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3D world atlas

Discover in-depth geographical information.

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240 days : New Zealand at Gallipoli

A CD-ROM of the 240 days that New Zealand soldiers were at Gallipoli.

1881 British Census

This Census includes information for England, Scotland, Wales, Channel Islands, Isle of Man and the Royal Navy.

Alphabet Learning Programme

An English language learning CD-ROM.

Anatomica

Information about the human body and health.

Ancestry Library Edition (ProQuest)
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One of the largest online genealogy eResources available today. You’ll uncover family histories for thousands of people.
Ideal for anyone - from beginners exploring their roots to professional genealogists. 
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Art of the Pacific Islands

Presents over 100 artifacts from the Pacific region in the form of museum photos, contemporary video segments and music.

Atlas of New Zealand

A complete and detailed atlas of New Zealand.

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Australia & New Zealand Newsstand (ProQuest)
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A selection of full-text newspapers and newswires from Australia and New Zealand covering regional and international topics.
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Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre (Ebsco)
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Find articles from international newspapers, magazines, and reference books covering current events, business, politics, sports and many other subjects.
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Bartleby.com
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A great free collection of fiction, non-fiction and reference books online, including "World Factbook 2003", Gray's "Anatomy of the Human Body", Aesop's "Fables" and "Roget's Thesauri".

Bateman New Zealand Encyclopedia (Gale)
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This authoritative New Zealand encyclopedia is now fully searchable online. It covers a wide range of subjects of historical and contemporary significance to the country of New Zealand. It is the sixth edition, published in 2005. 
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Biography Resource Center(Gale)
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Whether it's a few facts or detailed information you require this is a great starting point for anybody researching notable figures in history.
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BookBrowse

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BookData Online (Nielsen)

A bibliographic tool used to find out which titles are published and are in print. Due to the authentication method, is only available to staff.  
Please ask at an Information Desk if you need staff to look something up for you.

Books & Authors (Gale) 
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This offers new ways to explore the endless possibilities and combinations of books, authors, genres and topics. Combining thousands of titles,  authors, read-alikes, award winners and librarian's favorites lists, Books & Authors helps bring readers and literature together. Through the use of expertly written and arranged content and a dynamic, cutting edge user interface, Books & Authors makes exploration of genre fiction and essential non-fiction fun!
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BreakOut (Funding Information Service)
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Individuals find funding for school, polytechnic or travel grants; sports and arts schemes; personal grants; personal development funds.
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Britannica Online (Britannica)
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This popular encyclopaedia is available for library customers to use online.
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Business & Industry (Gale)
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Global focus on company, product and industry information, giving you valuable facts, figures and trends across all major industries.
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Business & Management Practices (Gale)
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Focuses on the practical side of business and management: how organizations make decisions, adopt and implement new technologies and techniques, and plan for change and expansion.
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Driving practice on a computer! It is a series of five interactive live action sessions designed to help new drivers spot hazards and develop good judgement on the road. 
See Practice to find out how to get your own free copy. CD-DRIVES was developed by the University of Waikato.

An internationally renowned collection of eResources of health information.  Designed to help health care professionals make treatment decisions and inform patients about the care they receive.
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For anyone who need to keep pace with the fast changing world of high technology, this is their internet-accessible reference solution.
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Contemporary Women's Issues (Gale)
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Articles on women's issues including social, environmental, educational, and family concerns with an international focus.
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CultureGrams (ProQuest)
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Cultural overviews for 187 countries and territories.
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Dictionary of New Zealand Biography
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Biographies of deceased people who have played a part in New Zealands history and development.

Discovering Collection (Gale)
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Use this to access in-depth content for the areas of Literature, History, Biographies, Science, and Social Studies.
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Early Wellington settlers

Over 130,000 records, including NZ Centennial Exhibition (Wellington, 1940), Wellington Pioneer Roll and more.

Encarta Encyclopedia

An interactive general reference encyclopedia.

Environmental Studies and Policy Collection  - NEW
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Find (National Library of NZ) 
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Find is a single search service across multiple National Library of New Zealand services.

• It's a great resource for researchers.
• You can create an account and pre-order resources to access when you visit National Library in Wellington.
• You can create eShelf lists of your favourites.
• You can then subscribe to RSS feeds, i.e. latest information on a topic, i.e. New Zealand Seabirds.
• There are lots of ways to refine your search.

A family history and genealogy website containing over 550 million family history records, with more being added all the time
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Available in the New Zealand and Pacific Islands Zone, 2nd floor, Central Library.

FundView (Funding Information Service)
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FundView is where community groups can find funding information from trusts, local government, gaming trusts, government and other sources.
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Gale PowerSearch (Gale)
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Save time and search across more than one Gale eResource at once.
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Gale Virtual Reference Library (Gale)
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This does a search of just the Reference books that are included in the Gale Resource Center eResources.
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General OneFile (Gale)
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Health and Wellness Resource Center and Alternative Health Module  (Gale)
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Whether you're researching a disease or health issue, a drug or herb, or you just need some basic health information for yourself or your loved ones, this is the place to start
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History Resource Center: World (Gale)
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A resource that helps students understand the world around them, from antiquity to the present.
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IELTS Tutor

The IELTS Tutor CD-ROM contains four sections relating to the four sections of IELTS, namely reading, writing, speaking and listening.

Index New Zealand - INNZ
(National Library of NZ) 
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An index with abstracts from New Zealand serials and newspapers. Coverage of current affairs, the arts and humanities, and society in New Zealand and the Pacific Islands goes back to 1987.
Titles currently indexed
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Library PressDisplay - NEW

This gives access to newspapers from 81 countries (actual newspapers, cover to cover), in the language they are published in (38 different languages covered).
It gives access to the latest 60 days worth of newspapers.
Access this resource on selected Central Library computers.
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Literature Resource Center (Gale)
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Information on literary figures from all time periods writing in such genres as fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, history, journalism, and more. 
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The Magic school bus discovers flight 

A fun interactive learning game for kids.

The Magic school bus explores in the age of dinosaurs

A fun interactive learning game for kids.

MasterFILE Premier (Ebsco)
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Need to find a subject overview, or a magazine article on a specific topic? This finds information from magazines, reference books and newspapers, and covers all subjects.
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Matapihi
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Experience a selection of pictures, sounds and objects from New Zealand’s archives, galleries, libraries and museums.

Medline Plus
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Search health and medical topics including drug information and current news articles. Provides links to other sites and interactive tutorials.

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The New Internationalist Archive : 1981 to 2005  

An archive of the New Internationalist magazine 1981 to 2005 (25 years worth). Look up particular dates, or topics.

The New Internationalist World Guide  

Global reference country by country, from the New Internationalist. Profiles of every country, with a focus on history, politics, human rights, and the environment.  

The New Zealand Electronic Text Centre
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A free online archive of selected New Zealand and Pacific Islands texts and heritage materials, which offers an ever expanding, fully searchable, set of images and full-text books, manuscripts and journals.

New Zealand Encyclopedia

A to Z places, people, events, nature. Based on Bateman New Zealand Encyclopedia. Over 2,500 topics about NZ, over 2,300 illustrations, 54 interactive maps, 75+ minutes sound clips.

The New Zealand Gazette Archive - 1841 to 2009

NEW resource available now!

The NZ Gazettes are a unique, useful, and extremely fascinating resource - they were published by the Government as a means of communication to Officials and the Geneneral Public.
This covers 1841 to 2009 and includes the Provincial Gazettes, as well as the cumulative indexes, and is fully searchable.
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This provides bibliographic information for over 10 million New Zealand and overseas-published books, serials, magazines, CDs, etc. The resource lists which libraries in New Zealand hold these items, and gives a link directly to the individual libraries catalogues, so you can see if the item is in or out. 

New Zealand Roadcode Testdrive

An interactive way to prepare for the driving test, featuring animated sequences dealing with driving situations in towns and cities, at night, on highways and in the country. It also includes the road code theory test questions to help learner drivers prepare for sitting their theory test.

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New Zealand World War I service personnel & reserves index

This index includes information from the following sources: NZ Expeditionary Force Nominal Rolls 1914-1919; 1st and 2nd Division Rolls of the NZ Expeditionary Force Reserve; and more.

Ngata Dictionary
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English to Maori and Maori to English dictionary.

NoveList Reader's Advisor (Ebsco)
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Attention fiction lovers! Novelist can help you find your next great read in your favorite genre. It includes adult, young adult, children's and easy fiction.
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Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center (Gale)
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Need to look at one or both sides of a controversial social issue? This clarifies the facts of each topic as well as the arguments for and against.
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Oxford Art Online (Oxford University Press)
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The multi-award winning Oxford Art Online is the ultimate authority on all aspects of the visual arts worldwide – from prehistory to the present day.
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Oxford English Dictionary  (Oxford University Press)
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The OED is widely acknowledged to be the most authoritative and comprehensive dictionary of English in the world.
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Oxford Music Online (Oxford University Press)
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The multi-award winning Oxford Music Online is the ultimate authority on all aspects of music worldwide – from Bach to the Blues.
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The Pacific Islands : an Encyclopedia

An authoritative encyclopedia with easy-to-access information about all the islands of the Pacific. It includes maps, graphs, and hundreds of photographs, as well as more than 200 brief biographies.

Papers Past (National Library of New Zealand)
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Historic New Zealand newspapers and periodicals - digital images of over one million pages from selected 19th century publications.

Pictures that talk English

A fun way to learn English language.

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Pictures that talk Maori

A fun way to learn Maori language.

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Public Access to NZ Legislation
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This website provides free public access to unofficial versions of New Zealand statutes (Public, Local, and Private Acts) and Statutory Regulations.

The Rare Book Room
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This site allows the visitor to examine and read some of the great books of the world. It includes digitised facsimiles of some of the great books in science, including books by Galileo, Newton, Copernicus, Kepler, Einstein, and Darwin; most of the Shakespeare Quartos; musical scores by Beethoven and Mozart; the 1455 Gutenberg Bible held by the Library of Congress; and many more.

Science Journals  (ProQuest)
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From Acoustics to Zoology, this provides comprehensive full-text coverage of applied and general science journals.
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Sesame Street toddler

A fun interactive learning CD-ROM for kids.

Simple Maori sentences & puzzles

A fun programme for learning Maori.

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Student Resource Center - College Edition (Gale)
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Covers topics in the Science, Health, History, Geography, Cultures and Literature areas.
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TableBase (Gale)
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Provides data on companies, industries, products and demographics in table format that are indispensable to daily research.
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Tangata Whenua O Aotearoa

A CD-ROM that focuses on Maori lifestyle and culture.

Te Ara : the Encyclopedia of New Zealand
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A comprehensive guide to the country’s peoples, natural environment, history, culture, economy, institutions and society.

Te Mana Taiohi

An interactive careers and music tool.

The Times Digital Archive (London) 1785-1985 (Gale)
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Delivers every page as published from 200 years. It's the "world's newspaper of record" and covers all major international historical events from the French Revolution to the Falkland War.
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Waitangi Tribunal Reports
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This site includes the published reports of the Waitangi Tribunal as well as information about the Tribunal and its duties.

The way things work

An entertaining multimedia package for technology fans, children, and people who want to learn about how things work.

Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego

A fun interactive adventure game for kids.

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The Wiggly circus

A fun interactive activity game for kids.

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The working tariff document of New Zealand

This is a consolidation sourced from two legislative bases:
The Tariff Act 1988 provides for implementation, at the border, of the Government’s policies on Tariff Industry Assistance.
The Third Schedule to the Customs & Excise Act 1996 provides for the imposition of an excise tax on certain goods (for example – alcoholic beverages, tobacco, fuel). Such taxes are applied equally to such goods whether they be locally manufactured or imported.

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