Our services for researchers
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The Alexander Turnbull Library provides world-class research services. Turnbull Library staff are experts in all kinds of topic areas, and research in general.
Ask a Librarian
Can't make it into the library? Need to dig deeper? Use our Ask a librarian service.
Ask a Librarian! or call us 0800 474 300.
Our collections
We've got it all. Very nearly, anyway. Books, newspapers, photos, databases, cd-roms, vinyl, journals...
Register and request
Register to use the collections, and then order your research materials.
Research guides
Use our research guides to start your online research, subjects include family history, whakapapa, Pasifika.