Databases
Access full-text databases of information for research or study.
State Library of NSW e-Resources
Your North Western Regional Library card can now provide access to the State Library of NSW online resources, including local and international newspapers, full-text journals, magazines, online databases, eBooks, and eAudiobooks. Register and login using your library card number.
Ancestry Library Edition
Resources for genealogical and historical research. Includes over 4000 databases containing records from Australia, US, UK, NZ, Canada, Europe and more.
Drug info @ your library
Provides current information about alcohol and drugs on this website and through local public libraries in NSW.
Find Legal Answers
Provides access to current legal information. The Find Legal Answers service is coordinated by the Legal Information Access Centre (LIAC), State library of NSW.
Gale Business: Insights
Research global companies and industries with in-depth analysis through current news, statistical data, and comprehensive reports.
Gale General OneFile
Access general interest magazines and key serials in a single resource. Best for general research.
Gale In Context: Literature
Gain a deeper understanding of literary texts through a wide variety of contextual resources like videos, images, infographics, eBooks and more.
Gale In Context: World History
Uncover information on hundreds of the most significant people, events, and topics in world history from a variety of sources.
Gale Interactive: Science
Manipulate 3D interactive models to visualize and understand concepts in biology, chemistry, earth, and space science.
Gale OneFile: Agriculture
Access current and authoritative periodical content covering agriculture and its related fields.
Gale OneFile: Australia and New Zealand
Access comprehensive periodical content with a focus on Australia and New Zealand, complemented by global news, reference, and…
Gale OneFile: Fine Arts
Search millions of articles about drama, music, art history, and filmmaking. Diverse resource for serious fine arts students.
Gale OneFile: Gardening and Horticulture
Find millions of articles on the practical and scientific aspects of horticulture studies. For all horticultural enthusiasts.
Gale OneFile: Information Science
Access articles covering all aspects of managing and maintaining information and technology. Updated daily.
Gale OneFile: Vocations and Careers
Research a vocation, find an appropriate institution of learning, and get assistance on job searches and maintaining a career.
Global Issues (Gale)
A database designed to support global awareness. Authoritative content empowers learners to critically analyse and understand the most important issues of the modern world.
Health and Wellness (Gale)
Search a full range of health-related issues, from current disease and disorder information to alternative medical practices.
Literature Resource Centre (Gale)
Offers the broadest and most representative range of authors and their works, including a large collection of full-text critical and literary analysis.
National Geographic Kids (Gale)
Explore amazing adventures in science, nature, culture, archaeology, and space.
National Geographic Virtual Library (Gale)
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.
OneFile News (Gale)
Full-text newspaper resource allows users to search articles instantly by title, headline, date, author, and many other fields. OneFile: News provides access to more than 2,300 major world newspapers (493 Australian Newspapers), and includes thousands of images, radio and TV broadcasts and transcripts.
Opposing Viewpoints (Gale)
Database designed to support science, social studies, current events, and language arts presents each side of important issues and empowers learners to develop information literacy and critical thinking skills.
Science (Gale)
Database designed to support science, social studies, current events, and language arts presents each side of important issues and empowers learners to develop information literacy and critical thinking skills.
Smithsonian Collections Online (Gale)
Search rare nineteenth and twentieth-century archives on topics like the evolving modes of flight, World's Fairs, and more.
Trove
With millions of items, this is an unrivalled repository of Australian material for all Australians. Whether you are tracing your family history, doing professional research, reading for pleasure, teaching or studying, Trove can help.