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INFORMATION AND RESOURCES AVAILABLE THROUGH THE PUBLIC LIBRARIES OF NEW ZEALAND
FOR PARENTS OF GIFTED CHILDREN.

Appendix

Databases
E.P.I.C databases supply a wide range of useful databases to the patrons of New Zealand’s public libraries, including InfoTrac and Master File Premier.

InfoTrac
InfoTrac database is supplied by Thompson Gale, which has included a wide range of business, computer, educational, literature, and social science magazines amongst others to provide a ‘one-stop source for news and periodical articles’.

Master File Premier
Master file premier is supplied by Ebsco as a research database, holding over 2,000 full-texts periodicals and journals covering topics such as education, general science, business, health and multicultural issues. InfoTrac and Master File Premier both offer basic and advanced search options. Specific journal searching can be performed by entering a journal title and clicking on the relevant title which becomes displayed.

Journal List
InfoTrac and Master file premier contain the following journals;
Exceptional children
Focus on autism and other developmental issues
Focus on exceptional children
Gifted child today
Gifted child quarterly
High Ability studies *Note: this journal is only found in Master File Premier
Journal of secondary gifted education
Learning disability quarterly
Phi delta kappan
Roeper review

Appendix 2

This appendix discusses the relevance and use of three particular databases available through the E.P.I.C. consortium from New Zealand public libraries.

Australia & New Zealand Newsstand
This is an online full text newspaper service utilising national titles from Fairfax, News Ltd and ABC, including all the leading regional and local papers of Australia and New Zealand. Fifty papers in all make up this database, and while not supplying specific gifted information, many articles of interest can be accessed.
A basic search utilising key words such as;
Gifted
Talented
Gifted education
Learning disabilities
Autism
retrieves articles recently published in the newspapers mentioned above.

Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre
This organization does not actually have journals and magazines aimed at gifted child in its database. However a basic search using key words such as
Gifted
Talented
Gifted education
Learning disabilities
Autism
results in a wide range of hits with references coming from reputable newspapers, magazines, library journals, environmental and psychology magazines, all presented in most recent date order.

Health and Wellness Resource Centre and Alternative Health Module
Supplied by Thompson Gale, this is a very inclusive database providing information through journals, magazines newspapers, medical dictionaries and encyclopaedias. Topics covered include learning disabilities, giftedness, Western medicine, herbal medicines, drug information and alternative or complementary treatments. All the sources have been carefully vetted by Thompson Gale, according to HON (Health on the Net) principles of ‘Safety on the Internet’, a voluntary code of practice adhered to by reputable medical sites.
A basic keyword search brings a wealth of information to the fore.
Medical Dictionary
Selecting this option is most suitable for researching the meanings of terms.

Drug and Herbal finder
By clicking on drug and herbal finder, then inserting a drug name into the search box, the following information is displayed:
Drug name
Brand names
Answers to a range of frequently asked questions, useful for parents whose children have been prescribed drugs such as Ritalin, Prozac or other ‘serious’ medication.

Health News
This appears to be a list of articles which are the latest published in newspapers. Scroll through the list and look for topics of interest.

Alternative Health encyclopaedia
Information on specific medical conditions is available by searching preset topics.

Health Assessment tools
None of the websites appear to relate to gifted children and corresponding issues.

Health Organisations
Somewhat American biased, however some sites will have links helping the patron to locate southern hemisphere sites.

Medical Encyclopaedia
This helps you to access specific medical information – conditions or disease by choosing a preset list of terms in alphabetical order.