Most of the Library's Pacific books are in the Macmillan Brown Library but there are also Pacific books in the Central and EPS libraries. Pacific language readers are in the Classroom Collection in the Central Library. All Central & EPS Library books can be borrowed, some MB books can only be used in the library.
The Macmillan Brown Library's Pacific Collection on level 2 has most of the recent Pacific books. Most, but not all of these can be borrowed. If you would like a book that is not a borrowable copy, ask at the desk and we will see if there is a lending or e-copy available. We also have a very large collection of historical Pacific books in our closed stacks. These can all be used in the Macmillan Brown Library.
Many of the books in our library are available as e-books. There are also these resources on the web:
ANU Press. Check out these series: Pacific; Pacific Affairs; State, Society and Governance in Melanesia.
Tidal Pools. Historic texts on the Pacific from Victoria University of Wellington.
Use Multisearch to find both e-books and 'paper copies' in our libraries.
If you know the title of the book, type it in within quote marks, e.g. "island time" and click on the magnifying glass or press Enter. If you can't see the book you want, click on e-books/books and hit apply.
If you've got too many results and you can't see the book you want, click on Advanced search and change All fields to Title then click on Search.
When you can see your title, click on Access options to see if there is an e-book available or which library the paper copies are in.
If you want a book on a topic rather than a specific title, type in keywords that describe your topic. To get the best results when searching for Pacific Islands information you can use the terms Oceania, Islands of the Pacific or just Pacific. Alternatively, narrowing your search to a region or country will give more focused results eg, Micronesia or Samoa.
These searches will give you an idea of what books by country or region are on our shelves at different numbers. It will not show all our e-books.
DU History of Oceania
DU490 Melanesia (General)
DU500 Micronesia (General)
DU510 Polynesia (General)DU590
DU590 Tuvalu
DU600 Fiji
DU615 Kiribati
DU620-629 Hawaii
DU647 Guam
DU710 Marshall Islands
DU715 Nauru
DU720 New Caledonia
DU 740 Papua New Guinea
DU 760 Vanuatu
DU 780 Palau
DU 819 Samoa
DU 850 Solomon Islands
DU 870 Tahiti and Society Islands
DU 880 Tonga
DU 890 Tuamotu Islands
DU 910 Tokelau
DU 920 Wallis and Futuna
F 3169 Rapa Nui / Easter Island
GN Culture(s) / Anthropology
GN 432 Tapa/Hiapo/Barkcloth
GN 440 Navigation
GN 476 Ethnobotany
GN 671 .C7 Cook Islands
GN 671 .F5 Fiji
GN 671 .R6 Papua New Guinea
GN 671 .S2 Samoa
GN 671 .S6 Solomon Islands
GN 671 .S55 Tahiti and Society Islands
GN 671 .T4 Tokelau
GN 671 .T5 Tonga
GN 671 .V2 Vanuatu
N ART
N 7411 .F4 Fiji
N 7411 .M3 Marques
N 7411 .M4 Melanesia
N 7411 .N4 New Caledonia
N 7411 .S4 Papua New Guinea
N 7411 .S65 Solomon Islands
N 7411 .V2 Vanuatu