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Ancestry Library Edition
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Online Databases
Blue Mountains City Library staff have selected web sites in a number of subject areas which are considered to be of high information value and representative of their field. Click on the links below to view links in a particular subject area.
NSW.net Accessed Databases
NSW.net supplies public libraries with free access for all branches to the following databases. These databases are available from all library PCs, no password required and some are available from home PCs. Select Blue Mountains Library in the top right hand corner and click "go".
- Australia/NZ Reference Centre
Australia and New Zealand specific magazines, newspapers and news wires, reference books and company information providing local perspectives on current events, business, sports, and many other subjects. Available from all library PCs (no password required) or from your home PC using your library card barcode to enter. - MasterFILE Premier
Designed specifically for public libraries, the MasterFILE Premier database provides full text for more than 2,100 general reference publications with full text information dating as far back as 1975. Covering virtually every subject area of general interest, MasterFILE Premier also includes nearly 650 full text reference books, 84,074 biographies, 86,135 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 107,135 photos, maps and flags. - Consumer Health Complete (Access via the ANZ Reference Centre link)
A comprehensive resource for consumer-oriented health information, covering topics such as aging, cancer, diabetes, drugs and alcohol, fitness, nutrition and dietetics, children's health, men and women's health, etc. Available from all library PCs (no password required) or from your home PC using your library card barcode to enter. - Science Reference Center
Science Reference Center provides easy access to a multitude of full text science oriented content. Contains full text for 640 science encyclopaedias, reference books, periodicals. Topics covered include: biology, chemistry, earth and space science, environmental science, health and medicine, history of science, life science, physics, science and society, scientists, technology and wildlife. - Literary Reference Centre (Access via the ANZ Reference Centre link)
Intended for public, academic and high school libraries, the primary goal of LRC is to assist high school and undergraduate English and Humanities students with homework and research assignments of a literary nature. - Novelist (Access via the ANZ Reference Centre link)
A fiction database that provides subject heading access, reviews, annotations, and much more for over 135,000 fiction titles. It also includes other content of interest to fiction readers, such as Author Read-alikes, What We're Reading, Book Discussion Guides, BookTalks, and Annotated Book Lists. - GreenFILE
GreenFILE offers well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on the environmental effects of individuals, corporations and local/national governments, and what can be done at each level to minimize these effects. Multidisciplinary by nature, GreenFILE draws on the connections between the environment and a variety of disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology. Topics covered include global climate change, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. - Standards Australia Online Public Library Service (Public network access)
A comprehensive online collection of International and Australian standards, many with full text coverage. Where copyright of a standard is not held by Standards Australia full text is not available, however, instructions on how it might be purchased are normally provided. Available from all library PCs (no password required).
Other Online Databases
- Britannica Online Library Edition
Home Access
Library Access
Encyclopaedia Britannica Online Library Edition offers three libraries: Encyclopaedia Britannica for adults, Britannica Student for high school students, and Britannica Junior for primary school students. Each provides a suite of features to browse the corresponding encyclopaedia as well as standard searching options. - Magpies: The Source
Access this children's literature online database from any library PC by clicking on "Login to The Source with an IP address". Then search for books and poems by title (or first line for poems), author, subject, genre, or age suitability; or search the awards DB for winning titles and authors. - Auslit
AustLit is a non-profit collaboration between eight Australian Universities and the National Library of Australia providing authoritative information on hundreds of thousands of creative and critical Australian literature works relating to more than 75,000 Australian authors and literary organisations. Its coverage spans 1780 to the present day and describes Australian literature published in a range of print and electronic information sources. It also makes available selected critical articles and creative writing in full text. - New South Wales Family History Document Service's Internet History Resources
IHR provides you with images of historical documents which contain information which can help you trace people who lived and worked in New South Wales during the period 1850 - 1920. These records complement and build on information you can obtain from the Pioneers and Births, Deaths and Marriages indexes and the Genealogical Research Kit. The service provides records in the following categories - 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. We will add to the present selection as material becomes available. Research into more record sources is continuing. - Ancestry Library Edition
Ancestry Library Edition is a new genealogy research tool created for the library market, providing patrons with instant access to a wide range of unique resources for genealogical and historical research.
Please Note: This database can only be accessed via a public PC within a Blue Mountains City Library branch.
With more than 1.5 billion names in over 4,000 databases, Ancestry Library Edition includes records from the United States Census; military records; court, land and probate records; vital and church records; directories; passenger lists and more! These collections are continuously expanding, with new content added every business day. Through this site, you can:- Cross-search thousands of databases by single or multiple elements.
- Jump directly to specific collections or databases.
- Browse collections by state, province or country.
- Browse original, full-text digital images in the census, immigration and military collections.
- Download digital images in JPEG and GIF formats for more extensive viewing and printing.
- Download helpful census extraction forms, ancestral charts, family group sheets, and more.
- Instantly retrieve a list of genealogy databases posted or updated recently.
- Good Reading Online
Home Access
Library Access
An Australian resource with information on “Everything About Books” including thousands of easy to read independent book reviews and lots of interesting Australian and International articles, author profiles, stories on writers’ houses, bookshops, short stories, book trivia and more. Available from all library PCs (no password required) or from your home PC using your library card barcode to enter.