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OneClickDigital lets you download free e-Audiobooks to your computer, mp3 player or iPod in a simple one-click process. Hundreds of bestsellers to choose from, with new titles added each month. All you need is a PC with broadband internet access. Use your library card number to create a free account. You can checkout 10 titles at once for 3 weeks, with 3 renewals. |
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Universal Class offers over 500 online non-credit continuing education courses available free to library members. Subjects include Accounting, Alternative Medicine, Arts & Photography, Business, Career Training, Computers & Technology, Crafts & Hobbies, Health, Science, Mathematics, Law, Office Skills, and hundreds more. You may enroll in up to 5 courses and have up to 6 months to finish each course. Every course has a real instructor you can communicate with by email. Enter your library card number to create an account, and study at your own pace, 24/7 from anywhere. List of available courses. |
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Transparent Languages Online offer courses for over 90 languages, including English as a second language. Register with your library barcode to create a free account, and learn from home at your own pace. Or use Byki Mobile to learn languages 'on the go' with your Apple iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, or Android powered device. All you need is Byki for iPhone Community edition, which is free on the App store. |
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Stuck with your schoolwork? Log on to yourtutor and get one on one help with your maths, science, English, study skills and research assignments. Tutors are familiar with grades 4 to 12 of the curriculum and are waiting online to help you from Monday to Friday between 4 pm and 8 pm. |
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Animated picture books in English and other languages, as well as interactive puzzles and games for kids. |
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A high quality, play-based literacy resource. More than 10 000 activities available online for children of all ages and ability. Select from activities focusing on pre-reading skills, phonics, reading, spelling, vocabulary, grammar and comprehension in a fun, exciting and safe online environment. Register as a new user to access the database. |
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Find book lists and recommended reads for kids aged from kindergarten to Grade 8. Use the grab-and-go book lists to quickly find the best resources for your school project. You can also search for authors who write like your favourite authors. |
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Discover new authors who write like your favourite authors; sign up for monthly recommended reading lists in your favourite genres; find book reviews of fiction and non-fiction, discussion guides and more. |
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Looking for a few good books to read? Sign up here for our monthly e-newsletters to get great book suggestions in the genres you choose. With book suggestions for kids, teens and adults, there’s something for everyone. If you see a title that takes your fancy, just click on the link to check our catalogue and reserve a copy. |
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Access full-text magazines, newspapers, reference books and images from Australia and overseas. |
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An up-to-date online encyclopaedia suitable for all age groups. To access from home, login with your library barcode. |
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Access the latest medical, health and wellness information from a variety of authoritative medical sources. |
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Tutorial support for computer programs including Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Access, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, internet, email and social networking. Contact Nedlands Library for username and password. |
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Read articles from hundreds of popular magazines, academic, professional and trade journals on a range of subjects. Including current events, sports, science, business, travel, education and health. Includes Choice, Vogue, Popular Mechanics, Wall Street Journal, PC magazine, National Geographic and more. |
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Fun, interactive games, stories, puzzles, rhymes and crafts for kids. |
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To search Choice magazine, select Popular magazines, click on the Browse Publications tab, and enter 'Choice' in the search box. |
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Search Australian newspapers, pictures, sound recordings, diaries, letters, and maps from libraries, museums and institutions across Australia. If you are researching in the fields of the social sciences, literature, local or family history, or need inspiration for your school assignment, this is the tool for you. |
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Good Reading Online is an Australian magazine with information on "Everything About Books" including thousands of easy to read independent book reviews and lots of interesting Australian and international articles, author profiles, competitions, short stories, book trivia and more. |
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SpineOut Online is an online magazine for kids and teens to express their ideas and thoughts and share their creativity in words, art, film or music. A fun and interactive site, with new competitions each month. |
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The following resources are only available within the libraries. |
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Have you read all the books by your favourite author? Use this site to find other authors who write like them. You can also find recommended books by genre, crossover authors for young adult readers, literary prize winners, author biographies and author websites. |
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Discover your ancestors with the world's largest family history website. Search birth, death, marriage and census records, military records, immigration and emigration records, photographs and maps, newspaper articles and periodicals. |
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Find my past Australia is a family history and genealogy website, with access to over 50 million historical records covering Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and the Pacific Islands. These are mainly family history records, but you'll also find thousands of social, government and general history records. Note this is limited to two users at once. |
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Find my past UK is a family history and genealogy website with a focus on the United Kingdom. This is an ever-growing collection of over 650 million records including the most complete 1841-1911 census collection and index of births, marriages and deaths (1837-2006), parish and migration records, military records and social and historical information to provide background context. Note this is limited to two users at once. |