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Teaching (Primary)

This guide supports students enrolled in the Master of Teaching (Primary) and the Master of Teaching (Early Childhood/Primary).

 Go to the library catalogue 

Search the entire collection
 
Search for ebooks

 

Information about accessing Print resources while our physical libraries are closed.

Finding eBooks

  • Use a keyword search to find books and ebooks on a topic. Once you have completed a search you can limit your search to a specific collection such as, Giblin Eunson Library or format such as online books (login with your username and password to view e-books)
  • Only want an eBook? Choose the option 'eBooks'  in the catalogue. To read an e-book, open the catalogue record and then select the link: Connect to electronic book.

Searching in Discovery will also retrieve books and ebooks

Finding and using eBooks

 Library Guide on eBooks

Keyword search tips - an example

Desired result - Resources on/for planning science lessons for primary aged students.

Topic keywords brainstorm - Primary, science, lessons, lesson planning, elementary

Keywords entered into the search box: primary science lesson*

Strategy explained...

This search will retrieve results with all 3 terms

Adding an asterisk to the end of the word 'lesson' will truncate or extend the search results and find the terms lessons or lesson.

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Narrowing the search - Too many results?

  • Try sorting your results by the most recent date of publication
  • Add more keywords from the topic brainstorm eg. primary science lesson*planning

Find more on the same subject

Look within the catalogue record of the first relevant item you find. Scroll down the page to the subject heading fields.

Click on a relevant subject heading link e.g. Science -- Study and teaching (Primary). This will reveal more resources that have been classified using the same heading.

 

Further borrowing options

  • Graduate students and staff member can request books and articles we don't own via interlibrary loans Requested books are delivered to the University of Melbourne Library for collection.
  • Find copies of books held in Australian libraries using TROVE. 
  • Borrowing from other Victorian Universities - Get a CAVAL card and then you can visit and borrow books from other university libraries in Victoria.
  • Live Interstate? Borrowing options - Use the ULANZ borrowing scheme to borrow in person from any other participating Australian and New Zealand university libraries. 
  • Want us to buy a book? Fill in the Orders Request form.