eresources

State Library offers a wide range of eresources. These include databases, ebooks, online journals and newspapers, online training courses, company information, legislation, music scores, audiovisual content and encyclopedias.

You can access these eresources onsite at our South Bank building and, in most cases, offsite by using your State Library membership.

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Databases

Get access to databases across a wide range of subject areas including art, business, family history, health, history, biography, literature, law, music, science and more.

Access databases

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eBooks

Access thousands of ebooks, including those from Proquest, Hathi Trust and Project Gutenberg, as well as digitised books and 'virtual books' from our collections.

Find an ebook

Featured eresources

Explore some of our favourite eresources and discover why we love them. The featured eresources change periodically, showcasing new and exciting content, so it’s worth visiting regularly.

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LGBT thought and culture

Access books, periodicals, and archival materials documenting LGBT political, social and cultural movements throughout the twentieth century and into the present day.

LGBT thought and culture

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The British Newspaper Archive

Digitised versions of more than 200 newspapers from the UK and Ireland covering local, regional and national news of the eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Access onsite at State Library.

The British Newspaper Archive