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Have FREE access to eMedia with your Library Card — eBooks, streaming film, eMagazines, eNewspapers, digital storytimes & more.

Check our Quick Start Guide for simple steps to get started.

Libby

OverDrive’s new simplified site and app. Read and listen to eBooks & eAudiobooks — over 50,000 titles available. Check here.

Lynda.com

Unlimited access to over 3500 online video courses. Topics include IT, business, design & more. Check here.

BorrowBox

eAudiobooks & eBooks (mainly eAudiobooks) from Australia’s leading provider — over 3500 titles Check here.

Naxos Jazz Library

Streaming music — over 210,500 tracks of jazz from more than 17,930 CDs. Includes over 32,000 jazz artists. Check here.

Mango Languages

Learn over 70 new languages on the go. Check here.

Beamafilm

Streaming film — over 500 international movies and documentaries, with a strong Australasian focus. Login requires an adult membership type. Check here.

Ancestry

Temporarily available from home until 31 May. Research database for genealogists and family history enthusiasts. Check here.

ancestry from home

by Suezanne Pohe

Staying at home may mean you are doing some of those things that have been sitting on your ‘To Do’ list for a long time. If one of those tasks has been to sort through old family photos and papers and that gets you thinking that it’s time to research your family history but sadly the library is closed, then we have great news for you! Ancestry Library is a research database for genealogists and family history enthusiasts aiding you to trace your family history, with records from the US, UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. That includes historical births, deaths and marriages and electoral rolls.

To access the free library Ancestry database go here and login with your card details. If you don’t have a library card yet you can register online to become a library member.

With kind permission from the people at

Ancestry and Proquest, Wellington City

Libraries’ cardholders will be able to access

this amazing family history database from

their own homes. Usually, Ancestry is only

available using our Library subscription

from a library computer, but from now

until the 31 st May 2020 you will be able to

have the same free access we can usually provide at the library in the comfort of your own home bubble. There are also lots of helpful links and advice on our genealogy page here and our heritage page here.

Have fun but a word of warning – starting family research and the thrill of the hunt can be quite addictive, so be careful you don’t get lost chasing leads down too many rabbit holes!!