Research tools

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

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Search our catalogue

Search for items in our collections by using our:

• online catalogue
• classic catalogue

eResources

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

• in the Library
• from home

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:

• Darragh index
• Cole-Tetlow index

Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria

Browse our digitised collection of the Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, which date back to 1854.

Football record

Browse our digitised collection of the Football record.

Victorian Historical Journal

Explore our digitised Victorian Historical Journals, which date back to 1911.

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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