AustLit: The Resource for Australian Literature
| History | 2000–present |
|---|---|
| Languages | English, Australian Aboriginal languages |
| Access | |
| Cost | By subscription; individuals may access it via their library. Limited guest access. |
| Coverage | |
| Disciplines | Australian literature: including criticism, bibliography, biography |
| Geospatial coverage | Australia |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
AustLit: The Australian Literature Resource (also known as AustLit: Australian Literature Gateway; and AustLit: The Resource for Australian Literature) is a national bio-bibliographical database of Australian literature. It is an internet-based, non-profit collaboration between researchers and librarians from Australian universities, housed at The University of Queensland (UQ). The AustLit database comprises biographical and bibliographical records of Australian storytelling and print cultures, with over 1 million individual 'work' records, and over 75 discrete research projects.
One such project, BlackWords, is a dataset within AustLit detailing the lives and work of Indigenous Australian authors, which includes Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islander writers and storytellers.