Extensive reading
Databases
Looking for extensive reading resources? Bond University Library has thousands of ebooks, journals and newspaper articles in our collection. Search the databases below for your favourite subject or browse the fiction, non-fiction and graded readers tabs.
- ProQuest Ebook Central This link opens in a new window
Database with a wide range of titles on a lending platform. Includes all titles on former EBL and Ebrary platforms.
Access to Ebook Central is now via Open Athens. A new user account is automatically created and any bookshelf titles which were created under the old user account are not available on the new bookshelf.
For further information see:
What happens to my bookshelf or personal accounts on publisher sites?
Accessibility
To use a read-aloud tool or screen reader, enable text-only mode in the settings:
- Open the profile tab.
- Check the Enable Text Only Mode option
OpenDyslexic typeface can also be enabled in the settings.
- ProQuest Australia & New Zealand Newsstream This link opens in a new window
Provides the latest local, regional and national news from leading news sources:
- Fairfax Australia and Fairfax New Zealand
- News Limited
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- APP newswires
- News Corp Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Includes The Australian, The Courier Mail and The Gold Coast Bulletin.
Bond Staff and Students can register for access to a range of News Corp newspapers via a Bond University campus subscription offer.
Public Library
- City of Gold Coast LibrariesResidents of the Gold Coast can sign up to the public library. Gold Coast Libraries have adult literacy and English as a second language resources and workshops.