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12 Biology

Year 12 Biology

This guide supports your assessment tasks' Outcomes to develop skills in applying the processes of Working Scientifically: 
  • BIO11/12-3 conducts investigations to collect valid and reliable primary and secondary data and information. 
  • BIO11/12-5 analyses and evaluates primary and secondary data and information 
  • BIO11/12-6 solves scientific problems using primary and secondary data, critical thinking skills and scientific processes 
Please ask or email Mrs Keighery for individual assistance.  In addition, Academic Annexe provides tutor support; consider presenting your draft report for review and comment.

Secondary sources: magazine and journal articles

Secondary Sources: Academic journals or magazines 

Articles from periodical or journals is referred to as 'Journal literature'. Journal literature is the main source of information for the Sciences. Journal articles provide valid, reliable and up-to-date information on your topic.

Explora is HIGHLY recommended as you can search across 7 databases including content drawn from Australian magazines, journals and newspapers. 

When you are at home, you'll need to login using your usual computer log-ins

State Library of NSW

catalogue   |   online eResources

Find books and other published material in the State Library of NSW catalogue. This catalogue also includes ebooks.

Online eResources

New South Wales residents can access an extensive range of eResources from anywhere, anytime with a Library card or a registered NSW public library card. 

Suggested databases: 

Proquest Science 

Search Google Scholar


 

  • Google Scholar is an immense database of scholarly literature and includes PUBMED ( the free version of the medical database, Medline). 
  • Regard the Cited by number. This indicates how many times the article was cited in other authors articles and provides a link to those articles
  • A high cited by number can be indication of the veracity fo the information