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Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Nineteenth Century Collections Online

The Library now has trial access to a number of modules from Nineteenth Century Collections Online, a fully searchable archive of rare and important primary sources chosen by experts and sourced from the world’s leading libraries.

Thursday, June 13, 2013

Church and People

The Anglican newspaper Church and People is available to browse digitally through the John Kinder Theological Library’s Church Papers Online. Church and People was a monthly newspaper from 1946 to 1976 and covered church reports, editorials and articles.

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Politics and the Media

Politics and the Media is a new publication edited by four New Zealand-based researchers, including the University of Auckland's own Dr. Geoff Kemp from the Department of Political Studies. The book examines a wide range of theoretical issues associated with the spheres of media, politics and democracy.

Friday, June 07, 2013

Albert Wendt honoured

Emeritus Professor of English Albert Wendt was appointed a member of the Order of New Zealand in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours list.

Tuesday, June 04, 2013

Anita Desai - an artist's appearance

Celebrated writer Anita Desai was recently in New Zealand for the Auckland Writers and Readers Festival. During her stay she visited the University of Auckland to spend time with the Master of Creative Writing students from the Department of English.

Friday, May 31, 2013

Chinese Studies added to Oxford Bibliographies Online

The Chinese Studies module is now available from Oxford Bibliographies Online, providing an authoritative guide to key works in the study of China across all disciplines.

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

LGBT Thought and Culture

The Library now has trial access to LGBT Thought and Culture, covering a wide range of material documenting LGBT political, social and cultural movements throughout the 20th Century until today.

Friday, May 24, 2013

Naked Statistics

Looking for a fun and simple guide to statistics? This is the book for you!

Charles Wheelan, Naked Statistics: Stripping the Dread from the Data, New York: Norton, 2013.

Thursday, May 23, 2013

Can't find items on your reading list?

This new online tutorial will help you identify and locate books, book chapters, and journal articles. You can test yourself to check your knowledge.

Thursday, May 16, 2013

How to Not Write Bad

Ben Yagoda says that teaching students to write well may be too ambitious a goal. Instead he aims to improve your writing by eliminating those common errors such as spelling mistakes, poorly chosen words, and train-wreck punctuation. In his book How to Not Write Bad you’ll find lots of helpful advice.