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Databases & indexes

	Academic OneFile Provides indexing/abstracting for over 12,500 journals and reference sources; over 5,000 in full-text and more than 7,300 peer-reviewed. Coverage includes the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects. Includes coverage of the New York Times back to 1995.
	Academic Search Complete (EBSCOhost) A multidisciplinary full-text database, with more than 8,500 full-text periodicals. This database also offers indexing and abstracts for more than 12,500 journals and a total of more than 13,200 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc.
	Index New Zealand New Zealand database for general interest material, social research, current affairs, and the arts and humanities. Updated daily, INNZ provides citation access to articles published in New Zealand and South Pacific newspapers and journals from 1987 to the present.
	LegalTrac Indexes major law journals (1400+ titles - some fulltext) from USA, Australia, NZ, Canada and UK, by subject, author, title, statute and case name.
	ProQuest Central A leading electronic database providing indexing/abstracting and full-text access to scholarly and general interest publications. It combines information from a number of leading online databases with subjects covering: business, law, education, computing, science, technology, engineering, arts, medicine, and religion.
	ProQuest Social Science Journals A definitive resource for those who need access to a variety of scientific journals. Subject coverage includes: Anthropology, Communication science, Demography, Economics, Human services, Political science, Policy studies, Psychology, and Sociology.
	Statutes of New Zealand (Brookers) Under ‘NZ Law Partner’ find Statutes of NZ (currently in force), statutes as passed (‘Assent legislation’) and historical legislation.

Additional Children’s Issues databases and resources

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Reference

• Children (New Zealand Now) 1999 - Cen:Ref HQ/792/N5/CH48/1999
• Children of separation: an annotated bibliograpy 1994 - Cen:Ref HQ/755.8/ZS8
• The Gale encyclopedia of childhood & adolescence 1998 - Cen:Ref HQ/772/G394
• New Zealand statistics: children
• Statistical handbook on the world's children 2002 - Cen:Ref HQ/767.9/K63

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Web sites

• Children's Issues Centre - University of Otago - About the Centre, publications, NZ & international links
• Community Net Aotearoa - Community groups and information on a variety of issues
• Department of Courts - Family Court of New Zealand - NZ Government, overseas Government Family Law and NZ Family Law sites
• INTUTE : Web resources for education and research
• Office of the Commissioner for Children - Publications, links etc.
• Te Puna Web Directory - NZ resources: Children - NZ child information sites.
• UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights- Children - United Nations - lists of publications, links, fact-sheets, press releases
• Youthlaw - Current legal information on children's rights, areas of law etc.

Last revised: 26 November, 2008