WebsterWorld - An Australian encyclopaedia resource - extensively researched and developed in conjunction with the Australian Museum, the Australian Government, the United Nations, Cambridge University Press, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, and many major Australian academics who are recognised around the world as experts in their respective fields.
- available for use on Ryde Hunters Hill Library Service PC's. Also available for access from home.

World Book Online - Online reference source providing a fully comprehensive authoritative encyclopaedia offering links to authoritative Websites. Includes all articles from the 22-volume Print Edition plus over 3,700 more.
- available for use on Ryde Hunters Hill Library Service PC's. Also available for access at home by members of Ryde Hunters Hill Library Service. Please contact your library for login/password.

AskNow! is a collaborative service offered by over 100 librarians from National and State Libraries of Australasia, providing information and research help. Ask Now! is a virtual reference service staffed by librarians in Australia, New Zealand and Singapore. It aims to provide high quality information to users, with the convenience of immediate, online communication. By completing a web form users can submit a question and chat to a librarian who will help find high quality information. During a session, the librarian can 1Cpush 1D websites and other information directly to the user 19s computer while chatting. Librarians can also initiate a co-browse session with a user, which allows both parties to see the same screen.

Biography Resource Center - combines reliable biographies on more than 320000 people from Gale group sources and full text articles from hundreds of periodicals. You can search for people based on one or more personal facts such as birth and death year, nationality, ethnicity, occupation or gender or you can combine criteria. Very useful for general information or for students doing assignments.
- available for use on Ryde Hunters Hill Library Service PC's. Also available for access at home by members of Ryde Hunters Hill Library Service, by use of the Ryde Library membership card number.

Factiva - a powerful web-based service for researching and monitoring news and business information
- available for use on Ryde Hunters Hill Library Service PC's ONLY

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Centre - for information on social issues. Access viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles.
- available for use on Ryde Hunters Hill Library Service PC's. Also available for access at home by members of Ryde Hunters Hill Library Service, by use of the Ryde Library membership card number.

Times Digital Archive 1785-1985 - researchers can search through the complete digital edition of The Times (London), using keyword searching and hit-term highlighting to retrieve full facsimile images of either a specific article or a complete page. The entire newspaper is captured, with all articles, advertisements and illustrations/photos divided into categories to facilitate searching. Useful for historical information, including family history.
- available for use on Ryde Hunters Hill Library Service PC's. Also available for access at home by members of Ryde Hunters Hill Library Service, by use of the Ryde Library membership card number.

NSW Hansard & Parliamentary Papers - this database provides access to Hansard and Parliamentary Papers on both Houses of the NSW Parliament.

Consumer Health Complete - contains full text articles covering all areas of health and wellness from mainstream medicine to many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated medicine. Topics include aging, cancer, diabetes, drugs and alcohol, fitness, nutrition and dietetics, children's health and men and women's health.
- available for use on Ryde Hunters Hill Library Service PC's. Also available for access at home by members of Ryde Hunters Hill Library Service, by use of the Ryde Library membership card number.

Health and Wellness Resource Centre and Alternative Health Module - this database provides access to magazines, journals, newspapers, definitions, directories for reliable information on fitness, pregnancy, medicine, nutrition, diseases, public health, occupational health and safety, alcohol and drug abuse, prescription drugs, herbal remedies, and alternative or complementary treatments etc. Included are links to diet, cancer, and health assessment sites as well as government databases. The database has a wide range of information from basic definitions to articles in professional medical journals, and includes detailed information about prescription drugs and even recipes for diabetics.
- available for use on Ryde Hunters Hill Library Service PC's. Also available for access at home by members of Ryde Hunters Hill Library Service, by use of the Ryde Library membership card number.

Books and Authors - a new database, "Books & Authors offers new ways to explore the endless possibilities and combinations of books, authors, genres and topics. Combining over 140,000 titles, 50,000 authors, and thousands of read-alike, award winner and librarian's favorites lists, Books & Authors helps bring readers and literature together. Through the use of expertly written and arranged content and a dynamic, cutting edge user interface, Books & Authors makes exploration of genre fiction and essential non-fiction fun! By leveraging our entire award-winning What Do I Read Next? collection, patrons and students alike can be sure that their next big read comes with a BIG recommendation."

Libraries Australia - Libraries Australia lets you discover what's in Australian libraries. Search the combined catalogues of Australian libraries

Litfinder - Provides access to five databases - Poem Finder, Story Finder, Essay Finder, Speech Finder, and Play Finder.
Poem Finder contains 85,000 full text poetry citations and abstracts. Searchable by subject, keyword, title, line. It also provides biographies of poets.
Story Finder provides access to thousands of full text short stories plus explanations, biographies, pictures and more.
Essay, Speech, and Play Finder are databases of full text essays and discussion writings. Essay Finder provides full-text essays and writing based on books published in the 20th century. The essays focus on humanities and social sciences, and include biographies and literary criticisms. Subjects include literature, history, economics, sociology, art, architecture, philosophy, psychology, science and drama. Speech Finder provides full-text speeches from antiquity to modern times. A collection of the best and the best-known speeches of the past 2,500 years, categorized into easily searchable genres.Over 1,000 complete plays covering the range of dramatic expression.
- available for use on Ryde Hunters Hill Library Service PC's ONLY

Literature Resource Center - Online collection of traditional literary reference works, contemporary literacy criticism on authors and their works, current journal articles plus other resources.
- available for use on Ryde Hunters Hill Library Service PC's. Also available for access at home by members of Ryde Hunters Hill Library Service, by use of the Ryde Library membership card number.

NoveList - Looking for a good book? Use NoveList to look for books by author, title, series, plot description or level of readership (children, young adults, adults etc). Use the Read-Alikes feature to find other authors who write like your favourite author. Includes plot summaries, genre and theme based lists, discussion guides for book clubs, book talks and details of awards.
- available for use on Ryde Hunters Hill Library Service PC's. Also available for access at home by members of Ryde Hunters Hill Library Service, by use of the Ryde Library membership card number.

NSW Family History Document Service - over 10,000 pages of online records for family history research in New South Wales, Australia. Internet History Resources utilises the following institutions' collections for material:

• Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• Dixon Library, University of New England
• NSW State Records and the University of New England & Regional Archives

- available for use on Ryde Hunters Hill Library Service PC's ONLY

Ryde Oral Histories - these are interviews made in the late 1990's with long-term residents of the Ryde area. Each interview contains a fully searchable transcript with audio extracts and images.

APAFT - Australian Public Affairs Full Text - a full text journal indexing database produced by the National Library of Australia and published by RMIT Publishing. Of the 293,000+ records indexed from 2,000+ journals in APAIS, approximately half are derived from 223+ comprehensively indexed journals. The scanned images are provided in PDF format. Subject coverage includes business, health, current affairs, economics, humanities, law, literature, politics and social sciences.
- Available for use on Ryde Hunters Hill Library Service PC's. Also available for access at home by members of Ryde Hunters Hill Library Service. Please contact your library for login/password.

APAFT - Conditions of use APAFT cannot be accessed from a commercial environment and is intended for home use only. Users may view content and may print or download for the purposes of research, private study, criticism or review under the "fair dealings" provision of the Copyright Act 1968

Austguide - Subject coverage: General and educational. It contains all the GUIDELINES and EDUCATION GUIDELINES data from January 1986 onwards, providing subject access to the contents of more than 120 periodicals, of both general and educational interest. The majority of these periodicals are Australian, but there are a considerable number of overseas publications indexed, such as 'Scientific American', 'History Today', 'Far Eastern Economic Review' and 'Unesco Courier'.
- available for use on Ryde Hunters Hill Library Service PC's. Also available for access at home by members of Ryde Hunters Hill Library Service. Please contact your library for login/password.

The Australia/NZ Reference Centre - combines Australia and New Zealand specific magazines, newspapers & newswires, reference books, and company information to create the largest collection of regional full text content available to schools, public libraries, and academic institutions. This database provides local perspectives on current events, business, sports, and many other subjects. Examples of titles offered in Australia/NZ Reference Centre include: Australia & World Affairs, Australia Country Report, Australian Geographic, Family Matters, Management, Marketing Bulletin, New Zealand Country Report, Time Australia, and many others.
- available for use on Ryde Hunters Hill Library Service PC's. Also available for access at home by members of Ryde Hunters Hill Library Service, by use of the Ryde Library membership card number.

Consumer Health Complete - contains full text articles covering all areas of health and wellness from mainstream medicine to many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated medicine. Topics include aging, cancer, diabetes, drugs and alcohol, fitness, nutrition and dietetics, children's health and men and women's health.
- available for use on Ryde Hunters Hill Library Service PC's. Also available for access at home by members of Ryde Hunters Hill Library Service, by use of the Ryde Library membership card number.

Health and Wellness Resource Centre and Alternative Health Module - this database provides access to magazines, journals, newspapers, definitions, directories for reliable information on fitness, pregnancy, medicine, nutrition, diseases, public health, occupational health and safety, alcohol and drug abuse, prescription drugs, herbal remedies, and alternative or complementary treatments etc. Included are links to diet, cancer, and health assessment sites as well as government databases. The database has a wide range of information from basic definitions to articles in professional medical journals, and includes detailed information about prescription drugs and even recipes for diabetics.
- available for use on Ryde Hunters Hill Library Service PC's. Also available for access at home by members of Ryde Hunters Hill Library Service, by use of the Ryde Library membership card number.

History Resource Centre - History Resource Center: World is a comprehensive collection of award-winning reference, full-text articles from leading scholarly publications, an array of primary sources, and images, maps and charts which provide expansive geographic and chronological research materials for the study of world history. From ancient Europe to Latin America and from the Far East to the Renaissance, world history curricula is supported with over 1,800 primary sources, over 27 reference titles and more than 110 journals.
- available for use on Ryde Hunters Hill Library Service PC's. Also available for access at home by members of Ryde Hunters Hill Library Service, by use of the Ryde Library membership card number.

Masterfile Premier - provides full text for more than 2,100 general reference publications with full text information dating as far back as 1975. Covering virtually every subject area of general interest, MasterFILE Premier also includes nearly 650 full text reference books, 84,074 biographies, 86,135 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 107,135 photos, maps and flags.
- available for use on Ryde Hunters Hill Library Service PC's. Also available for access at home by members of Ryde Hunters Hill Library Service, by use of the Ryde Library membership card number.

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Centre - for information on social issues. Access viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles.
- Available for use on Ryde Hunters Hill Library Service PC's. Also available for access at home by members of Ryde Hunters Hill Library Service, by use of the Ryde Library membership card number.

Pandora - - Australia's Web Archive - a growing collection of Australian online publications. A built in collaboration with nine other Australian libraries and cultural collecting organisations. 

Sydney Morning Herald Archives - Search every edition of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Sun-Herald between 1955-1990 for FREE. All articles, captions and advertisements are fully keyword searchable. Search birth, death and marriage notices. A subscription must be purchased to view the articles in full.

Times Digital Archive 1785-1985 - researchers can search through the complete digital edition of The Times (London), using keyword searching and hit-term highlighting to retrieve full facsimile images of either a specific article or a complete page. The entire newspaper is captured, with all articles, advertisements and illustrations/photos divided into categories to facilitate searching. Useful for historical information, including family history.
- Available for use on Ryde Hunters Hill Library Service PC's. Also available for access at home by members of Ryde Hunters Hill Library Service, by use of the Ryde Library membership card number.

Music Australia - helps you to find, access and navigate a rich store of information on Australian music, musicians, organisations and services from a single access point. You can find music scores, sound recordings, websites and a range of other music-related material held by a large number of Australia's cultural institutions or described by specialist music services. MusicAustralia includes all formats, styles and genres, and both heritage and contemporary music. You can also find information about people and organisations.

Access Science - McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology. A collection of science reference materials, online and fully searchable. ACCESS Science provides access to all the articles, fully illustrated, from the latest edition of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, Research Updates from the McGraw-Hill Yearbooks, thousands of illustrations, and the latest Science News® headlines, biographies, and more. This online encyclopaedia is tailored to researchers and students looking for the most relevant, readable, and trusted sources of information available.
- available for use on Ryde Hunters Hill Library Service PC's. Also available for access at home by members of Ryde Hunters Hill Library Service, by use of the Ryde Library membership card number.

Science Reference Centre - provides easy access to a multitude of full text science oriented content. Contains full text for 640 science encyclopaedias, reference books, periodicals. Topics covered include: biology, chemistry, earth and space science, environmental science, health and medicine, history of science, life science, physics, science and society, scientists, technology and wildlife.
- available for use on Ryde Hunters Hill Library Service PC's. Also available for access at home by members of Ryde Hunters Hill Library Service, by use of the Ryde Library membership card number.

Science Resource Center - an in-depth, curriculum-oriented science database that provides a one-stop resource for all science-related research needs.
- available for use on Ryde Hunters Hill Library Service PC's. Also available for access at home by members of Ryde Hunters Hill Library Service, by use of the Ryde Library membership card number.

Standards Australia Online Public Library Service - Standards Australia 19s online document collection of specifications and procedures designed to ensure quality and establish safety criteria.
- available for use on Ryde Hunters Hill Library Service PC's ONLY

Australian Bureau of Statistics - gives full access to 650 Australian Bureau of Statistics publications in Acrobat PDF format, for the period 1998 onwards. The full document can be downloaded within Ryde libraries and Council. The usual copyright laws apply - i.e.. a member of the public may not print of the whole document. However, the library can download the full document and add to the Library's reference collection.
- available for use within the Ryde Library Service and from home PCs

Community Profile - The City of Ryde Community Profile includes results from the 2006, 2001, 1996, and 1991 Censuses of Population and Housing. The City of Ryde Community Profile is designed to inform community groups, investors, business, students and the general public. To achieve this, the Profile is formatted to present the data in simple, clear tables and charts with concise factual commentary.