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Workshop on ‘Knowledge Discovery: The Search’

October 29, 2013

The first of the four Knowledge Management in Research (KMIR) workshops for staff and postgraduate students focuses on ‘Knowledge Discovery:  The Search’. Purpose of this module: To teach participants skills for discovering useful scholarly information efficiently. Learning objectives: identify information needs develop adaptable search strategies for effective searching develop an understanding of the resources available to aid your search be able to use tools to record and manage the search process and the search results Take a look at the learning objectives for each of the four workshops and enrol online.  Please note, you can attend all four workshops in the series, or just those that interest you most. Bookings...Read more

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Kupu o te wiki

October 28, 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: huritau (hoo-ree-toe) or birthday It’s his huritau tomorrow and I’ve baked him a cake...Read more

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New Discover & Library Catalogue Search Boxes

October 23, 2013

The Discover search box on the Library home page will change its look on Friday 25 October, and will include a new tab with a Library Catalogue search box. Here’s a preview of how it will look: The change is in response to feedback from...Read more

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Get smarter about your research and publishing strategies!

October 21, 2013

Update 25/10/13: The Turitea workshops are now full and a waiting list is in operation. Albany and Wellington still have vacancies. If you’re an academic staff member or a postgraduate research student, we invite you to enrol in the Knowledge...Read more

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Kupu o te wiki

October 21, 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: Peita (pay-tah) or paint I love to peita!  ...Read more

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Māori book award winners announced

October 18, 2013

  The winners of Massey University’s fifth annual Ngā Kupu Ora Aotearoa Māori Book Awards have been announced. The awards ceremony will be held at Te Wharewaka o Poneke function centre in Wellington on November 7. All of the books...Read more

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October/November Hours

October 15, 2013

The usual Library hours will vary over October and November: Labour Day Monday 28 October:  10 a.m. – 8 p.m. Exam period extended hours Fridays 25 October, 1 & 8 November: 8 a.m. – 10 p.m. Summer School hours Tuesday 12 November...Read more

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Kupu o te wiki

October 14, 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: Māharahara (maah-ha-rah-ha-rah) or worry / anxious Even though I study well, I still get a bit māharahara just before my exams...Read more

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I recommend… Google Scholar

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

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‘OR’ searching in Discover

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

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