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You can access a great range of newspapers free with your library card. Access full versions, including images, of the Dubbo Daily Liberal, Sydney Mornign Herald, Daily Telegraph, The Australian and many more. Check out the full range in Online Resources, or click below to access the Dubbo Liberal, SMH and Daily Telegraph directly. Log in with your library member number.

MyHeritage Library Edition is one of the largest, most internationally diverse genealogy databases of its kind in the world. It includes billions of historical documents from over 48 countries, millions of historical photos, public records, indexes and additional resources.

Log in with you library card number and get started on your family history today!

Search rare nineteenth and twentieth-century archives on topics like the evolving modes of flight, World's Fairs, and more. 

Gale and the Smithsonian have collaborated to give libraries a unique opportunity to provide students, faculty, and researchers the chance to look behind the glass of the Smithsonian exhibits and collections.

Gale is digitizing primary source materials from deep within the museums, libraries, and archives of the world's largest museum and research complex, making it available digitally, in searchable formats, and integrating it with software that aligns with scholarly workflow.


The Summer Reading Club is on from 1st December 2024-8th February 2025. The theme is ‘Oceans of Possibilities’. Check out the new challenges available on Beanstack, and earn prizes as you complete them.

Every challenge you complete earns you tickets in the major prize draw, and you will also earn tickets for time spent reading.

Don’t forget to also pick up your activity book from the library.