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 the resources freely available to New Zealand schools through the Ministry of Education-funded EPIC subscription.
For each resource a brief description, recommended year levels are provided, and a key to recommended resources for curriculum learning areas.
EPIC resources guide (pdf, 680 MB)
EPIC educators guide (pdf, 355 KB)
EPIC tutorials
We use the Niche Academy platform to deliver tutorials on a range of online tools. We have created a set of tutorials in Niche Academy to help you learn how to use e-resources included in EPIC resources provided for schools.
You can also get to these tutorials from the ‘EPIC resources for schools’ page. Filter by subject and select tutorials.
EPIC for New Zealand schools — Niche Academy tutorials
EPIC resources for schools
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 — Niche Academy tutorial
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.
Linking to EPIC resources
Set up your own access to EPIC for New Zealand Schools — Niche Academy tutorial
EPIC logos and posters
Download the EPIC logos and posters to promote the EPIC resources in your school.
EPIC logo (jpg, 86 KB)
EPIC for New Zealand schools banner (jpg, 34 KB)
EPIC banner (jpg, 16 KB)
EPIC Discovery logo (png, 460 KB)
Access EPIC Discovery poster — landscape (pdf, 790 KB)
Access EPIC poster — portrait (pdf, 590 KB)
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 (xlsx, 100 KB)
EPIC usage statistics
Usage statistics for each resource included in the Ministry of Education funded subscriptions are collated monthly by EPIC and reported regularly to the Ministry of Education.
EPIC usage statistics are not available at an individual school level. This is because EPIC vendors are only required to provide usage statistics to the 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
Bridget Williams Books
Information about resources in EPIC
Treaty of Waitangi collection
New Zealand History Collection
BWB Texts Collection
Critical Issues Collection
Women's Studies Collection
New Zealand Sign Language Collection
Te Pouhere Kōrero
Promotional support
Bridget Williams Books collections
Treaty of Waitangi Collection MARC records
New Zealand History Collection MARC records
BWB Texts Collection MARC records
Critical Issues Collection MARC records
Women's Studies Collection MARC records
New Zealand Sign Language Collection MARC records
Subscribe to Bridget Williams Books newsletter
Logos and search buttons
Treaty of Waitangi Collection search button (jpg, 18KB)
Treaty of Waitangi Banner (jpg, 16KB)
New Zealand History Collection search button (png, 34KB)
BWB Texts Collection search button (jpg, 76KB)
Critical Issues Collection search button (jpg, 73KB)
Women's Studies Collection search button (jpg, 18KB)
New Zealand Sign Language Collection search button (jpg, 88KB)
Training support
Features of the Bridget Williams Books Collections platform
Bridget Williams Books teacher notes
Contact
Charlotte Forrester
collections@bwb.co.nz
Britannica Education
Britannica Education
Information about resources in EPIC
Promotional support
Britannica promotional resources
Britannica educator resources
Logos and search buttons
Training support
Britannica School introduction videos
Britannica training resources
Britannica Blog
Contact
Bonnie Barr
bbarr@eb.com.au
EBSCO
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
Gale Cengage
Gale Cengage
Information about resources in EPIC
Academic OneFile (Gale)
Australia and New Zealand (Gale OneFile)
Biography (Gale In Context)
Books & Authors (Gale)
Educator’s Reference Complete (Gale OneFile)
Elementary (Gale In Context)
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)
Literature (Gale In Context)
Literature Resource Center
LitFinder
Middle School (Gale In Context)
National Geographic Kids
Opposing Viewpoints (Gale In Context)
Science (Gale In Context)
World History (Gale In Context)
Promotional support
Gale Support Hub for EPIC School Libraries
Gale Support (use location ID: per_k12)
Logos and search buttons
Training support
Contact
Maureen Quinn
maureen.quinn@cengage.com
New Zealand Geographic
New Zealand Geographic
Information about resources in EPIC
New Zealand Geographic Archive
Promotional support
Logos and search buttons
New Zealand National Geographic Online search button (jpg, 15KB)
New Zealand Geographic banner (jpg, 80KB)
Contact
James Frankham
publisher@nzgeographic.co.nz
Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press
Information about resources in EPIC
Oxford Art Online
Oxford English Dictionary Online
Oxford Music Online
New Oxford Shakespeare Online
Promotional support
Logos and search buttons
Training support
Contact
Nami Thompson
nami.thompson@oup.com