Resource

Description

Print Newspapers

The Weipa Bulletin

The Courier Mail

The Australian

Koori Mail

The Resource Centre holds a copy of three newspaper in print form. Due to lack of space these are kept only for a matter of weeks.

Macquarie Net

Macquarie Net provides a unique blend of Australian and international reference works. Its database searches encyclopaedias, articles, dictionaries, images, atlases and news items from AAP. All teachers and students can access Macquarie Net at school. Just go to the Curriculum Exchange at http://education.qld.gov.au/tal/curriculum_exchange/ and click on Macquarie Net. No password is required.

Guidelines

Guidelines is an index to journals and is integrated into the Resource Centre catalogue, therefore a catalogue search also searches Guidelines. WCC Resource Centre can provide access to several of the indexed journals. If not available, the school can usually access the required article via the Periodical Centre for Schools at Access Ed in a matter of days.

Magazines Online

A number of journals provide some free full text material. Check the links to view some of these sites. In general, journals are more likely to provide some of their older content free of charge - but there are a few electronic journals which are available.

Choice magazine - www.choice.com.au

Ecos - conservation magazine - www.publish.csiro.au/ecos

Helix CSIRO science magazine - great articles and science issues - www.publish.csiro.au/cyberscience/helix.htm

National Geographic -provides highlights of  recent issues - www.nationalgeographic.com/

New Scientist - information on past, current and future issues of this UK based magazine - www.newscientist.com/

Newslink - site provides links to numerous media sources/mags/newspapers - http://newslink.org

Newsweek - general news and articles - www.msnbc.com/news/nw-front_front.asp

Scientific American - articles from the Scientific American Journal - www.sciam.com/

Nova Science in the News - www.science.org.au/nova/ - educational articles

Time - Time Magazine online - www.time.com/time/