Social Science  

A database allows you to search for material in journals, magazines and electronic books. You can read a description (abstract) of the article or book or you can often read the whole article or book online. Many databases require Adobe Acrobat Reader to read PDF files.

Click the icon to download the reader

 Searching for information is a four step process:

1. Brainstorm your topic to find relevant keywords and phrases
2. Select a database that has content for your subject. The list below is a good starting point.
3. Use the keywords and phrases from your brainstorm to create your search. Each database has Help pages available to assist with your search
4. View your results, evaluate and select the article(s) you require, or, redevelop your keywords and start the process again.

Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre   (Onsite)
Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre (Offsite, the user name and passwords are the same as the campus network logins)
Tutorial 

Combines Australia and New Zealand specific magazines, newspapers, newswires and reference books.

Contemporary Women's Issues  (Onsite)
Contemporary Women's Issues  (Offsite, the password and username are the same as the campus network logins)
Search tips
Provides over 150 different subject areas to chose from.

ebrary  (On campus)
ebrary  (Offsite, the password and username are the same as the campus network logins. You may also wish to download  The ebrary Reader  for enhanced features).
45,000 digital books, on a wide range of subjects. You can set up a password on the bookshelf area, and add passages and your own notes, and have APA style references added automatically. A quick user guide is available on the homepage here.

Health and Wellness Resource Centre and Alternative Health Module   (Onsite)
Health and Wellness Resource Centre and Alternative Health Module (Offsite, the password and username are the same as the campus network logins)
Search tips
700 health and medical journals incorporating video clips and hundreds of pamphlets. Health-related articles from 2,200 general interest publications.

Index New Zealand (INNZ)
Tutorial  
Contains abstracts from nearly 300 New Zealand journals and selected newspapers.

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Centre (Onsite)

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Centre (Offsite, the password and username are the same as the campus network logins)
Research guide Search tips 
For researching both sides of an issue.  

ProQuest Central (Onsite)

ProQuest Central (Offsite, the password and username are the same as the campus network logins)
Search Tips

Please note:  We are currently experiencing problems accessing ProQuest offsite.  We are working on this and hope to have the issue resolved soon. 

Provides global access to one of the largest online content repositories in the world, with full text of over 4000 journals, newspapers and magazines with detailed abstracts and indexing for a further 3500 publications. The following subjects are covered:  accounting, arts, business, careers, computers, economics, children, education, finance, general interest, health, humanities, international, law, military, medicine, multicultural, newspapers, pharmacy; psychology, sciences, social sciences, technology, and telecommunications.