Environment Design Guide (EDG)

The Environment Design Guide (EDG).   

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It is published by the Australian Institute of Architects. It is Australia's leading source of environmental design advice for architects and building professionals. EDG comprises over 200 peer-reviewed, regularly updated design notes on built-environment sustainability. 

BCA Illustrated

BCA Illustrated which is available through this link.  

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BCA Illustrated  is an electronic version of the Building Code of Australia / National Construction Code, enhanced with over 3000 explanations and illustrations designed to assist with interpreting the BCA as it applies to your building.  

This will continue until April 2015 when the NCC/ BCA is freely available to registered users.  Pre-registration for access to the free NCC/BCA will be available from the 1 December 2014.

Trial product - Business & Management and Nursing Handbooks by Oxford University

Oxford Handbooks Online brings together the world's leading scholars to write review essays that evaluate the current thinking on a field or topic, and make an original argument about the future direction of the debate. The Oxford Handbooks are one of the most successful and cited series within scholarly publishing, containing in-depth, high-level articles by scholars at the top of their field and for the first time, and now SWSi Libraries has the Nursing Handbook and Business & Management Handbooks available as a free trial.

Contact your local SWSi Library today about access.

Trial is available until 31 December 2014.