State Library of South Australia
DreamBIG at the State Library this weekend
Bring your imagination and play to DreamBIG events during the children's festival!
Finding 'Johnnies' in the archive
We caught up with Paul Flavel, researcher, writer, and the mind behind the John Martin’s book.
Rear Vision
An exhibition celebrating the iconic legacy of Holden is now open! For those who want to delve deeper into the research or linger longer with the Holden story, we've created the an exhibition website: Rear Vision: The Holden Collection
A cachet of croquet
What is the only other game, other than cricket, to have laws rather than rules?
Update to offsite collection retrievals
We’re pleased to advise that a limited offsite collection retrieval service will be resuming from Friday 21 March.
Explore the collections
The State Library offers many opportunities to explore and discover areas of the State’s history, your family history, our special collections, digital collections and more.
Digital Collections
Showcases selected items from the State Library’s collection with a particular focus on South Australiana.
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Collections-
Explore the collections including South Australiana, Family History and Special Collections.
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Family History
Get started on researching your family history today.
Access eResources
Did you know your State Library subscribes to a wide variety of eResources that are free for you to use?
eResources include full-text articles and abstracts, magazines, scholarly journals, eBooks, databases, indexes, newspapers, encyclopedias, and many more. Don't have a Library membership yet? Join the State Library and start using eResources today.
Research databases
South Australian residents with a Library membership can access research databases and other electronic resources for personal use outside of the State Library, at home or on the go.
Newspapers and magazines
Read the Advertiser online and explore hundreds of magazines and newspapers from all over the world via Pressreader, NewsBank and more.
Study resources for students
Our learning and research librarians have compiled a selection of eResources for students to help with their research.
Further your research
We offer a range of research guides to assist you in finding resources. Trove helps you find Australia's cultural collections sourced from collecting organisations across the country. You can access the full range of eResources to enhance your research further.
Research Guides
Find research assistance, subject guides and useful resources on a range of subjects.
TROVE
Trove helps you find Australia's cultural collections by bringing together content from libraries, museums, archives, repositories and other research and collecting organisations big and small.
Databases
Free access to a wide variety of databases that include both full-text articles and abstracts, magazines, scholarly journals, newspapers, encyclopedias and lots more.