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Informit Explore is an Australian research and learning database designed for public libraries, offering trusted information for secondary and tertiary students and all lifelong learners. It provides access to millions of authoritative articles, a strong First Nations focus and curated topics aligned with the Australian curriculum to support research and critical thinking.
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Log in using your library card number and enjoy exploring and building your knowledge in a range of topical and current subject areas.
Easy access to online information for students, with thousands of engaging articles, multimedia activities, educational games, activities and projects. From early learning to advanced research, there’s something for every student.
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Simply go to the website and log in with your library card number.
An online encyclopedia for all ages with fact-checked articles and lots of illustrations, audio, video, infographics and other media.
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Log in with your library card and create a free Britannica account to save searches, articles and images for later.
Aimed at high school and university students, Proquest eLibrary features books, newspapers, magazines, reference and multimedia sources, including over 150 Australian and New Zealand newspaper titles.
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Log in using your library card. Click on the link for eLibrary to browse by subject to find information for your assignments or personal interest, or ProQuest Platform to search for scholarly journals.
Gale’s largest general-interest periodical resource, Gale General OneFile, provides periodical and news information through an intuitive, user-friendly search interface for researchers at all levels.
Access general interest magazines and key serials in a single resource. Best for general research.
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Log in using your library card. Search, click and read on your computer or tablet. Gale Databases do not save your links or articles after your session, so be sure to download or send links and articles to your email, Onedrive or Google account before you end your session.
Find overviews, news and opinions on hundreds of today's important social issues. Designed to support science, social studies, current events, and language arts, presenting each side of important issues and empowering learners to develop information literacy and critical thinking skills.
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Log in using your library card. Search, click and read on your computer or tablet. Gale Database do not save your links or articles after your session, so be sure to download or send links and articles to your email, Onedrive or Google account before you end your session.
A database designed to support global awareness. Analyse important global issues and events through topic overviews, international viewpoints, news and multimedia content. Authoritative content empowers learners to critically analyse and understand the most important issues of the modern world.
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Log in using your library card. Search, click and read on your computer or tablet. Gale Database do not save your links or articles after your session, so be sure to download or send links and articles to your email, Onedrive or Google account before you end your session.
Discover the world's most influential people by searching narrative biographies, news, magazine and multimedia content. Over 650,000 biographical entries cover a range of historically significant figures and present-day newsmakers.
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Log in using your library card. Search, click and read on your computer or tablet. Gale Database do not save your links or articles after your session, so be sure to download or send links and articles to your email, Onedrive or Google account before you end your session.
Want to know more about anything? Or learn everything about everything?! The State Library of New South Wales has extensive online databases, which are free for you to use as a member of Canterbury Bankstown Libraries.
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Visit their eResources page and use your CBCity library card (or any NSW public library card) to access individual resources.
Browse and search this free service from the National Library of Australia. Look for primary sources, images, newspapers, gazettes, journals, maps, magazines, and more. Search Trove to locate books and other physical items held in libraries and organisations around Australia.
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Head to their page and just start searching. Choose the type of source you want, to narrow down your search.