Children’s librarians
Our children’s librarians can show you how best to use our collections to help you with your homework. Each branch has a children’s and youth librarian, so contact your local library and ask about our services.
We can teach you how to:
- Use our electronic resources
- Effectively use an encyclopedia
- Use the children's subject index
- Search the catalogue to quickly find books
- Get the most out of the children’s non-fiction section
- Find answers without getting stressed.
Kids' online resources
We have a variety of electronic resources that can help you find information for all types of homework assignments or projects. These databases are all free to use. All you need is to create a login. To do this go to My Info.
CultureGrams
Information about the daily life and culture, background, customs, and lifestyles of over 200 countries of the world. CultureGrams offers detailed statistics across four categories: World Edition, Kids Edition, U.S. States Edition and Canadian Provinces Edition.
Discovering Collection
The Discovering Collection database is aimed at school students, from primary school to high school age. It provides comprehensive coverage of six key areas - literature, biography, science, U.S history, world history, and cultures of the world. There is also a multimedia gallery containing photographs, graphs, maps, and sound and video clips.
Encyclopaedia Britannica Junior Online
Need information on lemurs for school homework? Want to find out when Beethoven died? Looking for an in-depth article on Greece? Try Encyclopaedia Britannica Junior Online.
The Source
A database of children's and young adult literature. The Source is a guide by subject to children's fiction, poetry and short stories, with an emphasis on Australian books.
World Book Online for Kids
World Book Online for Kids has articles from the 22-volume print set plus more - web links, links to articles in periodicals, pictures and maps, interactive games and activities, video clips, animations, and sound files.
NoveList
NoveList is a fiction database that provides subject heading access, reviews, annotations, and much more for over 155,000 fiction titles. Excellent for fiction readers, library staff, teachers and students.
Homework club
Get help with your homework at Tupu Youth Library! The Homework Club is for students who are in years 5-8 at school. There are computers reserved just for you, plus you can use the homework club stationery and have an afternoon snack. A librarian will be there to help you find what you need to finish your homework.
Details:
Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays
3:30pm – 5:00pm
Any Questions and Uia Nga Patai
AnyQuestions.co.nz and UiaNgaPatai.co.nz are designed to help you find useful, accurate, online information for your homework. AnyQuestions homework help is delivered in English, while Uia nga Patai is for school students who would prefer to chat in te reo Maori with fluent Maori staff.
It’s not a ‘quick answers service’ - instead their group of online librarians are trained to help you work out the sort of information you need, then begin searching with you.
Librarians from all over New Zealand are available each week day between 1:00 pm and 6:00 pm to help you search online. To use AnyQuestions.co.nz or UiaNgaPatai.co.nz you have to be attending a New Zealand primary, intermediate, secondary school or be home schooled.
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