Statewide licensed databases
NSW.net provides all NSW public libraries with free access to a collection of databases each year. This is to ensure that libraries can offer their communities a quality set of online information resources and assist them in meeting their statutory requirements to provide free information services to their communities.
Managing statewide databases in your library
For the 2025-26 financial year, NSW.net will provide all NSW public libraries with free access to 16 statewide online databases. Public libraries can also select five optional mini subject specific powerpacks.
These databases can be used by NSW public library staff for reference service purposes and by their respective library members within the library or from home. The current collection of databases is licensed from the vendor Gale.
Find about more about managing the statewide databases in your library, including training, technical support and promotional resources.
Current statewide licenced databases
British Library Newspapers: Volume I-VII
Unparalleled in depth and scope, British Library Newspapers consists of collections from the British Library which span three hundred years of news
Gale Books and Authors
For many patrons, finding a book that interests them can be time-consuming.
Gale Business: Insights
Gale Business Insights provides thousands of global company, country and business topic overviews featuring detailed information as well as interac
Gale General OneFile
Gale General OneFile includes more than 9,000 full-text titles; more than 3,700 refereed journals; and hundreds of newspapers — a total of in exces
Gale Health And Wellness
Got a health question? Need a "go-to" source with credible information that is in-depth yet simple to navigate?
Gale in Context : Biography
CANCELLED FOR 2025-26 FINANCIAL YEAR, DEACTIVATED END OF JULY 2025
Gale in Context: Environmental Studies
CANCELLED FOR 2025-26 FINANCIAL YEAR, DEACTIVATED END OF JULY 2025
Gale In Context: Global Issues
Gale In Context: Global Issues supports awareness and provides perspective on global issues, while tying together a wealth of authoritative content
Gale in Context: Literature
Gale in Context: Literature provides information about literary classics and new works through a collection of videos, images, infographics, and eb
Gale in Context: Opposing Viewpoints
Opposing Viewpoints in Context is the premier online resource covering todays hottest social issues, from Offshore Drilling to Climate Change, Heal
Gale in Context: Science
Supporting high school curricula and university coursework, Science in Context features authoritative information for assignments and projects, and
Gale In Context: World History
Gale In Context: World History takes learners from the ancient world to today's headlines, delivering a chronicle of the great cultures and societi
Gale Literature Resource Center
Gale Literature Resource Center is Gale’s most current, comprehensive and reliable online literature database.
Gale OneFile: Australia and New Zealand
Curated content from Australian, New Zealand and International sources covering important issues relating to Australia and New Zealand.
Gale OneFile: News
This innovative full-text newspaper resource allows users to search articles instantly by title, headline, date, author, and many other fields.