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| 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.
| | Archway (Archives New Zealand)
Over 1.5 million records. Please note that Archway it does not yet provide on-line access to the text of the records themselves. It contains descriptive information of records, most of which can then be ordered from an Archives NZ office.
| | Current Contents Connect (Web of Knowledge)
Multidisciplinary, current awareness database of articles as they are published. Provides access to the table of contents and bibliographic data from 8000+ leading scholarly research journals and book.
| | Dictionary of New Zealand Biography
Contains biographies of people who have 'made their mark' on New Zealand. It does not include people who are alive.
| | Factiva
Access to a wide range of global and NZ news and business information content from more than 28,000 sources, from 157 countries in 23 languages.
| | findNZarticles
Provides access to New Zealand content, including material by or about New Zealanders, from a range of New Zealand newspapers and journals.
| | Hakena: Hocken Library Archives and Manuscripts
Descriptions of the unpublished Manuscripts and Pictures from the Hocken Collections' Archives and Manuscripts Collections.
| | 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.
| | Index New Zealand (Te Puna)
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.
| | INZART (Index to New Zealand Art) (New Zealand Index)
An index to articles which provide information on New Zealand artists, art galleries and museums, exhibitions and art events. Details of images and illustrations are also included. INZART indexes from New Zealand and international serials held predominantly in the University of Auckland Fine Arts Library. Art-related articles published in New Zealand newspapers are also selectively indexed.
| | Knowledge Basket
New Zealand Index (including Newzindex, NZ Science, Newspaper Index, Index New Zealand), Newztext and LegislationNZ (including Hansard). To access the databases, use the "Where is your Newztext Search Page?" link under the Support tab and select the link for Universities.
| | KRIS (Kiwi Research Information Service)
Provided and run by the National Library of New Zealand, KRIS is a gateway to the open-access publicly funded research documents produced at universities, polytechnics, and other research institutions throughout New Zealand.
| | Maori Land Court Minute Books Index (Knowledge Basket)
This index provides access to over 1100 minute books between 1865 and 1910, from the Taitokerau, Waikato-Maniapoto, Tairawhiti, Waiariki, Aotea, Takitimu, and Waipounamu Maori Land Court Districts.
| | Matapihi
Searchable database of over 175,000 pictures, objects, sounds, movies, and texts from New Zealand’s archives, galleries, libraries and museums.
| | National Library of New Zealand Discovery Search
Simultaneously searches the National Library Catalogue, TAPUHI, Timeframes, Publications NZ, Index NZ, Te Puna Web Directory, Matapihi and findNZarticles. Extended sources option also available.
| | New Zealand Index
An index of key New Zealand databases including: Index Auckland, New Zealand Card Index, Bibliography of Published NZ Family Histories, NZ Herald Classified Personals, Index New Zealand, INZART Index, Manukau's Journey, Newzindex, Newspaper Index, NZ Science, and NZ Woman's Weekly Index.
| | New Zealand National Union Catalogue (Te Puna)
Bibliographic records with holdings - New Zealand's National Union Catalogue.
| | Newztext Plus (Knowledge Basket)
An archive of the full text of many of New Zealand's key news and business publications.
| | NZX Company Research (formerly Datex)
Lists New Zealand company information and provides current and historical analysis of company data including annual report and financial data.
| | Otago Daily Times Online
An open and free source of local, national, international and sports news. Now interactive with a multimedia platform allowing users to comment on stories, vote in polls, send in photographs and create their own news stories. Includes an 'On campus' section (news, photo slideshows, blogs, and a gig guide), and home-pages for most local towns (news stories, photos, events, and weather).
| | 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.
| | Publications New Zealand
A record of New Zealand publications listed in the National Bibliography, from books to films to maps. Use it to get information about published items with a strong New Zealand connection, and see which libraries have these publications.
| | Scopus
A multidisciplinary abstract and citation database of research literature and web sources. Over 16,500 peer-reviewed titles from more than 4,000 publishers. Includes some full text links. Access Scopus Tutorials online.
| | Tapuhi
Descriptions of the unpublished Manuscripts and Pictures Collections of New Zealand and Pacific material in the Alexander Turnbull Library.
| | Te Ara - Encyclopedia of New Zealand
Online and updated version of the Encyclopedia of New Zealand first published in 1966.
| | Te Papa Picture Library
Search a small selection of Te Papa's 800,000 rare and beautiful New Zealand images
| | Te Puna
Search the National Bibliographic Database for items held in libraries throughout New Zealand.
| | Wakareo-a-ipurangi
Comprehensive and up-to-the-minute online Māori - English - Māori dictionary resource.
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Additional New Zealand databases and resources
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Reference
General
- An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand 1966 - Cen:Ref DU 414.EJ7
- Bateman New Zealand encyclopedia 5th ed. 2000 - Cen:Ref DU 414.BA16 2000
- The Cyclopedia of Otago & Southland 1999 - Cen:Ref DU 434.A2 CZ826 1999
- The Cyclopedia of New Zealand : industrial, descriptive, historical, biographical, facts, figures, illustrations - Cen:Books DU 417.CZ82
- Heinemann dictionary of New Zealand quotations 1988 - Cen:Ref PN 6081.HF24
- Historical & political dictionary of New Zealand 2008 - Cen:Ref DU 414.J393 2008
- Index to New Zealand periodicals - Cen:Ref Z 6962.N5 IC5
- An Introduction to New Zealand government 1991 - Cen:Ref JQ 5811.RK24
- New Zealand book of events 1986 - Cen:Ref DU 414.NH318
- Parliamentary practice in New Zealand 2nd ed. 1994 - Cen:Ref JQ 5859.M371 1994
- Studying New Zealand 1999 - Cen:Ref Z 4416.WV55 1999
- Temple's guide to the 44th New Zealand Parliament 1994 - Cen:Ref JQ 5854.T882
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Language Dictionaries
- The Dictionary of New Zealand English 1997 - Cen:Dic PE 3602.DJ19
- Dictionary of New Zealand sign language 1997 - Cen:Ref HV 2475.DJ216
- English-Māori dictionary 1993 -Cen:Dic
PL 6465.Z5 NJ97
- Wakareo - Online Māori-
English - Māori dictionary resource
- The Reed dictionary of modern Māori
- Cen:Dic PL 6465.Z5 RZ62 2008
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People
- Alexander Turnbull Library biographies index 1995 - Cen:Mfc 50C A
- The Book of New Zealand women 1991 - Cen:Ref DU 434.A2 BP97
- The Concise dictionary of New Zealand artists 2000 - Cen:Ref N 7406.M371
- The Dictionary of New Zealand
biography - Cen:Ref DU 434.A2 DJ21
- New Zealand biographical clippings 1890-1988 - Hoc:Ref:Mfc AC13
- New Zealand who's who Aotearoa - Cen:Ref DU 434.A2 NH338
- Return of the freeholders of New Zealand: names, addresses... 1884
- Cen:Ref DU 434.A2 NH33
- Southern people:
a dictionary of Otago Southland biography - Cen:Ref DU 434.A2 SQ196
- Who's who in New Zealand - Cen:Ref DU 434.WL66 1991
- Who's who in the New Zealand
Parliament - Cen:Ref JQ 5857.BL19
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Atlases, gazetteers etc.
- Atlas of New Zealand boundaries 1996 - Cen:Atlases G 2796.F7 M3 1996
- Discover New Zealand: Wises guide - Cen:Ref DU 414.DK94 1994
- Heinemann New Zealand atlas 1987 - Cen:Atlases G 2795.H4 1987
- New Zealand index to places & streets for electoral purposes 1996
- Cen:Atlases JQ 5892.NH36
- Placenames of the ancestors: a Māori
oral history atlas 1990 - Cen:Ref DU 414.KU4
- Reed New Zealand atlas 2004 - Cen:Ref G 2795.H4 2004
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Directories
- Directory of official information
- Cen:Ref JQ 5821.DK86
- The Marketing services directory 2000 - Hocken: HF 5415.12.N5 MA74
- Media directory 2004 - Cen:Ref HF 5808.N5 A548
- The New Zealand business who's who - Cen:Ref HF 4030.5.NH32
- New
Zealand company register - Cen:Ref HF 4030.5.Z6 NH32
- New Zealand government directory - Cen:Ref JQ 5824.NH29
- Press, radio & TV guide: Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific
Islands 1998/99 - Cen:Ref Z 6961.PX52
- TAKOA: te aka kumara o Aotearoa; directory of Maori organisations
and resource people in Aotearoa - Cen:Ref DU 458.A951
- Te Hikoi marama: a directory of Māori
information resources 1993 - Cen:Ref DU 449.HM17
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Subject dictionaries, guides etc.
- A Directory of New Zealand plays and playwrights 1981 - Cen:Ref Z 4414.D7 PP94 1981
- Early New Zealand films held in the United Kingdom and America 2001
- Cen:Ref PN 1993.5.N5 P989
- The encyclopedia of New Zealand rugby - Cen:Ref GV 945.9.N5 EJ7 2005
- New Zealand dictionary of business terms 2006 - Cen:Ref HF 1001.LD39
- New Zealand film 1912-1996 - Cen:Ref PN 1993.5.N5 MC19
- New Zealand literature to 1977 - Cen:Ref Z 4411.TF74
- The Oxford history of New Zealand Rev. ed. 1992 - Cen:Res DU 429.OZ5 1992
- The Oxford companion to New Zealand military history 2000 - Cen:Ref
DU 430.OZ5
- The Oxford history of New Zealand literature 2nd ed. 1998 - Cen:Ref
PR 9624.3.OZ5 1998
- Twin peeks: Australian and New Zealand feature films - Cen:Books PN 1993.5.A8 TY94
- Write, edit, print: style manual for Aotearoa New Zealand 1997 - Cen:Ref
Z 253.WY35 1997
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Bibliographies
- A bibliography of the literature relating to New Zealand 1909 - Cen:Ref
Z 4401.HN87
- A bibliography of printed Maori to 1900 - Cen:Ref Z 4401.WP95
- A bibliography of publications on the New Zealand Māori
and the Moriori ... - Cen:Ref Z 4427.M3 T696
- Catalogue of books on New Zealand 1997 - Cen:Ref Z 4401.C986 1997
- New Zealand books in print - Cen:Ref Z 4401.NH33
- New
Zealand National Bibliography
- New Zealand national bibliography to the year 1960 - Cen:Ref Z 4401.NH335
- New Zealand: World bibliographical series v18 1998 - Cen:Ref Z 4401.GV84 1998
- Union list of New Zealand newspapers before 1940 - Cen:Ref Z 6962.N5 HA582
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Statistics
- Key statistics - Cen:Ref Bliss 3T5ws M
- New Zealand, a handbook of historical statistics - Cen:Ref HA 3184.BM71
- The New Zealand official year-book - Cen:Ref Bliss 3T5w N
- The Social Report -
2002 - acomprehensive picture of the social health and well-being of
New Zealanders.
- Ministry of Social Development - social snapshot of NZ. Brings together
information under the broad headings of: health, knowledge and skills,
safety and security, paid work, human rights, culture and identity,
economic standard of living, social connectedness, and the environment.
Update only in electronic form.
- Statistics New Zealand
- Understanding Aotearoa/New Zealand 1997 - Cen:Ref HA 3184.TG528
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Archives & Manuscripts
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Web sites
General sites
- National Library of New Zealand
- Natural History New Zealand
- One of the world's largest producers of natural history, science,
adventure and health television programming.
- The New Zealand Digital
Library (University of Waikato) - Various international document
collections in history, humanitarian and global development, computer
science, music, and literature.
- NZ Government Agencies
- NZ Historic Places Trust
- 1,000+ different sites, including the Wahi Tapu - places sacred to
Maori.
- NZ Parliament
- Otago Regional Council
- Standards New Zealand
- Standards N Z develops and lists standards, codes of practice and
handbooks. It provides access to a large collection of world standards
e.g. WTO, TBT (World Trade Organization. Technical barriers to trade).
Full text documents are charged for.
- Te Papa - National Museum of
NZ
- Te Puna Web
Directory - NZ Resources
- Treaty
of Waitangi - fulltext of the Treaty - English & Māori
- Waitangi
Tribunal Reports
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NZ Commerce sites
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NZ Investment Information
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NZ Media
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7 June, 2011
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