Man-made ecosystems are causing the extinction of Australian native fauna
Threats to Australian biodiversity
The impact of human activities on Australian wildlife
'A national disgrace': Australia's extinction crisis is unfolding in plain sight
What impacts do human activities have on habitats and wildlife
Solar energy will eventually replace coal as a source for electricity
The potential for renewable energy to provide baseload power in Australia
Future power: where will the world get Its next energy fix?
Why renewable energy will replace fossil fuels
Renewable energy will be world's main power source by 2040, says BP
Burning fossil fuels is causing the Earth to get warmer
Fossil fuel extraction could be contributing to climate change by heating Earth from within
Climate change will cause an increase in the frequency of El Niño events along the Australian east coast
How will climate change change El Niño and La Niña?
What is El Niño and what might it mean for Australia?
Climate warming promises more frequent extreme El Niño events
Here's how climate change is going to affect 'super El Niño' events in the future
The ENTIRE collection of resources provided by the BBC Library can be searched on ONE single, powerful search platform, which retrieves print books, eBooks, database articles and websites. Click HERE for assistance.
1. Use 'Ctrl F' (Control + Find) to search for particular terms easily in a long document, whether from a website or a database article.
2. Use a Boolean command - put double inverted commas around phrases to limit and improve your results eg "energy drinks problems".
3. Use filetype:pdf to search in Google for only pdf articles - "plastic pollution" filetype:pdf - will force Google to return results on plastic pollution which are only pdf articles (PDFs are great sources sometimes deeply buried in Google results and remain unseen).
4. Use a Google command eg site:edu OR site:gov to limit results to a CERTAIN DOMAIN such as education or government eg biodiesel site:edu
5. To check the authority of a website when it is not clear who the author / authority is, go to the end of the URL in the Google search box, cut back to the first forward slash (/) and hit 'Enter'. This will take you to the Home Page of the website, and you can see the full name of the source.
6. Use a Google command to limit results to the MOST RECENT: After you get your results, choose the Google Menu Bar, and choose 'Tools'. Then on the far left, at the drop-down menu next to 'Any Time', you can choose 'Within the last year' (or less, if you prefer), but generally, you can choose 'Custom Range' at the bottom, as often the last 3 years would be sufficient for a recent search.
An American website that aggregates press releases and publishes lightly edited press releases about science
United States Geological Survey - One of the most prestigious geology websites
Google Books can be very frustrating because often much of the book is missing and you are expected to purchase it to read the full content. So after you put in your search term you are interested in (eg biodiesel), and get some results up, you should then go immediately to the search box (on the left - above 'About this box') and type in a particular word or term you are interested in (eg CO2 emissions). You should get a number of pages pop up. Choose one that looks useful - you should get some good results this way!