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Mosman Library's resources

Local directories, family histories, encyclopedias, specialised reference books, serials, online databases and CD-ROMs. Available both within the Library and remotely, from work or home.

Community Information
A comprehensive directory of local organisations, community-based services, sport and leisure activities, cultural programs, health services and education.

Electronic resources
Our databases provide full-text newspaper and magazine articles, images and photographs, reference works, genealogy records and science and health information.

Legal information
From easy to read plain English guides and pamphlets to legal texts and more complex primary materials.

Drug information
Up to date information about alcohol and drugs. Resources are selected and regularly updated by specialist staff at the State Library in consultation with experts in the field.

Business resources
Company and trading data to satisfy your entrepreneurial and business needs.

Genealogy
Located in the Mosman Room, The Family History Collection consists of birth, death and marriage records for all Australian States, as well as cemetery registers, electoral rolls, probate indexes, shipping records, handbooks and directories.

Weblog
We blog about the Library and online information relevant to Mosman and the local region.

Ask a Librarian
Mosman Library’s friendly staff are available to assist you with your information needs, seven days a week during Library hours.

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The Set Up

We’re pitting Mosman Library’s online reference collection against what you can find from the search box on the world wide web!

Each day during Library & Information Week we’ll be posting a question that represents the range of queries that we get at Mosman Library.

The questions have been moderated by Ellen Forsyth of the State Library of NSW.

You decide who gives the best answers and wins the challenge.

The Players

Our Reference Librarian Jane B will represent Mosman Library. She’ll use only Mosman Library’s electronic resources to answer the question.

Our Internet & IT Services Librarian Ken D will represent the search engine. He’ll use only freely-available web resources to formulate his answer.

The Rules

Each player has 45 minutes to research the question.

They have another 45 minutes to write up their answer and outline their search strategy.

Each day’s question will go online at 10am AEST. The answers will be published at noon.

You can vote once on each round. Voting will be open for 24 hours for each round.

The winner will be presented the trophy on Monday 1 June.

The Cup

Want to know what we’re playing for?

The 2009 Challenge Cup is a superb GIF hand-crafted by Mosman Council’s graphic designer.

It will be awarded to the team that has won the most rounds at the close of voting on Saturday 30 May.