Library Search
- Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
A search tool which allows searches across many disciplines and sources. By accessing Google Scholar from this site, any search results which are part of a Library subscription will be indicated by the Find@Waikato link.
- New Zealand Geographic This link opens in a new window
New Zealand Geographic focuses on the biodiversity, geography and culture of New Zealand, New Zealand's interests abroad, and that of the adjoining region: Antarctica and nearby Pacific Islands.
- Overton This link opens in a new window
Overton is a searchable index of global policy documents, guidelines, think tank publications and working papers. Explore policy documents citing research from the University of Waikato, or search for specific authors or articles that have been cited in policy documents.
- ProQuest This link opens in a new windowProquest includes the Earth, Atmospheric & Aquatic Science Database which contains full-text titles from around the world, including scholarly journals, trade and industry journals, magazines, technical reports, conference proceedings, and government publications. You can select this database when you open Proquest under the database list.
- ScienceDirect (Elsevier) This link opens in a new window
Full-text access to over 3500 journals primarily in the Sciences, but also including Business, Education, Linguistics, Management, Sociology, etc.
- SciFinderN This link opens in a new window
SciFinderN, produced by Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), is the most comprehensive database for chemical literature, searchable by topic, author, substances by name or CAS Registry Number. It is a core research tool for chemistry, biochemistry, chemical engineering, materials science, nanotechnology, physics, environmental science and other science and engineering disciplines. New features include PatentPak (patent documents in PDF format), MethodsNow Synthesis (synthetic protocols) and Retrosynthesis Planning (computer-aided synthetic design tool).
- Scopus This link opens in a new windowScopus is a great source of high quality peer-reviewed articles from science and social science journals.
A Dictionary of Environment and Conservation. 3rd ed., 2017 by Covers the social, legal, political and economic aspects of the environment and conservation as well as the scientific terms.
A Dictionary of Geology and Earth Sciences. 5th ed., 2020 by Contains more than 10,000 entries covering all areas of geoscience, including planetary science, oceanography, palaeontology, mineralogy, and volcanology.
Encyclopedia of Earth Science. 2005 by Encyclopedia of Earth Science provides a broad scope of important subjects in the field of Earth science: hydrology, structural geology, petrology, isotope geology, geochemistry, geomorphology, and oceanography.
Encyclopedia of Marine Geosciences by Interdisciplinary synopsis of the whole scale of marine geosciences: geophysics, hydrography, biology, climatology, ecology, and economic geology.
Overview of the oceans’ and marginal seas’ geo-resources. Bridge between natural and engineering sciences.
Encyclopedia of Soil Science. 3rd ed., 2016 by Three-Volume Set . Newest edition describes every branch of soil science.
- Bay of Plenty Regional CouncilOn the website find documents and publications.
- Department of Conservation: Science and Technical publicationsProvides links to its scientific and technical publications.
- GNS Science ReportsThey cover a wide range of scientific research topics undertaken at GNS (Geological & Nuclear Sciences)
- AntarcticCovers international science, Antarctic heritage, tourism, news from national Antarctic programmes, book reviews, and tributes.
- Natureis a weekly international journal publishing peer-reviewed research in all fields of science and technology on the basis of its originality, importance, interdisciplinary interest, timeliness, accessibility, elegance and surprising conclusions. Nature also provides rapid, authoritative, insightful and arresting news and interpretation of topical and coming trends affecting science, scientists and the wider public.
- Nature Climate Changeis a monthly journal dedicated to publishing the most significant and cutting-edge research on the nature, underlying causes or impacts of global climate change and its implications for the economy, policy and the world at large.