Your library online
You can access your library account online using your library card number and password.
You can set your password by visiting the Library, calling us on 06 7655403 or emailing us on library@stratford.govt.nz
Once you're logged in you can see the items you have on loan, renew items and request items that you would like to borrow. You can also view your borrowing history and update your personal details.
Your library card also gives you access to a number of digital databases including Libby by OverDrive and BorrowBox.
Libby by OverDrive is an app you can download to your smart phone, tablet, notebook, laptop, PC or dedicated eReader device (excluding Kindle). You simply log in with your library card number and you will have access to thousands of ebooks, audiobooks and over 3000 magazines.
We have Gale Cengage databases for your research, learning and curiosity needs! All you need is your library card!
- Gale Books and Authors Answer the age-old question, “What do I read next?” Search and match reading interests to books, authors, genres, or topics.
- Gale Business: Entrepreneurship Learn how to start, finance, or manage your small business. Includes sample business plans, how to guides, articles, and more.
- Gale Business: Plan Builder Grow, plan, and optimize a business/nonprofit. Utilize development tools and a step-by-step process to build a business plan.
- Gale General OneFile Access general interest magazines and key serials in a single resource. Best for general research.
- Gale Health and Wellness Search a full range of health-related issues, from current disease and disorder information to alternative medical practices.
- Gale In Context: Biography Discover the world's most influential people by searching narrative biographies, news, magazine, and multimedia content.
- Gale In Context: Environmental Studies Understand environmental issues that affect people globally through topic overviews, journals, news, and multimedia content.
- Gale In Context: Global Issues Analyze important global issues and events through topic overviews, international viewpoints, news, and multimedia content.
- Gale OneFile: Agriculture Access current and authoritative periodical content covering agriculture and its related fields.
- Gale OneFile: Australia and New Zealand Access comprehensive periodical content with a focus on Australia and New Zealand, complemented by global news, reference, and multimedia coverage.
- Gale OneFile: Business Understand the activities of companies and industries worldwide through leading business and trade publications. Updated daily.
- Gale OneFile: Gardening and Horticulture Find millions of articles on the practical and scientific aspects of horticulture studies. For all horticultural enthusiasts.
- Gale OneFile: Home Improvement Search home improvement topics such as architectural techniques, tool and material selection, zoning requirements, and more.
- Gale OneFile: News Access major U.S. and international newspapers online to search articles instantly by title, headline, date, or other fields.
- Gale OneFile: Popular Magazines Access the most searched magazines across Gale OneFile focusing on current events, sports, science, and health issues.
- National Geographic Kids Explore amazing adventures in science, nature, culture, archaeology, and space. Best for children aged 6–14.
- National Geographic Virtual Library Browse this cross-searchable platform for research insight from journalism's most trusted name in exploration and discovery.
- Smithsonian Collections Online Search rare nineteenth and twentieth-century archives on topics like the evolving modes of flight, World's Fairs, and more.