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Euromonitor Passport covers thousands of product categories and industries, and market research helps users better understand core business and future opportunities. Passport's robust analysis and visualisation tools allow research with real-world relevance, and can be applied to strategic planning, economic analysis, industry benchmarking, competitive threats and market entry studies.
Accessibility features for Euromonitor Passport include support for non-text content, pre-recorded audio and video content, pre-recorded captions, text resizing and colour contrast.
Available for online viewing via the multimedia stations at the National Library and all regional libraries only. Downloading of any information is not permitted.
Gale Business: Insights provides business intelligence, combining Gale reference content with other business sources and full-text periodicals to help researchers understand today's global business environment.
Accessibility features for Gale Business: Insights include adjustable font, font sizes, font spacing, colour contrast and text-to-speech access for HTML articles, screen reader support and access to transcripts and closed captioning for video and audio content. For more information, please click here.
Available at all libraries and from home.
Gale's eBook platform provides top titles from the best nonfiction publishers and complements other eBook platforms. NLB’s Gale eBooks collection feature Malay language titles, and Singapore and South East Asia related topics and titles. Noteworthy eBook collections also include The Papers Of Lee Kuan Yew (19 volumes), National Day Rally Speeches and more.
Accessibility features for Gale include keyboard navigation, skip navigation links, descriptive page titles, adjustable text size and font, text-to-speech, optimised screen width and optimal contrast ratios, and option to display on-screen or download Optical Character Recognition (OCR) plain text of historical archive documents. For more information on Accessibility, click here.
Available at all libraries and from home.
HyRead is a Chinese eBooks/eAudiobooks and eMagazines platform offering mainly titles published in Taiwan. It also includes Chinese publications from Hong Kong, China, Singapore and Malaysia. The content includes Fiction, Literature, Humanities, Business, Comics, etc. Users can access the eBooks/eAudiobooks and eMagazines via PC, or through the HyRead mobile app which is available from the Apple App Store or Google Play Store. 平台主要提供台湾的中文电子书/有声书与电子杂志，但也包括了来自香港﹑中国大陆﹑新马等地的中文出版品。内容种类包括文学小说﹑人文﹑商业、漫画等。可供网上阅读或下载到个人电脑及移动装置。
Accessibility features for HyRead include user font size control and text-to-speech feature (not for all EPUB format and not supported for PDF & JPEG format).
Available at all libraries and from home.
Infobase Learning Cloud offers bite-size, on-demand learning modules that help students, educators, and professionals build skills in the classroom, at work and in life.
Accessibility features for Infobase Learning Cloud include partial compatibility with screen readers (e.g. missing labels in some parts), synchronized closed captioning for videos, interactive transcripts, keyboard navigation, and colour contrast between the font and background. Text can be resized up to 200% without loss of content or functionality and intuitive navigation throughout the course and the platform. 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.
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.
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.
The most comprehensive ABI/INFORM™ database, this comprises ABI/INFORM Global, ABI/INFORM Trade and Industry, and ABI/INFORM Dateline. The database features thousands of full-text journals, dissertations, working papers, key business and economics periodicals such as the Economist, country-and industry-focused reports, and downloadable data. Its international coverage gives researchers a complete picture of companies and business trends around the world.
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.
This database brings together global scholarly journals with other key resources for access to reliable information in this continuously evolving area of study. Quickly locate precise results from sources ranging from current news to professional and academic journal articles covering the trends and history influencing important accounting, tax, banking, and financial issues of the day.
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.
The Advanced Technologies & Aerospace Database provides extensive coverage of advanced technology literature, offering full-text access with comprehensive discovery through extensive abstracts and indexes structured using controlled vocabulary managed by expert editorial teams. Topics covered include aeronautics, astronautics, communications, computer and information technology, electronics, lasers, solid-state materials and devices, space sciences, and telecommunications.
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.
This database contains the leading agricultural journals published in North America. ProQuest Agriculture Journals offers the complete text as well as complete images from such journals as Agricultural Research, Forest Products Journal, Journal of Animal Science, Journal of Soil and Water Conservation and Plant Physiology.
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.
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.
This database provides information pertinent to the study of business and finance topics across Asia and Europe, including academic journals, newspapers, newswires, and magazines. Find information on companies, economies, markets, international trade, and overall business conditions and practices throughout these regions.
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.
The Australia & New Zealand database is a multidisciplinary database of on-going full-text academic and scholarly journals covering subjects such as business, science, technology, engineering, social sciences, education, arts and humanities.
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.
This interdisciplinary database offers abstracts and citations to a wide range of research in biomedicine, biotechnology, zoology and ecology and some aspects of agriculture and veterinary science. Supporting over two dozen areas of expertise, this database provides access to literature from over 6000 serials, as well as conference proceedings, technical reports, monographs and selected books and patents.
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.