Studying New Zealand

by G.A. Wood

Overview

Who made Lane's Emulsion? Where should we look to find out? No matter how obscure your question, if it's about a New Zealand topic, there's a new book to help you find the answers. Studying New Zealand by Dr G.A. Wood is an invaluable tool for family or professional researchers, for students, teachers, and librarians. Broad-ranging in its coverage, it is the search guide for anyone wanting to find out about New Zealand past or present. The book has grown out of an earlier book by the same author, Studying New Zealand History, which has been revised and expanded to cover a wide range of New Zealand topics.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781877133091
Publisher:	Otago University Press
Publication date:	10/18/1999
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	5.91(w) x 9.06(h) x (d)

About the Author

Dr G.A. Wood, a political commentator and writer on New Zealand politics and political history, for twenty years was in the Political Studies Department at the University of Otago, as senior lecturer then associate professor. His publications include Ministers and Members in the New Zealand Parliament (1996), Governing New Zealand (1988); The Upper House in Colonial New Zealand (with A.H. McLintock, 1987); The Governor and his Northern House (1975); W.P. Morrell: A Tribute. Essays in modern and early modern history (ed. with P.S. O'Connor, 1973); and numerous articles and essays.

Table of Contents

	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