ANZ Reference Centre

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The ANZ Reference Centre is one of the databases subscribed to by CHRLC and a number of other Victorian Libraries through the Gulliver consortium.

To quote the EBSCO blurb the "Australia/NZ Reference Centre combines Australasian magazines, newspapers, newswires and reference books to create the largest collection of regional full text content available to libraries in Oceania. This database includes leading Australia/NZ periodicals and international periodicals in full text; full text reference books; 84,774 full text biographies and an Image Collection of 235,186 photos, maps and flags. "

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The following tutorials have been provided by EBSCO. The first link will take you to an online tutorial on basic searching.

Searching Tutorial - click here (4 minutes)

If you are feeling more adventurous after looking at this tutorial perhaps you may like to remind yourself what "Visual Searching" is all about and how it works. Again the good folk at EBSCO have put together an online tutorial that will help. This one only runs for 2 minutes and 20 seconds so get yourself a cup of tea and shift your mind into training mode.

Visual Search Tutorial - click here (2 minutes 20 seconds)

For those of you who really want to be known as "Power Users" have a look at the tutorial on how to create search and journal alerts.

Search and Alerts Tutorial - click here (4 minutes)

EBSCO have released an upgrade to the look of the database. For more information go to the following demonstration.

EBSCOhost 2.0 user interface


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If you're feeling a bit more enlightened now is the time to go back and play with the database. It can be found on the Online Resources page listed under "Newspapers and Magazines", go to:

http://www.erl.vic.gov.au/info/ondbase.htm#news

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See if you can find information or answers to the following questions:

1. Find a review of "That Memory Book" - who wrote the book and who wrote the review?

2. Recommend 2 articles on the use of Stem Cell Technology to make Insulin. Name the articles and their authors. 3. Find a recipe for Chocolate Mud Cake and Mandarin Ice Cream. Which copy of the Australian Gourmet Traveller did you find it in?