Online Resources
City of Melville Libraries provides access to a range of premium quality online information resources. Try our latest additions today.
The latest additions to the libraries' online resources include:
- Family history / genealogy
- Consumer information
- Languages other than English
Providing more ways for you to find information. Visit your local library today - where everyday is a world of discovery.
Family history / genealogy

- Ancestry Library Edition
Ancestry provides access to thousands of information databases including U.K. census returns (1841-1901), Australian electoral rolls (1901-1936), U.S. census returns and much more.
Access is only available from within our libraries on computers providing Internet and Microsoft Office applications.
Click here for Ancestry Library Edition or to book a one-hour session on a library computer to use Ancestry, click here.
Consumer information

- Choice Online
Australian test reports on hundreds of products and services from Choice Magazine. Articles are available online before they appear in the printed version.
Access to members reports is only available from within our libraries. Please ask staff to log you in to the website.
Click here for Choice online
Magazines & newspapers
- Popular magazines
Contains the full text of articles from hundreds of popular magazines. Access is available from within our libraries or from home (for library members). To start click here
This resource also includes the text of all articles in Choice magazine from October 1999 onwards. To limit your search to Choice articles only click here
Books and authors
- Good Reading magazine online
Read an exact digital copy of the monthly print edition with added online features. Contains quality reviews, author profiles and news about books. You can browse the pages or keyword search thousands of articles in current and past issues. A great resource for book clubs.
Click here for access from within the library
Click here for access from home (for library members)
Languages other than English

- MyLanguage
Provides links to news, search engines, government websites in over sixty languages
Access is available from anywhere. To start please click here