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

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

Access balanced coverage of events in world history and scholarly work being established in the field.

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

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

Britannica Library is a safe, up-to-date and age-appropriate information resource for patrons of all ages. Discover encyclopedia articles, journals and periodicals, multimedia, primary sources, atlas, dictionary and other resources that support research at all levels.

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

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

Compare global economies, countries, and industries with in-depth analysis on over 400,000 companies.

 This database provides you with unlimited use of the world's favourite repair manuals, including 200+ jobs in every manual and 1000 videos covering common tasks on a range of vehicles. 

In partnership with Cessnock City Library, Aussie Driver provides a range of helpful resources, practice tests and simulators to prepare you for your Driver Knowledge Test and RTA Exam. 

Log in here to access Ancestry Library edition from home. Access to this resource has been temporarily extended to Library card holders working remotely, courtesy of Proquest and its partner Ancestry.  Ancestry Library can help you get started on your family history research. Access the complete content from the world's largest online genealogy resource, free to library users.

Find My Past can help you trace your ancestry and build a family tree by researching extensive birth records, census data, obituaries and more. At home access to Find My Past is ending soon, with in-library only access from 18 November 2021.
 

Internet History Resources contains over 30,000 pages of online records for family history research in New South Wales, Australia. This resource is only accessible in the Library. 

Search millions of articles about drama, music, art history, and filmmaking. Diverse resource for serious fine arts students.

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.

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

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

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

Trove is a collaboration between the National Library of Australia and hundreds of Partner organisations around Australia. It contains a huge database including archives, images, newspapers, official documents and manuscripts. It's an excellent resource for family historians looking to search for family photos and pictures.

The State Library of New South Wales is a large reference and research library open to the public. It is the oldest library in Australia, being the first library established in New South Wales.

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

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

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

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

Access comprehensive periodical content with a focus on Australia and New Zealand, complemented by global news, reference, and multimedia coverage. 

Research the impact of religion on culture throughout history, including literature, arts, and language.

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

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

Investigate environmental issues with diverse perspectives from the scientific community, policymakers, and corporate interests.

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