For enquiries or access problems email us  or phone (08) 9361 1977 

Victoria Park Library provides access to the following databases   

Ancestry provides access to thousands of information databases including U.K. census returns (1841-1901), Australian electoral rolls (1901-1936), U.S. census returns and much more.

Ancestry Help Pages

Ancestry is only accessible within the library.

Yourtutor

yourtutor is an online learning service that connects students via the internet to qualified, expert tutors for individual assistance with homework, assignments, exam preparation and study questions. Students using instant messaging to 'chat' to tutors together with the interactive whiteboard, file sharing tool, and web browsing tools.

Students in year 4-12 can connect instantly to tutors Monday to Friday from 4pm to 8pm. Subject support is available in Math, Science, English, Assignment Research and Study Skills. Help is one to one, secure anonymous, and FREE to all library members!

Mulitlingual Health Databases (On trial until 09 July 2010)
Access reliable health care information in up to 17 different languages with Multilingual Health Databases from EBSCO Publishing.

Please provide feedback.

• information on a disease or condition
• diet
• alternative health solutions
• fitness
• weight loss
• contact details for health organisations.

Note  - requires a valid library barcode

EBSCO Host Help Pages

• Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre

Australia/NZ Reference Centre - combines Australasian magazines, newspapers, newswires and reference books to create the largest collection of regional full text content available to libraries in Oceania. This database includes leading Australia/NZ periodicals and international periodicals in full text; full text reference books; 84,774 full text biographies and an Image Collection of 276,132 photos, maps and flags.

• Business Source Elite

Business Source® Elite  provides full text coverage for nearly 1,100 business periodicals ranging from general magazines to trade publications and top management journals.

•  Novelist

NoveList is a fiction database that provides reviews, annotations as well as Author Read-alikes, Book Discussion Guides, Booktalks and much more.

• Encyclopaedia Britannica  - the full 32 volume database
• Britannica Student and Elementary Encyclopedia
• Britannica Internet Guide
• Journals and Magazines
• Britannica Spotlight features, Integrated Dictionary and Thesaurus, and World Atlas

Introduce young children to the joys of reading with this delightful collection of animated, talking picture books.
This subscription service has been provided through Better Beginnings supporting families in sharing a love of reading.

• Search here for all State Library Stock.
• The vast majority of items are available for Inter Library Loan.
  Email your requests to the Victoria Park library 

• Your Doorway to Western Australia's Information and Services

• Search the catalogues of libraries around Australia, including universities, public and state libraries.

• MusicAustralia, hosted by the National Library, showcases Australia’s musical culture and helps people to discover and explore all types of Australian music - from the earliest published to the latest hit. Its innovation lies in the way it links the business, arts, academic, cultural and information sectors to provide a coherent vision of the nation’s music.

• AskNow is a virtual reference service staffed by librarians in Australia and New Zealand. It aims to provide high quality information to users, with the convenience of immediate, online communication. Using purpose-built software, it allows librarians and users to interact in real time.