General Reference
You need to know the big picture – who, what, where and when, to ask good questions about the topic.
General reference resources give a big picture of the topic. You should use these especially at the start of your research.
ABC Splash. (2016). ABC Splash: Resources for Year 4 History. Retrieved from http://splash.abc.net.au/home#!/resources/-/history/4
Scan through the titles and labels. Choose things labelled with ‘History’ and ‘Year 4′. Look for titles with keywords or phrases from the topic. Use this guide’s glossary to get to know some keywords and phrases.
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(ABC Splash, 2016). Resources search results – scan through the titles and labels.
Dunn, P. (n.d.). Visuwords. Retrieved from https://visuwords.com/
Visuwords is a visual dictionary that helps you visual words.
Here are some keywords or phrases to explore:
- Abel Tasman,
- Christopher Columbus,
- exploration,
- Ferdinand Magellan,
- James Cook
- Australia
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(Goocto.com, 2018).
WordHippo (2016). WordHippo. Retrieved from http://www.wordhippo.com/
Do you need to look up the word to find out it means? If the word meanings are a bit hard to read, you can find other words with the same meaning.
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(WordHippo, 2016). Need help with new words? Use “another word for” or “meaning of”.
