Horowhenua Library Trust EPIC Resources

Horowhenua Library Trust EPIC Resources has joined with over 180 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!

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

News, Magazines and Journals

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.

General OneFile
Containing million articles and updated daily, General OneFile 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.

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.

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.

Arts, Music and Literature

Oxford Art Online (including Grove Art)
The Oxford Art Online gateway provides access not only to Grove Art Online, including the full text of the 34-volume print edition of The Dictionary of Art, but to:

The Oxford Companion to Western art
The Encyclopedia of Aesthetics
Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms
Over 2,000 additional colour images from the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Art Images for College Teaching, and 500 new images of modern and contemporary art, embedded in the text of articles.

Oxford Music Online (including Grove Music)
The Oxford Music Online gateway provides the following resources, which are cross-searchable within Oxford Music Online:

Grove Music Online, which includes full text & updated content of the 29-vol. Print edition of New Grove dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2d ed, the 4-vol. New Grove Dictionary of Opera, and 3-vol. New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, 2d ed.
Over 50,000 articles chart the history and culture of music and musicians from around the world, to the present day.
For quick reference to music terms and concepts, The Oxford Companion to Music and The Oxford Dictionary of Music are included.
There are external links to audio and print materials, and Timelines and Learning resources.

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.

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.

Get answers with Dictionaries and Encyclopaedia

Encyclopaedia Britannica Online
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
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.



Horowhenua Library Trust EPIC Resources Horowhenua Library Trust EPIC Resources has joined with over 180 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! Find articles in Newspapers, Magazines and Journals Search for Business Information Get Homework Help Discover Who, What, Where, When? Explore Arts, Music and Literature Information on Health & Wellness News, Magazines and Journals 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. General OneFile Containing million articles and updated daily, General OneFile 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. 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. 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. Arts, Music and Literature Oxford Art Online (including Grove Art) The Oxford Art Online gateway provides access not only to Grove Art Online, including the full text of the 34-volume print edition of The Dictionary of Art, but to: The Oxford Companion to Western art The Encyclopedia of Aesthetics Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms Over 2,000 additional colour images from the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Art Images for College Teaching, and 500 new images of modern and contemporary art, embedded in the text of articles. Oxford Music Online (including Grove Music) The Oxford Music Online gateway provides the following resources, which are cross-searchable within Oxford Music Online: Grove Music Online, which includes full text & updated content of the 29-vol. Print edition of New Grove dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2d ed, the 4-vol. New Grove Dictionary of Opera, and 3-vol. New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, 2d ed. Over 50,000 articles chart the history and culture of music and musicians from around the world, to the present day. For quick reference to music terms and concepts, The Oxford Companion to Music and The Oxford Dictionary of Music are included. There are external links to audio and print materials, and Timelines and Learning resources. 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. 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. Get answers with Dictionaries and Encyclopaedia Encyclopaedia Britannica Online 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 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.	Libraries’ Hours & Locations View Resources Alphabetically Please Note - By following the links on this page you agree to the following statement: "These databases are protected by copyright. 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