This page provides tips on using internet resources at university and a list of useful web resources for this unit.
A selection of websites of scientific interests related to your topics
Australian Conservation Foundation
Bulletin of the atomic scientists
The Biodiversity & Climate Change Virtual Laboratory
Society for Conservation Biology - An international professional association
Kanopy, Alexander Street, and ClickVIew are the streaming video databases you might want to use for your research.
Information from web sites can be very easy to find. Due to the nature of the web, it is very important to evaluate anything that you find before including it in an assignment or essay.
Anyone can author or publish material on a web site. No quality control process is required.
This doesn't mean that you shouldn't use information from web sites just that you need to apply an evaluation criteria to understand:
Authority - What type of site is it? Who authored the content? What was the intended audience?
Objectivity - Is the purpose and intention of the source clear, including any bias or particular viewpoint?
Accuracy - Fact or opinion? What evidence is presented? Does the site reference other sources?
Currency - When was the last time the site was updated? Does the information presented have a "published" date?
In this guided tutorial you will learn how to evaluate information with a critical eye, use criteria to determine credible web sources.
As the number of people contracting coronavirus (Covid -2019) increase, there are quite a few resources that have emerged in the media. Some are good online sources of information, while others contain unproven or fabricated claims about the coronavirus.
Have a look at the following resources, and try and determine which ones offer scientific information while others might be spreading unverified claims about the coronavirus outbreak.
Bureau of Meteorology - Climate change
Department of the Environment and Energy - Climate change
Department of the Environment and Energy - Conservation strategies