How to videos

Use our How-to videos to guide you through a range of tasks such as becoming a member, using the catalogue and getting started with some great online resources.

How to become a member

1.39 mins
Access more benefits when you become a State Library member. Membership is free. Access is immediate.

Introduction to One Search (catalogue)

4.17 mins
An introduction to searching collections and millions of online resources.

How to access databases

1.29 mins

Find out how to access our research databases.

How to use PressReader

2.18 mins
Discover how to use and access PressReader through your SLQ membership.

Ask Us Webinar Recordings

The Ask Us Webinar series introduces you to different aspects of the information and heritage collections at State Library. Find below recordings from each of our Webinars relating to Information collections, newspapers, heritage collections and family history resources.

Recordings will be added as they become available after each live session.

2022 webinar recordings can be found here.

Ask Us Webinar Series: Introduction to the Images Collections

23:12 mins

A photo really can be worth a thousand words, transporting the viewer to another place and time and giving us a glimpse into events and people’s lives. Discover images in State Library of Queensland’s vast collections – spanning time, in various formats and covering a vast range of subjects.

Recording of a live webinar on 17th January 2023.

Ask Us Webinar Series: Understanding pre-1860 church records

28:22 mins

Dig deep into the intricacy of old church records with Senior Research Librarian Stephanie Ryan. Learn about the range of content available, how they differ from the civil records, about their inconsistency, and develop strategies for searching them.

Webinar recorded Wednesday 22 Febrary 2023.

Ask Us Webinar Series: Parliamentary Papers

34:31 mins

Find valuable information using a source filled with social reports of the day, investigations into wrongdoing, family history stories and the debates on the location of railway lines. All of this and more can be found in the Parliamentary Papers – a contemporaneous account of Queensland society tabled in the Parliament from 1860 to the present day.

Webinar recorded Thursday 9 march 2023

Ask Us Webinar series: Health Resources

24:52 mins

The webinar provides an overview of two health eresources, Gale Health and Wellness and MIMS Online. It aims to equip participants with search skills so they can easily locate reliable health information in either of these eresources.

Webinar recorded Wednesday 19 April 2023.