What is EPIC?
The EPIC resources include full text articles from a range of New Zealand and Australian publications, an Opposing Viewpoints database (perfect for seeing both sides of an argument!), there’s a resource designed specifically for school students, a world history collection and much more – and it’s all available at your fingertips. The Epic Databases include EBSCO and GALE.
Databases
To use these databases you need to be a member of the Wairoa Centennial Library. When you enter the databases you will be prompted for your library membership barcode number.
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Britannica Online Library Edition has been created specifically for Libraries with access to three age specific home pages ensuring results suitable for all stages of learning.
EBSCO
EBSCO Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre - Australia and New Zealand specific magazines, newspapers & newswires, reference books, and company information.
For further information and assistance regarding EBSCO Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre 'click here'.
EBSCO MasterFILE Premier - Full text of nearly 1,950 magazines, journals and other publications dating as far back as 1975.
For further information and assistance regarding EBSCO MasterFILE Premier 'click here'.
New to searching EBSCO databases? Click here to run the EBSCO Tutorial Basic Searching for Public Libraries - takes 4 minutes to play. Turn on your PC's sound and sit back and watch!
Feel you have mastered basic searches? Click here to run EBSCO's Advanced Search with Guided Style. This includes instructions on setting up an email alert for journal titles.
GALE
Gale Infotrac Onefile - InfoTrac OneFile provides access to over 5000 periodical and news publications from a diverse range of topics.
Gale Biography Resource Centre - Find out about interesting people from over 1.4 million biographies.
Gale Business and Company Resource Center - Research individual companies from around the world.
Gale Discovering Collection - Specifically for school students. Comprised of more than 14,500 biographies, 24,000 essays, 21,070 timeline events and 2,900 plot summaries in core curriculum subjects.
Gale Health and Wellness Resource Centre - Search over 600 health/medical journals.
Gale History Resource Centre - Modern World - A key resource for the study of world history including 100 full-text journals, 180 world history titles, 1,300 historic documents and over 1000 maps/illustrations.
Gale Literature Resource Center - More than 415,000 full-text journal articles from more than 250 literary journals.
Gale Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center - Search a range of topics for articles about both sides of an issue.
Gale Contemporary Women's Issues - Brings together relevant content with a focus on the critical issues and events that influence women's lives.
Gale Student Resource Center - College Edition - Full text magazines – a wide range of business and management publications.
Gale What do I read next? - Helps you choose titles from over 100,000 highly recommended adult, young adult and children's titles.
For further information and assistance regarding the Gale Resource Center Databases 'click here'.
GROVE ART ONLINE
Enter 'WAI' (capital letters) followed by your barcode
For the most comprehensive online reference resource for all aspects of the visual arts worldwide from prehistory to the present day.
For further information on the multi-award winning Grove Art Online 'click here'.
GROVE MUSIC ONLINE
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For instant access to the world's premier authority on all aspects of music.
The multi-award winning Grove Music Online is the ultimate authority on all aspects of music worldwide – from classical to hip-hop and from baroque to blues. For further information 'click here'.
OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY ONLINE
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Search the ultimate authority on the English language.
The Oxford English Dictionary is the accepted authority on the evolution of the English language over the last millennium. It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past. For further information 'click here'.
PROQUEST SCIENCE JOURNALS
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Search full text and images for the leading periodicals in science and technology. Subject coverage includes computers, engineering, physics, telecommunications, and transportation.
ProQuest Science Journals is a definitive resource for students studying both the applied and general sciences. For further information 'click here'.
New Zealand Index
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A collection of New Zealand related databases where the info is indexed with a short abstract.
"Click here" for further information
Index New Zealand (INNZ)
Index New Zealand (INNZ) is an index with abstracts from selected New Zealand serial publications journals, including newspapers and nearly 300 journals about New Zealand and the South Pacific.
