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Access Video on Demand (AVOD) offers library patrons a collection of thousands of high-quality videos that serves the entire community. It includes award-winning documentaries, how-to programs, top-quality performances spanning the arts, biographies of history-makers past and present, a variety of TV shows and movies, and more. The video content available on this platform is rated PG13 and below.
Accessibility features for Access Video on Demand (AVOD) include closed captioning and interactive transcripts, adjustable text size, font, spacing, colour contrast, keyboard shortcuts, zooming, screen reader support, and more. For more information, please click here.
Available at all libraries and from home.
The Just for Kids Collection gives children and their parents a children-friendly media platform they can freely explore and enjoy. Just for Kids has the educational videos plus songs, games, and other interactives that are sure to entertain, educate, and inspire young patrons. The video content available on this platform is rated PG13 and below.
Accessibility features for Access Video on Demand (AVOD) – Just for Kids include alternative text for non-text content, closed captioning and interactive transcripts, adjustable text size, font, spacing, colour contrast, keyboard shortcuts, zooming, and screen reader support. For more information, please click here.
Available at all libraries and from home.
JSTOR provides online access to archived contents of important scholarly journals, mainly in the humanities and social sciences. Researchers are able to retrieve high-resolution, scanned images of back issues of journals and pages as they were originally printed. Existing titles are updated and new titles are added on an ongoing basis.
Accessibility features for JSTOR include adjustable text size, font and spacing, colour contrast, keyboard navigation and shortcuts, zooming, screen reader support, navigation heading labels, alternative text for images and link destination labels. For more information on Accessibility, click here.
Limited to 15 concurrent access from home. Available at all libraries and from home.
Kanopy General Collection offers a wide range of full-length movies, documentaries, foreign films, classic cinema, independent films and educational videos. The video content available on this platform is rated PG13 and below.
Available at all libraries and from home.
For first time users:
Step 1) Key in myLibrary username under “LIBRARY CARD NUMBER” and myLibrary password under “LIBRARY CARD PIN/PASSWORD”.
Step 2) Create your Kanopy account using email and password, or sign up with your Google/Apple account.
Step 3) If you are a mobile user, please download the Kanopy app. Refer to the Step-by-Step guide for mobile access here.
For subsequent logins, you may use your Kanopy/Google/Apple account to directly access Kanopy General Collection.
Refer to the Step-by-Step guide for desktop access here.
You will be leaving the National Library Board’s site if you choose to access the content under Kanopy. Please be informed that Kanopy’s site requires you to create an account with them by providing an email address (Note: This need not be the same email address you have provided to NLB for purposes of your NLB membership). You will also need to create a password.
Accessibility features for Kanopy General Collection includes screen readers, keyboard navigation, voice control, and other assistive technologies. For more information on Accessibility, click here.
Please note that Kanopy requires the person setting up the account to be at least 18 years of age. Parents or legal guardians of those below the age of 18 years are to set up the Kanopy account that their child/ward will use to access the Kanopy platform. A parental control pin can be enabled. For more information, refer to the FAQ here.
You have to make your own decision whether you wish to create such an account with Kanopy under their Terms of Service. The National Library Board may receive feedback from you on this eResource but is not legally responsible for any disputes you may have with Kanopy.
Kanopy Kids is Kanopy's curated collection of streaming video content for children. The video content available on this platform is rated PG13 and below.
Available at all libraries and from home.
For first time users:
Step 1) Key in myLibrary username under “LIBRARY CARD NUMBER” and myLibrary password under “LIBRARY CARD PIN/PASSWORD”.
Step 2) Create your Kanopy account using email and password, or sign up with your Google/Apple account.
Step 3) If you are a mobile user, please download the Kanopy app. Refer to the Step-by-Step guide for mobile access here.
For first time login, you may toggle to Kanopy Kids from Kanopy General Collection platform.
For subsequent logins, you may use your Kanopy/Google/Apple account to directly access Kanopy Kids.
Refer to the Step-by-Step guide for desktop access here.
You will be leaving the National Library Board’s site if you choose to access the content under Kanopy. Please be informed that Kanopy’s site requires you to create an account with them by providing an email address (Note: This need not be the same email address you have provided to NLB for purposes of your NLB membership). You will also need to create a password.
Accessibility features for Kanopy Kids includes screen readers, keyboard navigation, voice control, and other assistive technologies. For more information on Accessibility, click here.
Please note that Kanopy requires the person setting up the account to be at least 18 years of age. Parents or legal guardians of those below the age of 18 years are to set up the Kanopy account that their child/ward will use to access the Kanopy platform. A parental control pin can be enabled. For more information, refer to the FAQ here.
You have to make your own decision whether you wish to create such an account with Kanopy under their Terms of Service. The National Library Board may receive feedback from you on this eResource but is not legally responsible for any disputes you may have with Kanopy.
The Lightbox Learning Digital Platform offers an interactive learning experience across diverse subjects from Animals to Social Studies. It features curated weblinks, videos, activities, slideshows, and quizzes, enabling in-depth exploration of topics.
Accessibility features for Lightbox Learning Digital Platform include providing detailed help and instructions, text resizing, enhanced text contrast, and offering a range of visual presentation options. For more information on Accessibility, click here.
Available at all libraries and from home.
LinkedIn Learning is a leading online learning platform that helps users learn business, software, technology, creative design and other skills to achieve personal and professional goals. It has a content library of more than 21,000 courses taught by over 2,900 industry experts with real-world experience. Every instructor is vetted based on criteria such as their deep, practical knowledge, credibility and credentials.
Accessibility features for LinkedIn Learning include pre-recorded captions and text resizing. For more information, click here.
Available at all libraries and from home.
Kindly note that, you are now leaving the National Library Board (NLB) web resources and entering the LinkedIn Learning services. The NLB accepts no liability whatsoever for LinkedIn’s services; data collection features; and their online courses that you will be accessing next. You are encouraged to read the LinkedIn’s terms and conditions of use.
The medici.tv platform is home to the world’s largest video-on-demand catalogue in the classical music industry with concerts, operas, ballets, documentaries, master classes and jazz programmes available to stream in high definition (HD). The video content available on this platform is rated PG13 and below.
Accessibility features for medici.tv include alternative text for images, subtitles for concert programs (operas, documentaries), complete keyboard navigation for users, total support of orientation mode.
Available at all libraries and from home.
You will be leaving the National Library Board’s site if you choose to use the services under Medici. Please be informed that Medici’s platform has a feature that allows you to create an individual account if you wish to do so. Note that this is an optional feature and you have to make your own decision whether to provide any personal data that is needed for it. The National Library Board is not responsible for any matter that arises if you decide to create any such individual account.
MusicSG is a non-profit digital archive set up to digitise, archive and provide access to all forms of published Singapore musical works. It assembles a collection of music composed or published by Singaporeans, music produced or published in Singapore, and music related to Singapore. Resources featured are based on collections (e.g. by composers and items related to places in Singapore) and composers. They can be also browsed by genres which include the following Campaign Music, Chinese Classical, Computer Music, Films/TV/Musicals, Folk, Hip Hop/Rap, Indian, Jazz, Malay, National Music, Pop, Religious Music, Rock/Metal, Trance/Techno, Western Classical.
This edatabase has been replaced with National Library Online with effect from 4 Oct 2023. Available at all libraries and from home.
NORA is a database showcasing over 400 digitised works in the literary, performing and visual arts by prominent Singapore artists. As a source of reference for those interested in Singapore arts, NORA aims to digitally preserve Singapore’s arts heritage and create awareness about Singapore’s arts and culture.
This edatabase has been replaced with National Library Online with effect from 4 Oct 2023. Available at all libraries and from home.
Classical music recordings for on-demand streaming, with supplementary material such as album covers, liner notes, inlay card, biographies of composers and artists, curated playlists, educational resources such as Study Guides, interactive music dictionary etc. For access with the NML mobile app, please refer to the installation guide.
Accessibility features for Naxos include highlight and enlarged cursor, enlarge or zoom in to control font size, crosshair to guide cursor movement. For more information on Accessibility, click here.
Available at all libraries and from home.
PressReader provides access to thousands of the world’s leading newspapers and magazines from more than 100 countries in 60 languages. Publications are presented as full digital replicas and offer advanced digital features such as keyword searching, translation, audio functionality and much more.
Accessibility features for PressReader include keyboard navigation, skip links, screen reader support, PressReader accessibility mode using speech recognition software, zooming, navigation menu labels and article mode reading. For more information on Accessibility, click here.
Available at all libraries and from home. Access to selected titles (e.g. The Edge, and SPH Media’s titles such as The Straits Times) via PressReader is available in libraries only.
PressReader provides access to thousands of the world’s leading newspapers and magazines from more than 100 countries in 60 languages. Publications are presented as full digital replicas and offer advanced digital features such as keyword searching, translation, audio functionality and much more.
Accessibility features for PressReader include keyboard navigation, skip links, screen reader support, PressReader accessibility mode using speech recognition software, zooming, navigation menu labels and article mode reading. For more information on Accessibility, click here.
Available at all libraries.
This interdisciplinary database provides full-text articles from scholarly peer-reviewed journals and selected trade and consumer publications in arts, humanities, cultural studies, philosophy, modern languages and literatures, religion, history, geography, music, theatre, film and more.
Accessibility features include ReadSpeaker text-to-speech functionality, various forms of simultaneous text highlighting, including the ability to display the current sentence in a larger font. ProQuest platform interface is available in 18 languages with real-time translation of articles offered in 13 languages. For more information, click here.
Available at all libraries and from home.
ProQuest Central consists of varied subject databases to create a comprehensive, diverse, and relevant multidisciplinary research database. It provides access to content across major subject areas, including business, health and medical, social sciences, arts and humanities, education, science and technology, and religion. The collection includes thousands of full-text scholarly journals, trade and professional titles, newspapers, magazines, dissertations, working papers, case studies, and market reports which are accessible via the ProQuest Central Platform.
Accessibility features include ReadSpeaker text-to-speech functionality, various forms of simultaneous text highlighting, including the ability to display the current sentence in a larger font. ProQuest platform interface is available in 18 languages with real-time translation of articles offered in 13 languages. For more information, click here.
Available at all libraries and from home.
A multidisciplinary database, designed for students and educators at high schools, community colleges, and universities. Editorially created pages provide valuable context for both common and obscure research topics. The content, which is all full text, includes books, magazines, journals, newspapers, photographs, transcripts, and videos.
Accessibility features for ProQuest eLibrary include closed captioning, transcripts for videos, screen reader support, and webpage compatibility with zoom function. For more information, click here.
Available at all libraries and from home.
Global Newsstream enables users to search the most recent global news content – with archives that stretch back into the 1980s – from over 2,500 news sources including newspapers, wires, broadcasts, and websites in full-text format. Global Newsstream provides one of the largest collections of news from the U.S., Canada, Europe, Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Australia. It incorporates US Major Dailies, U.S. Newsstream, Canadian Newsstream, Canadian Major Dailies, European Newsstream and International Newsstream collections. All titles are cross searchable on the ProQuest platform.
Accessibility features include ReadSpeaker text-to-speech functionality, various forms of simultaneous text highlighting, including the ability to display the current sentence in a larger font. ProQuest platform interface is available in 18 languages with real-time translation of articles offered in 13 languages. For more information, click here.
Available at all libraries and from home.
Designed to complement other databases and collections, this database brings together or links to full text for publicly available scholarly content from a number of different sources from around the world. It includes content from major subject repositories such as arXiv as well as open access journals. Content includes journal articles, pre-prints, books, conference papers and reports.
Accessibility features include ReadSpeaker text-to-speech functionality, various forms of simultaneous text highlighting, including the ability to display the current sentence in a larger font. ProQuest platform interface is available in 18 languages with real-time translation of articles offered in 13 languages. For more information, click here.
Available at all libraries and from home.
Collection of SPH Media Newspapers including The Straits Times, The Business Times, etc. Depending on the newspapers, access to previous issues varies from 7 to 13 days.
Accessibility feature for SPH Media Newspapers includes zooming.
Available at all libraries and from home.
China Academic Journals Full-text Database has a complete collection of academic journals in full text published in Mainland China since 1915, some of which trace back to the first issue. The content focuses on academic, technical, policy-guiding, higher scientific and educational journals, and covers disciplines such as science and technology, agriculture, philosophy, medicine, humanities and social sciences, economics, and managerial sciences, etc. 中国知网 (CNKI) 的《中国学术期刊全文数据库》完整收录中国大陆自1915年出版至今的学术期刊，精选重要学术期刊回溯至创刊年，以学术、技术、政策指导、高等科普及教育类期刊为主，内容涵盖自然科学、工程技术、农业、哲学、医学、人文社会科学、经济与管理科学等各个领域。
Accessibility features for China Academic Journals Full-text Database include screen reader support, keyboard navigation, alternative text for images and link destination labels.
Available at all libraries and from home.