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  • Topic help - Term 2, 2023
  • Year 7 and 8 Units
    • Year 8 - Guardianship speech
    • Year 7 - Saint Cuthbert
    • Year 7 - Discover New Zealand
    • Year 8 - Rites of Passage
    • Year 7 - Ancient Egypt
    • Poetry Writing Sessions
    • Year 7 - Early Māori Society and Auckland history
  • Useful Links
    • JSTOR
    • ClickView
    • Audiobooks
    • Auckland Libraries
    • Epic
    • Any Questions
    • NZ Websites
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    • JSTOR
    • APA Referencing
    • Google Highlights
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      • Encyclopaedias & Dictionaries
    • Subject Help
      • Extended Essay - IB Students
      • Art & Design
        • Year 12 Visual Art - Endangered NZ flora and fauna
      • Classics
        • Year 12 Classics - Athenian Golden Age
      • Commerce
      • Drama & Dance
      • Maori
        • Matariki
      • English
      • Health & Physical Education
      • Information Technology
      • International Languages
      • Mathematics
      • Music
      • Religious Education
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        • Year 11 History - WWI & NZ
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Research Springboard

To help get you started on your topic, below are some reliable websites and databases. 
Epic Databases
Username: cuthberts   
Password: 42cuthberts

EPIC is an umbrella of many databases. Remember, databases have already assessed their content for reliability. I recommend trying the below Databases:

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Search across multiple EPIC databases at once
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A Database that focuses on Biographies
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If you need more information about the time period, or Human Rights Movement, of your individual
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You can change the Reading Level if the other databases are challenging. Please note, not all Human Rights Heroes are in this Database

​After using EPIC, check the information against another site:

Malala Yousefzi (Woman’s rights)
  • National Women’s History Museum
  • Malala Fund

Nelson Mandela (Apartheid in South Africa)
  • Nelson Mandela Foundation 
  • Nobel Prize

Harriet Tubman (the Underground railway and slavery)
  • National Women’s History Museum
  • NY Historical Society

Oskar Schindler (The Holocaust)
  • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
  • Arizona Jewish Historical Society

Sophie Scholl (The Holocaust)
  • National WWII Museum
  • Spartacus Educational

Martin Luther King (Black Civil Rights)
  • Nobel Prize
  • The King Center

Kate Sheppard (Woman’s voting rights)
  • Te Ara
  • NZ History​

Whina Cooper (Woman’s rights, Maori Rights)
  • Te Ara
  • NZ History

Mahatma Gandhi (Indian Independence and Rights)
  • World Economic Forum
  • The Guardian 

The Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo (Argentina’s disappeared)
  • Official Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo website
  • Gender Security Project 

Ida B Wells (Black Civil Rights, Women’s rights)
  • National Women's History Museum
  • New York Historical Society
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For other sites you find on Google: 
Remember to assess websites for reliability and accuracy -  the CRAAP test is a great tool to use. 

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Please contact us at senior.library@stcuthberts.school.nz

Please note: Books from the National Library and our Senior Library Collection on this topic will be library use only.

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  • Home
  • Topic help - Term 2, 2023
  • Year 7 and 8 Units
    • Year 8 - Guardianship speech
    • Year 7 - Saint Cuthbert
    • Year 7 - Discover New Zealand
    • Year 8 - Rites of Passage
    • Year 7 - Ancient Egypt
    • Poetry Writing Sessions
    • Year 7 - Early Māori Society and Auckland history
  • Useful Links
    • JSTOR
    • ClickView
    • Audiobooks
    • Auckland Libraries
    • Epic
    • Any Questions
    • NZ Websites
  • Research Tools
    • JSTOR
    • APA Referencing
    • Google Highlights
    • Databases
      • Encyclopaedias & Dictionaries
    • Subject Help
      • Extended Essay - IB Students
      • Art & Design
        • Year 12 Visual Art - Endangered NZ flora and fauna
      • Classics
        • Year 12 Classics - Athenian Golden Age
      • Commerce
      • Drama & Dance
      • Maori
        • Matariki
      • English
      • Health & Physical Education
      • Information Technology
      • International Languages
      • Mathematics
      • Music
      • Religious Education
      • Science
      • History
        • Year 11 History - WWI & NZ
        • Year 12 History - Protests
        • Year 13 History - early contact
      • Social Studies
        • Year 10 Social Studies - Human Rights Heroes
      • Technology
  • Margin Online
  • E-Books
  • Staff
  • Global Commons
  • Log in | Search the Library
  • Secret page for virtual storytimes!