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The Library has recently decided to bring all its College and subject blogs together into one overall blog. It is hoped that this integrated blog will have tabs for speciaal subject areas.

As a consequence this blog is being closed down and all future blog postings will be deliverd via Library out Loud

Thanks for reading this blog.

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Spencer

New books available on NZETC

The New Zealand Electronic Text Centre has recently published another batch of texts online. Details are given below. Included in this batch are books on Pacific exploration, some of Te Rangi Hiroa's classic works, a biography of Patuone and Takitimu, as well as many other notable historic texts.
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Spencer

The Endeavour Journal of Joseph Banks 1768-1771 [Volumes One & Two] edited by J. C. Beaglehole
URL (vol 1): http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-Bea01Bank.html
URL (vol 2) : http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-Bea02Bank.html

Explorers of the Pacific by Te Rangi Hiroa
URL: http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-BucExpl.html

Discoverers of the Cook Islands and the Names they Gave by Alphons M.J. Kloosterman
URL: http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-KloDisc.html


Nursing in New Zealand: History and Reminiscences by Hester Maclean
URL: http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-MacNurs.html

Sir Donald Maclean by James Cowan
URL: http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-CowDona.html

The Life and Times of Patuone by C. O. Davis
URL: http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-DavLife.html

My First Eighty Years by Helen Wilson
URL: http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-WilEigh.html

Was It All Cricket? By Daniel Reese
URL: http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-ReeWasI.html

Yesterdays in Maoriland by Andreas Reischek
URL: http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-ReiYest.html

Pioneering the Pumice by E. Earle Vaile
URL: http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-VaiPion.html

Maori and Missionary, by T. A. Pybus
URL: http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-PybMiss.html

The Maoris of the South Island by T. A. Pybus
URL: http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-PybMaor.html

The Maori Situation by I. L. G. Sutherland
URL: http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-SutMaor.html

Anthropology and Religion by Peter Henry Buck
URL: http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-BucAnth.html

An Introduction to Polynesian Anthropology by Te Rangi Hiroa
URL: http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-BucIntr.html

A Sketch of the New Zealand War by Morgan S. Grace
URL: http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-GraASke.html

Historic Poverty Bay and the East Coast, N.I., N.Z. by Joseph Angus Mackay
URL: http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-MacHist.html

Takitimu by Tiaki Hikawera Mitira
URL: http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-MitTaki.html

New Academic Year

Welcome back

We hope you all had a refreshing break. We are busy preparing for the 2008 academic year. We would like to encourage Māori academic staff to book a time for a library class for your paper / programme. Please contact Spencer (s.c.lilley@massey.ac.nz) or Sheeanda (s.l.field@massey.ac.nz) if you would like a session for your class. Research and other postgraduate students should be taking advantage of our research consultation service. This is a one on one appointment that will allow us to assist with your search strategies, identify potential sources of information and help you keep up with new developments in your area of interest. This service can also be done at a distance.

We are participating in Māori O here at Palmerston North and would like to encourage all new Māori internal students to join one of our library tours. These tours are happening at every campus library.

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Spencer

Changes to the Library Catalogue

Changes to Requesting in the Library catalogue

Upgrade Period:

From 5 pm Tuesday 30th October to noon Wednesday 31st October you will be unable to make requests via the Library catalogue. During this time you will still be able to request items. Please contact us http://library.massey.ac.nz/learnit/needhelp/needhelp.htm


New Request Features

Your requests will instantly appear on your patron record.

You will have the ability to enter a “Cancel if not filled by” date. Your request will automatically expire after the date that you have entered. We recommend you enter a date that will allow sufficient time for the request to arrive.

With the majority of requests you will no longer be asked to choose a specific copy unless the title has more than one volume separate components e.g. CDs, tapes, booklets, etc.

If you need more help, or have questions or comments, please contact us

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Spencer

New Thesis Publication

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We are pleased to announce that there is an updated copy of the booklet on Maori theses held by Massey University Library. New features of the 2007 version include a new category for Psychology and an index of authors.

Hard copies of the thesis booklet are available from all libraries in the Massey University system. You can link to the online version by clicking here

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Spencer

Endnote X

The Information Commons in Massey University Libraries have now been migrated to EndNote X.

Please note that EndNote X is not backward compatible with EndNote 7 or earlier. While you will be able to open your existing EndNote 7 libraries in EndNote X, once converted they cannot be used in EndNote 7.



In summary:

If you plan to work with EndNote on a variety of computers, you should ensure that all machines have the same version of EndNote installed.
For more information check out the Library's EndNote FAQs.
You can upgrade to EndNote X through ITS at Albany, Wellington and Turitea campuses. Please pass this message on to your colleagues and students.

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Spencer

Transactions & Proceedings of the Royal Society of NZ

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National Library, The Royal Society and the NZ Electronic Text Centre have made this publication available electronically for the years 1868 - 1961. Search facilities are available, try searching for Elsdon Best or an iwi. This is another valuable addition to the stable of digital information resources and will make other resources like Fletcher's Index of Maori names even more valuable.

Here is the Link to it Transactions & Proceedings

More information follows (taken from their website)

The Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand is one of New Zealand's most important research publications, particularly for science. Contributors to the Transactions include James Hector, William Colenso, Charles Fleming, Thomas Hocken, and Ernest Rutherford.

The Royal Society (known as the New Zealand Institute before 1933) was established in 1867 to co-ordinate and assist the activities of a number of regional research societies including the Auckland Institute, the Wellington Philosophical Society and the Otago Institute. These societies often did not have the means to publish the papers that were presented to them or maintain a written record of their activities. The NZ Institute was set up to remedy this through the publication of a single volume of transactions and proceedings on their behalf.

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Spencer