AustLit
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254168assertionSome examples include:
- finding Aboriginal picture books about 'identity'
- accessing the Living Archive of Aboriginal Languages for dual-language resources
- searching for fantasy novels with available teaching resources
- locating all children's and young adult fiction by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders
- identifying texts for the school library, such as novels by Australian female authors published in 2018
- conducting searches for the publication history of a literary work, e.g. Dot and the Kangaroo, which shows how a text has changed over time through translations, criticism, book covers, and adaptations
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There are many ways to search, use and share bibliographic data through AustLit. Creating digital humanities projects with your students can aid development of 21st century skills, prepare them for tertiary study and bridge gaps between old and new texts and media. Below is an example of a timeline based on bibliographic data about Shakespeare's play 'Othello' in Australian literary history.
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As well as the keyword search found at the top of each page, AustLit also has a powerful advanced search for subscribers that can be used to narrow down results so you can find exactly what you are looking for. Not only can you search across author names and work titles, but also dates of publication, birth dates, subjects and settings of works, awards received, form and type of work, genre, author heritage, publisher, gender, and much more.
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We have documented a number of scenarios with step-by-step instructions:
I want to find all the novels written by women in 1939.
I want to find all the poetry anthologies published in 2013.
I want to find all criticism and reviews of David Malouf's works written in the last five years.
Also learn how to exclude Internationals or organisations from your search results.
All the examples can be found in the search help area or just head straight to the advanced search and give it a go.
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AustLit also curates freely available teaching resources, including publisher's teaching notes, collaborative projects with Reading Australia, or AustlLit-created content for teachers.
Browse these resources here, or click on the individual links below for different types of records with teaching resources:
Picture Books Children's Fiction Young Adult Fiction Adult Fiction Drama Poetry Film and TV BlackWords Texts -
As there are thousands of resources available, you may wish to conduct an advanced search using your own criteria.
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assertionWe are an excellent site for both students and teachers to develop digital literacy skills and database competency. We have developed a series of lesson outlines that use the AustLit database to guide students through progressively more complex research tasks. The lesson guides encourage digital literacy and database competency in the contained space of the AustLit database.
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