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| 636 | Veterinary |
| 636.01 | Animal Welfare/Behaviour |
| 636.089 | Veterinary anatomy |
Suggested Subject Keywords
veterinary nursing | equine | animal behaviour | animal anatomy | animal physiology | animal first aid | livestock
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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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New Zealand Veterinary Nurse
The Veterinary Nurse (UK)
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New Zealand Veterinary Journal
New Zealand Veterinary Nurse
The Veterinary Nurse (UK) (Current year plus 3 years backfile)
Today's Veterinary Nurse
Veterinary Technician (Archive January 2005 - August 2013)
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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.
New Zealand Veterinary Nursing Library
The NZ Veterinary Nursing Library on SciQuest contains the complete archive of annual conference proceedings of the NZ Veterinary Nursing Association (NZVNA) and a comprehensive archive of selected articles from the NZ Veterinary Nurse, the quarterly journal of the NZVNA.
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Adam - Hawke's Bayph| (06) 8301067
email|asmith@eit.ac.nz
Jenni - Tairāwhiti
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email| jrobinson@eit.ac.nz
Glen - Auckland
ph| (09) 979 9448
email|studysupportak@eit.ac.nz
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Database of citations from the U.S. National Agricultural Library (NAL). Covers all aspects of agriculture and allied disciplines. Contains links to full-text documents online.
AGRIS
The international information system for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Covers all aspects of agriculture from participating countries. Limited full-text.
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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.
Health and Wellness
Information on: fitness, pregnancy, medicine, nutrition, diseases, public health, occupational health and safety, alcohol and drug abuse, prescription drugs, herbal remedies, and alternative or complementary treatments. Includes veterinary medicine.
New Zealand Veterinary Journal
The New Zealand Veterinary Journal (NZVJ) is an international journal publishing high quality peer-reviewed articles covering all aspects of veterinary science, including clinical practice, animal welfare and animal health.
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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.
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Search Proquest Central's health and medicine databases including Pharmaceutical News Index; ProQuest Family Health; ProQuest Health & Medical Complete; ProQuest Health Management; ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source; ProQuest Research Library: Health & Medicine; ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global: Health & Medicine.
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. PubMed includes links to many sites providing full-text articles and other related resources. Includes veterinary medicine.
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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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.
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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
British Small Animal Veterinary Association
Leading UK Veterinary practice
Ministry for Primary Industries: Animal welfare
New Zealand Veterinary Association: Animal welfare
New Zealand Veterinary Association
WikiVet: Anatomy and Physiology of Animals - a veterinary educational site which aims to supplement conventional teaching with online information and learning tools for the benefit of veterinary undergraduates.
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Jadwiga - Hawke's Bay
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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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Click here to see eTV, a new resource you can access from the Library. The On Demand section lets you view and download recordings from TV and videos kept in the Library and Shop.The Live Channels feature lets you live stream TV channels. Use My eTV to store your favourite programmes, personal details and saved searches.
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Click here to see a series of videos in wiki vet media library. Includes a comprehensive online knowledge base that provides a reliable reference source for veterinary students and nurses.
Click here to see SafetyHub Safetycare videos (on campus only). A range of online videos on topics including First Aid, Hazardous Environments, Fire Awareness and Office Safety.
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