1. Year 8 Geography
Landforms and Landscapes

2. Why Not Google?

3. Library Moodle Databases
What are databases?

4. Databases
A database is a collection of
data that is organized so that
its contents can easily be
accessed.

5. Which Databases would be useful?
Library Webs
Encyclopaedia Britannica
elibrary

6. How do I find databases at Terrace?
Go to…
Visit the Library Website
http://libguides.terrace.qld.edu.au/home
Databases page
Enter the username and password for chosen
database

7. Example Search Terms
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

8. Library Webs

9. Library Webs

10. Library Webs Example

11. Encyclopaedia Britannica

12. Encyclopaedia Britannica Results

13. eLibrary
Select relevant retrievals

14. Copyright Images – Creative Commons
Hint: Use this to find copyright maps

15. Google with permissions
These images
can be used
without
permission
but need to be
acknowledged

16. File history will give
details of image for
bibliography (wikimedia
commons images only).
Alternatively select to go
back to original image.

17. Image file history
Hint: Follow the link back to the original source to find out further
details

18. Referencing Images in Brochure
Figure 1: Rain Forest Daintree Australia. From Australian, 2005, Retrieved
from http://www.retas.de/thomas/travel/australia2005/index.html

19. Bibliographies
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

20. Bibliography (APA style)
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

21. Bibliography
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

22. Note Taking Skills
Use headings and sub headings
Use bullet points
Create a bibliographic record
Ask What is the main idea?

23. Note-taking Task
What are the geological features of Lord Howe Island?
What are the major landscape features of Lord Howe Island?
Source: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation. (2013).
Lord Howe Island Group. Retrieved from http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/186

24. What are the main ideas?