A good argument

(Australia/New Zealand Points of View)

Australia/New Zealand Points of View Reference Centre is a full text database designed to provide students and schools with a series of controversial essays that present multiple sides of a current issue.

Essays provide questions and materials for further thought and study and are accompanied by thousands of supporting articles from the world’s top political and societal publications.

A good book

(NoveList Plus)

NoveList Plus is a comprehensive readers’ advisory resource. In addition to a fiction database, NoveList Plus adds nonfictions to provide a complete solution for your readers. 

With NoveList Plus, you can find titles, articles, and lists for your fiction and nonfictions needs.

What will you learn?

By the end of the workshop you should be able to: 

• Describe the content and scope of the Australia/New Zealand Points of View and NoveList databases
• Understand the navigational and search features of each database
• Conduct basic and advanced searches using each database
• Identify how each database could be used for a range of reference and/or readers advisory questions

RSVP

The workshop is free but bookings are essential. Please contact Jenny Caldwell by 14 October 2011, by email, jcaldwell@sl.nsw.gov.au   or phone 9273 1470 with the names of staff who will be attending and their email contact along with the session location and date.