The newspapers and news pamphlets gathered by the Reverend Charles Burney (1757‒1817) represent the largest single collection of seventeenth and eighteenth-century English news media.
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This resource is aimed at Beginner-level learners. It provides practical English for newcomers adjusting to life in New Zealand.



Christchurch City Libraries have partnered with Selwyn Libraries to create a shared Overdrive digital collection - AWA. Library members in Christchurch and Selwyn now have access to an increased range of eBooks, eAudiobooks and eMagazines available through our shared AWA OverDrive collection.



Beamakids+ is a new section on Beamafilm designed specifically for kids and families. It offers a child safe collection of G, PG and E- rated movies, TV shows and educational documentaries. You can set a unique password to ensure children stay with Beamakids+ through the Parental Control tab in your profile settings, where you can also remove PG-rated selections if you prefer.


















Search the world's largest collection of historical documents from anywhere for free on FamilySearch. To search and view Family Search records, create a free 


International business information including company and industry profiles, financial reports, case studies, scholarly journals and business news.


Introduce young learners to research skills with easy-to-use resources featuring age-appropriate content.





World history for researchers, featuring historical reference books, magazines, journals and thousands of primary source documents.
Institute of Cadastral Surveying (ICS) Index is an electronic copy of Access cadastral survey plans from around Aotearoa New Zealand. Cadastral survey plans are plans that show a property’s legal boundaries, area and dimensions. The ICS Cadastral Index offers the users of survey plans and an electronic copy of bulk pre 300,000 survey plans as imaged by Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) for 




Information about thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and timeframes for all literary research needs.










Fully searchable digital archive of what was once the world’s largest selling newspaper. Coverage starts from its first issue in 1855 until 2021. It also includes issues of the Sunday Telegraph from 1961.



