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Databases

These databases are highly recommended and will give you access to current information about different aspects of community services and welfare that is not always freely available on the internet

• EBSCOhost
  Academic Search Complete / PsycARTICLES/Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection
• Gale
  Academic One-file / Expanded Academic ASAP/Diversity Studies
• Informit
  Excellent for Australian content - APA-FT / AGIS Plus Text / CINCH / DRUG / Family & Society Plus / MAIS
• Need statistics? - ABS Australian Bureau of Statistics
• Need legislation? - Aust LII
• Need newspaper articles? - Australian/NZ Reference Centre

Online Journals

• Australian journal of social issues
• Community development journal
• Drug and alcohol review
• Family matters
• Youth studies Australia

Websites

Government

• Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Commonwealth 
• Department of Health and Ageing, Commonwealth
• Department of Health, Victoria
• Department of Human Services, Victoria

Aged care

• Aged and Community Care Victoria
• Aged care standards and accreditation agency
• Alzheimer's Association of Australia
• Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
• Merck Manual of GeriatricsRights of Older People

Alcohol & drugs

• ADF Drug Info Clearinghouse
• Alcohol and other Drugs Council of Australia
• Australian Drug Foundation
• Australian Drug Information Network
• Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet
• Health Insite

Community development

• Community builders.N.S.W.
• Community .gov.au
• Community Development Society
• Department of Planning and Community Development
• my connected community

Mental health

• Beyond Blue
• Department of Health and Ageing - Mental health
• Psych Central
• Psychiatric Disability Services of Victoria (VICSERV )
• SANE Australia
• Victorian Mental Illness Awareness Council (VMIAC)
• Victorian State Government Mental Health Services

Social work

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC)
• Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW)
• ACOSS - (Australian Council of Social Service)
• Australian Institute of Family Studies
• Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) - national agency for health and welfare statistics and information
• Carers Australia - national peak carer organisation
• Centre for Grief Education
• families.gov.au - Government portal for commonwealth services and programmes for families.
• InfoXchange - technology for social justice
• Institute for Policy Research - US
• National Association of Community Legal Centres (NACLC) - provides links to websites of State centres
• National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling (NATSEM)
• Social Policy Research Centre - Uni of NSW
• Social Policy Resource Guide provides links to general and specific internet resources relating to social policy. Produced by the Parliamentary Library, Parliament of Australia, Australia
• Social Science Information Gateway (SOSIG) - UK
• Sociological Tour through Cyberspace - US. Maintained by Trinity University.
• Swinburne Institute for Social Research

Welfare

• Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS)
• Brotherhood of St Laurence
• National Welfare Rights Network - Information about Social Security law and its administration through Centrelink. Includes helpful factsheets
• St Vincent de Paul (NSW/ACT) - includes links to other state branches
• Victorian Council of Social Service (VCOSS)
• Victorian Law Reform Commission
• Australian Law Reform Commision
• Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commision
• Australian Human Rights & Equal Opportunity Commission

Youth

• Australian Clearinghouse for Youth Studies (ACYS)
• Australian Youth Affairs Coalition - national peak body representing rights and interests of young people. Includes links to State organisations.
• Centre for Multicultural Youth Issues (CMYI)
• Lawstuff - legal rights for people under 18
• LinkZone - find links to information and services for young Tasmanians
• National child protection clearinghouse
• Pogo Generation x-plore - information and resource gateway for young people in the ACT
• the source - Commonwealth government website for young people encouraging community involvement and providing access to government information. Includes information about education, health, jobs, money, and rights.
• Victoria's Office for Youth
• Youth Central - Victorian government website for young people offering information and advice on issues like jobs, study, travel, money and events and entertainment.
• Youth Affairs Council of Victoria
• YouthGas - comprehensive directory of Australian and international youth information, government and non-government