E-resources at the National Library of Australia

Now that you have registered for the National Library (refer to post “Become a member” from August 30th) you can access a large number of licensed e-resources. Most e-resources can be accessed remotely by logging in with your National Library ID card but some are only accessible in-house.

Some of the e-resources available are:

China Academic Journals (1915+)
Irish Newspaper Archives (1763 to present)
Matichon elibrary (covers 31 Thai language newspapers)
Gerritsen Collection: Women’s History Online, 1543-1945
For a full listing refer to the NLA’s website

BOOKO – an aid to buying books online

Booko is a site which can help you find the cheapest books and DVDs in Australia.  It is not an online shop but a kind of search engine which goes out to the Internet and looks up book and DVD prices for you.

To find the cheapest price for the book or DVD you want to buy, enter your search in the search box (you can search by Author/Title/ISBN/EAN). When the search results arrive, click on the title that you’re looking for. This will trigger Booko to go out to the internet and find online bookshops that have the title. You will then be presented with a list of online bookshops that offer the title you want and their price. Prices quoted are converted to Australian dollars. Make sure to check that the date the prices were found is recent enough and otherwise click “Update prices now” to get a more up to date price. Click on the shop name you have selected and this should take you their website.

The Book Depository bookshops (both the US and UK) are often the cheapest option and more importantly, they don’t charge for shipping.

www.booko.com.au