What is Libraries Australia search?

Release Notes

Libraries Australia is the redeveloped Kinetica service. Search the Australian National Bibliographic Database and/or other databases using either a Simple or Advanced Search option. Command search is also available.

The service not only searches for an item, identifies its bibliographic details, and locates a library in Australia that holds it, but it enables you to "get" the item, either through interlibrary loans, photocopies (such as the CopiesDirect service) or links to online documents (e.g. reports). You can also link to a range of online bookshops.

Libraries Australia is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week at:
http://librariesaustralia.nla.gov.au/

Who Uses Libraries Australia?

Libraries that are members of Libraries Australia, and members of the public who register as individual clients can use Libraries Australia. Many libraries also allow their end users to search Libraries Australia through their accounts. Members include national, state, academic, special and public libraries from all states and territories.

Payment

Libraries and individual clients pay a one-off charge to join Libraries Australia. Details of the costs, which are recommended by the Libraries Australia Advisory Committee, can be found on the Libraries Australia website: http://www.nla.gov.au/librariesaustralia/charges.html

For further information on charges as they apply to searching Libraries Australia, please see the Libraries Australia FAQ

Training

Training enables users to search more efficiently, thereby saving time and money. Face-to-face courses are run by accredited Libraries Australia Training Service Providers, mainly in the capital cities. Access details of Libraries Australia Training Service Providers and scheduled courses at: http://www.nla.gov.au/librariesaustralia/events.html#training. Users can also work their way through the Libraries Australia Manual located at: http://www.nla.gov.au/librariesaustralia/manuals.html

We maintain a page of useful Tips and Tricks for using Libraries Australia at: http://www.nla.gov.au/librariesaustralia/latips.html

Keeping Up-To-Date

Detailed, up-to-date information about developments in Libraries Australia can be found on the Libraries Australia website at:
http://www.nla.gov.au/librariesaustralia

It includes:

The most recent information about developments in Libraries Australia is posted on the librariesaustralia-l email list managed by the National Library. Subscribing to librariesaustralia-l is the best way to keep up-to-date, and to have your say about Libraries Australia issues. Topics covered on the list include:

You can subscribe to librariesaustralia-l by sending an email from your own email address to sympa@nla.gov.au, leaving the subject line blank, and writing as the text of the message: subscribe librariesaustralia-l yourfirstname yourlastname (e.g. subscribe librariesaustralia-l john jones)

Providing Feedback

If you have suggestions for future enhancements of Libraries Australia, please contact us.

Browser Setup

Libraries Australia operates most efficiently with Netscape 6, Safari, Firefox 1.0 or higher and Internet Explorer 6 or higher on the Windows operating system for PCs.

Libraries Australia does not function on Netscape 7.0 and Internet Explorer 5.2 or earlier for the Mac computer.