Define your topic

• eg. endangered species are those animals in danger of becoming extinct

1. General Reference Section  574.529 / 591.529 

(a) Flannery, T. : Australia's Vanishing Mammals. 1990. 591.5  (b) Macquarie Dictionary 1995. 423 MAC  (c) The Australian Encyclopedia: Australian Geographic Society. 1988. 030 AUS

2. Junior Reference 

The Grolier student encyclopedia of endangered species 1995. 574.529 GROL

 3. CD ROM 

CD ROM ------ eg. Webster's Encyclopedia of Australia

Keywords:

- endangered species, endangered wildlife, threatened species/fauna, endangered animal species, Australia. 
- specific animal 
• eg. Potoroo, bilby

OPAC - Your library (school and/or public) online catalogue.

 Reference books 
• Kennedy, M.(ed): The Complete Reference to Australia's Endangered Species. 1990

574.529 AUS 
• Healey, K.(ed): Endangered Species. Issues for the nineties. v. 58 1996

574.529 HEA 
 
Non-Ficton 
• Hoser, R.T.: Endangered Animals Of Australia. 1991

591.529 HOS 
• Hermes, N.: Australia's Endangered Wildlife. 1990.

591.529 HER (*Remember to try the index) 
 
Junior Non-fiction 
•  Pyers, G.: Australian Wildlife at Risk. 1996

591.529 PYE 
 

Video 
•  Australia's Endangered Species. 

Deadly Continent Films, 1995. Video 
574.529 PYE 
• Endangered Species.

ABC, 4 Corners, 1991 
VC2383

Magazines  
• Current Environmental Issues. Feb 14, 1996 SE

CD ROMS

For more specific information. 
• What's availiable ?

Try these 
• Fauna Australis
• The WildInfo Guide to Australia's Endangered Species
• Microsoft's Exploradia: 
• The World of Nature
• David Bellamy's Endangered Wildlife
 

Databases (CD ROM) 

Are good sources of information. You will find references to a variety of journal and magazine articles containing recent and relevant information. 
Try these: 
• search 'endangered species'
 

AUSTGUIDE (Guidelines and Educational Guidlines. Feb, 1996)

Index to articles in periodicals such as: 
• Habitat
• Nature Australia
• Geo
• Eg. Oliver, J.: Endangered Species: The Australian Experience. In Geodate

September, 1992
 

SAGE (Issue 1, 1996)

An index of to articles in magazines such as: 
• Australian Geographic, New Scientist and Landscope.
• eg. Burbridge, A. and Brown, A.: Threatened with extinction.

Landscope, 9, 1, Spring, 1993, p. 17-22
 

Heritage and Environment (March, 1996)

Includes the bibliography: 
• Threatened Species in Australia. A Select Bibliography.
 

Sydney Morning Herald Quarterly, Jan 1995 - June 1996 (Issue 7,9)

A source of recent information 
• eg 'Zoos in the business of protecting wildlife,' 

by Elizabeth Brown. Thurs, 2nd May, 1996.
 

Guidelines 1995

• eg Dead or Alive; the Endangered Species Act, 

by H. Chadwick. National Geographic. March, 1995, 2(40). 
 

HELP!

Unsure how to use databases on CD ROM ? Check out the user search guides available. (eg see attached)

Ask at the Information Desk.

VERTICAL FILES (Generals)

Have many relevant newspaper clippings/articles. 
see: 
• Wildlife Preservation-Australia
• eg. William, B. : The Vanishing Australians.The Courier-Mail. Sat, 3rd June, 1995

Internet:

1(a) Select a search engine

• eg Alta Vista,
• Yahoo
• Excite
 

   (b) Select a database if access availiable

• eg Guide to Australia, David Green; 
• The Aussie Index, aussie.com.au
 

2. Select your search term.

• eg 'threatened species Australia'
 

OFF YOU GO. HAVE FUN

What's On The Internet ?

Start with these: 

1. Australian Endangered Species

produced by the Australian Nature Conservation Agency (ANCA) updated Nov, 1995. 
http://www.erin.gov.au/life/end_vuln/end_sp.html 
 

2. Green Kid's Guide to Endangered Species

produced by the Australian Nature Conservation Agency (ANCA) updated Nov, 1995. 
http://www.erin.gov.au/life/end_vuln/greenkid.html 
 

3. Threatened Fauna in Australia.: A Select Bibliography

by K. Slattery and R. Wallis. 
An excellent source of information 
• books and journal articles
• All endangered species listed
eg. 
'potoroo'. A source given is Hoser, R.T.: Endangered Animals of Australia. 1991. 
'mala (rufous hare wallaby)' A source given is Van Oosterzee, P.: The Silence of malas. In Wildlife Australia, 1992. 29(1) : 18-19. 
http://mac.ra26.sci.deakin.edu.au/intro.html 
 

4. On the Brink: Newsletter of the Endangered Species Program

Example: 
no. 5, June, 1994 - 'Bilbies not bunnies'. 
no. 6, Jan, 1995 - 'Exciting species discoveries'
http://www.anca.gov.au/plants/threaten/brink5.html 

Australian Conservation Foundation

Worldwide Fund for Nature

Western Plains Zoo, Dubbo.

The Australian Museum

The Endangered Species Unit (ANCA)

National Threatened Species Network

Taronga Park Zoo,