Not sure how to get started with your research? Check out our Research Process Guide to learn how to plan and begin searching for information to answer your assignment question.
These are good places to begin looking for academic information on your assignment topic:
150 | Psychology | |
155 | Lifespan development | |
301 | Sociology | |
305.231 | Child development | |
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Te ao Māori | |
361.3 | Social Work | |
990 | Pacific History | |
993 | New Zealand History |
Find academic articles, written by researchers in Social Work or associated fields.
Behavior and social issues
Child development
Demography
Deviant behavior
Discrimination
Economic development
Ethnic and racial studies
Gender studies
Human relations
Marriage and family
Migration
Political sociology
Population growth
Poverty and wealth
Religious faith
Rural and urban sociology
Social development
Social justice
Social movements
Social psychology
Social structure
Social work
Socio-cultural anthropology
Sociological history
Sociological research
Sociological theory
Substance abuse
Urban studies
Violence
Contains an extensive collection of articles on psychology subjects. Useful for counselling, social work, nursing and mental health.
Useful for New Zealand information, especially news and articles.
The three bibliographies below are lists of articles relating to Māori and Pasifika research. Look through them to find relevant articles for your topic. Search for the title using Search Rapua or Google Scholar. If you can't access an article, we can try to get it from another library. Look at our interlibrary loan page for more information.
Governments produce large amounts of information. Think about which government department might be working in the area you are researching.
Tip: you can choose to just display webpages from New Zealand government websites on Google by adding site:.govt.nz to your search. For instance: maori homelessness site:.govt.nz
Here are some government websites to start you off:
Also think about which organisations are working in the area you are researching. Many produce reports and statistics. Often these are found under "resources" on their websites.
Search using keywords (the main ideas) and use advanced search to join your keywords together using AND, OR, NOT.
Put phrases in speech marks eg. "social work" "human development"
Use * to search for variations of words eg. develop* will search for develop, develops, developed, developing, development, developments etc
Go back in time:
If you find a book or article that is useful for your research, have a look at the reference list and see if there are any sources there that could also be relevant. Search for the title on Search Rapua or Google.
Go forwards in time:
If you find a book or article that is useful for your research, try searching for the title on Google Scholar and using the "cited by" button to find other authors, who have used it in their own research.
If we don't have access to a book or article that you think would be relevant to your research, we can try and get it from another library. See our interlibrary loan page for more information and a form you can fill out. Or email Antonia: antonia.rust@manukau.ac.nz