October 10, 2013
This week Librarians Nicola Harris and Megan Ingle, from Turitea Library, recommend one of their favourite resources…
We recommend Google Scholar for anyone – from undergraduate to postgraduate students, and staff. We like it because...Read more
October 7, 2013
If you use OR searching in Discover (or other EBSCOhost databases) to look for alternative terms, there are a couple of things you should know…
The OR should always be in capital letters, or your search results will be skewed. For example...Read more
October 7, 2013
Kupu o te Wiki, or Word of the Week, is brought to you by the Library’s Māori Staff.
The word this week is: awhi (are-fee) or support/help
I am going to awhi my sister by going to watch her netball game this weekend...Read more
October 7, 2013
Some databases have been affected by the US Government shut-down. The ones we have noticed are ERIC and PubMed, but there may be others. If you encounter this in a database, there should be a message explaining the extent to which it is affected...Read more
October 4, 2013
Zombie bibliometrics
There are three common misconceptions about journals and research evaluation that don’t seem to want to die, no matter how often angry mobs shoot at them with silver bullets or drive a stake through their hearts. Like many...Read more
October 3, 2013
eTV will be offline and unavailable to all users from Sunday 6 October through to Tuesday 8 October.
If you require a particular video for use on those days please download it in advance.
We apologise for any inconvenience.
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