LibGuides: Walcha Central Library Home: 7-10 Learning

Useful Links

Walcha Central School Library Catalogue
Search for books and websites for research and reading.
TV4Education

Download and read OverDrive ebooks and audiobooks using the new Sora app. Choose 'Walcha Central School' from the list the first time you log in.

Trove
Books, newspapers any many more resources from the National Library of Australia

Citation, Referencing and Research Management Tools
Links to SLASA Online Referencing Generator, Zotero, Mendeley and using Microsoft Word to create references and bibliographies.
Information Literacy (How to do research)
Online courses to step you through the whole research process.
Questioning
Types of questions; developing driving questions for research; designing survey questions
Writing
Essay writing tips; PEEL paragraph writing; academic writing; editing tips
Note taking
Different note taking styles; tips for taking great notes
Critical Reading
Tips for how to read a text critically
Fact checking and the Ethical Use of information
Fake news; Copyright; Plagiarism; checking for validity and relilability

Top 5 Most Effective Study Tips to Acing Year 9 and 10
Years 9 and 10 can be a challenging time with an increase in workload, study hours and difficulty. That’s why we’ve come up with our top 5 study tips to help you manage this change as you go through Stage 5 of high school!
How to Organise Your Study Notes and Keep on Top of Them
So you’ve been writing study notes for a while when you suddenly realise that maybe they’re not quite as quality as you thought they were.
Why Timed Study is Beneficial and How to Integrate It Into Your Daily Routine
Studying can be a mess — with so many subjects to handle and so much information to cover, you can feel totally overwhelmed. What you may not have thought of is using timed study to help keep yourself in check.