The Library provides access to a large amount of material via online databases and electronic journals available for free self-service use for Victoria staff and students. Many of these resources contain access to the full text of material as well as image and video content.
A multidisciplinary source of scholarly, reference and general material in the fields of physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, and the arts. Contains material published between 1980 and the present.
A multidisciplinary source of scholarly and reference material, with access to scholarly texts published prior to 1975.
Details author, title and source information for scholarly articles in most academic fields of study.
This resource contains details of awards, scholarships and grants available to New Zealand individuals for personal development, principally in academic, artistic, research and sporting fields
A collection of some 300 Canadian newspapers, both national and regional, with full-text coverage from the late 1970s to the present.
Comprehensive coverage of all subject areas which have a Canadian focus.
Helps researchers and scholars at all levels to publish their research papers and scholarly works. Comprises Calls for Papers issued by professional bodies, journal editors, and other conference organizers in all disciplines.
An information directory of scholars and researchers with institutional affiliation and publication information. A useful tool for finding researchers and their works.
EBL offers a wide selection of ebooks in all subject areas. All of the titles can be read online. For each title you have the following permissions : Print = up to 20% of text Copy/Paste = up to 5% of text. Use the toolbar which shows graphically how much printing and copying you have done so you can see when you are reaching the end of your limits. Then you will receive a pop up window when you have used all your permissions. If you have Adobe Digital Editions installed on your personal or staff computer you can also download to read offline for a limited period.
An online collection of electronic books covering a wide variety of subject matter published in the last ten years. Use Internet Explorer to view.
OCLC catalog of online electronic books available through libraries worldwide, from 1500s onwards.
Search original multidisciplinary content and images of articles from VUW journals on your topic; also includes bibliographic information for all journals.
General-use English-language encyclopedia.
A 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.
A multidisciplinary collection of articles and books from a range of online resources.
A multidisciplinary collection of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources.
A general interest resource based on a wide variety of sources, from 1980 to present. All topic areas are covered.
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.
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.
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.
A historical collection of information on theses published in the UK and Ireland since 1716 in a wide variety of scholarly fields.
This database provides topical and historical issues within Indigenous studies. The multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary framework encompasses anthropology, community development, cultural studies, economics, education, health, history, human geography, law and land rights, literature, politics and policy making, (post)colonial studies, psychology, race studies, sociology and visual and performing arts.
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.
Access to a wide range of journals, books, conference proceedings, research papers and reference materials, in the humanities and social sciences. Australia is the main focus, with New Zealand and Asia-Pacific material also available.
A multidisciplinary collection of journal articles
A multidisciplinary collection of articles. In many cases a time lag (usually between 3-5 years, sometimes longer) between the most current issue published and the content available in JSTOR.
Searchable open-access research documents from research institutions throughout New Zealand.
Newsreels, blending confrontational journalism and docudrama, produced between 1935 and 1967. Online streaming video in a single, cross-searchable collection.
A cross-disciplinary collection of scholarly literature, reference works, maps, flags and original material covering a wide variety of fields.
This collection reflects the publishing activity of the islands of the South Pacific. The literature provided here is sourced from newspapers, magazines and other resources from the South Pacific.
Portal for digital collections of electronic books, online journals, audio and image files, and movies, including the Library of Congress' American Memory Project, various pre-print and e-print servers, and digital thesis and dissertation collections.
Search for information about books in libraries worldwide.
A searchable collection of contemporary social issues, pulling from viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and magazine and newspaper articles.
Contains biographies of men and women who have made a notable contribution to British society, politics, and culture.
Online access to entries in the most up to date version of the Oxford English Dictionary, providing definitions of over half a million English words as well as their history.
Online access to content from reference works published by Oxford University Press. Includes subject specialist works in a variety of fields, in addition to more general works. .
An online collection of scholarly books published by Oxford University Press, with a broad focus on the humanities and social sciences and a smattering of other fields.
Limited to ten concurrent users. When you are finished please click the "LOG OUT" link in the top right.
This resource consists of a fully searchable electronic index to The Times® in which each record is linked to a high-quality image of the relevant article. Researchers can search by date range or decade to locate articles quickly. Articles can be magnified on screen, copied into a word-processing document, or printed.
Covers every published congress, symposium, conference, exposition, workshop and meeting received by The British Library Document Supply Centre.
A full-colour, full-page collection of today's newspapers from around the world.
Access is restricted to 2 concurrent users. Please log off when you have finished.
A searchable index of conference proceedings, symposia, and congresses.
A multidisciplinary source of scholarly, reference and general material in the fields of business, social science,health sciences, humanities and the arts. Select a subject area to start searching.
Details author, title, and source information for scholarly theses published in North America and other parts of the English speaking world. The collection has a broad, multi-disciplinary focus on theses published from 1861 onwards. Most theses available in full-text.
Over 300 international newspapers and news sources from around the world.
Over 1000 international newspapers, news sources and news wires, from the late 1970s to the present. Titles include the Guardian, Financial Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, China Business News, South China Morning Post, and Dominion Post.
Rarebooks.info provides 101 electronic bibliographies online. Subjects cover early printing, world literature, natural history, science, medicine, theology, cultural and area studies, Judaica, music, theology, art and architecture, among others.
This is a collection of links to online and print reference works owned or subscribed to by Victoria University of Wellington Library. Articles linked to cover most fields of study (as well as those in more general works).
Bibliographic software that interacts with your word processor to produce bibliographies formatted according to a specific referencing style (for example, APA style, Chicago, MLA).
Provides access to descriptions of the unpublished manuscripts and pictures collections of New Zealand and Pacific material in the Alexander Turnbull Library.
A collection of electronic books, journal articles and encyclopedias covering a large range of subjects from the arts and humanities, social sciences and sciences.
Te Puna Search is a web-based search service giving access to a range of databases and bibliographic tools.
Australian research outputs, including theses; preprints; postprints; journal articles; book chapters; music recordings and pictures.
Collaborative, general-use encyclopedia.
Collection of World Intellectual Property Organization free searchable databases of Trademarks, Patents and Designs. Includes WIPO Lex a worldwide collection of national laws and treaties on intellectual property and related commentary.
Searchable encyclopedic collection of general facts, significant dates biographical information.
Search for information about books in libraries worldwide.
