This search will find resources in the CMIS Resource Bank using any word in the SCIS Subject Headings.
SCIS [Schools Catalogue Information
Service] provides records for all government school library
catalogues in Western Australia.
Start searching by typing in the name
of a subject.
Eg: 1. Typing in ‘pollution’ will find
works on Pollution in general, and more specifically, Water,
Air, Marine, Noise, Soil, and Water Pollution.
Eg: 2. Typing in ‘sea’ will find all
items containing the subjects Ocean, Marine, Coast.
Eg: 3. Typing in ‘machines’ will find
items on Machines as well as Artificial Intelligence, Calculators
and Robots.
If a subject is made up of two words,
you can type in the first or last word or both.
Eg: 1. Typing in ‘environment’ will find
items on Environment and Environmental Protection.
Eg: 2. Typing in ‘protection’ will find
items on Environmental Protection, Child Protection and
Animals - Treatment.
If you type in a long word and don’t
get a result, try typing in four letters, which will
often bring up a similar word.
Eg: 1. Typing in ‘immigrants’ finds no
items. However, typing in ‘immi’ finds
items on Immigration.
Use plurals of words such as dogs,
cats and cars to get a result. The singular
dog, cat and car WILL NOT return a result.
Correct spelling is important. The
database DOES NOT allow for incorrect spelling.
You may use one or more Restrictor
from the drop-down menus to limit your results.
Eg: 1. Choosing Pollution as the search word will
give you all resources across all Learning Areas and Phases
of Development.
Eg: 2. Choosing Pollution and Middle Childhood
will give you only the items about Pollution that are suitable
for students in this Phase of Development.
NOTE: If you want to locate just websites
on Pollution, go to the All
Fields search and put in Pollution
and website as your two key words
