Latest from the Library

Now available through the State Library of Queensland free online databases are the very helpful Britannica and Newsbank.

• Britannica has some new features and is available through www.slq.qld.gov.au and can be accessed by clicking on Indexes and Databases on the homepage. From here click on Queensland wide databases and scroll down to Britannica Online. Select Chinchilla Library from the list and enter your library card number.

Some features of Britannica include beautiful colour photos and illustrations; the world Atlas; a dictionary & thesaurus; links to the best websites; current magazines and news items and articles; biographies; video clips; timelines and reviews on events through the year. What is new is that there are age specific homepages for juniors, students and adults.

• Newsbank is a new database offered by the SLQ. Follow the instructions above, except scroll down to Newsbank. Newsbank offers the world map so you can find the newspapers you want to search without necessarily knowing their names. You can save your searches to a folder and then at leisure search through the articles to find what you are looking for. Individual newspapers also have the last four issues displayed so that if you read that newspaper regularly you can click on the new edition. If you keep up-to-date with several newspapers you can create a custom list. Most prominent newspapers of the nations of the world are available and alot more of Australia's newspapers are available.

Not enough?

Want a book to take home and languish over?

Then ask our library staff to help you find some subject relevant books to go with your research.