This document provides information and instructions for research tools that can be used to research the Cold War for a Year 11 Modern History assignment. It outlines online library catalogues and databases available through the student's school and state libraries, emphasizing that these resources allow access to more in-depth information than basic web searches. Step-by-step searches are demonstrated for encyclopedias, eLibrary, Library Webs, and history databases to find sources on the Cold War.

1. Year 11 Modern
History
Cold War

2. Research Tools
• Terrace Oliver Catalogue
• Library Website – Terrace eScholar
• 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
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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

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
Refine search
by text type

16. SLQ - One Search
Retrieval Samples
Books can now be borrowed from SLQ

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