Green File - New database

Green file is a new database available on our database list on the library website. Its an Ebsco database so users of other databases should not have any trouble using it. I have tried out the topic "plastic bottles" with good results so far....
Louise
Please note: The Greenfile database has been added to the list of online resources on the council website. Great database covering environmental issues. http://www.manly.nsw.gov.au/Online-Databases.html
Ross

Historical Electoral rolls

Electoral Rolls from the 1930's time period can be found on the Ancestry Library database.
available through our website but only for in library use
www.manly.nsw.gov.au/Online-Databases.html
These can be very helpful in identifying where people lived in different time periods, as the rolls are arranged in alphabetical order. Other family members with the same surname and at the same address can also be identified.
When in Ancestry Library - click on search on the first toolbar, then on Australia (part way down the page), then on NSW on the map...this takes you directly to resources just for NSW.
Louise

Extra articles and reports on the DAW site

http://www.druginfo.sl.nsw.gov.au/

under the A- Z of Drugs tab there is information on a wide range of drugs. The State Library of NSW now has additional links to articles and reports on 3 topics, Cannabis, Alcohol and Ice.

These can be found by clicking on the green button

Feedback also requested as to the usefulness of these

as the SLNSW will add more if popular.

Louise and Anna

Dance styles and history

For information on different dance styles, the history of dance, the history of famous dancers?
Try the following streetswing website - http://www.streetswing.com/histmain/d5index.htm - it has a Dance Archives section full of useful information on dance styles, dance history, dance movies and dance terms.
Louise

Charity giving by postcode

For a fascinating look at which areas of Australia give what sorts of money to charity try this website (you can search by postcode!) www.bus.qut.edu.au/research/cpns/postcode.php
How 'giving' is your postcode?
You can find out how much the taxpayers in your postcode claimed in their 2005-06 individual income tax returns for deductible gifts by using the search function.
Louise

Comparitive statistics for Local Government Areas

Our Community, with the support of social demographer Hayden Brown from the City of Greater Dandenong, has produced some easy-to-use summaries of Australian Bureau of Statistics social indicators for all NSW municipalities. The tables enable easy comparison between LGAs and state averages.
http://www.ourcommunity.com.au/funding/funding_article.jsp?articleId=3537

STATE LIBRARY of NSW
Louise

BELONGINGS ideas list now available

In 2009 the HSC students stop doing the subject "Journeys" and start doing the subject "Belonging". This means they will be coming in asking for texts (fiction, non-fiction, dvd's etc) to read or watch about this theme. On the www.insidebreak.org.au
website is a list of ideas for the students to use, also on this website is a list of theme words of relevance to the topic. Always remind the students to check with their teachers about the suitability of the text they have chosen.
Louise