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Public accessA Guide to the UK Legal System
Sarah Carter's guide to legal systems and research resources.
Public accessAATA Online (Abstracts of International Conservation Literature)
A database of abstracts of literature related to the preservation and conservation of material cultural heritage. AATA also includes selected subject-specific bibliographies.
Further informationABI/INFORM Collection (ProQuest)
A comprehensive business database covering economic conditions, corporate strategies, management theory, management techniques, business trends, competitive landscape and product information, accounting and finance. Includes all content found in ABI/INFORM Global, ABI/INFORM Dateline, ABI/INFORM Trade and Industry, and ABI/INFORM Archive.
Further informationABI/INFORM Dateline (ProQuest)
A database that specialises in American regional business publications with news and analysis of local companies and markets. Users can research employment opportunities, compile data on benefits and compensation, learn about corporate strategies, and examine a wide array of business topics from local and regional perspectives.
Further informationABI/INFORM Global (ProQuest)
A comprehensive business databases offering the latest business and financial information for researchers at all levels. Users can find out about business conditions, management techniques, business trends, management practice and theory, corporate strategy and tactics, and competitive landscape.
Further informationABI/INFORM Trade & Industry (ProQuest)
A database that provides information about companies, products, and executives as well as in-depth news and analysis of industry trends and developments. Users can study and compare specific industries such as food and drink, pharmacy, telecommunications, computing, transportation, construction, and petrochemicals.
Further informationAbstracts in Anthropology
An abstracting journal in the field of anthropology, which provides coverage of anthropological scholarship in all its subfields: Cultural Anthropology; Physical Anthropology; Archaeology; and, Linguistics.
Public accessABYZ News Links
A directory of links to online news sources from around the world. Organised on a geographical basis, it contains links to newspapers and other sites with news content such as broadcast stations, internet services, magazines, and press agencies.
Further informationMobile appAcademic Search Complete (EBSCOhost)
Designed for academic institutions, this database provides coverage of multidisciplinary academic journals. It supports research in the key areas of academic study by providing peer-reviewed journals, full-text periodicals, reports, books, and more.
Further informationMobile appAcademic Video Online (AVON): Premium (Alexander Street)
A multidisciplinary video collection delivering thousands of video titles spanning anthropology, history, business, counselling, dance, ethnic studies, gay and lesbian studies, film, opera, religion, theatre, and more. AVON includes documentaries, interviews, performances, news programs and newsreels, field recordings, commercials, and raw footage. Users will find award-winning films, as well as the most frequently used films for classroom instruction, plus newly released films and previously unavailable archival material. Content is available from over 500 producers.
Public accessACC Appeal Decisions (NZLII)
This database contains New Zealand Accident Compensation Appeals - ACC Appeal decisions.
Further informationAccessMedicine (McGraw-Hill)
AccessMedicine includes 130+ books and other resources including drug monographs, case studies, multimedia and study aids from the major health publisher McGraw-Hill. Included among the books are Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine and Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment.
Further informationAccessMedicine: Clinical Sports Medicine Collection (McGraw-Hill)
The Clinical Sports Medicine Collection includes instructional videos demonstrating anatomy and the assessment, treatment and rehabilitation of injuries. The collection also includes access to Brukner & Khan’s Clinical Sports Medicine textbook.
Further informationAccessMedicine: John Murtagh's General Practice Collection (McGraw-Hill)
John Murtagh’s General Practice Collection comprises a range of resources on general practice and primary health care, including Murtagh’s General Practice textbook (7e).
Further informationAccessNeurology (McGraw-Hill)
AccessNeurology is a Neurology education and training resource for residency programs and medical students. It provides access to leading textbooks, multimedia, Q&A, and more. Textbooks include 'Principles of Neural Science' and 'Adams and Victor's Principles of Neurology'. AccessNeurology also hosts an extensive multimedia library of videos on neurologic examinations and EEG monitoring.
Further informationMobile appAccessPharmacy (McGraw-Hill)
An online curricular resource designed for pharmacy education. This database offers access to: Textbooks; Quick Reference; Multimedia library; Drug therapy cases; Self-assessment; Topics in Evidence-Based Pharmacy Practice; Integrated drug database.
Further informationAccessPhysiotherapy (McGraw-Hill)
AccessPhysiotherapy includes access to leading McGraw-Hill textbooks; procedure and exercise videos, image galleries, self-assessment tools, and other unique learning tools. The collection also includes access to Brukner & Khan’s Clinical Sports Medicine textbook (5e).
Further informationACCESSSS
A service to help provide current best evidence for clinical decisions. It conducts searches simultaneously in several evidence-based information services (online evidence-based texts, evidence-based guidelines and pre-appraised journal publications). ACCESSSS also provides email alerts to newly published evidence in the user’s chosen area(s) of training/interest. First-time users should register for an account and select the appropriate University of Otago campus from the dropdown menu.
Further informationAccounting, Tax & Banking Collection (ProQuest)
This database contains publications for information about the financial services industry, including accounting, tax, banking, and industry trends.
Further informationAcland's Video Atlas of Human Anatomy
Acland's Video Atlas of Human Anatomy is only available to Dunedin campus users. 3D rotational gross anatomy videos featuring real cadaver specimens. The specimens have not been embalmed and therefore retain the colour, texture and mobility of the living body.
Further informationACM Digital Library (Association for Computing Machinery)
Access full-text for journals, magazines and proceedings published by ACM and bibliographic citations from major publishers in computing.
Further informationACP (American College of Physicians) Journal Club (Ovid)
Consists of two journals, ACP Journal Club, a publication of the American College of Physicians, and Evidence-Based Medicine, a joint publication of the American College of Physicians and the British Medical Journal Group.
Further informationACS Guide to Scholarly Communication (American Chemical Society)
The ACS Guide to Scholarly Communication provides students, researchers and educators with the instruction and advice required to master all aspects of scholarly communication. The new Guide includes updated and modernised instructions from previous editions of the ACS Style Guide, as well as new chapters. It covers classic journal authoring topics such as Organization of Your Article and Peer Review, to styling conventions needed for all scholarly communication, such as Chemical Nomenclature and Effective Writing and Word Usage, to emerging areas of interest in scholarly communication, including Open Access & Open Science, Sharing Data, Communicating Safety Information, and Preprints.
Further informationActs of the Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia (HeinOnline)
This full-text collection contains the volumes of all acts assented to by the Australian parliament within a given year, as well as tables containing alphabetical and numerical lists of the acts. Each set also contain tables of acts amended or repealed by acts assented to in a given year.
Public accessAdvertising Standards Authority Decisions (NZLII)
Contains decisions of the New Zealand Advertising Standards Authority (NZASA).
Further informationAFI (American Film Institute) Catalog (ProQuest)
A national filmography documenting the history of American cinema. Cataloguing currently covers the years 1893-1974 comprehensively, with additional records covering selected major films from 1975 onwards.
Public accessAfrican Index Medicus (AIM)
An international index to African health literature and information sources. Administered by the Association for Health Information and Libraries in Africa (AHILA) with technical support from the World Health Organization.
Public accessAgricola (NAL Catalog)
The catalog and index to the collections of the United States National Agricultural Library. The database covers materials in all formats and periods, including printed works from as far back as the 15th century. The records describe publications and resources encompassing all aspects of agriculture and allied disciplines.
Further informationAgricultural & Environmental Science Collection (ProQuest)
The Agricultural & Environmental Science Database is a cross-disciplinary resource to support research and learning in environmental science and related fields including engineering, biotechnology, bacteriology, atmospheric science, ecology, and biology. Sources include full-text scientific journals, trade journals, conference proceedings, reports, monographs, books, and government publications. Access also includes AGRICOLA and TOXLINE databases and content previously available in ESPM (Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management) and Environmental Impact Statements (EIS).
Further informationAgricultural Science Collection (ProQuest)
This collection contains agricultural science related full-text articles, granular access to figures and tables within articles, and the entire range of bibliographic records from AGRICOLA.
Further informationAgriculture (Gale OneFile)
Provides access to a full-text journal collection with broad coverage of agriculture and its related fields. The content spans the industry - from practical aspects of farming to cutting edge scientific research in horticulture.
Further informationAlexander Street
Access to Alexander Street collections.
Public accessAllMusic (All Music Guide)
A searchable database of albums covering all music genres. Includes essays, articles, interviews and videos.
Further informationAMA Manual of Style
Online edition of the American Medical Association Manual of Style - a guide for authors and editors in medical and scientific publishing.
Further informationAMED (Allied & Complementary Medicine) (Ovid)
A bibliographic database produced by the Health Care Information Service of the British Library. It covers a selection of journals in complementary medicine, palliative care, and several professions allied to medicine.
Further informationMobile appAmerican Chemical Society Journals (ACS)
Provides peer-reviewed research journals in the chemical and related sciences.
Public accessAmerican Legal Ethics Library
Provides rules of professional conduct plus commentaries for some states. From March 1, 2013, the information in the American Legal Ethics Library will no longer be updated. It is possible that the service may be revived at a future time. Some portions of the collection may be out of date, so be cautious in your use of this material.
Public accessAMS Open Math Notes
A repository of freely downloadable mathematical works in progress hosted by the American Mathematical Society as a service to researchers, teachers and students. These draft works include course notes, textbooks, and research expositions in progress. They have not been published elsewhere, and, as works in progress, are subject to significant revision. Visitors are encouraged to download and use these materials as teaching and research aids, and to send constructive comments and suggestions to the authors.
Further informationAnatomy.TV (Primal Pictures)
Anatomy.TV is only available to Wellington campus users. An online anatomy reference with access to three-dimensional animations that illustrate accurate anatomical function, biomechanics, and movement, as well as treatments and surgical procedures. Note: Library subscription is for 15 simultaneous users, please use the log off button when exiting.
Further informationAncestry Library Edition (ProQuest)
Ancestry Library Edition is a genealogical tool with unparalleled coverage of the United States and the United Kingdom, including census, vital, church, court, and immigration records, as well as record collections from Canada, Europe, Australia and other areas of the world.
Further informationMobile appAnnual Reviews & Annual Reviews Backfile
Provides searchable abstracts and full-text access to analytic reviews (back to volume 1) in disciplines within the biomedical, life, physical, and social sciences.
Public accessAnthropological Index Online (AIO)
Index to current periodicals in the Anthropology Library and Research Centre, British Museum (incorporating the former Royal Anthropological Institute Library).
Further informationMobile appAnthropology (Alexander Street)
This collection brings together Anthropology Online and Ethnographic Video Online. It includes a wide range of ethnographic documentaries, indigenous media, field notes, study guides and raw footage, covering human behaviour the world over. Essential for study in the areas of politics, economics, history, psychology, environmental studies, religion, area studies, linguistics, and geography.
Public accessAPA Topic Guides (American Psychological Association)
Topic Guides are brief handouts designed to demonstrate how PsycINFO can be used to search for resources in a variety of topic areas. They contain three sample search scenarios, and a list of selected Index Terms.
Further informationAPS Digital Library (American Physiological Society)
The APS Journals Digital Library provides full-text access to journals in many disciplines within physiology.
Further informationAqualine (ProQuest)
Aqualine is part of the Agricultural and Environmental Science Database (ProQuest). This database focuses on trade, technical and scientific literature concerning all aspects of water resources. Subjects include water resources and supplies management, water legislation, water quality, potable water distribution, wastewater collection, water treatment technologies, wastewater and sewage treatment and ecological and environmental effects of water pollution.
Further informationArchive Explorer (Adam Matthew)
Cross-search the Adam Matthew collections subscribed to by the University of Otago.
Public accessArchives New Zealand Collections search
Archives New Zealand's system for documenting and making available government records in the context of their creation and use. Archway contains descriptive information for the records held by Archives New Zealand. It also provides the ability to request items for viewing in one of their Reading Rooms or online access to digital records and digitised images.
Further informationArchives Unbound: Ambassador Graham Martin and the Saigon Embassy’s Back Channel Communication Files, 1963-1975 (Gale Cengage)
Consists of State Department telegrams and White House back channel messages between U.S. ambassadors in Saigon and White House national security advisers, talking points for meetings with South Vietnamese officials, intelligence reports, drafts of peace agreements, and military status reports. Subjects include the Diem coup, the Paris peace negotiations, the fall of South Vietnam, and other U.S./South Vietnam relations topics.
Further informationMobile appArt & Design (Alexander Street)
This collection includes documentaries and interviews illustrating the theory and practice of a variety of art forms including architecture and graphic design. The collection spans period and region, including coverage of the Renaissance, Neo-classicism, Romanticism, Modern, and Contemporary Art. Search across the following collections: Art and Architecture in Video and Fashion Studies Online.
Further informationArt, Design & Architecture Collection (ProQuest)
Current and comprehensive indexing for fine art, art history, architecture, design and applied arts. The Art, Design & Architecture Collection includes the specialist indexes ARTbibliographies Modern (covering modern and contemporary art), Design and Applied Arts Index (for all aspects of design and crafts) and the International Bibliography of Art (covering scholarship on Western art history), together with a complementary collection of current full-text journals covering arts and humanities.
Further informationARTbibliographies Modern (ABM) (ProQuest)
This database is a specialist bibliography for the study of modern and contemporary art. It covers all art forms, including fine art, digital art, crafts, design and photography. It features full abstracts and indexing from art journals published from the late 1960s onwards.
Public accessArts & Culture (Google)
Google Arts & Culture is an online platform of high-resolution images and videos of artworks and cultural artifacts from partner cultural organisations throughout the world.
Further informationMobile appArts & Humanities Citation Index (Web of Science Core Collection)
Bibliographic and citation information for journal articles in the arts and humanities. Individually selected, relevant items from major science and social science journals are also indexed.
Further informationArts & Humanities Database (ProQuest)
This database features hundreds of titles covering Art, Architecture, Design, History, Philosophy, Music, Literature, Theatre and Cultural Studies. It is designed to complement the following indexes: ABM, Avery, BHA, BHI, DAAI, Index Islamicus, MLA, Philosopher's Index and RILM.
Further informationArts Premium Collection (ProQuest)
The Arts Premium Collection provides cross-searchable databases with thousands of journal titles, ensuring deep searches of extensive collections in specialist subject fields. Subject areas include art, design, architecture, humanities, film/screen studies, music, performing arts, and more. With international coverage, and access to the definitive indexes in these fields, the Arts Premium Collection supports academic inquiry and is a rich source for comprehensive arts literature reviews.
Further informationMobile appARTSTOR Digital Library
A database of high-quality images digital images in the arts, architecture, humanities, and sciences with an accessible suite of software tools for teaching and research.
Public accessarXiv.org
An e-print service in the fields of physics, mathematics, computer science, quantitative biology, quantitative finance and statistics. arXiv is owned and operated by Cornell University.
Further informationASFA: Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts (Proquest)
Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA) is an abstracting and indexing service covering the world's literature on the science, technology, management, and conservation of marine, brackish water, and freshwater resources and environments, including their socio-economic and legal aspects. The overall objective of ASFA is to disseminate information on aquatic sciences and fisheries to the world community, bearing in mind the special interests of developing countries in this field.
Further informationAsia and the West: Diplomacy and Cultural Exchange (NCCO)
A range of primary source collections covering international relations between Asian countries and the West during the 19th century. Topics include British and U.S. foreign policy and diplomacy, Asian political, economic, and social affairs, the Philippine Insurrection, the Opium Wars, the Boxer Rebellion, and missionary activities in Asia.
Further informationAsian & European Business Collection (ProQuest)
This database provides information pertinent to the study of business and finance topics across Asia and Europe, including academic journals, newspapers, newswires, and magazines. Find information on companies, economies, markets, international trade, and overall business conditions and practices throughout these regions.
Further informationASM Journals (American Society for Microbiology)
ASM Journals package includes full-text access to: Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy; Applied and environmental microbiology; Clinical and vaccine immunology; Clinical microbiology reviews; EcoSal Plus; Eukaryotic cell; Infection and immunity; Journal of bacteriology; Journal of clinical microbiology; Journal of microbiology and biology education; Journal of virology; mBio; Microbiology and molecular biology reviews; Microbiology resource announcements; Microbiology spectrum; Molecular and cellular biology; mSphere and mSystems.
Public accessATLA Digital Library
The ATLA Digital Library brings together in a singular, searchable platform digitised collections from libraries, religious institutions, and other organisations worldwide who collect and preserve texts, records, maps, photographs, recordings, and other materials. The items found in the collection are of importance to those with an interest in researching, studying, teaching, and otherwise searching for historical and archival content in religion and theology. The Digital Library is Open Access.
Further informationMobile appATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials (EBSCOhost)
This database combines the indexing from ATLA Religion Database with access to ATLA's online full-text collection of major religion and theology journals.
Public accessAtlas of plant material & fibres from New Zealand & the Pacific. He rārangi whakaaturanga o ngā taonga rākau.
This free-to-use database can assist in identifying plant materials used in artefacts. Positive identification provides information on historical use, and allows for the targeting of appropriate conservation treatments, which may vary among plant species. The database includes indigenous, common and botanical names; images of plants; scanning electron microscopy images of plant leaf/material surfaces and optical microscopy images of plant leaf/material cross-sections.
Public accessAtoJs Online
Contains digitised reports from selected volumes of the Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives and the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Representatives.
Further informationAudit Analytics
Accessible via a registered email address/password combination. For access via AuditAnalytics.com, register here for your personal account using your "otago.ac.nz" email address. Login credentials will be sent to you by Audit Analytics within one business day. Access detailed research on public companies and accounting firms. Provides audit, regulatory and disclosure intelligence in order to track, analyse, benchmark and understand public company disclosure issues and trends. Includes access to Accounting and Oversight datasets.
Public accessAusStage
An online resource for researching live performance in Australia. AusStage collects and shares information about Australian live performance as an ongoing, open-access and collaborative endeavour.
Public accessAustLII: Australasian Legal Information Institute
Provides free online access to Australasian public legal information -- that is, primary legal materials (legislation, treaties and decisions of courts and tribunals); and secondary legal materials created by public bodies for purposes of public access (e.g. law reform and royal commission reports) and a substantial collection of law journals.
Further informationMobile appAustralasian Literature: Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands (Alexander Street)
Creative works from Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands from the 1930s to the present. Genres include Poetry, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Commentary and Criticism and Biography and Interviews.
Further informationAustralia & New Zealand Database (ProQuest)
This database includes ongoing full-text academic journals published in Australia and New Zealand. The subjects cover major areas of study, including business, science, technology, engineering, social sciences, education, and humanities.
Further informationAustralia & New Zealand Newsstream (ProQuest)
Provides access to leading Australian and New Zealand newspapers. Combining content from Fairfax Australia, Fairfax New Zealand, News Limited, and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, ANZ Newsstand provides current local, regional and national news.
Further informationAustralia and New Zealand (Gale OneFile)
Access comprehensive periodical content with a focus on Australia and New Zealand, complemented by global news, reference, and multimedia coverage.
Further informationMobile appAustralia/New Zealand Reference Centre Plus (EBSCOhost)
Australia/NZ Reference Centre Plus 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 Australian and New Zealand periodicals and international periodicals in full-text; reference books; more than 90,000 biographies and an image collection of more than one million photos, maps and flags.
Public accessAustralian Dictionary of Biography
Australia's dictionary of national biography providing descriptions of the lives of significant and representative persons in Australian history.
Further informationAustralian Education Research Theses Database
A comprehensive database of doctoral and masters research theses accepted by Australian Universities in the field of education. It also includes some overseas theses on Australian education topics. A selection of theses in the database are available in full-text.
Public accessAustralian Federation Fulltext Database
A digitised collection of the key texts that record the making of the Australian Commonwealth. Includes official reports of the debates of the 1890s, the major participants' accounts and memoirs, plus related texts.
Further informationAustralian Law Reform Commission (HeinOnline)
The Australian Law Reform Commission is a federal agency that conducts inquiries into areas of law at the request of the Attorney-General of Australia. This database consists of material related to Civil Procedure, Discrimination, Intellectual Property, National Security, Traditional Rights, and more. The Commission's Reports fall into different classifications that include, Australian Law Reform Commission Reports, Working Papers, Discussion Papers, Issue Papers, and Reform.
Public accessAustralian Parliament
Access the full-text of Hansard (edited Parliamentary debates), bills and legislation, committee reports, chamber documents and Senate estimates.
Public accessAustralian Policy Online (Analysis & Policy Observatory (APO))
A research database and alert service providing free access to full-text research reports and papers, statistics and other resources essential for public policy development and implementation in Australia and New Zealand.
Public accessAustralian Treaties Library (AUSLII)
A free database for treaties and related information from the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Public accessAvalon Project
The Yale Law School database of documents relevant to the fields of Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government.