Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics

The grace and artistry of the figure skaters. The speed and strength of the downhill skiers. The endurance of the biathletes. The courage of the ski-jumpers. The sheer madness of the luge and skeleton. It's all part of the Winter Olympics which are currently taking place in Vancouver, Canada.

Here is your Rodney Libraries guide to the Winter Games.

The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics 2010 Edition is in the library now. The "ultimate sourcebook" with "stats, scores and the most dramatic stories". It also includes a brief history of the Games.

The Official Games website is Vancouver 2010 which contains a wealth of background and up to the minute information.

To find out about the team of Kiwis competing at the Games the website you need is Winter Olympics New Zealand.

Any of the New Zealand News sites will be providing results, information and news. The Games are free to air on Prime TV and are on especially dedicated SKY TV channels.

To find information in the library about the specific sports, the best way to do this is a keyword search in our catalogue, e.g. snowboarding, skiing, skating, or some of the others like luge and skeleton which we catalogue under extreme sports.

And if all of that makes you want to try out a winter sport, just head along to our own Rodney skifields aka Snow Planet who are holding their own Winter Olympics carnival while the real thing is on.