History: Ancient - People, Power and Authority

Search these sites for images you can use freely.

• Photos for Class 
• Pixabay 
• Pics4learning 

Tips for finding information​

• Other pages on the library website may help you when researching for this subject, particularly the many History pages. Use the Subject Guides tab to view all of the pages we have created for assignments or type key words into the search bar in the top right corner of the screen.

• Consider key words that relate to the topic you are exploring.
• Think carefully about the key words you use in database search bars.
• Look at all the information provided for resources in the search results list to determine if the resource is relevant to the topic you are investigating. This includes the title, year published, who wrote the article, the abstract and subject headings.
• Once you have selected a resource from a database’s list of results, book box or this library webpage perform the following:
  • Look at the table of contents and index (if provided) for key terms related to your topic. In a webpage this may mean quickly scrolling through and looking at the subheadings within the article.
  • Read the introduction and conclusion as these indicate what will be explained in more detail in the body of the work.
  • If you still think the article is relevant, scan the entire article, book or chapter for key words relevant to your topic.

Note: These steps will not take you very long to do, they are here to help you to save time by preventing you from carefully reading and writing notes from information that is not relevant to your topic.

• Now read the information carefully. When you find relevant points write them down in your own words. As soon as you write down your first note on a topic you should also write down the reference information so that you know where you got that information from.
• If at any point in this process you feel the resource is not relevant that is fine, just disregard the resource and move onto another one.
• Use the reference list at the end of articles to help you find additional resources that are key to your research.

Database search result lists

• JSTOR and Australian New Zealand Reference Centre are two very useful databases that can be accessed using the National Library.
• You can often narrow down the number of search results by using limiters on the results page.
• There are primary sources and images in Infobase databases that can be very useful.