Category Archives: Research
Study of Religion Research
Teacher Librarians have been assisting the Year 11 Study of Religion classes with their research into the Abrahamic Religions. This task requires students to access a broad range of resources including traditional reference information, scholarly articles, and contemporary reports from media and religious organisations. The following
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National Library of Australia
The National Library of Australia (NLA) has some incredible resources for both staff and students. While the NLA can’t research or provide answers to school or university assignments, all Australian residents (including students -there is no age limit) are eligible to
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5 Tips for Reading Academic Research
Students at Mount Alvernia College across year levels and learning areas are currently engaged in tasks that require them to use academic research. Teacher Librarians have been doing a lot of sessions with classes taking them through the process of
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Ready to Research
It’s research season! Across the college, students from a range of Learning Areas are in the process of conducting research. Specifically, Teacher Librarians are working with senior and junior classes in Science and Humanities. Teacher Librarian, Krystal Gagen-Spriggs, put together the
Read MoreResources for Year 8 Humanities Research: Medieval Europe
The iCentre has some excellent resources to assist Year 8 students with their research on Medieval Europe. Topics for this task include: The Medieval Knight The Crusades Charlemagne Women of the Middle Ages The Black Death A search of the
Read MoreResearch: Let Us Help You
If you are in the process of completing a research task, don’t forget that the iCentre team are here to help. Regardless of what subject you are researching, here are some of the ways that we can assist: Getting
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Access to NEWSPAPERS at Mt Alvernia College
Attention students We have a new way of accessing Australian newspaper articles at Mt A. This subscription allows you to access today’s articles and back issues from twelve of the country’s newspapers through the Mount Alvernia College iCentre in FIVE
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Referencing & CiteMaker Update
The referencing style used at Mount Alvernia College is APA referencing. Recently, APA has updated to the 7th edition involving several style changes. Teacher Librarians will be working with teaching staff and classes to inform our researchers about the changes
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iCentre Service Available for Students
Students are reminded to use the ASK A LIBRARIAN feature that is available on the iCentre website. This is good for students across all curriculum areas who are working on assignments at home and need assistance in finding reliable information
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Referencing @ Mt A
It’s timely at this time of the term to remind teachers and students that they can use the information below about Referencing @MtA as well as our iCentre Tutorials with instructions of how to use CiteMaker, to support their research
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