Trove Records
Wanting to know all you can about your exciting Trove find? Look no further than the Trove Record.
What is in a Trove Record?

- Title and author/creator/contributor - includes details about the edition/item.
First Australians - Item features First Australians content.
- Link to digitised item - Item may be digitised and available for viewing/listening online. Select the button describing how to access it (eg. Read, Listen, View). Select a holding organisation to go to their site and view their options for accessing the item. If the item opens in a Trove viewer/player and you need help to use it, select the viewer/player from the side menu.
- Borrow - Locate physical items to borrow from the holding library or organisation.
- Order copies and buy items - Some items may have digital and/or physical copies available for order. Select the button describing the options (eg. Buy, Get, Order).
- Cite this - Provides citations for the item in various formats.
- Publication information and title summary - You may be able to select the author/creator/contributor for more information. Includes other related information eg. Series, ISBN, Copyright status.
Report culturally sensitive content - Link to a form to report culturally sensitive content in the work that relates to First Australians.
- Find out more on this topic - Tags with keyword/s related to the initial search. Select a tag to start a new Trove search. You can also add a tag to this record.
- Lists - Trove lists that feature your search keyword/s. Login to your Trove account to add this item to your own list
- Work notes - Notes added to this record. You can also add a work note.
- Other editions - Select from a list of editions included under the item title from collections in various libraries and organisations. You can filter the list by type, date etc by selecting from the available drop-down menus. When you select an edition, you will be taken to its individual Trove record.
Restricted Content
Some content may have access restrictions placed on it for reasons that include copyright and content that may cause distress, be culturally sensitive, defamatory or offensive.
You may require permission to view content that has been deemed sensitive or which may cause offence to some members of the community. Please Contact Us for information.
Broken Links
Some records in Trove link to items on external Partner websites, so you will have to leave Trove to read, listen to, or view them.
If the link to an item is broken, you can try:
- Searching the external website that the record links to. The item may still be there in a different location.
- Contacting the organisation who hosts the website to see if the item is still available.
Not Available Online
Some records in Trove only provide limited content - there will be item information, but there may be no online version. In some cases, there may be an excerpt, preview or abstract available, and you may have the option to borrow the physical item or order a copy.
Changes to Trove Records
The records in Trove come directly from the organisation that catalogued the item - only the organisation can make alterations. This includes National Library of Australia collection items.
To request changes, please contact the organisation that holds the item.
If you have additional information about an item, you can include it in Trove by adding a note to the item record.
If there's something in Trove which you believe infringes your rights, or, for example, contravenes privacy law, is defamatory, or in breach of copyright, you may submit a takedown request.