Bookinopolis EPIC Resources

Bookinopolis has joined with over 170 New Zealand Libraries to be apart 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!

Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre - EBSCO
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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

History Resource Centre - Modern 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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.



Bookinopolis EPIC Resources Bookinopolis has joined with over 170 New Zealand Libraries to be apart 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! Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre - EBSCO 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. History Resource Centre - Modern 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. 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. 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. 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 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. 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. TableBase This database provides access to thousands of hard-to-find tables of data for more than 90 industries. 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. 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.	Library Hours & Location View Resources by Subject *Please Note - by following the links on this page you agree to the following statement:* "These databases are protected by copyright. They are provided by Bookinopolis for use by individuals who are registered Bookinopolis staff and patrons, for the purposes of personal use or for research in a corporate, business, academic or government setting. By accessing these databases you agree to these terms and conditions of usage. Your continued access to and usage of these databases indicates your agreement to abide by these terms and conditions."

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