Australian literature: Research Guide
How do you search the catalogue for Australian literature?
- select the Browse alphabetically tab
- choose subjects from the drop-down list
- Type your keywords in the search bar.
Some search suggestions:
- Australian literature -- 21st century
- Australian literature -- Women authors
- Aboriginal Australian Literature
You can also use the name of an author for a subject search; this will find items concerning the author, such as biographies or reviews. Examples are:
Are there any online resources for Australian literature?
There are a number of free websites and subscription databases containing online material, some full-text, for Australian literature works, biographies and criticism. Key items are:
- AustLit: the resource for Australian literature - a key resource for information about Australian writers and writing covering the 1780s to the present. It is available to registered users of the National Library of Australia, Australian State Libraries and the Northern Territory Library. AustLit is also freely available to staff and students of all Australian schools.
See the AustLit help page when using the database for the first time.
- Literature Resource Centre - for research on literary topics, authors, and their works. This database is available to registered users of the National Library of Australia
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National Library of Australia eBooks - selected books published by the Library and available as free downloads.
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Australian Literary and Historical Texts - a collection of digitised, full text 19th and early 20th century Australian literary, historical and political works from the Sydney Electronic Text and Image Service (SETIS).
- The Project Gutenberg Library of Australiana - etexts by Australian authors, about Australia and works of interest to Australians.
