Wollongong College Australia
Resources for Wollongong College Australia
Definitions, facts, figures and overviews
- Dictionaries help you to define your keywords
- Encyclopedias help you to get an overview of your topic and provide more information than a dictionary
- Handbooks and manuals provide figures and facts
Online dictionaries, encyclopedias and handbooks
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Oxford Reference Online
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English and subject dictionaries in arts, history, business, sciences, computing, politics, health
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Encyclopaedia Britannica
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Encyclopeaedia and more. Contains biographies, illustrations, maps, articles as well as links to web sites.
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Australia Now: A Statistical Profile
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Online version of Yearbook Australia from the Australian Bureau of Statistics
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Print dictionaries, encyclopedias and handbooks
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Macquarie Dictionary
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423/13
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Oxford English Dictionary
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423/3
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Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases
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423/5
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Social Issues
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301.03/17
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World Book Encyclopedia
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031/5
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Yearbook Australia
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319.406/2
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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**
business AND dictionar**
science AND encycloped**
computers AND handbook**
- To retrieve variations of your keyword use the truncation symbol **
e.g. econom** will retrieve economic, economics, economy  Need help? Ask a question.
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Books and moreSearch the Library Catalogue to find books, videos, CDs 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
environment AND Australia
- To retrieve variations of your keyword use the truncation symbol **
e.g. australia** will retrieve australia, australian, australia's Catalogue search tips:
- Too many hits? Add another keyword e.g. environment AND Australia AND waste
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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
- Looking for resources for a Senior Secondary subject? Use an advanced keyword search and limit by location, CRC.
Need help? Ask a question. top of page
Journal articlesSearch a database to find journal articles. Try these first
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Proquest5000
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Business, health, current affairs, economics, politics, social sciences, Partial fulltext.
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Expanded Academic Index
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Arts, humanities, social science, science, technology. Partial fulltext.
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APAFT - full text
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Business, health, current affairs, economics, politics, social sciences. Partial fulltext.
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Emerald
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Management, economics, marketing, logistics, training, education. Fulltext.
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ScienceDirect
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Life, physical, medical, technical and social sciences. Partial fulltext.
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Complete list of Wollongong College Australia 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. advertising AND consumer behaviour
- To broaden your search combine your keywords with OR to find records that contain either of your keywords
e.g. advertising OR marketing
- Use truncation to retrieve variations of your keyword.
e.g. advertis* retrieves advertise, advertising, advertisement; behavio* retrieves behavior, behaviour
- 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
- Need to find academic journal articles? Use the Finding Academic Journal Articles guide.
More information: Finding Journal Articles Tutorial Need help? Ask a question. top of page
Internet sitesIt is important to critically evaluate all information found on the Web. Try the following sites as a starting point. Search enginesSearch 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: DirectoriesDirectories organise Internet resources by subject. The information provided in directories is created, arranged and maintained by people rather than machines. WWW Virtual Library UOW sitestop of page
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