Resources+&amp;+PD


 * __Library and PD__**

This is a page that will link to other pages. It has two sections; Library things and PD.

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 * __LIBRARY__**


 * Here are some useful library links to help you with your research and planning.**


 * Search our** [|**Library Catalogue**] to find library books and teacher's resources in Adventure School.

Lots of online databases to choose from here, all provided free by the National Library. A lot are aimed at secondary level so better for your own personal use rather than classroom use. But the [|**Encyclopaedia Britannica**]online database includes the student and junior versions and will be great for the kids.
 * Search National Library's** [|**Epic Databases**].
 * NB - You will need to enter our username: Advent1 and password: ture77 for both these links.**


 * __Links to__** [|**National Library**] Websites
 * Lots of great stuff here, from useful research tools to a reader's blog to online ordering of National Library resources.**

[|**Order your National Library books**] online. Use the [|**Discover Database**] to access over 2500 multimedia items on **Arts** & **Music.** Use [|**Timeframes**] to find images of New Zealand and the Pacific. Use [|**Matapihi**] to search the digital collections of different New Zealand organisations for resources on geography, history, the natural environment, people and events. Use [|**Papers Past**] to search New Zealand newspapers between 1840-1915. Look at the [|**Create Readers Blog**] to find ways to get, and keep, kids reading. Look at the [|**Online Exhibitions**] many of which are based on National Library Gallery shows. Find full text books on the [|**International Children's Digital Library**].

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