History
- Dictionaries help you to define your keywords
- Encyclopaedias help you to get an overview of your topic and provide more information than a dictionary
Online dictionaries and encyclopaedias
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Oxford Reference Online
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Includes Companions to Australian History, British History, United States History as well as Dictionary of World History.
Access for UOW staff and students only
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Who's Who in the Greek World
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A biographical guide to the world of Ancient Greece.
Access for UOW staff and students only
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Print dictionaries and encyclopaedias
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Australians, a historical library
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994/150
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Cambridge ancient history
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930/12
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Encyclopedia of American history
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973.03/1
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Encyclopedia of Asian history
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950/47
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Encyclopedia of the European Union
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341.2422/32
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Keesing's record of world events
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909.8205/1
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To find additional reference items
- Search the Library Catalogue
- Select advanced keyword search
- Combine a broad keyword AND the word dictionar**
world war AND dictionar**
world war AND encyclop**
- To retrieve variations of your keyword use the truncation symbol **
e.g. histor** will retrieve history, histories, historical, historiography
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Search the Library Catalogue to find books, videos, DVDs
If you know the exact title
- Select title search
- Type in the exact title
- Check the location, call number and status boxes to find the item in the Library collection
If you don't have an exact title OR only have a topic area
- Select advanced keyword search
- Type in keywords from your topic
- Combine your keywords with AND to find catalogue records that contain all of your keywords
e.g. Portugal and history
- To retrieve variations of your keyword use the truncation symbol **
e.g. Portug** will retrieve Portugal, Portugal's, Portuguese
Catalogue search tips:
- Too many hits? Add another keyword e.g. Portugal AND history AND empire
OR
Use the limit functions in advanced keyword search e.g. limit by publication date, format, location
- Found a useful title? Click on the subject headings to find similar material
- Studying at a different UOW campus? Use an advanced keyword search and limit by location
Need help? Ask a question.
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Search a database to find journal articles, book chapters, conference papers, research reports and newspaper articles
Try these first
Complete list of Arts databases
Found a useful reference?
Some databases do not provide the fulltext of the article. To locate these articles, you will need to search the catalogue to determine if the Library holds the journal title(s) either in print or electronically on another database.
Database search tips:
- Break your topic into keywords and/or phrases. The search strategy worksheet will help you
- Consider alternative keywords or spelling variations
- To narrow your search combine your keywords with AND to find records that contain all your keywords
e.g. cold war AND Russia
- To broaden your search combine your keywords with OR to find records that contain either of your keywords
e.g. Russia OR Soviet Union
- Use truncation to retrieve variations of your keyword.
e.g. Russia* retrieves Russia, Russia's, Russian
- Found a useful reference? Use the subject headings to find similar material
- Use library database tips or the database help screens for tips on how to search
More information: Finding Journal Articles Tutorial
Need help? Ask a question.
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It is important to critically evaluate all information found on the Web.
Try the following sites as a starting point.
Search engines create databases using computer programs called 'spiders', 'robots' or 'crawlers' that trawl the web and other Internet sites and return results to the database.
Try these first:
Directories organise Internet resources by subject. The information provided in directories is created, arranged and maintained by people rather than machines.
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