Explorers You are looking for the challenges that explorers have faced, the opportunities they created and their effects on people, places and environments. These research suggestions and hyperlinks to websites will help you with your research. Subject headings, Keywords for Library Catalogue Explorers, exploration, the surname of the explorer, a country you are interested in (look up the 'history', 'explorer' or 'discovery' in the index) Dewey Numbers 910.92, 993.02, 998.9, 796.522   Reference Britannica Encyclopedias, World Book Encyclopedias, Oxford Junior encyclopedias, New Zealand Geographic magazines: Oct/Dec 1995, Mar/Apr 2008. Information File Britten, John; Hillary, Sir Edmund On-line databases and websites Britannica Online and Discovery Collection can be accessed through EPIC database: http://www.tki.org.nz/r/epic/databases/resources_e.php?resource_id=15_0     In the orange highlighted area 'login to databases'     TKI login - darfieldhs, password: 22darfieldhs.      Scroll down to 'Britannica online K-12' or the 'Discovering Collection'     "access database" in blue box Type in Search terms and choose either Primary, Secondary or High School options.   The following websites also have information on your topic: Note: Don't believe everything you read on-line - one of these websites has false information! http://www.allaboutexplorers.com One of these explorers was born after he went exploring?!! A good place to start is the 'Biography Resource Centre' you will find this on EPIC http://www.tki.org.nz/r/epic/ (log in as above in 'on-line databases') http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/european-exploration/1 (NZ explorers) http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/search?keys=explorers http://www.thinkquest.org/pls/html/think.library (type in 'explorers') http://library.thinkquest.org/4034/hall_of_fame.html (hall of fame) http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ (type in the name of the explorer) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_explorers (good for finding a large number of explorers) http://www.dnzb.govt.nz/dnzb/ (NZ biographies) http://www.nzedge.com/heroes/ (NZ heroes)  Quizz http://www.factacular.com/subjects/famous_explorers

Darfield High School Library Team