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Economics of land and energy - Land, recreational and wilderness areas, energy |
| 333.9 |
Economics of land and energy -Other natural resources |
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Production - Economic development and growth |
| 344.046 | Environmental law |
| 363.7 | Environmental problems |
| 550 | Earth Sciences |
| 570 | Biology |
| 577 | Ecology |
| 580 | Plants |
| 590 | Animals |
Suggested Subject Keywords
sustainability | ecology | earth sciences | environment | biodiversity | conservation | biology | flora | fauna | native
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Jadwiga - Hawke's Bay
ph| (06) 8301033
email| jkozyniak@eit.ac.nz
If you require further help with finding information please contact:
Adam - Hawke's Bayph| (06) 8301067
email| asmith@eit.ac.nz
Jenni - Tairāwhiti
ph| (06) 8693138
email| jrobinson@eit.ac.nz
Glen - Auckland
ph| (09) 979 9448
email| studysupportak@eit.ac.nz
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Journal of the New Zealand Plant Protection Society (online only)
Contains research papers on all aspects of biology, ecology and control of weeds, vertebrate and invertebrate pests, and pathogens and beneficial micro-organisms in agriculture, horticulture, forestry and natural ecosystems.
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Gale In Context Environmental Studies
Information on environmental issues in the form of topic overviews, journals, news, and multimedia content. For help in using this database click here to see a general overview and other video tutorials.
GreenFILE
Is a collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more.
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Search Proquest Central's science and technology databases including ProQuest Biology Journals; ProQuest Computing; ProQuest Military Collection; ProQuest Research Library: Science & Technology; ProQuest Science Journals; ProQuest Telecommunications; ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global: Science & Technology.
Science Direct Health and Life Sciences Journals Collection (College Edition)
Provides access to peer-reviewed full-text journals not available elsewhere online. Subjects include Nursing, Medicine, Pharmacology, Environmental and Biological Sciences. Full-text coverage is from 1995. To limit your search to find full-text only, go to Advanced Search and select Subscribed publications and Open Access articles.
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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.
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (PQDT) Global
Includes more than 3 million dissertations and theses from around the world, with comprehensive coverage of North American works and expanding coverage of international works. Over 1.7 million are available in full text.
Scopus
SciVerse Scopus is a very large multidisciplinary abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature and quality web sources, containing over 40 million records including over 6 million conference papers and 100% Medline coverage. It covers research in the scientific, technical, medical, social sciences, and arts and humanities fields and provides tools such as Author Identifier, Affiliation Identifier, Citation Tracker, and Journal Analyser to track and analyse research. NB: Full-text documents cannot currently be downloaded from Scopus. Click on the SFX button in Scopus to link to where the full article is located in another database.
MasterFILE Complete
Multidisciplinary database providing full-text of nearly 2,000 general reference publications back to 1975. Includes full text reference books, biographies, primary source documents, and an image collection of photos, maps and flags. This database is updated daily via EBSCOhost.
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Australia/NZ Reference Centre
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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.
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Jadwiga - Hawke's Bay
ph| (06) 8301033
email| jkozyniak@eit.ac.nz
If you require further help with finding information please contact:
Adam - Hawke's Bayph| (06) 8301067
email| asmith@eit.ac.nz
Jenni - Tairāwhiti
ph| (06) 8693138
email| jrobinson@eit.ac.nz
Glen - Auckland
ph| (09) 979 9448
email| studysupportak@eit.ac.nz
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Recommended Websites
Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment
New Zealand Environment Guide - Māori and Biodiversity
New Zealand Ecological Society links
Our Environment (online atlas of NZ land resources)
Land Information New Zealand (topographical maps)
Landcare Research- Manaaki Whenua
NZ Government - NZ's natural resources
New Zealand Science Blog all together on website
Plant & Soil Sciences eLibrary
Science and Innovation
A NZ Government site that covers a range of science issues.
Science Daily - The latest research news
Scion (formerly New Zealand Forest Research Institute) Digital Library
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Jadwiga - Hawke's Bay
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email| jkozyniak@eit.ac.nz
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Adam - Hawke's Bayph| (06) 8301067
email| asmith@eit.ac.nz
Jenni - Tairāwhiti
ph| (06) 8693138
email| jrobinson@eit.ac.nz
Glen - Auckland
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email| studysupportak@eit.ac.nz
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