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Online resourcesNorth Shore Libraries provides access to the databases listed below. The databases are free if you are a member of North Shore Libraries. You can access databases we subscribe to from either the Online resources menu on our homepage, or the eResources tab on our online catalogue.
Access Science (McGraw-Hill Encyclopaedia of Science & TechnologyOnline) Secondary and tertiary students will find this database useful for answering complex science and technology questions. Full Text.
Ancestry library (Proquest) A comprehensive database aimed at providing access to a range of; census, birth, death and marriage, data -- making it easier for you to trace your family history. For use in the library only.
Australia/NZ Reference Centre (EBSCO) This database provides access to abstracts and articles in magazines and newspapers from around New Zealand . Full Text and Abstracts.
Bills Digest (Knowledge Basket) Provides access to the content of Bills before Parliament. The “Bills Digest” is created by the New Zealand Parliamentary Library staff and has a searchable content from 1998 onwards.
Biography Resource Center (Gale) A comprehensive biographical reference database suitable for all audiences. Full Text. Books & Authors Designed to help you find new books dealing with similar subject matter or writing styles to authors you have previously read and enjoyed. It also provides access to lists of books that have won literary prizes such as the "Nobel Prize for Literature" and the "Montana Book Awards". Articles.
Breakout Funding
Information Service (Fundview) Lists awards, scholarships and grants available to New Zealand individuals for personal development, principally in academic, artistic, research and sporting fields.
British Library Newspapers - 19th Century 2 million national and regional newspaper pages, selected by experts in the field. Full runs when possible.
The most comprehensive digital historic newspaper archive. Includes 17-18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers and 19th Century British Library Newspapers. 3 million pages of historic newspapers, newsbooks & ephemera and National & Regional papers from British Isles.
Burney Collection Newspapers - 17th-18th Century The most comprehensive collection of early English newspapers. Newspapers, newsbooks, Acts of Parliament, addresses, broadsides, pamphlets, proclamations, titles from London, British Isles, and colonies. 1 million newspaper pages.
Business and Industry (Responsive Database Services [RDS]) Aims at giving access to articles and statistics written about companies and individuals in the international business world. Full Text.
Business and Management Practices (Responsive Database Services [RDS]) Looking for articles on business concepts, people, and international companies? This database works best when used to search for a specific business or management topic. Full Text.
Contemporary Women's Issues (Responsive Database Services [RDS]) Focuses on issues and events that influence women's lives in over 190 countries. Subjects covered include; agriculture, beauty standards, and workplace. Full Text.
CultureGrams (Proquest) Offers concise, reliable, and up-to-date reports of daily life and culture, background, customs and lifestyles of over 190 countries of the world. CultureGrams is for primary level students and adult general interest. Full Text.
Discovering Collection (Gale) A reference database that covers the subject areas of literature, history, biographies, science, and social studies. It also contains a searchable multimedia index, very useful for secondary students. Full Text.
A Chinese language eResource that provides access to popular magazines on a wide variety of topics. The magazine content is available in both simplified and traditional Chinese characters. Full Text.
eLibrary (Proquest) Suitable for year six to nine, this database library covers a wide range of information and formats. It offers three methods of access; Searching, Topics and Reference Shelf. Plus a multimedia section which includes audio and video clips. Electric Library covers the Christchurch Press, Dominion, Evening Post, Sunday Star-Times, Waikato Times and a range of provincial titles. Full Text.
An online encyclopaedia that is of great use to those who do not have a specific search target, and are searching a non-specific topic or idea. Also try the student and junior versions:
Encyclopædia Britannica - Junior
Encyclopædia Britannica - Student
FundView - Funding
Information Service This is a database of scholarships and grants available to individuals and community groups in New Zealand.
Provides an intuitive search interface which makes this a great source for popular, business and professional topics. Coverage is general and specialised periodicals, from 1980 to the present day Full Text.
This website is very handy for establishing if a book exists, and clarifying details such as title, author and publisher. Publication details and blurbs.
An exact digital copy of the print edition with the added benefits of links to more information, interesting websites and email addresses.
GreenFILE (EBSCO) Provides information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling and more. Full Text and Abstracts.
Health and Wellness Resource Center [HWRC] (Gale) HWRC is a comprehensive resource for the general public that provides integrated access to medical, statistical, health and wellness information in a variety of formats, including video clips, through an easy to use web site. Using this database is not a substitute for seeing a doctor or nurse. Full Text.
History Resource Center (Gale) A very good resource for senior secondary history students. The content supports a core list of topics in several different formats which are required to fill marking requirements. This site is also very useful for casual enquires. The time line provided is particularly useful. Full Text.
Index NZ (INNZ) Provides information from New Zealand and Pacific Rim publications. INNZ is an index with abstracts for articles from nearly 300 journals and newspapers. Coverage is 1980 to the present. Abstract Only.
Literature Resource Center (Gale) This database is useful for locating details about authors and their works. Handy if you want to see a list of all of an author's works and biographical details. There is limited coverage of some of New Zealand 's more prominent authors. Full Text.
Local History Online is an index to major articles from the suburban newspapers of the North Shore and West Auckland. Newspapers indexed include the North Shore Times, The Devonport Flagstaff, The Aucklander (North and West editions) and the Western Leader. Also included in this database is an index to a series of scrapbooks held at Devonport Library, which contain information about Devonport prior to its amalgamation with the other North Shore local authorities in 1989. From mid-2008 Local History Online will include the oral history and digital image collections of North Shore and Waitakere Libraries.
MasterFILE Premier (EBSCO) This collection is ideal for general research enquiries and provides access to articles from over 2000 major international publications. Coverage starts in 1975. Also included in this database is an Image Collection of 192,999 photos, maps and flags. This database is updated daily. Full Text.
Newztext daily newspapers and magazines (Knowledge Basket) This fully searchable database of New Zealand serial publications includes most newspapers such as FairFax newspapers 1995 until 2002 and 2003 onwards, and magazines for example the National Business Review (NBR) and the Independent.
Novelist (EBSCO) A fiction database that provides subject heading access, reviews, annotations and much more for over 120,000 fiction titles. Coverage includes children and young adult subject categories. Many New Zealand authors and their works are listed. Article style entries.
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center (Responsive Database Services [RDS]) With a focus on social issues, this database is useful for exploring differing points of view on a wide range of controversial topics. Formats include statistics, primary documents and links to websites. Full Text.
Online is a fully searchable database of the reference books of the same name, plus articles that have been added or updated since their appearance in print. Coverage includes biographies of artists from Australia and New Zealand . The art image collection enables access to many thousands of art image collections. This database is useful for students of art, history and literature. Taking the Guided Tour is recommended. Full Text.
A unique source of scholarly information on the meaning, history and pronunciation of words both past and present.
Online is a fully searchable database of the books of the same name, plus articles that have been added or updated since their appearance in print. It contains 500 musical examples as sound files from Sibelius.com. It gives some history and background to music in New Zealand Full Text.
Press Display (NewspaperDirect, Inc) Contains the digital image of over 250 papers from 55 countries (in translation if needed), including New Zealand . The papers are displayed using the original, language, format, lay out, pagination and colour. The site is searchable and papers are able to be manipulated using your mouse.
A cross searchable collection of online database comprised of: Academic Research Library: Coverage of a broad range of subjects including arts, business, children, education, general interest, health, humanities, international, law, military, multicultural, psychology, sciences, social sciences, and women's interests. Coverage: 1971- U.S. National Newspaper Abstracts : Abstracts and indexing for New York Times , USA Today, and Wall Street Journal. Coverage: Varies Full Text and Abstracts.
A definitive resource for students studying both the applied and general sciences. Subject coverage includes computers, engineering, physics, telecommunications and transportation. Coverage: 1994 – This database is also cross searched when you do a “Proquest” search. Full Text and Abstracts.
Student Resource Center (Gale) A database, that concentrates on the humanities. It is aimed at secondary students, and contains very helpful hints on how to do research and a comprehensive tool bar to aid users when refining their searches. Has some multi media coverage. Full Text.
Tablebase (Responsive Database Services [RDS]) This database provided access to tabular and statistical business information. Examples of the information it provides are; figures on market share, market size, capacity and production. Tablebase is able to be searched geographically. Full Text and Abstracts.
An online database that helps the user search a wide range of children's literature by author and title. The Source includes fiction, poetry and teachers resources and includes a broad cross-section of New Zealand authors and information. Full Text.
An online database of all the titles published in New Zealand libraries. Te Puna also gives access to a broad cross-section of items held by libraries in New Zealand , including those published overseas. Bibliographic Information Only.
What Do I Read Next? This database has been superseded by Books & Authors.
A very useful database, especially for people doing homework or completing assignments at primary school level. It is current, makes good brief succinct points and provides a method of referencing that will be useful to those who need to reference the information they find for school projects. Articles.
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