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Research Resources

Access to all of these databases are available from any Lake Mac Libraries branch, with many of them also being accessible from home using your library card number and PIN.

Family history databases

• Ancestry.com.au
• FindMyPast
• British Newspaper Archive
• Sydney Morning Herald Archives
• Family Search

Research databases

• National Geographic Kids
• National Geographic Virtual Library
• Carter's Price Guide to Antiques
• Choice Online

Arts and culture databases

• GALE Books & Authors
• GALE Literature Resource Center
• GALE Fine Arts
• GALE General OneFile
• GALE Religion & Philosophy

News databases

• GALE Australia and New Zealand
• GALE News
• GALE Global Issues
• GALE Biography
• GALE Opposing Viewpoints
• GALE Criminal Justice

Science databases

• GALE Science
• GALE Interactive Science
• GALE Environmental Science

Business databases

• GALE Business Insights

Health and wellbeing databases

• GALE Health & Wellness
• GALE Gender Studies
• GALE Diversity Studies

History databases

• GALE World History
• GALE Smithsonian Collections Online

Haynes Workshop Manuals

Access hundreds of car and motorcycle repair and workshop manuals.
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We remember and respect the Ancestors who cared for and nurtured this Country. It is in their footsteps that we travel these lands and waters. Lake Macquarie City Council acknowledges the Awabakal people and Elders past, present and future.

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