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Project Information Literacy is a national study about early adults and their information-seeking behaviors, competencies, and the challenges they face when conducting research in the digital age.

A pretty comprehensive project and study! Thanks for posting the link, Paul. I've marked the Diigo Assignment as complete for you.

A good way to share this type of information with students is via infographics. Complete a search for [infographic google search] and you will find a gold mine of information. 

Love infographics and so do my students. Thanks for sharing the link, Simon. I've marked your Diigo assignment as completed on Lore.

This is a place where you can find information for books, add book details - ratings, comments etc, organise and sort book collections, share information with others and more. I find it very useful and I am sure it would be for any library user.

Yes I am a fan of Library Thing too

Thanks for posting Sara, I've marked Assignment 2 as complete on Lore for you.

I like Zotero which is a free online bibliographical management tool.  haven't used it through Chrome yet but have used it in Firefox and got the add on for Word. It automatically cited information for you which was a real time saver for me when completing my Advanced Diploma studies. Read the article in Bright Ideas for more information. 

I too have use Zotero for my uni studies and found it quite clever. Zotero works better when installed using Firefox (which I personally don't use). So, if you are looking for a program to keep your bibliography on track take a look at this program.

Thanks for sharing this link, Lisa. I've marked you Assignment 2 as complete in Lore.

The Australian Bureau of Statistics publishers 'Year Book Australia' a useful source of Australian Statistical Information as well as information about the Australian Government. Excellent site to refer to students. If you prefer the print version, Year Book Australia should be available at your local public library.

Thanks for sharing this link. I've marked this assignment as complete on Lore for you.

Joyce Valenza's comprehensive information literacy, web tools and research tools Libguide containing tools, tutorials and other resources to help students navigate the research process. 

Looks great, thank you

Joyce is a TL superhero!

Interactive tutorial from Rutgers University for students covering these areas: Selecting a topic, finding sources, selecting keywords, identifying citations, evaluating sources. Includes database searching using example of EBSCO, importing citations with RefWorks.

Thanks Amanda. I like the interactive nature of the site. It is very smooth and informative. I think Uni students would have the stamina to go through the options offered but I wonder about high school students' ability to stay with it.

Thanks for sharing, Amanda. I've marked this assignment as complete on Lore.

An great article for Teacher Librarians concerning curation from one of the most prolific curators of information who just seems to share everything with the library community

Thanks for sharing our link Marian, I've marked Assignment 2 as complete on Lore for you.

I re-found (is that even a word?) this website in my Delicious account- I suspect I originally stumbled across it while doing the VicPLN course earlier in the year. At the time, I thought it would be a great one to come back & explore. I still do. It contains a lot of information on Creative Commons...some of it a useful starting point for a discussion with students. 

Yes, we are just working on ours now!

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Lists the best search engines for a particular research need

Using naplan data to inform teaching.

This is a fully searchable database of all the 780 First Fleet convicts via a number of search options. Searching can be done by name, ship or by crime. The data can be downloaded free of charge provided it is for non-commercial use. This is a great way to introduce students to real data based on real people. There are many opportunities to introduce children to the language of the day through information written in the database based on the occupations listed for some of the convicts.

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An interesting article found on school libraries and the student research process

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I first came across Eric years ago at MLC. Haven't caught up with all the posts yet, so someone may have beaten me to it! Excellent search tool for anything and anyone. Contains journals, collections, microfiche archives,etc

Information about Indigenous people, mainly in Victoria and the Northern Territory. The Melbourne Office holds Victorian records dating from 1860. The Archives also holds records on the development of Australian Government policies on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander affairs, as well as more recent records on the amendment of the 1967 Constitution to allow the Australian Government to legislate for all Aboriginal people.

"AwesomeStories is a gathering place of primary-source information" You can sign up for free

Research skills in step-by-step process. Covers searching for information, referencing, plagiarism, smart searching.  Provides the option of Flash movie format or print.  Only disadvantage is that movies will not play on iPad without Flash enabled browser.

Great site! Thanks for sharing Camilla