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John Edmondson High School

Virtus et Integritas

Telephone02 9825 9815

Emailjedmondson-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Locating archive

Steps in the process

What do I already know?
What do I still need to find out?
What sources and equipment can I use?

Information skills

Students should be able to:

recall relevant information and skills from previous experience
recognise strengths and limitations of current knowledge and decide whether additional information and/or skills are needed
limit an investigation to a manageable size
identify possible sources (people, organisations, places, print, electronic materials, objects)
recognise the relative worth of sources
select the best of these sources to use
locate sources and appropriate equipment
use appropriate equipment
record details of sources that are used.

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Dewey Decimal System

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Online Resources

Dewey Decimal System

Understanding Dewey Classification

Do we really know Dewey? - this explains the Dewey system using an alien analogy

Order in the library - refine you knowledge of Dewey the fun way

Locating Strategies

Librarians internet index

Kids tools for searching the internet

Learn the net - how search engines work

The best search for your information needs

DiRT - digital research tools

How to choose the best search engine

Online Bookmarks

Delicious - online bookmaking facility. Have your bookmarks available from all computers

Diigo - online bookmarks with a highlighter and snapshot

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People Search

123People - a people search

Pipl - a people search for biographies

Search Engines

Search engine watch

Eyexplorer a graphical search engine with some reliance on Wikipedia

Visuwords - online graphical dictionary and thesaurus

Shahi - combines images with dictionary meanings

Try Wolfram/Alpha for any mathematical requests

For the latest new use 10 x 10

WorldCat world's largest library catalogue

Tag Galaxy - visual image search using Flickr

Soungle - royalty free sound files and effects

Want educational videos, check out Watch Now

Scientific information is available from Scirus

Bubl - uses Dewey Classification to find resources

Calcoolate - great calculator or just do your problem in the Google search box

Grab large images with Google Image Ripper

Study Search - Australian High School students

Kids Click - worlds of web searching, devised by Librarians, this is a kid's search engine

Spezify - missing all media results

Creative Commons

Sweet Search - a search engine for students

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address 64 Horningsea Park Drive
Horningsea Park NSW 2171

telephone 02 9825 9815

email jedmondson-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au

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We would like to pay our respects and acknowledge the Cabrogal people of the Darug Nation who are custodians of the land and also pay respect to Elders both past and present.

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