Library and Learning Services

Key Databases

Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)
Full-text database that provides access to academic content including animal and veterinary sciences, biology, engineering, ethnic and multicultural studies, psychology, sciences and more.

Health and Wellness
Information on a full range of health related issues, from current disease and disorder information to in-depth coverage of alternative medical practices. Includes veterinary medicine.

ProQuest Central Health & Medicine
Search a collection of Proquest Central's health and medicine databases.

PubMed
Provided by the US National Library of Medicine. Includes biomedical articles back to the 1950's with citations from MEDLINE and additional life science journals. Contains links to many sites providing full-text articles and other related resources. Includes veterinary medicine.

Science Direct
A leading full-text database of peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters in health sciences, life sciences, social sciences, humanities, and physical sciences and engineering.

Scopus
A large multidisciplinary abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature and quality web sources, containing over 94 million records and tools to track and analyse research. NB: Full-text documents cannot be downloaded from Scopus. Click on the SFX button in Scopus to link to where the full article is located in another database.

SciQuest Australasian e-Library of Veterinary and Animal Science
A searchable e-library of New Zealand and Australian veterinary and animal science and veterinary continuing education publications. Full-text access for EIT is limited to the content of the New Zealand Veterinary Nursing Library (a complete archive of annual conference proceedings of the NZ Veterinary Nursing Association and a comprehensive archive of selected articles from the New Zealand Veterinary Nurse), the New Zealand Veterinary Association Special Interest Branch Proceedings, and open access content. Articles from the New Zealand Veterinary Journal found in SciQuest can be accessed from the journal's website.

Other Databases

Credo Reference
An online library of reference books, plus images and audio pronunciation files. Additional features include Mind Map and Topic Pages, plus links to the EIT library catalogue and databases.

Opposing Viewpoints in Context
A complete one-stop source for information, both for and against, on social issues. Includes viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles.

ProQuest Central
A large multidisciplinary research resource combining more than 40 databases and covering more than 20,000 periodicals plus many other scholarly resources.

 

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E Journals

Veterinary Technician

Print Journals

New Zealand Veterinary Nurse

EBook Databases

EBook Central

Browse The Collection

Books on these subjects can be found on the library shelves at the Dewey number shown:

636	Veterinary
636.01	Animal Welfare/Behaviour
636.089	Veterinary anatomy

New Books List

Recommended Books

	McCurnin's clinical textbook for veterinary technicians Joanna M. Bassert; Angela Beal; Oreta M. Samples; Dennis M. McCurnin. 2018 Print Book
	Clinical anatomy and physiology for veterinary technicians Thomas P. Colville; Joanna M. Bassert. 2016 Print Book
	BSAVA textbook of veterinary nursing Barbara Cooper; Elizabeth Mullineaux; Lynn Turner. 2020 Print Book
	Aspinall's complete textbook of veterinary nursing Nicola Ackerman. 2016 Print Book
	Introduction to veterinary anatomy and physiology workbook: The perfect revision aids Sally Bowden. 2009 Print Book
	Small animal emergency and critical care for veterinary technicians Andrea M. Battaglia; Andrea M. Steele. 2016 Print Book
	BSAVA manual of practical animal care Paula Hotston Moore; Alan Hughes. 2007 Print Book
	Canine and feline behavior for veterinary technicians and nurses Debbie Martin; Julie K. Shaw. 2nd ed. 2023 Print Book
	BSAVA manual of canine and feline behavioural medicine Debra Horwitz; D. S Mills. 2009 Print Book
	Domestic animal behaviour and welfare Donald M. Broom; Andrew Fraser. 2015 Print Book
	Surgical patient care for veterinary technicians and nurses Gerianne Holzman; Teri Raffel. 2015 Print Book
	Introduction to veterinary anatomy and physiology textbook Victoria Aspinall; Melanie Cappello. 2015 Print Book
	Color atlas of small animal anatomy: The essentials Thomas McCracken; Robert A. Kainer; David Carlson. 2008 Print Book
	Nutrition and disease management for veterinary technicians and nurses Ann Wortinger; Kara M. Burns. 2015 Print Book

Recommended Websites

British Small Animal Veterinary Association

Leading UK Veterinary practice

Ministry of Primary Industries: Animal welfare

New Zealand Companion Council

New Zealand Kennel Club

New Zealand SPCA

New Zealand Veterinary Association

WikiVet: Anatomy and Physiology of Animals

Videos

eTV

WikiVet Videos

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