Trove Australia searches books, newspapers, pictures, diaries, maps, music and websites to find the information you need.

 Trove Australia

This resource contains content from Encyclopedia Britannica, the world's premier English language encyclopedia.

 Britannica Library

Find My Past features records from the United Kingdom, Ireland, USA, Canada and Australia.

Northern Beaches Library members can access Find My Past, for free, from the public computers in each library branch. 

Ancestry Library Edition is a huge subscription database, similar to the popular Ancestry.com, which you can use to trace your ancestors. Searches over 4000 databases including Australian convict index, Australian electoral rolls, United Kingdom census records, British Army World War 1 pension records, United States census records and much more.

Northern Beaches Library members can access Ancestry.com, for free, from the public computers in each library branch.