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Britannica Library - The Award-Winning Resource for Children and Adults. Easy to use, and easy to find trusted information. Choose the appropriate level for you - kids, teens or adults.

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Explore amazing adventures in science, nature, culture, archaeology, and space. Use this separate link children’s dedicated computers.

World Book Online offers easy-to-read articles and a wealth of engaging multimedia, games, science projects, interactive tools, and activities for young people through to content and features designed for homework and research needs.

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Find Legal Answers is a State Library of NSW initiative, providing free legal information to the community of New South Wales.

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

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

Access leading business and technical publications in the computer, telecommunications, and electronics industries.

Find a variety of information from major cooking and nutrition magazines as well as key reference titles.

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

Access articles covering all aspects of managing and maintaining information and technology. Updated daily.

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

Use your Bourke Public Library card to access eResources from the State Library of NSW.

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Internet History Resources provides over 30,000 pages of online records for family history research contain information which can help you trace people who lived and worked in New South Wales during the period 1850 – 1920. Including information on Directories, Electoral Rolls, Miners and Mining Leases, Land Purchasers and Lessees, Farmers, Graziers, Shearers and Station Hands, Other Occupations Including Civil Servants, Teachers etc., Voters, Petitioners, Friendly Society Members etc.

Trove will help you find resources thoughout Australia and overseas libraries including books, journals, pictures, music, maps, newspapers and electronic documents.
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