Online Resources
eBooks & Audiobooks
Open 24 hours, 7 days a week.
Below are a list of apps that are available to you.
Your LibrariesSA app
Your phone can be your library card.
Access LibrariesSA from your device
- store your membership number & barcode
- Search the catalogue & place holds
- Scan any book, DVD or CD barcode to see if it's in our libraries
- Manage your checkouts & loans (eg. extended loan) with a few clicks
- eBooks, Audiobooks & eMagazines
- Great content for all ages
- Borrow up to 10 items.
- 21 day loan
- iPhone/iPad
- Android device
State Library newspapers & eResources
- Online access to thousands of Australian & international newspapers provided by PressReader, Newsbank, Times Digital Archive & others
- Read from home or anywhere with an internet connection
- Many other research-oriented eResources including encyclopaedias, databases, articles & journals
Training Courses
LinkedIn Learning
- Over 1000 premium courses from expert instructors
- Business, creative, technology & lifestyle
- Access is free with your library card
Trove
Trove is the National Library's free search engine. It enables enquirers to:
- Search the catalogues and find the holdings of libraries across Australia
- Search and access the National Library's databases of digitised newspapers, archived websites, maps, pictures, photos and music and video files.
- Tag, add comments and organise results.
Whether you are tracing your family history, researching a topic, reading for pleasure, teaching or studying, Trove will help you.
Australian Bureau of Statistics
The Australian Bureau of Statistics website is committed to providing browsers with Australian statistical information. It also includes pages on ABS products and training, and information for small businesses and universities.
Go to Australian Bureau of Statistics
Commonwealth of Australia Law
ComLaw is the legal information retrieval system owned by the Australian Attorney-General's Department. ComLaw essentially brings low or no-cost access to the law for the community.
Language
Road to IELTS
Road to IELTS is a self-study IELTS preparation course produced by the British Council to help candidates prepare for the IELTS exam. It provides access to free online self-study materials to support IELTS General Training and IELTS Academic test preparations.
SACommunity
SACommunity is a database of South Australian community services including information about government, non-government, community based and some private sector organisations that provide services for the South Australian community in the areas of health, welfare, housing, education, community participation, information, legal services, arts and recreation. Searches on the site can be limited to Burnside (or any other council area), or across all council areas.
Free Ebook Resources
Family History
Ancestry Library Edition
The Ancestry Library Edition electronic resource is now available to patrons within the library.This is actually a collection of databases aimed at those doing genealogy. While it is an American product, it includes some Australian (and UK) databases - for example Australian Electoral Rolls 1901 - 1936; Sands Directories for Sydney and NSW 1861 - 1933; Who's Who in Australia 1921 - 1950; Australia Convict Index, 1788 - 1868, and many more. There are more than 4000 databases and 1.5 billion names!
Access is only available in the library - please ask at the Information Desk.