Article databases are great for finding journal articles for your research or assignment topic. The databases we’ve listed below let you search across large collections of e-journals (and sometimes newspapers, e-books, videos and reference resources) all at once. 

Art & Architecture Complete (Art, Architecture) EBSCOhost databases help guide

Search across 1,110 active (i.e. still in print) journals and magazines (made up of peer reviewed, trade and popular/entertainment publication). This collection covers topics relating to art and/or architecture. Results are made up of article abstract and reference information and some full article access too.

Career and Technical Education: Science & Technology 

ProQuest help guide

Subject areas include: trade & industry, technical resources, careers & vocations in science and technology. 

Engineering Source 

EBSCO help guide

Targeted at engineering professionals, this database provides access to information on all areas / types of Engineering (mostly international in scope).  

Google Scholar

Google Scholar help guide

Google Scholar can filter your web search results to peer-reviewed, scholarly and academic content. To check if the results can be accessed from the Library, search for them in Library Search Ketu.

GreenFILE 

EBSCO help guide

Provided by EBSCO this open database covers all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection includes scholarly, government and general-interest titles on topics such as: global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. If you can't access the entire article, please contact the Library about other options for access.

Haynes manuals – ALLAccess

Access the collection Haynes car and motorcycle repair manuals online. Browse the collection by make and model.

Index New Zealand

This database isn’t specific to arboriculture, horticulture or agriculture but it does let you search across NZ magazines, newspapers and research journals. In most cases you won't be able to link to the entire article so please contact the Library about the options for access.

J​STOR (Arts & Sciences III collection)

This database is great for studies in Art, Design and Architecture. It provides full text access to JSTOR's Arts & Sciences III collection and the Art, Art History and Architecture package​. All the all titles in this collection are also available in Library Search Ketu.​ 

NZ Standards 

Access the NZ building-related standards that have been sponsored by the Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment and made freely available as a downloadable pdf. Search for a standard by entering the code or name in the search box, or use the filters to narrow your search of the standards by topic area (e.g. moisture).

ProQuest Central 

ProQuest help guide

A large full text database covering many disciplines and subjects, including man aspects of art and art practice: sculpture, painting, printmaking, digital art, conceptual art & art theory, as well as business, law, education, science, and technology. It has both scholarly and general interest publications, and includes full text or full image coverage to many publications. Has a strong North American focus.

Science & Technology Journals 

ProQuest help guide

Supports SciTech and Engineering fields – subjects covered include: Physics; Engineering; Earth Science and Chemistry

Standards New Zealand Online Library

Consult a range of regional and national standards online and/or download a pdf version. Sectors utilising Standards include: Building and construction, business and trade, consumer and occupational safety, education and training, engineering, energy, environment, digital and data, health, local government, primary industries, tourism and hospitality, transportation and logistics. For more information about Standards, consult the Standards New Zealand website. Standards may be in the form of specifications, codes of practice, adoptions of standards from other countries, glossaries, bylaws, or test methods.

Taylor and Francis

Search the range of academic journals published by Taylor & Francis on a wide range of subject areas. There is full text access to articles from some of these journals, but you may have to Interloan many to get the whole article

Searching for a particular journal title? You can browse or search for all the electronic journal titles the Library subscribes to with our eJournal Portal. Any articles not available online can be requested – contact Library staff for options. We also have journals in print / physical form. You can search for them on Library Search | Ketu, our Library search system.

Architects' Journal

Robertson Library Polytechnic journals collection (issues from 1982 onwards)

Architecture and Urbanism

Architecture Australia / Royal Australian Institute of Architects (online)

Online access from 1996

Architecture Australia / Royal Australian Institute of Architects (in the Library)

Robertson Library Polytechnic journals collection (issues from 1992 onwards)

Architecture New Zealand  (Online)

Online access from 2009

Architecture New Zealand  (in the Library)

Robertson Library Polytechnic journals collection (issues from 1989 onwards)

Australasian welding journal

Robertson Library, Polytechnic journals collection (issues from 1993 onwards)

Build / Building Research Association of New Zealand

Robertson Library, Polytechnic journals collection (issues from 1978 onwards)

Buildings & landscapes : journal of the Vernacular Architecture Forum.

Available from 2009 volume: 16 issue: 1

Bulletin / Building Research Association of New Zealand

Robertson Library, Polytechnic journals collection (issues from 1998 onwards)

Detail

2017 onwards

Engineering insight

Robertson Library, Polytechnic journals collection (issues from 2011 onwards) 

Future anterior : journal of historic preservation history, theory and criticism

Available from 2004 volume: 1 issue: 1

IRHACE journal:

Magazine of The Institute of Refrigeration, Heating and Air-Conditioning Engineers of New Zealand Inc. Robertson Library, Polytechnic journals collection (issues from 1989 onwards) 

Landscape architecture New Zealand

Robertson Library, Polytechnic journals collection (issues from 2010 onwards)

Metropolis (New York, N.Y.)

Robertson Library, Polytechnic journals collection (issues from 2006 onwards)

New Zealand engineering news (online)         

Online access from 2013                                                                                 

New Zealand engineering news (in the Library)         

Robertson Library polytech journals collection (issues from 2008 onwards)                                      

New Zealand housing and construction quarterly

Online access from 2013

Perspectives in vernacular architecture

Available from 1982 volume: 1 until 2006 volume: 13 issue: 2

Rawlinson's New Zealand construction handbook

This series of handbooks is in the Robertson Library main book collection

Safeguard (New Zealand Occupational Safety & Health Service)

Robertson Library polytech journals collection (issues from 1988 onwards)

Urbis (Auckland, N.Z.)

Robertson Library, Polytechnic journals collection (issues from 2006 onwards)

BRANCH

BRANZ is an independent and impartial research, testing and consulting organisation inspiring the building and construction industry to provide better buildings for New Zealanders.

IPENZ 

The website of Engineers New Zealand.

Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment's (MBIE)

This website directs and supports people to and through building processes to achieve compliance with the building regulatory environment.

Standards New Zealand

Standards can be requested by interloan – ask Library staff about this.

Here's a short video on how to search for books or ebooks using Library Search l Ketu, the Library search sytem.

Where are the Architecture, Building and Engineering books in the Robertson Library?

The main Polytechnic book collection is upstairs. Books on Architecture, Building and Engineering subjects are shelved as follows:

Engineering - all types	620-629
Chemical engineering, manufacturing, building and construction	660-699
Architecture	720-729
Work and industrial safety	363

You can also request books from the Cromwell campus and University of Otago Libraries and have them sent to the Robertson Library for pick up.

Where are the textbooks for my course?

In most cases the required textbooks for your course will be held in the Robertson Library Reserve collection. This is located on the ground floor next to the Lending and Info desks.

Standards in the Library

The following standards are available in the Library. Please contact Library staff if you require access to another standard.

Concrete structures standard (NZS 3101:Parts 1 and 2:2006)

[New ed.]. Wellington N.Z. : Standards New Zealand 2006

Steel structures standard (NZS 3404 Parts 1 and 2:1997)

Wellington N.Z. : Standards New Zealand 2007

Timber structures standard (NZS 3603:1993)

Wellington, N.Z. : Standards New Zealand 1993

Article databases are great for finding journal articles for your research or assignment topic. The databases we’ve listed below let you search across large collections of e-journals (and sometimes newspapers, e-books, videos and reference resources) all at once. 

Art Full Text (H.W. Wilson)

Art Full Text is a comprehensive resource for art information featuring full text resources from more than 300 periodicals, indexing and abstracting of over 600 periodicals and 13,000 art dissertations. 200,000 art reproductions provides examples of styles and art movements, including works by emerging artists. The database covers fine, decorative and commercial art, folk art, photography, film, and architecture, and also includes a database-specific thesaurus.

Art & Architecture Complete (Art, Architecture) EBSCOhost databases help guide

Search across 1,110 active (i.e. still in print) journals and magazines (made up of peer reviewed, trade and popular/entertainment publication). This collection covers topics relating to art and/or architecture. Results are made up of article abstract and reference information and some full article access too.

Google Scholar

Google Scholar help guide

Google Scholar can filter your web search results to peer-reviewed, scholarly and academic content. To check if the results can be accessed from the Library, search for them in Library Search Ketu.

J​STOR (Arts & Sciences III collection)

This database is great for studies in Art, Design and Architecture. It provides full text access to JSTOR's Arts & Sciences III collection and the Art, Art History and Architecture package​. All the all titles in this collection are also available in Library Search Ketu.​ 

Oxford Art Online

Oxford Art Online covers all aspects of the visual arts worldwide – from prehistory to the present day. It provides access to over 7000 images as well as full text of art reference works: Grove Art Online, the Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, The Oxford Companion to Western Art, and The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms, as well as many specially commissioned articles and bibliographies available exclusively online.

ProQuest Central 

ProQuest help guide

A large full text database covering many disciplines and subjects, including man aspects of art and art practice: sculpture, painting, printmaking, digital art, conceptual art & art theory, as well as business, law, education, science, and technology. It has both scholarly and general interest publications, and includes full text or full image coverage to many publications. Has a strong North American focus. 

Find articles in NZ and Pacific journals:

The following databases do not concentrate on art topics but they do have New Zealand and Pacific art publications in their collections.

Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre Plus 

EBSCO help guide

This database includes Australasian magazines, journals, newspapers, newswires and reference books, plus more than 90,000 biographies and an image collection of more than one million photos, maps and flags.

findNZArticles

This public index lists articles from New Zealand magazines, journals and newspapers, and is hosted by the National Library. It allows you to search across several different databases at once and includes news, arts and humanities, and science and technology content.

Searching for a particular journal title? You can browse or search for all the electronic journal titles the Library subscribes to with our eJournal Portal. Any articles not available online can be requested – contact Library staff for options. We also have journals in print / physical form. You can search for them on Library Search | Ketu, our Library search system.

American craft

Online access from 1991 and 2006 

Art and Australia

Online access from 2007 – 2011, 2015 - 

Art in America

Online access from 2002 

Art New Zealand

Online access from 1976 - 1984 

Artforum International

Online access from 1993 

British Journal of Photography

Online access from 2009

Ceramics Monthly

Online access from 2000

Ceramics, Art and Perception

Online access from 2005  

Craft Arts International

Online access from 1999

Mechademia 

Available from 2006 volume: 1; Most recent 3 year(s) not available

Metalsmith

Online access from 1994 

October 

Online access from 2001 

Review of research in visual and environmental education

Available from 1973 volume: 1 issue: 1 until 1974 volume: 2 issue: 1

Review of research in visual arts education

Available from 1975 volume: 2 issue: 2 until 1982 volume: 8 issue: 1

Sculpture Journal

Online access from 2005; most recent 6 months not available

Textile

Online access from 2003

Textile Research Journal

Online access from 2001

Visual arts research

Available from 1982 volume: 8 issue: 2

Visible Language

Online access from 2000

Woman's Art Journal

Online access from 2006

Here's a short video on how to search for books or ebooks using Library Search l Ketu, the Library search sytem.

Where are the Art books in the Robertson Library?

The main Polytechnic book collection is upstairs. Books on art subjects are shelved as follows:

Art (general)	700
Art philosophy and theory	701
Art dictionaries and encyclopedias	703
Galleries, museums and private collections	708
History of art and / or artists	709
Sculpture (general)	730
Carving	736
Ceramics	738
Metalwork	739
Drawing and drawings	740-749
Textile arts	746
Painting	750-759
Graphic arts; printmaking and prints	760-769
Photography and photographs	770-779
Computer art	776
Art Research	707.2

Where are the textbooks for my course?

In most cases the required textbooks for your course will be held in the Robertson Library Reserve collection. This is located on the ground floor next to the Lending and Info desks.

Article databases are great for finding journal articles for your research or assignment topic. The databases we’ve listed below let you search across large collections of e-journals (and sometimes newspapers, e-books, videos and reference resources) all at once.

ABI / INFORM Global

ProQuest help guide

A comprehensive database offering the latest business and financial information for researchers, covering topics  such as business conditions, management techniques, business trends, management practice and theory, corporate strategy and tactics, and competitive landscape.

Business Source Complete (Business) EBSCOhost databases help guide

Search across a range of scholarly and trade related information sources. Subjects covered include: business, marketing, management, accounting, finance and economics.

CCH iKnowConnect (Law)

Find the latest commentary, legislation and rulings on the broad topics of Business, HR employment, Tax and Trusts and Estates law.

Google Scholar 

Google Scholar help guide

Google Scholar can filter your web search results to peer-reviewed, scholarly and academic content. To check if the results can be accessed from the Library, search for them in Library Search Ketu.

Hospitality & Tourism Complete  

EBSCOhost help guide

This database covers many areas of hospitality and tourism, including hospitality law, market trends, food and beverage management and hotel management. The collection includes full access to hundreds of peer reviewed journals, trade magazines, company and country reports, books and newspapers. However, some of the results are restricted to reference and abstract information. 

ProQuest Central 

ProQuest help guide

A large full text database covering many disciplines and subjects, including arts, business, law, education, science, technology, medicine, religion and engineering. It has both scholarly and general interest publications, and includes full text or full image coverage to many publications. Has a strong North American focus.

Find Articles in NZ and Pacific journals:

The following databases do not concentrate on business and tourism topics but they do have New Zealand and Pacific business, management, and tourism-related publications in their collections.

Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre Plus 

EBSCO help guide

This database includes Australasian magazines, journals, newspapers, newswires and reference books, plus more than 90,000 biographies and an image collection of more than one million photos, maps and flags.

findNZArticles

This public index lists articles from New Zealand magazines, journals and newspapers, and is hosted by the National Library. It allows you to search across several different databases at once and includes news, arts and humanities, and science and technology content.

Searching for a particular journal title? You can browse or search for all the electronic journal titles the Library subscribes to with our eJournal Portal. Any articles not available online can be requested – contact Library staff for options. We also have journals in print / physical form. You can search for them on Library Search | Ketu, our Library search system.

Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research

Online access from 1997

Business Communication Quarterly: a Publication of the Association for Business Communication 

Online access from 1995 - 2005 

HRMagazine

Online access from 1991

International Journal of Tourism Research

Online access from 1999 - 2005 

Journal of Business Communication

Online access from 1994 - 2005

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

Online access from 1997

Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing

Online access from 1997

Marketing

Online access from 1987

MarketingWeek

Online access from 1995

New Zealand Journal of Applied Business Research

Online access from 2006

New Zealand Management 

Online access from1998

NZBusiness

Online access from 1997

NZ Company Register 

Search for companies, company directors or shareholders in New Zealand.

Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

Search for research reports by topic.

NZ Tourism Research and Data

Collects, analyses and publishes tourism data.

OECD Economic Data

Finds, compares and shares the latest OECD data.

Here's a short video on how to search for books or ebooks using Library Search l Ketu, the Library search sytem.

Where are the Business & Tourism books in the Robertson Library?

The main Polytechnic book collection is upstairs. Books on business & tourism subjects are shelved as follows:

Accounting	657.04
Business communication	658.45
Success in business	658 - 658.4
Entrepreneurship	658.421
Event management	394.2
Human resource management	658.3
Management	658.4
Marketing	658-659
Office management / administration	658.3
Sports management	796.069
Sustainable Practice	658.4
Tourism	338.4
Tourism management	338.47

Where are the textbooks for my course?

In most cases the required textbooks for your course will be held in the Robertson Library Reserve collection. This is located on the ground floor next to the Lending and Info desks.

Article databases are great for finding journal articles for your research or assignment topic. The databases we’ve listed below let you search across large collections of e-journals (and sometimes newspapers, e-books, videos and reference resources) all at once.

ACM Digital Library

The Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) Digital Library is a comprehensive collection of full-text articles and abstracts covering the fields of computing and information technology. It contains full-text of ACM publications, including journals, conference proceedings, magazines, newsletters, and multimedia titles. Also includes bibliographic citations from other major publishers in computing.

ProQuest Central 

ProQuest help guide

A large full text database covering many disciplines and subjects, including computing, networks, data , information science, technology management, business, law, education, science, technology. It has both scholarly, trade and general interest publications, and includes full text or full image coverage to many publications. Has a strong North American focus.

arXiv.org

arXiv is an open electronic archive for research articles in physics, mathematics, computer science, nonlinear sciences, quantitative biology and statistics. It is maintained and operated by the Cornell University Library.

Google Scholar

Google Scholar help guide

Google Scholar can filter your web search results to peer-reviewed, scholarly and academic content. To check if the results can be accessed from the Library, search for them in Library Search Ketu.

ProQuest Computing

ProQuest help guide

Provides comprehensive coverage of computer topics from scholarly journals, trade publications and consumer titles. Covers product reviews, database design and management, software, hardware, e-commerce, Web site development, intranets and extranets, and technology management.

Proquest Telecommunications

ProQuest help guide

A full-text database covering computer applications, data communications and data transmission systems, electronic data processing, information science and information theory, radio and television.

Find Computing & IT articles in NZ and Pacific journals:

The following databases do not concentrate on computing and IT topics but they do have New Zealand and Pacific computing and telecommunications publications in their collections.

Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre Plus 

EBSCO help guide

This database includes Australasian magazines, journals, newspapers, newswires and reference books, plus more than 90,000 biographies and an image collection of more than one million photos, maps and flags.

findNZArticles

This public index lists articles from New Zealand magazines, journals and newspapers, and is hosted by the National Library. It allows you to search across several different databases at once and includes news, arts and humanities, and science and technology content.

Searching for a particular journal title? You can browse or search for all the electronic journal titles the Library subscribes to with our eJournal Portal. Any articles not available online can be requested – contact Library staff for options. We also have journals in print / physical form. You can search for them on Library Search | Ketu, our Library search system.

ACM Transactions on Internet Technology

Online access from 2001

Communications of the ACM

Online access from 1958

Computer–Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering

Online access from 1998; most recent 12 months not available.

Computer Graphics

Online access from 1969

Computing

Online access from 2005

Journal of Computer Security

Online access from 1996; most recent 9 months not available

Journal of Computer Science

Online access from 2005 

MIS Quarterly

Online access from 1977

Here's a short video on how to search for books or ebooks using Library Search l Ketu, the Library search sytem.

Where are the Computing and IT books in the Robertson Library?

The main Polytechnic book collection is upstairs. Books on computing and IT subjects are shelved as follows:

Computer Science general	004
Computer software	005
Computer programming	005
Information technology	004
Software management / development	005
Computer animation & digital imaging	006
Artificial intelligence	006

Where are the textbooks for my course?

In most cases the required textbooks for your course will be held in the Robertson Library Reserve collection. This is located on the ground floor next to the Lending and Info desks.

Article databases are great for finding journal articles for your research or assignment topic. The databases we’ve listed below let you search across large collections of e-journals (and sometimes newspapers, e-books, videos and reference resources) all at once. 

EBSCO Masterfile

EBSCO help guide

A large full text database covering general reference, business, art, health, education, science and multicultural issues and much more. It includes reference books, biographies, and primary source documents, as well as a significant image collection.

Google Scholar

Google Scholar help guide

Google Scholar can filter your web search results to peer-reviewed, scholarly and academic content. To check if the results can be accessed from the Library, search for them in Library Search Ketu.

J​STOR (Arts & Sciences III collection)

This database is great for studies in Art, Design and Architecture. It provides full text access to JSTOR's Arts & Sciences III collection and the Art, Art History and Architecture package​. All the all titles in this collection are also available in Library Search Ketu.​ 

ProQuest Central 

ProQuest help guide

A large full text database covering many disciplines and subjects, including arts, business, law, education, science, technology, medicine, religion and engineering. It has both scholarly and general interest publications, and includes full text or full image coverage to many publications. Has a strong North American focus.

Article Databases - Additional Databases for Design

Art Abstracts

 EBSCO help guide

This database indexes art periodicals and peer reviewed journals, art dissertations, art reproductions back to 1984. It covers subjects from fine, decorative and commercial art to photography, film and architecture.

Design articles in NZ and Pacific journals:

The following databases do not concentrate on Design topics but they do have New Zealand and Pacific design, art and architecture publications in their collections.

Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre Plus 

EBSCO help guide

This database includes Australasian magazines, journals, newspapers, newswires and reference books, plus more than 90,000 biographies and an image collection of more than one million photos, maps and flags.

findNZArticles

This public index lists articles from New Zealand magazines, journals and newspapers, and is hosted by the National Library. It allows you to search across several different databases at once and includes news, arts and humanities, and science and technology content.

Searching for a particular journal title? You can browse or search for all the electronic journal titles the Library subscribes to with our eJournal Portal. Any articles not available online can be requested – contact Library staff for options. We also have journals in print / physical form. You can search for them on Library Search | Ketu, our Library search system.

Buildings & landscapes : journal of the Vernacular Architecture Forum.

Available from 2009 volume: 16 issue: 1

Design:retail

Online access from 2014 

Design Issues

Online access from 1997

Design News

Online access from 1996

Fashion Practice 

Online access from 1997

Fashion Theory

Online access from 1997 

Future anterior : journal of historic preservation history, theory and criticism

Available from 2004 volume: 1 issue: 1

ID

Online access from 1998 – 2001

Interior Design

Online access from 1984

Interiors

Online access from2010

Journal of Interior Design  

Online access from 1997

Journal of Textile Design Research

Online access from 2013

Journal of Usability Studies

Online access from 2010

Mechademia 

Available from 2006 volume: 1; Most recent 3 year(s) not available

Perspectives in vernacular architecture

Available from 1982 volume: 1 until 2006 volume: 13 issue: 2

Textile: the Journal of Cloth and Culture

Online access from 2003

*Surface

Online access from 2011

Here's a short video on how to search for books or ebooks using Library Search l Ketu, the Library search sytem.

Where are the Design books in the Robertson Library?

The main Polytechnic book collection is upstairs. Books on Design subjects are shelved as follows:

Design	729
Design communication	745.4
Dressmaking / construction	646.4
Fashion - advertising	659.1968
Fashion design / Fashion designers	746.920
Fashion - history	391
Fashion industry	338.47
Graphic art / Commercial art	741.6
Graphic design	686.2
Industrial design	745.2
Interior design	729, 745.2, 747, 749
Printing / Pre-press	686.2 - 686.2252
Sustainable Design	720, 745 - 746

Where are the textbooks for my course?

In most cases the required textbooks for your course will be held in the Robertson Library Reserve collection. This is located on the ground floor next to the Lending and Info desks.

Article databases are great for finding journal articles for your research or assignment topic.  The databases we’ve listed below let you search across large collections of e-journals (and sometimes newspapers, e-books, videos and reference resources) all at once.

ProQuest Central

ProQuest help guide

A large full text database covering many disciplines and subjects, including culinary arts, hospitality, food science, agriculture, business, law, education, science, technology. It has both scholarly, trade and general interest publications, and includes full text or full image coverage to many publications, with a strong North American focus.

Hospitality & Tourism Complete  

EBSCOhost help guide

This database covers many areas of hospitality and tourism, including hospitality law, market trends, food and beverage management and hotel management. The collection includes full access to hundreds of peer reviewed journals, trade magazines, company and country reports, books and newspapers. However, some of the results are restricted to reference and abstract information. 

EBSCO Masterfile

EBSCO help guide

A large full text database covering general reference, business, art, health, education, science and multicultural issues and much more. It includes reference books, biographies, and primary source documents, as well as a significant image collection.

Google Scholar

Google Scholar help guide

Google Scholar can filter your web search results to peer-reviewed, scholarly and academic content. To check if the results can be accessed from the Library, search for them in Library Search Ketu.

Find Articles in NZ and Pacific journals:

The following databases do not concentrate on culinary arts and hospitality topics but they do have New Zealand and Pacific food, hospitality and management publications in their collections. 

Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre Plus 

EBSCO help guide

This database includes Australasian magazines, journals, newspapers, newswires and reference books, plus more than 90,000 biographies and an image collection of more than one million photos, maps and flags.

findNZArticles

This open index lists articles from New Zealand magazines, journals and newspapers, and is hosted by the National Library. It allows you to search across several different databases at once and includes news, arts and humanities, and science and technology content.

Searching for a particular journal title? You can browse or search for all the electronic journal titles the Library subscribes to with our eJournal Portal. Any articles not available online can be requested – contact Library staff for options. We also have journals in print / physical form. You can search for them on Library Search | Ketu, our Library search system.

Art Culinaire

Online access from 2001

BEER & brewer Australia

Online access from 2010

Bon Appetit 

Available online from 2008

Chef

Online access from 2009

Cornell Hospitality Quarterly

Online access from 1987

Food & Foodways

Online access from 2012

Food, Culture, & Society

Online access from 2004 - 2013

Gastronomica: the Journal of Food and Culture

Online access from 2001 - 2012

Hospitality (London)

Online access from 2005

Journal of Convention and Event Tourism

Online access from 2004

Journal of Culinary Science & Technology 

Online access from 2005

Journal of Wine Economics 

Online access from 2010

Journal of Wine Research

Online access from 1997

Tourism and hospitality research

Online access from 1999

Restaurant Development and Design Magazine 

Online access from 2012

Here's a short video on how to search for books or ebooks using Library Search l Ketu, the Library search sytem.

Where are the hospitality books in the Robertson Library?

The main Polytechnic book collection is upstairs. Books on hospitality subjects are shelved as follows:

Coffee	641.6373
Cooking	641.5
Communication	158.2
Customer Service	658.8
Food and drink, Catering	641-642
Hotel/restaurant management	647
Hospitality marketing	647.940688
Restaurant design	725.71
Special events management	394.2068
Wine and Beer	641.22 -641.23

Where are the textbooks for my course?

In most cases the required textbooks for your course will be held in the Robertson Library Reserve collection. This is located on the ground floor next to the Lending and Info desks.

Article databases are great for finding journal articles on your research or assignment topics. The databases listed here let you search across large collections of e-journals and sometimes newspapers, e-books, videos and reference resources as well.

Bridget Williams Books New Zealand History Collection

A collection of eBooks covering topics in New Zealand history, including key texts on the Treaty of Waitangi.

Bridget Williams Books Te Pouhere Kōrero Collection

Provides access to the journal, Te Pouhere Kōrero – Māori History, Māori People. This publication focuses on Māori and Indigenous history.

Bridget Williams Books Texts Collection

A series of ‘short books on big subjects' from New Zealand writers.

Bridget Williams Books Critical Issues Collection

A collection of texts that analyse the big issues facing New Zealand today, with topics including housing, inequality, climate change, child poverty, the environment and migration.

Bridget Williams Books Women's Studies Collection

A collection of texts on the experiences of New Zealand women.

Bridget Williams Books New Zealand Sign Language Collection

Access New Zealand sign language: A reference grammar / Rachel McKee and People of the eye: Stories from the deaf world / Rachel McKee.

CINAHL Ultimate (Health - Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Midwifery) EBSCOhost databases help guide

Search across a large collection of nursing and allied health publications (national and international). Results include: peer reviewed research, quick lessons, evidence-based care sheets and continuing education modules (CEUs). Over sixty Australian and/or New Zealand nursing or allied health journals are included in the collection.

ClinicalKey Student Foundation Nursing

This online collection is owned by Elsevier and includes 105 of their nursing textbooks and a video collection. Topic areas include: anatomy and physiology, nursing fundamentals, critical care, emergency nursing, care of older adults, general practice nursing and more. These textbooks will also show up in relevant Library catalogue (Library Search Ketu) searches.

Important: First time users to this database will be prompted to register an account first. Please use your Te Pūkenga Otago Polytechnic email for this so you are recognised as a student or staff, but please create a different password.

Cochrane Library

Cochrane Library is an evidence based health database that is freely available in New Zealand.  Find research regarding many forms of healthcare treatments including complementary and alternative therapies. Results may include a link to the full text if they are in freely available online. If you can't access the entire piece of research, please request it from the Distance Library Service.

Gale Interactive: Human Anatomy

This database includes interactive 3-D models that allow students to deep dive into specific systems or regions of the body.

Google Scholar

Google Scholar help guide

Google Scholar can filter your web search results to peer-reviewed, scholarly and academic content. To check if the results can be accessed from the Library, search for them in Library Search Ketu.

Joanna Brigss Institute Evidence Based practice Database (via Ovid)

Search the evidence based practice materials in the Joanna Briggs midwifery, nursing and allied health collection. If you can't access the entire article, request it from the Distance Library Service.

Lippincott Procedures

Lippincott Procedures provides real-time access to step-by-step guides for over 1,700 evidence-based procedures and skills in a variety of speciality settings. Written by clinicians for clinicians, the information includes: required equipment, quick lists to follow, patient instructions, complications to consider, skills checklist, competency tests and hundreds of video clips, diagrams and full-colour images.

Lippincott Procedures also has an app! It's free to download from Google Play and Apple Appstore and includes 30 days of offline access. Read the following before downloading:

• • Download the app on the Otago Polytechnic network and choose the option to authenticate via IP. Then, to ensure off-line access for 30-days, switch the 'Keep me logged in' button to 'On'.

  • Working or studying at a distance? Contact the Robertson Library to get set up with a username and password to authenticate access. To maintain access to the app when offline, remember to switch the 'Keep me logged in' button to 'On'.

Lippincott Advisor 

This companion collection to Lippincott Procedures, provides evidence-based content related to Clinical Diagnosis and Treatment, Care Planning, Patient Teaching Handouts and Clinical Leadership, Development, and Advancement. The collection can be browsed by topic or category or keyword search.

MEDLINE Complete (Health - Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Midwifery) EBSCOhost databases help guide

Targeted to nurses, health professionals and health researchers, this database allowing you to search across a collection of thousands of biomedical and health journals. Results include reference and abstract information and full article access to over 3000 journals.

Medsafe - medicine information

Medsafe is responsible for administering the Medicines Act 1981 and Regulations 1984 and regulates products used for a therapeutic purpose. The site also provides access to Data Sheets and Consumer Medicine Information (CMI) published by pharmaceutical companies.

Nursing and Allied Health 

ProQuest help guide

Search reliable healthcare information related to midwifery, nursing, allied health and alternative and complementary medicine. Many articles can be downloaded as PDFs and for others you should get the abstract (or summary). If you need an article but the ‘full text’ is not available, request it from the Distance Library Service.

Nursing Reference Centre Plus  

Nursing Reference Centre database help guide

This database is designed specifically for nurses - providing evidence-based information and summaries for point of care, continuing education, nursing research and more. Content also includes video demonstrations, images and is regularly updated. This subscription comes with free access (for OP students and staff) to the Nursing Reference Centre Plus app for Android and iOS devices.

PubMed

This freely available database provides access to the citations and abstracts (summaries) of millions of health, allied health and medical journals and online books. Results may include links to the full text if they are freely available online. If you can't access the entire article, request it from the Distance Library Service.

PubMed Central (PMC)

Searches very similar content to that found in PubMed but its results are restricted to what is freely available online.

The New Zealand Formulary (NZF)

An independent resource providing healthcare professionals with clinically validated medicines information and guidance on best practice.

Find articles on midwifery topics in NZ and Pacific journals:

The following databases do not concentrate on midwifery or health topics but they do have New Zealand and Pacific health, allied health and medicine journals in their collections.

Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre Plus 

EBSCO help guide

This database includes Australasian magazines, journals, newspapers, newswires and reference books, plus more than 90,000 biographies and an image collection of more than one million photos, maps and flags.

Index New Zealand

INNZ helps you find articles in scholarly journals, popular magazines and newspapers published in New Zealand and the Pacific. In most cases you won't be able to link to entire article but you can request them from the Distance Library Service.

Searching for a particular journal title? You can browse or search for all the electronic journal titles the Library subscribes to with our eJournal Portal. Any articles not available online can be requested – contact Library staff for options. We also have journals in print / physical form. You can search for them on Library Search | Ketu, our Library search system. Any articles not available online can be requested using the Home Delivery Service or Interloan Service.

Australian nursing & midwifery journal

Online access from 1998 

Birth

Online access from 1996

International journal of childbirth

Online access from 2011

Journal of midwifery and womens health

Online access from 2006

Journal of obstetric gynecologic & neonatal nursing

Online access from 1996 

MIDIRS midwifery digest (online access to MIDIRS is abstract only - no full text)

Online abstract online access from 1997

Midwifery

Online access from 2005 

Midwifery today with international midwife

Online access from 1987

New Zealand College of Midwives Journal

Online access from 2005

The practising midwife

Online access from 2011

Women and birth

Online access from 2006

Here's a short video on how to search for books or ebooks using Library Search l Ketu, the Library search sytem.

Where are the midwifery books in the Robertson Library?

The main Polytechnic book collection is upstairs. Books on midwifery subjects are shelved as follows:

Midwifery	618.2
Medical/Health Ethics	174.2
Breastfeeding	649.33
Gynecology; Obstetrics	618
Human Anatomy	611
Human Physiology	612
Medicine	610
Nursing	610.73
Nutrition	613.2
Pharmacology	615
Rehabilitation	362.4 & 615.8
Sociology / Social Anthropology	301
Counselling / Social Services	361

Where are the textbooks for my course?

In most cases the required textbooks for your course will be held in the Robertson Library Reserve collection. This is located on the ground floor next to the Lending and Info desks.

 
 
 

Article databases are great for finding journal articles for your research or assignment topic. The databases we’ve listed below let you search across large collections of e-journals (and sometimes newspapers, e-books, videos and reference resources) all at once.

Gardening, Landscape and Horticulture Collection (Gale databases)

This is one of the smaller collections that can be selected from the Gale databases front screen. If you can't access the entire article, please contact the Library about other options for access. 

GreenFILE 

EBSCO help guide

Provided by EBSCO this open database covers all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection includes scholarly, government and general-interest titles on topics such as: global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. If you can't access the entire article, please contact the Library about other options for access.

Index New Zealand

This database isn’t specific to arboriculture, horticulture or agriculture but it does let you search across NZ magazines, newspapers and research journals. In most cases you won't be able to link to entire article so please contact the Library about the other options for access.

Science & Technology Journals 

ProQuest help guide

Contains journals on botany and agriculture. If you can't access the entire article, please contact the Library about other options for access. 

Searching for a particular journal title? You can browse or search for all the electronic journal titles the Library subscribes to with our eJournal Portal. Any articles not available online can be requested – contact Library staff for options. We also have journals in print / physical form. You can search for them on Library Search | Ketu, our Library search system.

Arboriculture & urban forestry (International Society of Arboriculture) Online

Online access from 1975

Arboriculture & urban forestry - issues in the Library

Robertson Library, Polytechnic journals collection (issues from 2006 onwards)

Aborist News (International Society of Arboriculture)

Robertson Library, Polytechnic journals collection (issues from 2000 onwards)

The Australian arbor age

Held in the Robertson Library (issues from 1999 onwards)

Commercial Horticulture (New Zealand Nurserymens Association)

Robertson Library, Polytechnic journals collection (issues from onwards)

Landscape architecture New Zealand

Robertson Library, Polytechnic journals collection (issues from 2010 onwards)

Lifestyle farmer (Auckland N.Z. : NZ Rural Press)

Robertson Library, Polytechnic journals collection (issues end 2013)

New Zealand gardener

Robertson Library, Polytechnic journals collection.

New Zealand growing today (New Zealand Tree Crops Association)

Robertson Library, Polytechnic journals collection (issues end 2008)

New Zealand lifestyle block: your practical small farm guide

Robertson Library, Polytechnic journals collection (issues from 2008)

Tree care industry (National Arborist Association; Wantagh, N.Y.)

Robertson Library, Polytechnic journals collection (issues from 2000)

Farm Forestry New Zealand

This website provides a library of information on all aspects of farm forestry. General information is available to all visitors but some detailed and membership-specific information is reserved for members of the Association.

Gardens to Visit

A collection of New Zealand garden designs.

Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry

Government ministry website.

Ministry of Primary Industries

Government ministry website.

New Zealand Arboricultural Association (NZ Arb)

New Zealand arboriculture industry website.

New Zealand Gardener

New Zealand Gardener magazine's online publication.

Permaculture in New Zealand

Royal Horticultural Society

British horticultural society website.

Soil & Health Association 

Organic NZ website.

Here's a short video on how to search for books or ebooks using Library Search l Ketu, the Library search sytem.

Where are the natural resources books in the Robertson Library?

The main Polytechnic book collection is upstairs. Books on natural resource subjects are shelved as follows:

Botany	581
Plants	582
Horticulture	635
Plant diseases and pests	635.049
Arboriculture	635.977
Landscape design	712.6
Agriculture	630
Animal husbandry	636

Where are the textbooks for my course?

In most cases the required textbooks for your course will be held in the Robertson Library Reserve collection. This is located on the ground floor next to the Lending and Info desks.

Article databases are great for finding journal articles on your research or assignment topic.  The databases listed here let you search across large collections of e-journals (and sometimes newspapers, e-books, videos and reference resources as well).

Bridget Williams Books New Zealand History Collection

A collection of eBooks covering topics in New Zealand history, including key texts on the Treaty of Waitangi.

Bridget Williams Books Te Pouhere Kōrero Collection

Provides access to the journal, Te Pouhere Kōrero – Māori History, Māori People. This publication focuses on Māori and Indigenous history.

Bridget Williams Books Texts Collection

A series of ‘short books on big subjects' from New Zealand writers.

Bridget Williams Books Critical Issues Collection

A collection of texts that analyse the big issues facing New Zealand today, with topics including housing, inequality, climate change, child poverty, the environment and migration.

Bridget Williams Books Women's Studies Collection

A collection of texts on the experiences of New Zealand women.

Bridget Williams Books New Zealand Sign Language Collection

Access New Zealand sign language: A reference grammar / Rachel McKee and People of the eye: Stories from the deaf world / Rachel McKee.

Biomedical Reference Collection: Basic 

This database is on the Ebsco platform and provides access to articles from a wide range of biomedical journals. Major subject areas include medicine, dentistry and pre-clinical sciences.

CINAHL Ultimate (Health - Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Midwifery) EBSCOhost databases help guide

Search across a large collection of nursing and allied health publications (national and international). Results include: peer reviewed research, quick lessons, evidence-based care sheets and continuing education modules (CEUs). Over sixty Australian and/or New Zealand nursing or allied health journals are included in the collection.

ClinicalKey Student Foundation Nursing

This online collection is owned by Elsevier and includes 105 of their nursing textbooks and a video collection. Topic areas include: anatomy and physiology, nursing fundamentals, critical care, emergency nursing, care of older adults, general practice nursing and more. These textbooks will also show up in relevant Library catalogue (Library Search Ketu) searches.

Important: First time users to this database will be prompted to register an account first. Please use your Te Pūkenga Otago Polytechnic email for this so you are recognised as a student or staff, but please create a different password.

Cochrane Library

Cochrane Library is an evidence-based health database that is freely available in New Zealand.  Find research regarding many forms of healthcare treatments including complementary and alternative therapies. Results may include a link to the full text if they are in freely available online. If you can't access the entire piece of research, please contact the Library about access options.

Dynamed

Dynamed is a health and medicine database aimed at clinicians. Its aim is to facilitate efficient and evidence-based patient care. Its content includes regularly updated medical literature about diseases and conditions, evidence based recommendations and drug and laboratory publications.

Gale Interactive: Human Anatomy

This database includes interactive 3-D models that allow students to deep dive into specific systems or regions of the body.

Google Scholar

Google Scholar help guide

Google Scholar can filter your web search results to peer-reviewed, scholarly and academic content. To check if the results can be accessed from the Library, search for them in Library Search Ketu.

Health Source: Consumer Edition  (Health - general)

Health Source: Consumer Edition is available on the Ebsco platform. The content is aimed at a general audience and comes from health magazines, reference books, health pamphlets and reports. This is a full-text database and subject areas include fitness, nutrition, diabetes, aging, women's health and children's health.

Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition

Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition is a full-text database on the Ebsco platform. This database covers nursing and allied health topics, including pediatric nursing, critical care, mental health, nursing management and medical law. 

Joanna Briggs Institute Evidence Based Practice database (via Ovid)

Search the evidence-based practice materials in the Joanna Briggs midwifery, nursing and allied health collection. If you can't access the entire article, please contact the Library about other options for access.

Lippincott Procedures

Lippincott Procedures provides real-time access to step-by-step guides for over 1,700 evidence-based procedures and skills in a variety of speciality settings. Written by clinicians for clinicians, the information includes: required equipment, quick lists to follow, patient instructions, complications to consider, skills checklist, competency tests and hundreds of video clips, diagrams and full-colour images.

Lippincott Procedures also has an app! It's free to download from Google Play and Apple Appstore and includes 30 days of offline access. Read the following before downloading:

• Download the app on the Otago Polytechnic network and choose the option to authenticate via IP. Then, to ensure off-line access for 30-days, switch the 'Keep me logged in' button to 'On'.

• Working or studying at a distance? Contact the Robertson Library to get set up with a username and password to authenticate access. To maintain access to the app when offline, remember to switch the 'Keep me logged in' button to 'On'.

Lippincott Advisor 

This companion collection to Lippincott Procedures, provides evidence-based content related to Clinical Diagnosis and Treatment, Care Planning, Patient Teaching Handouts and Clinical Leadership, Development, and Advancement. The collection can be browsed by topic or category or keyword search.

MEDLINE Complete (Health - Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Midwifery) EBSCOhost databases help guide

Targeted to nurses, health professionals and health researchers, this database allowing you to search across a collection of thousands of biomedical and health journals. Results include reference and abstract information and full article access to over 3000 journals.

Medsafe - medicine information

Medsafe is responsible for administering the Medicines Act 1981 and Regulations 1984 and regulates products used for a therapeutic purpose. The site also provides access to Data Sheets and Consumer Medicine Information (CMI) published by pharmaceutical companies.

Nursing & Allied Health 

ProQuest help guide

Search reliable healthcare information related to nursing, midwifery, allied health and alternative and complementary medicine. Many articles can be downloaded as PDFs and for others you should get the abstract (or summary). If you need an article but the ‘full text’ is not available contact Library staff about the access options available.

Nursing Reference Centre Plus

Nursing Reference Centre help guide

This database is designed specifically for nurses - providing evidence-based information and summaries for point of care, continuing education, nursing research and more. Content also includes video demonstrations, images and is regularly updated. This subscription comes with free access (for OP students and staff) to the Nursing Reference Centre Plus app for Android and iOS devices.

PubMed

This freely available database provides access to the citations and abstracts (summaries) of millions of health, allied health and medical journals and online books. Results may include links to the full text if they are freely available online. If you can't access the entire article, contact Library staff about options for access.

PubMed Central (PMC)

Searches very similar content to that found in PubMed but its results are restricted to what is freely available online.

The New Zealand Formulary (NZF)

An independent resource providing healthcare professionals with clinically validated medicines information and guidance on best practice.

Find articles on nursing topics in NZ and Pacific journals:

The following databases do not concentrate on nursing or health topics but they do have New Zealand and Pacific health, allied health and medicine journals in their collections.

Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre Plus 

EBSCO help guide

This database includes Australasian magazines, journals, newspapers, newswires and reference books, plus more than 90,000 biographies and an image collection of more than one million photos, maps and flags.

Index New Zealand

INNZ helps you find articles in scholarly journals, popular magazines and newspapers published in New Zealand and the Pacific. In most cases you won't be able to link to entire article so please contact the Library about the other options for access. 

Searching for a particular journal title? You can browse or search for all the electronic journal titles the Library subscribes to with our eJournal Portal. Any articles not available online can be requested – contact Library staff for options. We also have journals in print / physical form. You can search for them on Library Search | Ketu, our Library search system.

Australian Journal of Child & Family Health Nursing

Online access from 2013

Australian nursing & midwifery journal

Online access from 1998

Australian journal of rural health (Online)

Online access from 1998. Most recent 12 months not available.

Australian journal of rural health 

In the Robertson Library

Clinical simulation in Nursing

Online access from 2006

Contemporary nurse: a journal for the Australian nursing profession

Online access from 2005

Community practitioner: the journal of the Community Practitioners' & Health Visitors' Association

Online access from 2000

International journal of nursing practice

Online access from 1998

Journal of family nursing

Online access from 1995

Journal of psychosocial nursing and mental health services

Online access from 1963

Journal of sociology

Online access from 1999

Journal of transcultural nursing

Online access from 1999

Kai tiaki nursing research

Online access from 2010

Nursing outlook

Online access from 2004

Nursing praxis in New Zealand

Online access from 2005

Omega:

An international journal for the study of dying, death, bereavement, suicide, and other lethal behaviors. Online access from 1999.

Links to New Zealand Nurses Organisation publications:

New Zealand Nurses Organisation website

Code of Ethics (2010)

Guidelines for nurses on administrations of medicines (2014)

Links to New Zealand Health Statistics:

NZ Health Statistics – Ministry of Health

Health Stats and datasets – Ministry of Health

Health –Statistics New Zealand

Nursing Council of New Zealand publications page

Standards and guidelines for nurses (for download as PDF)

Here's a short video on how to search for books or ebooks using Library Search l Ketu, the Library search sytem. 

Where are the nursing books in the Robertson Library?

The main Polytechnic book collection is upstairs. Books on nursing subjects are shelved as follows:

Nursing	610
Pharmacology	615.5
Medical-Surgical Nursing	610.73 or 617.023
Nursing Research methods	610.73072
Community / Public Health Nursing	610.7343
Rural Nursing	610.7343
Drugs - handbooks	615.1
Emergency nursing	616.025
Psychiatric Nursing	616.890231
Pediatric Nursing	618.9200231
Elderly care Nursing	618.97
Medical ethics	174.2

Where are the textbooks for my course?

In most cases the required textbooks for your course will be held in the Robertson Library Reserve collection. This is located on the ground floor next to the Lending and Info desks.

Article databases are great for finding journal articles on your research or assignment topics.  Many of the databases listed here let you search across large collections of e-journals (and sometimes newspapers, e-books, videos and reference resources as well). 

CINAHL Ultimate 

 EBSCOhost databases help guide

Search across a large collection of nursing and allied health publications (national and international). Results include: peer reviewed research, quick lessons, evidence-based care sheets and continuing education modules (CEUs). Over sixty Australian and/or New Zealand nursing or allied health journals are included in the collection.

Cochrane Library

Cochrane Library is an evidence based health database that is freely available in New Zealand.  Find research regarding many forms of healthcare treatments including complementary and alternative therapies. Results may include a link to the full text if they are in freely available online. If you can't access the entire piece of research, please contact the Library about access options.

Gale Interactive: Human Anatomy

This database includes interactive 3-D models that allow students to deep dive into specific systems or regions of the body.

Google Scholar

Google Scholar help guide

Google Scholar can filter your web search results to peer-reviewed, scholarly and academic content. To check if the results can be accessed from the Library, search for them in Library Search Ketu.

MEDLINE Complete (Health - Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Midwifery) EBSCOhost databases help guide

Targeted to nurses, health professionals and health researchers, this database allowing you to search across a collection of thousands of biomedical and health journals. Results include reference and abstract information and full article access to over 3000 journals.

Medsafe - medicine information

Medsafe is responsible for administering the Medicines Act 1981 and Regulations 1984 and regulates products used for a therapeutic purpose. The site also provides access to Data Sheets and Consumer Medicine Information (CMI) published by pharmaceutical companies.

Nursing and Allied Health 

ProQuest help guide

Search reliable healthcare information related to nursing, midwifery, allied health and alternative and complementary medicine. Many articles can be downloaded as PDFs and for others you should get the abstract (or summary). If you need an article but the ‘full text’ is not available contact Library staff about the access options available.

OTSeeker

OTseeker is freely available and it lets you search for abstracts of systematic reviews, randomised controlled trials and other resources relevant to occupational therapy interventions. Results may include a link to the full text if they are in freely available online. If you need an article but the ‘full text’ is not available contact Library staff about the access options available.

PEDro

PEDro is a free Physiotherapy Evidence Database of over 31,000 randomised trials, systematic reviews and clinical practice guidelines in physiotherapy. For each trial, review or guideline, PEDro provides the citation details, the abstract and a link to the full text if it is freely available online. If you need an article but the full text is not available contact Library staff about the access options available.

Taylor and Francis (Multidisclipinary)

Search the range of academic journals published by Taylor & Francis on a wide range of subject areas (from Computer Science to Sport to Health and Social Care). There is full text access to articles from some of these journals.  

The New Zealand Formulary (NZF)

An independent resource providing healthcare professionals with clinically validated medicines information and guidance on best practice.

Find articles on occupational therapy topics in NZ and Pacific journals:

The following databases do not concentrate on OT or health topics but they do have New Zealand and Pacific health, allied health and medicine journals in their collections.

Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre Plus 

EBSCO help guide

This database includes Australasian magazines, journals, newspapers, newswires and reference books, plus more than 90,000 biographies and an image collection of more than one million photos, maps and flags.

Index New Zealand

INNZ helps you find articles in scholarly journals, popular magazines and newspapers published in New Zealand and the Pacific. In most cases you won't be able to link to entire article - contact Library staff about the access options available.

Searching for a particular journal title? You can browse or search for all the electronic journal titles the Library subscribes to with our eJournal Portal. Any articles not available online can be requested – contact Library staff for options. We also have journals in print / physical form. You can search for them on Library Search | Ketu, our Library search system.

American journal of occupational therapy 

Online access from 1980

Australian occupational therapy journal 

Online access from 1996

British journal of occupational therapy 

Online access from 1980

Developmental Disabilities Special Interest Section quarterly 

Online access from 2006

Early Intervention & School Special Interest Section quarterly 

Online access from 2006

Home & Community Health Special Interest Section quarterly 

Online access from 2006

Journal of cognitive rehabilitation

Online access from 1991

Journal of occupational science

Online access from 1997

Journal of rehabilitation medicine 

Online access from 2001

Mental Health Special Interest Section quarterly 

Online access from 2006

Occupational therapy in health care

Online access from 1997

Occupational therapy international 

Online access from 1998

Physical & occupational therapy in geriatrics 

Online access from 1997

Physical & occupational therapy in pediatrics 

Online access from 1997

Physical Disabilities Special Interest Section quarterly 

Online access from 2006

Safeguard: Journal of Occupational Safety and Health

Hardcopy only from 1988

Robertson Library   Journals (Polytech)   363.11 SAF 

Scandinavian journal of caring sciences 

Online access from 1996

Scandinavian journal of occupational therapy 

Online access from 1997

Sensory Integration Special Interest Section quarterly 

Online access from 2006

Sexuality and disability 

Online access from 1997

Here's a short video on how to search for books or ebooks using Library Search l Ketu, the Library search sytem.

Where are the occupational therapy books in the Robertson Library?

The main Polytechnic book collection is upstairs. Books on occupational therapy subjects are shelved as follows:

Occupational Therapy	615.8515
Psychology - Human behaviour	150
Sociology / Social Anthropology	301
Medical Sciences / Medicine / Health	610
Medical Ethics	174.2
Mental Health	362.2 & 616.89
Rehabilitation	362.4 & 615.8
Anatomy (Humans)	611
Physiology (Humans)	612
Counselling / Social Services	361
Nursing	616

Where are the textbooks for my course?

In most cases the required textbooks for your course will be held in the Robertson Library Reserve collection. This is located on the ground floor next to the Lending and Info desks.

Article databases are great for finding journal articles for your research or assignment topic. The databases we’ve listed below let you search across large collections of e-journals (and sometimes newspapers, e-books, videos and reference resources) all at once. 

SPORTDiscus with Fulltext

EBSCO help guide

An excellent source of literature from sports and sports medicine journals with extensive coverage in the areas of fitness, health and sport studies. Fulltext.

Google Scholar

Google Scholar help guide

Google Scholar can filter your web search results to peer-reviewed, scholarly and academic content. To check if the results can be accessed from the Library, search for them in Library Search Ketu.

Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine Collection (GALE)

Provides access to academic journals and magazines covering the fields of fitness and sports

Additional databases for Physical Activity and Wellbeing

ProQuest Central

ProQuest help guide

A large full text database covering many disciplines and subjects, including science, health and medicine, education, psychology and social sciences. It has both scholarly and general interest publications, and includes full text or full image coverage to many publications. Has a strong North American focus. Good coverage of Sports and Sports Medicine journals.

PubMed

An open search engine covering biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals and online books, and including more than 24 million records. Some fulltext access via PubMed Central and publisher websites.

PubMed Central (PMC)

A free full-text archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature at the U.S. National Institutes of Health's National Library of Medicine (NIH/NLM). Available PubReader mode for web reading. Provides fulltext for PubMed.

CINAHL Complete (Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature)

EBSCO help guide

Search across a large collection of academic, peer reviewed health journals and access evidence-based care sheets on a variety of health topics.

Cochrane Library

Freely available within NZ, this database provides access to systematic reviews and clinical trials on a variety of health topics. Some reviews area freely available and for others there is a citation and abstract.

Taylor and Francis Polytechnic journal package

Search the range of academic journals published by Taylor & Francis on a wide range of subject areas (from Computer Science to Sport to Health and Social Care). There is full text access to articles from some of these journals.

ProQuest Psychology Journals

ProQuest help guide

This online collection covers all the psychology disciplines, including how psychology relates to areas such as: healthcare, social services, human services, social welfare, business and economics, communication, criminology, addiction, neurology and more.

ProQuest Health & Medicine

ProQuest help guide

Search across a wide range of general health, allied health and medical magazines, journals and references sources (such as the Pharmaceutical News Index). The Nursing & Allied Health database, listed below, is included in this collection.

Health Source: Consumer Edition 

Health Source: Consumer Edition is available on the Ebsco platform. The content is aimed at a general audience and comes from health magazines, reference books, health pamphlets and reports. This is a full-text database and subject areas include fitness, nutrition, diabetes, aging, women's health and children's health.

Gale Health and Wellness (Health)

This a database of consumer health resources from Cengage. Access authoritative information on health-related issues.

Gale Interactive: Human Anatomy

This database includes interactive 3-D models that allow students to deep dive into specific systems or regions of the body.

nzresearch

Research outputs of NZ polytechnics and universities. Many of the results can be downloaded as PDFs. The research outputs available include: theses, conference papers and posters, journal articles, reports, creative works, working and discussion papers and book chapters.

Find Physical Activity and Wellbeing articles in NZ and Pacific journals

The following databases do not concentrate on Physical Activity and Wellbeing topics but they do have New Zealand and Pacific sports, sports medicine and adventure journals in their collections.

Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre Plus 

EBSCO help guide

This database includes Australasian magazines, journals, newspapers, newswires and reference books, plus more than 90,000 biographies and an image collection of more than one million photos, maps and flags.

findNZArticles

This public index lists articles from New Zealand magazines, journals and newspapers, and is hosted by the National Library. It allows you to search across several different databases at once and includes news, arts and humanities, and science and technology content.

Searching for a particular journal title? You can browse or search for all the electronic journal titles the Library subscribes to with our eJournal Portal. Any articles not available online can be requested – contact Library staff for options. We also have journals in print / physical form. You can search for them on Library Search | Ketu, our Library search system.

Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism

Online access from 2006; most recent 12 months not available

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Online access from 1964

Exercise Immunology Review

Online access from 2010

International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism

Online access from 2000

International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance

Online access from 2006

Journal of Applied Physiology

Online access from 1996; most recent 12 months not available

Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology

Online access from 1988

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport

Online access from 2008

Journal of Sports Science & Medicine

Online access available from 2007

Journal of Sports Sciences

Online access from 1996; most recent 18 months not available

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Online access available from 2004

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports

 Online access available from 1998

Sports Medicine

Online access from 1998; most recent 6 months not available

Strength and Conditioning Journal 

Online access from 1999 

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Where are the sports and adventure books in the Robertson Library?

The main Polytechnic book collection is upstairs. Books on sports and adventure subjects are shelved as follows:

Anatomy	611
Physiology	612
Movement / motor ability	612
Athletes - Nutrition	613.71
Sport / Exercise Science / Nutrition	613.71
Exercise tests / exercise therapy	615.8
Massage Therapy	615.822
Sports medicine	617.1
Athletic and outdoor sports and games	796
Sport and exercise - psychological aspects	796.01
Recreation & sport	790-799
Research methods	613 and 796.07

Where are the textbooks for my course?

In most cases the required textbooks for your course will be held in the Robertson Library Reserve collection. This is located on the ground floor next to the Lending and Information desks.

Article databases are great for finding journal articles on your research or assignment topics. Many of the databases listed here let you search across large collections of e-journals (and sometimes newspapers, e-books, videos and reference resources as well).

Bridget Williams Books New Zealand History Collection

A collection of eBooks covering topics in New Zealand history, including key texts on the Treaty of Waitangi.

Bridget Williams Books Te Pouhere Kōrero Collection

Provides access to the journal, Te Pouhere Kōrero – Māori History, Māori People. This publication focuses on Māori and Indigenous history.

Bridget Williams Books Texts Collection

A series of ‘short books on big subjects' from New Zealand writers.

Bridget Williams Books Critical Issues Collection

A collection of texts that analyse the big issues facing New Zealand today, with topics including housing, inequality, climate change, child poverty, the environment and migration.

Bridget Williams Books Women's Studies Collection

A collection of texts on the experiences of New Zealand women.

Bridget Williams Books New Zealand Sign Language Collection

Access New Zealand sign language: A reference grammar / Rachel McKee and People of the eye: Stories from the deaf world / Rachel McKee.

CINAHL Complete (Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature)

EBSCO help guide

This EBSCO database lets you search across a large collection of health journals - including some NZ health and medical journals. It includes articles related to topics such as social work, human services, mental health, counselling, elderly care and psychology. Many of the articles can be downloaded as PDFs. If you come across an article that is not available in 'full text', contact Library staff about other options for accessing it. 

Gale Interactive: Human Anatomy

This database includes interactive 3-D models that allow students to deep dive into specific systems or regions of the body.

Google Scholar

Google Scholar help guide

Google Scholar can filter your web search results to peer-reviewed, scholarly and academic content. To check if the results can be accessed from the Library, search for them in Library Search Ketu.

Health Source: Consumer Edition  

Health Source: Consumer Edition is available on the Ebsco platform. The content is aimed at a general audience and comes from health magazines, reference books, health pamphlets and reports. This is a full-text database and subject areas include fitness, nutrition, diabetes, aging, women's health and children's health.

ProQuest Central

ProQuest help guide

This is a large database covering a wide variety of subject areas (from health to philosophy to business and the sciences). It also encompasses the smaller ProQuest collections listed below.  Many of the results will be available to download as PDFs but if you need an article and can’t access the entire thing, contact Library staff about the other options for accessing it. This database has a strong North American focus.

ProQuest Psychology Journals

ProQuest help guide

Provides article abstracts (summaries)  on a range of psychology disciplines,  including how psychology relates to areas such as social services, human services, social welfare, business and economics, communication, criminology, addiction, neurology and more. This database has a strong North American focus. If you need an article but can’t access the entire thing, contact Library staff about the other options for accessing it.

ProQuest Social Sciences

ProQuest help guide

Access quality journal articles, research dissertations and working papers on topics related to political science, sociology, social work, social services, human services, gender studies, culture and ethnicity, criminal justice and education. This database has a strong North American focus.

PubMed

This freely available database provides access to the citations and abstracts (summaries) of millions of health, allied health and medical journals and online books. Results may include links to the full text if they are freely available online. If you can't access the entire article, contact Library staff about options for access.

Taylor and Francis (Multidisclipinary)

Search the range of academic journals published by Taylor & Francis on a wide range of subject areas (from Computer Science to Sport to Health and Social Care). There is full text access to articles from some of these journals.  

Search NZ and Pacific journals:

Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre Plus 

EBSCO help guide

This database includes Australasian magazines, journals, newspapers, newswires and reference books, plus more than 90,000 biographies and an image collection of more than one million photos, maps and flags.

Index New Zealand

INNZ helps you find articles in scholarly journals, popular magazines and newspapers published in New Zealand and the Pacific. In most cases you won't be able to link to entire article so please contact the Library about the other options for access. 

Searching for a particular journal title? You can browse or search for all the electronic journal titles the Library subscribes to with our eJournal Portal. Any articles not available online can be requested – contact Library staff for options. We also have journals in print / physical form. You can search for them on Library Search | Ketu, our Library search system.

Australian journal of career development

Online access from 1999

Australian social work

Online access from 1997

Journal of sociology (online)

New Zealand journal of counselling

Online access from 2004 to the last 6 months

Social work now (NZ)

Online access from 1995

Here's a short video on how to search for books or ebooks using Library Search l Ketu, the Library search sytem.

Where are the social services books in the Robertson Library?

The main Polytechnic book collection is upstairs. Books on social service subjects are shelved as follows:

Social Services	360
Counselling (general)	158.3
Families - research, counselling / psychotherapy	306.85
Psychology	150
Social Sciences (sociology & anthropology)	300-310
Maori - maoritanga, tikanga	305.899442
Mental Health	362.2, 616.89
Disability - social aspects	362.4
Social, labor, welfare, & related law	344
New Zealand - Legal System	349.93

Where are the textbooks for my course?

In most cases the required textbooks for your course will be held in the Robertson Library Reserve collection. This is located on the ground floor next to the Lending and Info desks.

Article databases are great for finding journal articles on your research or assignment topics. The databases listed here let you search across large collections of e-journals, trade magazines and sometimes research papers as well).

New Zealand Veterinary Nursing Library (via SciQuest)

NZ Vet Nursing Library help guide

The SciQuest database provides complete access to the Veterinary Nursing Collection (from 1992 onwards). Abstracts (short summaries) from other New Zealand and Australian veterinary and animal science publications are also available (e.g.  New Zealand Veterinary Journal, from 1952 onwards).  If you need an article but can’t access the whole thing in this database, make a Distance Library request for it.

ProQuest Science and Technology

ProQuest help guide

This online collection includes animal health and veterinary science journals. If you need an article but can’t access the whole thing in this database, make a Distance Library request for it.

Google Scholar

Google Scholar help guide

Google Scholar can filter your web search results to peer-reviewed, scholarly and academic content. To check if the results can be accessed from the Library, search for them in Library Search Ketu.

Searching for a particular journal title? You can browse or search for all the electronic journal titles the Library subscribes to with our eJournal Portal. Any articles not available online can be requested – contact Library staff for options. We also have journals in print / physical form. You can search for them on Library Search | Ketu, our Library search system.

American Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences

Open access journal

Animal: an International Journal of Animal Bioscience (UK)

Online access 2007

Animal Health Research Reviews (UK)

Online access from 2001

Journal of animal science (US)

Open access journal

Journal of veterinary dentistry (US)

Online access from 2012

New Zealand veterinary nurse (Online)

Veterinary medicine (Auckland, N.Z.)

Online access from 2012

Veterinary nurse

Veterinary nursing journal (UK)

Online access from 1997

Here's a short video on how to search for books or ebooks using Library Search l Ketu, the Library search sytem.

Where are the vet nursing and animal health books in the Robertson Library?

The main Polytechnic book collection is upstairs. Books on vet nursing and animal health subjects are shelved as follows:

Veterinary nursing (general)	636.089
Animal behaviour	591.5
Animal husbandry (general)	636
Veterinary dictionaries	636.08903
Animal anatomy and physiology	636.0892
Veterinary pharmacology	636.08957
Veterinary medicine	636.0896
Veterinary emergency care	636.0896025
Veterinary dentistry	636.0897
Veterinary equine	636.1089
Cattle	636.200-636.214
Sheep	636.301
Canine and feline	636.7-636.8

Where are the textbooks for my course?

In most cases the required textbooks for your course will be held in the Robertson Library Reserve collection. This is located on the ground floor next to the Lending and Information desks.