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Reference and Research: Important Links
| ELECTRIC LIBRARY Find newspaper and magazine articles easily and quickly! Login: kelgshs0200 Password: ELAU . Remember you can access this resource from home. Type in: http://www.proquestk12.com . Use same login and password as above. | |
| Echo Online Newspaper indexes and media issues outlines The Echo's information content is drawn from newspapers and the Internet. Echo selectively indexes three major Australian newspapers and provides a searchable index on-line. Echo also publishes regular issue outlines. These are analyses of newspaper treatment of events, controversies etc. The outlines set out the arguments for and against (as put forward by journalists and commentators) and provide background information on the particular issue. The issue outlines also contain links to vetted, relevant documents and sites on the World Wide Web. For logon details, please either ask the Library staff or look in the Library Tools section of the college intranet. | |
| National Library of Australia Registration with the National Library of Australia is available to anyone residing in Australia. Having a library card enables you to:
Library cards are valid for two years and can be requested at http://www.nla.gov.au/getalibrarycard You can check out the databases that are licensed and free at http://www.nla.gov.au/app/eresources/list/all | |
| Brisbane City Council Libraries Catalogue All students are encouraged to join their local library and to use their membership cards to access resources beyond the school library’s holdings, especially the range of online databases. Click on “Online Reference Library” and note
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Using “Online Reference Library”, you can find and download the complete text of articles from newspapers and magazines free of charge. This is very important now that Guidelines, the index to periodical literature for secondary schools, is no longer produced.
| State Library of Queensland The Site Map displays the wide range of resources and services available. Note especially the “Hot Topics” section, including useful articles for students and teachers | Young People’s Services offers information on authors and illustrators, competitions, reviews and booklists for keen readers and teachers looking for ways of encouraging a wide range of voluntary reading. |
All students are encouraged to explore the new State Library of Queensland building and resources on the South Bank site. A preliminary look at the website will make your visit more enjoyable and productive. Note also the resources you can use via the internet from home or school.
| Picture Australia is a service hosted by the National Library of Australia to provide a single access point to the digitised pictorial collections of a range of libraries and other collections. All students should be familiar with this useful database of primary source photographic material for studies across the curriculum relation to Australia. |
| UQL Cyberschool offers both a subscription service and pages of well-organised links to free sources of information for secondary school students. It is particularly advantageous for prospective UQ students to become familiar with this site. | A useful gateway for free access to sites in all school subjects selected and annotated by education specialists. (There is an annual fee for the subscription section but most of the databases can be used through the Brisbane City Council site above) at no charge. |
| The Source Database | A database of information about books and authors, poetry and poets and book awards. (Username and password to access this database is available on the Library intranet page). |
Note: There are different ways of searching the databases to ensure that you find the most useful information. You may need to
- read the advice on searching
- use the ‘help’ screens
- ask the teacher-librarian to demonstrate the best search technique for your current task.
Thank you to the Teacher Librarian at Mt Gravatt State High School for a copy of this information.