29 Digital Resources

Australia/NZ Reference Centre Plus from EBSCO is an extensive database collection of full text from leading regional and international magazines and newspapers.  Additional resources include reference books, biographies, newspapers and newswires, and more that 2 million images, photos, maps and flags. Titles include The Post and the Manawatu Standard.

Beamafilm's  collection of award winning movies and festival favourites will inspire and entertain you.

Simply enter your Palmerston North City Library card number, and create an account by entering your name, email and a password.

There is an option to activate viewing restrictions to filter search results to G, PG or E rated titles or Kid's Films on a Beamafilm account.  Or limit to kid-friendly content by activating the Beamakids+ portal.

Stream from your TV, computer or device.
 

Beanstack is a digital platform that monitors and encourages reading. It rewards reading with virtual badges and achievements. Features include...

• Log reading books and minutes
• Monitor streaks of reading (consecutive days)
• Write book reviews
• Receive book recommendations of books in our catalogue
• Engage in challenges and activities

The whole family can share the same account, with each reader having their own profile.

Biography In Context offers authoritative reference content alongside magazine and journal articles, primary sources, videos, audio podcasts, and images. Covering a vast array of people from historically significant figures to present-day newsmakers, it’s continuously updated to ensure students have access to the latest information.

The BorrowBox collection includes a wide range of fiction and non-fiction eBooks and eAudiobooks for adults, young adults and children.

Log in with your library card, browse titles, checkout items and download to your device using the Borrowbox app. Listen to exclusive e-Audio content on the go!

Discover encyclopedia articles, journals and periodicals, multimedia, primary sources, atlas, dictionary and other resources that support research at all levels.

Learn through play! Busy Things brings education to life with an award-winning collection of activities and games.  Filled with fun humorous characters and lively colourful settings, children love to play Busy Thing's educational games and activities.

Busy Things has hundreds of games covering subjects like english, phonics, maths, science, geography, music and many more! 

Busy Things can be played on a computer, laptop, ipad or tablet.

Learn all 43 sounds of English with Clear Pronunciation by Clarity English. Take a look at the sounds by themselves, in words, and in sentences — listen, practise, compare, and improve. Through audio and video clips, and activities, you will listen to speakers with a variety of accents.

Browse the Club Sandwich website for clubs that suit your taste, then contact a club through the site, or by using the contact details provided on a club’s profile. Clubs can register a club profile, manage and update their details on Club Sandwich for free.

Comics Plus Children's Library gives you unlimited access to comics, graphic novels, picture books and manga from a variety of popular publishers. All titles are available instantly with no holds, waitlists, or monthly borrowing limits.  From May 30 2025, Boom! titles will no longer be available. 

Comics Plus Children's Library includes content suitable for children up to 12 years.  

All Library card holders can access this collection. 

Comics Plus is easy to access, all you need is your Library Card number and pin. 

Download the Comics Plus app from your app store.  Click on Get Started and search for Palmerston North City Library NZ – Children’s Library. 

Enter your Library Card number and pin.

Enjoy unlimited access to thousands of online art and craft classes taught by renowned artists and creative experts. Since classes never expire, you can start and stop projects at your own pace. Download patterns, templates and recipes. New classes are added daily.

Create an account the first time you use Creativebug, by entering an email and password.

With the Creativebug app you can download your favourite class and take it on the go!

An easy to use general information resource aimed at primary school students which covers a wide range of topics such as animals, arts, geography, technology and more.  

A learn to code software program designed for ages 8 -18. Through fun and engaging tutorials and projects, Fiero Code teaches kids coding languages, such as HTML, Python and JavaScript that they can use to build their own websites, video games, apps and more. As they progress through the activities they’ll unlock gear that they can use to customize their own avatar.

Sign up, and create an account the first time you use Fiero Code.

To assist with finding funding for school or tertiary study, arts, travel, cultural and sporting activities, personal or professional development.

You need to create a givMe account to use this database. Enter your name, email, a password and your Palmerston North City Library card number.
 

Login to your existing givMe account, with your email and password.

The Library does not subscribe to the givUS database.  If you are looking for funding for groups, community-led projects, activities or services,  please check the Palmerston North City Council website to view their full range of funds on the Council's community funding pages. 

Hoopla allows you to borrow and enjoy audiobooks, eBooks, comics and manga,  movies and TV series,  music albums, magazines and more.   

Titles are available instantly as there are no holds or waiting lists, and you can borrow up to 10 items per month.  These monthly borrows reset on the first day of the month.

You have 3 days to watch, 7 days to listen and 21 days to read.

Activate the Hoopla Kids Mode, to ensure your kids stay within a kid friendly area.  Kids Mode contains content suitable for 12 years and younger.    

Create an account the first time you use Hoopla, by providing an email and password. Choose Palmerston North City Library from the list, and enter your library card number and PIN.

Download the Hoopla app from your app store, and sign up with your Palmerston North City Library card. 

Available on mobile devices, web, TV streaming devices, and in the car. 

Hoopla Kids Mode helps parents and their children discover kid-friendly content.  All of the content – eBooks, audiobooks, comics and manga, music, movies, TV series have been curated and brought together in this one family-friendly place.  

Titles are available instantly as there are no holds or waiting lists,  and you can borrow up to 10 items per month.

You have 3 days to watch, 7 days to listen and 21 days to read.

Create an account the first time you use Hoopla, by providing an email and password. Choose Palmerston North City Library from the list, and enter your library card number and PIN. 

You need to turn the Kids Mode on,  by clicking  the KIDS button next to the search bar (once you have created an account) to see content recommended for kids 12 years and younger.

You can choose to create a 4 digit PIN to lock and unlock the Kids Mode.

Download the Hoopla app from your app store, and sign up with your Palmerston North City Library card. 

Available on mobile devices, web, TV streaming devices, and in the car. 

Stream movies, TV series, documentaries, foreign films, classic cinema, independent films and educational videos that inspire, enrich and entertain.  Every month new titles are added.

Create an account to use Kanopy.
 

You have 45 tickets per month to watch films on Kanopy. With this latest update, you can see the number of tickets required and viewing period for each film next to the play button.
 

Stream from your TV, computer or device.
 

Kanopy Kids has a wide selection of educational and entertaining content that range across movies, TV Series, animated storybooks, live action and animated favourites for children of all ages.

You need a Kanopy account to access Kanopy Kids, and a parent or guardian must create the account.

Set up Parental Controls to ensure your kids stay within the dedicated Kanopy Kids area for age-appropriate content.

Kanopy Kids titles don't use tickets, so you can watch as many kid-friendly titles as you'd like.

Our OverDrive collection includes thousands of fiction and nonfiction digital books, audiobooks and magazines for adults, teens and children.

Login to your account, to access the digital magazines.

Browse titles, checkout items and download to your mobile device using the Libby app

LOTE4Kids allows kids to enjoy the magic of books in LOTE (Languages Other Than English). Each story comes translated and narrated in English to help develop multilingual reading and listening skills.

Choose from thousands of digital books in 75+ world languages with new books and languages released each month. 
 

Download the LOTE4Kids app from your app store, find our Library then enter your library card.

Manawatū Heritage Tours App brings together community-initiated research, images and content from the award-winning Manawatū Heritage digital repository. Mobile technology helps people to explore Palmerston North's rich and often unknown history. Current tours include Women's Places, Military Tour (Walking), and Military Tour (Driving).

Mango utilises an engaging interface, and easy, intuitive interactive tools to deliver practical conversational skills and valuable cultural insight for new languages. Lessons include strategically placed memory-building exercises to help users remember what they are learning in addition to critical thinking exercises, which help them to intuitively understand the language and adapt it to similar conversations.

You need to create a profile, and then link to our Library with your library card for free access to all Mango lessons.

Includes the complete run of the magazine from 2009 to the present. Provides authoritative, age appropriate digital content suitable for younger readers.

National Geographic Virtual Library includes the complete archive of National Geographic magazines from 1888 to the present, National Geographic : People, Animals and the World and National Geographic Kids. Along with a cross-searchable collection of National Geographic books, maps, images and videos.

Novelist Plus helps readers of all ages find books that match their reading level and interests.  It includes fiction, nonfiction and audiobooks.  

Use it to find read-alikes for your favourite titles and authors.

Search the catalogue for items to borrow or place holds. View and renew items you have checked out. You can link accounts and keep track of the whole family's books. Access e-books and other online resources. Read the latest library news and see upcoming events. Connect with us on social media.

Story Box Library gets kids excited about reading, inspires their imaginations and lets them have fun with stories, improving their language and literacy skills along the way. Activity time ideas are available for every story in the collection. With an ever-growing library, suitable for preschool and primary school aged children, it really is Storytime, Anytime!

To login, click on Library and then choose Palmerston North City Library from the menu. Enter your Library card  and PIN.

Download the Story Box app from your app store. Click "Log in with Library Access" then enter your Library card and PIN.

TumbleBooks are animated, talking picture books which teach kids the joy of reading in a format they'll love. TumbleBooks are created by taking existing picture books, adding animation, sound, music and narration to produce an electronic picture book which you can read, or have read to you. TumbleBooks also includes National Geographic videos and games.

World Book Online is a suite of online research tools that includes encyclopedia articles, primary source collections, educator tools, student activities, pictures, audio, and video, complemented by current periodicals and related websites.