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Infotrac

E-Reference is a selected collection of references resources on the Internet.

Meta Sites

Dictionaries and Thesauri

Handbooks

Legislation

Statistics

Meta Sites

Bartleby.com
Contains various reference sources such as encyclopeadias, quotations and much more.

Info-please
Searches almanacs, encylopedias and dictionaries.

Dictionaries and Thesauri

Macquarie Dictionary and Thesaurus [will link to login page - just click the login icon]

Rogets' Thesaurus (3rd ed)

YourDictionary.com

Websters Dictionary (accessible only at DET)

Handbooks

TAFEWA handbook

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 30 June 2005

ABS: Australian Bureau of Statistics

National Centre for Education and Training Statistics

NCVER Statistics

Educaiton Department of Western Australia School Statistical Reports