Research
HARVARD BIBLIOGRAPHY CITATION CREATOR
This online citation creator allows students to fill in citations which then may be cut and pasted to assessment tasks.
How to write a book review by Rodman Philbrick
School Libraries and Information Literacy
Welcome to the School Libraries and Information Literacy site, for teacher librarians, teachers, principals, school assistants, and those interested in collaborative teaching and school libraries supporting digital age information literacy and reading.
The site promotes a range of support including state wide policy advice, teaching and learning ideas, resource reviews, professional development opportunities, and information on SCIS and Scan. The Library policy and the Memorandum for teacher-librarians are in the Policy and publications section.
Click on the Resource Reviews Database icon for access to reviews of curriculum related resources.
The Raps and Book Raps icon takes you to current and past book raps maintained by School Libraries and Information Literacy.
The SCIS icon transfers to information about SCIS, SCISWeb and the NSW SCIS Agency.
The Links icon provides access to support documents and weblinks for teacher librarians.
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Research for my topic
How do I choose resources for my topic?
- You could use this general step by step guide to help with your research.
How do I find resources in a library?
Libraries use the Dewey system to catalogue and arrange resources
- Check out the Dewey Browse Web Sites Classified by the Dewey Decimal Classification System for Grades K-12 and you can see how the numbers are used for Non Fiction. These numbers may be used for web sites as well as books.
- This site also shows how a library would classify its books- Library call numbers are the Dewey numbers placed on books.
- Take the Order in the Library Test to see if you can pass. It also shows how Fiction books may be classified using letters only.
- This is another Dewey Tutorial. Please test your skills.
How do I choose research information from the Internet?
- Use Noodlequest to show you the best search strategies for your research topic.
- Noodletools also includes Search Engines.
Search Engines and Directories. What are they and which one suits my needs?
These topic specific search engines and directories provide links to sites that are related by subject. It is a growing list of quality specialized search tools.
You may also choose from the following;
- Major Search Engines and Directories
- Comprehensive list of search engines
- Internet 4 Classrooms Includes Search Engines For Kids
- Kathy Schrock’s Research Guide
Once I have chosen web sites, how do I know if they are suitable?
Website Evaluation-use these sites to learn about the value of the sites you have chosen
Bibliography
How to do I compile a Bibliography?
These are manual examples:
- Harvard AGPS referencing guide
- Harvard (author-date) style examples for citations, etc.
- How to do a Bibliography
- Referencing- courtesy of Scotch College
If you don’t like doing citations manually then this wizard is what you want; just fill in what is required information and the wizard does the bibliography for you!
