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    **[|How do I use the Infotrac Gale Database?]**

An online database offers an excellent alternative to conducting your research on the Internet. Infotrac has been organized by specific subject areas which are then matched by selected articles from a vast range of journals. There are more than 11,000 journal titles and coverage from 1980. There are 400 newspaper services covering worldwide current events. Every article in Infotrac can now be translated into eight different languages.  <span style="display: block; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> There are currently  <span style="display: block; font-size: 110%; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 255); text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 111, 255); font-size: 90%;">79,480,091 articles in the Database which are updated daily

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<span style="display: block; font-size: 110%; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 255); text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 110%; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;">**__Search Pathways__** ====<span style="display: block; font-size: 110%; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;"> **<span style="display: block; font-size: 11pt; text-align: left; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">There are a number of ways to retrieve articles from the Database ** ====

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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">   <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> =<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> = <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(64, 64, 64);">** Click ‘Basic Search’ ** from the **__<span style="color: rgb(0, 111, 255);">[|navigation bar] or__ ‘Advanced Search’** <span style="color: rgb(64, 64, 64);">** Exercise 1: ** <span style="color: rgb(64, 64, 64);"> I need an article about Caribbean Cooking with some images and recipes. Could you also give me the bibliographic details of the Journal or Magazine? <span style="color: rgb(64, 64, 64);">** Exercise 2: ** I want to find a review for the book ‘The Kite runner’. It has to be from an Academic journal. <span style="color: rgb(64, 64, 64);"> ** Exercise 3 ** : There was an article about Kate Grenville’s book called ‘The Secret River’, published in the Southerly Journal a couple of years ago. I have to cite that article for my essay. <span style="color: rgb(64, 64, 64);">Then you can conduct the same search and click on Keyword and your results will increase. These exercises illustrate the range of information you can find in the Infotrac Database. The articles have been carefully checked, peer reviewed and selected following a subject criteria. <span style="color: rgb(64, 64, 64);"> <span style="color: rgb(64, 64, 64);"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">** Select your search option **
 * Enter one or more words in the **** Find **** box **


 * [|Subject] **, **[|Keyword]** or **[|Entire document]**


 * For Example: Global warming (click subject) **

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left; display: block;">Result: **Articles from** 6207 Magazines **which are displayed by their relevance. Or you can select other options from the tab bar such as** //‘academic journals’// <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">E  <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">nter search limits by clicking **<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|more search options] **Click the ** Search ** button. **//<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">“While the internet is an enormous digital store, you cannot always be 100% sure of the ‘authority control’ over the information selected. Always use information from at least 3 different sources i.e. a database, the internet and print materials” //**

<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 111, 255);"> 10 Essay Writing Tips <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 128);"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 111, 255); text-align: left; display: block;">** “It is the quality of the writing and the quality of ideas that are the key criteria. Examiners are looking for insight and relevance. ** <span style="color: rgb(0, 111, 255); font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> >
 * Bob Hillman.” VCE Assessor (Education Age) **
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">** Reread ** the primary text/s after researching your topic and before writing your first draft
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> ** Start ** with a sentence or paragraph that will interest the reader such as a statement about the topic
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Any difficulty with writing and spelling, **use of your dictionary**. Try **The** **Australian Pocket Oxford Dictionary**
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> For good grammar and style, obtain a good guide such as or **//Strunk and White//** and use it
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> **// Remember //**//, // one approach to writing is not preferable to another
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> It is important that each piece of writing is a **completed product**
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Ensure you have had **sufficient practice** in planning, writing and checking your work under exam conditions
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Always create an outline, **keep focused**, stay on track so your reasoning and argument doesn’t meander off and lose direction
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> End with a **strong conclusion** that summarizes the argument or position, and repeat major pieces of evidence
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Now **review it**, and get someone else to read it to see if you’ve missed anything