11 Digital Resources

Club Sandwich is a Palmerston North City Library initiative, connecting you with clubs in Palmerston North.

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.

Provides access to leading business and technical publications in the computer, telecommunications, and electronics industries.

This database includes more than 600 journals and periodicals, providing information on computer-related product introductions, news and reviews in areas such as hardware, software, electronics, engineering, communications, and the application of technology.

Coverage includes thousands of searchable recipes, restaurant reviews, and industry information.

Culinary Arts offers a variety of information from major cooking and nutrition magazines as well as book reference content.

Focuses on the physical, social and economic aspects of environmental issues.

Users can search the information to learn about diverse subjects such as climate change, food security, land and water use, populations and tourism.

Answers inquiries about environmental concerns with coverage of more than 5.4 million articles from more than 300 journals and books.​​

Environmental Studies and Policy provides access to scholarly journals, magazines, and other reference sources covering environmental issues and policies. The database includes diverse perspectives from the scientific community, governmental policymakers, and corporate interests.

Integrates news, global viewpoints, reference materials, country information, primary source documents, videos, statistics, and more in a single search.

Global Issues offers international viewpoints on a broad spectrum of global issues, topics, and current events. Featured are hundreds of continuously updated issue and country portals that bring together a variety of specially selected, relevant sources for analysis of these issues. Rich multimedia - including podcasts, video, and interactive graphs - enhance each portal.

Bring science to life and helps students visualize key concepts.

Aligned to the scope and sequence of introductory college classes, Gale Interactive Chemistry engages students and aids comprehension by pairing reference material with manipulatable 3D models.

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Breathe new life into the study of Human Anatomy with Interactive Human Anatomy.

Human anatomy is known to be a challenging subject to master and teach, but traditional resources and lab materials are often limited, making it difficult for students to comprehend essential concepts. Gale Interactive Human Anatomy is an innovative learning aid that allows students to examine virtual 3D dissections and immerse themselves in interactive research.

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Gale Interactive Science provides a comprehensive view of the most-studied science subjects.

Authoritative, high-quality digital content is paired with interactive 3D models with functionality including zooming in, rotating, or pulling them apart.

Please note - This resource may not work as intended on older Internet browsers.

LinkedIn Learning for Library offers over 16,000 courses in 7 languages (English, French, German, Japanese, Spanish, Mandarin, and Portuguese).

LinkedIn Learning for Library (previously Lynda.com) is a leading online platform that helps users learn business, software, technology and creative skills to achieve personal and professional goals. Library members have free access to a video library of engaging, top-quality courses taught by recognized industry experts.

A LinkedIn profile is not required to access LinkedIn Learning for Library, only a library card and PIN.

Your learning history is tied to your library card.

If you had a Lynda.com account, your learning history will be in your new LinkedIn Learning for Library account under your existing library card and PIN.

An engaging online resource that provides information on hundreds of today's most significant science topics.

Gale's authoritative reference content is merged with full-text magazine, academic journal, and news articles; experiments, images, videos, audio files, and links to vetted websites organised into a user-friendly portal experience.