Databases A-Z

Academic OneFile

Multidisciplinary source of scholarly material in the fields of physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, and the arts. Contains material published between 1980 and the present.

Academic Search Premier

Multidisciplinary source of scholarly material, with access to scholarly texts published before 1975.

American Film Scripts Online

Contains over 1000 scripts together with detailed information on the scenes, characters and people related to the scripts. In addition, the collection includes facsimile images for more than 500 of these screenplays. The majority have never been published before.

Australia / New Zealand Reference Centre

Information with an Australasian focus from Australian and New Zealand magazines, newspapers and newswires, reference books, and company information.

Bibliographie de Civilisation Medievale

Comprises of 50,000 titles , including all aspects of History, Language and Literature, Philosophy and Theology, Art History, Archaeology, and so forth in the Western, Byzantine and Islamic worlds.

Bloomsbury Collections Online

Bloomsbury Collections online is a multi-disciplinary collection of e-books.

Please note we are subscribed to the following research topics only: Literary Studies, Film & Media, Classical Studies, Linguistics, History and Education. 

British Humanities Index: BHI

Multidisciplinary collection of newspaper, magazine and academic articles published in the UK and other English speaking countries from 1962 to the present.

British Periodicals

A historical archive of British publications from 1700 to 1930, covering popular, scientific and arts related information. Personal documents, epherema, literature and other material of historical interest.

C19: The Nineteenth Century Index

19th century research, providing integrated access to finding aids for books, periodicals, official publications, newspapers and archives. currently containing over 20 million bibliographic records for a full range of 19th century source material.

Cambridge Histories Online

A collection of over 270 volumes published since 1960 covering over 15 different academic subjects. The volumes are grouped into topics, enabling searching through an array of historical subject areas.

Cambridge Journals Online

Searchable, multidisciplinary collection of articles from academic journals published by Cambridge University Press.

Defining Gender Online

A historical archive of primary source documents, biographical information, and essays relating to gender, specifically to the role of women in the English speaking world: 1450-1910.

Dictionary of New Zealand Biography

Over 3,000 biographies of notable New Zealanders. Note that it does not include people who are alive.

Dictionary of Old English Corpus

Draws upon at least one copy of every surviving Old English text. Use this dictionary to find examples of usage of a particular word.

Drama Online

Introduces new writers alongside the most iconic names in playwriting history, providing contextual and critical background through scholarly works and practical guides. Includes titles from Methuen Drama, Arden Shakespeare, and Faber and Faber; drama texts from Nick Hern; Videos from Globe on Screen; audio plays from LA Theatre.

Early English Books Online: EEBO

Comprises virtually every work printed in English from 1473 to 1700.

Editions & adaptations of Shakespeare (1591-1911)

Contains eleven editions of Shakespeare's plays and poems, as well as major adaptations, sequels, and related works.

Eighteenth Century Collections Online

A collection of over 180,000 books published in the 18th century, covering a wide range of subject areas including history, literature, religion, art, science, and law.

Eighteenth Century Journals I, II & III

Brings together rare journals printed between 1693 and 1799 illuminating all aspects of eighteenth-century, including crime, sport, advertising, theatre, fashion, politics, revolution, agriculture, social issues and society life.

Empire Online

A collection of  over 60,000 images of original manuscripts and printed material arranged into five thematic sections containing essays by leading scholars. The focus of the collection is on history, sociology, English literature and art history.

eTV

eTV provides real-time teaching video resources through local and international television programming delivered as live streams and videos available to be viewed and downloaded.

Expanded Academic ASAP

Multidisciplinary online resource with a focus on scholarly publications, although more general works from newspapers, trade publications and magazines are also accessible. Multimedia resources feature amongst the print publications.

General OneFile

Multidisciplinary collection of over 7,000 scholarly journals, trade and consumer publications and news sources. Subjects covered include: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and many general interest topics.

Google Book Search

A tool that enables browsing of portions of online books. Academic material in a wide range of fields features strongly amongst more popular works. Works still within copyright cannot be fully accessed.

Google Scholar

A search engine for scholarly literature, legal documents, and patents. If you access Google Scholar through this link you will be shown links to full-text content where it is available through the Library's online resources.

Humanities International Complete

Humanities articles and data from more than 2,200 journals and 2.71 million records. Contains unique journals not found in other databases. Includes books.

Index New Zealand

Indexes articles from about 1000 publications on and about New Zealand and the South Pacific. New Zealand material covered includes popular, professional, and trade journals, scholarly journals in the arts, humanities, and social sciences, and New Zealand newspapers.

Informit Complete Collection

Access to the full list of Informit resources, covering the areas of agriculture, arts, Asian, business, education, engineering, health, history, indigenous, law, media, reference, sciences, social sciences, and technology. Australian material predominates.

International Medieval Bibliography: IMB

Interdisciplinary list of sources on the European Middle Ages, covering Europe, the Middle East and North Africa in the period 400-1500.

JSTOR

JSTOR is a cross-disciplinary digital library providing full-text access to millions of academic journal articles, books, and primary sources. Full-text journal access is often only provided for issues 3-5 years old and older.

PLEASE NOTE: There is currently a technical issue with accessing ebooks and journal articles from offsite on the JSTOR platform.  If you are experiencing issues please try the following:

1. Try using Internet Explorer rather than Chrome or Mozilla Firefox;

2. Choose the "PDF" option to download the chapter/article, rather than clicking on the title or "read online" option.

The library is working towards resolving the issue, & we apologize for any inconvenience

Literature Online

Contains both the full-text of a large selection of poetry, drama, and prose works, as well as providing a searchable index of critical analyses.

Literature Resource Center

A searchable index of critical analyses, bibliographies, and bibliographies, covering a wide range of authors.

Mass Observation Online

A searchable collection of British social history material from the Mass-Observation organization's archives. The source material includes file reports, surveys, diaries and photographs.

Medieval Travel Writing

A collection of original manuscripts and supporting materials from libraries around the world for the study of medieval travel writing in the Holy Land, India and China.

Middle English Compendium

The compendium links three major Middle English resources: The Middle English Dictionary contains entries corresponding with the print dictionary. Most of these entries are linked to the Hyperbibliography of Middle English, which gives bibliographic information about the sources cited in the Dictionary. The Corpus of Middle English Verse and Prose provides full access to the sources.

MLA International Bibliography

Indexes material on literature, theatre, film, folklore and linguistics.

Naxos Video Library

An extensive library of more than 2500 full-length videos of classical music performances (1800), opera (560), and documentaries (200). Features include high-quality streaming at full-screen resolution, the option for users to create custom clips and playlists, and the inclusion of libretto/text where available.

New Oxford Shakespeare

The New Oxford Shakespeare presents an entirely new consideration of all of Shakespeare's works drawing on the latest textual and theatrical scholarship. This cross-searchable, multi-volume resource contains a modern critical edition (with modern spelling for reading and study), a critical reference edition and an authorship companion.

New Zealand Index

A collection of New Zealand related databases where publications are indexed providing a record of source, dates, bibliographic information and sometimes, a short abstract.

Nineteenth Century Index: C19

The Nineteenth Century Index is a growing all-inclusive bibliographic spine for 19th-century research. C19 is a one-stop finding tool covering multiple content types, providing records for millions of documents ranging from books and newspapers to government documents and periodicals at the article level.

Oxford Dictionaries Pro

A fully searchable English dictionary and language reference service, including example sentences, thesauruses, grammar and writing guides, and audio pronunciation guides for UK, US and world English.

Oxford Reference Online

Online access to dozens of reference works published by Oxford University Press. Includes subject specialist works in a variety of fields such as art, law, music, philosophy and religion, in addition to many more general works.

Oxford Scholarship Online

An online collection of scholarly books published by Oxford University Press. Oxford Scholarship Online (OSO) covers subjects across the humanities, social sciences, sciences, medicine, and law.

Perdita Manuscripts I: Women Writers, 1500-1700

Contains manuscripts written by women in the British Isles, on a wide variety of subjects, and from a wide variety of sources, including diaries, travel writing, advice writing, and poetry

Project Muse

A resource focusing on the arts, humanities and social sciences, including roman and Greek historical material.. Scholarly articles are the focus of the resource, but books and other university- and scholarly society- press publications are also covered.

ProQuest Central

A comprehensive multidisciplinary source of scholarly, general and reference materials in the fields of business, social sciences, health sciences, humanities and the arts. Contains material from 1980 to the present.

ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global

Database of master's theses and doctoral dissertations, mainly from the US and UK. Coverage is from 1743 onwards. Most theses available in full-text.

Shakespeare Quartos Archive

An interactive digital collection of pre-1642 editions of William Shakespeare's plays.

Taylor & Francis Online

A collection of electronic journal articles and encyclopedias covering a large range of subjects from the arts and humanities, social sciences and sciences.

Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

Te Ara: the Encyclopedia of New Zealand aims to build a comprehensive guide to New Zealand's peoples, natural environment, history, culture, economy, institutions and society. Browse different subject categories or search across the entire resource. Te Reo Māori interface available.

Te Puna

Te Puna Search is a web-based search service giving access to a range of databases and bibliographic tools.

Theatre in Video

Contains more than 250 of the world’s most important plays, together with more than 100 video documentaries. Includes live television broadcasts of New York productions in the 50s, contemporary revivals of classic works and experimental performances from the 60s and 70s, and other performances.

Tiaki

Provides access to descriptions of the unpublished manuscripts and pictures collections of New Zealand and Pacific material in the Alexander Turnbull Library.

TLS Historical Archive

Enables users to full-text search more than 150,000 pages of the Times Literary Supplement from 1902 to 2008. Includes contributions of influential writers and critics, from T.S. Eliot and Virginia Woolf in the 1920s and 30s to A.N. Wilson and Christopher Hitchens in the 1990s and 2000s.

Twentieth-Century Drama

This searchable collection contains 2,500 published plays from throughout the English-speaking world, covering the history of modern drama from the 1890s to the present day. The full range of dramatic styles, genres and traditions is represented.

Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals, 1824-1900

Articles from Victorian newspapers and magazines, identifies authors of some anonymous articles.

Wikipedia : the free encyclopedia

Collaborative, general-use encyclopedia.

World Shakespeare Bibliography Online

Provides annotated entries for books, articles, book reviews, dissertations, theatrical productions, reviews of productions, audiovisual materials, electronic media, and other scholarly and popular materials related to Shakespeare and published or produced worldwide between 1960 and 2013.

WorldCat (Participatory Library Access)

Search for information about books in libraries worldwide.