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Access to databases from home

The following selection of databases is available for access from home for residents of New South Wales.

To participate you must be a New South Wales resident and must also be registered as a State Library client. If you are not a registered client of the Library, you can apply online. You will need to allow up to 10 days to receive your Reader's Card before you can use these databases from home.

Select the log in button for one of the databases to begin searching. You will be asked to enter your Reader's card number and password and to read and agree to the conditions of access.

Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO) Nearly 150,000 English-language titles and editions published between 1701 and 1800.	log in
Early English Books Online (EEBO) An ongoing project of the full text of publications in the English language produced by printing presses in England and its colonies between 1473-1700.	log in
Film Indexes Online Brings together Film Index International and the AFI (American Film Institute) Catalog, providing full international coverage of films and film personalities from over 170 countries.	log in
Health and Wellness Resource Centre Fulltext medical encyclopaedia, alternative health encyclopaedia, medical dictionary and drug and herb information. Also includes fulltext magazines, journals and pamphlets from a wide variety of authoritative medical sources.	log in
House of Commons Parliamentary Papers Search the index to the British House of Commons parliamentary papers between 1801–2004. Full text to these papers is available for the period 1801–1945. It will be progressively updated until the 20th century is completed. Includes discussions and correspondence about former British colonies.	log in
INFORMIT Online Provides online access to a wide range of Australian, Asia and Pacific research and information resources covering social sciences, education, law, criminology, film studies, health, medicine, accounting and economics, business, management, drug information, and sport.	log in
Literature Resource Center An online collection of traditional literary reference works, contemporary literary criticism on authors and their works, current journal articles plus other resources.	log in
ProQuest 5000 A multidisciplinary collection of 19 separate databases indexing the contents of 7,900 journals and the full text of articles from 3,900 journals. The subject coverage is from the humanities to the pure and applied sciences, and the geographic coverage is international.	log in
includes: ProQuest Australia and New Zealand Newsstand ProQuest Australia and New Zealand Newsstand is an online news service including the full text of more than 25 newspapers and transcripts from the ABC and BBC. Newspapers include the Sydney Morning Herald and other Fairfax and News Limited titles. log in
ProQuest Historical Newspapers Includes searchable full text, page and article images of : Chicago Tribune (1849 - 1985) Christian Science Monitor (1908 - 1993) Los Angeles Times (1881 - 1985) New York Times (1851 - 2001) Wall Street Journal (1889 - 1989) Washington Post (1877 - 1990)	log in
Times Digital Archive 1785-1985 The London Times newspaper including all articles, advertisements and illustrations/photos and divided into categories to facilitate searching.	log in