Agriculture

Access current and authoritative periodical content covering agriculture and its related fields. 

Ancestry.com

Instant access to a wide range of unique resources for genealogical and historical research. In-library access only.

Biography

Discover the world's most influential people by searching narrative biographies, news, magazine, and multimedia content.

Books and Authors

Answer the age-old question, 'What do I read next?' Search and match reading interests to books, authors, genres, or topics. 

Britannica Encyclopaedia

Easy to use, and easy to find trusted information available for Adults, Teens, and Kids levels.

Entrepreneurship

Learn how to start, finance, or manage your small business. Includes sample business plans, how to guides, articles, and more. 

Environmental Studies

Understand environmental issues that affect people globally through topic overviews, journals, news, and multimedia content. 

Find My Past

Provides online access to over 50 million records from Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Islands and Papua New Guinea. In-library access only.

Gardening and Horticulture

Find millions of articles on the practical and scientific aspects of horticulture studies. For all horticultural enthusiasts. 

General OneFile

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

Global Issues

Analyze important global issues and events through topic overviews, international viewpoints, news, and multimedia content. 

Health and Wellness

Access full-text medical journals, magazines, reference works, multimedia, and much more. 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 for researchers of all levels.

Home Improvement

Search home improvement topics such as architectural techniques, tool and material selection, zoning requirements, and more.

Hospitality and Tourism

Discover well-rounded coverage of both the historical and current state of affairs in the hospitality and tourism industries. 

.id the Population Experts

The Upper Lachlan Shire's demographic information resource informs community groups, investors, business, students and the general public about the characteristics of Upper Lachlan's population and how they are changing. Learn more about about Upper Lachlan's community profile, social characteristics, population forecast and economic profile. 

Internet History Resources

This database contains over 30,000 records of the people who lived and worked in NSW from 1850 to 1920. Note: Some records require an additional paid membership to gain access.

Literature

Gale In Context: Literature provides the context high school students need to connect with literature and achieve outcomes in English language arts. 

Literature Resource Centre

Find up-to-date biographies, overviews, full-text criticisms, audio interviews, and reviews on writers from all eras. 

National Geographic Virtual Library 

Browse this cross-searchable platform for research insight from journalism's most trusted name in exploration and discovery. 

National Geographic Kids

Explore amazing adventures in science, nature, culture, archaeology, and space. 

News

Access major newspapers online to search articles instantly by title, headline, date, or other fields. Includes Australian News Limited and Fairfax newspapers

Nursing and Allied Health

Research full-text titles cited in CINAHL and other resources to support specialized care, treatment, and patient management.

Opposing Viewpoints

Find overviews, news, and opinions on hundreds of today's important social issues. 

Plan Builder

Grow, plan, and optimize a business/nonprofit. Utilize development tools and a step-by-step process to build a business plan.

Science

Understand context for hundreds of science topics through overviews, journals, news, interactive experiments, and more

Science - Interactive

Manipulate 3D interactive models to visualize and understand concepts in biology, chemistry, earth, and space science. 

Smithsonian Collection Online

The Smithsonian, America’s foremost research and education institution, has partnered with Gale to launch a series of collections from Smithsonian’s vast archives. This partnership has yielded collections covering American history, culture and innovation. 

Trove

Trove provides access to over 490 million Australian resources including books, images, historic newspapers, maps and more. 

Who Else Writes Like ...?

Who Else writes like...? is designed to help anyone who enjoys reading fiction to expand the number of writers they read. 

World History

Uncover information on hundreds of the most significant people, events, and topics in world history from a variety of sources.

State Library of NSW eResources

Access a large range of online resources including databases, journals and e-books.

Drug Info @ your library

Drug info @ your library is a joint initiative of NSW Health and the State Library of NSW. The website is provides up to date information about drugs and alcohol and information about drugs and the law.

The Library also holds a book collection of books and a pamphlet/factsheet collection on a range of drug and alcohol topics. Contact us for further information about this collection.

Find Legal Answers

The Find Legal Answers website provides up to date and easy to understand information about the law in NSW. The site also includes a directory of legal services and support where you obtain assistance.

Each of our Libraries hold a Find Legal Answers Tool Kit which consists of a range of books about the law. Some of these books are reference only and can be viewed in the Library.