This pathfinder has been written by Puke Ariki staff for people in business. Some of these resources are available at Puke Ariki and some are links to websites or external organisations.
Resources in Puke Ariki
- Databases of articles and newspapers such as Newztext, ANZ Reference Centre, MasterFILE Premiere, InfoTrac OneFile, Business Reference Suite.
- Standards - a comprehensive collection of New Zealand and Australian standards.
- Statistics - key statistics, business activity statistics, Census 2001, demographic trends, Taranaki Quarterly Review, Infos (Trade and business stats) etc.
- New Zealand Acts and Regulations e.g. The Employment Act, Health and Safety in Employment Act.
- Legal reference books on human resources and employment.
- Books for loan on marketing, small business, franchises, home-based business, e-commerce.
- Telephone directories - white and yellow pages for all of New Zealand and major Australian cities.
- Business directories and product guides - Kompass Online, UBD Insight databases and A'courts Business handbook.
- Links to international phone directories on Puke Ariki's website or available for free on the Puke Ariki reference PC.
- Links to overseas news (as above).
In addition to these resources, Puke Ariki regularly buys books on business and related topics.
Check the business section at 658 in the Dewey sequence for more books.
External Resources
Links to other libraries with membership of Interloan - this is a chargeable service allowing us to borrow books and standards from around New Zealand.
Searching for articles, books on topics and document delivery to customers.
Info-sites
Kompass
This site allows you to search for products and services as well as company information, both in New Zealand and internationally.
Newztext
Newztext is an archive of the full text of many of New Zealand's key news and business publications. The database is broken down into two sets of collections - Newztext - Daily Newspapers and Newztext - Magazines
UBD Insight
Detailed information on more than 150,000 businesses and companies throughout New Zealand.
ANZ Reference Centre
The Australia/NZ Reference Centre combines Australia and New Zealand specific magazines, newspapers & newswires, reference books, and company information. Full text information.
MasterFILE Premier
MasterFILE Premier was designed specifically for public libraries. This multidisciplinary database provides full text for more than 2,050 general reference publications with full text information dating as far back as 1975. It covers virtually every subject area of general interest.
InfoTrac OneFile
Access to periodical and news information on a diverse set of topics, including humanities, education, business, science, current events, art, politics, economics, social science, law, health care, computers, technology, environmental issues, and general interest topics.
Gale Business Reference Suite
Business & Industry - a multi-industry database with a strong global focus on company, industry and product information.
Business & Management Practices - focuses on the processes, methods and strategies of managing a business.
TableBase - provides access to thousands of hard-to-find tables that are indispensable to daily research.
Links to websites
Venture Taranaki
VT is Taranaki's regional development agency and is useful to consult if you are considering starting a business in Taranaki, trying to grow your existing business, or considering relocating or investing in Taranaki.
Biz
Biz is a nationwide one-stop business information service that provides free access to details about assistance available to businesses, including updates on BIZ courses. This is available via BIZ centres nationwide, by calling 0800 4 BIZINFO - 0800 42 49 46). The website is a government-supplied portal to information useful to people considering starting a business, and to those people already in business.
Biz-Growth
This webite contains useful information, guides, reference information, and provides leads to assistance for people considering starting a new business, and for those already in business. This site is provided by the consortium of business organisations that assist in providing the Biz centres.
Xtra's Bzone
This website is hosted by Xtra and Yellow Pages and is designed to give business advice, tips and tools. It covers areas including, accounting, business growth, employment, marketing and start-up.
Homebizbuzz
The creators of this site say their mission is "to provide information, resources and networking opportunities to home businesses in New Zealand, to help you make your business both fun and successful". Home-based businesses are growing rapidly both in New Zealand and worldwide. This site aims to help those people.
Small Business Enterprises of New Zealand
Small Business Enterprise Centres are community-based organisations located in city and rural areas with central co-ordination by Small Business Enterprise Centres of New Zealand Inc. They offer:
- Practical business facilitation
- Referral to other help agencies
- Introduction to government departments, local businesses and consultants
- Business courses, seminars and workshops
- Ongoing support and networks
Poutama Business Directory
Poutama Trust is a charitable trust set up in 1988 to provide business development services to Maori. This is a directory of services and products available from businesses owned and run by Maori.
Auckland Public Libraries Business Research
If you are interested in overseas material, the Auckland City Library Business Research website contains large numbers of excellent links to international business resources and statistics.
Christchurch City Libraries Business Pages
This website has some good information on company research and how to go about it, information for small businesses and it also includes a guide to the New Zealand tourism industry.
Howtolaw
This useful site for small business contains guide sheets on employment, health and safety, business set-up, debtors and creditors.
CEO Express
Handy for keeping up to date with international news and technology. It provides useful links to a wide variety of magazines, including Time, Newsweek and Fortune.
In addition to the resources outlined here, Taranaki Research Centre staff offer a research service - free for the first 15 minutes, chargeable at $15 per 15 minutes after that. We offer:
- Competitive research rates
- Access to excellent information resources
- Training in effective research skills
- To find out more, contact the Taranaki Research Centre (06 759 6060, ext 7851)
Some examples of types of queries we have handled in the past:
- A business wanted a list of exporters and importers of a particular product.
- Company name and trademark searching.
- Statistics on demographics of New Plymouth for feasibility study for new business.
- Mailing list with addresses and contact details of New Plymouth businesses.
- Location and borrowing of international standards.
- Subject searches and article location on technical topics, like engineering and chemistry.