Help for Library users of ebook platforms available at the State Library
You can limit your catalogue search to ebooks only. For the best results, enter your keywords in the search box and then choose 'eBooks' from the dropdown menu (default search is 'Everything except articles').
This 'Ebooks' scope includes over 200,000 ebooks from ProQuest, EBSCOhost Ebook and Academic Collections, Berg Fashion Library, Gale and National Edeposit (NED).
You can also search and then apply filters to your results. The filters column, 'Refine results by' is usually displayed to the right of your search results. Choose 'Available online' under Availability and 'Books' under Resource Type, then click 'Apply'. Other filtering options include subject, date and author.
Ebooks in your search results will show an Available online link.
To view an ebook, first select the title or Available online link from your search results and navigate to the Access online section. Then click on the linked database name (e.g. 'ProQuest Ebook Central') to open the ebook. Please note that other records might have a link to 'View ebook' instead.
If you're outside the Library you'll need to log in with your valid library member details and accept the conditions of access to start reading online.
We are continually adding ebooks to our catalogue.
Browse our curated Ebookshelf (updated monthly).
You can see previous highlights on the Ebookshelf Archive.
We subscribe to databases containing ebooks and we collect books in digital format through National Edeposit (NED).
The ebook catalogue filter searches the following sources: EBSCOhost, ProQuest, Berg Fashion Library, Gale, and NED ebooks.
We also digitise printed historic material from our collections. See our other ebook sources page for details on how to access more ebooks.
Visit the Berg Fashion Library database with 130+ titles covering important classic and modern writings plus reference works and the Berg Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion.
