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Our guides contain key resources on selected subjects that will help get you started on your research. There are two main types of guide:

• Print Resources at the National Library of Australia guides which contain catalogue search tips and selected print works; and
• Selected Websites guides which list freely available websites.

For enhanced subject access to all our electronic resources including full-text databases, indexes, e-journals and websites, go to E-Resources.

For a listing of guides and major bibliographies which are specific to the holdings of the National Library of Australia or which include significant reference to the Library's collections, see our Published Guides page.

Aboriginal Australia

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples: Print Resources at the National Library of Australia

Biography

Australian Biography: Print Resources at the National Library of Australia

Business and Commerce

Australian Companies: Print Resources at the National Library of Australia

Genealogy

Australian Birth, Marriage and Death Records at the National Library of Australia

Australian Censuses and Musters: Print Resources at the National Library of Australia

Australian Electoral Rolls: Print Resources at the National Library of Australia

Australian Family History and Genealogy: Selected Websites

Cemetery Records at the National Library of Australia

Family History Sources in the Newspapers and Microforms Reading Room

Newspaper Indexes at the National Library of Australia

Ship and Passenger Records: Print Resources at the National Library of Australia

History

Australian History: Print Resources at the National Library of Australia

Australian History: Selected Websites

Law

Australian Law: Selected Websites

Guide to Overseas Law and Statutes in the NLA

Law Reports and Court Records: Print Resources at the National Library of Australia

Literature

Australian Literature: Print Resources at the National Library of Australia

Australian Literature: Selected Websites

Book Reviews and Literary Criticism: Print Resources at the National Library of Australia

Pacific

Pacific Resources: Selected Websites

Politics and Government

Australian Electoral Rolls: Print Resources at the National Library of Australia

Australian Government: Selected Websites

Australian Politics and Government: Print Resources at the National Library of Australia

British Parliamentary Publications and Information

League of Nations: Print Resources at the National Library of Australia

United Nations: Print Resources at the National Library of Australia

United States Congressional Publications and Information

Reference

Reference Collection Subject Index

Science and Technology

Australian Science and Technology: Selected Websites

Statistics

Australian Censuses and Musters: Print Resources at the National Library of

Statistics: Selected Websites

Statistics: Print Resources at the National Library of Australia

Theses

Theses: Print Resources at the National Library of Australia