Britannica Library is an online encyclopedia specifically designed to provide accurate information in an age-appropriate format. Articles are available in three levels—Kids, Teens or Adults—and include images, videos, maps, related articles, citations and research tips. There’s even an option to ‘read aloud’.

How to access: Launch Britannica Library and follow the prompts to log in using your Library card number.

This online version of the price guide includes over 300,000 items offers and is now fully indexed to enable you to quickly locate the type of items you are seeking prices on. All antiques and collectables in this database include a professionally photographed image, and have been sourced from actual  auction sales in Australia and New Zealand.

How to access: Launch Carter's Price Guide to Antiques & Collectables and follow the prompts to log in using your Library card number.

Haynes All Access is a library of digitised Haynes car and bike repair manuals that can be accessed from your home computer, tablet, or mobile phone. With an user-friendly interface and simple search function, Haynes makes it easy to find the right repair manual for your vehicle.

How to access: Launch Haynes and follow the prompts to log in using your Library card number.

Transparent Language Online provides an effective and engaging experience for language learners looking to build their vocabulary, practice their listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills, and maintain what they learn.  With courses and supplemental resources in 110+ languages, Transparent Language Online can be accessed anytime, anywhere, on almost any device.

An engaging user-friendly portal which merges Gale's authoritative reference content with periodicals and multimedia to give extensive coverage of the lives of the world's most influential people.

How to access: Launch Gale In Context: Biography and follow the prompts to log in using your Library card number.

This database offers new ways to explore the endless possibilities and combinations of books, authors, genres and topics. The ideal convergence of science and serendipity, and backed by a team of hand-picked, genre experts, Books and Authors connects readers with books guiding readers from every level of reading proficiency to books that match their interests.

How to access: Launch Gale Books and Authors and follow the prompts to log in using your Library card number.

Gain insight on issues in administration, funding, and policy. Best for educators, administrators, and education students.

How to access: Launch Gale OneFile: Educator's Reference Complete and follow the prompts to log in using your Library card number.

Search millions of articles about drama, music, art history, and filmmaking. Diverse resource for serious fine arts students.

How to access: Launch Gale OneFile: Fine Arts and follow the prompts to log in using your Library card number.

Access general interest magazines and key serials in a single resource. Best for general research.

How to access: Launch Gale General OneFile and follow the prompts to log in using your Library card number.

A wealth of authoritative content, relating to important topics that affect people around the world. From global warming, to food safety, to health care access, and the impact of economic development on international relations, today's important environmental issues are shaping the global future.

How to access: Launch Gale In Context: Environmental Studies and follow the prompts to log in using your Library card number.

Integrates news, global viewpoints, reference materials, country information, primary source documents, videos, statistics, and more to provide perspective and enable analysis and understanding on the most important issues of the modern world.

How to access: Launch Gale In Context: Global Issues and follow the prompts to log in using your Library card number.

Access to thousands of full-text medical journals, periodicals, reference works and multimedia with health information carefully compiled by trusted professionals. Ideal for researchers at all levels; this comprehensive consumer health resource provides authoritative information on the full range of health-related issues, from current disease and disorder information to in-depth coverage of alternative medical practices.

How to access: Launch Gale Health and Wellness Resource and follow the prompts to log in using your Library card number.

Biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism, and reviews on more than 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods, and from around the world. Full-text critical and literary analysis for a broad range of authors and their works provides researchers with evidence to support their literary responses and theses.

How to access: Launch Gale Literature Resource Centre and follow the prompts to log in using your Library card number.

Access to the complete archive of National Geographic magazine — every page of every issue — along with a cross-searchable collection of books, maps, images, and videos.

How to access: Launch National Geographic Virtual Library and follow the prompts to log in using your Library card number.

Brings balance and perspective to every controversy using targeted arguments from recognised subject-matter experts and respected journalistic sources, combined with reference articles, interactive maps, and infographics, covering today's social issues.

How to access: Launch Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints and follow the prompts to log in using your Library card number.

Access academic journals and magazines covering the fields of physical therapy, physical fitness, and sports medicine.

How to access: Launch Gale OneFile: Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine and follow the prompts to log in using your Library card number.

Access scholarly journals and magazines that both analyze and contribute to popular culture.

How to access: Launch Gale OneFile: Pop Culture Studies and follow the prompts to log in using your Library card number.

Access to more than 2,300 major world newspapers, and includes thousands of images, radio and TV broadcasts and transcripts , allowing users to search articles instantly by title, headline, date, author, and many other fields.

How to access: Launch Gale OneFile: News and follow the prompts to log in using your Library card number.

A comprehensive view of the most-studied science subjects. Authoritative, high-quality digital content is paired with interactive 3D models with functionality including zooming in, rotating, or pulling them apart.

How to access: Launch Gale Interactive: Science and follow the prompts to log in using your Library card number.

Merges full-text magazine, journal, and news articles; experiments, images, videos, audio files; and links to vetted websites to integrate pure information with today’s headlines and videos and showing how scientific disciplines relate to real-world issues. For practical experience, more than 200 experiments and projects are included, ranging from simple to complex.

How to access: Launch Gale In Context: Science and follow the prompts to log in using your Library card number.

Takes learners from the ancient world to today's headlines, delivering a chronicle of the great cultures and societies that have formed the history of the human race. Rare primary sources, reliable reference, and multi-media content put this vast topic into context for students.

How to access: Launch Gale In Context: World History and follow the prompts to log in using your Library card number.

Access balanced coverage of events in world history and scholarly work being established in the field.

How to access: Launch Gale OneFile: World History and follow the prompts to log in using your Library card number.

Australian Book Review (ABR) is one of Australia’s leading cultural magazines. Created in 1961, it publishes reviews, essays, commentaries and new creative writing. ABR is a fully independent non-profit organisation.

How to access: Launch ABR while on a library PC or while connected to the free public Wi-Fi.

Choice is the leading consumer advocacy group in Australia providing impartial reviews of products available on the market in Australia. Library members can access Choice magazine for free.

How to access: In-Libraries only. See staff for assistance to log in.

A vast collection of historical British newspapers, with fully searchable pages.

How to access: Launch British Newspaper Archive while on a library PC or while connected to the free public Wi-Fi.

Provides up-to-date pamphlets, guides and information about alcohol and drugs. A joint initiative of NSW Health and the State Library of NSW. Information is also available at the Library in pamphlet form.

Information about the law in NSW. The State Library NSW provides free legal information. Access full-text books including The Law Handbook, as well as comprehensive information and advice for legal studies students and the general public.

Internet Archive is a free site that offers access to researchers, historians, scholars and members of the public to historical collections that exist in digital format.

Provides access to freely available resources, and licenced resources.  Locate indexes, full-text eJournals, websites and guides available on a range of topics.

How to access: Go to National Library of Australia website and log in using your NLA card number.

Non-commercial access to Australian Standards - for personal, domestic or household use.Reader Room is an initiative by Standards Australia which provides limited, no-fee access to the entire catalogue of Australian Standards for non-commercial purposes.

Your Hawkesbury Library Service card can now provide access to the State Library of NSW online resources, including local and international newspapers, full-text journals, magazines, online databases and eBooks.

How to access: Go to State Library of NSW online resources website and create an account using your Hawkesbury Library Service card number.

On May 27, 1967, Australians voted in a referendum to change how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people were referred to in the Constitution. Explore these personal stories, opinions and historical recordings of what happened.