Library - e-Reference

Australia's pre-eminent dictionary of national biography containing over 10,000 scholarly biographies of people significant in Australian history

Over 450,000 biographies on more than 380,000 people from encyclopaedias, dictionaries, newspapers and magazines. Gale database

Biographies of over 3,000 New Zealanders who 'made their mark' on this country

Current and hard-to-find biographical information on almost 60,000 of the most gifted, famous and influential men and women in all fields. Routledge database

Search across Credo's huge range of encyclopaedias (general and subject specific), dictionaries (subject and language) and biographies for information on almost any topic. It can also be used for quotations, images, crossword solving and measurement conversions

Designed for secondary students, this collection covers geography, cultures, science, world history, U.S history and literature. Gale database

Includes access to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary & Thesaurus
Britannica contains videos, timelines, data, country analysis, atlases, quotations and classic works

With timelines, person and subject searches. Gale database

100 language and subject dictionaries and reference works in a single cross-searchable resource. Search the full collection or individual subject groups.

Te Ara in Māori means 'the pathway'. This encyclopaedia will be a comprehensive guide to New Zealand's peoples, natural environment, history, culture, economy, institutions and society.

Offers an extensive selection of English to Maori headwords, illustrating their use in sentences and phrases drawn from a wide range of contemporary and traditional contexts

Covers how to format citations in text and in reference lists, for most types of documents. Includes both explanations and examples.
Provided by Te Tari Awhina, AUT University

The OED covers words from across the English-speaking world, with etymological analysis, listing of variant spellings, and pronunciation using the International Phonetic Alphabet

Search for authors, titles and genres across biographies, bibliographies and literary criticism. Gale database

Covers children, general and academic sources with a focus on literature and biography. Gale database

Comprehensive survey of sociological theories, research, definitions and bibliographies.

Covers the field of astronomy and astrophysics and includes the full text of over 2,750 articles

Comprehensive reference source in all aspects of communication. Entries range from extended explorations of major topics, to short definitions of key terms.

Respected resource for researching, teaching and studying philosophy and related disciplines

Contact details and information about universities, colleges, libraries, learned societies, museums, research institutes, art galleries etc around the world