History: Passion Project

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The Christopher Brennan Library subscribes to a range of databases that will help you with your studies of History. 

History Today The Christopher Brennan Library has an online subscription to History Today. Ask your friendly librarian for the logon details to gain access. The latest issue (not for loan) and past issues are available in print form in the library.

SEARCH CARROT

Carrot2 is a cluster search engine which organizes your search results into topics. With an instant overview of what's available, you will quickly find what you're looking for.

This LibGuide has been setup to assist you with your Term 3 Passion Project. 

Notetaking Effectively

You will be accessing information from a range of sources in this project. It is really important you collate and maintain effective notes. Make sure you are keeping them in a safe place! 

Notetaking consists of three steps:

1. Identification of keywords and related words in the researchable question;
2. Skimming and scanning the info for these words;
3. Extracting the relevant information. 

Remember don't copy and paste large chunks of text. Summarise and paraphrase instead!

Evaluating Websites

In the subject area of History there is a vast amount of information on the internet. Some of it is excellent and written by qualified authors however there are many, many sites that quote incorrect information and/or the information may be out of date. It is important that you have the skills to evaluate which websites are useful and worthy of being quoted from and which are not. Use these tips below to help you: 

1. You should evaluate every web site you use for research or for personal information.
    
2. Ask yourself the following questions about each site and try to use only those that have the best evidence of credibility, accuracy, reasonableness, and support.

Google Search Tips

In the Christopher Brennan Library we have more than enough information to help you with your assignment - books; databases; journals and videos. However, if you need to use Google to search for extra information read these tips below to guide you. You don't want to be wasting time searching all over the internet!