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Informit Literature & Culture Collection The Informit Literature & Culture Collection is an essential reference database for academic, school and public libraries and for teachers and students of literary studies, cultural studies and creative writing courses. Researchers and students of Australian literature, history and society will find this Collection a rich source of fiction, poetry, cultural politics and the ideas that have helped define the unique Australian identity.
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Middle English Compendium
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Oxford English Dictionary
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Finding literature in the JCU Library explained
Works by an author, works about an author and works about a work are shelved together in the 820's. Australian literature and works about Australian Literature are shelved together in the 820A's.
The 820A's begin after the 820.999's. The 820C's (Canadian literature) are shelved after the 820.999A's.
Types of Scholarly Information
Sources of information are generally categorised as primary, secondary or tertiary depending on their originality and their proximity to the source or origin.
For example, scientific information moves through a dissemination cycle. Initially, findings might be communicated informally by email, then presented at meetings before being formally published as a primary source. Once published, they will then be indexed in a bibliographic database, and repackaged and commented upon by others in secondary sources.
The designations of primary, secondary and tertiary differ between disciplines or subjects, particularly between what can generally be defined as the sciences and the humanities.
Primary sources for a critic studying the literature of the Second World War are different from those for a research scientist investigating a new drug for arthritis. The critic's primary sources are the poems, stories, and films of the era. The research scientist's primary sources are the results of laboratory tests and the medical records of patients treated with the drug. You should always check with your lecturer or tutor if in doubt.We acknowledge the Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the first inhabitants of the nation and acknowledge Traditional Owners of the lands where our staff and students, live, learn and work.