Ashburton Public Library EPIC Resources

Ashburton Public Library has joined with over 190 New Zealand Libraries to be a part of EPIC (Electronic Purchasing in Collaboration). EPIC gives you access to thousands of high quality electronic publications, including NZ and international full-text journals, newspapers, magazines, photographs and graphics.

Want to learn more? Click on any of the links below, enter your library card number and search!

Find articles in Newspapers, Magazines and Journals
Explore Arts, Music and Literature
Search for Business Information
Information on Science, Health & Wellness
Get Homework Help
Discover Who, What, Where, When?
Get answers with Encyclopaedia and Dictionaries

News, Magazines and Journals

Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre
The Reference Centre database gives you access to abstracts and articles from international, Australian, and New Zealand magazines and newspapers. It is an excellent resource for those requiring up-to-date world, Australian and New Zealand current events information.

InfoTrac OneFile - Gale
Containing 35 million articles and updated daily, InfoTrac is an ideal general research tool with huge topic coverage from contemporary art to science. Articles are available from a wide range of overseas magazines and newspapers.

MasterFILE Premier - EBSCO
This collection provides full text access to articles from over 2000 major international publications such as Time, Newsweek, and New Scientist. It also includes reference and travel works, image collection, biographies and book reviews. Covering virtually every subject area, MasterFILE is ideal for general research enquiries.

New Zealand Index
Use this resource to search for records of New Zealand articles and information that can't easily be found online. New Zealand Index is a unique archive that enables you to search across five separate indexes of NZ newspapers, magazines and journals including:

NZ Science indexes NZ scientific publications from 1840 to current day
Newzindex covers many NZ journals and major newspapers from 1985 to 2006
Newspaper Index media coverage of political and community issues for the decade 1993 - 2003
Index Auckland covers sources from Auckland’s beginning to current day community newspapers
Index New Zealand over 20 years of indexed records from a wealth of New Zealand publications

PowerSearch - Gale
Search across a range of the Thomson Gale Resources.

Arts, Music and Literature

Grove Art (to log in from home enter the letters APL followed by your full library card number)
Search and explore the full-text of this authoritative dictionary of art. It covers visual arts from painting, to graphic arts, to architecture and more!

Grove Music (to log in from home enter the letters APL followed by your full library card number)
Explore this full-text dictionary on all aspects of music worldwide – from classical to hip-hop and from baroque to blues.

Literature Resource Center – Gale
This database contains critical essays and biographical information on over 100,000 authors, both historical and contemporary. A superb and comprehensive resource for students. It also includes information on major New Zealand authors.

What do I read next? - Gale
This excellent database helps you identify new books to read. Covers adult and young adult as well as children's fiction and nonfiction. Searching is by author, title, subject, genre, character, and topic. What Do I Read Next? also contains an extensive selection of award winning books, over 50,000 plot summaries and promotions for upcoming titles.

Business Information

Business Reference Suite – Thomson Gale
Search across three related business and industry focussed databases:

Business and Industry a multi-industry database with a global focus on company, industry and product information.

Business and Management Practices in depth information on the processes, methods and strategies of managing a business.

TableBase provides access to thousands of hard-to-find tables of data for more than 90 industries

Science, Health & Wellness

Health and Wellness Resource Centre and Alternative Health module - Gale
This database provides authoritative answers to health and medical questions from a huge range of over 700 health/medical journals and pamphlets. It covers topics like mainstream and alternative medicines, nutrition, diet, fitness, and disease. It also includes an online medical encyclopedia and links to relevant websites.

Science Journals (Proquest) (to log in from home enter the letters APL followed by your full library card number)
Access the fulltext of over 400 leading science and technology journals. Topics range from Acoustics, to Geology, to Zoology and everything in between!

Homework Help

Discovering Collection - Gale This comprehensive database allows for searching under a range of subjects including history, literature, geography, and biographies. There is also a multimedia gallery containing photographs, graphs, maps, and sound and video clips.

Student Resource Center - College Edition Expanded- Gale
The Student Resource centre provides cross-curricular information suitable for senior secondary school students. Students can search topics including history, literature, geography, and biographies. Also available is a multimedia gallery containing photographs, graphs, maps, and sound and video clips.

Virtual Reference Suite
Explore a collection of encyclopedias, almanacs and reference sources. Subjects include health, war, pollution, history, space science, maths, occult, food and fashion.

Who, What, Where, When?

Biography Resource Centre - Gale
This database contains an extensive range of contemporary and historical biographies of notable people including some New Zealanders. It is searchable by name, nationality, and occupation.

Contemporary Women's Issues - Gale
This contains a huge range of articles and reports on women's issues from professional and popular journals, and newspapers. It can be also searched by subject, for example, gender equity.

History Resource Centre - World - Gale
Search this database for 20th century history topics history relating to America. It features full text articles from over 100 history journals, and includes primary documents, maps, and images.

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center - Gale
Useful database for exploring popular social issues. Opposing Viewpoints is ideal for those wanting information covering both sides of contemporary issues like the GE debate. Includes topical overviews and point-of-view articles. An excellent resource for those wishing to do in-depth investigations about major contentious topics.

Dictionaries and Encyclopaedia

Encyclopaedia Britannica
Search the online version of Encyclopædia Britannica - including Britannica's Student Encyclopædia, Elementary Encyclopædia for younger students, and the Britannica Concise Encyclopædia. Includes current events, pictures and links to relevant Internet resources.

Oxford English Dictionary (to log in from home enter the letters APL followed by your full library card number)
A searchable online version of the Oxford English Dictionary. Includes the full text of the 20-volume Second Edition, 45,000 new and revised words resulting from the editorial revision programme and at least 2,500 additional new and revised words every 3 months.



Ashburton Public Library EPIC Resources Ashburton Public Library has joined with over 190 New Zealand Libraries to be a part of EPIC (Electronic Purchasing in Collaboration). EPIC gives you access to thousands of high quality electronic publications, including NZ and international full-text journals, newspapers, magazines, photographs and graphics. Want to learn more? Click on any of the links below, enter your library card number and search! Find articles in Newspapers, Magazines and Journals Explore Arts, Music and Literature Search for Business Information Information on Science, Health & Wellness Get Homework Help Discover Who, What, Where, When? Get answers with Encyclopaedia and Dictionaries News, Magazines and Journals Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre The Reference Centre database gives you access to abstracts and articles from international, Australian, and New Zealand magazines and newspapers. It is an excellent resource for those requiring up-to-date world, Australian and New Zealand current events information. InfoTrac OneFile - Gale Containing 35 million articles and updated daily, InfoTrac is an ideal general research tool with huge topic coverage from contemporary art to science. Articles are available from a wide range of overseas magazines and newspapers. MasterFILE Premier - EBSCO This collection provides full text access to articles from over 2000 major international publications such as Time, Newsweek, and New Scientist. It also includes reference and travel works, image collection, biographies and book reviews. Covering virtually every subject area, MasterFILE is ideal for general research enquiries. New Zealand Index Use this resource to search for records of New Zealand articles and information that can't easily be found online. New Zealand Index is a unique archive that enables you to search across five separate indexes of NZ newspapers, magazines and journals including: *NZ Science* indexes NZ scientific publications from 1840 to current day *Newzindex* covers many NZ journals and major newspapers from 1985 to 2006 *Newspaper Index* media coverage of political and community issues for the decade 1993 - 2003 *Index Auckland* covers sources from Auckland’s beginning to current day community newspapers *Index New Zealand* over 20 years of indexed records from a wealth of New Zealand publications PowerSearch - Gale Search across a range of the Thomson Gale Resources. Arts, Music and Literature Grove Art (to log in from home enter the letters APL followed by your full library card number) Search and explore the full-text of this authoritative dictionary of art. It covers visual arts from painting, to graphic arts, to architecture and more! Grove Music (to log in from home enter the letters APL followed by your full library card number) Explore this full-text dictionary on all aspects of music worldwide – from classical to hip-hop and from baroque to blues. Literature Resource Center – Gale This database contains critical essays and biographical information on over 100,000 authors, both historical and contemporary. A superb and comprehensive resource for students. It also includes information on major New Zealand authors. What do I read next? - Gale This excellent database helps you identify new books to read. Covers adult and young adult as well as children's fiction and nonfiction. Searching is by author, title, subject, genre, character, and topic. What Do I Read Next? also contains an extensive selection of award winning books, over 50,000 plot summaries and promotions for upcoming titles. Business Information Business Reference Suite – Thomson Gale Search across three related business and industry focussed databases: Business and Industry a multi-industry database with a global focus on company, industry and product information. Business and Management Practices in depth information on the processes, methods and strategies of managing a business. TableBase provides access to thousands of hard-to-find tables of data for more than 90 industries Science, Health & Wellness Health and Wellness Resource Centre and Alternative Health module - Gale This database provides authoritative answers to health and medical questions from a huge range of over 700 health/medical journals and pamphlets. It covers topics like mainstream and alternative medicines, nutrition, diet, fitness, and disease. It also includes an online medical encyclopedia and links to relevant websites. Science Journals (Proquest) (to log in from home enter the letters APL followed by your full library card number) Access the fulltext of over 400 leading science and technology journals. Topics range from Acoustics, to Geology, to Zoology and everything in between! Homework Help Discovering Collection - Gale This comprehensive database allows for searching under a range of subjects including history, literature, geography, and biographies. There is also a multimedia gallery containing photographs, graphs, maps, and sound and video clips. Student Resource Center - College Edition Expanded- Gale The Student Resource centre provides cross-curricular information suitable for senior secondary school students. Students can search topics including history, literature, geography, and biographies. Also available is a multimedia gallery containing photographs, graphs, maps, and sound and video clips. Virtual Reference Suite Explore a collection of encyclopedias, almanacs and reference sources. Subjects include health, war, pollution, history, space science, maths, occult, food and fashion. Who, What, Where, When? Biography Resource Centre - Gale This database contains an extensive range of contemporary and historical biographies of notable people including some New Zealanders. It is searchable by name, nationality, and occupation. Contemporary Women's Issues - Gale This contains a huge range of articles and reports on women's issues from professional and popular journals, and newspapers. It can be also searched by subject, for example, gender equity. History Resource Centre - World - Gale Search this database for 20th century history topics history relating to America. It features full text articles from over 100 history journals, and includes primary documents, maps, and images. Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center - Gale Useful database for exploring popular social issues. Opposing Viewpoints is ideal for those wanting information covering both sides of contemporary issues like the GE debate. Includes topical overviews and point-of-view articles. An excellent resource for those wishing to do in-depth investigations about major contentious topics. Dictionaries and Encyclopaedia Encyclopaedia Britannica Search the online version of Encyclopædia Britannica - including Britannica's Student Encyclopædia, Elementary Encyclopædia for younger students, and the Britannica Concise Encyclopædia. Includes current events, pictures and links to relevant Internet resources. Oxford English Dictionary (to log in from home enter the letters APL followed by your full library card number) A searchable online version of the Oxford English Dictionary. Includes the full text of the 20-volume Second Edition, 45,000 new and revised words resulting from the editorial revision programme and at least 2,500 additional new and revised words every 3 months.	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