State Reference Library
E377734
The State Reference Library is the principal research and reference collection of the State Library of New South Wales, offering extensive resources for in-depth study across a wide range of subjects.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| State Reference Library canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3656365 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: State Reference Library Context triple: [State Library of New South Wales, hasCollection, State Reference Library]
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A.
State Library
The State Library is a public research and reference library serving Rhode Island’s government, lawmakers, and citizens with legislative, legal, and historical resources.
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B.
Library and Archives
Library and Archives is the research and historical collections center of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, housing botanical literature, manuscripts, and archival materials.
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C.
Western Libraries
Western Libraries is the academic library system of Western University, providing research resources, study spaces, and information services to its students, faculty, and staff.
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D.
Scott Library
Scott Library is a major academic library located on York University’s Keele Campus in Toronto, serving as a central resource for research and study.
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E.
Library of Congress
The Library of Congress is the national library of the United States and one of the world’s largest and most comprehensive research libraries, serving as the research arm of the U.S. Congress.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: State Reference Library Target entity description: The State Reference Library is the principal research and reference collection of the State Library of New South Wales, offering extensive resources for in-depth study across a wide range of subjects.
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A.
State Library
The State Library is a public research and reference library serving Rhode Island’s government, lawmakers, and citizens with legislative, legal, and historical resources.
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B.
Library and Archives
Library and Archives is the research and historical collections center of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, housing botanical literature, manuscripts, and archival materials.
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C.
Western Libraries
Western Libraries is the academic library system of Western University, providing research resources, study spaces, and information services to its students, faculty, and staff.
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D.
Scott Library
Scott Library is a major academic library located on York University’s Keele Campus in Toronto, serving as a central resource for research and study.
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E.
Library of Congress
The Library of Congress is the national library of the United States and one of the world’s largest and most comprehensive research libraries, serving as the research arm of the U.S. Congress.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
reference library
ⓘ
research library ⓘ |
| accessPolicy | publicly accessible for reference use ⓘ |
| audience |
academics
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general public ⓘ government staff ⓘ researchers ⓘ students ⓘ |
| borrowingPolicy | primarily non-lending collection ⓘ |
| collectionFocus |
Australian history
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New South Wales history ⓘ business resources ⓘ government publications ⓘ humanities ⓘ legal resources ⓘ reference materials ⓘ research materials ⓘ science and technology ⓘ social sciences ⓘ |
| country | Australia ⓘ |
| governedBy |
State Library of New South Wales Act 1969
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linked to:
State Library of New South Wales
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| hasCollectionType |
books
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databases ⓘ government documents ⓘ journals ⓘ maps ⓘ microfilm ⓘ newspapers ⓘ statistics and data sources ⓘ |
| hasOnlineAccess | yes ⓘ |
| hasReadingRooms | yes ⓘ |
| hasRole | principal research and reference collection of the State Library of New South Wales ⓘ |
| hasStaffType |
reference librarians
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subject specialists ⓘ |
| hasStudySpaces | yes ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
New South Wales
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Sydney ⓘ |
| locatedInBuilding |
Mitchell Library Building
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linked to:
Mitchell Library
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| locatedInComplex |
Macquarie Street library complex
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linked to:
Macquarie Street civic precinct
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| operatedBy | State Library of New South Wales ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Government of New South Wales ⓘ |
| partOf | State Library of New South Wales ⓘ |
| providesService |
access to electronic resources
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in-depth research support ⓘ interlibrary loan support ⓘ on-site access to collections ⓘ reference enquiry services ⓘ |
| website | https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: State Reference Library Description of subject: The State Reference Library is the principal research and reference collection of the State Library of New South Wales, offering extensive resources for in-depth study across a wide range of subjects.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.