Subject Guides

Art & design

A guide to art topics including architecture and architects, fashion, crafts and with artist’s profiles.

Entertainment

Connecting you with the best resources in music, film, games, events and more.

Fashion

This Fashion page brings together the many resources that we have for the dedicated follower of fashion - books & magazines & web sites.

Searching for information about designing and making clothes, costumes and wearable arts.

Grief

Books and other resources to help those who are grieving a loss.

Health information

How to find useful health information.

Holidays

Information about Holiday traditions, fun and games.

How to research the history of a house in Christchurch

From the Canterbury Museum.

New Zealand

Find out more about our country and culture.

Practical Living

A guide to all the technology and skills that underpin our daily lives. It includes health and medicine, transportation, computing and electronics, home and lifestyle and more.

Project resources

Use these guides to find resources and information for high-school level projects.

Science

Science and the natural world.

Society & community

The society and community section links you to information on how society works. It covers education, cultural traditions, law, politics and government, disasters, wars and conflict, and more. Our pages link you to the best resources available through our libraries.
New Zealand Politics Timeline
Treaty of Waitangi

Sustainable Living

Resources to help you find information about climate change, sustainability and other environmental issues.