SOCIOL 317: Sociology of the Welfare State
Library Resources

Michael Joseph Savage opening the Social Security Building

Subject Librarian:
Musarrat Begum

Michael Joseph Savage opening the Social Security Building, Aotea Quay, Wellington, 27 March 1939.
Timeframes reference number: 1/4-049203-G
[Accessed 14/12/2010]

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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.

Alcock, Pete, Angus Erskine and Margaret May, eds. 2002. The Blackwell Dictionary of Social Policy. Malden: Blackwell. Library copies
Greve, Bent. 1998. Historical Dictionary of the Welfare State. Lanham: Scarecrow Press. Library copies
New Zealand Government Directory Wellington: Network Communications. Library copies
Ritzer, George, ed. 2007. The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology. Malden: Blackwell. Library copies
Scott, John, and Gordon Marshall, eds. 2005. Oxford Dictionary of Sociology. 3rd ed, Oxford: Oxford University Press. Library copies

Library Catalogue

Keyword Searches

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You may need to search for several variants of keywords such as Neoliberal or "Neo-liberal"
Search for both American and British spelling, e.g. privatization or privatisation
Use truncation symbols to find variant word endings. Use * in The Catalogue and ? in Voyager
Search for immigra* to find immigration, immigrant, immigrants
Search for synonyms and related terms:
"higher education" or tertiary education" or university (or universit*)
"student loan?" or "student debt"
If you are looking for information about a specific historical period, you may have to use a variety of keywords to describe it, e.g. 1930s, 30s, Thirties, Depression, "First Labour Government"

Search examples
housing and policy
housing and policy and new zealand
education and policy and zealand
higher education or tertiary education and policy and zealand

Subject Heading Searches

The subject heading is not always the term we normally use when discussing a topic. For example the formal subject heading 'Welfare recipients - Employment' is used instead of the term 'workfare' or informal phrases such as "work for the dole".

Contracting out
Emigration and immigration
Health policy
New Zealand - Social conditions
New Zealand - Social policy
for other countries, search for Australia - Social policy, or Canada - Social policy, etc.

Poverty
Public-private sector cooperation
Public welfare
Social policy
Unemployment
Welfare recipients - Employment
Welfare state

These general topics often have more specific subdivisions, for example:
   Medical policy
   Medical policy - New Zealand
   Medical policy - New Zealand - History

Journals

Newspapers

Indexes

The databases Index New Zealand (INNZ) and Newzindex selectively index newspapers. They give you references and brief abstracts (summaries) of the articles. FindNZarticles includes INNZ plus other indexes of newspapers and book chapters. Search 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 November 1998 to the present.
The Australia New Zealand Reference Centre includes the Herald from December 2001 to the present.

There are links to many other local and international newspapers on this webpage.

Microfilm

The Library has several New Zealand newspapers on microfilm. They are available in the Microtext Room on Level G.
The New Zealand Herald is on microfilm from 1863 to 2010.

Databases & Articles

To find more information on a topic, a good place to start is a database that indexes journals and books. More databases are listed on the Sociology resource pages.

Sociological Abstracts An index with abstracts from almost 2000 social science journals.
FindNZarticles Includes Index New Zealand INNZ (an index with abstracts from 300 New Zealand journals, magazines and newspapers) plus other indexes of New Zealand newspapers and book chapters.
Newztext The full-text of articles from 40 New Zealand newspapers and magazines.
PAIS Public Affairs Information Service. Indexing and abstracts of journals relating to public policy.
APA-FT Australian Public Affairs. Full-text articles, mostly Australian but with some about New Zealand.

New Zealand Legislation

New Zealand Legislation
The Statutes of New Zealand
General Library New Zealand & Pacific 346.3 N56s
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
New Zealand Parliament

NZ Government Online

Statistics

New Zealand Official Yearbook
The Yearbook is a very good starting place to look for statistical information. It is in the Statistics Collection on Level M in the General Library, call number S2/NZ STAy.
NZSTATS
New Zealand statistical sources.
OFFSTATS
Official Statistics on the Web. Data from government agencies and other organizations around the world.

Referencing and Plagiarism

The Chicago Manual of Style Online.

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.

Contact: m.begum@auckland.ac.nz
File last updated: 14 December, 2010

SOCIOL 317: Sociology of the Welfare State Library Resources

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