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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).

Library Catalogue Search

Access print and ebook resources

Why use the Library catalogue? Get an overview of this search pathway

Search the full library collection

Search the library for ebooks

Are you new to using ebooks? Check out the Ebooks library guide

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 'Online books'  in the catalogue. To read an e-book, open the catalogue record and then select the link: Connect to electronic book.
  • Interested in requesting library books by mail? Check out the 'sourcing online and print resources' page
  • Searching in Discovery will also retrieve books and ebooks

Keyword searching - an example

Search tips

Desired result - Resources about 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*

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.

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

Can't find the book you want?

  • Staff and students can request books and articles we don't own via Inter-library 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.

 


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