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- Ian F. Grant Cartoon Research Collection
- Index New Zealand (INNZ)
- Italian Art Collection
- Laird Collection
- Kawe Mahara Queer Archives Aotearoa (formerly LAGANZ)
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- Manuscripts Collection
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- New Zealand Cartoon and Comics Archive
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- Pop Fiction Collection
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- Publications New Zealand
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- Robert G. Barr Collection of Amateur Journalism
- Robert Trimble Collection
- Schools Lending Collection
- Shetland Islands Collection
- Sir Donald McLean Papers
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- Te Upoko o Te Ika — Māori radio collection
- Tony Fomison Collection
- Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand
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General Lending Collection
The General Lending Collection supports the current information needs of all New Zealanders. It has a strong New Zealand and Pacific focus.
Most of the General Lending Collection is English language books covering all subjects. It also includes microforms and audio-visual material.
The second copy of legal deposit material is added to the collection.
The exception is children’s literature, which is added to the National Children's Collection.
Access items in this collection
Search for collections items, and then click the "Request to view" button on the item page, or make your request by contacting us. Items can be used in the Wellington Reading Room.
Get copies from items in this collection
Copies can be made from items in this collection if copying doesn’t breach copyright. Photocopiers, and printers for microfiche and microfilm readers are available for use in the Library's Reading Room.
More about copyright and privacy
Borrow items in this collection
You can borrow items from this collection by interloan through your local library. We lend to New Zealand and overseas libraries.
- Caring for your collections
- Caring for collections guides
- Ngā pūtake whakaero tekau
- Agents of deterioration
- Artworks on Paper
- Books
- Te āta tiaki taonga – Ngā kohinga matihiko
- Digital collections
- Te whakarorohiko kohikohinga puoro tuku iho
- Digitisation of heritage audio collections
- Me pēhea te tiaki i ngā kohinga taonga a te whānau
- Family collections
- Āta tiakina ngā whakaahua i ngā Marae
- Marae photographs
- Photographs
- Sound recordings
- Disaster recovery
- Help from the National Preservation Office
- Funding agencies
- Caring for collections guides
- A-Z of our collections
- Alexander Turnbull Library Collections
- Appendices to the Journals of the House of Representatives (AJHR)
- Archive of New Zealand Music
- Arthur Nelson Field Collection
- Carling Collection
- Cartographic Collection
- Corelli Collection
- Danish Collection
- Dorothy Neal White Collection
- Drawings, Paintings, and Prints
- Earp Collection
- Ephemera Collection
- Esperanto Collection
- Family History Collection
- Fiction Collection
- Fleck Collection
- Fraser Collection
- findNZarticles
- Gaelic Collection
- General Lending Collection
- General Reference Collection
- General Serials Collection
- Hodson Collection
- Ian F. Grant Cartoon Research Collection
- Index New Zealand (INNZ)
- Italian Art Collection
- Laird Collection
- Kawe Mahara Queer Archives Aotearoa (formerly LAGANZ)
- Mantell Collection
- Manuscripts Collection
- Māori Reference Collection
- Montfort Trimble Collection
- Music collections and services
- National Children's Collection
- National Library General Collections
- National Newspaper Collection
- New Zealand and Pacific Collection
- New Zealand Cartoon and Comics Archive
- New Zealand Electronic Text Collection (NZETC)
- New Zealand Music, Sound, Audio-visual Collection
- New Zealand Serials Collection
- New Zealand Web Archive | Te Pūranga Paetukutuku o Aotearoa
- Oral History and Sound
- Papers Past
- Photographic Archive
- Pop Fiction Collection
- Print Disabilities Collection
- Publications New Zealand
- Ramsay Collection
- Ranfurly Collection
- Ranstead Collection
- Rare Books and Fine Printing
- Robert and Mary Hogg Bequest
- Robert G. Barr Collection of Amateur Journalism
- Robert Trimble Collection
- Schools Lending Collection
- Shetland Islands Collection
- Sir Donald McLean Papers
- National Library e-resources
- Susan Price collection
- Te Ao Hou
- Te Kohikohinga o Te Reo Irirangi o Te Upoko o Te Ika
- Te Upoko o Te Ika — Māori radio collection
- Tony Fomison Collection
- Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Turnbull General Collection
- Turnbull Library Pictures
- Turnbull Named Collections
- Wood Collection
- Wright Collection
- Using the collections
- Digital preservation
- Music Hire Service
- Offer material to the Alexander Turnbull Library