Our guides and resources will help you with your research and allow you to delve deeper into our collection, whether you’re researching your family history or completing a thesis.

You may also wish to contact our reference desk for further assistance. 

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• The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Biographical Index
• Databases
  • AUSTLANG
  • ​OzBib
• Finding aids
• Guidelines for Ethical Research in Australian Indigenous Studies
• Native title resources and information services
• Language and people bibliographies
• Language, place and subject thesauri
• Tutorials
  • How to search Mura®
  • Connecting to Country
  • Talkin' names
  • In language
• Reading Lists
• Subject guides
  • Curriculum material
  • Ethical protocols for working with Indigenous Australians
  • Indigenous Australian astronomy
  • Indigenous Australian festivals
  • Indigenous Australian use of plants for food and medicine
  • How to find mission and reserve records

Holding lists

• CD-ROMs held in AIATSIS collection (PDF 240 KB)
• Serials held in AIATSIS collection (PDF 565 KB)