Hastings District Libraries

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Biographies (including New Zealanders), full-text articles from hundreds of periodicals.

Search for people based on one or more personal facts such as:

Birth and death year
Nationality
Ethnicity
Occupation or gender
Or a combination

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Available in our libraries (no charge) or from home. Epic Database terms and conditions apply.

Discovering Collection

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A comprehensive database aimed at primary and high school students. Interesting browsing for adults too! Covers:

Biographies ,
Literature,
History of U.S.A and the world,
Science and technology
World cultures.
Contains a multimedia gallery contains photos, maps, sound, video clips.

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Available in our libraries (no charge) or from home. Epic Database terms and conditions apply.

Encyclopedia Britannica Online

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Find answers to your homework questions here.

Has searches at three levels: junior, student, or the full encyclopedia.

A huge range of topics covered.

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Available in our libraries (no charge) or from home. Epic Database terms and conditions apply.

History Resource Centre : World

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For history lovers of all ages, the History Resource Centre covers world history from the earliest times to the present.

Great for homework questions.

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Available in our libraries (no charge) or from home. Epic Database terms and conditions apply.

MasterFile Premier

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Designed specifically for public libraries, MasterFile Premier provides full text artles dating as far back as 1975.

Covers virtually every subject area of general interest.

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Click on EBSCOhost Web button, then select MasterFile Premier. Available in our libraries (no charge) or from home. Epic Database terms and conditions apply.

Student Resource Centre

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A comprehensive reference source for senior high school and tertiary students.

Subjects covered include geography, culture, history, literature, people, science and health.

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Available in our libraries (no charge) or from home. Epic Database terms and conditions apply.

Landmarks History Group

The Landmarks History Group is holding a series of monthly talks on Hawke's Bay history. The topics are varied and interesting. All are welcome to attend.

The meetings are held on the second Tuesday of the month, 5:30pm - 6.30pm, upstairs at Hastings War Memorial Library.

Meeting -Tuesday 15 November

Adrian Coleman, author of Lust for Land: James Henry Coleman – his life, his fortune, his descendants

November’s Landmarks History Group speaker was Mr A J Coleman, retired solicitor, and recent author on the life of his great-grandfather, James Henry Coleman. Mr Coleman spoke on events surrounding early Hawke’s Bay, in particular the activities of the early pastoralists in connection with their land acquisitions, which he has written about in his book Lust for Land. He focussed on Napier’s early dominance as the seat of power in Hawke’s Bay.

Dictionary of New Zealand Biography

The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography is published both in print version (available in our libraries) and online.

The website contains "over 3,000 biographies of New Zealanders how have 'made their mark' on this country. It does not include people who are alive. So you will not find people like Helen Clark or Sean Fitzpatrick, but you will find people like George Nepia or Michael Joseph Savage."

Browse or search on names. Find the DNZB at http://www.dnzb.govt.nz/dnzb