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• Ancestry
• Articles and current affairs
• Biographies
• Community groups and services
• Computer help
• Encyclopaedia
• Frankston City population
• Health and medicine
• Law Handbook
• Online books
• Reference and homework help
• Science
• Tutoring

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Ancestry

Ancestry Library Edition™
- Only available at the Frankston and Carrum Downs libraries: please book a computer
- See the Ancestry guide for search tips

Search genealogy resources from around the world, including cenus, military records, court, land and probate records, church records, directories, passenger lists and more!

ANZ Reference Centre (Library members only)
Full text newspaper, magazine and journal articles, and historical photos and videos. Use this for access to articles from daily papers like The Age and the Herald Sun.
See the tutorial or learn how to get email alerts.

General OneFile(Library members only)
Access full text magazine and journal articles. Formerally known as InfoTrack OneFile.

Australian Newspapers beta
Access historic, out of copyright Australian newspapers digitised as part of the National Library of Australia's Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program.

BiographiesTop Of Page

Biography Resource Centre (Library members only)
A great source of biographical information on thousands of people past and present.

Encyclopaedia Britannica Online (Library members only)
Thousands of brief Biographies can be found here.

MasterFILE Premier (Library members only)
Access a broad range of Biographies from thousands of online reference publications.

Community Groups and ServicesTop Of Page

Frankston Community Directory
The Community Directory provides a listing of community groups, associations and services in Frankston City and surrounding municipalities, including family and health services and sporting clubs.

Computer help

Computer school
Access easy to understand information on how to use a Windows and Vista based computers, including advice on email and the Internet and instructions for popular Microsoft office programs. Just copy and past frankston3199 into the password box to access.

Encyclopaedia Britannica Online (Library members only)
Access the full Encyclopaedia Britannica, plus multimedia. Search results include magazine articles and reviewed Web links. See the Encyclopaedia Britannica tour or read the Blogalogue post.

Frankston City PopulationTop Of Page

Frankston City Community Profile
Access Census population statistics for Frankston City, updated with the latest figures.

See also:

• DSE Urban and Regional Research
• Australian Bureau of Statistics

Consumer Health Complete (Library members only)
Consumer Health Complete is a comprehensive resource for consumer-oriented health content, including alternative medicine and up-to-date drug information.

Health and Wellness Resource Center (Library members only)
Up-to-date and reliable medical information. Take the tour

See also:

• Better Health Channel - Health information from the Victorian Government
• Cochrane Library - Databases that contain high-quality, independent medical evidence
• Health On the Net Foundation - Search engine for evidence based health information
• Health Insite - Health information from the Australian Government
• Quack Watch- Check for medical scams and dubious health claims

Law Handbook                                                                                   Top Of Page

The Law Handbook Online
Current Victorian legal information across a wide range of topics.  

Currently unavailable outside libraries due to technical diffulties

Safari Tech Books Online (Library members only)
Access online books about computers, software applications, games and the Web.
Experience the demo or read the Blogalogue post for more details.

Please logout when you have finished. The logout link is on the top right corner of the Safari page.

As there is a limited number of simultaneous users, please try again if you can't access on your first attempt.

Reference and Homework HelpTop Of Page

MasterFILE Premier (Library members only)
An extensive multi-disciplinary database that provides full text for more than 1,730 general reference works, plus thousands of primary source documents and images.

ScienceTop Of Page

Science Resource Center (Library members only)
A multimedia, multi-source reference resource covering all aspects of Science from astronomy to zoology. Read more...

Yourtutor (Library members only)
A free and professionally staffed online Tutoring service for students from years 4 to 12. It operates from 4:00pm to 8:00pm, Monday to Friday. It's great! Read more...

Gulliver
The ANZ Reference Centre, Biography Resource Center, Consumer Health Complete, Encyclopaedia Britannica Online, Health and Wellness Resource Center, InfoTrack OneFile, MasterFILE Premier, Opposing Viewpoints, Price It and the Science Resource Center are also available via Gulliver.