Subject guides
Subject guides point you to the books, journals and databases to support your studies in a particular subject area or programme. Find these resources online or at the Library.
Click on the headings of each resource type to access the information.
Architecture, Building and Engineering
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Databases
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
JSTOR (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.
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 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.
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.
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
Need to talk to someone?
Subject Librarian / Robertson Librarian
Paula Whitelock and Amanda Hutchinson (Architecture)
03 479 3806 paula.whitelock@otago.ac.nz or amanda.hutchinson@otago.ac.nz
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Journals
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.
Robertson Library Polytechnic journals collection (issues from 1982 onwards)
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)
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)
2017 onwards
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
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)
Need to talk to someone?
Subject Librarian / Robertson Librarian
Paula Whitelock and Amanda Hutchinson (Architecture)
03 479 3806 paula.whitelock@otago.ac.nz or amanda.hutchinson@otago.ac.nz
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Websites
BRANZ is an independent and impartial research, testing and consulting organisation inspiring the building and construction industry to provide better buildings for New Zealanders.
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 can be requested by interloan – ask Library staff about this.
Need to talk to someone?
Subject Librarian / Robertson Librarian
Paula Whitelock and Amanda Hutchinson (Architecture)03 479 3806 paula.whitelock@otago.ac.nz or amanda.hutchinson@otago.ac.nz
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Books and Standards
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
Need to talk to someone?
Subject Librarian / Robertson Librarian
Paula Whitelock and Amanda Hutchinson (Architecture)
03 479 3806 paula.whitelock@otago.ac.nz or amanda.hutchinson@otago.ac.nz
Art
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Databases
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 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.
JSTOR (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 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 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.
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.
Need to talk to someone?
Subject Librarian for Art:
Amanda Hutchinson -
Journals
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.
Online access from 1991 and 2006
Online access from 2007 – 2011, 2015 -
Online access from 2002
Online access from 1976 - 1984
Online access from 1993
British Journal of Photography
Online access from 2009
Online access from 2000
Online access from 2005
Online access from 1999
Available from 2006 volume: 1; Most recent 3 year(s) not available
Online access from 1994
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
Online access from 2005; most recent 6 months not available
Online access from 2003
Online access from 2001
Available from 1982 volume: 8 issue: 2
Online access from 2000
Online access from 2006
Need to talk to someone?
Subject Librarian for Art:
Amanda Hutchinson -
Books
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.
Need to talk to someone?
Subject Librarian for Art:
Amanda Hutchinson
Business and Tourism
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Databases
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 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 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 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.
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.
Need to talk to someone?
Subject Librarian for Business & Tourism:
Amanda Hutchinson -
eJournals & Trade Publications
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
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
Online access from 1987
Online access from 1995
New Zealand Journal of Applied Business Research
Online access from 2006
Online access from1998
Online access from 1997
Need to talk to someone?
Subject Librarian for Business & Tourism:
Amanda Hutchinson -
Websites
Search for companies, company directors or shareholders in New Zealand.
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
Search for research reports by topic.
Collects, analyses and publishes tourism data.
Finds, compares and shares the latest OECD data.
Need to talk to someone?
Subject Librarian for Business & Tourism:
Amanda Hutchinson -
Books
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.
Need to talk to someone?
Subject Librarian for Business & Tourism:
Amanda Hutchinson
Computing and IT
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Databases
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.
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 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 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 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 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 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.
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.
Need to talk to someone?
Subject Librarian for Computing and IT:
Amanda Hutchinson
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eJournals & Trade Publications
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
Online access from 1958
Computer–Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering
Online access from 1998; most recent 12 months not available.
Online access from 1969
Online access from 2005
Online access from 1996; most recent 9 months not available
Online access from 2005
Online access from 1977
Need to talk to someone?
Subject Librarian for Computing and IT:
Amanda Hutchinson
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Books
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.
Need to talk to someone?
Subject Librarian for Computing and IT:
Amanda Hutchinson
Design
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Databases
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 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 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.
JSTOR (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 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
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.
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.
Need to talk to someone?
Contact your Subject Librarian for Design:
Amanda Hutchinson -
eJournals & Trade Publications
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
Online access from 2014
Online access from 1997
Online access from 1996
Online access from 1997
Online access from 1997
Future anterior : journal of historic preservation history, theory and criticism
Available from 2004 volume: 1 issue: 1
Online access from 1998 – 2001
Online access from 1984
Online access from2010
Online access from 1997
Journal of Textile Design Research
Online access from 2013
Online access from 2010
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
Online access from 2011
Need to talk to someone?
Contact your Subject Librarian for Design:
Amanda Hutchinson
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Books
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.
Need to talk to someone?
Contact your Subject Librarian for Design:
Amanda Hutchinson
Hospitality
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Databases
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 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 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 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.
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.
Need to talk to someone?
Subject Librarian for Hospitality:
Amanda Hutchinson -
Journals
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.
Online access from 2001
Online access from 2010
Available online from 2008
Online access from 2009
Online access from 1987
Online access from 2012
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
Online access from 2010
Online access from 1997
Tourism and hospitality research
Online access from 1999
Restaurant Development and Design Magazine
Online access from 2012
Need to talk to someone?
Subject Librarian for Hospitality:
Amanda Hutchinson
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Books
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.
Need to talk to someone?
Subject Librarian for Hospitality:
Amanda Hutchinson
Midwifery
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Databases
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 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 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 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:
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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'.
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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'.
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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.
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 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.
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.
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.
Need to talk to someone?
Subject Librarian for Midwifery:
Paula Whitelock -
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Journals
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
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
Online access from 2005
Midwifery today with international midwife
Online access from 1987
New Zealand College of Midwives Journal
Online access from 2005
Online access from 2011
Online access from 2006
Need to talk to someone?
Subject Librarian for Midwifery:
Paula Whitelock -
Books
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.
Need to talk to someone?
Subject Librarian for Midwifery:
Paula Whitelock
Natural resources
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Databases
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.
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.
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.
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.
Need to talk to you?
Subject Librarian for Natural Resources
Paula Whitelock -
Journals
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)
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)
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)
Need to talk to someone?
Subject Librarian for Natural Resources
Paula Whitelock
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Websites
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.
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 magazine's online publication.
British horticultural society website.
Organic NZ website.
Need to talk to someone?
Subject Librarian for Natural Resources
Paula Whitelock -
Books
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.
Need to talk to someone?
Subject Librarian for Natural Resources
Paula Whitelock
Nursing
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Databases
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 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 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 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 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:
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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'.
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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'.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
Need to talk to someone?
Subject Librarian for Nursing:
Paula Whitelock
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Journals
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
Online access from 1995
Journal of psychosocial nursing and mental health services
Online access from 1963
Online access from 1999
Journal of transcultural nursing
Online access from 1999
Online access from 2010
Online access from 2004
Online access from 2005
An international journal for the study of dying, death, bereavement, suicide, and other lethal behaviors. Online access from 1999.
Need to talk to someone?
Subject Librarian for Nursing:
Paula Whitelock
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Websites
Links to New Zealand Nurses Organisation publications:
New Zealand Nurses Organisation website
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)
Need to talk to someone?
Subject Librarian for Nursing:
Paula Whitelock
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Books
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.
Need to talk to someone?
Subject Librarian for Nursing:
Paula Whitelock
Occupational Therapy
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Databases
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).
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 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 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.
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 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 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.
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.
Need to talk to someone?
Subject Librarian for Occupational Therapy:
Paula Whitelock
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Journals
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
Online access from 1997
Need to talk to someone?
Subject Librarian for Occupational Therapy:
Paula Whitelock
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Books
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.
Need to talk to someone?
Subject Librarian for Occupational Therapy:
Paula Whitelock
Physical Activity and Wellbeing
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Databases
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 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 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.
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.
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 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 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.
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.
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.
Need to talk to someone?
Subject Librarian for Physical Activity and Wellbeing:
Amanda Hutchinson -
Journals
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
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
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
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
Online access from 1998; most recent 6 months not available
Strength and Conditioning Journal
Online access from 1999
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Subject Librarian for Physical Activity and Wellbeing:
Amanda Hutchinson -
Books
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 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.
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Subject Librarian for Physical Activity and Wellbeing:
Amanda Hutchinson
Social Services
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Databases
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 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 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 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 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.
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.
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.
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Subject Librarian for Social Services and the Certificate of Health:
Paula Whitelock
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Journals
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
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
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Subject Librarian for Social Services and the Certificate of Health:
Paula Whitelock
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Books
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.
Need to talk to someone?
Subject Librarian for Social Services and the Certificate of Health:
Paula Whitelock
Vet Nursing and Animal Health
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Databases
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 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.
Need to talk to someone?
Subject Librarian for Vet Nursing and Animal Health:
Paula Whitelock
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Journals
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 nursing journal (UK)
Online access from 1997
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Subject Librarian for Vet Nursing and Animal Health:
Paula Whitelock
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Books
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.
Need to talk to someone?
Subject Librarian for Vet Nursing and Animal Health:
Paula Whitelock
