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James Meehan High School Library Welcome to the library page of the James Meehan High School website. This page is a virtual pathfinder to sites that will support quality teaching and learning at James Meehan. For a more comprehensive outline of services offered by the library please refer to the Student Handbook. Campbelltown Library See what your local library has to offer by searching its catalogue. Membership will permit access to virtual library services including databases and reference material. Plenty of help is available for students especially Students Links and HSC Links. yourtutor.com.au Library members can now get personalised help with their studies through the yourtutor service which operates: Monday through Friday from 4:00pm to 8:00pm. Weblinksresearch Weblinksresearch is a searchable online database with thousands of teacher-reviewed, approved and annotated web sites.

Search Engines Most students tend to rely only on Google for searching the Internet. However it is best to develop skills in using other search engines. There are many search engines available; the following is a small selection. Google Perhaps the most popular keyword search engine used in schools. Google provides quick and reliable results. AltaVista AltaVista or “a view from above” is a keyword search engine that has the advantage of searching for video and MP3/Audio. Yahoo Yahoo is a directory search engine that is good for broad category searches and where an overview of a topic is required.   Meta-Search Engines In a meta-search engine, you submit keywords in its search box, and it transmits your search simultaneously to several individual search engines and their databases of web pages. Within a few seconds, you get back results from all the search engines queried. Meta-search engines do not own a database of Web pages; they send your search terms to the databases maintained by search engine companies. Some meta-search engines are: Dogpile Dogpile puts the power of all the leading search engines together in one search box to deliver the best combined results. The process is more efficient and yields more relevant results. Other meta-search engines include Metasearch and MetaCrawler. They use meta-search technology to search the Internet's top search engines, including Google, Yahoo! Search, MSN Search, Ask, About, MIVA, LookSmart and more. Metasearch Metasearch has been around since 1995 it is well worth investigating. MetaCrawler You can do crash course in using MetaCrawler: http://www.metacrawler.com/info.metac/search/help/aboutmetasearch.htm   Clustered Search Engines A clustered meta-search engine presents the results in clusters. They have the advantage of refining the search results for you so selecting the results you need is made easier. Some examples include: Clusty Clusty queries several top search engines, combines the results, and generates an ordered list based on comparative ranking. This meta-search approach helps raise the best results to the top and push search engine spam to the bottom. Mooter Mooter presents its search results as a mind map cluster. Kartoo Well worth investigating. Answer-based search engines Some really brilliant search engines will actually provide you with answers to specific questions. Some examples are: Ask.com Ask.com's innovative search technologies deliver fast and relevant information for millions of people every day. Investigate what is available with this search engine. Ask for Kids Ask for Kids is a great search engine for young people. Look for the stack of books on the right and choose a title: Dictionary; Thesaurus; Science; History etc.

Australian Indigenous studies The JMHS library has an Australian Indigenous collection. For links to information and resources on Australian Indigenous People try the following sites: State Library of NSW The State Library of NSW is one of the great libraries of Australia with an international reputation. You can access a great deal of information and resources relating to Australian Indigenous People through its website. See the Indigenous electronic resources page. Australian Indigenous Services The State Library has specific Australian Indigenous Services available to help people with their information needs. P.L. Duffy Resource Centre This is the school library of Trinity College, Perth, Western Australia. Its website is one of the best school library websites in Australia. You can use it for many other school topics and general interest as well. National Maritime Museum, Sydney Visit the museum to see its Eora-First People exhibition or view the image gallery for this exhibit on line by following the link at the bottom of the Eora page of the NMMS.

 

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