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Resources
Click on one of the links below to start using a search engine, an online reference resource or to visit Central Highlands Regional Library's webpage.
Search Engines
There are many different search engines and it is always worthwhile to use more than one when doing internet research. Use the pictures below to begin using one of these search engines.
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Online Reference
Click on one of the links below to take you to the online references.....
Aboriginal Resources |
Bunjilaka is Museum Victoria’s Aboriginal Centre
This is the site for Bunjilaka, the Aboriginal centre at Melbourne Museum. The centre contains one of the world’s most significant collections of cultural heritage items, the site has extensive educational materials and information sheets, as well as links to other relevant sites. | Koorie Heritage Trust Inc!
The website of the Koorie Cultural Centre, which "aims to protect, preserve and promote the living culture of the Indigenous people of south-eastern Australia". The trust also has a significant collection of Victorian Koorie artifacts. The site also contains useful links. | Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
The Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages website. Contains maps of language areas, links to essays, profiles of research projects and a language query facility where you can submit a question about aboriginal language and it will be addressed by the corporation. It also contains a database of place names where you can enter a place name to retrieve the traditional name.
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Agriculture |
AANRO
Australian Agriculture and Natural Resources Online: a integrated knowledge discovery tool for agriculture and natural resources funded by Australian Commonwealth and State Governments | Ag Facts
A comprehensive collection of agricultural information from around Australia, with links to fact sheets produced by State agricultural departments and research agencies. Information on prospective new industries, emerging new industries, established industries and future agricultural systems. | Department of Primary Industries
Easy-to-read information sheets from the Victorian Department of Primary Industries, on a range of topics including livestock, cropping, general farming, weeds, etc | | back to top |
Art |
Art Daily Newsletter
Online daily art newspaper started in 1996. Newspaper and archives can be searched and also contains links to artists | Art, Design, Architecture and Media information
ADAM, the Art, Design, Architecture & Media Information Gateway, is a searchable catalogue of Internet resources that have been carefully selected and catalogued by professional librarians for the benefit of the UK Higher Education community. | Ballarat Fine Art Gallery
The home page for the Ballarat Fine Art Gallery. Contains information about current exhibitions, permanent and temporary collections | Brett Whiteley
Information about Brett Whiteley's life and works provided by the Federal Culture and Recreation department. Links to evaluated online resources are also provided. | Brett Whiteley Studio
The Brett Whiteley studio website which is managed by the Art Gallery of New South Wales. | General art resources
Online art resources including collections, puppets and crafts | Online Art Dictionary
Artlex contains definitions for more than 3,600 terms used in discussing art / visual culture, along with thousands of supporting images, pronunciation notes, great quotations and cross-references. | Online Art Encyclopedia
This online art encyclopedia includes specific searches on Artists, Artwork title and museum and also searching via art movement | The Art Resource
Art Resource is the world | Timeline of Art History
The Timeline of Art History is a chronological, geographical, and thematic exploration of the history of art from around the world, as illustrated especially by the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection. The Museum's curatorial, conservation, and education staff | Web Gallery of Art
The Web Gallery of Art is a virtual museum and searchable database of European painting and sculpture of the Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque periods (1100-1850), currently containing over 13,900 reproductions. Commentaries on pictures, biographies of artists are available. | | back to top |
Australia |
Australia in Brief
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade website includes brief information on Australian History, Living in Australia and Australia Today | Australian online resources
Australian Resources including general Australian resources, Australian History and Indigenous Peoples resources | Guide to Australia
The Guide to Australia is an encyclopaedic collection of essential information about Australia. It contains information as diverse as the Australian constitution, current weather and lamington recipes | National Library of Australian History links
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Biographies |
Biographical Dictionary
This dictionary covers more than 28,000 notable men and women who have shaped our world from ancient times to the present day. The dictionary can be searched by birth years, death years, positions held, professions, literary and artistic works, achievements, and other keywords | De Imperatoribus Romanis: an online encyclopedia of Roman Emperors
De Imperatoribus Romanis: An Online Encyclopedia of Roman Emperors: DIR is an on-line encyclopedia on the rulers of the Roman empire from Augustus (27 BC-AD 14) to Constantine XI Palaeologus (1449-1453). | Historians and Philosophers
A concise collection of significant historians and philosophers, sorted by name and period of when they lived | Nobel Prize Winners
The Nobel Prize Internet Archive! Since 1901, the Nobel Prize has been awarded annually as per Alfred Nobel's last will and testament. This site maintains information on all winners in all categories. | Popes through the ages
A list of the 266 Popes from St Peter to the current Pope, Benedict XVI. | Women's biographies: Distinguished Women of Past and Present
This site has biographies of women who contributed to our culture in many different ways. There are writers, educators, scientists, heads of state, politicians, civil rights crusaders, artists, entertainers, and others. Some were alive hundreds of years ago and some are living today. | | back to top |
Biology |
Biology for kids
This is an easy to read site on the basics of biology | Cells alive!
Great interactive site that includes information on Plant cells, animal cells and bacterial cells | Cellular biology
This site contains information about cell structures, cell types, cell theories and also includes a glossary | Eureka Science
Award winning site that includes information on cells and DNA | | back to top |
Chemistry |
Chem is cool!
Good site that displays a periodic table which is linked to further information. Also includes a chemistry dictionary | Chemistry Tutor
Easy to read website that includes information on basic chemistry, laws and reactions, equations and more.... | World of Chemistry
A comprehensive site which includes links to Chemical reactions, Inorganic chemistry, Organic chemistry and Quantum chemistry | | back to top |
Debating |
Online debate topic database
Debatabase is the world's most useful resource student debaters. Inside you will find arguments for and against hundreds of debating Topics, written by expert debaters, judges and coaches. Also included are background summaries, links to websites of interest and recommended books, example motions and user comments. | | back to top |
Dictionaries |
Cambridge Dictionary
Cambridge dictionaries range from intermediate to proficiency level. They are clear, completely up-to-date and very easy to use. | Dictionaries, dictionaries, dictionaries
This list includes slang dictionaries, medical dictionaries and a dictionary of hard words | Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
Merriam-Webster Online includes an online dictionary and online thesaurus | One Look Dictionary
This web site is a search engine for words and phrases: If you have a word for which you'd like a definition or translation, it will quickly shuttle you to the web-based dictionaries that define or translate that word. No word is too obscure: More than 5 million words in more than 900 online dictionaries are indexed by the OneLook | | back to top |
East Timor |
CIA World Fact book - East Timor
One of the best summaries of facts and figures about East Timor | Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
DFAT fact sheet about East Timor. Includes political, economic, trade and travel information. | East Timor Press
easttimorpress.com is the first independent news service wholly owned and staffed by East Timorese journalists and editors. With the East Timorese independent news media online you can keep up-to-date on everything that's happening in East Timor. | Information service on East Timor
This service is intended to help Internet users who are interested in acquiring further information about East Timor, such as history, geography and culture, books and papers, further links across the Internet, or contacts with International Organisations dealing with East Timor. You can also get information about on-line conferences where East Timor is frequently debated, or how to receive daily news from East Timor. | Portals to the world - East Timor
Portals to the World contain selective links providing authoritative, in-depth information about the nations and other areas of the world. The link for East Timor is included. | | back to top |
Flags |
Flags of the world
Flags of the World (FOTW) is the Internet's largest site devoted to vexillology (the study of flags). Here you can read more than 28,000 pages about flags and view more than 52,000 images of flags. | World Flag database
This is a complete list of all the countries, territories and sub-national regions covered by the database. There are over 260 pages on countries and international organizations. Each page contains basic information on the country, including its formal name, capital city, area, population, currency, languages, and religions. The flags include the national and state flags, ensigns, and sub-national flags. | | back to top |
Geography |
Google Maps
Interactive maps and satellite/aerial imagery of the world. Look at Sebastopol, or the Empire State Building, or Stonehenge, or the Great Wall of China! | Portals to the world
Portals to the World contain selective links providing authoritative, in-depth information about the nations and other areas of the world. They are arranged by country or area with the links for each sorted into a wide range of broad categories. The links were selected by Area Specialists and other Library staff using Library of Congress selection criteria. When completed, the project will include all the nations of the world. | The World Factbook
One of the best summaries of facts and figures about almost every country in the world. | | back to top |
Government |
Australian Federal Government
The australia.gov.au website is your connection with government in Australia. It links to information and services on over 700 Australian Government websites as well as selected state and territory resources. Australia.gov.au also searches over five million government web pages. | Government and politics
A range of resources including the Commonwealth and Victorian Governments as well as Australian Prime Ministers | Governments on the web
A directory to Governments from around the world | Victorian State Government
Victoria Online is a 'portal' - a specialised website that helps you find the information and services that exist on other government websites and can then take you directly to those websites. It is both an easy-to-use directory and a powerful search engine. You'll find local, state or federal government information and services through Victoria Online (as well as organisations that were previously government-owned), all organised in a way that does not require knowledge of government or the way government is structured. | | back to top |
Inventions |
E How
eHow.com is an online | How Stuff Works
HowStuffWorks is widely recognized as the leading source for clear, reliable explanations of how everything around us actually works. | | back to top |
Maths |
Basic maths
This site has a large assortment of interactive lessons that demonstrate basic mathematical concepts. The material ranges from basic counting to more advanced topics. Includes subtraction, division, addition, multiplication and fractions. | Math help for students
This site is a free math help site with more than 400 pages of math activities and resources. There is a library of interactive math lessons. The lessons are self-paced and provide immediate feedback. | Maths Resources
Includes links to online maths resources as well as games and puzzles. | SOS maths help
SOS maths is your free resource for math review material from Algebra to Differential Equations!
Get help to do your homework, refresh your memory or prepare for a test.
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Media |
Australian Screen
Australian Screen is a resource developed by the Australian Film Commission listing Australian feature films, documentaries, television programs, newsreels, short films, animations, and home-movies produced over the last 100 years. It includes teacher notes on these and has helpful categories to search by. | metromagazine
Contains many study guides on a wide range of films. | | back to top |
Myths |
Myths and Legends
A range of online resources developed by the State Library of Victoria including celtic mythology, urban legends and ancient greek mythology. | | back to top |
Newspapers |
Echo Online
Echo selectively indexes three major Australian newspapers and provides a searchable index on-line. Echo also publishes regular issue outlines. These are analyses of newspaper treatment of events, controversies etc. The outlines set out the arguments for and against (as put forward by journalists and commentators) and provide background information on the particular issue. The issue outlines also contain links to vetted, relevant documents and sites on the World Wide Web. For user name and password see LRC staff. | | back to top |
Physics |
Fizzics Fizzle!
This is a fantastic site that has sections for beginners, intermediate and advanced users. Also has pictures, diagrams and a reference section | Laws of Physics
This site contains the laws list, which is a list of various laws, rules, principles, and other related topics in physics and astronomy | World of Physics
A comprehensive site which includes links to Astrophysics, Electromagnetism and mechanics | | back to top |
Quotations |
Bartleby Quotations
Bartleby.com combines the best of both contemporary and classic quotations collections into a searchable database of over 87,000 entries, the largest of its kind ever compiled. | Quoteland
Quoteland includes 1,000 | | back to top |
Shakespeare |
Absolute Shakespeare
This site includes plays, poems, sonnets, biography, study guides, quotes and trivia. | Shakespeare online
This site includes information about plays, poems and also provides a timeline. | Shakespeare Resource Centre
This site contains information about Shakespeare the man, his works and also includes information about Elizabethan England and Shakespeares last will and testament. | | back to top |
Space |
Star Child
This site is described as a learning centre for young astronomers. Includes information on the Solar System, the Universe and Space stuff! | Views of the Solar System
A good site that covers information and pictures of each planet and also includes asteroids, meteorites and comets | World of Astronomy
A comprehensive site which includes links to Atmospheres, Stars and the Solar System | | back to top |
Time |
The World Clock
A website which lists current times from around the world and also links to past and future times | World Time
An interactive atlas which has information about times and holidays for each country | | back to top |
Travel |
Lonely Planet Travel
Lonely Planet travel online includes brief statistics about countries and cities as well as tourist information such as flights, hotels, accommodation and attractions. | Rough Guide to Travel
The Rough Guides provide information about hostels and low-budget listings with the kind of detail on restaurants and quality hotels that independent-minded visitors on any budget might expect, and
include recommendations from shoestring to luxury and cover more than 200 destinations around the globe, including almost every country in the Americas and Europe, more than half of Africa and most of Asia and Australasia.
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