1. Credible sources: what are they and where do I find them?
Libraries can supply books & journals for you to study in the library or borrow:
Forest Hill School library catalogue is available online
Lewisham libraries catalogue is available online
Goldsmith University Library catalogue is available online

2. Many libraries organise books using the DEWEY SYSTEM
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Designed by Sarah Pavey, Epsom College Librarian, 2006
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3. More credible sources…
Other resources include:
Peer reviewed journals
Published research
Primary sources such as newspaper articles of the time
Check out the links on the next few slides for places you can access these sources online.
How do you access these sources – not from a normal google search!
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4. Available online from Lewisham Libraries
Access to Research – published academic research
Credo Reference – Large online reference library including encyclopaedias, books of quotations, and subject-specific titles
Oxford Dictionary of National Bibliography
Newspaper archives - Times Digital Archive, Illustrated London News, 19th Century British Newspapers
Oxford Music Online & Oxford Art Online
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5. Available online from FHS library
Issues Online: A comprehensive reference source addressing contemporary social issues, a wide range of information including: articles with news and views on each topic, key facts, key statistics, lobby group links, newspaper archives, reference sites, research guides. There are a variety of opinions available on each topic.
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6. Freely available online
Directory of Open Access Journals: An online directory that indexes and provides access to high quality, open access, peer-reviewed journals
Google Scholar: A large search engine that indexes the full text or metadata of scholarly literature across an array of disciplines. Some is abstracted, some if reproduced in full
Google Books: A service that searches the full text of books and magazines that Google has scanned in. Some books are available in part and some are available in full
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7. Freely available online
Original books from the British Library - including the Lindisfane Gospels, Leonardo da Vinci's notebook, Mozart's musical diary, Jane Austen's early work in her own hand and the first atlas of Europe
The Big Think - research and discussion website "a global forum connecting people and ideas“
Podcasts of lectures and debates from Oxford University
Ted Talks – by “Thinkers. Doers. Idea-generators”
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8. Search tools to find other resources:
Google Advanced Search  - specify which format you want results in (eg. Ppt), exactly what you are looking for, how recent the information should be, etc
find results from MANY searches at once:    
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9. Cite your sources!
Don’t forget to reference your sources, these sites can help:
Interactive tutorial
Reference generator
University guide to referencing
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