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Digital collection, research and reference resources including Australian and International encyclopedias, science and history databases, essay writing and study help guides.
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BorrowBox
BorrowBox is an easy to use platform that allows you to select and download ebooks, eAudiobooks and eMagazines to your computer or any mobile device. Powered by Bolinda Digital, BorrowBox has a wide selection of titles including latest releases, best sellers and lots of Australian and New Zealand titles.
Hoopla
Borrow and enjoy audiobooks, eBooks, comics, movies, TV, magazines, or music everywhere you have a screen-your computer, your phone, your car, even your TV. All you need is a library card. hoopla syncs across all your devices, so you can stream titles immediately or whenever you're in the mood. Most titles can also be downloaded to your phone or tablet. hoopla offers more content, in more places, than any other digital library platform and it's all FREE thanks to your public library!
indyreads
indyreads™ provides access to a statewide collection of independent Australian and international titles, classic literature and modern award-winning titles in eBook and eAudio format.
To borrow content you will need to have a valid library membership card as well as knowing your catalogue account PIN. If you do not know your PIN please contact the staff at your library.
Libby by OverDrive
Browse and borrow hundreds of Australian and international titles across eAudiobooks, eBooks, and Magazines for FREE – All In the Libby App!
Libby by Overdrive provides simultaneous loans so you won’t have to wait to borrow a title that you like! Download the Libby app through GooglePlay or the Apple App Store today.
Wheelers ePlatform
Wheelers are the largest supplier of books and eBooks to Public Libraries and Schools in Australasia. They also have an extensive book database with tools that compare the availability of print books worldwide.
uLIBRARY
uLIBRARY allows users to take that book you keep hearing about with you wherever you go.
With a great selection of bestselling authors that include Lee Child, Ann Cleeves and James Patterson you can download and listen to professionally recorded audiobooks, brought to life by some of the world’s best performers.
StoryBox Library
Imagine the best stories being read aloud to you by our favourite storytellers – well that's Story Box Library! Get kids excited about reading, inspire their imaginations and let them have fun with stories, improving their language and literacy skills along the way.
With an ever-growing library, suitable for preschool and primary aged children, it really is Storytime, Anytime!
Newspapers
We subscribe to the below newspapers:
Newsbank
Read newspapers including The Border Mail, The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald or search newspaper articles. Newsbank provides a comprehensive collection of reliable news sources covering a wide array of topics and issues. Just access using your library card.
Gale Primary Source : British Library Newspapers
Sourced from the British Library, British Library Newspapers offers over 240 historical newspaper titles, providing unique, first-hand perspectives on centuries of social, political, and cultural events. This vast collection contains approximately 6.4 million pages of irreplaceable content.
Gale Primary Source: Bristish Library Newspapers
Gale OneFile
News Access major newspapers online to search articles instantly by title, headline, date or other fields. Includes Australian News Limited and Fairfax newspapers.
Magazines
National Geographic Virtual Library
National Geographic Virtual Library provides a cross-searchable platform for research insight from journalism's most trusted name in exploration and discovery. Access National Geographic magazines including the latest edition.
National Geographic Virtual Library
National Geographic Kids
National Geographic Kids Explore amazing adventures in science, nature, culture, archaeology and space. Access National Geographic Kids magazines including the latest edition.
Choice Magazines
CHOICE Magazine has been helping consumers make better purchasing decisions since it was established in 1959. At CHOICE we pride ourselves on delivering expert, unbiased information you can trust.
Overdrive
Browse and borrow hundreds of Australian and international titles across eAudiobooks, eBooks, and Magazines for FREE – All In the Libby App!
Overdrive provides simultaneous loans so you won’t have to wait to borrow a title that you like! Download the Libby app through GooglePlay or the Apple App Store today.
BorrowBox
BorrowBox is an easy to use platform that allows you to select and download ebooks, eAudiobooks and eMagazines to your computer or any mobile device. Powered by Bolinda Digital, BorrowBox has a wide selection of titles including latest releases, best sellers and lots of Australian and New Zealand titles.
Beamafilm
Beamafilm is an independant Australian movie streaming service with offerings for public libraries, educational institutions and consumers. Beamafilm presents a catalogue of award-winning documentary films, independent feature films and associated educational resources.
Britannica
Britannica Library Edition – The online Encyclopaedia Britannica with hundreds of thousands of articles, biographies, videos, images and web sites.
CHOICE Magazine
CHOICE Magazine has been helping consumers make better purchasing decisions since it was established in 1959. At CHOICE we pride ourselves on delivering expert, unbiased information you can trust.
Find Legal Answers
Find Legal Answers is a service provided by the State Library of New South Wales for the NSW community. Free legal information is available through links to fact sheets, online books, legislation, and publications.
You'll find material on a wide variety of issues including:
- family, relationships and children
- wills, estates and planning ahead
- work and employment
- health and ageing
- accidents, compensation and insurance.
Information on legal advice, support and guidance services for NSW residents is also available.
National Geographic for Kids
Learn all about geography and fascinating animals.
Gale Powersearch
Cross-search Gale's Context databases in a single search, searching Biography, Environmental Studies, Global Issues, Opposing Viewpoints, Science and World History databases.
Gale General OneFile
Access general interest magazines and key serials in a single resource. Best for general research.
Gale General OneFile: Australia and New Zealand
Access a variety of magazines, journals, news, and multimedia sources across academic disciplines and areas of interest, covering important issues and current events related to Australia and New Zealand.
Gale General OneFile: Aus and NZ
Gale OneFile: Fine Arts
Search millions of articles about drama, music, art history, and filmmaking. Diverse resource for serious fine arts students.
Gale Business Insights: Global
Access to authoritative content organised around countries and global data sets, and equips students to understand international business topics as well as compare economies, companies and industries across the world.
Gale Business Insights: Global
Gale Primary Source: British Library Newspapers
Sourced from the British Library, British Library Newspapers offers over 240 historical newspaper titles, providing unique, first-hand perspectives on centuries of social, political, and cultural events. This vast collection contains approximately 6.4 million pages of irreplaceable content.
The Albury Wodonga region has a rich and diverse cultural heritage spanning thousands of years.
The LibraryMuseum has resources for researching local and family history. These include books, reports and environmental studies, maps and architectural plans, local newspapers, pamphlets, oral histories, journals and newsletters.
Family History
The LibraryMuseum's Family History Collection includes a wide range of microfilm records, microfiche and CD indexes of births, death and marriage records, as well as books and journals.
The LibraryMuseum also provides access to the Archives Resource Kit from NSW State Records which is a special collection of early NSW records made up of microfilm and microfiche resources. These materials are not available for loan, but you can use them at the library.
Researchers are welcome. If you need assistance, please contact 02 6023 8333 to ensure a member of staff is available to help you.
Ancestry Library Edition
Ancestry Library Edition is an important resource to research family history, with more than 1.5 billion names in over 4,000 databases.
Ancestry Library Edition is accessible only from the public computers at Albury LibraryMuseum and Lavington Library.
You can also contact the local historical societies:
Albury and District Historical Society
PO Box 822, Albury NSW 2640
Secretary Mrs Helen Livsey
Phone: 02 6021 3671
alburyhistory.org.au
Wodonga Historical Society
PO Box 829, Wodonga VIC 3690
Email: historywodonga@iprimus.com.au
Further online resources
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Cora Num's Websites for Genealogists
Family Search - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
National Archives of Australia
NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
The Old Bailey, London, Proceedings
Society of Australian Genealogists
Gale Books and Authors
Answer the age-old question, 'What do I read next?' with the help of Gale Books and Authors. Search and match reading interests to books, authors, genres, or topics.
Gale in Context: Literature
Gain a deeper understanding of literary texts through a wide variety of contextual resources like videos, images, infographics, eBooks and more. – Gale in Context: Literature
Gale Literature Resource Centre
Find up-to-date biographies, overviews, full-text criticism, audio interviews and reviews on writers from all eras in the Gale Literature Resource Centre
Drug Info @ Your Library
Drug Info @ Your Library provides up to date, easy to read, quality drug and alcohol resources.
Multicultural Health Communication Service
Multicultural Health Communication Service provides up to date information on a large range of health issues, presented as fact files in over 60 languages.
Multicultural Health Communication Service
Gale Powersearch
Cross-search Gale's Context databases in a single search, searching Biography, Environmental Studies, Global Issues, Opposing Viewpoints, Science and World History databases.
Gale Health and Wellness Resource
Gale Health and Wellness Resource provides full-text medical journals, magazines, reference works, multimedia and much more.
Gale Health and Wellness Resource
Smithsonian Collections Online
Search rare nineteenth and twentieth-century archives on topics like the evolving modes of flight, World's Fairs, and more on Smithsonian Collections Online
Your library card also grants you access to State Library's online eresources, including local and international newspapers, full-text journals, magazines, online databases, eBooks and eAudiobooks.
Register your AlburyCity library card for Library of NSW eresources.
Gale in Context
Biography Discover the world's most influential people by searching narrative biographies, news, magazine and multimedia content.
Environmental studies Understand environmental issues that affect people globally through topic overviews, journals, news and multimedia content.
Global issues Analyse important global issues and events through topic overviews, international viewpoints, news and multimedia content.
Opposing viewpoints Find overviews, news and opinions on hundreds of today's important social issues.
Science Understand context for hundreds of science topics through overviews, journals, news, interactive experiments and more.
World History Uncover information on hundreds of the most significant people, events and topics in world history from a variety of sources.
Interactive science Manipulate 3D interactive models to visualise and understand concepts in biology, chemistry earth and space science.
CSU Guide for HSC Students
CSU Guide for HSC Students is an online study resource for HSC students created by Charles Sturt University, with information for all major HSC subjects and courses.
This guide will offer you resources, information and advice, that will help you during preparation for your HSC.
Writing Home: World War One eResource
The Writing Home: WWI Letters of Frank Brown eResource is designed for students and teachers studying WWI. The resource contains extracts from letters written by Captain Lew Hewish during World War One to his friend, Frank Brown. Both men were from Albury and the letters offer a fascinating insight into the battle and home front experiences of men from the Albury region during this period. The resource includes recorded and transcribed extracts plus extended transcripts of full letters for study and research. The resource also includes suggested activities based on the letters for classroom use.
Audio Recordings
Recorded excerpts from letters written by Captain Les Hewish to Frank Brown.
8 January 1915, Liverpool [1.26 MB | MP3]
7 November 1915, Gallipoli [1.66 MB | MP3]
13 February 1916, Zeitoum [1.94 MB | MP4]
4 August 1916, France [4.61 MB | MP3]
22 October 1916 [1.6 MB | MP3]
8 December 1916, France [1.34 MB | MP3]
24 January 1917, France [1.22 MB | MP3]
5 February 1917 [590.63 KB | MP3]
Interactive Education Resource
An education resource for upper primary and secondary students based on the WWI letters of Australian soldier Les Hewish to his friend Frank Brown. The resource includes extracts from the letters, audio recordings and full transcripts of a selection of the letters. The resource includes suggested activities for students exploring the letters as primary sources for learning about WWI.
Interactive Education Resource [PDF 134.472] [131.32 MB | PDF]
Fighting the Battle of Ideas About Conscription: The Albury Wodonga District During the Great War
The study guide [62.94 MB | PDF] and accompanying videos below were produced by Dr Bruce Pennay, as teaching and learning materials for use in Albury Wodonga district secondary schools on mandatory topics in the Australian History Curriculum. They are designed to assist students in investigating primary sources related to the causes, conduct and consequences of the two conscription referenda in 1916 and 1917, with a particular focus on the Albury and Wodonga district.
Fighting the Battle of Ideas About Conscription Education Resource [PDF] [62.94 MB | PDF]
Referenda Campaigns and Results [MP4] [21.21 MB | MP4]
Referenda Campaigns and Results Transcript [Word] [1.82 MB | DOCX]
The Enemy Within [MP4] [17.42 MB | MP4]
The Enemy Within Transcript [Word] [918.64 KB | DOCX]
Online Investigation Activity Sheet
Students can follow the instructions to research primary sources relating to the referenda and their impact on Australia.
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