Collections
Explore the collections held by the State Library of South Australia.
Study resources for students
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Our learning and research librarians have compiled a selection of eResources for students to help with their research.
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Gale Research Complete
Gale Research Complete is full of academic sources. Explore extensive scholarly resource and general collections of full-text journals.
eLibrary
The Guided Research interface is tailored particularly to the student researcher. The resource includes a range of Australian and New Zealand magazines, newspapers, reference and multimedia sources such as ABC transcripts and AAP newswires.
Britannica library
Trusted and verified information with 73,000 articles covering a range of topics for researchers of all ages. Great for school projects.
Informit
Informit is a comprehensive database with full-text articles and indexes detailing research from Australia, New Zealand and the Asia Pacific region. It includes Australian Public Affairs Full Text (APAFT) collection which has a focus on political, economic and social issues.
eBook Central
EBook Central offers a wide range of scholarly eBooks, available to read online or download, covering various subjects such as arts, business, education, health, history, law, literature, religion, philosophy, and social science.
Early Experiences in Australasia: Primary Sources and Personal Narratives 1788-1901
This database offers unique perspectives on the arrival of the first European settlers through to Australian Federation. It incorporates first-person accounts, primary source materials, and supporting images, maps, and photographs to provide context.
The Times Digital Archive 1785-2014
Provided by Gale Primary Sources, this database allows you to search full-text facsimile images, using key words, of every issue of the 'world's newspaper of record’ - The Times - from 1785 to 2014. It includes every page, headline, feature, editorial and advertisement, viewed in its original published context.
Gale in Context: Science
This database integrates Gale's reference content with full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, experiments, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites on a broad range of science topics.
Natural Science Collection
The Natural Science Collection provided by ProQuest offers full-text titles from various fields, including Agriculture and Environmental Science, Biological Science, and Earth, Atmospheric and Aquatic Science.
Australian Public Affairs Full Text (APAFT)
Informit gives you access to APAFT letting you research decisions that shape Australia. Explore current affairs, business, health, economics. humanities, law, literature, politics, and social sciences.
A-Z eresources
We provide free access to a wide variety of eResources that include full-text articles and abstracts, magazines, scholarly journals, eBooks, databases, indexes, newspapers, encyclopedias and more.
Overview
South Australian students can access research sources for personal use and study
- onsite at the Library
- with a Library membership outside of the Library at home or on the go.
The State Library provides home access to eResources including authoritative databases that include journals, magazines, current and historical newspapers on a wide range of subjects including history, science, business, medical and technology. Home access means that registered library users can access these eResources from home. We also have a range of eBooks covering subjects in social sciences, humanities and information technologies.
All South Australian residents are eligible to join the State Library and receive a library card to gain home access to eResources. For non-South Australian residents try searching on Trove.
Join the State Library online or when you visit us, remember to bring along some identification. You can choose to collect your card from the State Library or have it posted to you which can take up to 10 days.
How to search and use databases
The following tutorials will help you use and search specific eResources and databases more effectively:
- Britannica Library Help - reference center
- eLibrary demonstration
- Gale News Vault
- Natural Science Collection
more USEFUL SITES TO help you reSEARCH
Google Advanced Search
Google Advanced Search provides a menu based mechanism to conduct more powerful and effective searches. The menu includes Boolean searches as well as filters to narrow searches by country when a site was last updated, a sector domain or a specific site, where the term appears, and file type.
Google Scholar
Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many subjects and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other websites.
Europeana
Europeana is a portal that acts as an interface to millions of books, paintings, films, museum objects and archival records that have been digitised throughout Europe and contributed by over 2,000 institutions across Europe.
World Digital Library
The World Digital Library provides significant primary materials from cultures around the world, including manuscripts, maps, rare books, musical scores, recordings, films, prints, photographs, architectural drawings, and other significant cultural materials
National Archives of Australia
The National Archives of Australia’s collection covers public records pertaining to Federation, Governors Generals, Prime Ministers, Cabinet and Ministers and most of the activities with which the government has been involved.
Australian War Memorial
The Australian War Memorial is Australia’s national memorial to the members of its armed forces and supporting organisations who have died or participated in wars involving the Commonwealth of Australia. Available records include World War I military personnel, including films, photographs, private archives, art, published works, official records and audio collections.
Internet Archive
A non-profit library providing access to collections of digitised materials, including websites, software, music, movies and public domain books. The Wayback Machine allows archived web pages to be searched and accessed.