VCE Politics - units 3 & 4

Identifies resources and search strategies to access relevant items for the VCE Global politics - Global actors & challenges

Introduction

This guide offers research advice and identifies relevant resources in VCE Politics units 3 and 4.  The guide focuses as much as possible on online material, accessible to any Victorian SLV member

This guide includes pages on:

General ebooks on global politics

Just starting out, or doing some pre-reading? These eBooks will give good, general overviews on global politics.

Ebooks are accessible to Victorian SLV members. Ebooks can be read online, and portions can be saved. They can also be downloaded for 1-7 days to read offline. The Library has a vast collection of print books but the majority of recent books in these subjects will be eBooks.

Quick search tips

To search our eBook collection, set the drop-down menu to the right of the search box to 'Ebooks'.

To search articles, change the drop-down menu to 'Articles'.

You can search your keywords anywhere in the record, or search more specifically within the subject field. See the Catalogue tab of this guide for more information about searching.

How to perform and Article or eBook search in  the catalogue

Alternatively, you may want to search for a eBook or article within a specific database, which will have additional searching options. See the box on key online resources for more information about databases, or visit our A-Z Databases page.

Key online resources

Listed below are key online resources accessible through the Library.

Library catalogue

Use our catalogue to search for online articles across our databases. Advanced search is the best option

Use the 'Refine results by' filters to focus your search

Filters to narrow your search

Change scopes to locate different types of material. For example ebooks or print books

Example of scopes

Online databases