COVID-19: Library services you can access from home

If you’re self-isolating, or simply looking for something to do, here are some great online services you can tap into while you’re staying home:

• Learn one of over 70 languages with your library card. Find out how to use the Mango Languages e-resources on the Wellington City libraries website https://wcl.govt.nz/mygateway/language
• Learn a new skill including Photoshop by accessing one of over 3500 online video courses using Lynda.com online via Wellington City Libraries. Just log in using your library card and pin number https://www.lynda.com/portal/sip?org=wcl.govt.nz
• Discover Wellington’s unique past by visiting Archives Online and browsing some of the more than 500,000 items recording 150 years of Wellington history https://archivesonline.wcc.govt.nz/
• Watch those movies you’ve always wanted to using Beamafilm or Kanopy. Just log in using your Wellington City Libraries library card
  
• Keep the teenagers entertained with the online content specially selected for young people. Visit the Teen’s eReading Room using you Wellington City Library card and login https://wcl.overdrive.com/library/teens
• Check out ebooks for the little ones from the for Kids eReading room using your Wellington City Libraries library card https://wcl.overdrive.com/library/kids
• Get all jazzed up by streaming music form the Naxos Jazz Library using your Wellington City Libraries library card https://wcl.govt.nz/mygateway/music
• Catch up on the reading list by downloading eBooks and eAudiobooks  from the Libby, Overdrive or BorrowBox apps using your Wellington City Libraries library card https://wcl.govt.nz/downloads/index.php?category=ebooks
• Read the latest newspapers and magazines from across NZ and around the globe using your Wellington City Libraries library card and our Pressreader or RBdigital online apps https://wcl.govt.nz/downloads/index.php?category=magazines-newspapers

Whatever your situation, look out for yourself and others, and see the Ministry of Health website for all the latest information and advice on COVID-19.

And remember, if you begin to feel unwell, contact Healthline for free on 0800 358 5453, or your GP. The symptoms of COVID-19 are cough, fever, and shortness of breath.