Thursday 9 July 2015

Australian Rainforests



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When looking for information on Australia’s rainforests there are a few different places you can search.
In the Library
Searching the catalogue with the following keywords will get you some good results:
·         Rainforest
·         Australia Rainforest
If you are looking for information about a specific rainforest you could enter the name e.g. Daintree
 
Library Website
If you go to the Information desk online webpage on the Library website you will see that you have access to encyclopaedias like Britannica and World Book. World Book in particular has some good results using keywords like “Australian rainforest”.

Online
You might also choose to Google in order to find some websites with more information, if you need to use Google I would recommend being as specific as possible in the keywords you use. Here are some suggestions for keywords:
·         Australian rainforests
·         Daintree rainforest
·         Gondwana rainforests
·         Tarkine Tasmania
·         Littoral rainforest

Other websites that you might find useful

World Heritage Places - Gondwana Rainforests of Australia -New South Wales and Queensland
This website has been written by the Australian Government Department of the Environment. It contains extensive information about the Gondwana Rainforests including where they are located, information on the Heritage database records, images, links to maps, fact sheets and other important material as well as relevant contact information.

Australian Rainforest Foundation
This website has information about rainforests in each of the different states and contains important information such as the threatened species in each state and links to other relevant sites or groups.

The Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust – AustralianRainforests
This site has a lot of information about all types of Australian rainforests, including, history, habitats and environment, soil fertility and how rainforests are categorised. This is a very useful site.

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