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EPIC Databases
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These databases provide access
to thousands of online resources and are available for use in our libraries at no charge.
Please ask at the Reference Desk upstairs in Hastings Library or at the
Issue Desks at Havelock North & Flaxmere Libraries. They may also be accessed over the internet.
Use your
library card number for login ID.
Click here to read
terms and conditions.
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What is EPIC?
Electronic Purchasing in Collaboration.
Hastings District Libraries are proud to subscribe to this
New Zealand
Libraries consortium
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EPIC databases provide easy access to information on most topics, found in
thousands of full-text titles.
Included are
New Zealand and international full text articles from journals, magazines and newspapers, and
from reference sources: dictionaries, encyclopedias and directories.
EPIC databases:
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Are updated frequently
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Offer authoritative material
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Include many formats, e.g. maps, images, graphics
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Cover a wide range of subjects
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Provide information at different levels
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Include links to recommended Internet sites
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Have increasing New Zealand content, including useful full-text titles, e.g. NZ
Herald, Metro, North & South, New Zealand authors and fiction.
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Encyclopedia Britannica |
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Britannica Online
Library Edition
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New
Epic Database
The Online Library Edition allows you to search all Britannica content or
limit your search to a particular level:
Encyclopaedia Britannica - for adults or
senior students
Britannica Student
- for secondary students
Britannica Junior - for primary students
Features:
Over 73,000 articles covering a wide range of subjects.
Highlight Material
Biography of the Day
This Day in History
Local & International Feed including a link to Te Ara, the Encyclopedia
of NZ and to the New Zealand Herald
Merriam-Webster's Student Dictionary & Thesaurus
Video clips and media presentations
Additional Content in search results includes:
Ebsco magazine and journal articles in full text
Web sites relating to your search
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EBSCO Databases |
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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.
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Australia/NZ Reference Centre |
Epic Database
Full text titles
include: NZ Herald, Metro (NZ) North & South, NZ Business, NZ
Management, NZ Marketing Magazine. Also Australian Geographic, Time
South Pacific and more.
More New Zealand titles >>
The Australia/NZ Reference Centre
combines Australasian magazines, newspapers, newswires and reference books
to create the largest collection of regional full text content available to
libraries in Oceania. This database includes leading Australia/NZ
periodicals and international periodicals in full text; full text reference
books; 85,639 full text biographies and an Image Collection of 285,912
photos, maps and flags.
EBSCO is pleased to announce that in
addition to newspaper titles added in
2005 (The Dominion Post, Waikato Times, Evening Standard, Sunday Star,
Times, The Daily News, The Southland Times, Nelson Mail, The Timaru
Herald, The Press, NZ Infotech Weekly and Truth & TV Extra) we have
licenced:
30 New Zealand periodical titles
40 new Australian periodical titles
Key international additions including
Vanity Fair, New Yorker
and Washington Times
Video Encyclopedia of the 20th Century
(Coming Soon)
98,000 additional items to double the size
of the image file
And there's more content coming soon!
Titles Lists - full text titles etc
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MasterFILE Premier
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Epic Database
Full text titles: 2000+ Includes: Forbes, Fortune, National
Geographic, PC Magazine, New Scientist, New Statesman, Popular Science, Scientific American, Smithsonian, Time
(in various editions), Newsweek (in various editions) and much more.
Designed specifically for public libraries, this
multidisciplinary database provides full text for more than 1,750 general
reference periodicals with full text information dating as far back as 1975.
Covering general reference, business, health, education, general
science, multicultural issues and much more.
MasterFILE Premier also includes nearly 500 full text reference
books, 85,827 biographies, 105,789 primary source documents, and an Image
Collection of 285,912 photos, maps and flags. This database is updated daily
via EBSCOhost.
Titles Lists - full text titles etc
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Thomson Gale Databases |
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Power Search multiple databases |
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Biography
Resource Centre &
The Complete Marquis Who's Who? |
Epic Database
Biographies, full-text
articles from hundreds of periodicals. Search for people based on one or
more personal facts such as birth and death year, nationality, ethnicity,
occupation or gender, or combine criteria to create a highly targeted
custom search.
With the Compete Marquis Who's Who, find quick reference information on an
additional 900,000 people.
There are now almost two thousand biographies of New Zealanders in Biography Resource
Centre.
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Discovering
Collection |
Epic Database
A comprehensive database for in-depth reference
content for literature, history, biographies, science and social studies.
EPIC database.
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Health and
Wellness Resource Center
and
Alternative Health Module
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Epic Database
Find up-to-date articles in magazines, journals, newspapers, definitions,
directories and information on:
Fitness, pregnancy, medicine, nutrition, diseases, public health,
occupational health and safety, alcohol and drug abuse, prescription drugs,
herbal remedies, and alternative or complementary treatments, and much more.
Material contained in this Resource Centre is intended for informational
purposes only.
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History
Resource Center : World |
Epic Database
A comprehensive
collection of award-winning reference, full-text articles from leading
scholarly publications, an array of primary sources, and images, maps and
charts which provide expansive geographic and chronologic research
materials for the study of world history.
From ancient Europe to Latin
America and from the Far East to the Renaissance, world history curricula
is supported with over 1,800 primary sources, over 27 reference titles and
more than 110 journals. Includes images,
maps and charts.
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InfoTrac
OneFile
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Epic Database
A
one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics:
Business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental
issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art,
politics, science, social studies, sports, technology and many general
interest topic. Millions of full-text articles, many with images.
Updated daily.
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Literature
Resource Center |
Epic Database
Database has biographies, bibliographies and
critical analyses of more than 120,000 authors. In-depth essays on more than
1600 authors. Plus plot summaries, work overviews, definitions of literary
terms, and links to authoritative related Web sites.
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Opposing
Viewpoints Resource Center |
Epic Database
For researching all sides of a controversial
issue. More than 100 topics discussed through various sources.
Topics include: animal rights, bioethics, cloning, censorship, euthanasia,
gambling, media violence, smoking, terrorism, women's rights and much more.
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Student
Resource Center - College Edition |
Epic Database
A comprehensive reference
source for senior high school and tertiary students.
Topics include include
geography, culture, history, literature, people, science and health.
Topic resources may
include: magazine, journal & newspaper articles, primary documents, images
and multimedia, sources citations, further reading, chronology.
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What Do I Read Next? |
Epic Database - Fiction
Another excellent literature database, with lots
of useful searches: author search, title and series search, genre search,
award winners.
This database also allows you to search by
character, topic, setting and time period.
The Help Me Find a Book helps find books
similar to others you have enjoyed.
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Oxford Online Databases |
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Oxford Art Online |
Epic Database
Wonderful resource for anyone interested in art or studying art
history.
Oxford Art Online provides online access to the
information on the lives of artists, artisans,
designers, photographers, with links to
images of their works in galleries around the world.
Explore art and art forms,
styles, cultures and time periods.
Life and works of artists with images and line drawings plus over 40,000 image links
from high-quality museum and other art sites.
More >>
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Oxford
Music Online |
Epic Database
Oxford Music Online is a new
gateway into music research. The cornerstone of Oxford Music Online,
Grove Music Online, has been completely redesigned with a number of
functional enhancements and new content.Oxford
Music Online also features Colin Larkin's landmark
Encyclopedia of Popular Music — online for the first time by popular
demand. The most comprehensive reference work devoted exclusively to popular
music, the Encyclopedia is the authoritative biographical
encyclopedia of rock, pop, and jazz artists, covering popular music from
1900 to the present. It is exhaustive, meticulous, authoritative — and
incredibly fun to read.
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Oxford English Dictionary Online |
Epic Database
Updated quarterly, the OED online gives access to the
20 volume Second Edition and 3 Additions series volumes.
It covers the evolution of more than 600,000 words from
across the English-speaking world, from North America to South Africa, from
Australia and New Zealand to the Caribbean.
A crossword solver's dream. The Oxford English
Dictionary is the accepted authority on the evolution of the English
language over the last millennium.
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In the database, see links to the tour of OED
Online.
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ProQuest Databases |
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ProQuest Science Journals |
Epic Database
ProQuest Science Journals database is a growing
collection providing easy access to the latest news, research and
developments in over 100 different scientific fields.
Full text coverage of applied and general science
journals, covering 1994 - present.
It provides instant, convenient access for study, research, teaching,
project work or simply general interest.
Journal titles list as at May 2006 (PDF, 65KB)
User guide:
ProQuest Science Journals User Guide (PDF)
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Terms and conditions for database use |
By following the links above you agree that:
These databases are protected by copyright. They are provided by
Hastings District Libraries for use by individuals who are registered
Hastings District Libraries staff and patrons for the purposes of personal
use or for research in a corporate, business, academic or government
setting. By accessing these databases you agree to these terms and
conditions of usage.
Your continued access to and usage of these databases indicates your
agreement to abide by these terms and conditions.
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