SLV Learn's List: Research Tools at SLV

The State Library of Victoria website provides access to the catalogue of approximately 5 million items, digitised resources and information about events at the library.

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An index of research tools at SLV

Search the SLV catalogue- refine your search with online resources if you are looking for digitised items. Use All Collections for most search, but for Journal articles use the Articles tab.

Use the My Items feature of the SLV site to save items, searches and set up search alerts for particular topics of interest (requires an SLV membership).

Databases from the State Library of Victoria, organised by subject. Many databases require an SLV membership when accessing from home.

Newspaper databases; including a full text database of current newspapers (PressDisplay).

The Ask a librarian service provides live chat from 10-6 Monday -Friday with trained librarians. Email and phone inquiries are also accepted.

Written by SLV librarians, these research guides help you find resources related to particular topics. Use the Subjects tab on the left of the page to navigate through different topics. 

The Learn Skills section of ergo contains information about Research, Essay writing and study skills. 

Ergo also contains a wide range of high quality digitised resources related to Victorian and Australian history.

The National Library of Australia's Trove site provides a search for items through many major Australian libraries. Use the digitised newspapers section to find historical digitised papers.

The Bright Ideas blog is a partnership between the State Library of Victoria and the School Library Association of Victoria. The blog looks at educational technologies and includes tutorials and guides for a range of educational and research tools. 

A tutorial covering how to get started with Diigo, an excellent social bookmarking tool that can be used for research.

The Personal Learning Network is a series on online courses for teachers and school library staff. 

The Research Toolkit course is run by the State Library of Victoria and the School Library Association of Victoria as part of the PLN series of courses. This blog hosts all of the course materials and readings. 

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