Databases: English as a Second Language


 

Licence Agreements

These databases may be used only for research and study associated with Eastern Institute of Technology research projects and courses. Data may not be copied or used for any commercial purpose, or for the benefit of any party external to Eastern Institute of Technology. Copyright information included by the database owners may not be obscured or removed.

SPECIFIC DATABASES
Database Name Description
ERIC The world's largest source of education information, with more than 1 million abstracts of documents and journal articles on education research and practice. Limited full-text.
GENERAL DATABASES
Database Name Description
A to Z (SFX) Journals Lists over 14000 electronic journal titles available to you from full text databases and publishers websites.
Credo Reference An online library of hundreds of reference books including encyclopaedias, dictionaries, thesauri, atlases, biographies, quotations and subject-specific titles. There are millions of entries, including thousands of images and audio pronunciation files. Contributing publishers include Routledge, SAGE, Cambridge University Press, Wiley, Elsevier and many others.  Additional features include Mind Map and Topic Pages, plus links to the EIT library catalogue and databases.
ebrary A collection of over 30,000 full-text e-book titles covering a wide range of academic subjects.
InfoTrac OneFile Full-text news and periodical content on a wide range of topics from general interest magazines, academic journals, business and technology publications, law journals, health care periodicals, newspapers and newswire services. Updated daily.
ProQuest Central ProQuest Central is a large multidisciplinary research resource combining more than 28 databases and covering more than 20,000 periodicals plus many other scholarly resources. Content is from scholarly journals, trade publications, company reports, dissertations, newspapers, newsletters, and newswires. Over 160 subject areas are covered including business and economics, health and medical (including nursing), education, social sciences, psychology, humanities, technology, science and more.

Search across all the databases in ProQuest Central or search in one of the subject collections.
NEW ZEALAND DATABASES
Database Name Description
Australia/NZ Reference Centre Australian and New Zealand specific magazines, newspapers, newswires and reference books.
Index New Zealand (INNZ) Indexes and abstracts selected New Zealand serial publications, including newspapers and 300 journals about New Zealand and the South Pacific. Subjects include general interest material, social research, current affairs, the arts and humanities. Coverage is from 1987. No full-text. See also New Zealand Index.
New Zealand National Union Catalogue The New Zealand National Union Catalogue on Te Puna is maintained by the New Zealand National Library and provides access to over 10 million records for New Zealand and overseas resources (books, reports, theses, serials and conference proceedings). It lists which New Zealand libraries hold these resources.

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