UQL Cyberschool

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• UQL Cyberschool

Bringing online electronic resources to your
school
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• Friday, 13th August, 2004
• Liz Blumson
• UQL Cyberschool Coordinator

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UQL Cyberschoolwww.cybrary.uq.edu.au/schools
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What is the UQL Cyberschool?

• The UQL Cyberschool provides teachers and
  students in Queensland schools with access to
  quality electronic resources for effective
  teaching and learning.

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UQL Cyberschool Services

• Discounted access to e-journals and online
  databases
• Free Trials also available
• Virtual Reference Collection
• Links to freely available government legislation,
  statistics, dictionaries and encyclopedias,
  atlases, information about educational
  institutions, and business and employment
  directories MUCH MORE!.
• Access to the UQ Cybrary Online Catalogue

• Authoritative Internet sites / e-resources for
  each of the key learning areas of the curriculum
• From Astronomy to Da Vinci, from Shakespeare to
  Nick Earles!
• University of Queensland Schools programs and
  information about study at UQ.
• Includes Bright Minds, School Guidance Officers'
  Online Centre, studyatuq.net etc.

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UQL Cyberschool Services

• The AskIT website
• Containing Frequently Asked Questions about
  software applications like Word, Powerpoint and
  Excel.
• Advice, support and solutions to technical
  problems

• Training and regular updates for teachers,
  teacher-libarians and students
• Tours and guidance in the use of relevant
  information resources and an introduction to the
  University and its school programs

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UQL Cyberschool Services

• Support information and critical literacy
• Support the integration of ICTs into the
  curriculum
• Ease the transition from Secondary school to
  University

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Discounted database subscriptions

• Full text access to scholarly journals,
  newspapers and reference material
• Simplified access to online electronic resources
• Reduced prices for schools
• Range of databases suitable for schools

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General Databases

• Expanded Academic
• LibraryWebs
• Student Resource Center
• Weblinks K-12 Online

• Australia and New Zealand Reference Centre
• Australian Public Affairs Full Text
• Electric Library

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Access to Newspaper Articles

• Echo Contemporary Issues
• Media Scan Online
• Newstext

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Reference Databases

• Britannica Online
• Britannica Online School edition
• Grolier Online for Schools

• MacquarieNet
• Oxford Reference Online
• Worldbook Online

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Science Databases

• Encyclopedia of Life Sciences
• Health Wellness Resource Center
• SAGE
• Scientific American Archive Online

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English Databases

• AustLit
• Literature Resource Center
• Novelist
• Oxford English Dictionary Online
• ProQuest Learning Literature
• The Source

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History

• History Resource Center Modern World
• Proquest Learning History

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S.O.S.E.

• Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan Online
• Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
• SYBWorld
• WebsterWorld

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Arts

• Grove Art Online
• Grove Music Online

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Database Trials available
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Subscriptions to Databases
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• Produces outlines setting out arguments
• for and against current issues
• In-depth background
• Updated fortnightly
• Archived
• Internet links
• vetted and described in detail
• Links to
• online news
• history section
• classic stories

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• Background and topical essays
• Biographies
• Critical analyses
• 41,000 primary source documents
• Letters, diaries, government documents, speeches,
  photographs, maps, audio clips, and video clips
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• 1,000 full-text periodical titles
• topics include
• astronomy, economics, education, literature and
  art, religion, law, history, psychology,
  humanities, current events, sociology, political
  science, communications, the general sciences and
  more.

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WebLinks

• A compilation of thousands of safe,
• curriculum based web sites
• Designed for Australian schools
• Teacher-reviewed
• Annotated
• Each month 80 to 100 new sites uploaded
• Campus-wide site licence
• Learners can easily search
• key word,
• learning area,
• subject heading,
• article identification number
• 'What's new'.

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Free Internet Resources for Schools
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Internet Sites by KLA Searchable Database
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Virtual Reference Collection
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Research Gateways

• Agrigate
• an Australian agriculture information gateway for
  researchers.
• Avel
• Australian Virtual Engineering Library is a
  portal to quality internet sites chosen by
  experts on environmental, engineering and
  computer science.
• WebLaw
• a legal researcher's first choice for accessing
  online Australian legal information

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Agrigate
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AVEL- environmental, engineering and computer
science
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WebLaw
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Internet search tools
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Evaluate what you find
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Citation guides
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School Tours and Training

• Tour of UQ Branch Library
• Training session on locating research material
• Emphasis on information literacy skills

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Contact UQL Cyberschool

• Database Information, Trials and Subscriptions
• Training for staff
• Tours and training for students
• Assistance with integrating ICTs in the
  curriculum

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UQL Cyberschool

• UQL Cyberschool Coordinators
• Liz Blumson
• Noeleen Fleming
• WEB www.cybrary.uq.edu.au/schools
• Email cyberschool_at_library.uq.edu.au

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