Resources Available
- Books - fiction and non-fiction for all ages, including large print
- Audiobooks - books recorded on CD
- Magazines - a wide range of titles
- DVDs - for adults and kids
- BluRay discs - for adults and kids
- GoChips - movies and TV series for all ages
- Music CDs - including rock, popular, alternative, easy listening, classical, jazz, world, country, blues and children's
- Launch Pads - educational games tablets for children
- iPads - digital tablet device
- Console Games - Nintendo Wii, XBOX ONE, and PS4 games
- eBooks - available in ePub format or to download directly onto certain devices via dedicated apps
- eAudiobooks - can be played on any MP3 device or downloaded directly onto certain devices via dedicated apps
- eMagazines - a wide range of titles from around the world in various languages
- Movie Streaming - documentaries and indie films from Australia and around the world
- Newspapers
- Books, magazines, CDs, newspapers and DVDs are also available in Chinese, Vietnamese, Arabic, Greek, and Italian for both adults and children
For information about loan periods, renewals and the number of items allowed per borrower, please visit Borrowing Information on the My Library page.
Available Magazines
Kingston Libraries subscribes to over 300 different magazine titles which are reviewed annually. If there is a title that you would like us to consider adding to our collection that does not appear on the Magazine Holdings list below please let us know using the Suggest an Item for Purchase form.
Download Magazine Holdings (48KB)
Community Languages
Kingston Libraries have books, magazines, newspapers, CDs and DVDs in a number of community languages, at the following branches:
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Arabic
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Clarinda and Westall
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Chinese
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Clarinda, Chelsea and Westall
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Greek
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Clarinda and Westall
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Italian
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Clarinda, Cheltenham and Westall
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Vietnamese
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Clarinda
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Note: If you would like items in any one of these languages but cannot get to the library where the items are held, speak to the librarian at your local Kingston Library branch and they will assist you with alternative arrangements.
The City of Kingston includes a wide range of cultures and languages. To find out what’s available in your language you can browse our online catalogue or search our catalogue for specific items.
Genealogy and Local History
We hold an extensive collection of genealogy resources from Australia and overseas at our Parkdale branch, including birth, death and marriage records, shipping and passenger lists, cemetery records and census information. For further details go to our Genealogy and Local History pages or go to the Kingston Local History website.
Collection Information
Collection Management Policy
The Collection Management Policy is a planning document produced by the Library that identifies and communicates the long and short-term collection goals and policies of Kingston Libraries. It aims to provide a general framework for the development of all collections, and is devised and maintained in consultation with library staff and customers.
Download Collection Management Policy, June 2019 (3MB)