Subject Guide: Exploring an issue

Subject Guide: Exploring an issue
A guide to key resources to help you explore your chosen issue

SEARCH THE CATALOG

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Find books, magazines, videos, CD's, computer software, posters, audiovisual equipment

KEY REFERENCE SOURCES

Encyclopedias
Dictionaries
Biographies
Statistics

ENCYCLOPEDIAS
For getting basic, summary information about a subject

REF 032 N532

Encyclopedia Britannica

DICTIONARIES
For defining terms and clarifying concepts

REF 423 M173

Macquarie dictionary

BIOGRAPHIES
For finding the life histories of artists

REF 920.02 J76b

Barry Jones dictionary of world biography

STATISTICS
For gathering facts and figures

REF 319.45 VIC	Victorian year-book
REF 319.4 A938	Year book Australia
REF 319.4 A938c	Australian bureau of statistics catalog of publications

FIND JOURNAL & NEWS ARTICLES

Databases
CD-ROM's
Print Sources

Journal and news articles provide current information on a range of subjects

Infotrac database | Infotrac instructions
Find and print articles from a broad range of journals

Opinion pages
Editorials, opinions and commentaries from English language newspapers around the world

Age on CD
Find and print Age newspaper articles - 1993+

KEY JOURNALS

Print journals
Online journals

PRINT JOURNALS

PER O50 BUL

Bulletin

ONLINE JOURNALS
Hot issues and e-briefs
Background and commentary on issues of current interest to Australia's government

VIDEOS

Videos may be viewed within the library. Art videos are available for loan

VIRTUAL REFERENCE COLLECTION

Web dictionaries
Encyclopedias
Biographies
Maps

The Virtual Reference Collection is a set of carefully evaluated online reference sources

OTHER LIBRARIES

Deakin Library
Reciprocal borrowing
Other TAFE's
Public Libraries

Deakin library
Deakin catalog
SWIT students may borrow from Deakin's Warrnambool collection

CAVAL
Search CoolCat
Use a CAVAL card to borrow from other TAFE's and Universities

TAFE virtual library
Find out if other TAFE libraries have what you need

Victoria's virtual library
Search public library catalogues throughout Victoria

EVALUATE INFORMATION

Learn to check for accuracy, reliability, credibility, recency and fairness

REFERENCES & BIBLIOGRAPHIES

Reference sources
Bibliographies
Online sources

Learn to cite reference sources and prepare bibliographies