While you are studying at Wintec you have access to a variety of databases to help you find relevant resources. Databases are a one-stop-shop for a range of published works, particularly academic/scholarly/peer-reviewed journal articles. Our databases can be accessed via the Library Webpage.
The databases that you will find most useful to your studies are listed below, most of these are accessible via the Wintec Library and others are links to open access databases and resources.
EBSCOhost Nursing and healthcare databases
Sociology Source Ultimate provides full-text, indexing and abstracts for sociology journals covering subjects such as social work, substance abuse, economic development, ethnic studies and behaviour.
Nursing and healthcare databases
A collection of six databases that contain different types of high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making
A healthcare-focussed database reviewed daily by physicians and specialist staff. The summaries and recommendations provided by DynaMed inform evidence-based practice in healthcare. Point of care questions regarding clinical aspects such as condition, evaluation, management and drug prescription are answered quickly and easily.
PLEASE NOTE: from the 26th of September 2023 an app update is required.
A point of care guide for clinicians, with a focus on nursing. It provides real-time access to evidence based procedures and skills. It is customised for New Zealand.
PLEASE NOTE: from the 26th of September 2023 an app update is required.
Lippincott Advisor ANZ is an online database of evidence-based nursing reference information and clinical-decision support information for nursing and nurse education.
Advisor is the companion database to Lippincott Procedures; you can consider Advisor as the “Why” to complement Procedures’ “How”.
A useful resource for health and social practice students, the JBI EBP Database, in collaboration with the Joanna Briggs Institute, offers tools and content including systematic reviews, evidence summaries, best practice information sheets, and more, to inform evidence-based research and practice in healthcare.
Notes on Injectable Drugs (NoIDs) is a database of monographs for over 200 medicines in use in New Zealand in a general medical/surgical setting. It is intended to assist in the preparation and safe administration of injectable medicines but these monographs are not intended to replace local guidelines, nor to provide prescribing information. NoIDs users should consult local guidelines, manufacturer’s Medicine Data Sheets and New Zealand Formulary for full prescribing information. This website is continually updated.
PubMed comprises more than 26 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites.
Trip is a free to use database where users can search for evidence based content for informing decisions in health-care. Content is not limited to research but includes images, videos, patient information leaflets and educational courses.
A database listing free full text medical journals on the Internet.
General databases
A multi-disciplinary database covering communication, education, general interest, health, humanities, NZ information, psychology, sciences, social sciences, technology, & tourism.
A multi-disciplinary database covering agriculture, animal technology, business, biology, chemistry, earth sciences, engineering, information technology, & health.
Sign up using your Wintec email address. Non-Wintec email addresses (Gmail, Yahoo etc.) will not be recognised.
CORE’s mission is to aggregate all open access research outputs from repositories and journals worldwide and make them available to the public. In this way CORE facilitates free unrestricted access to research for all.
Index New Zealand is a searchable database that contains abstracts and descriptions of articles from about 1000 New Zealand periodicals and newspapers published from the 1950s to the present day.
Discover and access New Zealand’s most comprehensive selection of research papers and related resources. This site include peer-reviewed and other research from universities, polytechnics, and research organisations throughout New Zealand.
Research Data Australia covers a broad spectrum of research fields - across sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities. Much of the data you can discover here is immediately accessible online via our partners and free to use (subject to any license conditions).
