Databases A-Z

The Library provides access to a wide range of articles and other information via online databases and electronic journals

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Academic Search Premier

Multidisciplinary source of scholarly material, with access to scholarly texts published before 1975.
Arts and Humanities Citation Index

Details author, title and source information for scholarly resources published between 1975 and the present in a wide range of liberal arts and humanities disciplines.
ARTstor

More than one million images related to architecture, the arts, humanities, and social sciences.
Australia / New Zealand Reference Centre

Information with an Australasian focus from Australian and New Zealand magazines, newspapers and newswires, reference books, and company information.
Design and Applied Arts Index: DAAI

Citations of articles, news items, and reviews published in design and applied arts journals and newspapers. Covers both new designers and the development of design and the applied arts since the mid-19th century.
IEEE Xplore

A collection of engineering resources covering electrical and electronic engineering and computer science. Includes journals, transactions, conference proceedings and standards.
Index New Zealand

Indexes articles from about 1000 publications on and about New Zealand and the South Pacific. New Zealand material covered includes popular, professional, and trade journals, scholarly journals in the arts, humanities, and social sciences, and New Zealand newspapers.
International Index to Performing Arts full text: IIPA

This resouce provides literature on the performing arts. A wide range of subjects in the performing arts is covered including dance, film, drama, opera, stagecraft, comedy, pantomime, puppetry, magic and television.

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JSTOR

JSTOR is a cross-disciplinary digital library providing full-text access to millions of academic journal articles, books, and primary sources. Full-text journal access is often only provided for issues 3-5 years old and older.
Oxford Art Online

The gateway to Oxford’s art reference works, including the Grove Dictionary of Art and the Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Articles and images on New Zealand art included.
Project Muse

A resource focusing on the arts, humanities and social sciences, including roman and Greek historical material.. Scholarly articles are the focus of the resource, but books and other university- and scholarly society- press publications are also covered.
ProQuest Central

A comprehensive multidisciplinary source of scholarly, general and reference materials in the fields of business, social sciences, health sciences, humanities and the arts. Contains material from 1980 to the present.
ProQuest Health and Medical Complete

A collection of articles combining the clinical research titles in Proquest Medical Library with hundreds of additional consumer and health administration titles. It covers all major clinical and healthcare disciplines, including medical sciences, surgery, immunology, pharmacy and pharmacology, nursing, physical fitness, and hygiene.
Sage Premier Journal Collection (1999-present)

Access to over 400 academic journals (published by Sage) in the social sciences, humanities, business, medicine, engineering, technology and physical and life sciences.
Vogue (New York)

The Vogue Archive contains the entire run of Vogue magazine (US edition) from 1892 to the present day, reproduced in high-resolution colour page images. More than 425,000 images, 300,000 ads, and 100,000 articles have been fully indexed and are searchable. Vogue is a unique record of American and international popular culture that extends beyond fashion.
Web of Science - core collection

Contains descriptions of scholarly literature in the sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities. The records contain cited references.
WorldCat (Participatory Library Access)

Search for information about books in libraries worldwide.

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