National Bird Week: Some of our birds
On the eve of the Aussie Bird Count, explore some of the birds in our collections.
Collection spotlights
Fred Lowen, Dunera boy.
Arts & literature, Collection spotlights, Such was life, Uncategorized, Visual arts, War:
The Dunera internees – the Dunera Boys – made a significant contribution to Australian cultural life – Fred Lowen was one of these men, read on to learn some of his story, and see his evocative artworks.
Image: The potato peelers, H91.350/8
Online Collection Spotlight: Science, Technology and Medicine, 1780-1925
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Find out about the evolution of scientific knowledge with Gale’s Science Technology and Medicine database.
Online Collection Spotlight: Access Australia by NewsBank
Ask a librarian, Collection spotlights, Research tips & tricks, Tips and tricks:
Are you looking for an article from the Coburg Leader in 2010? Want the week’s top stories read out to you while you prep dinner? How can you search for articles about affordable housing across many trusted Australian news sources all at once? For all these answers and more, read on to today’s online collection spotlight.
Trial databases at State Library Victoria
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Explore the Library’s latest trial databases, which include early published works from the British Isles and Europe, and primary resources from the Second World War.
Online Collection Spotlight: Naxos Music Library
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Interested in exploring the music of the Baroque era but don’t know where to start? Looking for a curated playlist to listen to while you study or work? Hoping to understand more about a key piece of classical music? Naxos Music Library is a music streaming database that features much more than just audio.
Online Collection Spotlight: Socialism on Film
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Snapshots of the past, documented by films. From the birth of Karl Marx through to the Russian Revolutions and into the1980s, explore the communist world through the eyes of socialist film makers.
Online Collection Spotlight: International Relations, Archives unbound
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Archives Unbound is a Gale electronic database made up of hundreds of resources, many previously unpublished, from the Middle Ages through to 20th century political history.
Mapping the past with Victoria’s historical plans
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The Historical Maps and Plans Collection is a boon for researchers, containing everything from descriptions of what the landscape was like when Europeans arrived, to the locations of early buildings and houses, pastoral runs, and even shipwrecks.
Jane Austen – new acquisitions
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To celebrate International Women’s Day, we took a look at a recent acquisition to our collection – a first edition copy of Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey and Persuasion in a four-volume set.
