The Australian Literature Resource
The majority of AustLit records relating to literary works provide citations and library holdings information for published works, rather than access to full text. However, a range of selected full text of both creative and critical works is available via AustLit from a variety of sources:
- PANDORA - The National Library of Australia's electronic archive of relevant Australian web-based publications and websites of organisations and individuals
- SETIS - The Scholarly Electronic Text and Image Service at The University of Sydney which has worked with AustLit to digitise selected creative and critical material to enhance research and teaching opportunities in Australian literature
- Internet Publications - AustLit provides links to websites relating to authors, publishers and other relevant literary organisations and freely available internet publications
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There are approximately 12,191 full text works available through AustLit including:
- All full text works available within AustLit are identified by the
symbol - AustLit Basic search and Advanced search screens both allow limiting a search to full text material by ticking the 'Limit to full text' box
- A list of AustLit's Full Text Projects is available on the SETIS site
For those works not available electronically AustLit can show which Australian libraries hold particular monographs and journals by interacting with The National Bibliographic Database via Libraries Australia. Please note that Libraries Australia is not a free service; the holdings information provided through AustLit is by kind permission of the National Library of Australia.
Library Holdings results are returned by clicking on the Library Holdings link next to the title of a work. They show:
- libraries holding the work, sorted by state, (linked to the Australian Libraries Gateway for further library information)
- the call number for the work (in most cases)
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Holdings information for some manuscript works and items not listed on Libraries Australia may be recorded in the work record when known.
Please note: The connection with Libraries Australia is subject to that service's availability. AustLit is not responsible for access difficulties relating to Libraries Australia maintenance, or other downtime problems, which are generally communicated via the Libraries Australia maintenance schedule.