~ Water Pollution ~
Year 8 Science : Water Pollution
This page has been created to guide your search for information for this assignment.Take advantage of the many shortcuts available to you...............
It is essential that you know what you are looking for! For peak efficiency you must have a list of possible key words that you can use in your search.Your assignment requires you to use a minimum of 3 different sources -
a book, a newspaper or magazine article and an internet site.DON'T FORGET TO RECORD YOUR SOURCES for your bibliography!
If you are not sure how to do this, go to the Bibliography page on the Intranet or ask at the Front desk for a pamphlet.Source shortcut # 1- Books
Use your key words to search the index or index volume to ensure you find all possible references.
Encyclopedias and reference books - give you an overview or summary of a particular type of water pollution; provide meanings of key terms or jargon.
There are also many non-fiction books on enviromental issues and pollution. Use your key words again to search on the Dynix catalogue [#3 subject word search], and you will find many useful subject headings.
| REFERENCE COLLECTION | SUBJECT HEADINGS |
| R030 WOR
World Book Encyclopedia R030 ENC Encyclopedia Britannica R032 GRO Grolier Academic Encyclopedia RT304.2 CAM Imprints: Geographical studies of environments & people R304.2 MID Atlas of environmental Issues RT 304.2 PAL Challenge: man & his environment 4 RT304.20994 BUT Australian environments – data & skills RT304.20994 SAL Introducing Australia RT 333.707 ENV Environment: a handbook for teachers R333.703 ENV Environmental Science R363.7 POP The Green Book R503 VER The Australian Dictionary of Science Technology & the Environment R304.2 ENC Encyclopedia of the Environment R304.20994 CAS Australia’s environment: issues & facts R333.7 ATL Atlas of the Environment R333.72 SWA Masterworks of man & nature: preserving our world heritage R503 WOR The Animal World R574.03 ABE The Penguin Dictionary of Biology R574.503 MEA The Macmillan Dictionary of the Australian Environment R574.529 AUS Australia’s Endangered Species R574.994 DAK Australian Seashores R591.03 AUD The Audubon Society encyclopedia of animal life R591.03 INT The international wildlife encyclopedia R591.529 DAY The encyclopedia of vanished species R591.9 ATL The atlas of world wildlife R591.994 AUS Australia’s wildlife heritage RT910.02 UND Understanding Environments RT919.4 REI Australian communities & Environments R994 BOO Book of Australia R994.003 AUS The Australian encyclopedia |
CONSERVATION
OF NATURAL RESOURCES ENDANGERED SPECIES ENDANGERED SPECIES - AUSTRALIA ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - AUSTRALIA ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION GREENPEACE HUMAN ECOLOGY MAN INFLUENCE ON THE ENVIRONMENT MAN INFLUENCE ON NATURE MARINE POLLUTION NATURE CONSERVATION POLLUTION RECYCLING WASTE PRODUCTS WATER POLLUTION WHALES WILDLIFE CONSERVATION Search results will include vertical files and videos (which have VC code instead of Dewey number). Both can be borrowed (videos are strictly overnight!) |
Source shortcut # 2 - Newspapers & MagazinesAdvertiser and Australian newspapers - ask at the Front desk for past copies of the (Could be a source for pictures for your brochure).
*A Newstext search can also be arranged (the teacher librarian searches the password protected databases of the Advertiser and Australian with you - sorry text only, no pictures)Current Environmental issues (kept in boxes on top of Vertical File cabinets)- a weekly newspaper clipping service on environmental issues.
Guidelines(also on top of the Vertical File cabinets) - an index to periodical (magazine) articles.
Use your key words to search the subject headings in this print index.
Make a note of the citation (author, article title, magazine title, date)
*If the article appears in Time, Bulletin or New Internationalist, then we can locate the issue and article for you. Otherwise try your local public library or the State Library.
*The State Library also offers an excellent and free online searchable index that produces full text articles.Online newspapers & magazines
Source shortcut # 3 - Internet sites
*Using these sources will be time-consuming, and not all have searchable archives - use only as a last resort!
Before you start doing your own search, which can be very time consuming, use these pre-selected lists of sites.Browse these general lists of sites for topics such as algal blooms and marine pollution.
Environment Environment(2) Conservation These links take you to more specific lists of sites
Oil spills Pesticides Salinity Uranium mining Waste disposal If you do need to do your own search, do it within these categories from subject directories:
about.com - current environmental issues (USA bias)
Yahoo - Environment Lots of useful categories (restrict search to a category for fewer and more relevant 'hits') and sites (scroll down this page)
Google - Environment - Water Resources
AltaVista - Issues - Environment
If you are still looking for useful internet sites, use these recommended search engines:
Environmental Organizations.com Claims to be 'Earth's Biggest Environment Search Engine'
Ask Jeeves This service suggest answers to your question and also compiles results from several different search engines.
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