Effective use of the databases requires an understanding of search techniques. If you are unsure about search techniques, try some of the other resources listed below. Access to the databases is available from within the Libraries, or remotely from your School, home or office via the Internet. Full text databases provide the abstracts of articles and in most cases, the full text. This database is multi-disciplinary, hence covers a wide range of topics, but does not cover them to a very great depth.
Most coverage is from a generalist point of view rather than a technical one.
Often a good place to start to get some references quickly. The contents of this database tend to be quite technical. It has some coverage of agriculutural sciences but doesn't have an extensive range of Australian material. Swetsnet - this database indexes journals distributed by Swets, a Netherlands based subscription agent. It contains a wide range of scientific and specialist publications from a variety of publishers.