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About APAIS - Australian Public Affairs Information Service

APAIS is an index to articles in the social sciences and humanities published in Australia.

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Key features

LogoAPAIS indexes current articles on Australian political, economic, legal, social and cultural affairs. Overseas sources are also indexed for material on Australian subject matter. APAIS index coverage includes:

  • Over 250 journals;
  • Newspapers;
  • Conference papers;
  • Books.

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Compiled by the Australian National Library, you may print, download and email records from this database. Online coverage is predominantly from 1970 onwards (except for a small number of earlier records). It consists of over 390,000 records, with about 12,000 new articles being indexed annually.

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