E-library
Join online to get immediate access to our digital collection, research databases and learning resources. For full membership visit the library with identification showing your name and current address.
Libby, by Overdrive access
Libby is a free app built by OverDrive, who also developed the classic OverDrive app. Both apps let you borrow the same free digital content from the library. However, Libby was designed to make finding, borrowing, and enjoying free eBooks, eAudiobooks and eMagazines easier than ever.
You can stream books and magazines with Wi-Fi or mobile data, or download them for offline use and read anytime, anywhere. All you need to get started is a library card.All you need is internet access and a current library card.
You can also download and access titles using the mobile app Libby on your Apple, Android or Windows 10 device. For users wanting to transfer to their eReader, you will need to download Adobe Digital Editions. For more information, access the OverDrive Help and Technical Support page.
Get started with Libby on Android, iOS, and Windows 10
Learn more about how Libby is different from the OverDrive app here.
EBSCO Ebooks Public Library Collection
Access to a general reference collection of over 33,000 titles chosen specifically for public libraries and featuring fiction titles for both adults and juveniles, as well as best-selling and highly recommended titles from industry leading publishers.
A wide range of subjects and topics are covered to meet various patron research needs, including substantial offerings in self-help, health and fitness, games, crafts and hobbies, medical, cooking and religion. This collection also features titles on recreation and leisure, geography, commerce, finance, family, marriage, women, folklore, social and public welfare and home economics.
Indyreads
To log in, go to "My Account", select "Waverley Library Service" and just enter your library card number and password (PIN) - or just use the apps!
Story Box Library
Story Box Library is an educational website, created for Australian children to view stories by Australian authors and illustrators, being read aloud by fantastic storytellers.
Choice Magazine (In-library access only)
Magazine from the leading consumer advocacy group in Australia and covering anything consumer-related, from saving money to choosing the best products and services.
Aims to make shopping easier, test products and give advice about food, finance and health,
Good Reading Magazine
Good Reading Magazine helps readers find the best and most interesting books to read from decorated and breakout writers from here and around the globe. If you’re in search of good books to read, look no further than the pages of this magazine.
Find independent critique, review and insight for book worms across the country and discover the hidden gems that too frequently slip past.
PK Mag
An online magazine for primary kids. A fun, funky magazine full of children’s creativity.
Best for 7-12 year olds and featuring contributions from children around the world including book reviews, creative writing, videos, music, and activities.
RBDigital
Access full-colour digital magazines for anytime, anywhere reading on desktops, mobile devices, and apps. A collection of popular digital magazines includes both new and backlist titles with no holds, no checkout periods, and no limits.
Download your free digital magazines and keep them for as long as you like! All you need is an email address and your library card number.
The RBdigital app delivers your favourite magazine titles right to your smartphone, tablet or PC (Apple App Store, Google Play, Amazon Appstore).
Spine Out magazine
Online magazine for teens 12-19 years which includes published writing, artwork, photography, poetry, book reviews, music, short films and just about anything young people have written or created.
NewsBank
NewsBank's Access Australia is a unique, web-based resource that provides comprehensive news coverage from all Australian states and territories and beyond. From local publications to nationwide news sources such as The Sydney Morning Herald and The Australian, Access Australia includes content from the most popular daily, weekly and Sunday newspapers as well as community and regional news.
Sign up to Kanopy on-demand film streaming service with your Waverley Library card.
Up to 6 FREE films can be streamed each month, from any computer, television, mobile device or platform by downloading the Kanopy app for iOS, Android, AppleTV or Chromecast.
Kanopy offers viewers a large collection of award-winning films and documentaries as well as children's programming through Kanopy Kids.
Login to Beamafilm, Australia's leading streaming channel for documentaries and independent features.
This premium collection of award-winning movies and festival favourites will delight, inspire and entertain you.
The Beamafilm apps are available for iOS and Android and enable ease of repeat viewing and watching on the TV.
Studiosity
An online tutoring service offering just-in-time homework and study help to students in years 3 – 12, in English, maths, science, research and study skills.
Students connect online, on-demand to an exclusive, expert network of qualified friendly Subject Specialists, the moment help is needed after school hours.
Connect to an expert tutor in a one-to-one session, and ask your question using a live typed chat function, interactive whiteboards to demonstrate problems like maths equations, and can also browse the web or attach documents for tutor feedback.
Infobase Learning Cloud (previously Hoonuit)
A video-based how-to training resource which opens up unlimited access to thousands of short videos covering more than 500 of today's most popular software applications on both PCs and Macs.
Transparent Language Online
This application bridges the gap between learning a language online and using that language in the real world by allowing users to do both in one program.
There are fun and engaging learning activities to help you learn up to 99 different languages.
There is even an app (apple or android)
The latest list of languages re available here
Road to IELTS - General Training
This module provides the best possible preparation and practice for IELTS testing. It covers the reading, writing, listening and speaking modules via the website or app (Apple or android).
It covers 4 skills: reading, writing, listening and speaking, and contains over 120 hours of interactive activities, advice videos from British Council experts, hints and tips on question types as well as downloadable practice tests. With comprehensive content, this resource is also suitable for those who wish to improve their English standard.
Ziptales
A library of educational stories, games, videos, comics, jokes, poems, puzzles and activities. The Ziptales “library” was built by trained teachers with the express purpose of making reading a pleasurable and lifelong experience.
Aimed at children aged 6-12 and focused on literacy, primary education, games and edutainment, Ziptales helps to improve reading while enjoying the experience.
Your Waverley Library card gives you access to State Library's online resources, including local and international newspapers, full-text journals, magazines, online databases, eBooks and eAudiobooks.
Visit State Library of NSW eResources to register your Waverley Library card number and log in.
Links to a wide range of topics to meet your study and leisure needs. The topics include arts and entertainment, business, economics and finance, education, employment, the environment, health and medicine, heritage and history, science and technology, transport, and universities and colleges.
Just click on one of the subject areas below to jump to a list of links on that subject.
Subjects
Aboriginal Australia | Aboriginal Studies | Aged Care | Arts & Entertainment | Architecture | Awards & Prizes | Bookshops & Publishers | Business, Economics & Finance | Business Studies | Crime | Culture & Religion | Dictionaries | Disability | Education | Electronic Journals | Emblems, Anthems & Flags | Employment | Encyclopaedias | Environment | Family History | Festivals & Holidays | LGBTIQ + Rights & Liberation Movement | Geography | Government & Politics | Health & Medicine | Heritage & History History - Australian | Immigration | Industrial Relations | Law | Libraries & Library Catalogues | Multicultural | News & Current Affairs | Radio Stations | Reference | Religion | Science | Seniors | Sport | Statistics | Street & Telephone /Directories | Support Services | Technology | Television Stations | Tourism | Transport | Universities & Colleges | Women | World Information |
Aboriginal Australia
Aboriginal Studies
- Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health
- Indigenous Australia
- Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Data Archive
Aged Care
Arts, Entertainment & Recreation
- CinemaInformation – Session times
- Event Cinemas
- Village Roadshow
- Hoyts
- Dendy
- Ritz Cinema
- Art Gallery NSW
- Internet Movie Database (IMDb)
- National Gallery of Australia
- Arts NSW
- Centennial Parklands
Architecture
Awards & Prizes
Bookshops & Publishers
- Amazon
- Angus and Robertson
- Barnes & Noble
- Dymocks
- Gertrude & Alice Bookstore Cafe
- Macmillan
- Gleebooks
- Penguin Books
- Biblio
- Booktopia
- Book Depository
Business, Economics & Finance
- Australian Bureau of Statistics
- Australian Financial Review
- Australian Stock Exchange
- Business Australia
- Department of Fair Trading
- NSW Small Business Commission
Business Studies
Crime
Culture & Religion
Dictionaries
- Australian Biographical Dictionary
- Thesaurus.com
- Macquarie Dictionary
- OneLook Dictionary
- Dictionary of Symbols
- Merriam Webster Dictionary
- Collins Dictionary
Disability
- Australian Institute of Health and Wellbeing
- National Disability Insurance Scheme
- Disability Services Australia
- Australian Government Information & Services
- Children With Disability Australia
- Disability Advocacy Network Australia
- National Disability Services
Education
- USyd Centre for Continuing Education
- WEA Sydney
- Board ofStudies NSW
- TAFE NSW
- Open Universities Australia
- Universities Admissions Centre
- University of Newcastle, Sydney Campus
Electronic Journals
Emblems, Anthems & Flags
Employment
Encyclopaedias
Environment
Family History
Festivals & Holidays
LGBTIQ+ Rights and Liberation Movement
- Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby
- Twenty10 Gay &Lesbian Counselling Services
- Star Observer LGBTIQ + Newspaper
- LOTL Magazine
- Community Action Against Homophobia
Geography
Government & Politics
- Australian Federal Government
- NSW Government
- Department of Local Government
- Australian Parliament House
- Parliamentary Education Office
- Australian Treaties Library
- Australian Electoral Commission
- Independent Commission Against Corruption
Health & Medicine
- National Public Toilet Map
- John Hopkins Medicine
- Medical Journal of Australia
- Medscape
- World Health Organization
- The New England Journal of Medicine
- Health Direct Australia
- Cancer Directory
- Bladder and Bowel Australia
- Australian Travel Doctor
- Mesothelioma Guide
Heritage & History
- NSW State Records
- Australian Heritage Council
- History Channel
- Australian War Memorial
- State Library Research and Collections
- National Archives of Australia
- NSW Office of Environment and Heritage
- NSW Heritage Register
- History Today
History – Australian
Immigration
Industrial Relations
Law
- Aussie Legal
- Australian Copyright Council
- Australasian Legal Information Institute (AUSLII)
- Federal Hansard
- Law and Justice Foundation NSW
- NSW Department of Justice
- NSW Hansard
- Standards Australia
- International Commission of Jurists
- Lawlex
- Find Legal Answers State Library NSW
- Legal Aid NSW
- Federal Register of Legislation
- NSW Legislation
Libraries & Library Catalogues
- Australian Libraries Gateway
- National Library - Trove Search
- State Library of NSW
- University of NSW Library
- University of Sydney Library
Multicultural
News & Current Affairs
- ABC News
- Australian Financial Review
- Sydney Morning Herald
- The Age
- The Australian
- Trove Australian Newspapers
Radio Stations
Reference
Religion
Science
Seniors
Sports
- Australian Sports Commission
- Australian Football League
- National Rugby League
- NSW Office of Sport
- Olympic Games
Statistics
Street & Telephone Directories
Support Services
Technology
Television Stations
Tourism
Transport
Universities & Colleges
- Australian National University
- Macquarie University
- TAFE NSW
- University of NSW
- University of Newcastle
- University of Sydney
- University of Technology
- University of Wollongong
- University Admissions Centre
- Open Universities
Women
World Information
Australian Standards Online are published documents setting out specifications and procedures designed to ensure products, services and systems are safe, reliable and consistently perform the way they are intended to.
Note: This subscription is only for use by the members of public using the library's PCs.
Quick links
- Library membership- join online
- Research databases (incl. Ancestry.com)
- eResources for students
- How to guides to E-Resources
- eBooks & eMagazines with Libby, by Overdrive
- Get the Libby app
- Indyreads eBooks & eAudiobooks
- EBSCO E-books public library collection
- NewsBank digital newspapers
- Good Reading Magazine
- Spine Out magazine
- PK Mag
- Choice Magazine
- Kanopy
- Beamafilm
- Studiosity
- Infobase Learning (previously Hoonuit)
- Transparent language online
- Road to IELTs- general training
- Ziptales
- Story Box Library
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