Online resources

Databases, eBooks, audiobooks, videos and more

These resources are available for current Trinity College students and staff. Please contact the library if you have any difficulty gaining access

  • ePlatform: eBooks and audiobooks, mostly fiction/recreational, loan limits apply (sign in with your Trinity email address and password)

  • Gale eBooks: unlimited access to a database of encyclopaedias and specialised reference sources for multidisciplinary research (select sign in with Microsoft and use your Trinity email address and password)

  • Academic OneFile plus OneFile News: unlimited access to a database of articles from scholarly journals and other authoritative sources with extensive coverage in key subject areas, such as biology, chemistry, criminal justice, economics, environmental science, history, marketing, political science, and psychology PLUS newspapers including The Age and Herald Sun from Melbourne (select sign in with Microsoft and use your Trinity email address and password)

  • Explora is our access point for EBSCO academic databases and eBooks across all disciplines. Includes the Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre which has full-text of all major Australian newspapers. You'll be prompted to sign in via EZProxy with your Trinity username and password.

  • Clickview: streaming video library including over 43,000 educational TV programmes (sign in with your Trinity email address and password)

  • PressReader: unlimited online access to over 7000 newspapers and magazines from Australia and around the world. Full access while onsite and connected to the Trinity network, or sign in via Library or Group, search for Trinity and use your Trinity email to register. Download issues to read offline. Learn more here

  • The catalogue includes links to academic eBooks (loan limits apply) and selected PDF documents - most of these are specific to Foundation Studies subjects, particularly HOI, or theology.