Resources
Databases | Dictionaries | Encyclopedias | Journals | New Zealand Databases | Websites |
Databases
Brookers Online (NZ Legal Databases)
Access to Brookers online New Zealand legal sources including New Zealand Statutes, case law and commentary.
Access to Brookers online New Zealand legal sources including New Zealand Statutes, case law and commentary.
RMA-net (New Zealand’s Environmental Law online)
Legal decisions affecting New Zealand's environment. Available free between the hours of 7.00pm and 9.00pm to University of Waikato students. Please see Law Librarian or Law staff for userID and password.
Legal decisions affecting New Zealand's environment. Available free between the hours of 7.00pm and 9.00pm to University of Waikato students. Please see Law Librarian or Law staff for userID and password.
Dictionaries
Dictionary of Human Geography
Guide to the concepts, terms and theories used in human geography. Available as a hard copy and online through Credo Reference and Ebrary:
Guide to the concepts, terms and theories used in human geography. Available as a hard copy and online through Credo Reference and Ebrary:
Encyclopedias
DSL Environmental Handbook
The DSL Environmental Handbook is a collection of practice guides written by practising specialists in various resource management areas in New Zealand.
The DSL Environmental Handbook is a collection of practice guides written by practising specialists in various resource management areas in New Zealand.
Encyclopedia of Human Geography
Comprehensive overview of the major ideas, concepts, terms, and approaches that characterise the field of human geography.
Comprehensive overview of the major ideas, concepts, terms, and approaches that characterise the field of human geography.
International Encyclopedia of Human Geography
Coverage: Full text
Covers the discipline of human geography and related subject areas. Contains over 1000 entries on philosophy and theory, key concepts, methods and practices, biographies of notable geographers, and geographical thought and praxis.
Coverage: Full text
Covers the discipline of human geography and related subject areas. Contains over 1000 entries on philosophy and theory, key concepts, methods and practices, biographies of notable geographers, and geographical thought and praxis.
Journals
New Zealand Databases
Index New Zealand (INNZ)
Coverage: 1987 to present (Index)
Contains abstracts of selected New Zealand serials, including newspapers, about New Zealand and the South Pacific. Subjects covered include general interest material, social research, current affairs, the arts and humanities.
Coverage: 1987 to present (Index)
Contains abstracts of selected New Zealand serials, including newspapers, about New Zealand and the South Pacific. Subjects covered include general interest material, social research, current affairs, the arts and humanities.
Websites
Department of Conservation
Information about the protection of New Zealand's natural and historic heritage.
Information about the protection of New Zealand's natural and historic heritage.
Environmental Defence Society
The Environmental Defence Society is a not-for-profit environmental advocacy organisation, comprised of resource management professionals who are committed to improving environmental outcomes within New Zealand.
The Environmental Defence Society is a not-for-profit environmental advocacy organisation, comprised of resource management professionals who are committed to improving environmental outcomes within New Zealand.
Local Government New Zealand
The government organisation that provides policy, advice and training to councils in New Zealand.
The government organisation that provides policy, advice and training to councils in New Zealand.
Ministry for the Environment
Provides links to its publications on environmental topics; these include factsheets, guidelines, information papers, legislation, policies and technical reports.
Provides links to its publications on environmental topics; these include factsheets, guidelines, information papers, legislation, policies and technical reports.
New Zealand Planning Institute (NZPIA)
The New Zealand Planning Institute is the professional organisation representing planners, resource managers, urban designers, and environmental practitioners in New Zealand.
The New Zealand Planning Institute is the professional organisation representing planners, resource managers, urban designers, and environmental practitioners in New Zealand.
Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment (PCE)
The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment is an independent officer of Parliament who reviews and provide advice to Parliament on environmental issues and the system of agencies and processes established by the Government to manage the environment.
The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment is an independent officer of Parliament who reviews and provide advice to Parliament on environmental issues and the system of agencies and processes established by the Government to manage the environment.
Waikato Regional Council
Regional council for the Waikato region. The website provides links to publications.
Regional council for the Waikato region. The website provides links to publications.
