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Looking for Research Topics: Resources beyond Wikipedia Try our [|Library catalogue] Tthere is a wealth of resources to choose from.

Many of our titles are a great starting point for summarising a topic and providing you with information for keyword searching or formulating your own research questions.

Books on hot topics include



Magazines We hold copies of: ** New Zealand magazines **: New Zealand Listener, North & South, New Zealand Geographic, Consumer, ** International magazines **: New Scientist, Scientific American, Empire

Searching for News papers and Magazines online Try the EPIC databases Masterfile Premier or Australia New

Zealand Reference Centre Instructions below

Google Wonder Wheel

Start your topic search with Google Wonder Wheel you will find related keywords and phrases allowing you to graphically navigate your way around relevant resources.

Searched ·

Teenage Drinking Zealand

Clicked on: ·

Under age drinking NZ

Related Keywords and phrases expanded to  ·

Under age drinking New Zealand statistics ·

Teenage drinking New Zealand ·

Binge drinking New Zealand

New Zealand Resources

· [|Te Ara, The New Zealand Encyclopedia]. Great for background information.

This encyclopedia is due to release a new section 2011 called Social

Connections.

A few topics have been released including

“Solo Parenting”

d “Violent Crime”.

· [|Digital New Zealand].

Digital NZ pulls together resources from libraries, government departments, community groups and more.

·

Statistics New Zealand . Browse for stats to on peoples and communities, crime and justice, natural resources and much more.

EPIC

Username: hillcresths

Password:22hillcrest

EPIC provides you with a list of searchable databases for information not freely available on the internet

This database looks at hot topics such as eating disorders, drug abuse and bioethics to name a few. It aims to give you coverage by looking at two sides of the topic.
 * Opposing View Points **

It

has a strong American bias and is useful for beginning a topic search and developing questions.

** HHS Library **

28/7/2009

** Australian / New Zealand Reference Centre **

This database focus is on New Zealand

and Australian information.

It includes New Zealand and Australian news papers such as the Dominion Post, NZ Herald and the Sydney Morning Herald.

Magazines such as time international

Australian edition, North and South and the NZ listener. ** Opposing View Points resource Centre **  This database looks at hot topics such as eating disorders, drug abuse and bioethics to name a few. It aims to give you coverage by looking at two sides of the topic.

It

has a strong American bias and is useful for beginning atopic and developing questions.

** Master file Premier **provides access to fulltext articles from over 2000 ** international ** publications including Time International, Rolling Stone and the New Scientist. · Click fulltext to limit your search to text articles only. · Be specific. Think of keywords and synonyms to begin your search. · Great for up-to-date information. Once you have found a useful article check out the subject lists to help to define your search.

Government Agencies and Organisations

Many Organisations

and Government Agencies provide excellent resources.

For example :

Teenage Drinking

[|SADD Students Against Drunk Drivers]

[|AMPED4Life]

[|Alcohol and Public Research Unit]

<span style="font-family: Calibri; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 37.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">Cancer

[|CANTEEN]

[|Livestrong]

Pink ribbon

<span style="font-family: Calibri; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 37.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">Cyber Bullying

[|netsafe]

[|netbasics.org.nz]

[|Think U know]