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Resources

We provide access to a range of online subscription databases, plus a selection of useful and authoritative websites.

Many of the databases are available from home and you can use your library card number to log in. Others are only available for use in Kempsey Shire Libraries branches.

History of the Macleay Valley

Kempsey Shire has a long and fascinating history of Aboriginal and European activity.

Family history & genealogy

Research family history using the Kempsey Shire Libraries resource tools.

Kempsey Shire heritage

Find out more about the unique and interesting history of Kempsey Shire and the Macleay Valley Coast.

Indigenous resources

Kempsey Shire Libraries have compiled this list of resources to help families, students and researchers to locate items in the library’s
collection that relate to the local indigenous community.

Kempsey Shire Community Profile

HSC resources

Kempsey Shire Libraries have a special HSC Resources collection to help you achieve HSC success.

Learn a language

With Mango, you can learn a new language from the comfort of your own home.
Simply click on the logo above, and sign in with the 'Use Mango as a Guest' button.

Gale offers a variety of resources for education, lifelong learning, and academic research. Whether you are looking for peer-reviewed articles; full-text magazines, newspapers, and eBooks; primary source documents; and videos or podcasts, Gale puts the right vetted content and tools at your fingertips!

Resources

History of the Macleay Valley

Family history & genealogy

Kempsey Shire heritage

Indigenous resources

Kempsey Shire Community Profile

HSC resources

Learn a language

Gale Research Resources

Haynes car/bike manuals

World Book

The Computer School

Carter's Price Guide to Antiques

Legal & drug information (State Library of NSW)