| Preface | vii |
1. | Studying New Zealand | 1 |
1.1 | Studying New Zealand | 1 |
1.2 | New Zealand yesterday and today | 2 |
2. | The Electronic Age | 6 |
2.1 | Computer talk | 6 |
2.2 | Electronic databases | 8 |
3. | Libraries and Research Collections | 11 |
3.1 | Libraries and research collections | 11 |
| Interlibrary loan | 14 |
3.2 | Directories and library holdings | 14 |
| Archives and manuscripts | 15 |
| Maps | 15 |
| Music | 15 |
| Oral records | 16 |
| Pictures and photographs | 17 |
3.3 | Library classification and cataloguing | 18 |
4. | Reference Works | 22 |
4.1 | Guides and aids | 22 |
4.2 | Encyclopedias | 23 |
4.3 | Dictionaries | 24 |
4.4 | Chronologies | 26 |
4.5 | Atlases, gazetteers, maps and guides | 28 |
4.6 | Almanacs and street directories | 31 |
4.7 | Biography and genealogy | 32 |
4.8 | Business and commerce | 37 |
4.9 | Culture | 37 |
4.10 | Official | 42 |
4.11 | Science | 44 |
4.12 | Statistics | 46 |
4.13 | Australian and British reference material | 48 |
5 | Bibliographies | 50 |
5.1 | National bibliographies | 50 |
5.1.1 | New Zealand | 51 |
5.1.2 | Australia | 52 |
5.2 | Published library catalogues | 53 |
5.3 | New Zealand subject bibliographies | 54 |
5.3.1 | Printed subject bibliographies: a selected list | 54 |
| The arts, literature, theatre and music | 55 |
| Children's books | 56 |
| Commissions and inquiries | 56 |
| Economics and economic history | 57 |
| Education | 58 |
| Environment | 58 |
| External relations | 59 |
| Family | 59 |
| Health and welfare | 60 |
| History | 60 |
| Immigration and ethnic relations | 60 |
| Labour and industrial relations | 61 |
| Law | 61 |
| Military | 62 |
| Natural history | 62 |
| Politics | 62 |
| Regional studies | 62 |
| Religion | 63 |
| Science | 63 |
| Sexuality and gender studies | 64 |
| Social Science | 64 |
| Sport and Recreation | 64 |
| Statistics | 65 |
| Tourism | 65 |
| Women's studies | 65 |
6. | Periodicals and Newspapers | 67 |
6.1 | Periodicals | 67 |
6.2 | Newspapers | 69 |
7. | Official Documents and Records | 72 |
7.1 | Central government | 74 |
7.1.1 | Government departments and agencies | 74 |
7.1.2 | Parliamentary publications | 75 |
| Proceedings and debates | 75 |
| Parliamentary papers | 77 |
7.1.3 | Laws and regulations | 78 |
| Statutes | 78 |
| Statutory regulations | 80 |
| Law reports | 80 |
7.2 | Regional and local government | 80 |
7.2.1 | Provinces | 80 |
7.2.2 | Local and regional authorities | 81 |
7.3 | Official British publications | 83 |
| British parliamentary papers | 83 |
| British and imperial law | 84 |
8. | Theses and Research in Progress | 85 |
8.1 | New Zealand | 85 |
8.2 | New Zealand studies and theses written overseas | 86 |
9. | Archives and Manuscripts | 89 |
9.1 | Archives and manuscripts: finding aids | 89 |
| Registers and catalogues | 89 |
| Libraries' finding aids | 90 |
9.2 | Published collections of selected documents | 91 |
9.3 | Official archives and records: central and local government | 92 |
9.4 | Non-government archives: organisations and groups | 94 |
9.5 | Broadcasting and film | 95 |
9.6 | Personal papers | 97 |
9.7 | Archives and manuscripts held overseas | 98 |
10. | Finding Maori Information | 103 |
10.1 | Research collections | 104 |
10.2 | Guides to specific collections | 104 |
10.2.1 | National Archives | 104 |
10.2.2 | Alexander Turnbull Library | 106 |
10.2.3 | National Library | 106 |
10.2.4 | Auckland City Libraries | 106 |
10.2.5 | Hocken Library | 107 |
10.3 | Guides to doing Maori research | 107 |
10.3.1 | Electronic access to Maori information | 108 |
10.4 | Bibliographies | 108 |
10.4.1 | New Zealand bibliographies: general | 108 |
10.4.2 | New Zealand bibliographies: arts and culture | 109 |
10.4.3 | Maori bibliographies | 111 |
10.4.4 | Maori bibliographies: land and land claims | 116 |
10.4.5 | Maori bibliographies: language | 119 |
| Appendix A | 121 |
| Guides and manuals | 121 |
| Format | 124 |
| The bibliography | 124 |
| Primary sources | 125 |
| Secondary works | 125 |
| Annexe: some common abbreviations | 125 |
Appendix B | New Zealand Copyright Law | 127 |
| Index | 130 |