Pathfinders                                                             New Zealand Disasters These research suggestions and hyperlinks to websites will help you with your research on Subject headings, keywords Abbotsford landslide, Ballantyne's fire, Brunner mine, Cave Creek, Cyclone Bola, Cyclone Giselle Edgecumbe, Murchison, Napier, Wellington, earthquakes,  Influenza epidemic, Mt Erebus plane crash, Mt Tarawera eruption, Tangiwai railway accident, Southland flood, Wahine sinking  Dewey Numbers 904 - about 15 books on specific New Zealand events and others on natural disasters.   Reference: Information file - there is a list of New Zealand disasters on the front which can be looked up by name.  Also look in New Zealand Encyclopedias on the Reference shelves. On-line databases and websites EPIC database search http://www.tki.org.nz/r/epic/ . In orange box click on Login to Databases - Login: darfieldhs, password: 22darfieldhs.  Under Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre click on blue button - Acess database then you can enter your keywords. This is more useful for recent events. The following websites have information on disasters: http://library.christchurch.org.nz/Resources/Kids/History/Disasters/index.asp  Highly recommended. The Christchurch Library site with good information on many disasters. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Disasters_in_New_Zealand http://www.quintura.com/  Type in "new zealand disasters", then choose which ever you want, by clicking on the disaster. Each time you click on a subject it is added to your list, and the best websites for these topics are listed on the right side of the page.

Darfield High School Library Team