Research

Our online catalogue contains information for virtually all material held by the State Library, this guide will help get you on your way to researching.

Get into contact with us and ask a research question! You can live chat with a librarian, submit a research query or call us.

Find out how to gain access to eResources from home.

Research assistance, subject guides and useful resources compiled by the State Library of South Australia.

Find out how to order a copy and/or seek permission to publish one of our collection items.

Learn about copyright in Australia and how it applies to the State Library's collection.

Learn some searching tips from the experts in all things library.

We have put some tips together to help you become a good researcher! Research is an important part of your studies at school and in particular your SACE Research Project.

Learn how to use the basic and advanced search in the National Library of Australia's TROVE website, with a focus on digital newspapers. 

The State Library provides inter-library services for borrowing books or arranging copies from other libraries.

Did you know that South Australia has more than 130 public libraries that work collaboratively to provide a service to all South Australians? Find out more here.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander library collections and services are a fundamental part of the State Library's core business and we operate under national policies for the management of Indigenous services and collections.

Once you have submitted a request for copy orders or an inter-library loan you will be sent an invoice for payment. Payments for copy orders and inter-library loans are made via the South Australian government's payment gateway, iApply forms. Please note that each time a form is opened in a browser a unique string is added to the web address.