Library - Information Guides
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Information Guides
These guides are designed to help you use Library databases and other information resources that you need for study and research.
For further help, see our online tutorial EMPOWER or contact the Library Help Desk.
Identify appropriate keywords and use truncation, phrases, synonyms and Boolean to create an effective search.
Having trouble getting the results you want when you search a database? Try these techniques.
Some databases provide a link from the article citation / abstract to the article full text. Others provide the citation only. This guide shows the steps to take to find the full text.
Search for theses and dissertations written by students at AUT as well as at other universities and polytechnics in New Zealand and elsewhere.
Search while you sleep! Learn how to manage your information sources and keep up to date with RSS feeds and alerts.
These search short cuts will help you focus your search and achieve more relevant results.
AC Nielsen Market Information Digest is a resource for AUT staff and students only. This database can be accessed from AUT computers, on campus only, via the Library Applications Menu.
If you know the details of a reference (journal title, date, DOI, etc), Article Finder gives you a quick way of finding the full text article. This guide tells you how.
Articlelinker is a linking system between citations and the online full text of articles. This guide shows you how it works.
Economic and financial data for 16 major emerging markets in Asia: Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.
Global Market Information Database, from Euromonitor, provides data on countries and markets, including historical statistics, forecasts, brand and company information, and market analysis.
New Zealand Time Series Database contains over 5,000 economic, financial and social time series from Statistics New Zealand, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, Treasury, and the New Zealand Land Transport Safety Authority.
This guide shows how to access and use Roy Morgan Single Source, a database containing a large amount of NZ market data.
This brief guide in Chinese is designed to help you with database search skills, finding resources for assignments and citing your sources.
A brief guide to using the Library, including information about your Library card, borrowing and renewing, and Library opening hours.