News

Kupu o te wiki

September 23, 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: ngaruiti (ngah-roo-ee-tee) or microwave Can you please put my plate in the ngaruiti for two minutes?...Read more

Add a comment

I recommend… Discover

September 19, 2013

Welcome to the first post in our regular series of Librarians’ recommendations, where we let you know some of our favourite resources. This week we have a double-act from Turitea Librarians Lucy Broadbent and Noelene White… We...Read more

Add a comment

We need your feedback about two resources we are currently offering on a trial basis. First up is Nursing Knowledge International – this is an ebook collection but we are particularly interested in how user-friendly you find the NKI platform...Read more

Add a comment

Census 2013 First Data Release

September 16, 2013

2013 Census Usually Resident Population Counts will be released on 15 October 2013. This release will include Excel tables with usually resident population counts for 2001, 2006, and 2013 by regional council area, territorial authority area, and...Read more

Add a comment

Kupu o te wiki

September 16, 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: Huka (hoo-cah) or sugar I don’t need huka in my cup of tea – I’m sweet enough! ...Read more

Add a comment

See what the new Wellington Library will look like…...Read more

Add a comment

The thing about Google Scholar

September 13, 2013

I’m a fan of Google Scholar, no doubt about it. From a practical point of view you can’t go past it as a tool for finding documents by subject and, much as I prize and value our databases, if you restrict your searching to the traditional...Read more

Add a comment

Security in the Library

September 11, 2013

Massey Library is a public space, and you do need to keep that in mind when it comes to security. Students have recently had several items such as laptops, tablets and phones stolen when they have briefly popped out, been sleeping, or for some other...Read more

Add a comment

Kupu o te wiki

September 9, 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: Pātai (paah-tie) or ask / question The answer to your pātai is ‘Yes!’...Read more

Add a comment

Reflections on the H-Index

September 6, 2013

You can tell that an idea has become really well-known when senior management hears about it, and a few years ago I began receiving phone calls from heads of department along the lines of “I’m carrying out staff evaluations and suddenly people...Read more

Add a comment

    Search posts