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Library resources for New Zealand business information

The following Library and Internet business resources will be useful for your business research in future studies.

1. The Library catalogue

The Library catalogue contains information about reports, theses and other published material on the wine industry. The best way to locate industry information in the catalogue is by carrying out a subject search. For example for the wine industry, relevant subject headings would be: 
  • Wine industry New Zealand
  • Wine industry
  • Wine & wine making
ACTIVITY: Go to the Library Search catalogue  and select Advanced search enter the term Wine industry New Zealand and select In subject from the first drop down box. Sort the results by date-newest. Identify a source of information that might be useful in writing the report.

2. Topic Pages for Industry Information

There are excellent library resource pages created by the business librarians for industry research particularly  New Zealand Industry & Product Information and New Zealand Company Information.
 
3. Key Library Databases for your Research

Use the Library business databases, rather than Google, as a source of information for your business research. You should be aware that there are sometimes limitations in the currency and reliability of information you may find while searching on the web. 

The Library has a number of business databases that contain articles from New Zealand journals, magazines and newspapers. These are going to be a very useful resource for locating information on a New Zealand industry. 

On the whole these New Zealand databases have limited coverage of academic material.  For the difference between popular & academic journal articles check out our guide on the topic.

ANZ Reference Centre  
A full-text collection combining content from Australian, New Zealand and overseas magazines, newspapers, newswires, reference books and company information. For effective searching techniques for this database, watch the following 2-minute video.

Australia / New Zealand Reference Centre 1.59 mins (Windows Media Player)
For Firefox and Mac users view the Flash Player version.

To look at international trends and developments affecting New Zealand industries try the following database which gives access to articles in international business journals.  For effective searching techniques watch the 2 minute video.

Business Source Premier 
Contains articles from international journals which may cover New Zealand industries and business topics. It also covers some New Zealand business journals.

Searching Business Source Premier  1.43 mins (Windows Media Player)
For Firefox and Mac users use the Flash Player version.

 

4. Statistics
It is often useful to include data and statistics in your report to validate your conclusions and opinions. These two library resources will help you locate statistical data.
NZSTATS database
Library guide: Statistics and numeric data


Internet resources


TIP for searching the Internet:
 Be a savvy searcher by using techniques such as:

  • Use synonyms e.g.for the wine industry: wineries, wine making, wine industry, vineyards, viticulture
  • Use speech marks (" ") to search for phrases
  • Include the keyword zealand or limit your search on the Internet to searching in New Zealand sites only.

Check out the business librarians' guide Quick guide to Google Scholar



Here are examples of the sort of valuable information to support your research that is freely available on the Internet, if you were researching the New Zealand wine industry.  

Examples of quality web information that can be obtained through using intelligent web search techniques.

New Zealand Wines Online
Official website of the New Zealand Wine Growers Association contains statistics, reports and research on New Zealand wineries.

Strategic issues facing the wine industry in a global environment (2003) Benson-Rae, M. Brodie, R. & Cartwright, W. Wine Marketing Colloquium. University of South Australia, Adelaide.  This paper examines strategic issues facing the wine industry in New Zealand.

New Zealand Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries (MAF) Situation & Outlook for New Zealand Agriculture & Forestry. SONAF (June 2011)  e.g. Section 5, Wine. This report includes data on the export and production of New Zealand wine.

Use the Business librarians' Industry guides e.g. wine industry, energy, seafood etc. 

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