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Kelly Gardiner

Advanced Search commands - 5 views

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    Some excellent tricks for a range of search engines/tools
Patricia Baker

Home - Trove - 5 views

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    Trove is a discovery experience focused on Australia and Australians. It supplements what search engines provide. If you are researching in the fields of the social sciences, literature, local or family history, or need inspiration for your school assignment, then this is the tool for you. It is the most amazing FREE site and I use it to find so many things "Australian".
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    A fantastic place to find resources on Australia.
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    "Australian and online resources: books, images, historic newspapers, maps, music, archives and more"
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    To add a Trove search box to your own webpage follow this link (thanks to a recent Libraries ACT tweet I recieved) http://www.nla.gov.au/media/trove/add-trove-to-your-website.html
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    oh and you can add the Trove search box into your browser - instructions are on the same page - see link above.
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    Digitized newspapers galore... and digitized everything else Australian.  Over 316000000 searchable items.  
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    Thanks for sharing Judy. I've marked this assignment as complete on Lore for you.
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    Thanks to Emma too. I've marked this assignment as complete on Lore for you too.
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    I guess most of the Librarians are very familiar with this site I would be interested to hear what people think of it Have heard varying reports
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    Trove: Find and get Australian resources. Books, images, historic newspapers, maps, archives and more.
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    Hi Lyn, Thanks for sharing. I've marked your Diigo assignment as Complete
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    Loved that showing this to my students meant I could show them that their small town of Kyabram is mentioned in National Library sources.
nadjaintheworld

comic rocket: a new way to read web comics - 2 views

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    I am a great fan of graphic novels, as are my students! Comic Rockets for readers writers artists takes users to the actual website and helps them find and track web comics. Oh and I found it on a fabulous site www.thelibraryasincubatorproject.org
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    The original link you posted takes us to the article on the incubator site."Incubator" looks like a blog worth exploring! Thanks for sharing the link to the site. I've marked your Diigo assignment as complete on Lore.
Michelle Gummer

Use the Evernote Clipper With Safari On iPad and iPhone by the mergy notes - 3 views

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    Useful bookmarklet so that you can clip web articles into your Evernote account on your Safari iPad app.
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    halleluja finally a simple solution and now a workable bookmarklet! Thank you!
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    Very handy! Thanks for sharing the link to this site. I've marked your Diigo assignment as complete on Lore.
Mary Faure

Search Engines - 5 views

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    While we are on the topic of Search Engines, here is a list that everyone might find useful.
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    Thanks for sharing- we've marked your assignment as completed.
Rosalie Austin

Australian Bureau of Statistics - 0 views

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    This is a great tool for students to undertake their own investigations to retrieve and analyse specific information from the current census.
Mitzi Tuke

Home | ACER - 1 views

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    An independent, non-profit organisation which creates and disseminates knowledge and tools, to improve learning, for the fulfilment of individuals and society.
shantelle602

Pinterest / Home - 0 views

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    Pinterest is a Virtual Pinboard. Pinterest lets you organize and share all the beautiful things you find on the web. People use pinboards to plan events or collect and organise things they like that relate to different topics. Best of all, you can browse pinboards created by other people. Browsing pinboards is a fun way to discover new things and get inspiration from people who share your interests.
Bright Ideas

BibMe: Fast & Easy Bibliography Maker - MLA, APA, Chicago, Turabian - Free - 1 views

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    BibMe AutoFills citations for you. Download your MLA, APA, Chicago, or Turabian bibliography in RTF for free.
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