Skills and Information Literacy 
An important element of Stage I courses is to impart skills that a historian needs and that can also be used in other fields which require the assimilation, assessment and presentation of information. These skills include:
- the effective use of the library and information technology
- the ability to take notes from lectures and secondary sources
- the ability to reference work in accurate footnotes/endnotes and bibliographies
- the ability to present a reasoned argument, written in standard English and based upon evidence
'Information literacy' is the set of intellectual capabilities, knowledge and skills needed to use information and the ability to continue to develop these skills into the future. The study of history is a particularly good environment in which to enhance students' information literacy capabilities. History 107 ('Rethinking New Zealand History') seeks to develop these skills by helping students undertake the following specific tasks:
- Analyse and discuss a range of primary sources
- Engage with and critically evaluate relevant academic literature
- Undertake library research with the aim of organising and writing academic assignments that include coherent arguments and supporting evidence
This course seeks to enhance the information literacy of students. According to the University of Auckland information literacy policy, information literacy is the set of intellectual capabilities, knowledge and skills needed to use information and the ability to continue to develop these skills into the future. Through essay research, reading, and writing in History 107, students will find, critically evaluate, and manage information. This course promotes engagement with the concepts of race, gender, sexuality and other kinds of identities as social constructs, and different kinds of narrative as the vehicles for expressing these constructs that are informed by their historical contexts. Students in History 107 will apply prior and new information to create new understandings about the past.
Recommended Reading
Books in the Short Loan Collection and electronic readings for this course are available by searching Readings & Exams.
Recommended General Reading
- Tony Ballantyne and Brian Moloughney, eds, Disputed Histories: Imagining New Zealand’s Pasts, Dunedin, 2006. Library copies
- Belich, James, Making Peoples: A History of the New Zealanders: From Polynesian Settlement to the end of the Nineteenth Century, Auckland, 1996. Library copies
- Belich, James, Paradise Reforged: A History of the New Zealanders from the 1880s to the Year 2000, Auckland, 2001. Library copies
- Byrnes, Giselle, ed., The New Oxford History of New Zealand, Melbourne, 2009. Library copies
- King, Michael, The Penguin History of New Zealand, Auckland, 2003. Library copies
- Walker, Ranginui, Ka Whawhai Tonu Matou: Struggle Without End, rev. edn, Auckland, 2004. Library copies
All sources listed on the general reading list may be used in the research and planning of essays.
Reference Books
Reference books are an excellent place to start your research. You should then go on to read more in-depth journal articles and books.
- Dictionary of New Zealand Biography
The website contains over 3,000 biographies of New Zealanders including some that are not included in the print edition.
General Library NZ & Pacific Reference Collection (Level G) 920.095 D55
- Jackson, W. K. and Alan McRobie, Historical & Political Dictionary of New Zealand, 2nd N.Z. edn, Rangiora, 2008. Library copies
- Malcolm McKinnon (ed.), Bateman New Zealand Historical Atlas = Ko Papatuanuku e Takoto Nei, Auckland, 1997. Library copies
- New Zealand Department of Statistics, New Zealand Official Yearbook, Wellington, 1892-2006.
General Library Statistics Collection (Level M), Call Number S2/NZ STAy
- Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand
Photographs, sounds, moving images, documents, graphs and maps combined with text in an encyclopedia of New Zealand.
Databases
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