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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 (via Ebsco) Provides indexing and abstracting for more than 10,000 journals, with full-text coverage for more than 6.000 titles. Covers a wide range of areas of academic study from the sciences to the arts.
	Index New Zealand The key New Zealand database for social sciences, arts, humanities and general interest material. INNZ provides citation access to over half a million articles published in over 400 New Zealand and South Pacific newspaper and journal titles 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 5000 Proquest is a leading electronic database providing indexing and abstracting of over 7,000 scholarly and general interest publications. It includes full text or full image coverage of more than 3,000 of these publications.
	ProQuest Social Science Journals via ProQuest 5000 A definitive resource for those who need access to a variety of scientific journals. The database includes over 565 titles (330+ full text). Provides information on hundreds of topics, including: Addiction studies, Urban studies, Family studies and International relations.
	Statutes of New Zealand (via 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