Recommended Reading 
Books in the Short Loan Collection are in the Course Materials list.
For theoretical material, the following books all have useful chapters that outline the main theoretical perspectives:
- Cheyne, Christine, Mike O’Brien and Michael Belgrave. 2008. Social Policy in Aotearoa New Zealand: A Critical Introduction. 4th ed. Melbourne: Oxford University Press. Library copies
- Duncan, Grant. 2007. Society and Politics: New Zealand Social Policy. 2nd ed. Auckland: Pearson Education. Library copies
- Eichbaum, Chris. 1999. ‘The Politics and Economics of the Third Way’. In The New Politics: A Third Way for New Zealand. Palmerston North: Dunmore Press: 33-52. Library copies
- Lavalette, Michael and Alan Pratt, eds. 2006. Social Policy: Theories, Concepts and Issues. 3rd ed. London: Sage. Library copies
- Roper, Brian. 2005. Prosperity for All? Economic, Social and Political Change in New Zealand since 1935. Melbourne: Thomson-Dunmore Press (see especially the Introduction). Library copies
- Shaw, Richard and Chris Eichbaum. 2008. Public Policy in New Zealand: Institutions, Processes and Outcomes. 2nd ed. Auckland: Pearson Education New Zealand (see chapters 9 and 12). Library copies
Use The Catalogue to locate books and journal articles in the Library that are related to your specific topic or for a specific author you have identified.
Reference Books
Reference books are an excellent place to start your research with concise and authoritative introductions to subjects. You should then go on to read more in-depth journal articles and books.
- Alcock, Pete, Angus Erskine and Margaret May, eds. 2002. The Blackwell Dictionary of Social Policy. Malden: Blackwell. Library copies
- Jackson, Keith and Alan McRobie, 2008. Historical & Political Dictionary of New Zealand. 2nd NZ ed, Rangiora: MC Enterprises. Library copies
- Ritzer, George, ed. 2007. The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology. Malden: Blackwell. Library copies
- Scott, John, and Gordon Marshall, eds. 2009. Oxford Dictionary of Sociology. 3rd revised ed, Oxford: Oxford University Press. Library copies
The Catalogue
Keyword Searches
Tips for searching:
- Search for variant spellings: globalization or globalisation
- Search for synonyms and related terms: migration or immigration
- Use a truncation symbol to find variant word endings: Search for immigra* to find immigration, immigrant, immigrants
Subject Headings
These general topics often have more specific subdivisions, for example:
Medical policy
Medical policy - New Zealand
Medical policy - New Zealand - History
Journals
Have a look through recent issues of these journals to see the published results of current research. To research a specific subject, to find out what has been written in these and other journals, you should search a database.
Newspapers
As well as the academic articles found in journals, you can find some source material in newspapers.
Indexes
Index New Zealand and Newzindex selectively index newspapers. They give you references and brief abstracts (summaries) of the articles. Search in The Catalogue to find the newspapers in the Library, or on microfilm, or in one of the online databases.
Databases with full-text newspaper articles
Newztext has several New Zealand newspapers. It includes the New Zealand Herald from 1998 until the present.
The Australia New Zealand Reference Centre includes the Herald from December 2001 to the present.
Other local and international newspapers.
Databases & Articles
To find more information on a topic, a good place to start is a database that indexes the contents of journals and books. More databases are listed on the Sociology resource pages.
- Sociological Abstracts An index with abstracts from almost 2000 social science journals.
- SAGE Full-Text Collections The Sociology collection has journals from the publisher SAGE.
- Expanded Academic A large international collection of journals covering many subjects and disciplines.
- Index New Zealand An index with abstracts from New Zealand journals, magazines and newspapers.
- Newztext Articles from New Zealand newspapers and magazines.
- PAIS Public Affairs Information Service. Indexing and abstracts of journals relating to public policy.
- APA-FT Australian Public Affairs. Mostly Australian articles, but with some New Zealand topics.
- Google Scholar Use the Library's database link to get into Google Scholar, to get free access to many of the articles.
- What are Abstracts?
- How do I find the full text of an article if it is not available in the database I am searching?
Some databases such as Sociological Abstracts do not include links to the full text of the article. Use the  button to find if we have the journal available online or to search The Catalogue for the hard-copy journal in the Library.
- What about Index New Zealand? It doesn't have a Find Full Text button.
Some databases, like Index New Zealand, don't have a Find Full Text button. Open a new Internet search window or tab, and go to The Catalogue to search for the journal. Copy the title of the journal, magazine, or newspaper, and paste it into the catalogue. You may get better results by putting the title in "double quotation marks.".
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Index New Zealand
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The Catalogue
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New Zealand Legislation
- New Zealand Legislation
This site contains New Zealand Acts, Bills, and Regulations.
- The Statutes of New Zealand
General Library New Zealand & Pacific 346.3 N56s
- Reprinted Statutes of New Zealand and Bound Reprinted Statutes of New Zealand
General Library New Zealand & Pacific 346.3 N56re
- Statutory Regulations
General Library New Zealand & Pacific 346.1 S79
- Some historical statutes are also available online in the database New Zealand Statutes and Regulations - Heritage Collection
- There is more information on the Davis Law Library's guide to New Zealand legislation.
Statistics
- New Zealand Official Yearbook
The Yearbook is a very good starting place for statistical information. Library copies
- NZSTATS
New Zealand statistics sources.
- OFFSTATS
Official statistics from governments and international organisations.
Websites
Political speeches/press releases:
Political party websites:
Policy documents or research publications found on government department websites:
Referencing and Plagiarism
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The Chicago Manual of Style Online
Referen©ite Academic referencing resource
Honesty and integrity are valued in all academic activities at The University of Auckland. This website provides information about the key principles and practices underlying academic honesty, and advice and resources: Academic Honesty and Plagiarism.
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