Electronic resources

Mosman Library subscribes to electronic resources to help you with your assignments and research. All are available in the Library and some are available from home or work via the internet. You will need a current Mosman Library membership card to access them from home or work.

By using these resources, you can be sure that the information you find is current and authoritative.

Certain databases are accessible only from the PCs at Mosman Library, where staff will help you log-in. Others are available from home or work via the internet, but may require you to enter your Mosman Library card number .

Ancestry Library Edition

Ancestry Library Edition has access to US and UK census records US Birth, Marriage and Death records and UK and Ireland Parish and Probate records, UK and US Directories from 1680 – 1930 and much more. Search through four billion names!

ANZ Reference Centre / MasterFILE Preminer / Consumer Health Complete / Science Reference Cente / Literary Reference Centre / NoveList

ANZ Reference Centre
ANZ Reference Centre is a general database of Australian and international content with articles in health, current affairs, science, social science, business and literature.

MasterFILE Premier
MasterFILE Premier provides full text for more than 2,100 general reference publications with full text information dating as far back as 1975. MasterFILE Premier also includes 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
Consumer Health Complete contains full text articles covering all areas of health and wellness from mainstream medicine to many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated medicine. Topics include ageing, cancer, diabetes, drugs and alcohol, fitness, nutrition and dietetics and women’s, children’s and men’s health.

Science Reference Center
Science Reference Center provides easy access to a multitude of full text science oriented content. Contains full text for 640 science encyclopedias, reference books, and journals. 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 Center
Literary Reference Center provides full text information on authors and their works from a combination of sources including books, encyclopedias and journals. Includes plot summaries, critical essays, reviews, poems and author biographies. Search by author, title, subject or literary genre, or browse publications and most read authors.

NoveList
NoveList – Looking for a good book? Use NoveList to look for books by author, title, series, plot description or level of readership (children, young adults, adults etc). Use the Read-Alikes feature to find other authors who write like your favourite author. Includes plot summaries, genre and theme based lists, discussion guides for book clubs, book talks and details of awards.

AustLit: The Resource for Australian Literature

  • AustLit – access from Mosman Library only

A rich storehouse of information about Australian writers and writing. Provides authoritative information on hundreds of thousands of creative and critical Australian literature works.

The majority of AustLit records provide citation and library holdings information for printed works rather than access to full text. Full text for critical works, reviews and some creative works is being selectively and progressively added.

Australian History, Ancient and Modern History

This electronic resource is full of Australian content and contains major titles adapted for online use. Original source documents are included as well as documentaries and video footage. Topics covered are: Australian history, On this day in Australian history, World War I History, World War II History and History of the Modern and Ancient World.

Australian Public Affairs Information Service

Search an online collection of scanned images of the top 200 Australian journals indexed in APAIS – the Australian Public Affairs Information Service – produced by the National Library of Australia.

Books and Authors

Explore the latest genre fiction, essential non-fiction and the authors behind the titles. Browse these and other works, using tools that make finding them and remembering them easy.

Too many books to remember? No problem – just save them to a list in your own personal Reading Room. My Reading Room lets you save and modify reading lists, reviews you’ve written, book lists you’ve created, and much more!

Read-A-Like wizard: give us a book you like, and we’ll suggest books to read next, based on subject, author, genre and more!

Bowker’s Global Books in Print

Bowker’s Global Books in Print gathers information from publishers all over the world. Bowker is the most authoritative source for all English-language title information as the ISBN Agency for the US and Australia.

With Global Books in Print comes Fiction Connection, Readers’ advisory at its best. Use Fiction Connection to locate fiction suggestions based on a title that you already enjoy. Or, take advantage of the broad category search featuring topic, genre, setting, character, location, and timeframe.

Dun & Bradstreet Business Who’s Who of Australia

Information on Australian Business: directors and key personnel; web addresses and e-mail; tradenames and agencies; full contact information; revenue and employee numbers and rankings; line of business and product ranges; who owns whom and SIC codes.

Extra features include the ability to sort a search result by name, state, postcode, revenue or employee numbers. You can view the full company details, browse through records by their relationship links and visit a company’s website.

Electric Library

Electric Library provides information updated daily. You can search magazines, books, newspapers, images, maps and TV and radio transcripts. The Mosman Daily is indexed at Electric Library. It is possible to limit searches to publication, date, and title of article and author.

Encyclopaedia Britannica Online

One of the most authoritative information resources in the world with access to over 73,000 articles, more than 2,000 videos, full text magazine and journal articles and over 200,000 websites which have been reviewed and rated by the editors allowing you to expand your search over the internet.

Good Reading

  • Good Reading – access from outside the Library using your Mosman Library card

Good Reading Online is a unique and exciting new Australian resource that contains a wide variety of interesting information on everything about books including reviews, author profiles and stories, bookshops, short stories, book trivia and much more.

Oxford Reference Online: Premium Collection

A vast online reference library that combines the rich and scholarly resources offered by titles in the Oxford Companion series with authoritative, quick reference coverage of the full subject spectrum from Art to Zoology. It also includes the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations. English Dictionaries and bilingual dictionaries of French, German, Spanish and Italian as well as 6,000 full colour images and 500+ full colour maps and flags.

Standards Australia Online Public Library Service

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.