Databases and Online Journals
Member Only Databases
As an NZNO Member, you have access to a range of databases to find up-to-date articles and information on nursing, health, disability and industrial related topics. There are five resources available from the Member Only Access to Online Journals page:
- Kai Tiaki
- General OneFile
- Health and Wellness Resource Centre
- Contemporary Women's Issues
- Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre
Public Access Databases
There are a range of public databases that may assist with your research:
Electronic access to other research databases (CINAHL, Nursing Review, Nursing Times, NZ Medicine Journal, Journal of Advanced Nursing, Nursing Standard and Standards NZ) can be arranged via the Librarian.
Best Treatments
Get the facts about the top treatment options.
We can tell you which treatments really work and which don't work, based on the best and most up-to-date medical research.
BestTreatments is the only website that rates thousands of health and medical treatments, based on how well they work. You'll know the best way to lower your blood pressure, manage your child's asthma and ease your back pain.
BestTreatments has been developed primarily for the United Kingdom but is based on international research. Not all of the treatments are available in New Zealand, but we have included them because there has been research on whether they work.
http://www.besttreatments.co.nz/btgeneric/home.jsp
Cochrane Library
In late 2005 New Zealand's DHBs in conjunction with the Ministry of Health purchased a license that allows all New Zealanders to access, free of charge, the Cochrane Library. Access to this resource can be found by clicking here:
http://www.moh.govt.nz/cochranelibrary.
Brief guidelines on how to begin searching the Cochrane Library are available here.
Find NZ ArticIes
FindNZarticles was launched on December 20, 2005 to provide a federated search to a range of New Zealand newspapers and journals.
http://findnzarticles.natlib.govt.nz
Indexing available includes records from the Papers index - Christchurch City Libraries, Southern regional news index - Dunedin Public Libraries, Publications database - Landcare Research NZ Ltd and Index New Zealand - National Library of New Zealand. Updates from these libraries will be added regularly to ensure the timeliness of the indexing records available.
A number of smaller indexes that will enhance the usefulness of the pilot have also been included:
- The indexes to Te Ao Hou, Te Maori (Vol. 1 (1969)-7 no.1 (1975)) and Te Kaunihera Maori : the New Zealand Maori Council journal (Volume 1, 1966-1969) from the University of Waikato.
- BUGS - Bibliography of NZ terrestrial invertebrates, 1775-1993 from Landcare Research NZ Ltd.
- New Zealand science journals 1918-1994 from the Royal Society of New Zealand.
- Chapters from books/conference papers on the Index New Zealand CD-ROM that were excluded from the current INNZ database.
Free Medical Journals
The Free Medical Journals Site is dedicated to the promotion of free access to medical journals over the Internet.
http://www.freemedicaljournals.com/htm/index.htm
Index New Zealand
Index New Zealand (INNZ) is an index with abstracts from selected New Zealand serial publications journals, including newspapers and nearly 300 journals about New Zealand and the South Pacific.
INNZ is updated daily and approximately 2,000 documents are added monthly. Subjects covered include general interest material, social research, current affairs, the arts and humanities.
Comprehensive coverage of titles extends from 1987 onwards. Many New Zealand titles have also been retrospectively indexed.
http://innz.natlib.govt.nz
Joanna Briggs Best Practice Guidelines
Our key function is to disseminate Best Practice Information via summary sheets. These are widely distributed and available electronically in this website.
http://www.joannabriggs.edu.au/pubs/best_practice.php
Looksmart
Search millions of articles from leading academic, industry and general interest publications. We give you free access to information you can trust, from a collection you'll only find here.
http://www.findarticles.com/
Magportal
Find individual articles from many freely accessible magazines by browsing the categories or using the search engine. When you find an article you like, use to mark it, or to get similar articles.
http://www.magportal.com
Medline Plus
MedlinePlus will direct you to information to help answer health questions. MedlinePlus brings together authoritative information from NLM, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other government agencies and health-related organizations. Preformulated MEDLINE searches are included in MedlinePlus and give easy access to medical journal articles. MedlinePlus also has extensive information about drugs, an illustrated medical encyclopedia, interactive patient tutorials, and latest health news.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/
National Library Catalogue
Search for a book, magazine, video or CD from any of our collections.
Items held in the Alexander Turnbull Library can only be used onsite - most other items can be borrowed through your local library.
Search the National Library Catalogue
http://nlnzcat.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=First
New Zealand Guidelines Group
The NZGG is an independent, not-for-profit organisation set up to promote effective delivery of health and disability services, based on evidence. An Advisory Board consisting of a Chair, vice Chair and Directors from around New Zealand governs the NZGG. The Board currently draws on leadership in nursing, Maori Health, Pacific Health, consumer representation, medicine, disability support, public health medicine and general practice.
http://www.nzgg.org.nz/
PubMed
Through PubMed, anyone can access MEDLINE's 15,000,000 biomedical journal citations to research biomedical questions. Clicking the "Related articles" link for each abstract can expand your search. Click here for the PubMed tutorial.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi
Te Puna Web Directory
A directory of selected New Zealand and Pacific Islands web sites, including online journals, magazines and newspapers.
http://webdirectory.natlib.govt.nz/index.htm
Maori Health Research Database
http://www.hrc.govt.nz/root/Maori%20Health%20Research/About_Maori_Health_Research.html
Suicide Prevention
http://www.moh.govt.nz/moh.nsf/indexmh/suicideprevention-researchdatabase
Te Awatea Violence Research Centre
http://www.vrc.canterbury.ac.nz/database.shtml
Public Access (On line) Journals
Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing
http://www.ajan.com.au/index.html
Nursing Review
http://publishing.realviewtechnologies.com/?xml=nrnz.xml&iid=8870
World of Irish Nursing
http://www.ino.ie/DesktopDefault.aspx?TabID=65
