eResources for Rangatahi - Teens
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OverDrive: No wait eBooks and eAudiobooks for teens
Educational and entertaining eBooks and eAudiobooks for teens, available now with no waitlists.
Aotearoa New Zealand
Aotearoa New Zealand
Bridget Williams Books BWB Online Collections
Deep, rich and high-quality New Zealand non-fiction eBooks brought together online.
New Zealand Geographic
Writers, photographers and scientists tell the story of NZ in this online magazine archive. Includes video, podcast, and photography.
New Zealand History Collection
Access major and authoritative New Zealand history and biography published by Bridget Williams Books.
The Treaty of Waitangi Collection
A collection of searchable electronic reference books on the Treaty of Waitangi from leading thinkers on this foundational document.
Ōtautahi Christchurch
Aotearoa New Zealand
Canterbury Stories
Canterbury Stories is our place for collecting and presenting online collections from our digitised archives, photographs and community.
Christchurch Streets and Places
Discover the history and origins of Ōtautahi streets. NEW: the map now connects to Canterbury Stories images of 1,400 Christchurch streets.
Discovery Wall
Tūranga is the home of NZ’s largest digital touchwall. Find out more, and how you can contribute to this unique heritage resource.
Tī Kōuka Whenua
Explore the vibrant past of Christchurch and the wider Canterbury region that extends back many hundreds of years before 1850.
Canterbury Stories
Canterbury Stories is our place for collecting and presenting online collections from our digitised archives, photographs and community.
Christchurch Streets and Places
Discover the history and origins of Ōtautahi streets. NEW: the map now connects to Canterbury Stories images of 1,400 Christchurch streets.
Discovery Wall
Tūranga is the home of NZ’s largest digital touchwall. Find out more, and how you can contribute to this unique heritage resource.
Tī Kōuka Whenua
Explore the vibrant past of Christchurch and the wider Canterbury region that extends back many hundreds of years before 1850.
eAudiobooks
eAudiobooks
BorrowBox
BorrowBox is an eAudiobook and eBook platform - download top NZ, Australian, and international fiction & non-fiction. Borrow for 21 days.
Libby - the OverDrive app
Borrow thousands of eBooks, eAudiobooks and eMagazines, all available on your mobile device by downloading the Libby app.
OverDrive for Teens
eBook and eAudiobook collection containing thousands of fiction and nonfiction titles for teens.
uLibrary eAudiobooks
A collection of fiction and non-fiction eAudiobook titles.
BorrowBox
BorrowBox is an eAudiobook and eBook platform - download top NZ, Australian, and international fiction & non-fiction. Borrow for 21 days.
Libby - the OverDrive app
Borrow thousands of eBooks, eAudiobooks and eMagazines, all available on your mobile device by downloading the Libby app.
OverDrive for Teens
eBook and eAudiobook collection containing thousands of fiction and nonfiction titles for teens.
uLibrary eAudiobooks
A collection of fiction and non-fiction eAudiobook titles.
Young Adult eAudiobooks
eBooks
eBook collections
AWA in OverDrive
eBook and eAudiobook and magazine collection containing thousands of fiction and non-fiction titles for adults, young adults and children.
Bridget Williams Books BWB Online Collections
Deep, rich and high-quality New Zealand non-fiction eBooks brought together online.
BorrowBox
BorrowBox is an eAudiobook and eBook platform - download top NZ, Australian, and international fiction & non-fiction. Borrow for 21 days.
OverDrive for Teens
eBook and eAudiobook collection containing thousands of fiction and nonfiction titles for teens.
AWA in OverDrive
eBook and eAudiobook and magazine collection containing thousands of fiction and non-fiction titles for adults, young adults and children.
Bridget Williams Books BWB Online Collections
Deep, rich and high-quality New Zealand non-fiction eBooks brought together online.
BorrowBox
BorrowBox is an eAudiobook and eBook platform - download top NZ, Australian, and international fiction & non-fiction. Borrow for 21 days.
OverDrive for Teens
eBook and eAudiobook collection containing thousands of fiction and nonfiction titles for teens.
Young Adult eBooks
eMagazines
eMagazines
OverDrive eMagazines
Thousands of eMagazines from around the world including many popular New Zealand titles.
PressReader
PressReader has over 7,000 digital newspapers and magazines from over 100 countries in 60+ languages.
National Geographic Virtual Library
The digital archive of the world-renowned magazine National Geographic.
New Zealand Geographic
Writers, photographers and scientists tell the story of NZ in this online magazine archive. Includes video, podcast, and photography.
OverDrive eMagazines
Thousands of eMagazines from around the world including many popular New Zealand titles.
PressReader
PressReader has over 7,000 digital newspapers and magazines from over 100 countries in 60+ languages.
National Geographic Virtual Library
The digital archive of the world-renowned magazine National Geographic.
New Zealand Geographic
Writers, photographers and scientists tell the story of NZ in this online magazine archive. Includes video, podcast, and photography.
Graphic novels and comics
Featured
OverDrive: Downloadable Comics and Graphic Novels
Superheroes, memoirs, science fiction, Manga and more. Graphic novels and comics for kids, teens and adults.
Learning and homework help
Learning
Gale Primary Sources
Search a selection of newspaper and magazine archives, monographs all cross-searchable.
LinkedIn Learning for Libraries
Video library of courses and tutorials on software, creative and business skills taught by industry experts.
Global Issues: Gale In Context
Learn how to critically analyse and understand the most important issues of the modern world, designed to support global awareness.
Mango Languages
Join the conversation. There's more than 70 languages to explore in Mango Languages.
Gale Primary Sources
Search a selection of newspaper and magazine archives, monographs all cross-searchable.
LinkedIn Learning for Libraries
Video library of courses and tutorials on software, creative and business skills taught by industry experts.
Global Issues: Gale In Context
Learn how to critically analyse and understand the most important issues of the modern world, designed to support global awareness.
Mango Languages
Join the conversation. There's more than 70 languages to explore in Mango Languages.
Research
Research
eDS eResources Discovery Search
Access most of our eResource collection, articles, eBooks, journals, photographs & more, through a single access point.
Biography: Gale In Context
Biographical information about more than one million people. Coverage ranges from Paris Hilton and George Clooney to Socrates and Boudicca
Biography Reference Source
Biographies for popular musicians or historical figures thousands of full text biographies from Biography Today and Biography Magazine.
Britannica Library Teens
Online interactive version of Encyclopædia Britannica. All subject areas are covered in this easy to use resource aimed at High school level
eDS eResources Discovery Search
Access most of our eResource collection, articles, eBooks, journals, photographs & more, through a single access point.
Biography: Gale In Context
Biographical information about more than one million people. Coverage ranges from Paris Hilton and George Clooney to Socrates and Boudicca
Biography Reference Source
Biographies for popular musicians or historical figures thousands of full text biographies from Biography Today and Biography Magazine.
Britannica Library Teens
Online interactive version of Encyclopædia Britannica. All subject areas are covered in this easy to use resource aimed at High school level
Movies and TV
eResources: Streaming video
Access Video
World-class documentaries, award-winning educational films, and helpful instructional videos on every known subject.
Beamafilm
Unlimited access to thousands of great movies, documentaries and series for free with your library card.
Kanopy
On-demand streaming video service with a large collection of award-winning independent, international and classic films, and documentaries.
New Zealand Geographic
Writers, photographers and scientists tell the story of NZ in this online magazine archive. Includes video, podcast, and photography.
Access Video
World-class documentaries, award-winning educational films, and helpful instructional videos on every known subject.
Beamafilm
Unlimited access to thousands of great movies, documentaries and series for free with your library card.
Kanopy
On-demand streaming video service with a large collection of award-winning independent, international and classic films, and documentaries.
New Zealand Geographic
Writers, photographers and scientists tell the story of NZ in this online magazine archive. Includes video, podcast, and photography.
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