Year 8 GeographyLandforms and Landscapes

Why Not Google?

Library Moodle Databases

What are databases?

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

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

Library Webs

Library Webs

Library Webs Example

Encyclopaedia Britannica

Encyclopaedia Britannica Results

eLibrary

Select relevant retrievals

Copyright Images – Creative Commons

Hint: Use this to find copyright maps

Google with permissions

These images can be used without permission but need to be acknowledged

File history will give details of image for bibliography (wikimediacommons images only).

Alternatively select to go back to original image.

Image file history

Hint: Follow the link back to the original source to find out further details

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

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

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

Use headings and sub headings

Use bullet points

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

What are the geological features of Lord Howe Island?What are the major landscape features of Lord Howe Island?

What are the main ideas?