Welcome to the Reference Department!
Come to the Library in person or Contact Us for reference assistance by telephone, email or chat.
Some examples of our specialized reference materials include:
- Print and electronic business resources
- Car manuals and TV/radio schematics, including online car manuals (login required)
- Electronic resources such as CBCA, Canadian NewsStand and EBSCO to help you find health, business, computer information, newspaper articles and career and employment materials (login required)
- Citizenship information to help you prepare for the citizenship exam
- Consumer information
- Extensive collection of genealogy and local history resources, with an emphasis on New Westminster and British Columbia. This collection includes microfilmed copies of New Westminster papers from 1861 onwards and our New Westminster Historical Photograph Collection, with nearly 4,000 items
- Consumer medical information
- Newspaper clipping files about New Westminster
The Reference Department has public Internet stations, word processing stations, and wireless Internet access. Please see Computers @ NWPL for more information on library computers.
