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.

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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.

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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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Newsbank Access Global

Includes all local newspaper from AccessAustralia, plus selected international news sources from all continents of the world, with coverage commencing as early as the 1980s through to today.

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The Sydney Morning Herald Archive

Contains 820,000 pages in almost 13,000 issues of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Sun-Herald, spanning January 1st, 1955 to February 2nd, 1995.

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