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Find information, books, photographs, manuscripts, maps, audiovisual material and more through our online catalogues, databases, guides and indexes.

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Search for items in our collections by using our:

eJournals, ebooks & CD-ROMs

Search for journal and newspaper articles, ebooks, CD-ROMs and other online resources:

You can also browse the A-Z listing of ejournal titles subscribed to by the Library.

Research guides

Our research guides are created by expert librarians to help you get the most from the Library's collections.

Australiana index

Search for references to Victorian biographical and local history sources.

Victoria Government Gazette

Explore historical gazettes from and about Victoria, dating from 1836 to 1997.

Family history indexes

Useful resources for genealogists include the:

Football record

Search or browse our digitised collection of the Football record.

World War I unit histories

These unit histories contain digitised descriptions of battles, listings of soldiers, letters and photographs relating to various World War I military units.

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