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Our guides contain key resources on selected subjects that will help get you started on your research. There are two main types of guide:
- Print resources guides which contain catalogue search tips and selected print works; and
- Selected websites guides which list freely available websites.
For enhanced subject access to all our electronic resources including full-text databases, indexes, e-journals and websites, go to eResources.
For a listing of guides and major bibliographies which are specific to the holdings of the National Library of Australia or which include significant reference to the Library's collections, see our Published guides page.
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- Research guides
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples: print resources
- Australian biography: print resources
- Australian birth, marriage and death records
- Australian censuses and musters: print resources
- Australian companies: print resources
- Australian electoral rolls: print resources
- Australian history: print resources
- Australian history: selected websites
- Australian law: selected websites
- Australian literature: print resources
- Australian literature: selected websites
- Australian politics and government: print resources
- Australian politics and government: websites
- Australian science and technology: selected websites
- Book reviews and literary criticism: print resources
- British Parliamentary publications and information
- Cemetery records
- Law reports and court records: print resources
- League of Nations: print resources
- Newspaper indexes
- Pacific resources
- Ship and passenger records
- Statistics: print resources
- Statistics: websites
- Theses: print resources
- United Nations: print resources
- United States congressional publications and information
- Family history
- Learning program
- Document supply services
- Australian Interlibrary Resource Sharing (ILRS) Code
- Supply 1
- For researchers
- Cataloguing in Publication (CiP)
- Copying options
- Legal Deposit
- The Australian ISBN Agency
- The Australian ISMN Agency
- The Australian ISSN Agency
- Copyright in Library items
- Ordering copies
- Private Researchers and Valuers
