This page contains help and search tips for Te Waharoa - the Library's newest search tool.
Watch these videos to learn how to navigate Te Waharoa:
Te Waharoa 1: Getting Started (2 minutes 43 seconds, audio with captions).
Te Waharoa 2: Creating Searches (2 minutes 25 seconds, audio with captions).
Search first, then refine your search results. Type in the search box a title of a book, a journal article, etc. or your research topic. Avoid making questions such as What does Modernism mean? or How does quantum theory work?, instead type Modernism or quantum theory.
Te Waharoa automatically excludes Book Reviews and Newspaper Articles from the initial search. You will need to click on 'keep search refinements' if you want those limits to remain.
You’ll find a gray pane to the left of your search results (see below). Tick boxes in the pane to limit your search results. You can tick as many boxes as you like. Simply untick the boxes to remove the limits.
Click 'more' beneath any refine type to see more ways to refine or limit your search. You can choose to include or exclude things from your results.
Use double quotation marks (for example, European sovereign debt crisis
) to search two or more words as a phrase.
Use the asterisk (*) to truncate words (for example, bank* will search for bank, bankers, banking, etc.).
Te Waharoa supports AND, OR and NOT (type in CAPS). By default, all search terms are combined with AND.
Type as many search terms as you like to get specific results (for example, European sovereign debt crisis
government bank* credit rating
NOT Greece).
Click on Full text online
or Check Availability
beneath the article or book that you are interested in reading.
Type Zealand in the search box as well as your other search terms if you need material about New Zealand.
Select the sort option from the drop-down menu on top of your search results.
Edit your search terms in the search box at the top of the page and click Search
. To save the limits you’ve set, tick Keep search refinements
.
Use your web browser’s“back button
or history
. Te Waharoa does not save your search history.
Yes, temporarily (once you leave the site, you lose your saved items). Place your cursor in the top right corner of the item you want to save and click the folder icon.
At the bottom of the page.
Save the items first and click Saved Items
. You can print or email the items from the pop-up window.
Save the items first and click Saved Items
. In the pop-up window, select the referencing style you like. Te Waharoa will format it for you.
Try the Library Catalogue or the subject-specific Recommended Resources for options.
