This document provides guidance on research tools and databases for conducting research on the Cold War for a Year 11 Modern History assignment. It outlines several online library catalogues and databases that students can use, including the Terrace Oliver Catalogue, library website guides, State Library of Queensland databases, and Brisbane City Council databases. Specific databases mentioned that would be useful for Cold War research are Encyclopedia Britannica, ANZRC, eLibrary, Library Webs, Questia School Database, Expanded Academic ASAP, and Gale Virtual Reference Library. Steps are provided on how to search each resource.

1. Year 11 Modern
History
Cold War

2. Research Tools
• Terrace Oliver Catalogue
• Library Website - Libguides
• State Library – Databases, ebooks and
books
• Brisbane City Council – Databases,
books

3. Why not Google?
• Aim for ‘deep’ research to discover the
invisible web
• Google, MSN, Yahoo only access 20% of web
• Use Google Scholar
Image from Juanico Environmental Consultants Ltd and
US Dept of Energy

4. Terrace Library Website – Bookmark now

5. Terrace Oliver
Catalogue

6. Useful History
Databases at Terrace
• Encyclopaedia Britannica
• ANZRC (Australia and New Zealand
Reference Centre)
• Elibrary
• Library Webs
• Questia School Database
• Expanded Academic ASAP

7. Encyclopedia
Britannica
Use general key words – Cold War
Great for background reading

8. eLibrary Search

9. eLibrary Search Result
Examples
Research
topics on
general
topics

10. Library Webs Database -
Moodle

11. Select Cold
War

12. Links for
Cold War
online
Select relevant
topic on Cold War
Library Webs Search
Results

13. Questia
Search Path Taken
Search specific
terms

14. State Library of
Queensland

15. SLQ – One Search
Search
Terms
Select format

16. SLQ - One Search
Retrieval Samples
Visit the State Library to read these books – can
borrow on Level 2 and 3

17. SLQ – History Databases
• Humanities and Social Sciences Collection
• Humanities International Complete
• Gale Virtual Reference Library

18. • Gale Virtual Reference Library Database
Cold War
resources

19. Brisbane City Council -
elibcat
Select Databases

20. Useful elibcat databases