, economies, markets and overall business conditions in Asia.
- ProQuest: Banking Information Source - for information on the financial services industry, banking and industry trends.
- ProQuest Criminal Justice Periodicals - covering US and international criminal justice journals.
- SBRnet: Sports Business Research - with a focus on the sporting goods and sports marketing industry.
- Singapore 1000 - for the annual audited financial performance of Singapore's top 1000 corporations and top 500 small and medium enterprises.
- Credo Reference: Medicine - access online Blacks' Medical Dictionary, Churchill Livingstone's Dictionary of Nursing, Macmillan Dictionary of Toxicology, Pharmaceutical Medicine Dictionary and more.
- Credo Reference: Science - for dictionaries in developmental biology and embryology, mathematics and more.
- Credo Reference: Technology - for dictionaries in computing, engineering terms, telecommunications, electronics and more.
- Culinary Arts Collection - for information on recipes and the culinary industry, restaurant reviews, and practical instruction.
- EBSCOhost CINAHL - especially for nursing and allied health professionals.
- Engineering Village 2 - access online handbooks, patents, standards, websites and weekly updates on a variety of engineering topics.
- Gardening, Landscape and Horticultural Collection - for key issues in gardening, landscaping and other areas of horticulture.
- Health and Wellness Resource Center & Alternative Health Module - for access to health and medical journals and other publications, pamphlets and health-related videos.
- Nature.com - for peer-reviewed research in science and technology.
- ProQuest Biology - for subjects like biological chemistry, botany, zoology and more.
- ProQuest Computing - for subjects raging from database design and software development to web commerce.
- ProQuest Health and Medical Complete - for leading health and medical journals.
- ProQuest Psychology Journals - for full text on clinical and social psychology and related disciplines.
- ProQuest Telecommunications - covering topics like computer applications, electronic data processing, data communications and more.
- Science Online - including diagrams, illustrations, images, biographies, experiments, activities, and definitions.
- Ancient and Medieval History Online - looking at the ancient world in Africa, Egypt, Greece, Rome, Mesoamerica and Mesopotamia.
- Credo Reference: Biography - for concise and easy to read biographies.
- Credo Reference: Dictionaries - useful to search for the meaning of words in a number of different dictionaries at the same time.
- Credo Reference: Encyclopedias - to search for short articles from a number of different encyclopedias at the same time.
- Credo Reference: Food - for the International Dictionary of Food and Cooking online.
- Credo Reference: Geography - useful general knowledge platform that includes the CIA World Factbook, the Dictionary of Human Geography, the Dictionary of Physical Geography, and more.
- Credo Reference: History - another useful general knowledge platform, this time including historical subjects.
- Credo Reference: Language - including idioms, slang, euphemisms and more.
- Credo Reference: Law - for online law dictionaries and encyclopedias.
- Credo Reference: Philosophy & Psychology - for dictionaries in philosophy and psychology.
- Credo Reference: Quotations - search a number of different quotations dictionaries at the same time.
- EBSCOhost Military & Government Collection - for information on Singapore like defense and security, including air transport subjects.
- EBSCOhost Primary Search - full text articles from popular magazines for elementary school research.
- Education Full Text - from WilsonWeb for education students, professionals and policy makers.
- Educator's eCollection - covering the latest technologies, developments, and more in child health and development.
- Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center - includes a section on cover letters and resumes.
- JSTOR: the Scholarly Journal Archive - for scholarly journals in the humanities and social sciences.
- ProQuest Education Complete - also covering vocational and technical education.
- ProQuest Military Collection - covering subjects like international relations, politics, defense, aeronautics, civil engineering and more.
- ProQuest OxResearch - for world and regional economic and political developments compiled by an international network of faculty members at Oxford and other leading universities.
- ProQuest Research Library - for arts, business, children, education, general interest, health, humanities, international, law, military, multicultural, psychology, sciences, social sciences, and women's interests.
- ProQuest Social Science Journals - for subjects like urban studies, family studies and international relations.
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