Doing research?  Track down the information you need in our online reference books, magazines, newspapers and encyclopedias, and selected websites.  Over time we will add popular topics to this page. 

Browse the Categories in the menu on the left, or if you know the name of the resource, select it from the A-Z Listing of all our resources.

 We subscribe to a variety of premium online resources - these are free for you, but you must enter your library card barcode number and password to access them.  Subscription resources are for the non-commercial, private and personal use of members of Central Otago / Queenstown Lakes Libraries. A few resources can only be accessed from within our libraries.

For recreational reading, including book reviews, staff picks, new books and movies, check out the Read & Relax section. 

Cross-Searchable Online Reference Resources
Not sure where to start?  Type your keywords into this form to search across a number of general reference resources.

Another place to look…
Check out Christchurch City Libraries “best of the web”, a gateway to thousands of websites selected because they provide the best sources of information in their fields.