eLearning and eResources

AustLit is a leading online resource dedicated to Australian literature and storytelling. It provides comprehensive biographical and bibliographical records, full-text works, curated exhibitions, and extensive digital content.

Designed to support both research and teaching, AustLit enables in-depth exploration of Australia’s literary, narrative, and print cultures. It fosters greater understanding of the vital role storytelling has played—and continues to play—in shaping Australian culture and identity.

Haynes Manuals AllAccess is a comprehensive online library featuring detailed repair and maintenance manuals for a wide range of car and motorcycle makes and models. Content is regularly updated and includes step-by-step guidance for common repairs, routine maintenance, and servicing procedures.

Toowoomba Region Libraries provides members with free access to hundreds of online automotive and motorcycle manuals.

Members can log in from home using their library card number and PIN, or access the resource on a computer at their local library branch.

How to access

1. Visit Haynes Manuals AllAccess

2.  Click Log in / select Choose your institution / type Toowoomba Regional Council and select

3.  Enter your library card number (the barcode on your card) and PIN 

• Queensland Law Handbook is an exhaustive guide written by more than 50 Queensland legal experts, offering plain-English advice about rights and responsibilities and where to go for further assistance.
• Queensland Legislation provides full-text access to Queensland Acts, Subordinate Legislation, Bills, and Repealed Legislation.
• Federal Register of Legislation provides full-text access to the Commonwealth of Australia's legislation.

Learn leadership, project management, creative skills and more with LinkedIn Learning. It's free and unlimited to Toowoomba Region residents. Access it via our online catalogue. If you need help using it, view a video tutorial

Niche Academy provides video tutorials for the digital world.

This online program contains general and academic preparation and practice with interactive activities. The program is aimed at practising the challenges faced in the IELTS tests. This resource can be accessed from home or from the library using your library card barcode number.

How to access IELTS

Road to IELTS General Training Test - The general training test is for those who want to do work experience or training programs, secondary school or migrate to an English-speaking country. Please provide your library barcode number when prompted.

Road to IELTS Academic Test - The academic test is for those who want to study at a tertiary level in an English-speaking country. Please provide your library barcode number when prompted.

Practical Writing is a program that will help students with writing essays, emails, reports, job applications, notes, letters and more.

Clear Pronunciation Sounds is a program that will aid learners to recognize and pronounce the 43 sounds of English through audio, video and interactive activities. Students work with each sound in isolation, in words, sentences and in authentic texts.

View a video tutorial on test preparation for the exam

The State Library of Queensland provides access to a large number of authoritative e-resources including online journals, newspapers, magazines and websites, online training courses, legislation and encyclopedias.

How to access eResources available from State Library Queensland

All e-resources can be accessed from home using a State Library Queensland membership. If you are not yet a member you can register online to get immediate access to services, collections and facilities.

Databases available through State Library Queensland include:

• JStor - a multidisciplinary archive of scholarly journals
• ProQuest Central - a multidisciplinary database covering business, current affairs, news, health, science and humanities

Trove is a fantastic comprehensive online resource by Australians for Australians.

It is an online gateway to resources from more than one thousand Australian libraries, museums and galleries. Trove helps you find and use resources relating to Australia. It's more than a search engine. Trove brings together content from libraries, museums, archives, repositories and other research and collecting organisations big and small.

How to access Trove

1. Follow our online tutorial to learn how to use Trove.

World Book Online hosts thousands of articles and hundreds of maps, videos, and other media for an immersive learning experience. Select the Advanced (ages 14 and up) category to use the same effective research tools as Student (for ages 10-14), plus access to primary sources, historical documents, and multimedia directly from each encyclopedia article.

How to access World Book Online

1. Go to World Book Online and sign in with your library card number.
2. For help getting started using World Book Online follow our online tutorial to guide you through the process.