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Hi Everyone, My name is Vicki Stephens and I work with Gail Cochrane and Linda McCullough as a Library Adviser for the Waikato/Bay of Plenty Region. As well as helping you with your School Library, the National Library provides a wealth of quality online resources.

Listed below are just some of the really useful sites available to you. Enjoy!


 * THE NATIONAL LIBRARY WEBSITE:**

The [|National Library of New Zealand] provides free access to quality online resources to support the teaching and learning of your school and community.

[|Resources for School Staff] : Includes advice on Curriculum Information Services (Loans of books), online resources like the Create Readers Blog, EPIC, Te Ara NZ Encyclopaedia etc and advice for School Libraries including our online [|Information Guides, Templates and Checklists].

[|Resources for School Students] : Includes advice in 3 areas - FIND - Using databases like EPIC, Matapihi and National Library Catalogue etc. ASK - Using Anyquestions live chat homework site, Te Ara Encyclopaedia NZ, WickED etc. ABOUT - Highlights interesting things from the National Library collections, what we do, online exhibitions etc


 * SOME OF MY FAVOURITE THINGS:**

[|EPIC]: Also linked to via the [|TKI site], this is a collection of databases containing NZ and international full-text articles, news, biographies, images, video and sound. Reference resources include Encyclopaedia Britannica, Oxford English Dictionary, Grove Art and Grove Music. Epic is subscription-based [|signup here] for your free community login and password.

[|International Children's Digital Library]: An online library of children’s books published in many different countries and languages. It includes digital copies of selected NZ books from the National Library’s children’s collections. Children can actively participate with their own reviews.

[|Living Heritage]: Allows students to research and publish local heritage projects. Includes [|Inquiry Learning] steps and [|weblinks].

[|Matapihi]: Experience a selection of pictures, sounds and objects from New Zealand’s archives, galleries, libraries and museums.

[|Te Ara (Encyclopaedia of NZ)]: A wonderful online Encyclopedia and it's ours. New subject areas are being developed regularly. Includes interactive sections, video, multimedia, sound and pictures as well as retrospective material from the first 1966 Encyclopaedia.

Vicki Stephens Email: Vicki.Stephens@natlib.govt.nz Library Adviser/Kaitohutohu School Services - Hamilton Centre, National Library of New Zealand c/o The Homestead, Ruakura Research Centre Private Bag 3084 Hamilton 3240 Phone: 07 856 9743 Mobile: 027 222 7733