EPIC in schools — training, tools, promotional information
Use the EPIC guides and logos to promote EPIC in your school. Use the links to vendor training and promotional information to help you get the most out of your schools EPIC resources.
EPIC resources guide
Use the EPIC resources guide to promote EPIC in your school. The guide lists all of the resources freely available to New Zealand schools through the Ministry of Education funded EPIC subscription.
A brief description and recommended year levels are provided for each resource as well as a key to recommended resources for curriculum learning areas.
EPIC resources guide (pdf, 645KB)
EPIC educators guide (pdf, 400KB)
EPIC Discovery user guide
EPIC Discovery is a search tool that enables you to access full text search results from most of the EPIC resources (plus additional New Zealand content) through one single search.
EPIC Discovery user guide (pdf, 1.40MB)
EPIC power search
Linking to EPIC resources
Create direct links to EPIC resources
You can embed links to EPIC in your School Library Management System and on intranet or internet pages.
EPIC logos and posters
Download the EPIC logos and posters to promote the EPIC resources in your school.
EPIC logo (jpg, 86KB)
EPIC banner (jpg, 16KB)
EPIC Discovery logo (png, 460KB)
Access EPIC poster — landscape (pdf, 790KB)
Access EPIC poster — portrait (pdf, 590KB)
Links to logos for individual EPIC resources can be accessed from column D 'Search Button Image Urls' in the 'EPIC e-resource' tab of the 'EPIC access URLs for New Zealand schools' spreadsheet.
EPIC access urls for New Zealand schools (xlxs, 46KB)
EPIC usage statistics
Usage statistics for each of the resources included in the Ministry of Education funded subscriptions are collated monthly by EPIC and reported on regularly to the Ministry of Education.
EPIC usage statistics are not available to an individual school level. This is because EPIC vendors are only required to provide usage statistics to subscriber level. The subscriber in this case is the Ministry of Education.
EPIC in schools — links to vendor information
The EPIC vendors provide a wealth of training and marketing resources freely available from their websites.
You can also contact EPIC vendors for additional training and marketing resources, assistance and guidance.
Bridget Williams Books
Information about resources in EPIC
Promotional support
Bridget Williams Books collections
Treaty of Waitangi Collection MARC records
Subscribe to Bridget Williams Books newsletter
Download Treaty of Waitangi Collection promotional material
Logos and search buttons
Bridget Williams Books Treaty of Waitangi collection search button (jpg, 18KB)
Bridget Williams Books Treaty of Waitangi Banner (jpg, 16KB)
Training support
Features of the Bridget Williams Books Collections platform
Bridget Williams Books teacher notes
Contact
Tom Rennie
collections@bwb.co.nz
EBSCO
Information about resources in EPIC
Australia New Zealand Reference Centre Plus
MasterFILE Complete
Promotional support
Logos and search buttons
Training support
Contact
Steve Lowe
sglowe@ebsco.com
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Information about resources in EPIC
Promotional support
Logos and search buttons
Training support
Britannica School training
Britannica School introduction video
Contact
Ola Connelly
olac@eb.com.au
Gale Cengage
Information about resources in EPIC
Academic OneFile (Gale)
Biography (Gale In Context)
Books & Authors (Gale)
Educator’s Reference Complete (Gale)
Environmental Studies (Gale In Context)
Gale eBooks
Gale Interactive: Science
General OneFile (Gale)
Global Issues (Gale In Context)
Health and Wellness (Gale)
High School (Gale In Context)
Kids InfoBits
Literature Resource Center
LitFinder
Middle School (Gale In Context)
National Geographic Kids
Opposing Viewpoints (Gale In Context)
Science (Gale In Context)
Shakespeare Collection Online
World History (Gale In Context)
Promotional support
Gale Support (use location ID: per_k12)
Logos and search buttons
Training support
Gale training
Register to attend a training webinar on the Gale EPIC resources
Contact
Anis Ali
anis.ali@cengage.com
New Zealand Geographic
Information about resources in EPIC
New Zealand Geographic Archive
Promotional support
Logos and search buttons
New Zealand Geographic banner (jpg, 80KB)
Contact
James Frankham
publisher@nzgeographic.co.nz
Oxford University Press
Information about resources in EPIC
Oxford English Dictionary Online
Promotional support
Logos and search buttons
Training support
Contact
Nami Thompson-Marnell
nami.thompson@oup.com