Find is the beta version of a discovery tool that spans multiple catalogues and digital collections. It allows registered users to tag and comment on collection items, as well as save favourite items or searches.
What you can search over
Find reveals collection items and resources from a number of National Library websites and catalogues, in addition to other resources.
When you use Find, resources from the following are presented under the 'Core Sources' tab:
- The National Library of New Zealand catalogue (published items)
- TAPUHI, the Alexander Turnbull Library catalogue (unpublished items)
- Timeframes (digitised New Zealand and Pacific images from the collections of the Alexander Turnbull Library)
- Publications NZ (print and electronic publications from or about New Zealand, or by New Zealand authors)
- FindNZArticles and Index New Zealand (articles published in New Zealand magazines and newspapers and publications about New Zealand and the South Pacific)
- Te Puna Web Directory (selected New Zealand and Pacific Island web sites)
Resources from the following are presented under the 'Extended Sources' tab:
- Subscription databases
- Papers Past (digitised historical New Zealand newspapers)
- Manuscripts and Pictorial (digitised manuscripts and pictorial items from the Alexander Turnbull Library collections)
- New Zealand Libraries' Catalogue (aggregated catalogue of New Zealand libraries)
- Discover (curriculum-related digital resources)
- Cadence (database of choral sets and orchestral parts held by New Zealand choirs, orchestras and libraries)
- Te Ao Hou (digitised magazine)
- Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand (digitised journal)
- Kiwi Research Information Service (open-access research documents, including theses)
- Digital New Zealand (New Zealand digital content)
How to give feedback
Find is currently in beta. This means that the National Library has released a test version of the search site, and are collecting feedback from people using the site to help guide its development.
We welcome all feedback from people using Find. You can submit comments using the feedback form on the Find homepage, or email your comments to find-feedback@natlib.govt.nz
