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A research guide to primary and secondary sources for Australian, New Zealand and Pacific Island history

Researching Australian, New Zealand & Oceania History

On this page, you will find suggestions for identifying relevant primary and secondary sources for research in the areas of Australia, New Zealand and Oceania.

Reference Shelf: General

Oxford Reference Online
A collection of reference titles to search for dictionary definitions, facts, figures, people, places, dates, and quotations simultaneously or select a subject or title to search. Subject areas include: Archaeology, Art & Architecture, Bilingual dictionaries, Classical studies, Encyclopedias, English Dictionaries and Thesauri, History, Language, Law, Linguistics, Literature, Media studies, Medicine and health, Music, Names studies, Performing arts, Philosophy, Quotations, Religion, Science and technology, Social sciences, Society and culture.

Books: Find & Request from BC & Beyond

Your local libraries have excellent monographs and anthologies located in O'Neill library as well as through the BC libraries portal. Try searching for books (only books) through the WorldCat library system to see if we have what you need. If we don't, you can order material through Interlibrary Loan (ILL).

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Suggested Journals

Contemporary Pacific
Covers a wide range of disciplines with the aim of providing comprehensive coverage of contemporary developments in the entire Pacific Islands region, including Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. It features refereed, readable articles that examine social, economic, political, ecological, and cultural topics, along with political reviews, book and media reviews, resource reviews, and a dialogue section with interviews and short essays. Each issue highlights the work of a Pacific Islander artist.
Journal of Pacific History
Dedicated to research of the Pacific Islands history, including its political, economic, religious and cultural history.
Pacific Dynamics
An online open access journal published by the Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies with the support of the UC Arts Digital Lab, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
Pacific Historical Review
The PHR is committed to the publication of work that explores cross-cultural and comparative studies, race and ethnicity, the history of empire and imperialism, environmental history, gender and sexuality, and other germane topics.

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Researching Australian, New Zealand & Oceania History

Reference Shelf: General

Books: Find & Request from BC & Beyond

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