Library Collections
Try our Gale Databases Search Widgets!
Widgets make it easier for you to search for information using Gale's databases. Simply type your keyword into one of the search boxes above and press the enter key.
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If you see this message, type the barcode number (no spaces) from the back of your library card into the search box.
Databases
The following are free to use in the library:
Ancestry Library Edition (genealogy).
Thomson Reuters (law).
Fundview and Breakout (funding).
Māori Land Court Index (Māori land, genealogy).
Māori Collection
We have an extensive Māori Collection with some lending items and some reference items. To find out what titles we have, search for the subject heading on the computer catalogue. Due to the high demand and difficulty of maintaining/supplying this collection, we need to limit lending to two items at a time.
Newspapers
The following are free to read in the library:
Bay of Plenty Times
Bay Weekend
Christchurch Press
Coast + Country
Daily Post - Rotorua
Dominion Post - Wellington
Gisborne Herald
Herald on Sunday
NZ Herald
Opotiki News
Pū Kāea
Waikato Times
Whakatāne Beacon
Whakatāne News
We hold editions of the current month and previous month for all of our newspapers.
If you would like older editions of the Bay Weekend, Whakatāne Beacon and Whakatāne News, they are stored in the Whakatāne District Museum Research Centre (old Museum).