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Using the Library Website resources
Using databases
Using search terms in databases
Using images with copyright permissions
Referencing images
Bibliographies - APA style
Note-taking skills
What will we learn today?
A database is a collection of data that is organized so that its contents can easily be accessed.
Databases
Library Webs
Encyclopaedia Britannica
elibrary
Which Databases would be useful?
Visit the Library Website:
http://libguides.terrace.qld.edu.au/home
Listed on your Year 8 Geography page or the Databases page
Enter the username and password for chosen database
How do I find databases at Terrace? Go to…
Australia AND Landforms
Australia AND World Heritage Sites
Fraser Island Climate
Fraser Island biodiversity
Fraser Island ecology
Fraser Island vegetation
Fraser Island geology
Fraser Island Indigenous
Fraser Island landscape
Fraser Island land protection
Fraser Island conservation
Example Search Terms
Copyright Images – Creative Commons
Hint: Use this to find copyright maps
File history will give details of image for bibliography (wikimediacommons images only).
Alternatively select to go back to original image.
Referencing Images in Brochure
Figure 1: Rain Forest Daintree Australia. From Australian, 2005, Retrieved from http://www.retas.de/thomas/travel/australia2005/index.html
Put on separate page
Put entries in alphabetical order
No numbers or bullet points
No subheadings
Include a record of all sources used –print, online, images, graphs.
See Library Website - APA Referencing
Bibliographies
Book Example:McGregor, C. (1974). The Great Barrier Reef. Amsterdam: Time-Life Publications.
Database Example:Willandra Lakes Region. (1999). Encyclopaedia of Australia. Webster Publishing. Retrieved from http://elibrary.bigchalk.com
Website Example:United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation. (2013). Lord Howe Island Group. Retrieved from http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/186
Image Example:Schoch, T. (2005). Rain Forest Daintree Australia [Image]. Retrieved April 30, 2013, from http://www.retas.de/thomas/travel/australia2005/index.html
Online Encyclopaedia Example:Fraser Island. (2013). In Britannica Student Encyclopaedia. Retrieved April 29, 2013 from http://school.eb.com.au/eb/article-9035206
Bibliography (APA style)
Fraser Island. (2013). In Britannica Student Encyclopaedia. Retrieved April 29, 2013 from http://school.eb.com.au/eb/article-9035206
McGregor, C. (1974). The Great Barrier Reef. Amsterdam: Time-Life Publications.
Schoch, T. (2005). Rain Forest Daintree Australia [Image]. Retrieved April 30, 2013, from http://www.retas.de/thomas/travel/australia2005/index.html
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation. (2013). Lord Howe Island Group. Retrieved from http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/186
Willandra Lakes Region. (1999). Encyclopaedia of Australia. Webster Publishing. Retrieved from http://elibrary.bigchalk.com
Bibliography
Respond to your focus questions Use headings and sub headings Use bullet points DO NOT COPY AND PASTE - no thinking
involved / end product is inferior Create a bibliographic record
Ask What is the main idea?
Note Taking Skills
Note-taking Task
Source: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation. (2013). Lord Howe Island Group. Retrieved from http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/186
Focus Qu 1: What are the geological features of Lord Howe Island?Focus Qu 2: What are the major landscape features of Lord Howe Island?