Access to databases from home
The following selection of databases is available for access from home for residents of New South Wales.
To participate you must be a New South Wales resident and must also be registered as a State Library client. If you are not a registered client of the Library, you can apply online. You will need to allow up to 10 days to receive your Reader's Card before you can use these databases from home.
Select the log in button for one of the databases to begin searching. You will be asked to enter your Reader's card number and password and to read and agree to the conditions of access.
17th-18th century Burney Collection NewspapersThe 17th-18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers collections contains one million newspaper pages with titles from London, British Isles, and colonies. Included in the collection are newspapers, newsbooks, Acts of Parliament, addresses, broadsides, pamphlets and proclamations. |
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19th Century British Library NewspapersThe 19th Century British Library Newspapers collection contains 48 newspapers (two million newspaper pages) selected by the British Library from national and regional newspapers, as well as those from both established country or university towns, the Midlands region, Scotland, Ireland and Wales. |
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Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO)Nearly 150,000 English-language titles and editions published between 1701 and 1800. |
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Early English Books Online (EEBO)An ongoing project of the full text of publications in the English language produced by printing presses in England and its colonies between 1473-1700. |
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Film Indexes OnlineBrings together Film Index International and the AFI (American Film Institute) Catalog, providing full international coverage of films and film personalities from over 170 countries. |
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Health and Wellness Resource CentreFulltext medical encyclopaedia, alternative health encyclopaedia, medical dictionary and drug and herb information. Also includes fulltext magazines, journals and pamphlets from a wide variety of authoritative medical sources. |
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House of Commons Parliamentary PapersSearch the index to the British House of Commons parliamentary papers between 1801–2004. Full text to these papers is available for the period 1801–1945. It will be progressively updated until the 20th century is completed. Includes discussions and correspondence about former British colonies. |
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INFORMIT OnlineProvides online access to a wide range of Australian, Asia and Pacific research and information resources covering social sciences, education, law, criminology, film studies, health, medicine, accounting and economics, business, management, drug information, and sport. |
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Literature Resource CenterAn online collection of traditional literary reference works, contemporary literary criticism on authors and their works, current journal articles plus other resources. |
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ProQuest 5000A multidisciplinary collection of 19 separate databases indexing the contents of 7,900 journals and the full text of articles from 3,900 journals. The subject coverage is from the humanities to the pure and applied sciences, and the geographic coverage is international. |
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ProQuest Historical NewspapersIncludes searchable full text, page and article images of :
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Times Digital Archive 1785-1985The London Times newspaper including all articles, advertisements and illustrations/photos and divided into categories to facilitate searching. |
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