Access to the largest digitised collection of 17th and 18th century English newspapers and documents online. Use at a library or enter your library card and password / PIN.
Access to 500 full text and searchable 19th century U.S. newspapers. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
Access 19th Century UK Periodicals to view a collection of often rare online British magazines, journals and specialty newspapers that aim to provide an in-depth view of life in the Victorian age. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
International business information. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
Multidisciplinary resource containing peer reviewed, full-text articles from the world’s leading reference sources. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
Access to one of the world’s largest scholarly full text database covering every area of academic study. Use at a library or enter your library card and password / PIN.
Academic World Book is a reference tool aimed at university level information requirements. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
World-class documentaries, award-winning educational films, and helpful instructional videos on every known subject.
Wide-ranging agricultural information, from practical aspects to scientific research. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
Hear streamable music from America’s past and present. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
Access a wide variety of content to help trace your family history. Includes records from United States, United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. Access this at any of our libraries.
Found In: Family history
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Access a free eBook service of fiction and non–fiction titles. This collection of eBooks contains a number of British titles which are now out of print. Borrow with your library card and password / PIN.
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Access to New Zealand and Australian newspaper articles and newswire stories. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
Access to a rich resource for perspectives on major contentious social, political, and technological issues that are relevant to New Zealand and Australia. Use at a library or enter your library card and password / PIN.
Access information from newspapers, magazines and reference books focused on Australian and New Zealand content. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
Access art market information for Australian and New Zealand including past, current and forthcoming auctions, market statistics and news. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
Access Alexander Street’s BBC Video Collection of documentaries on topics that span multiple subjects, such as history, anthropology, science, religion, health sciences and art.Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN
Biographical information about more than one million people. Coverage ranges from Paris Hilton and George Clooney to Socrates and Boudicca. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN
Access biographical reference collections and magazines, a comprehensive collection of full-text biographies, and thousands of unique narrative biographies. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
Access to a readers advisory service which answers the question - what do I read next? Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
Access to hundreds of downloadable MP3 fiction and nonfiction eAudiobooks for adults, young adults and children. Borrow with your library card and password / PIN.
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Access to the online and interactive version of Encyclopædia Britannica. All branches of knowledge are covered in this resource aimed at older students and adults. There is also a Teens and Kids version available. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
Colourful and easy to use interactive online version of the Encyclopædia Britannica. Safe and accurate information for primary level. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
Access to the online and interactive version of Encyclopædia Britannica. All subject areas are covered in this easy to use resource aimed at High school level. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
Access a comprehensive range of British national, regional and local digitised newspapers in between the 18th and early 20th centuries. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
Search millions of digitized pages from the British Library’s vast newspaper collection from the 1700’s onwards.
Found In: Family historyNewspaper and Magazine ArchivesOnly available in Christchurch City Libraries
This eResource has been discontinued and replaced by Gale Artemis: Primary Resources
Business and Company ASAP has ceased to be a standalone eResource. It has now merged with General Business File to create Gale Business Collection. This is a larger and easier to use eResource with a new updated interface.
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Comprehensive information for researchers on business and economics-related topics. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
Access to international business information. Includes case studies, statistical data sources, news articles, academic journals and topical reference materials organised by country, company and industry. Includes New Zealand business information. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
Access to a research database on all aspects of business. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
Access colourful and quirky games and activities for 3 to 11 year olds. Designed to entertain and educate. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
A series of short books on serious public interest topics by great New Zealand writers.
Access to prices of antiquities, antiques, collectables, retro, vintage and 20th century design. An Australian product with New Zealand content. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
Details of interments from Christchurch City Council cemeteries compiled by the Greenspace Unit of the Christchurch City Council.
CINCH, Community INformation CHristchurch contains information for around 6,000 organisations, course providers and individuals.
Access to over 90,000 classical streaming music tracks — from Gregorian chants to present-day recordings. Use at a library or enter your library card & password/PIN
Journals focused on all aspects of the communication and mass media fields.Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
Find computer related news and information in areas such as hardware, software, electronics, engineering, communications and the application of technology. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
Access content on all areas of health and wellness from mainstream medicine to complementary, holistic and integrated medicine. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
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Access to research on a wide range of women’s issues. Suitable for professional or tertiary research. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
Music and sounds of of all regions from every continent. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
Access to online full-text reference books on every major subject. Includes images, sound files, videos and news reports. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
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Journals focused on law and law enforcement, social work and rehabilitation. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
A deep analysis of New Zealand's big issues, social, environmental and political.
Recipes and culinary industry information for recreational cooks and professional chefs alike. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
Access the historical archive of the Daily Mail in a fully searchable and browseable digital format. Contains advertisements, news stories and images that capture 20th century culture and society. Use at a library or enter your library card & password/PIN.
Hundreds of popular Chinese-language eMagazines for online reading. Topics range from business and economics to family, fashion, entertainment, film and travel. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
Search across a large selection of EBSCO’s electronic resources through a single entry point. Results cover all subjects providing information from journals, books, reference works and multimedia content. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
Access to the fully searchable Economist Historical Archive 1843-2012.The Economist has been highly regarded for providing independent global, economic and political analysis since its first publication in 1843. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
Offers World Book’s editorial content, media, and interactive features in Spanish. Use at a library or enter your library card & password/PIN
Access to a comprehensive online resource addressing environmental concerns. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
eResources Discovery Search (eDS) provides you with access to most of Christchurch City Libraries’ eResource collection, articles, eBooks, journals, photographs (our community repository) and more, through a single simultaneous search at a single access point.
Social science, humanities and politics, medicine, general interest and science journals. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
A comprehensive multimedia reference source for high school and tertiary students that searches across multiple eResources in a single search.
Access the searchable digital archive of the world’s most authoritative daily business newspaper, from 1888 to 2010. This archive is an essential resource for studying history, business, management, finance and politics. Use at a library or enter your library card and password / PIN.
A family history and genealogy website covering the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the United States, Papua New Guinea and the Pacific Islands. Access this at any of our libraries. Limited to four users at any one time.
Found In: Family historyOnly available in Christchurch City Libraries
A comprehensive index of New Zealand artist names that directs researchers to further information sources.
findNZarticles provides access to New Zealand content, including material by or about New Zealanders, from a range of New Zealand newspapers and journals.
Arts-related information from a wide selection of resources. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
Find information in a wide range of subjects in 11 databases from the Online Computer Library Centre (OCLC). Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
Artemis allows you to cross search all of Gale’s literary resources in one search. These resources include LitFinder, Literature Resource Center and Gale Virtual Reference Library. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
Access all of Gale’s digital archives in one search to discover primary source documents spanning four centuries. Use at a library or enter your library card and password / PIN.
Gale Business Collection provides full-text coverage of all business disciplines including accounting, economics, finance, marketing, management and strategy, as well as business theory and practice. Gale Business Collection was created when General Business File ASAP and Business and Company ASAP combined. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
Search the content of all or a selection of Gale Cengage’s products from a single search box. Suitable for students, businesses and researchers. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
Search all Gale's historical newspaper and magazine archive collections at the same time. Over 400 years of coverage. Use at a library or enter your library card & password/PIN.
Access to hundreds of electronic reference books covering virtually any subject, including health, business, careers, history, literature, biography, science, travel and more. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN
Key issues in gardening, landscaping, and other areas of horticulture. Practical aspects as well as the scientific theory. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
General Business File ASAP has ceased to be a standalone eResource. It has now merged with Business and Company ASAP to create Gale Business Collection. This is a larger and easier to use eResource with a new updated interface.
Access to Gale’s largest general interest periodical resource. A one stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics. Millions of full-text articles, many with images. Updated daily. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
Access full-text articles from newspapers, reference books and journals on all general interest subject areas. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
Searchable directory of New Zealand businesses committed to building relationships with community and voluntary organisations. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
Access funding information on awards, scholarships and grants for school, study, research or professional development. Aimed at grants for Individuals. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
New Zealand funding information for community and voluntary groups from hundreds of schemes. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
Balanced information on crucial international issues and news headlines. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
Research the effects of humans on the environment. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
Access to scanned and searchable editions of The Guardian (1821-2003) and The Observer (1791-2003). Provides news coverage from the past two centuries. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
Access to authoritative information on a full range of health issues. Includes coverage of alternative medicine and professional level material. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
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Access full text nursing and allied health journals, plus a wide variety of personal health information sources for researchers, students and practitioners. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
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Access to two electronic health resources. Health Source: Consumer for general health information and Health Source: Nursing/Academic for practitioners. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
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Access to information on world history for researchers. Includes video, photos, maps and full-text books and magazines. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
Home improvement articles for the hobbyists and the professional alike. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
Search industry journals, reference texts and travel guides on the hospitality and tourism industry. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
Access to the fully digitised and searchable copy of the world’s first illustrated weekly newspaper from 1842 to 2003. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN
Access to the fully digitised and searchable copy of The Independent, a major British daily national newspaper launched in 1986 to provide a more centrist point of view in the face of more politicized rivals.
An index of abstracts and descriptions of articles in New Zealand publications from the 1950's to the present in English, and from September 2007 in te reo Māori. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
Informit is a platform that allows access to two eResources: Informit New Zealand Collection and Informit APAFT. Both provide full text and indexing to articles regarding the social, political and economic affairs of New Zealand and Australia. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
Christchurch City Libraries' collection of librarian selected web links on a wide range of topics.
Access to a digital archive of Irish newspapers spanning 300 years. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
Access to full digital versions of The Irish Times (1859-2015) and the Weekly Irish Times (1876-1958). Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
Access to one of the largest collections of streaming jazz available online. Contains thousands of jazz artists, ensembles, albums, and genres. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
Katalyst Business has profiles on 15,800 New Zealand business to business (B2B) companies including details on their activities, brands, people, products and services. It is searchable by 30 different criteria.
Explore Kete Christchurch, create topics, add images, documents, audio and video. Comment on existing material and connect your stories with others.
Business directory. Provides users with comprehensive information about companies, people, products and services. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
International law journal index — law reviews, specialty journals and legal newspapers. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
Copies of issues of the New Zealand Gazette and related publications from 1841 to the present. Available in PDF format. Access this at any of our libraries.
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Access to online information about New Zealand law concerning personal grievances, privacy, resource management, wills and transport and more from LexisNexis NZ. It also includes access to the New Zealand Law Journal. Access this at your libraries.
Found In: Academic and ResearchAotearoa New Zealand and AustraliaBusiness and ManagementSearch multiple resources at onceOnly available in Christchurch City Libraries
Access to a broad collection of guidance notes, commentary, checklists, precedents, cases and legislation across five practice areas: criminal, employment, family, resource management, and trusts. Access this at our libraries.
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Abstracts and indexed articles for library and information professionals. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
Access to the fully searchable Listener Historical Archive, 1929-1991.The Listener was a weekly magazine established by the BBC to reproduce and expand on the content of its broadcast and television talks. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
Fun learn to read eResource for children. Includes spelling, grammar, comprehension and phonics all on an interactive game like interface.
Access a broad spectrum of information about thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and timeframes for all literary research needs. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
Access to research on literary topics, authors, and their works. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
Access to full text poems, short stories, essays, speeches, plays, novels and more. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
Access to the Lynda.com video library of courses and tutorials on software, technology, creative and business skills designed and taught by recognized industry experts.
Mango is an online language learning system that can help you learn the most popular languages in the world. It also has instructions on how to learn English if you are not a native speaker. You can create your own free profile account to track your progress or pop in and out. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
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Access to full-text and indexed journals covering all subject areas. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
Access to full-text magazines, journals and general reference publications covering every subject area of interest. Also includes primary source documents and an extensive image collection. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
Search a large diverse catalogue of music. Includes streaming audio of classical, popular, and world music, opera, and jazz. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
Music Online: Listening Plus allows you to cross search: American Song; Classical Music Library; Contemporary World Music; Jazz Music Library; Popular Music Library; Smithsonian Global Sound.
Access MyHeritage Library edition to trace, share and preserve your family history. Records are sourced from around the world. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN
Quick and easy access to an index of over 1100 minute books between 1865 and 1910. From the Taitokerau, Waikato-Maniapoto, Tairawhiti, Waiariki, Aotea, Takitimu, and Waipounamu Māori Land Court Districts. Index only. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
Access to the digital archive of the trusted children’s magazine National Geographic Kids. Also includes articles, images, videos and online books. Aimed at 6 to 14-year-olds. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
Access to the digital archive of the world-renowned magazine National Geographic. Coverage is from 1888 up until the most recent issues. This eResource includes National Geographic: Kids and National Geographic: People, Animals and the World. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
Streaming over 9000 jazz albums, from jazz legends to contemporary jazz.
Access to the world’s largest online classical music library of streaming music. Includes standard and rare recordings, album notes, reference and tuition material and the ability to create personal playlists. Continually updated. Use at a library or enter your library card number & password / PIN
Performing arts video library. Watch concerts, operas, ballets and music documentaries online. Access this resource with your library card number and password/PIN.
Access to New Zealand’s longest running business directory. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
Over 600 in-depth features about our country, natural history and culture. Also includes NZGeo TV which contains hundreds of hours of natural history video.
Access major and authoritative New Zealand history and biography published by Bridget Williams Books.
A collection of searchable indexes related to New Zealand science, industry, news, politics and fine arts. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
A sign language reference collection including accounts of the deaf experience.
Find new reading options using your favourite writers, books or stories as a starting point. For children and teens. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
Find new authors and reading options using your favourite writer, book or genre as a starting point. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
Comprehensive nursing and allied health information aimed at health professionals. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
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Natural history videos focused on New Zealand's people, places, wildlife and environment. Part of New Zealand Geographic Archive.
Access to a rich resource for perspectives on major contentious social, political, and technological issues. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
Free downloadable eBook and eAudiobook collection containing thousands of fiction and non-fiction titles for adults, young adults and children. Borrow with your library card and password /PIN.
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Free downloadable eBook and eAudiobook collection containing thousands of fiction and nonfiction titles for children. Borrow with your library card and password /PIN.
Free downloadable eBook and eAudiobook collection containing thousands of fiction and nonfiction titles for teens. Borrow with your library card and password/ PIN.
Access information on all forms of fine arts and artists including architecture, design, fashion and crafts. Includes a range of New Zealand and Pacific content. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
Access a collection of biographies, which describe the lives of people who shaped the British Isles and beyond from the 4th century BC to the 21st century. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
Online version of the Oxford English Dictionary. Find word spellings, definitions, pronunciation and examples of use. Use at a library or enter your library card & password/PIN
Music reference and research tool that charts the history and culture of music and musicians from around the world, from pre-history to the present day. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN
Access online Oxford’s quality reference works in a single cross-searchable resource. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
An index to selected articles, obituaries and reviews published in The Press, Christchurch Mail, Christchurch Star, Star Midweek and Star Weekender.
Access to digitised New Zealand newspapers, periodicals, letters, diaries and parliamentary papers from 1839 to 1945. Coverage includes The Press from 1861 to December 1945.
Full digital reproductions of the Picture Post archive, an iconic British newspaper. 1938-1957. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN
Access this full-text resource for thousands of classic and contemporary poems, as well as short stories, biographies and authoritative essays on such topics as poetic forms, movements and techniques. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
Articles from the most searched for magazine titles based on searches performed by library customers. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
Access to a wide range of popular streaming music from around the world. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
This eResource has been discontinued and replaced by PressReader.
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Large collection of digital newspaper and magazines. Full-page replicas of current print editions, including editorial content, graphics and advertising. Can have up to ninety days worth of back issues. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
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Digital archive of full text and full image newspapers dating back to the 18th century. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
Search across all of ProQuest’s electronic resources through a single entry point. Results cover all subjects including Australian and New Zealand news services. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
Resources for researchers. Designed to extensively cover the top 150 core academic subject reference areas. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
Online access to leading popular science journals in applied and general sciences. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
Full journal articles on the study of the mind, emotions and how the human mind develops and diminishes. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
Access Publications Finder to search or browse most of Christchurch City Libraries eResources full text and open access publications.
Access to the digital archive of Punch, the world’s most celebrated magazine of humour and satire. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
Access company, industry, market and product information on international businesses. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
Provides full text of nearly 100 regional business publications from the United States. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
Access reference material on literature, biography, science, history, and cultures of the world. Aimed at intermediate and secondary level students. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
Access a self-study preparation course to help candidates prepare for the globally recognised IELTS exam. It tests English proficiency at an academic level. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
Access a self-study preparation course to help candidates prepare for the globally recognised IELTS exam. It tests English proficiency at a general level. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
Access to an online archive of music journalism from the 1950s until today. Includes articles, reviews and interviews in both print and audio. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN
Language learning eResource using a proven immersion method with over 30 languages.
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Electronic reference library of technology, digital media, business and management titles. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
Science content for high school and university students, teachers and researchers. Merges reference content with videos, audio, podcasts and images. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
Science resource suitable for all ages. Full text articles from all major areas of scientific study; biographies; video resources and experiments. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
Access to the online archive of Scientific American, a magazine that has been reporting on unique insights and developments in science and technology since 1845. Use at a library or enter your library card and password / PIN.
Please note: this archive provides access to issues up until the end of 2015. Issues from January 2016 onward can be found through Publications Finder.Access to this eResource has ceased. Please try Publications Finder instead.
Access to current bibliographic information and current pricing structures for popular serials from publishers worldwide. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN
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An interactive and fun way for those aged 6-14 to improve their math skills with activities, tests and quizzes. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
A virtual encyclopedia of the world’s musical and aural traditions including spoken word, and natural and human-made sounds. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
Online access to view standards on the Standards New Zealand web site. Access this at any of our libraries
Found In: Aotearoa New Zealand and AustraliaScience and TechnologyOnly available in Christchurch City Libraries
Access to Student Research Center has ceased. It has been replaced by Explora Australia/New Zealand and eResources Discovery Search
A comprehensive multi media reference source for high school and tertiary students.Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
Access to the fully searchable digital archive of the British Sunday Times newspaper. Use at a library or enter your library card & password/PIN
Te Kerēme is a selective index to the Ngāi Tahu claim.
Te Puna is a web-based search service giving access to what is held in New Zealand libraries and worldwide. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
Abstracts and indexed articles from journals and magazines for educators. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
Access the fully searchable digital archive of what was once the world’s largest selling newspaper. Coverage starts from its first issue in 1855 until the end of 2000. It also includes issues of the Sunday Telegraph from 1961. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN
Access the fully searchable Time Magazine Archive dating back to its first issue in March 1923 through to December 2000. Use at a library or enter your library card and password / PIN.
Full digital version of The Times newspaper (1785-2010), the oldest daily newspaper in continuous publication! Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
The Times Literary Supplement is the only literary weekly to offer comprehensive coverage of the most important publications as well as reviewing theatre, cinema, music and exhibitions. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
A collection of searchable electronic reference books on the Treaty of Waitangi from leading thinkers on this foundational document.
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Access to an online collection of animated books which teach kids the joy of reading. Also included are games, quizzes, videos and puzzles. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
A free eBook service of fiction and non–fiction titles. The collection focuses on New Zealand titles. Borrow with your library card and password / PIN.
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Access to thousands of engaging projects suitable for a broad spectrum of hobbyists - from beginner to expert, for children and adults. Use at a library or enter your library card & password/PIN.
Access to reference resources for reluctant readers, students with learning difficulties, adult literacy students or those who are learning English as a second language. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
Access an interactive learning resource developed by early childhood education experts for preschoolers and children in early primary school. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
Investigate some of the amazing inventions and discoveries that have changed the world on this interactive site. Aimed at school students. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
Easy-to-use encyclopædia for young readers. Articles, multimedia, games, science projects and interactive tools for homework and fun. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
Powerful reference tool for advanced research in all subject areas. Use at a library or enter your library card & password/PIN
Multimedia reference encyclopædia for school-aged students’ homework and research. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
Access to the online version of the popular encyclopædia known as World Book and a variety of other World Book resources on the one platform including World Book Kids and World Book InfoFinder for teens. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
Access to five thousand years of world history from antiquity to the present for students and researchers. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
Hundreds of digital magazines including many popular New Zealand titles on wide range of subjects.
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